Cupcake Couture blogging tips!

The logo from the Lovely Cupcake Couture blog!

Hop on over to see my friend Nadia's wonderful Cupcake Couture blog today, she has a brilliant POST talking all about how to get the most out of your blog and sharing all her top tips and secrets, go and show her some blog-love and support and find some great new links to help you on your way!

Thanks Nadia!

I'm a versatile blogger!

I have been nominated for the versatile blogging award by the lovely Laura Lo Bear! This is a huge compliment and has really made my day - thank you so much Laura :)

Laura's blog is one that I have started following recently and I love her blogging style and photography, I also love that I can see the world through her eyes and enjoy her outlook on life from across the pond!

I see that there are rules for accepting "The Versatile Blogger" award:

1) Thank and link back to the lovely friend who gave you the award.

2) Share 7 things about yourself.

3) Pass it along to 7 blogs you have recently discovered and enjoy.

4) Leave your recipients a note, telling them about the award.

So - in the spirit of this award, here are 7 things about me.....

This is a picture of my old house from the 1920s !

1- I grew up in a lovely little village in Bedfordshire (just an hour outside of London) and had a pretty idyllic childhood

2- I LOVE lipstick, my favourite colours are coral red and Pillar box red.

3- I have to do something creative every day or I get fidgety, I always need to be doing and learning something, it makes me ridiculously happy :-)

4- I work for a well known British fashion label, and have done for 8 1/2 years....yikes!

5- I love to laugh, it's an addiction.

A picture of the parrots in winter this year!

6- I currently live in a little picture postcard village in Surrey, with a duck pond and a pretty park right next to my house, I love being able to work in central London and go home to my village at night, the best of both worlds in 30 minutes, and we have parrots that live wild in the village too (seriously)!

7- I am head over heels in love with my monster Maine Coon cat Murphy (in case you hadn't already noticed)!

and here are 7 of the blogs I am passing the award onto :

1. Cupcake Couture
2. Lipstick&Lumber
3. Made by Jenni
4. Queenly Things
5. Three Buttons
6. Dixie DIY
7. Miss Molly

Have a great weekend!!

murphy's blog....

Murphy now has his own blog!

As I have a gagillion pictures of him I thought he deserved his own space....

You can find him at : http://lululovesmurphingthings.tumblr.com

or by clicking on his picture on the right hand side of this blog!

Sweet Furr.......

Guilty pleasure : THIS blog about some of the funniest looking kitties I have ever seen - this video is amazing, I am in love!



Check out their blog for more videos and cute pictures!

http://sweetfurr.blogspot.com/

Or their Youtube channel for all the videos

http://www.youtube.com/sweetfurx4

Cracking week so far!

I have woken up in the most glorious of moods this morning, a rare thing for a Monday morning I can tell you!

The train to work was empty, so I got a good bit of knitting in, I made my breakfast (apples poached in cinnamon and honey with porridge and Greek yoghurt - highly recommended!) and it is a beautiful crisp Autumn day outside, plenty to be happy about!

So, imagine my further delight when I read a post about my blog on the Lovely Cupcake Couture blog by the gorgeous Nadia in South Africa (see her banner above, she makes and sells super pretty things for lovely ladies, and is herself a very talented young lady indeed!) it has made my day!

Here's to a lovely week for everyone!