I have to admit, as a fairly newbie blogger myself, i go to all these sites and see the awards wallpapering the sidelines and wondering, "hmmm....woes me, when will little ol' me get an award?" But alas, I wait no more!
Then, of course, reality sinks in. I kind of have homework now. Terms: To accept, you post with the award and link. Then, you link to approximately 15 new blogs you've found and enjoyed. Last, you notify your lovely blog buddies. Riding on my blog award high, I'm gunna be diligent and just get to it...
Note: I'm really going to take that "approximately" to heart and go with 7 tags. Because I'm kind of a slacker (and I truly don't know if I could genuinely list 15 new blogs i've found).
1. I'm going to just re-tag Carissa at the lovely dove because she is a newer blog I found that I really do enjoy. She's got the cutest colorful blog. Lots of great fashion and photos. She loves Etsy stuff, so she's posts all sorts of eye candy. Also: her giveaways are bomb.
2. Phoenix at Res ipsa loquitor. Because she's honest and open and she just seems like someone who if I met her in three-dimensional life, she'd be a great friend with exceptional conversation skills.
3. Steph(anie) at Unsweet Mama. She posts great music and also sometimes when she's feeling it, she writes real raw true thoughts. I dig that.
4. Bethany at Bloom. She's probably the newest newest I've discovered bumbling about the blogosphere. And she's delightful. She writes about gardening in a refreshingly quirky way. Case in point: her last blog was titled "hairy balls" but was really about some kind of plant. She is also artsy and writes about her life thoughtfully.
5. Lena from Bits on the Nippy Side. Because she's so feisty! And she swears. I tend to like swear words in blogs.
6. Laura from Piece of Cake. Such a beautiful blog! The pictures are divine, the words are poetry, and to top it off, she makes the best looking cakes EVER.
7. Perhaps you guys have some suggestions of other new blogs I might dig. Tell me your FAVE! Five of my faves that I've been reading for awhile are in my blog's righthand panel. Check them out, I really really really like them! (I realize this isn't really a tag).
O.k., donesies. To all the ones I've tagged, feel free to follow in my slacker footsteps and do five. That way, I kind of look like an overachiever, because, look at you, you only did five.
SOOOOO.....in other "can't fit my head through the door" news, I sold two paintings on Etsy this weekend!!! omg omg omg omg omg omg....
I posted three paintings a few weeks ago in my new Etsy shop. I didn't tell you. I know. I was afraid. And I'm still afraid to tell you, because now, I only have one painting there and it's not my fave fave. So I'm going to put more up and then I'm going to link it. Eventually. I promise.
I've never sold my art, only given it away. I've never taken it seriously, just kind of did it for fun. But per my New Year's resolutions and part of my blog's very purpose, I put myself out there. And WHAM! sold sold sold! Two pieces!!! Turned my world upside-down, so excited!
I better get to painting! Perhaps my life-long dream of manning my very own booth at an art fair will come true :-)
12 comments:
Congratulations Darcy!
Congratulations on selling your work! That's very exciting!
Excellent! Good for you, keep going.
That's A LOT of good stuff! I can't wait to see your art!
It seems the planets have aligned for my little sister this year. I am so happy that all these wonderful things are happening for you. I am sure there is more to come. I love you! and your big head!!
I promise I will start writing on my blog again and then u can mark me too- I have not been very diligent this year :(
Well, thank you! But more importantly, what's the address of your Etsy site?!
i am going to post more and then post link ;-)!
Oh wow, I can't wait for the etsy link. How wonderful that you sold two paitings. That's fantastic, wonderful, right on! High fives.
Thanks for the compliments and award. Really, a lot. What you wrote made me smile.
I've never gotten one either, but that's for the best because I am queen slacker and won't do it back. Sorry. Don't hate me.
What a great resource!
Ah! Thank you so much, Darcy. I'm honoured! I'm the only female in the house, so swearing has naturally eked it's way in as a sort of survival necessity! lol
Congrats on your sales, very well deserved!
Congrats on the award - and selling two paintings on Etsy! Yay Darcy!
And thank you, very much thank you, for the awesome award. I enjoy your writing so much (and also think that if we met in 3D we'd get along just fantastically).
Thanks again, Darcy. Safe travels to Minnesota! (I just said that in a Canadian accent in my head.)
oh my, look at what a bad commenter I've been! I've been so busy I only JUST read this post! so glad you played along though and thanks for re-tagging me and your sweet words! and so exciting that you sold those paintings! that must just be the best feeling ever! :)
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