Tuesday 8 January 2008

Make My Day Award


I was delighted to be sent this award by Marie at http://zquilts.blogspot.com/
I started this blog about nine months ago in a fit of total self-indulgence and as a means of sharing what I was doing with some of the people I had met on online courses, and as a sort of disciplining tool: if I had a blog I would have to make stuff so I'd have something to write about! At that time I'd never dreamed people would actually come back to it and enjoy reading it; and actually getting comments was very exciting (still is!). But the best of all is the number of cyber-friends I've made as a result of the blog and some of the email lists I'm on: it's so good to be able to "talk" to people who know where you're coming from.

Anyway one of the things I can now do is pass on the award to others whose blogs I enjoy and visit regularly. Some I haven't included have already received their award from other people. I've managed to whittle it down with some difficulty to ten, the recommended number, though I don't require anyone to pass it on if they've already received an award or aren't for any reason able to do it.

I've chosen the following blogs though there are plenty more I could have included:

Andrea: http://cestandrea.blogspot.com/ who lives in Paris, produces wonderful work based on the idea of spirit-masks and includes her own drawings and photographs on her blog (I specially love her walks through Paris) - oh and she is a cat-lover too!
Maggie: http://www.stitchingwithschnauzerandsiamese.blogspot.com/ whose blog contains a wealth and variety of wonderful stitchery with entertaining episodes from everyday life.
Marion: http://artmixter.blogspot.com/ who I first met in the days when I used to trade at the Scottish quilt shows - again a blog that's a mixture of wit and wisdom, beautiful artwork and light-hearted and fun pieces (with cats, too, which is always a bonus!)
Dijanne: http://origidij.blogspot.com/ whose wonderful artwork I have admired and gasped over for a long long time.
Cynthia: http://cynthia-stcharles.blogspot.com/ who produces amazing mixed-media and textile work.
Linda: http://bilsblog.blogspot.com/ whose blog I find fascinating in the way it shows the inspirations for and the development of her textile art.
Kate: http://katesquilting.blogspot.com/ whose energy, enthusiasm and sense of fun are guaranteed to cheer me up on the darkest of days - and I really envy the mass of glorious work she does, though can't imagine how she finds the time with a lively family to keep tabs on - do you have a time-turner, Kate?
Shirley: http://shirleygoodwin.blogspot.com/ colour in blog-form, wonderful dyed fabrics (her latest monoprints are to die for - no pun intended), dyer and quilter extraordinaire!
Liz: http://lizplummer.com/blog/ again a really enjoyable mix of artwork and everyday life with lots of detail about the way her designs and her work develop, which is always fascinating to read;
Julie: http://mixedmedia-jem.blogspot.com/ great photographs, wonderful artwork and (my favourite) really inspirational watercolours.

7 comments:

Julie said...

Sandra, I have just come upon this post from my bloglines feed and see that you have given me the "You make my Day Award". Thank you so much and for your very generous comments about my work. I am absolutley overwhelmed by what you have said about my work. Thank you very much indeed. I shall have to nominate some people before they all get picked before I get there!

Liz Plummer said...

And Google Alert just sent me an email about it! Thank you so much, Sandra! I am very flattered, especially as I feel I've flagged a bit this year...

Karen said...

Oh Sandra
I just got a "You make my Day award" - and I was going to pass it on to you - and you have it all ready! I will still put you on my "You make my day" when I post - but you don"t have to pass it on again
Warm regards
Karen

Kate North said...

time-turner - I wish! I don't know quite how I manage to get so much done myself some times - just organised, I guess. :)

artmixter said...

Jings! Thank you for the award, and the kind words!
marion

Shirley Goodwin said...

Thank you so much, Sandra, for your kind words! I was thrilled to get your award, and have now sent out my own.

Unknown said...

Hi Sandra, I finally got around to do this: put the award you gave me onto my blog! Have a wonderful day
Andrea