We are excited as well as pleased to share with our readers that we’ve been nominated by Jacinda @ yellowcloth for the two blog awards below! Thanks so much Jacinda it’s super sweet of you! 
Now it’s my turn to nominate 15 other bloggers that are an inspiration to me and that I feel have a lovely blog, then I’m to share 7 random things about myself.
My fifteen nominations:
- Janie @ Hedge Combers
- Kristi @ I should be Mopping the Floor
- Britni @ Hubby Made Me
- Kimberly @ Serendipity Refined
- Carri @ Simply Done Wright
- Jan @ Maison Newton
- Vanessa @ Nifty Thrifty Things
- Joy @ Joy’s Jots, Shots & Whatnots
- Tulip @ True Aim
- Julie @ Jam’s Corner
- Lisa Lynn @ little homestead on the hill
- Nif @ Call Me Nif
- Heather @ Heathers French Press
- Missy @ Graceful Little Honey Bee
- Meg @ A Little Knick Knack
Seven random things about myself:
- I’m deathly afraid of snakes…have yet to run into one in the garden. Thank God! and I hope I don’t anytime soon. LOL! Mom has…
- I just started taking guitar lessons.
- I’m a freelance webdesigner and yes I do a whole lot of other things as well! Keeps me busy!
- I have two beautiful children who make me laugh every day!
- I love seafood!
- I am also deathly afraid of mice, rats and the like! haha…this is a phobia I’ve had since I was a child. I know they won’t hurt me but I “WILL” be on the highest piece of furniture possible if I know of a mice or rat in the room. Seriously!
**If you are nominated and would like to participate please save these buttons, upload them to a post, share seven random things about yourself, then link back to the person who nominated you, and most importantly choose fifteen other bloggers you admire and would like to pass the award too.
Thank-you so much for the award. I'm honored and enJOY being a part of this list. Its good to know that I do inspire someone. You'll find my list of randoms and the awards I've passed on @ http://joysjotsshots.blogspot.com/2012/06/sunshine-kreativ-awards-thank-you-barb.html.
You are welcome Joy! :)
Thanks so much for the award! :)
You're very welcome Missy!
Thanks so much for the award! :)
You are so welcome Julie!
Thanks so much, Erika! How fun!! I better get to work on my post so I can pass this on! Thanks for making my day!
Hey Britni! You are very welcome! :)
Eek! Thank you Erika, you are a sweetheart! I shall spend my day in the sun thinking up what to write about! Have a great day, Janie x
Janie! Enjoy your day in the sun! I can't wait to see what you write about! :)
Thank you, Erika!! You made my week! Going to start working on my blog post. Have a great weekend!
Hey Nif! You're welcome! I look forward to seeing what you write. :)
Hi Erika,
Thank you so much for the nomination! I had to think long and hard about who to pass this along to! Please come and visit to see the recipients!
Thanks again!
Hi Lisa! You are so welcome! My Mom and I enjoy your site very much! :)
Thank you so much for including me in your list, Erika! :)
xo! Vanessa
You're welcome Vanessa! :) Love your site!
Erika, you are such a sweetheart! I totally dig what you are doing both at home and with your blog. I've been dealing with some health issues of late and did not have a chance to timely respond to your comment at my blog from a few days ago. If I can figure out how to do it, yeah, I will participate. But most of this internet and modern-day media stuff just is way above my head. I used to think I was an intelligent woman, too. So I will try clicking on some of those buttons and see what happens. Anyway, thank you so much for including me in your list. I guess several generations since I was in high school have NOT read Farenheit 451 (that's the temperature at which books start to burn). I see you have totally "restyled" the look of your blog again. So cool!
Hi Jan, I 'm sorry to hear you are having health problems! I will keep you in my thoughts and send positive ones your way! HUGS! If you would like to save these blog awards to upload to your blog. Please (right-click) your mouse and click (save image as) then you will save the images to the desktop of your computer. Then you will upload the images to your blog like you would any other photo or image. :) Hope that helps!
P.S. Okay - how do I save and upload those buttons to Maison Newton blog? Like - frigging duh, Jan! Sorry. Now I'm going to go watch Chef Ramsay ream out would-be star chefs! Just thinking about it makes my head hurt.