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/

I have an award to give...

I have a very special award to give to someone. I have quite a few awards to give, but I am going to start with this one.


I made this for them.

They have been for many years, leaders in their field and their kindness, prowess, and insight give them right, in my opinion, to have an award all their own. Their mixed media art dolls cross the boundaries of time and space. They bring people joy and laughter and I think that they get a lot of that themselves making these awesome pieces of engineering and craftsmanship.

This is from Jodi's lips, "We have had a great time and good success with our long career of Doll Making…for that we are very thankful …and delighted ...we are also so thankful for all the wonderful people we have met on this journey."
May there be lots and lots more years, dolls, success, and wonderful people.
I thought that it was time that they (Jodi and Richard) go forth and recognize others who have the ability to sculpt and who give kindness and care in the blogging world every day, just like they do.


May this award and Jodi and Richard find people just as deserving as they are.
Jodi and Richard Creager this is for you, extreme sculptors and just all around nice people.
http://creagerstudios.blogspot.com/

Go here to see beautiful things http://www.creagers.com/

TAH-DAH!!!

The rules will be:

Write a blog about your award.

Link to the Jodi and Richard Creager Blog.

Recognize and link to the person that passed the award to you

Answer these questions:

1. What is the theme you choose to work with most and why?

2. Who most influenced your sculpting path?

3. If you could have all the money in world, would you still do this?

4. How does your blogging world help you and others?

This should be in turn passed to 3 others who meet the requirements and can answer the questions.

Thank you Jodi and Richard for your years of dedication and learning, your kindness, and personalities, and most of all the mastery of the magic in your minds, so that all the world benefits.

Premio Meme Award

I have been awarded the Premio Meme Award by Creative Treasures by Donna,

Thank you so much Donna, I love this.

You can visit Donna here http://ctbydonna.blogspot.com/

She has some absolutely gorgeous jewelry and a beautiful blog to boot.

What the hell does "to boot" or "ta boot" mean? LOL! something to do in my spare time eh? Look that up. NOT! (I probably will now that I wrote it here)

I am going to tell you now 7 facts about myself (the rules) ;-O

1. I love my grand daughter and grand son.

2. I am so grateful to be able to do what I love.

3. I am so grateful for all my pretties, thank you! (everything I do here I do for you! and me!!! LOL!!)

4. My office and Craft area are totally in disarray. (looks like a sh-t storm hit the place) now doesn't that make you all feel better?

5. I can find everything.

6. I don't dye my hair anymore.

7. I used to work in a power plant. (and my nickname on my hard hat was cannonball) make up your own stories here. If they are good, tell me, I will use them. Lol!

And 7 people I would love to pass this to! (the rules) ;-O

I understand life and know that some of you may not have time to take this and post it and follow the rules, but I just wanted you to know that I listen, I read, and I care. You are important bloggers to me.

1. http://awalkinthepark-susan.blogspot.com/

2. http://dianaevans.blogspot.com/

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

4. http://cornerstoregoddessjewelry.blogspot.com/

5. http://cindypack.blogspot.com/

6. http://burdart.blogspot.com/

7. http://quote-ching.blogspot.com/

Here is a description of the award and some of the meaning.

From K-squared Ramblings http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/

Traced back and described here and Posted here http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2009/02/08/premio-dardo-thoughts/

"There are at least two different descriptions of the award in English:

This award acknowledges the values that every blogger shows in his or her effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values every day.
and
The PREMIO DARDO is designed to recognize unique voices and visions on the Web as well as to promote fraternization amongst bloggers of all sorts.
The number of blogs you’re expected to pass along the award to is variously given as 5, 10, 12, and 15."
NICE!

A delightful award! An Award of Light

Jodi Creager from Creager Studios has bestowed upon me a most delightful award.
Thank you so much Jodi. I am thrilled with this award, and your kind, kind words. It has been a interesting couple of three weeks and I am feeling pummeled and spent.

It was my sign.


My blog inspires and illuminates, wow. I am all verklempt! Please... talk amongst yourselves for a moment.

English translation "this blog and the best alternative for light"




I could have picked so many more, but today
I am passing this to


Renee at
http://www.circlingmyhead.blogspot.com/
because she inspires and illuminates others and me everyday with her light, realness, love, and awareness.



Ces at
http://www.cesandherdishes.blogspot.com/
because she is light, inspiration, and muse to many including me with her frankness, love, and abundant talent.


Bella at
http://bellasinclair.blogspot.com/
because she is a light, love, and inspiration in many people's eyes and mine, also a talented, brave, and accomplished woman and muse.


Susan at
http://www.susanrichardsmultiplevisionsstudio.blogspot.com/
because she is kind, talented, and searching for light in her life and is in turn a light and inspiration to me.

Purestgreen at
http://underthetonguerecipes.blogspot.com/ or Where there are no chickadees
because she is kind, funny, illuminates, and inspires me everytime I visit her.

I have received an award!

I am so excited, I have received an award from my friend and creative sister, Dawn Schiller, at http://oddfae.blogspot.com/ thank you friend! I think this is one of the nicest things that has ever happened to me. I can not even begin to tell you what this means to me.

Here is a description as to what this award means: "This blog invests and believes in the PROXIMITY-nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement! Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers"

Wow that is nice, really nice!!!

I now pass it along to 8 blogs that I feel are deserving of it. The other criteria is that when accepting the award, you must post the meaning of the award on your blog (see above).

It is my pleasure to give this to blogs that mean something in my world.

I am forever better because of these blogs and people.

These are not in any particular order

http://omshantihandcrafts.blogspot.com/

http://mereditharnold.wordpress.com/

http://rubberstampplantation.blogspot.com/

http://leoninetimes.blogspot.com/

http://cupcakesandcutestuff.blogspot.com/

http://oopsdesperateblogger.blogspot.com/

http://cassymuronaka.wordpress.com/

http://jaxsbeads.blogspot.com/