Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts

Monday, 13 February 2012

The Liebster Award



Thanks to the lovely Jo from
Who gave me the Liebster Blog Award this week.
Go and check out her beautiful creations that she makes, they all look so yummy. She is one talented cook!
(She's also a fan of pretty vintage china too!)



"The origins of the Liebster Blog award are somewhat unclear but the general consensus is that it originated in Germany, Liebster meaning favorite or dearest, to showcase bloggers with fewer than 200 followers. Upon accepting the award the recipient must then pass it on to five more blogs of note."
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The rules:
  • Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog.
  • Link back to the blogger who presented the award to you.
  • Copy and paste the blog award on your blog.
  • Present the Liebster Blog Award to 5 blogs of 200 followers or less who you feel deserve to be noticed.
  • Let them know they have been chosen by leaving a comment at their blog.
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So the lovely blogs that I nominate are,

I know she has more then 200 followers, but she is so lovely and talented and is so honest, I just want to give her a big hug.

(loves vintage china too)

Love Sue's honest blog and her gorgeous cupcakes.

And I love Cushion and Cake's crafty tea shop, so talented and exciting and I so wished I lived closer!

And finally I really love this lovely blog

Ok, so here are five cool blogs to check out if you aren't familiar with them already, It's so hard to find out if a blog has won an award already, but hope you don't mind receiving an award. 


Take care for now and thanks to the talented Jo again for my award.


Becca 

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Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Blogger Award!




Thanks to the lovely Gem from Treasures from the Cherry Tree Blog for awarding fancyvintage the Kreative blogger award. Yippie, My second award, thank you. Hope you like reading about vintage china and other bits and pieces! Sorry it has taken me ages to get round to writing this.

Now apparently I need to write a few facts about me. 
I'm sure that this will be really exciting for you! 
I've had to do this recently so I have copied some questions from a magazine that made it a little easier I think for me. 


The song I can’t get out of my head at the moment is...
Complete opposites really.

When I was a child I wanted to be...
a detective.....I think, or a princess?

My proudest moment is...
I'm not sure yet, have had quite a few moments. I see all three little ones everyday and think wow!

The best day of my life...
was my brother and sister in law's wedding, I managed to have my first baby early and not on the day of their wedding! I was bit worried it may happen on the actual wedding day but phew he popped out early! So we took a new-born baby to their circus wedding! What fun!

The shops I can’t walk past without buying something are...
have you guessed it, charity shops!

My favourite meal is....
melted Goat's cheese with beetroot, Yum!

My Favourite drink is.....
the american drink Root-beer, it has to be A & W and served in a frozen glass!
And on hot days, it has to be Pimms!

The book I’m reading at the moment is...
I keep coming back to it, but it has to be the Big B (Bible)
at the moment. My beautiful, talented sister in law is very poorly and we are all praying for a huge miracle. 

My biggest regret is...
not being intelligent enough to find a cure for all the silly diseases out there.
And then it would be not doing enough artwork.
It defiantly wouldn't be not taking enough photographs!

My perfect Saturday is...
an early sneak to the local car boot before everyone is up. 
Then walking to a local sandy beach with the family and having a picnic, playing in all the rock pools with the little ones and having a sneaky swim in the big waves. Followed of course by an ice cream cone on the way home. Then a take away curry when the little ones are in bed.

Last thing at night I always…
clear a path through all the toys on the floor just in case one of them is up in the night! 

If I have time to myself I...
am dreaming!

When I’m feeling down I...
laugh as I don't have time to have those feelings.

The best thing my parents taught me was...
to be positive and find good in everything.

My biggest influence is...
my beautiful family and friends. I don't know what I'd do without all my brothers, sisters and friends. And particularly my lovely friend Beth who has been a rock to me most my life! She is a mega star!

My greatest weakness is…..
chocolate brownie and coffee and actually all coffee shops and all car boots and all charity shops!

If I could pass any law it would be….
to make dogs wear nappies! hehe

I’d love to...
write and illustrate a children's book. I have been working for years on some characters and a story but am bit stuck at the moment and a bit busy!

My favourite sport is.....
mountain biking. I love nothing better then a sharp descent on my bike down a single track trail in the Afan Forest(Wales). It is such a buzz and so hard to beat the exhilaration.

If I could live anywhere it would be......
living here in the Gower, in South Wales still. There are so many different beaches to choose from. Love it so so so much, I am so lucky and count my blessings. Also love St. Ives in Cornwall, as is so beautiful and full of art galleries, coffee shops and beautiful beaches too. And the other extreme would be the Lake District as I love hiking and biking in the stunning Mountains there.

Not a lot of people know this but I’m no good at...
eating yoghurt and anything with cream! 

If I could change anything it would be to...........
get rid of cancer. It is so annoying and everywhere. Seems like most people know someone with it. Aaaaaaah!




I would like to pass this award onto the following three blogs I love: 

This lovely one


and
These two really new ones.


and 

(Kate has a really good competition on at the moment!)



 Sorry, I hope this wasn't too long and boring.


Take care for now.


xxx




Questions below if you need to copy and paste any.

Some Fancyvintage questions.
The song I can’t get out of my head is...
When I was a child I wanted to be...
My proudest moment is...
The best day of my life...
The shops I can’t walk past without buying something are...
My favourite meal is...
My favourite drink is...
The book I’m reading at the moment is...
My biggest regret is...
My perfect Sunday/Saturday is...
Last thing at night I always...
If I have time to myself I...
When I’m feeling down I...
The best thing my parents taught me was...
My biggest influence is...
My greatest weakness is...
If I could pass any law it would be...
I’d love to...
My favourite sport is...
If I could live anywhere it would be...
Not a lot of people know this but I’m no good at...
If I could change anything it would be to...










Saturday, 26 February 2011

Fancy Vintage's First Blogger Award!


Thank-you so so so much....Fancy Vintage's First Award!
Feeling so Honoured to get the Stylish Blogger award!.
Thank you to Chrissie and Heidi from Wit en Bont 
(White and Spotted)for choosing Fancy Vintage.


Check out their site, they have such lovely ideas and photographs.

The "rules" of accepting the Stylish Blogger Award is to say 8 interesting things about myself! Yikes!

Here goes..
I have also put in an extra un-true fact about me, see if you can spot it!



1. Besides the fact that I have a passion for vintage china.I also love collecting vintage fabrics, buttons, vintage toys, old wooden picture frames, old cricket sets, tennis rackets, vintage suitcases, knitted blankets, pretty eiderdowns, and 1940-50's magazines. I'm sure there are a lot more if I think about it!

2. We used to move around a lot; which was fun. Besides England and Wales we used to live in America for 11 years; in Pennsylvania, California and Maryland. So so so loved it. Even went back for part of my degree to a University in South Carolina 



3. I did a B.A and M.A in Fine Art in the UK and the States.For my Masters course I latexed different parts of a church to make a large virtual church which was then suspended in a gallery. The latex church was huge (9 foot high and 23 ft long). Loved it, such fun. There was even a latex cross that was suspended inside. The local Church is so amazing and so involved in the community. How awesome of them to let me latex their 100 year old stained glass windows! In Awe of them, so many of the congregation travelled quite far to see the final showing of the latex church. How cool is that, have started going there now!


4. I love photographing everything; I am so in love with Martin Parr’s photographs  and his not very interesting photographs! I have quite a few of his books and find them so inspiring. Checkout  his website. http://www.martinparr.com


5. I love swimming in the sea as far into the winter as possible. A few of us have a bit of a competition going, who can swim first and last of the year!  I love the challenge, even though last time I went for a swim; the tide was turning and the stormy waves were a little threatening.  Or Maybe it was the slimy smelly seaweed and the festering flies that also were the turning point in not returning! Has anyone tried coasteering? Oh my word, what an adrenaline rush, so much better then a  roller-coster ride! For those that may not know, it is basically scrambling, climbing, swimming and cliff jumping of the Coastline. Last time I went it was nearly dark, streaming rain, waves that were pounding the rocks; What excitement! 

6. I am a really keen Mountain biker, I love nothing better then a sharp descent on my bike down a single track trail in the Afan Forest (in Wales). It is such a buzz, and so hard to beat. You must try it, honestly! Check out http://www.afanforestpark.co.uk/ for inspiration. There must be an area near you with some amazing trails.

7. I never visit any car boots, charity/thrift shops, antique shops, auctions, ever. I never secretly hide things around the house or garage and never say I've had this for ages.

8. So love visiting all coffee and teashops, I have tried to get the little ones to enjoy teashops and appreciate Fine bone china!  So far so good, they love eating their cereal out of blue and white stripy china bowls! And one of their first words was china!
Love it, points all the time saying china, china, china and taps it ever so gently! 

Gower Beach 


9. Lastly loving spending time with my little ones and beautiful other half hiking the outdoors, especially the Gower, the Lake District and Cornwall. 

Sorry to have gone on for so long, got carried away. Did you spot the untrue interesting fact in the list! Thanks again for the award.  Also we have to nominate 8 Sites, This is so hard as there are so many beautiful blogs out there. Also as quite new to this, some of your blogs may have already got an award, so sorry if you get another one! I have found it encouraging, so hope you all do too. You all have such lovely and inspiring sites!



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I thought also if I was being cheeky by adding an untrue silly fact about me, I thought I'd mention I stumbled across a humorous and cheeky link to a new blog all about a cheeky puppy. There seems to be a lot of blogs that mention their loved pets; I don't have a dog, but one visited me this week and I'm sure he asked me for a cup of tea!

Take care for now and loving so many beautiful sites out there.
xxx
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