Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts

Friday, January 27, 2012

Apparently Kreatively Blogging


It was a great surprise to receive the Kreativ Blogger award from Pup Fan earlier this week (even though the first thing I thought of was the Krusty Krab.)  Make sure to check out the other recipients over at I Still Want More Puppies.  They are worth wasting a little time over!

I put off writing this post because it required me to think of interesting things about myself, which always reminds me of college essays, or worse, online dating profiles.  Which leads me to my first factoid-


1.  My husband was my first date through Match.com.  Yes, when I lived in New York City for graduate school, I decided to give online dating a chance and meet some people in the Big Apple.  Turned out I really only met one, and he was a keeper.

2.  The name Onyx, my black cat, is also the name of a Pokemon, which made and still makes me giggle.

3.   I don't like cheese.  I used to pick it off of pizza, although after living in Italy for a semester, I have been able to get over that.  I never eat it on sandwiches and I eat my mac plain. (The Husband gets the cheese packet to himself.)

4.  I used to own a hedgehog, which is my family designated spirit animal because of the letter "H".  Her name was Briar Rose and she was blind in one eye, so not very friendly.  I wore leather gloves to pick her up, which she hated.  She loved snuffling around the backyard under supervision.

5.  My biggest childhood crush was Batman (from the animated series in the early nineties).  My biggest current crush is Batman.  The Husband is fully aware of this.

6.   I've never been to a band's concert.  (I've been to many orchestral concerts.)  I'm working on getting the Husband to take me to a Coldplay concert.

7.  I wrote my Master's Thesis on the movies of Japanese animated movie director Hayao Miyazaki in case you haven't figured out how much a nerd I am.  (My Master's Degree is also pretty much useless to anyone wondering.)

8.  I keep getting the "Back" and the "Del" button mixed up on my new pc.  (As a previous Mac person)


Now to pass it along to some blogs that deserve it!

Bunny's Blog - She writes great updates about animal activism, in particular related to rescue and shelter animals. 
Chronicles of Cardigan - Corgies just happen to be one of my favorite dog breeds.  (Hopefully getting one next!!)  I can't get enough pictures of  Dewi and Jon  Farleigh in my life.
Dip-Dip and The Bridge - Chihuahuas in adorable sweaters.  Need I say more?
Max the Quilt Cat - Because cat's deserve a shout out on this blog.  And I'm still not sure what a quilt cat is.
My Dog's Love Me - love the url and loves the posts. 
Yes Biscuit - frequent posts about how to better our animal shelter system. So informative and maddening at the same time!
A List of Surprises - Not a pet blog?? Yup.  This girl writes some fascinating historical factoids.  Thoroughly researched and thoroughly interesting.

Recipients!  To claim your prize, post the picture on your blog, write 7-9 facts about yourself (however many suits your fancy!) and pick some more blogs to share the love with! 

I started painting butterflies!





Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The Liebster Award!


I'm delighted to receive my first award from the canine blogger,  Tootsie over at Bicontinental Dachshund.  She is a delightful dachshund who takes global adventures you are sure to be jealous of.  I'm honored to have her admire my art!

This is a "pay it forward" kind of reward, so I am choosing some blogs with less than 200 followers.  I have to say that a lot of the blogs I am following are quite popular already and this was tough for me to do as a new pet blogger!  These people and pets are some of the first people to welcome me into the community.  Make sure to check out Tootsie's post and her choices for blogs as well!

Check out these blogs!

Luna, A Dog's Life
Adorable beagles (and frogs!)  I love the pictures from this blog down under.

BZ Training
As an artist, I love finding pictures (and being jealous of the ability of the photographers!)  Check out the daily challenges that capture these lovable Golden Retrievers.


Yorkie Tails
Need some cute injected into your life?  Follow Scrappy's blog for an overload of adorable (a theme I love in any blog.)  I'm pretty sure she bestowed a Liebster to Tootsie above, so what goes around comes around!


Morian Art
Morian Art was kind enough to comment on my blog so I went over to hers.  She is also a pet portrait artist and her work is gorgeous.  Take a look!

Dear Winners, please read THE AWARD DIRECTIONS:

Liebster means "dearest" and "favorite" in German. The Liebster Award highlights up-and-coming blogs to help spread the word about their furgoodness. An award brings ceremony, too, and in order to accept the Liebster, you must do the following:

1.) Copy and paste the award on your blog.
Wag! See the award above!

2.) Link back to the blogger who gave you the award.
Wag! See my little note above!

3.) Pick your five favorite blogs with less than 200 followers, and leave a comment on their blog to let them know they received the award.
Wag! See the links to the winners above! And remember, always keep on wagging while you keep on reading!

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