BellaTYPE

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

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Thanks again StarSunflower Studio!
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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.

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!

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!