Liebster Blog Award

Ok. I'll admit it. I had no idea what "Liebster Blog" meant, although I've noticed it on a few blogs I follow. Apparently, "Liebster Blog" is German and means something like "My favorite blog".

How lovely to find myself nominated.

Thank you Cindy for nominating me, it's such a great idea to help us smaller blogs get noticed. Do please check out her Tops to Treasures blog, it's a lovely one to follow.

By accepting the award I have agreed to the following...

Thank the person who gave you the award
Link back to their blog
Copy and paste the Liebster award to your profile
Pick 5 blogs that you feel deserve to be in the spotlight (they must have under 200 followers)

That was simple work! Now to find 5 blogs to nominate. There's so many I follow, but until I investigate, I can't say I've ever paid any attention to the number of followers.

My Liebster Blog nominations.....

(In no particular order)

1. Sally and her Lavender Attic blog. With a profile that I could have written myself, how could I not follow?

2. Sarah and her So Sarah Sews blog. For bright fresh and colourful quilting.

3. Making Rebecca Lynne for interesting posts - and having just clicked on the latest one - can't wait to have a go myself!

4. Kathy's Crazy Moments for a lovely looking craft inspired blog.

5. Candie Cooper and her Savvy Crafter's Journal An eclectic mix of crafting bit and bobs.

(If anyone does have more than 200 followers - apologies)

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