Good afternoon, and Happy Easter! I hope you’ve had a wonderful day spending time with loved ones and reflecting on the true meaning on Easter. Today I have a couple of announcements I wanted to share with you.
Very Inspiring Blogger Award
I was recently nominated for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award from Ashley at Ash and Crafts. I feel honored that Ashley chose me, and wish I could nominate her right back, because I truly love her work!
Recipients of this award are encouraged to:
- Thank the person who nominated you and link to their blog.
- Display the award logo.
- Nominate 15 bloggers (more or less) who inspire you and share their links with your readers.
- Leave a comment on their blogs so they know that they’ve been nominated.
- Mention three things that have inspired you during the past week.
Feel free to customize these rules to make them work for you!
Let’s start with what has inspired me this week. Here are my top 3 inspirations!
I LOVE this Pottery Barn Knock Off Clock at My Love 2 Create and fell in love as soon as I saw it!
I want one of these DIY Rustic Wood Signs from Karen’s Up on the Hill! Just gorgeous!
Do I even have to say anything about these Easy Pina Colada Donut Holes from Sharon at Her Organized Chaos? I think the picture says it all!
Now that I’ve shown you my weekly inspiration, here are all the bloggers I am nominating for this award:
Karen at Karen’s Up on the Hill
Carrie at Carrie This Home
Erlene at My Pinterventures
Sharon at Her Organized Chaos
Jess at Live Randomly Simple
Brandy at A Sweet Aroma
Erica at On Bliss Street
Amanda at Dwelling in Happiness
Brittany at The Nested Nomad
Christine at So Domestically Challenged
Beverly at Across the Blvd
Mindi at My Love 2 Create
I am so glad to have other bloggers out there to inspire me…aren’t you?
GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT
Now for the really exciting part of this post…I’m teaming up with an amazing group of bloggers to giveaway a $200 gift card to Anthropologie to one lucky follower on Instagram. The giveaway will launch Monday, April 6th at 5 PM PST/ 8 PM EST. Make sure to follow me on Instagram so you can enter the giveaway as soon as it opens!!
Congrats again! You totally deserve it! 🙂
Thanks! I really would have loved to nominate you again! I’m so glad you linked up with me so I could discover all your great creations!
Congrats on being nominated!! I know you’ve been working so hard at making Sparkles of Sunshine a great place for your readers so you totally deserve this award!
Thanks also for nominating me! You’re so kind and you put a huge smile on my face this morning!
Thanks, Carrie. I’m so glad to have put a smile on your face this morning! I hope you had a great Easter holiday. Thanks for inspiring me! 🙂
Woohoo! Congrats, what a great award! Thank you SO much for the nomination, you are so sweet to think of me! 🙂
It was a no-brainer, I’ve really been enjoying your posts! 🙂
You are very deserving of lots of awards, Christie. I love following your posts.Thank you very much for including me in your list of nominations. I was delightfully and very pleasantly surprised!
Thanks, Beverly. I’ve enjoyed following your posts, too! 🙂
Congratulations on your nomination! I’m flattered that you thought of me too! Thank you so much 🙂
Thanks, Erlene. I’m so happy to have other bloggers like you to inspire me!
Congrats Christie! You totally deserve it. Your blog is so well-written and full of heart and your projects are stunning.
Thank you so much for thinking of me , friend. You were one of my very first bloggy friends and I so appreciate it 🙂
Thanks, Christine! Isn’t it great to have bloggy friends? I’m so glad you’re one of mine! You deserve this award, too! Have a great week!