I need to make a confession… I feel very guilty for all the times so many of you wonderfully talented bloggers have stopped by my blog and given me a BLOG AWARD, and I have been unable to participate by posting the info and sending on the award per the instructions. I remember, Michelle, Amy and Marika leaving me awards recently (and I know there have been more!).. thank you!
I usually have my blog posts all set for at least a week in advance.. and then I just totally forget about posting the awards.
SO HERE IS MY OFFICIAL APOLOGY FOR ALL THE PREVIOUS AWARDS I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO POST. Please forgive me!
Thank you to ALL of you who have awarded me in the past, and to Mickey Roberts for stopping by this week to award me with this:
Like many Blogging Awards, this one comes with a couple of strings attached. The first is that I must share 8 things about myself with you and the second is that I send this award on to 8 other bloggers who inspire me.
Here are 8 things that you may or may not know about me:
1. This is my 16th year as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
2. I am a California Native! born and raised in Pasadena, CA
3. My husband and I will celebrate 25 years of marriage this year – celebrating on our FREE Stampin' Up! Cruise to Alaska!
4. I am a "work a holic" but when I get time to relax I like to watch shows on HGTV, History, Biography, TLC… like: House Hunters, Extreme Engineering, Build it Bigger, How it's Made and Selling NY
5. I got to take a ride in the Goodyear Blimp over Southern Calif. when I was in High School,… thanks to my mom for arranging that for our family!
6. My husband and son call me "short stuff" (ya, cuz I'm "only" 5'-7-1/2")
7. I decorated the Rose Floats (Pasadena, CA) for about 6 or 8 years in a row, with our church youth group – fabulous experience!!!
8. My stamp room is small and always a mess and my husband probably wishes he had a dollar for everytime I've yelled, "I NEED MORE SPACE!"
Here are the names of 8 bloggers who inspire me that I'll be passing this award on to:
Kay Sha, www.creationsonpaper.blogspot.com
Cindee Wilkinson, www.justspongeit.blogspot.com
Carla Brasher, www.TheSouthernStamper.com
Andrea Gideon https://stampinlab.blogspot.com
Nicole Tugrul www.becreativewithnicole.blogspot.com
Lorraine Castellon-Rowe, www.lorrainerowe.blogspot.com
Rosemarie Diehl, https://rosemariediehl.blogspot.com
Connie Tumm, https://connietumm1.typepad.com/blog/
I've emailed them to let them know…. please check out their amazing blogs!
Do you want to recognize an inspiring blogger??? Leave a comment in my comment section below so we can all check them out!
Amazing!! Thank you so very much Patty for this wonderful award. I will post it with pride and pass it on to some very worthy bloggers!!
Lorraine Castellon-Rowe
Thank you so much for this award Patty, it is an honor, and my first blog award!! 🙂 Thanks for all the inspiration you have given me over the years!!
Nicole Tugrul
Hi, Patty! Thank you soo much for choosing my blog as one of your inspirationals. I too am your number one fan 🙂 All I can say you’re the best!!! Thanks a million for all you do for us 🙂
Patty – besides your blog, I have to say these are others that I check in with on a regular basis: http://www.sandimaciver.com/
http://butternutsagedesigns.blogspot.com/
http://createdbyu.blogspot.com/
http://www.stampingmadly.com/
Check them out – they have some wonderful ideas too! I can’t imagine having a blog myself – I wouldn’t be able to keep up with everyone elses’ wonderful news! Thanks for sharing!
Hugs, Donna
Hugs, Donna
I would love to go the the Rose Bowl Parade — maybe you could offer a contest with a trip to the Rose Bowl as a prize! (hehe) Enjoy your blog!
Hi Patty,
I love what you do, and I love your enthusiasm.
Here are a few SU Dems whom I think are really good.
http://www.sunnystampin.com/ Andrea & her sis Sohia
http://www.carlas-scraps.com/ Carla is truly talented.
http://danniesdesigns.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Dannie not only is creative but she always finishes her cards inside and they are beautiful.
http://ustamp4fun.com/ aaaaaw, Amy Celona is also one of my favs!
http://www.karenbarberstamps.blogspot.com/ Love going to Karen’s site to see what she has come up with. She does beautiful work, and she is a HOOT!!
http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com/ Faith is awesome with color and style. I love her work, and I hope all of you will too.
I visit so many sites that sometimes I lose track of time and will spend an hour and a half just browsing.
Thanks Patti for always sharing what you love!
Karyn
We went to the Rose Bowl parade this year and got to help decorate a float too. It was the 9/11 float. We were with an elderhostel group.