Liebster Blog Love

I'm a little ashamed to say this post is MONTHS in the making.

I kept putting it off because it makes me uncomfortable.

But...these fine ladies have felt the need to bestow some
Liebster Blog Love on me and I wanted to give them a shout out.
A Liebster award is given to up and coming bloggers,
generally with less than 200 followers,
that have inspired the giver in some way.

Please take a moment to hop on over and check out their awesome blogs.
Leave them some comment love...follow them...
stalk them...okay, not really.
Go ahead...I'll wait...GO!

Kristy from Shona Skye Creations,
Raquel from Organized Island,
Danielle from Sew Much Crafting,
and Jenn at Finding Sunshine in My Life

I'm afraid I'm gonna have to be a party poopa.
{c'mon, say it like Arnold *link has a #*!% word*}

While I LOVE that folks kinda like me and want to give me awards...
I find it incredibly difficult to pick others to return the favor to.
And...to answer not 11, but 44 questions?
I have a headache just thinking about it.
:)

So...I'm going to answer a few random ones
from each award giver and we'll call it good.
mmmkay?

And away we go:

1. Is form or function more important to you?
This is something I am constantly saying.
In a perfect world the two would always go hand in hand, but if
you have to choose one over the other...I always go for form.

2. Why do you blog/why did you start blogging?
You know...I don't really know how to answer that.
While I love to be still and love peace and quiet...I can get bored easily.
I am always up for a challenge and blogging seemed like a fun thing to try.
I keep doing it because it's fun for me. Even if no one were to read it,
I enjoy doing it, and let's face it, I think I'm hilarious. :)

3. Are you a pet person/what kind of pet?
I love animals. We only have a cat...
and I will be devastated someday when she's gone.
She's crazy. I love dogs, but can't keep up with all they need.
We don't always keep a regular schedule and it's not fair to the dog
to wait on someone to let them out or find someone to dogsit when we're away.

4. If you were stuck on a deserted island,
what ONE item would you need?
Duct tape.
Seriously...have you seen that episode of Mythbusters?

5. Where were you born?
Cleveland, OH...
home of the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame...
among other things.

Okay...that looks good.
I know, I cheated and only answered
5 questions that I picked and chose.
Yep. :)

If you would like to know about my random facts...
 Click here to see my post about my other award awkwardness.

Once again...thanks for the nominations, ladies.

I hope you all have a fabulous week!

See Me in Sage Online Magazine

Remember this post about chairs?

 

Well...it and

 

 

my 3D framed heart art are included in this

month's issue of Sage Magazine...an online publication.

 

Check it out HERE!

 

 

How exciting is that?!?!?!?

 

 



I Feel Like Mike Wasowski!

But, you know, without being green...or a "one-eyed cretin."

 

Kinda like when he and Sully were on the TV commercial

but the network logo covered his whole face.

 

Kinda.

 

But he was still totally excited?

 

That's me.

 

See this magazine?   Guess what's inside it...

Nothing fancy...but a picture of my rainbow painted metal folding chairs!

That post has been crazy popular.  Who woulda thunk it?

 

 

Scrap365 contacted me and asked to use the photo for color inspiration.

 

Okay...so it's a magazine in the UK.

And it's just a picture of chairs.

 

But it DOES have my name and my blog name listed.

 

It still makes my heart sing

 

Thanks for letting me share this little bit of excitement with you.

 

 

You guys are great!

 

What little things regarding your blog make your heart sing?

 

©Kelly



A Versatile Blogger Award ~ and I'm incredibly slow

Okay...so...I DO have the excuse of getting ready for and

being on vacation for a week right after I got this, but...

I completely forgot until I saw someone else mention theirs. :\

Oh, about a month ago now, I got a sweet comment

from Leisa at SuttonsDaze that she had nominated

me...ME...for a Versatile Blogger Award.

Can you believe it?

I can't.

I was flabbergasted.

Truly.

Besides...I really like that word.

Flabbergasted :)

Thank you, Leisa.

She's got some fun stuff going on over there like:

this adorable elf door and fun color in the laundry room.

Check it out.

Here are the rules for this award:

1. Thank the Blogger who nominated you.

2. Include a link to their site.

3. Include the award image in your post.

4. Give 7 random facts about yourself.

5. Nominate 15 other Bloggers for the award.

6. When nominating, include a link to their site.

7. Let other Bloggers know they have been nominated.

Let the randomness begin:

1. I'm a total introvert and it takes me a while to be myself with people in real life.

2. I love to read...mostly mysteries...sometimes I have to stay away from

the library if I have any hopes of getting projects done at home. :)

3. I like to cook and had once wanted to be a pastry chef.

4. I prefer my "iced tea" without ice. 0_o

5. I have a strange white birthmark on my leg that turns purple when I'm cold and makes

people ask me if I have something wrong with me. {Whatever do you mean?}

6. When I was a kid, Indiana Jones was my hero.  Oh, wait...he still is.

{We'll just try to ignore that whole mess with the aliens, okay, Indy?}

7. I've wanted to go to Paris since I was 8 years old.

There, how's that for random?

Am I bonkers?
Possibly.
But I'll tell you a secret.
All the best people are.

And the nominees are...drumroll, please:

{and this is the hard part...I just don't have the time to read and check out all the blogs I
would like to...and...if it's a VERSATILE award...does that mean the blogger

has to post about a variety of things? Or maybe just a variety of baked goods?

Maybe I'm not so good at this.  How's this...I pick ALL OF YOU!

but I guess I'm just listing these in no particular order:}

1. Nana Diana Takes a Break

2. Days of Chalk and Chocolate

3. The Gunny Sack

4. Under a Pile of Scrap

5. Echoes of Laughter

6. Just Tryin' to Make Cents of it All

7. Hymns and Verses

8. Navy Bean Lane

9. Random Thoughts...

10. The House at Bluebird Lane

11. Sweet Nothings

12. Bliss Ranch

13. City Farmhouse

Sorry...my last two are full of sugar!

14. Inside BruCrew Life

15. Shugary Sweets

Thanks to you all...you make me laugh, make me make really
long project to-do lists, make we want to bake 6 different goodies at
once and eat them all, and inspire me to create beautiful things.

But don't make me do this again...it was very hard.
And if we ever meet in person, please don't ask to see my birthmark.
That would just be weird. ;)

©Kelly