The Bella Sinclair award.

This is a very special award and the person it was made for is a very special woman. She is a sister-friend, a talented artist, A great mom, a poet, a mental ninja, a muse, beautiful, a genius, and her friend-sister Ces created it for her.

This is what Ces says about the award...

Read the whole post here.

http://cesandherdishes.blogspot.com/2009/07/bella-sinclair-award.html

"Ces created the Bella Sinclair Award in honor of Bella Sinclair exceptional woman and brilliant artist who epitomizes the concept of the artist as inspiration, of sisterhood, caring and sharing. It is symbolized by the Quercus lobata or Valley Oak, a handsome and graceful tree with a sturdy trunk, up to 5 ft in diameter and 120 feet tall, the largest western deciduous oak."

She also said

"I designed this award to celebrate art in the blogs and to honor the value of friendship, sisterhood, sharing and caring. It is to be awarded to the gifted, accomplished, eloquent and talented blogger whose friendship and influence inspire us to do our best. That I named it after Bella Sinclair is because she epitomizes all of these things. She is an inspiration to many of us.

I have chosen to symbolize this award with the Quercus lobata or Valley Oak. It is a simple and unadorned award but heavy on meaning. The Valley Oak is a large handsome tree with a stout and sturdy trunk and widely spreading branches that form a broad open crown. It can reach up to a height of 100 feet and a diameter of 4 feet, sometimes much greater. It is the largest of the western deciduous oaks and is a handsome and graceful shade tree.

I hope that when Bella returns, this award would have already circulated in the blogs. It is my honor to give this award to the first recipients who I hope will find the same pleasure as I have in spreading its crown, giving shade and the comfort of friendship and caring and of sisterhood by sharing this award with their blog-friends and sisters!

Now here are my babies, go out and pick other sister friends, spread the crown, give shade and comfort and caring to your blog and sister friends.

This is a lovely award!

1. Jodi Creager http://creagerstudios.blogspot.com/

2. Cindy http://oopsdesperateblogger.blogspot.com/

3. Lynda http://claymama1.blogspot.com/

4. Ces http://cesandherdishes.blogspot.com/

5. Purest green http://underthetonguerecipes.blogspot.com/

6. Cornerstoregoddess http://cornerstoregoddessjewelry.blogspot.com/

7. Bobbi http://bobbianncook.blogspot.com/

8. SusanC http://susanc-yarnnut.blogspot.com/

9. Susan http://awalkinthepark-susan.blogspot.com/

10. Sarah http://amountainmomma.blogspot.com/

11. Elizabeth http://ginagal.blogspot.com/

12. Donna http://ctbydonna.blogspot.com/

13. Gail http://cupcakesandcutestuff.blogspot.com/

14. Jenny http://kindclay.blogspot.com/

15. Francie http://burdart.blogspot.com/

16. Cindy http://cindypack.blogspot.com/

17. Dawn http://oddfae.blogspot.com/

18. Cassie http://cassymuronaka.wordpress.com/

19. Chris http://prismtrail.blogspot.com/

20. Yvonne http://quote-ching.blogspot.com/

Madi has an announcement to make...

I love my frog and he has the best eye.

OH and my grandma also wanted me to tell you, her and papa picked the winner for the Bella necklace grandma made.

Grandma and papa are giving away stuff for a year because they are so grateful to be alive and have a business they love. You can read about that here.

http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/2009/05/1st-giveaway-thank-you-thank-you-thank.html

First grandma wrote all of the names one at a time on the piece of paper.
Grandma usually does this with a random number generator, but she decided it would be more fun if her and papa did this together.
Then she checked them to make sure the numbers and the names matched.

She cut them all up with the big scissors that I can not play with.

Mixed them up again to be sure. There were 38 of you this time and she read to me what some of you said, so nice of you all. My grandma just loves that part.

Some times she gets a kleenex, but don't tell her I was watching her that close. She thinks I am just a baby, I don't want to spoil her fun.

She folded them up real small and

put them in one of papa's coffee cups.

She took the cup to papa and he couldn't get his hand in there, it is really big, so he had to take his little finger and fold it up so he could reach them and then he swished them around in there again.

Silly grandma didn't tell him she had already done that lots.

He picked out one and gave it to grandma and it was...

#13 ARTGALCRAFTS

Grandma was excited. She said this Bella necklace was going all the way to Australia.

She said that her friend Bella's words and paintings travel all over the world in peoples hearts and minds, so it is only right that the necklace should go faraway too!!!

Grandma says that you all should go look at Bella's art work because she makes cute little girls like me all of the time.

Some of the girls are bigger than me though.

Her blog is here http://bellasinclair.blogspot.com/

ArtGal you need to get in touch with my grandma so she can send the Bella necklace to you. Grandma's email is on her profile page.

Oh and congratulations!

For Bella

http://bellasinclair.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-life-unfolds.html