Special Friends Award

Michelle has passed on this award to me. Thank you so much! Here's a description of this special friends award:

These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbon's of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these kind writers. When you pass the award along please include these guidelines. I am to choose eight friends to share this with.

I would like to pass this award along to Jamie, Deby, Sarah (my daughter, but also my dear friend), Grace (my other daughter, and my friend), and Lori, and Mrs. R. I know that's only six, but it's too hard to choose any more!

Award

My dear friend, Jamie, shared this award with me. Thanks for thinking of me!

Another Award

San at AngelSan Creation nominated me for this award. Thank you, San!

The rules:

- Put the logo on your blog;
- Add a link to the person who awarded you
- Nominate at least 7 other blogs;
- Add links to those blogs on yours;
- Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

I am going to deviate a bit from these rules, but I would like to nominate these four blogs:

Musings From A Proverbs 31 Wannabe
A Gardener's Gazette
Sarah's Simple Stitches
The Picture Effect

Circle of Friends

I strongly dislike the picture that accompanies this "Circle of Friends" award, but the sentiment is lovely. My friend, Jamie, has given this one to me. Our friendship began over the Internet, and has continued primarily that way; we have met face-to-face twice: once when she drove her son to Ohio to look at a college, and the second time when our family took a vacation to New England. Jamie has always been there for me, and I value her friendship.

It has been my experience that some of the people I've passed awards on to haven't acknowledged or posted them, so I am going to limit sharing this one to my dear daughter, Sarah.

Sarah, my first born, is now 21. Our relationship has been steadily changing, and many days I am less her mother, and more her friend. I hope she feels the same way! Sarah blogs at A Gardener's Gazette and Sarah's Simple Stitches.

Art Y Pico Award

My dear friend, Jamie, has awarded me the Art Y Pico award. There are 5 rules attached to this and they are:

1) You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contributes to the blogging community, no matter what language.
2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.
3) Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.
4) Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "Arte y Pico" blog , so everyone will know the origin of this award. http://arteypico.blogspot.com/
5) To show these rules.

I would like to pass this award to:

~ My daughter, Sarah, for her "gardening successes, failures, challenges, experiments, plans and dreams." One way in which she is creative is in how she makes the most of our very limited gardening budget by saving seeds and shopping for the best deals;

~ My other daughter, Grace, for her phenomenal photos. She never ceases to amaze me with her talent;

~ Dawn at The Feathered Nest. She takes the most interesting objects and turns them into wonderful art pieces;

~ Kelli, who has decorated her soon-to-be-up-for-sale home in a creative, lovely, and frugal way; and

~ Monique, whose cross stitch accessories, which she sells in her Etsy shop, are unique and colorful. I love the thread holder I purchased from her!

Thank you, Jamie, I am honored.

"You Are Special" Award

My friend, Lori, at Musings from a Proverbs 31 Wannabe has given me this "Good Neighbor Award" just for being me! Thank you, dear friend.

If you're reading this, then consider yourself awarded as well. You are special to me!

An Award From Deby

My friend, Deby, was given the "Encouraging Blogger Award" by her niece, and she is passing it on to all the bloggers whose words she reads, and that includes me! Thank you, Deby.