Liebster Award!

Katie over at Little Becky Homecky was sweet enough to award me the Liebster Blog Award!! She is an amazing blogger and has amazing blog and tutorials. Thank you so much Katie!!

Now what is the Liebster Blog Award?  Liebster is German and means 'dearest' or 'beloved', but it can also mean 'favorite'. The idea behind the Liebster Award is to bring attention to blogs with less than 200 followers.  If you are selected, you need to:

1. Choose FIVE up and coming blogs to award the Liebster to (they must have less than 200 followers).
2. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.
3. Post the award on your blog.
4. List the bloggers you are giving this award to with links to their sites.
5. Best of all, have fun and share the love!

So, in accordance with the "Rules", here are my five blog choices, in no particular order:

• Karen @ Little Red House Designs
• Stephanie @ The Petite Sewist
• Diana @ Sew Passionista by Diana
• Brittany and Lindsey @ Pintucks and Ruffles
• Michelle @ My Craft Obsession...

Stop by these wonderful blogs and check them out. I am sure you will love them just as much as I do. 

Have a great day!!

One Lovely Blog Award

Hannah from Daughter of Design surprised me with a One Lovely Blog Award. Thank you so much Hannah. It was so very sweet and thoughtful of you.

The rules of the One Lovely Blog Award I am to share 7 things about myself. Here they are:

1. I love listening to Big Band music when I sew and craft.
2. I am fascinated by E's talent. He is an amazing musician, songwriter and artist.
3. Until I met E, I never knew that I had a passion for cooking and baking.
4. I miss walking on the beach with E. I miss the smell of the ocean and sand.
5. I am a huge NY Yankees, NY Rangers and NY Giants fan.
6. We have the greatest fur baby Holly. Our beautiful yellow Lab is so loving, smart and always wants to be with us...even in our kayak.
7. I miss my Grandmother and wish I had her longer in my life so she could have taught me everything she knows, tell me about our family history and just spent quality time together.

Here are some lovely and deserving ladies I am sharing this award with:

• Anita and Kelly @ Rhinestone Beagle
• SJ @ Homemaker On A Dime
• Shabby Soul @ Shabby Soul
• Mongs @ my thrifty closet
• Stacy @ Elle Belle Creative
• Katie @ Sew Woodsy
• Jessica @ O. Alouette

Thank you again Hannah!! I hope you enjoyed getting to know me and I hope you enjoy getting to know these ladies too. Have a wonderful evening!!

One Lovely Blog Award from 365 Days to Simplicity

Angela from 365 Days to Simplicity surprised me today and awarded me with the One Lovely Blog Award!! That was so sweet of you. Thank you for thinking of me!!


I am to list 7 facts about myself and pass along and award to 5 lovely bloggers. 

1. I love being with my husband. We have so much fun together and just enjoy each others company. I fall deeper in love with him everyday.
2. "E" says I have the Martha Stewart complex. I always have to do things perfect.
3. I am my own worst critic.
4. Growing up in NY, you instantly learn how to read people. Well, that has come in very handy for me lately and I have been spot on...unfortunately. I hope that changes soon.
5. My Brooklyn accent comes out when I am tired, had some wine, talk to my Mom and when I get angry. (E loves when I tawk Brooklynese).
6. I talk in my sleep. E says I sometimes have full conversations with him, with my eyes open and I sit up in bed. Sometimes, I make absolutely no sense at all, laugh hysterically and cackle.
7. "E" has brought out my creative side. I never knew that I would love sewing the way I do, want to learn to knit, learn mosaic tiling, enhance my photography, scrapbook and make cards the way I do. Thank you "E". I hope I brought out all of your creativeness too.

Here are the 5 lovely blogs I am sharing this award with:

• Caroline from Artfully Caroline
• Gwen from Gwenny Penny
• Heather from DIY Kinda Girl
• Kassi from Truly Lovely
• Melissa from Mel Dreams Often

Thank you again Angela!! I hope you enjoyed getting to know me and I hope you get to know these 5 lovely blogs.


Have a wonderful evening!

Blogger love from Pixie Dust

Heather at Pixie Dust was so sweet to give me this award. She has a wonderful, lovely blog and is so enjoyable to read. Please stop by and say "Hello."

I am to list 10 things (in no particular order) that make me happy and pass along to 10 lovely bloggers.

10 things I love:

1. My heart, my soul mate, my best friend...E

2. The weekend E came home from Iraq.



3. Our fur babies...Patch (our one-eyed wonder cat) and Holly (our loving, big-hearted lap dog).

4. Back home in Brooklyn, NY...where I grew up.

5. The city and place where I met and fell in love with E.

6. Our view of the lake where we will retire. We can't wait to build our home here.

7. Sewing

8. Crafting

9. Coffee

10. Horses

I'm passing this award to (in no particular order):

Little Birdie Secrets

Cluck Cluck Sew

Controlling My Chaos

Happy Nester

Little Bit Funky

Make It and Love It

Newly Woodwards

Obsessively Stitching

Project Pretty

Craft Rookie

Have a wonderful evening.

This brought a smile to my face

Today I received this blog award from the very sweet, creative and innovative Sonia over at Archiving Angel.

This comes with a caveat that I share 10 things about myself and also share the blog award with 10 of my bloggy friends. Enjoy.

1- I went to a psychic party at my sister's house and was told that I would meet my soul mate. The details were that he would be in uniform and I would meet him by water. A year later, I met E in NYC and he is an Officer in the Army.
2- I used to have a radio show in college.
3- I love Big Band music and I secretly wish I could sing like Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney or Sarah Vaughn.
4- E taught my how to play Racquetball and I pretty much beat him every time now.
5- E taught me how to ski in one day and he says that rarely happens.
6- I am an avid Kayaker. E and I enjoy going out and we always have Holly in the middle of our tandem.
7- I climbed my first mountain on our honeymoon in the Adirondacks.
8- I am good at video games...Guitar Hero, NHL Hockey and Wii Bowling (and any 80's games).
9- My family used to own horses when I was growing up in Brooklyn and I miss it terribly.
10- E says I have freak strength. I once chest pressed 135# and I leg pressed 355#

Thank you Sonia for being so thoughtful and having such lovely words to say for me to receive such a nice award. I will post it with pride and hope that I continue to inspire.


Here are 10 lovely Blogs I am sharing this award with:

1-Jan from bobbypins boardwalk for her sweetness, kindness and great projects.
2-Maureen from Maureen Makes It! she is a sassy Texan, who loves and teaches sewing, painting, gardening and crafts.
3-Heather from Pixie Dust has a love for cross-stitching, cooking, crafting and DIYing.
4-Michelle from Socr8v for her amazing creativity with Fiber Arts, scrapbooking and sewing.
5-Kendall from Finesse Your Nest who moonlights as a decorator has an amazing eye for decorating, rehabbing her found treasures.
6-Misha at from my front porch in the mountains if you love animals this is the blog for you. She and J live on a beautiful farm in TN with horses, dogs, and cats. Mischa is a beautiful writer and I love visiting her blog.
7-Nikki at Bond Girl Creations a fellow Army Wife who loves her husband and children dearly. Her cards are so beautiful and always takes my breath when I see them.
8-Merry from MerryMade Cards and Crafts comes up with very creative ways to make cards and I can't wait to see what she comes up with next.
9-C at Project Pretty is a girl who loves to use power tools. She has amazing DIY tutorials from headboards, to ottomans, to pillows. I will definitely learn something new from her.
10-Terri from Sew Fantastic is always busy doing something creative. She now has her own Facebook page. She does amazing sewing, crafting and has great tutorials.

I wish I could list the many other blogs I follow that deserve awards and I promise the next one I receive I will list as many as I can. Some of you might know these beautiful blogs already and if you don't please stop by and say "Hi".


Thank you for all of your lovely comments and I am very appreciative of everyone who stops by. I always look forward to reading your blogs and always can't wait for the next post. I hope you enjoy your award.


All my best,

I've Been Pinned!!

Thank you Jan at Bobbypins Boardwalk for pinning me and not to mention her first. She pinned me at her Tripping along the Boardwalk blog and I thought it was so sweet of her thinking of me and writing such kind words. I treasure having her as one of my blog followers...well I like to say friend and I truly believe that you would too. Please stop by and get to know Jan.

Have a wonderful day!!