From One Friend to Another

Awww! I'm so honored to have been given this award by Linda from Payne Holler Cards. Linda does such awesome work and has been such an inspiration and blessing to me!

I am supposed to tell five things about myself with this award:
1. I love winter weather so I am looking forward to the next few months!
2. I am a terrible housekeeper! Clutter is my friend! And creative clutter is a dear friend!!
3. I eat potato chips ON my bologna sandwich! Saves time!
4. I love to see people laugh and have a good time, even if they are laughing at me! (oh wait, they are laughing with me, right?)
5. I cry a lot... happy, sad, emotional, and worst of all when I am mad! Then I cry more cause I am mad that I cry when I'm mad...it's hopeless!!

Now I would like to share this award with some friends who are always encouraging and supportive and true blessings to me:

Kathy
Karli
Michelle
Maria
Monica

Thanks for visiting today and I hope the rest of your week goes well!

Blessings to you,
Vicki

And the Blessings Keep Flowing

Greetings! I was blessed today with this award by Cindy and Paige. Thank you Ladies for including me in such a wonderful group! Be sure to check out their blogs for some amazing projects! In accepting this award, I must name 5 things that I enjoy and in no particular order.

1. I love singing old church hymns.
2. I truly enjoy the crafting experience.
3. I love to cook,especially, for other people.
4. I love my animals.
5. I enjoy blogging and getting to know my cyber friends.

Now I am to name 5 people to receive this award:

Kathi of Golden Paper Dreams
Maria of Crafty Creations
Linda of Payne Holler Cards
Susan of Sue Stampin Daly
Amy of My Creative Clutter

Enjoy Ladies and thanks again to Cindy and Paige! Blessings to you!

"ReBlessed"

Wow! Am I feeling humble! I was also nominated for the Kreativ Blogger Awardby Amy of My Creative Clutter and Kirstin of All Over the Map! Thank you Ladies for making me feel awed and humbled! The previous post with the rules for this award is here. The award is also pictured on the sidebar. Gosh! This is getting hard! I can't imagine anyone wanting to know 21 facts about me! LOL! OK ... for a try at another seven...

1. I taught preschool for four years and was a substitute teacher for all grades for six years
2. I live in the mountains near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
3. Horses and deer graze in my backyard
4. I love cherry-flavored anything...from Lifesavers to pie
5. I am teased mercilessly by everyone about my love of cardboard
6. I have 2 dogs, Dusty and Molly; and four cats and a kitten (you have met Ria)
7. The only hot food I can stand to eat cold is pizza

Can I do seven more?!?!??!
1. I read cookbooks like most people read novels
2. My computer is my "significant other"
3. I hate having my picture taken
4. I have worked as a surgical assistant, home sales demonstrator, property manager, and professional volunteer along with the fields I have already mentioned
5. If I couldn't live in Tennessee, I would want to live in Charleston, SC or Asheville, NC
Can you tell I'm getting desperate here?!!?!?
6. I love to watch children's programming and movies... VeggieTales ROCK
7. My favorite author is Karen Kingsbury
Whew!!!

Now to the nominations!

1. Michelle
2. K Archer
3. Loretta
4. Happy
5. Katie
6. Cyndi
7. Roxy
8. Jill
9. Crafty This and That
10. Susan
11. Teresa
12. June
13. Jennifer
14. Valita

Now for the rules one more time:
1. Thank the person who nominated me for this award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on my blog.
3. Link the person who nominated me for this award.
4. Name seven things about me that people might find interesting.
5. Nominate seven Kreativ Bloggers.
6. Post links to the seven blogs that I nominate.
7. Leave comments on all seven blogs letting them know I nominated them.

And I'm off to notify the nominees!

Thank you so much everyone for making this blogging experience such a fun filled part of my day! Blessings to each and every one of you!

Blessed Again!

I want to thank Cindy from Luciesfloozies; thatLucy has a lot of 'splainin' to do for this award! Cindy is an awesome crafter and you can view her blog here. There are a few rules that come along with this award.
To accept the award I have to do a few things:

1. Thank the person who nominated me for this award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on my blog.
3. Link the person who nominated me for this award.
4. Name seven things about me that people might find interesting.
5. Nominate seven Kreativ Bloggers.
6. Post links to the seven blogs that I nominate.
7. Leave comments on all seven blogs letting them know I nominated them.

Let's see...
List 7 things about me that people might find interesting:
1. I am the mother of two grown daughters
2. I am the grandmother of three awesome grandchildren
3. I am legally blind with a field of vision of less than 10%
4. I was married to a US Marine for twenty years
5. I lived in 32 places in 30 years
6. I am one of seven generations to live in the same house
7. I was in catering and floral design for over 25 years

Now, I am to name seven people who I want to receive this award
1. Sue from Crafty Sue
2. Monica from Giddy Greetings
3. Elizabeth from Soft Pencil Digital Stamps
4. Cindy from Christian Paper Crafts
5. Karli from Crafting with Class
6. CPEEP from Extreme Cards and Papercrafting
7. Jane from All Stamped Up... and No Place to Go

OK, now to let these ladies know they are nominated!
I am so blessed to "know" these ladies from their blogs and I am honored that Cindy nominated me from hers. Hope everyone has a blessed day! A blurfing I will go.....!

The Blessings Flow.....

Wow! What an awesome day! I have posted my first challenge ever and now I have been blessed with this award from Cindy at Luciesfloozies- That Lucie has a lot a 'splainin' to do! Be sure to check out Cindy's blog here. She is quite the talented lady!

To pick up the Circle of Friends Blog Award:

Cut and paste the award logo and use it on your own blog.
Nominate at least 5 other bloggers you feel have become part of your circle of friends.
Link to your nominees, within your blog post and include these instructions on how to pick up the award in your blog post.
To show your appreciation to the person who gave you the award, link back to their blog. Finally, comment on the recipient’s blogs, to let them know they've received the award.

So, now it is my turn to pass this on - in no special order

Mary G. at My Stampin Hide-Away
Monica at Going Green Greetings
Paige at She Who Must Stamp
Kathy at Will Stamp for Wine
Kathi at Golden Paper Dreams

I've Been Blessed!

I've been blessed to receive a blog award from Carol at Extreme Cards and Papercrafting! Thanks so much, Carol! You can visit Carol's blog here.
I would like to pass this award on to Cindy Coutts at Christian Paper Crafts! Enjoy, Cindy!

Blog Award

I received a blog award as part of a blogging group . We were honored with the award by Michelle at Inky Scraps. Thank you, Michelle! I love your blog, too, dahling!!

Blog Award!

I received this blog award today from Kathi at Golden Paper Dreams. Be sure to visit her blog http://goldenpaperdreams.typepad.com/. She does wonderful work and her posts are always so colorful and cheery. Thank you for this award, Kathi! I am honored!