Thank you Jenn!!!!

Well, here we are!!! Another award; I'm telling you guys, I am feeling more love than ever here in blogland. WOW!!!! Thanks Jenn; again!!! Go visit Jenn; she has some great things including how-to's on her blog. So here are the particulars associated with this award;
Here are the rules:
1. The recipient must link back to the awards creator (it's right on the award)
2. You must post these rules if you receive the award.
3. You must choose 5 people to receive the award after receiving it yourself.
4. You must fit the characteristics of the recipient of the award (see below.)
5. You must post the characteristics of a recipient.
6. You must create a post sharing your win with others.
7. You must thank your giver.
Characteristics for the Smile Award:
1. Must display a cheerful attitude. (not necessarily at all times--we are all human).
2. Must love one another.
3. Must make mistakes.
4. Must learn from others.
5. Must be a positive contributor to blog world.
6. Must love life.
7. Must love kids.This award was created by Mere at THE BABBLINGS OF MERE. She did terrific job on this award!

All the blogs I visit share these characteristics; I think that each and every one of you display generosity and love, your blogs are positive in nature, you are all willing to jump in and help whenever asked. You all love life and kids; both fur and human!

The reason I read your blogs is because you all give me a chance to have friends all over the world; you give me recipes to try, both craft and edible. You give me hope when I have lost it, you show me light when it is dark, you give me faith when I have none. You make me laugh and cry. You share your joy and your pain. You share your homes and your talents with me. You are generous; the things you give away are wonderful, and speak of time,effort and thought on your parts.

Through you all I see the good in people, a view I had lost sight of. I can't give this award to just five of you; I hereby give it to you all; please take it and share it with those that make your world a little brighter; that is what I am doing right now.

Thank you all for visiting with me; thank you for sharing your world with me. The world is brighter with you in it; and even if you are not on my list of favorites take the award and use it; I have so many on my reader too; and I have to get you all listed on my favorites.

Keep up the good work; ALL of you!! You are fantastic!!

Red Cinnamon's Giveaway

This is a giveaway that Scoti over at Red Cinnamon Prims is holding; here is her description of these items:

We have a garage sale find of this sign there's no place like home...a bag of fresh dried lavender.....a grudged..cinnamon flag...my first 2 grungy candles i ever made...couple of weeks ago...a few vintage buttons from an auction....a bag of seeds....a rustic metal star...a small cinnamon bun candle...courtesy of Brock I didn't know he put that in there til after I took the pic....:) a old oatmeal bowl....a wooded ball......my first ever craft...a painted paint of ..Home of the Free. because of the brave.....and a tin of my first batch of homemade lip balm in sweet orange...... so any takers....please post a comment on this post to enter...one enter per person..unless.. you post on your blog...then you get 2 chances..

Well; I am not sure when the drawing is to be held, but hurry on over!!!

Y'all Gotta Be Quick on This One!!!!

Hey Y'all: JenW at PurtyGirlPrimitives is giving this away in honor of her birthday! I just found out; but HURRY!!! She is drawing on Sunday at 10:00 P.M. I know its quick, but hurry over and leave her a comment!

Another I love your blog award!

WOW; Another friend, Nicole from Back in the Day has also given me the I Love your Blog Award!! Okay this makes six! I am so grateful to all of you; this is so wild that you all love my blog as much as I love all of yours! I am so happy to have met you all here in blogland and I hope that you will continue to visit with me.

Again thank you all; the bullies here say" Thank you for making our mom do the happy dance, this is the first time we have seen our mom do it for so long!!" Murphy and Niles say" We's don't know what all the fuss is about, she didn't even get a milkbone for goodness sake! We gives her awards all the time; oh wait Niles, those aren't awards, remember when Mom said those are "tootsie rolls"? Oh yes,Murphy, you are right, but she was hopping up and down the other day when Sydney left her the awards, I mean, tootsie rolls, by the front door, 'member? But Niles, that wuz a different kind of dancin', I think it wuz a unhappy tootsie roll dance! Ohhhh, yeah; okay, I get it now! "
Well, the boys are right about that one; I am doing the really happy dance now ( not the tootsie roll dance, thank goodness!)

THREE IN ONE DAY!!!!

Okay; while I was awarding Jenn over at Bittersweet Fixins N Primitives; she was awarding me the SAME AWARD!!! HOW COOL IS THAT!!! Yikes; great minds think alike I tell ya; I gotta love that Jenn; go visit her; she always has something going on!!!! Thanks Jenn!! And she has some great crafting recipes and ideas too; what a sweetie she is; SOOOOOOOOOOO; Now I am nominating another blogger I just met for this award; The Shabby Blue Cottage. She has a new blog too so go over and visit her and leave her a nice comment; she would appreciate it I'm sure! Y'all are sooooo generous!!! EDIT: Jill at the Fruit of Her Hands just gave me this award too!!! And Jane at Jane's Fabrics returned the favor, what a gracious blogger she is! Love it!!!! Five in One Day!!! Yippee!!! I am so overwhelmed; thank you,thank you; and the bullies say "two paws up" to all their mom's blogging friends!Second Edit!!! Cindy from CynthiaLeeDesigns just awarded me this award also!!! Thank you Cindy!!!

TWO Awards in one day WOOO!

Well, I have to say I am so happy today. I just found out that two of my blogging friends have sent me an award! This really means a lot to me. When I started this blog, I was envious of all the awards displayed on the many blogs I visited. I could see why they received awards; they are all creative and industrious, friendly and generous. So to be again recognized ( my first was from TwoBarkingDogs who is a fantastic blogger!) was just so amazing. Thank you to all these ladies! TwoBarkingDogs, who gave me my first award and now to Sandy at For the LOVE of Prims, and Angie at Simple Thyme Primitives for these two new awards.

Now here are the details about this award;

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.

2. Link the person you received your award from.

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4. Put links of those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs of those you’ve nominated.So, here is who gets my "I Love Your Blog" Award in no particular order:

1. Jane at JanesFabrics blog

2. Jenn at Bittersweet Fixins N Primitives

3. Rochelle at Tales from Olde Crow Hill

4. Tina at Stitching in Texas

5. Cindy at CynthiaLeeDesigns

6. Train Wreck at Cowboys,Kids ,Sunsets

7. Jill at Fruit of Her Hands

8. D at TwoBarkingDogs

Well; I did eight because I have two awards and I don't know if I am supposed to do double??? But anyway; if you are on my list... and even if you aren't yet... consider yourself a winner too and put this on your blog too. I keep trying to remember to click that darn save on top after I add folks, but I have missed Cindy twice over so now I have fixed that! I get confused; sometimes I save y'all to my blog reader and forget to put you in the list, but I am getting better at this and better at not lurking so much!!!! I know we all forget to comment at times; I resolve to do better from now on.

And a special award to Shanda over at Front Porches,Sweet Tea as she is dealing with caring for her mom who recently broke her hip. Please stop by and wish her well, send her your prayers as she is such a good person and a great blogger. I am hoping that her mom has a speedy recovery and that Shanda gets a much deserved rest after this.

About the Pay it Forward Game

Hey blogger friends; I had some folks looking for a Pay it Forward to join since mine is now closed.(click on their names to go to their blogs) Jane ( who, by the way, owns a fabric store! Quilters; woo-hoo; this is a neat place to go and it's online and easy!!! See the links to the left for the website and her blog!) from Jane's fabrics had an opening or two on hers and Jenn at Bittersweet Primitives and Fixin's has an opening If you are ready to have some wild fun and get some goodies in your mailbox, go on over and sign up with these two. Jenn does prims and Jane is a quilter, so you never know what you may get, but it will be fun. Then you get to be the giver and put up the Pay It Forward on your blog and give out some goodies of your own. And it can be a small something so don't worry about having to go crazy finding things ( okay. that is what I am doing, but that is because I am a nut!!!LOL!) Have fun!!!