The two of us here at BellaTYPE, The Thompson Sisters, were stoked and honored to receive a Stylish Blogger Award, from our friend and fellow Blogger-blogger-designer. the wonderful StarSunflower Studio!It is an honor, as we are huge fans of StarSunflower Studio. One of very few bloggers slash designers that I relate to on many levels and also have utmost respect for. Respect doesn't always go hand in hand with a sense of kinship. And we totally get that sense from StarSunflower Studio. So StarSunflower Studio, mad props on all your fantastic work, and heartfelt thanks for this,-- our very first award!
By accepting this award, we agreed to the four "rules" that follow:
- Thank and link back the person that awarded it to you
- Share 7 things about yourself
- Pay it forward to 15 recently discovered great Bloggers
- Contact those Bloggers and tell them about their blog award
1. Thank and link back the person that awarded it to you
Now for those seven things about myself... Or ourselves rather. (Squirm) Time for a team huddle. Bella Jill and Bella Lauren will have to try to divy this odd number evenly between the two of them.♥
Thanks again StarSunflower Studio!
♥
2. Share 7 things about yourself
- Lauren - This feels like truth or dare. Truth! Okay... let's see, fact one... I am terribly nearsighted. Well not terribly, I can see fine with contacts. But the box for my contact lenses has a number like -6.75 on the side of it, if that means anything... Every time I go to a new eye doctor, even though I try to break it down to them beforehand just how bad my vision is, their comments of surprise at the severity of my nearsightedness never gets any less mortifying. It's called tact people. I think in the optometry realm, perhaps since only rarely, very rarely does it induce even remote embarrassment, the practice of tact may be a practice that is not very ... well,-- practiced... Sigh. Cry me a river, moving on. Next! (For the record/Disclaimer: Optometrists are no more prone to lack tact than anyone else. I love optometrists.) :P
- Jill - I love Victoria Secret. For some reason I love everything in their catalogue.
- Lauren - I'm the younger sister. Late twenties oh-rah!
- Lauren & Jill - Lauren says, "We really are sisters." "22 months apart," Jill adds.
- Jill - I am a "novelhunter." This is a term I coined myself, which is in short; a book enthusiast. I have sort of fallen off the habit as of late, but at one time I was always on the pursuit of books to add to my collection. More recently, it is to share those books that I ardently seek.
- Lauren - I love her books.
- Jill & Lauren - We know we need to hurry up and blog! We are excited about the many things we have planned to share with you at BellaTYPE. Stay tuned! We also know that this is a cheezy fact, but we've been squirming uncomfortably at the mention of "sharing something" about ourselves, but we did this for you, with love. Besides, Nymphie Bella (Lauren) has put herself on blast already with her other blog and happenings on the web, she is liking her relative anonymity here at BellaTYPE.
3. Pay it forward to 15 recently discovered great Bloggers
Okay, not all of the blogs I list are on the Blogger platform, but they are by definition created by "15 recently discovered great bloggers" (lowercase b) so I didn't think you would mind. These are sites that have my vote. I hope you do take my word on them and at least give them a look.
Also, not all of these blogs seem to be the "awardsy-type," so, even though I will gladly comply with rule number four myself, (contact the 15 Bloggers and tell them about the Stylish Blogger Award I have given them), I will still be their friend if they "break the chain." However, Stylish Blogger Award Winners, you are supposed to follow the four rules stated above if you accept the award as well.
We're not usually the "awardsy-type," either, but sometimes you have to grab the bull by the horns. Strike while the iron is hot. Sh*t or get off the pot. (Okay, now I am just being silly.) Enjoy these websites! Seize the day! Or as Lauren always says, "Give your life a listen and stay tuned."
Also, please note, these blogs I really do like, and are shown in no particular order. Except for Kirk's blog. He's first because, Kirk is cool. There are so many super Bloggers out there but I had to limit myself to these fifteen. Again, enjoy! C'est la vie!
- Kirk's Sloppy Mind Noggins
- Graphic Identity
- Design Juices
- Admix Web
- The Blogarista
- The Link Medic
- Elaine Biss
- Trudesign's Ruminations Blog
- Fonts By Juan Casco
- Kwur-tee
- Stirred, Straight Up With a Twist
- Mama of Three Munchkins!
- Luc Devroye's Homepage
- Pizcos.net
- The Literary Lioness
4. Contact those Bloggers and tell them about their blog award
Thanks for stopping by, feel free to leave a comment below with your thoughts on this post and on the blog's that you've visited. You know, feel free to comment with your own link if you are a "stylish Blogger" too! Unless you are one of those lame-o spammers, I really don't like those sort of links, and then you would not be very stylish either. Well, I am off to pay it forward and notify these fine Bloggers of their award! Cheerio!
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12 comments:
Oh thank you!! This made my Saturday!!! Love ya!!
Wow, Thanks! I'm totally honored and appreciate the award. I accept and will pay it forward. Thanks again! -Sarah aka The Blogarista
Oh your responses are so cute! I felt a little awkward sending the award as some might respond with an *oh no*, like it's a chain letter or something! The neat thing about it is that it connects different people together in the blogosphere -- gives one a chance to land upon a blog that they may not have found otherwise.
You gals are stylie bloggers though, and definitely deserve an award for your beautiful work. I had to take the bull by the horns as well, and am glad you decided to jump in to pass it along.
By the way 22 is a very lucky number for myself and a close friend of mine. ;)
::cheers::
Sü
@Elaine,
You are so very welcome. My compliments to you are 100% sincere. You have created your brand, identifiable and quality. Elaine Biss should be a household name. We are glad to take part in your having a super day, but it's our bet that in the not too distant future, you will be much too busy with your whirlwind of success to have much time for little bloggers like ourselves. But we so very much wish that you do have the success you deserve. XD
<3 Lauren & Jill
@Sarah,
You are so very welcome! I am loving everything on your blog and am impressed by your WP skills, an asset that I myself don't have! Keep up all the great work. We are fans!
<3 Lauren & Jill
@Sü,
I agree, awards are a super for making connections. Some of the bloggers I mention though, might not notice they received an award, but were selected by force of my honest intent. ;P
I admit... that I was given quite a few actually at Nymphont, and I... participated in zero. [oopsie! XD]
As I wrote in the post, it is nice to find a blogger I really relate to. Our blogs (Nymphont and StarSunflower Studio) are different in design & content, but I see a similar intent or goal. Organic content and useful knowledge that might not be easy for some to discover... that sort of thing.
Finding a designer similar to myself in a way that doesn't piss me off or intimidate me either, well, to quote Martha Stewart, "It's a good thing." ;P
<3 Lauren (and Jill too of course) XD
#longwindeddweebforever!
Wow, thanks for including me on the list! Awesome site!
Hi Earl! :D You are very welcome of course! Thank you for the kind words on the site, we think yours is awesome as well, (obviously XD) it is our pleasure to name you for this award. We look forward to future posts & wish you oodles of success in blogging and everything else as well!
Keep it 'kwer-tee' cuz! <3
So very deserving i love love love bellatype!
**Teary eyed** Thank you so much!! :)
@Jared - Thanks droogie, you're the best. ;)
Thank you for the mention, you guys rawkkkk.
Very happy to be on the list thank you!
@Chris,
Sorry for the very late reply, it was our pleasure to mention you. Thank you, you RAWK :D
<3
Lauren
@Link Medic,
Hi there! We weren't sure if you were the 'awardsy' type, but we had to include you. With so many blogger & blog related sites out there, a quality one such as yours is nice to come across.
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