Blog Award.

Remember that cute altered book I told you about (and tried to show you?) a week or so ago from the blog Frogs N Butterflies?  Well, while I was writing that (and she didn’t know it) she sent me a nice little blog award.  Thanks Cheri!   Oh, and I have to follow some rules. 
1.   The winner may put the logo onto their blog.

2.   Put a link to the person who sent you the award.

3.   Nominate 10 blogs.

4.  Put links to their blogs.

5.  Leave a message for the nominees.

And now I’m supposed to give it to 10 blogs I read that make me smile.  I read some really awesome blogs, so go check them out. 

1.  Cathy Zielske.  If you don’t know who she is, you’re obviously NOT a scrapbooker.  Aside from being an awesome scrapbooker, she’s funny.  I love funny people.  I love people who make me laugh.  And I love her blog because she makes me laugh every time I read it.  http://cathyzielske.typepad.com/my_weblog/

2.  Abby Key.  I’ve never met her in person, but I love her dearly and consider her a good friend.  She sees things that others don’t see.  And she points them out to you.   And she reminds me to look for things also.  Love her.  http://abbykey.blogspot.com/

3.  Klo Oxford.  She is so awesome and I dearly love her.  She is funny as hell, and she’s a Pazzles machine genius.  The woman can design anything!  And the best part is that she’s so generous she shares files and does videos and shows you how to use your Pazzles too and answers questions for people and does it all out of the goodness of her heart.  That makes me smile.  http://www.scrappingklo.blogspot.com/

4.  Jill Brush.  She’s always making me smile for some reason.  Her blog is full of funny stories she tell about disasters that have happened to her and she shows lots of paper projects she makes that are so pretty and she’s usually giving them away to someone else because she’s so nice!  http://www.my-so-called-scrappy-life.blogspot.com/

5.  Stacy Julian.  Haven’t met her yet but it’s on my list of “things to do before I die.”  She’s a great scrapbooker and teacher, but it’s her philosophy that I love.  She makes me smile a lot when I read her blog because she makes me remember that life is wonderful and I have lots of things to be grateful for and that I SHOULD be smiling because life is good.  http://stacysbigpicture.typepad.com/

6.  Tara Whitney, photographer extraordinaire.  Her photos are always so stunning and awesome, that you can’t help but smile.  http://tarawhitney.com/justbeblogged/

7.  Melody Ross.  She’s the founder of Chatterbox a scrapbooking manfacturer company).  I think she’s a phenomenal woman for what she’s been through and how she’s handled it and still encourages others to smile when reading her blog.  When I want to remind myself that “it’s gonna be okay,” I go to her blog.  http://melodyross.typepad.com/my_weblog/

8.  Heather Armstrong, a.k.a. Dooce.  She’s bold and in your face and (sometimes) offensive, but MAN she makes me laugh.  As I said before, I like funny people.  She takes hilarious photos of their dog, Chuck.  They can sit anything on that dog’s nose or head and he will sit still as a stone while they take a photo.  Food, dog treats, etc.  It’s amazing!  http://www.dooce.com/

9.  Karen Russell.  She makes me smile because she takes fabulous photos.  Someday I’d like to be able to afford her photography class!  She’s also a scrapbooking designer for many years, but it’s her photos that I love to see on her blog.  http://karenrussell.typepad.com/my_lifejust_not_on_the_ro/page/2/

10.  Ali Edwards.  I’m always amazed by her creativity, but now she has a brand new baby girl at home.  Baby girl photos make me smile.  http://www.aliedwards.typepad.com/