Awards, what a lovely day!

Traveling through Blogland has to be the nicest adventure. I recently received two blogging awards. I was thrilled, and they truly made my day. I love so many blogs in Blogland, and there are so many talented and creative people. Now if you have already received the award that I am giving you, well, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised, but now you have a chance to award it to even more people.




My friend, Suze from the UK is always filled with lovely surprises, and she has awarded me this wonderful
Arte Y Pico Award. Congratulations, for winning this well deserved award, and for passing it on to me.

Here are the rules, so that you can take your award and travel through Blogland making others smile.

1. You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contributes to the blogging community, no matter what language.
2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his/her blog to be visited by everyone.
3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her/him the award itself.
4. The award winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of “Arte y Pico’ blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5. To show these rules.

Have you met the lovely Vanessa from A Fanciful Twist? Well, every post is a step into a dream, a regular grown-up version of storybook land. Her talent takes your breath away and each post is a delight to read. She has a real knack of storytelling and adding just the right amount of eye candy as she shares her lovely creations and photography.

Penny from Lavender Studios always surprises me with her lovely posts and great, great music. Her mosaic creations are just amazing. She recently returned from a trip to Italy and I love the photographs and music to set the mood. Whether she is showing off her latest mosaic treasure, giving you a recipe or writing about her day to day life, her posts are always special. I think we might be kindred spirits who definately share the love of music.

Celestina Marie of the lovely La Rea Rose, is an accomplished artist, creating lovely decorative painting treasures. Besides her beautiful artwork and decorative painting, she creates gorgeous interior designs. I love reading her blog and peeking into her beautiful home.

Kathy creates a blog called Kathy's Cottage, which I love. If you visit there you will find she is so full of creative and positive energy. Who can resist Kathy's words, like today when she writes "I am happy with 35 cents worth of rainbows dancing on my dining room walls." Traveling to her blog and reading her posts is always so wonderful, and she is an amazing artisan. Her posts are always so interesting because she talks about so many different kinds of things straight from her heart.

Mary from Little Red House has this special way of creating special places in her home as well as her blog. She has one of those blogs that you quickly need a daily fix of, because it is always filled with beautiful posts. She seems to spin a story with just a few words and incredible images. She recently did a feature post, where she featured details of decorating from each of our homes.

Mo'a created an enchanting blog called Mo'a Romig-Boyles, which is vibrant with her love of art, dolls, and life. It is filled with her beautiful dolls, interesting posts and her latest paintings of portraits. I love visiting Mo's, just the sight of her blog makes me smile. It is such a gorgeous place to visit.




Awards, did I say awards. Yes, and Kathy of Kathy's Cottage gave me this Excellent award and I love that you get to select 10 people to pass the award to. Thank you Kathy, and Congratulations again for being awarded an Excellent Award.




Wendy of Windy Angels, has an excellent blog. Her artwork is amazing, and she was one of the first people to use video's on her blog showing her creations or giving us a tutorial. So, it is not a surprise that her latest video is so well done. I love all of Wendy's photography, artwork and writings. Oh, and her music is great too. Today she has a video of her beautiful work, she is so creative.

Suze, well now I cannot say enough about her, she just makes everything special. Her blog is called Sues Views, and that is so fitting because she has the loveliest view of life, which is always looking up. I love her blog and her photographs of nature on flickr are incredible. She lives in the Midlands in the UK and she introduces you to dreamy things. A very talented mixed media artist, she is not sketching in her new moleskin and I can't wait to see what she does next.

Teri C has this very creative blog called Painted Daisies. I am simply addicted to her posts, because she posts every day, and it is always filled with her own artwork. She is a wonderful painter and illustrator and her blog is such a treat. Teri lives in Arizona and Wisconsin and introduces me to incredible scenes that are very different from my own. I love to visit her to see what she is up to, especially Sundays when she illustrates church. She creates a wonderful art book on her blog and she promises to illustrate her days.

Tara, from Days Missed on a Hammock has a fun and interesting blog. Whether she is giving you a great recipe, decorating or revealing her Box Turtle nest, she is always up to something fun. I love visting her blog, it is truly Excellent in every way. I love how cozy her blog is, like today with pieces of interiors and some delicious looking cakes!

Do you love tea, I certainly do. La Tea Dah of Gracious Hospitality has the most lovely of blogs. Recently she hosted a Tea-A-Thon and came up with the most imaginative ways of celebrating the art of tea. I love her blog and reading her beautifully constructed posts. I love all the images of everything to do about tea and her lovely vintage images.

Kari and Kijsa are amazing sisters, who are artists and decorators and everything they do is Excellent, especially create an inspiring blog. The name of their blog is Kari and Kijsa and if you haven't already you must visit their place. I was so excited to give them this award, because of their daily excellence.

Alison Gibb's blog is another favorite place I often go. Besides the interesting things that she is up to in Australia, she shares about her family, friends and creative things. I love visiting her for her wonderful posts and her fun music. Her blog is simply called Alison Gibbs, and it is one of the most Excellent ones I love.

Louise from Beachy's Cape Cod Cottage has an excellent blog. Whether she is taking you on a tour of Cape Cod, finding treasures, or creating a photo challenge for all of us to join in, her blog is just lovely.

Now over at Lynn's place, which she calls Life at Cedar Hill, has a really gorgeous view of life. Lynn' s Blog, and shop filled to the brim with treasures called the Vintage Nest, has a gorgeous blog and beautiful boutique. I love her tours of the countryside and lately she has been taking us out to dinner with her, photographing each dish and restaurant.

I really love Lori's Fairy Window's blog, and I especially loved how she constructed this amazing day called Dolly Day. We all got to post our doll collections and it was so much fun. Her blog is filled with so many lovely posts, and she is always up to something cute and special.

The name of the song for this post is I Used To Be Color Blind, sung by Fred Astaire. It's always a good day to listen to Fred, but this song says it all.