Sunday, May 30, 2010

Bloggy award!


The lovely Nellie from McCarthy Designs and Hilary from a gal and her dog passed on an award to me last week. Thank you ladies!
I'm to list 7 things about myself and pass it on to fellow bloggers.
Righto, lets see if I can think of anything interesting...
  1. I have always loved animals. If I won the lottery I'd buy a big parcel of land and create an animal sanctuary where any neglected or unwanted animals could live out their lives happily.
  2. I like to sew and create art and when possible, I like to combine the two. I am strictly a jeans wearing girl but when I sew I like to use sparkles and beautiful lace. I have been lucky enough to win a few prizes with my creations, including a great prize of a brand new Bernina. Cool.
  3. I'm a fire bug (in a good, legal way). Having the wood fire here at Molly's Maison has helped me discover my talent for getting a good fire going. I can get flames out of a half warm coal and a bit of patience. I think it's a genetic skill passed down from my mother.
  4. I'm a fan of Musicals. I grew up watching The Sound of Music, Hello Dolly, My Fair Lady, just to name a few. I love the happiness, the costumes, the songs - they're so much fun. Strangely, I've only been to see one stage musical, Wicked. I just loved it!!
  5. I must have been a Bower Bird in a previous life - I just love the colour blue. I live in blue jeans, love blue flowers, blue china and secretly think all bathrooms should have at least something blue in them. I've always loved blue and while I go through phases of liking other colours, I always come back to blue.
  6. I'm mildly obsessed by all things Parisian. I spent a couple of days there about 12 years ago and have been thinking about going back ever since. Standing at the top of the Eiffel Tower was simply beyond exciting! I can't explain the attraction..hmm, maybe something to do with the art galleries, gardens, the beautiful accent, fashion designers, croissants, champagne...  :)
  7. When I was a child I wanted to be an Egyptologist. My friend Zeta and I planned trips to Egypt where we were going to make incredible discoveries. Zeta was going to write about them and I was going to illustrate our discoveries and adventures. Mum and Dad said no to me studying Egyptology so instead I studied art. I'd love to see the pyramids but my rather romanticised view of it wouldn't include sharing the experience with hundreds of other tourists. I like the idea of sitting there on my own to ponder the mysteries. I girl can dream...
Why is it so challenging thinking of 7 remotely interesting things about oneself?
Well, passing this on to other bloggies I invite the following ladies to take part...only if they feel inclined...
Now I sort of ignored the versatile blogger award theme and chose people who's blogs I enjoy and a couple you might not heard of...
Anja from Everyday Angels- Everyday Beauty
Annelie from Nature As I See It
Janette from My Sweet Prints
Brismod from Fun and VJ's
Edwina from the Weekend Island

Please visit their blogs for a look!

Image credits: 1 my mum, 2 google images, 3 House of Turquoise, 4 The Cherry Blossom Girl

17 comments:

  1. Congratulations on your award Sarah! Well deserved :) Is that dress one of your creations? It's stunning! I too loved watching the Sound of Music - the last time it was on TV I watched it for the 100th time and sang along to all the tunes - my husband thought I was crazy :) I too am a bit obsessed with anything French after a brief visit there. I absolutely loved the area around Montmartre!! And as for decorating colours, I always find myself returning to good old blue too although I'm trying to be adventurous with other colours lately :) Hope your weekend has been a lovely one xx

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  2. Thanks Amanda, yes the dress is one of my creations. I plan on getting them out in the near future to take a few bloggy pics to post :)

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  3. Hey! Thanks Sarah. I came on your blog to see what secrets you'd reveal and then found out you gave me an award. That is so nice. And I liked how diverse your seven things are - how cool that you wanted to be an Egyptologist. I also didn't pick you for a musical junkie. I'm a sucker for those old MGM musicals and used to watch Bill Collins' selection of classic movies on TV when I was younger.
    Thanks again for the lovely award! xx

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  4. Congratulations with this award..............happy sunday...........hugs from me....Ria

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  5. Thank you so much for following our blog. Welcome aboard. I just popped in to yours and as soon as I saw Molly I was hooked. Our last two dogs were slightly smaller versions of a very similar black dog (they were heinz varieties though) Our current dog is a very scruffy spoodle in an apricot colour, she is lovely, but there is nothing like a black dog.

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  6. Very interesting, I love reading about people. What a great list..Rachaelxx

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  7. very nice! I love Blue also. I longed for the same thing when I was a child, I wanted to explore Egypt's mummy tombs and pyrmids ~ like Indiana Jones ~
    Have a great day

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  8. Congrats on the award! Well deserved! I am just IN LOVE with blue! Did you know turquoise is the "color of the year"? Not sure who named it so... I just know it's so.

    Rachael

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  9. hey Sarah:)
    Thank you so much Sarah.
    You made my day.
    I love your Blog and I visit it every day.
    Have a beautiful day, and give Molly a big KISS.
    Love Anja

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  10. Well, well, well - just stopped by to see what was going on here and see I've been tagged - thanks!! I'll get something up in the next day or so. x

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  11. Love blue too.. and Paris and puppies. We would get along just fine! Thank you for your support over my way. Made my day. A-M xx

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  12. Blue is absolutely my favourite colour and Paris of course is divine! Will have to check out those other blogs ...

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  13. My favorite vacation was spent in Paris. It was so beautiful and we had lots of fun =)

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  14. Congratulations on your award. I love Hello Dolly and The King and I - big musicals from my childhood and I actually saw King and I on stage in London with Yul Brenner when I was a child which was so amazing.
    I love Paris too - am going to France on holiday in 18 days (and counting) and may go to Paris for the day if I'm lucky!
    I know I've said it before but your Molly is such a gorgeous girl - she would make a lovely girlfriend for my handsome boy, Woody!
    ~Sam

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  15. Thanks for sharing these things about yourself. I love musicals too....and blue china!

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  16. Fun, thanks for playing along. I love musicals too and your dress is gorgeous!

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  17. Whoo hoo - Congratulations on the award - it's great getting to know you a little better
    - I find we have lots of shared interests - like you I enjoy a good open fire, LOVE musicals, favourite colour is Blue, LOVE France and French design, and my friends and I dreamed of being archaeologists when we were at school (I wonder if it has anything to do with watching Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones - lol)
    Have a great weekend, Cheers, Kris

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