FABULOUS BLOG AWARD

What can I say?

My head is seriously spinning! I just got this award from Trudi Sissons at Two Dresses Studio!


As Trudi is one of my most favourite artists (whom I respect highly) I am totally thrilled! (and in overdrive with my exclamation marks). Thank you so much!

List 5 of my favourite new blogs to pass the award along to, & list 5 things I love.

Aargh: this is always so difficult...

Kitschy Kitschy Coo

Azrael Brown's blog - steeped in the 50s (my fave era) and great fun, very irreverant. Definitely a different point of view!

Memories and Treasures

Brenda Wampler's lovely blog, featuring lots of the most stunning soldered jewellery. I adore vintage jewellery. Also lovely altered books, ATCs, journals... do go and look.

Vintage Soul

Deborah has Vintage in her soul: go see the 50s frilly net petticoats, the dolls, the crowns! Another blog new to me, and great fun. Also some very interesting pennants and her own design of embellished and beaded leather bracelets.

Robin's Nest

Robin has a lovely vintage & mixed media blog. I love the background, I love the header and I love the artwork (tags, altered books, metal work, art challenges).

Olive Rue

This is photographer Cyrstal's alter ego, and a great blog: tons of eye candy, great photos (naturally) and great closeups and unusual angles. Including a bullet hole through the glass cover of a petrol pump, which is not something one sees every day! I think you'll really enjoy visiting her.

5 things I love:

1. Chocolate - GOOD chocolate (Belgian, Swiss - and not the soft centres anymore, I find them too sweet nowadays. How curious!)
2. Cafe Nero's chilled Cafe Latte whizzed up with crushed ice. They have got it exactly right: not too sickly (ordinary lattes make me feel slightly bilious - too much milk) and not too sweet. I much prefer them to Starbucks (sorry!) as you can taste the saccharine in theirs.
3. A good haircut - finding a good hairdresser is so hard. I'm still looking (my last good one retired to stay home and raise her family when sprog No 3 was due, 2 years ago). So I've had 2 years of bad hair cuts... so far.
4. Marks & Spencer - great food hall, the best underwear, nightwear and socks. Plus I love their bath goodies and Tshirts and jeans.
5. My new 22inch computer monitor. Life just hasn't been the same!

Thanks again, Trudi.