Lovely award.

A big thank you to Candy at Creativity is Contagious for this wonderful blog award. I'm so glad to inspire someone who's creativity inspires me as well.

As the recipient of this award I need to play it forward to 3-5 blogs that inspire me. Well there are so many amazing blogs out there it's hard to pick but here goes. The following are some of my favourite inspirational blogs.

Michelle at Collage Your World

Sheila at Sheila Cain-Sample Pencil Artist

Hellemor at Hellemor's Scrap

Kat at Kat's Craft Creations

So now it is time for you lovely ladies to pass on this award and let us now who inspires you.

Beautiful Blogger Award

WOW! I'm so honored to be given this Beautiful Blogger award by Sheila from "How I See It". She has a few blogs for her photography and her art. Go check them out here. She's a special friend and an amazing artist. This is my first blogger award I've ever gotten and it came as a wonderful surprise the other day. Part of the requirement for getting this award is to tell you 10 things about myself and share 5 special blogs with you.

So here goes, 10 things about me:

1. I love to garden(okay I guess that was an obvious one!!)
2. I'm a packrat(I may need help LOL)
3. I love tools of the trade, right now that means jewelry tools(I'm wishing for a dapper for my birthday, a not so subtle hint for someone. )
4. I miss my dog Xena even though I said I wouldn't.
5. I recently discovered making panini's and am hooked.
6. I hate house cleaning and it's effecting my creative outlet right now.
7. I love music, almost any kind and almost always have something playing no matter what I'm doing.
8. I love living in the country and wouldn't change it for the world.
9. I have 2 great sons who are working their way through University right now.
10. I don't have a favourite colour, it's just too hard to choose between them all.

It was hard to pick just 5 special blogs but here they are:

http://artfulroom.blogspot.com/ This is my friend Sheila who does amazing colour and graphite pencil drawings.

http://kardkrazy.blogspot.com/ This is Louse's blog where I participate in the Tag Tuesday challenge.

http://trashtotreasureart.blogspot.com/ This is Lynn's blog which I discovered through Tag Tuesday and have enjoyed following her steampunk treasures.

http://jenzart.blogspot.com/ This is Jennifer's blog which I've enjoyed following for about a year now and actually got to meet her and visit her Milk House Gallery last fast. I always enjoy seeing what new treasures she's found.

http://tofallorstumbleupon.blogspot.com/ This is a beautiful blog by Faerwillow that I discovered while doing some wish casting. A blog I find inspiring and magical.

Thank you to Sheila for sharing this award with me. I hope you enjoy checking out some of my favourite blogs.