More awards! One more exam.

These past days I've been feeling real sick (sore throat, fever, strange cough - it sounds a bit like a bad mannered dog, lol) and the worst part: I have to go to work and I have to study for my exam of Social Research on thursday. Can you imagine I have to study 12 chapters in a book in English (I wouldn't even understand everything, even if it had been written in Dutch!) by Oxford Press (why do we have such scientific people around, I wonder). My head is bursting (from the cold or the book?). Luckily my dear blogging friends know how to cheer me up and gave me some precious awards!

Ik voel me de laatste dagen niet al te best: zere keel, koorts, een lelijke hoest (ik klink als een slecht opgevoede hond). En het ergste van al: bovenop gaan werken, moet ik ook nog studeren voor m'n examen Social Research op donderdag. Ik moet 12 hoofdstukken kennen uit een Engelstalig boek (materie waarvan ik in het Nederlands nog niet de helft begrijp. Ik vraag me af waarom er zulk een wetenschappelijke schrijvers bestaan). Mijn hoofd staat op springen en ik weet niet meer of het van de verkoudheid of het studeren is. Gelukkig heb ik superlieve blogvrienden die me opbeuren en me enkele prachtige awards gegeven hebben!

I got this award from Heather, an extremely sweet and coffee addicted blogging friend! She creates wonderful 'stuff', always leaves the sweetest comments and truly is a wonderful, caring human!
Ik kreeg deze geweldige award van Heather, een héél lieve én koffieverslaafde blogvriendin! Ze maakt prachtige 'dingen', geeft altijd lieve commentaren en is echt een geweldig, liefdevol mens.

I got this lovely lotus flower from Mary. I adore this flower and it's delicate colours. I once bought lotus seeds on the internet, but can you imagine where I have to grow them, living in the city, without a garden? Mary created this special Award from 'her (very loving) heart' and asked permission to use this picture to http://gratefulness.org, a very cool site encouraging gratitude.
Ik kreeg deze prachtige lotus van Mary. Ik ben gek op deze bloem met haar delicate kleuren. Ik heb ooit in een opwelling lotuszaad gekocht, maar het is niet evident om deze bloem op te kweken als je midden in de stad woont zonder een tuin hé. Mary creëerde deze speciale Award vanuit 'haar (héél liefdevol) hart'en vroeg toestemming om deze prachtige foto te gebruiken aan gratefulness.org. Deze prachtige site moedigt dankbaarheid aan!

This award and the meaning behind it means a lot to me. I'm grateful to meet/have met such wonderful people every day, know so many inspirational people and get so many visits/comments: so this award is for my dearest friends and my blogging friends. There are no special rules for this one, feel free to pass it along to as many blogs as you wish! Please post the picture and link to Gratefulness.org.
Deze award en de achterliggende gedachte betekent heel veel voor me. Ik ben dankbaar voor alle prachtige mensen die ik leer kennen, de inspiratie die van hen uitgaat en de vele bezoekjes/commentaren die ze me laten: deze award is dan ook voor m'n dierbaarste vrienden en blogvrienden. Er zijn geen speciale regels voor deze award, je kan hem doorgeven hoe vaak je ook maar wil! Plaats in elk geval de foto en link naar Gratefulness.org.

My (incomplete) list / Mijn (onvolledige) lijst:
Akkina
Ann
Anne
Brocéliane
Carolyn
Deena
Diane
Emilie
Heather (the coffee addict :-) )
Heather (Rica's Haven)
Martha Kay
Mary (the source of this gorgeous award/de bron van deze prachtige award)
Mumur
Pruts
Raisa
Rosalien
Vanja
Vivienne

Now I'm going to get some rest, tomorrow is another great day to work/study/craft (who invented only 24 hours a day ?).
Nu kruip ik onder de wol; morgen is er weer een prachtige dag om te werken/studeren/knutselen (wie kwam ooit op het idee dat een dag maar 24 uur mag duren?).

Awards

Ik kreeg deze prachtige pompoenenaward van Ann, mijn collega heks (hèhè) met haar schitterende blog Whitch Craft! Iedereen weet ondertussen wel dat ik een Halloween fan ben. Ik zag deze award regelmatig circuleren en hoopte stilletjes dat ik hem ooit zou krijgen. En zie... geduld wordt beloond! Ik ben zo blij dat ik hem eindelijk heb, dat ik gewoon besloten heb hem lekker voor mezelf te houden! Ik denk wel dat Ann dit kan begrijpen. :-)
I got this marvelous pumpkin award from my fellow witch Ann with her fabulous blog 'Whitch Craft'. Everyone who knows me even a little bit, knows I'm a Halloween addict! I saw this award on several blogs before and secretely hoped it would be passed to me one day. And yes... my patience has been rewarded! I'm so happy I finally got it, that I decided to keep it instead of sharing it. I'm sure Ann will understand. :-)

Ik kreeg deze tweede award van de super creatieve Carolyn, één van de liefste bloggers die ik ontmoet heb. Ongelooflijk hoe ze steeds de tijd neemt om een persoonlijk en gemeend commentaar te laten! Ik vind het een hele eer deze award van zo'n prachtvrouw te krijgen!
I got this second award from the very creative Carolyn, one of the sweetest bloggers I ever met! It's amazing how she keeps on making time to leave a personal and meaningful comment for everyone! I think it's a huge honour to receive this award from such a gorgeous lady!
Ik geef hem door aan volgende bloggers omdat ze altijd bemoedigende commentaren laten en/of om hun nooit aflatende inspiratie:
I pass it on to the following bloggers, for leaving enouraging comments and/or for always being inspirational:
1. Diane 'Pink Sunflower'
2. Teresa 'Crafteresa'
3. Lori 'Stamp Scents'
4. Rosalien 'Cardfun'
5. Vanja 'My crafty place'
6. alle getalenteerde bloggers die de moeite nemen hier en daar een aanmoedigend woord achter te laten. All the talented bloggers that take the time to leave an encouraging comment here or there.

Loving Award and rather poor exam!

Ik kreeg deze geweldig lieve award van de supergetalenteerde Heather aka Rica van 'Rica's Haven'. Hij maakte m'n dag dadelijk weer goed. Ik had vandaag examen 'Inleiding tot de Politicologie' en vrees dat het een tweede zit wordt. Ik had enkel het WE om de volledige cursus te lezen (ik had vroeger moeten beginnen studeren, ik weet het, maar ja), dus nu maar hopen op een goed afloop! Ik ben maar direct na het examen gaan werken om m'n gedachten te verzetten. :-)
I got this oh so sweet award from the extremely talented Heather aka Rica from 'Rica's Haven'. It immediately made my day, especially after my poor exam from today (Introduction to politicology). I only had this WE to read the whole book (I know, I should have started earlier!), so now I hope I just made it. I immediately went to work afterwards, to clear my thoughts. :-)

Terug naar deze 'Spread the love' award dus. Bedoeling is om hem door te geven aan 7 anderen (het kan ook 5 of 6 geweest zijn hoor, maar het is mijn award dus ik kies zelf hé: zo gaat dat met liefde, dat houd je niet voor jezelf, lol). Ik heb ondertussen heel veel lieve blogvrienden (veel meer dan de 7 die ik maar mag uitkiezen), maar hieronder volgen er dus enkele ( van de zovele) die me steeds weer steunen met hun lieve en aanmoedigende woorden, alhoewel ze zelf een heel druk leven hebben.
Back to the 'Spread the love' award. The point is to pass it on to 7 other people (it could have been 5 or 6 too, but hey it's my award, isn't it, and anyway that's what love is all about, not keeping it to yourself, lol). I have gained a lot of loving blogfriends (many more than the 7 I can choose), but here are some (of the so many) that continuosly support me with their kind and encouraging words, although they all have a very busy life too:
1. Ann
2. Deena
3. Emma
4. Raisa
5. Emilie
6. Carolyn
7. Anne

Zodus... ga zeker een kijkje nemen op hun blogs en waar je ook passeert, laat een lief woord achter!
So... check out their blogs, and where ever you visit, leave a kind word!

Award, counter & 1st exam credit!

Ik kreeg deze prachtige award van m'n heel getalenteerde blogvriendin Vanja! De award gaat rond onder de naam 'Marie Antoinette' maar eigenlijk gaat het hier om Jeanne-Antoinne Poisson, beter bekend als Madame De Pompadour, geschilderd door François Boucher in 1756. Zij had een grote passie voor literatuur en o.a. behangpapier van Jean-Baptiste Réveillon. Had ze nu geleefd zou ze zeker al het mooie scrappapier bewonderd hebben!
De regels voor deze award:
1. Link de persoon van wie je de award gekregen hebt: de getalenteerde Vanja!
2. Nomineer 7 personen.
3. Link de genomineerden en laat hen een bericht.
4. Post de award op je blog.
Dit is dus het moeilijkste: slechts 7 namen kiezen uit een hele lijst supergetalenteerde bloggers!

I got this beautiful award from my very talented blogfriend Vanja! The award is called 'Marie Antoinette', but in fact it is Jeanne-Antoinne Poisson, better known as Madame de Pompadour, painted here by François Boucher in 1756. She had a great passion for literature and also for wallpaper by Jean-Baptiste Réveillon. I'm sure she would have adored all our great design papers!
The rules for this award:
1. Link to the person who gave you the award: the talented Vanja!
2. Nominate 7 more persons.
3. Link the nominees and let them know about this award.
4. Post the award on your own blog.
This is the hardest part: to pick only 7 names out of the enormous amount of very talented bloggers!

I(k) nomin(eer)ate:
1. Carolyn
2. Mary
3. Rica
4. Heather
5. Curt
6. Nancy
7. Brigitta
Ga zeker een kijkje nemen op hun blogs en uiteraard ook bij alle getalenteerde bloggers uit m'n favorietenlijst.
Please go have a look at their blogs and of course also at the blogs of the talented crafters under my favourite list!

Nog meer goed nieuws! More great news!
1. Mijn counter is terug! My counter is back!
2. Vandaag had ik mijn mondelinge verdediging van Sociaal-Wetenschappelijk Denken en... joepie! credit behaald! Weer een zorg minder!
This afternoon I had to defend my paper for 'social scientific thinking' (I don't know how to translate it otherwise) and... yes! I got my credit, so that's one thing less to worry about.

Wonderful awards

I received this beautiful award from the very sweet and talented Carolyn, who has become a very dear blogging friend.
Here is what accompanies this award: This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY- nearness in space, time, and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming; and these kind bloggers, aim to find friends and to be friends. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please, give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers, who must choose eight more, and include this cleverly written text into the body of their award.
I find it a bit hard to pass on this award, as I feel it's going to turn around in circles. I don't have a blog that long, but I have made a few wonderful friends. Sadly enough I noticed that once you don't frequently participate in challenges, the number of visitors quickly becomes less. Luckily enough, I noticed that the same 'bunch' of people keep visiting, even when I don't post that often.
I'm sure you all know who you are! Some live nearby, some a little further, some speak the same language, some don't, some pass almost every day, some from time to time: but to ALL of you: Thank you for visiting me, leaving sweet comments and encouraging me!

I received this wonderful award from Mary, an extremely talented lady. I'm really honoured to receive this from her! I also received it from Carolyn, but haven't passed it on yet! Sorry lady's, I've been a bad blogger and an even worse friend!
There are also some rules to follow. These rules are:
(1) Select 5 blogs that you feel deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also for contributing 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 or her blog.
(3) Each award winner (upon acceptance) should show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award.
(4) Link to the Arte y pico blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.
(5) Show these rules.
As I feel that most bloggers I know already received this marvellous award, I suggest that you take it and give to someone who hasn't received it yet. I bet there are loads of creative, friendly people out there, but I just can't seem to find the time or links to visit them, so I invite everyone who visits my blog to expand our borders, and please leave me a link to those new blogs!

I love your blog Award!

I received this fabulous 'I love your blog' Award from Heather, who has this magnificent blog: Rica's Haven. Thank you so much Heather, I'm so happy with it! I secretely was a bit envious of everyone who got it! Not anymore thanks to you.
The rule says I have to pass it on to 7 other blogs, but I think I'm keeping it to myself a little more!

I received a truly amazing Award from Carolyn

I received this truly amazing award from my dear and very talented blog friend Carolyn! Thank you Carolyn, for giving me this gorgeous Award! It has something mystical!
I would love to keep this for myself, but that wouldn't be fair, would it?
There are some rules to follow. These rules are:
(1) Select 5 blogs that you feel deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also for contributing 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 or her blog.
(3) Each award winner (upon acceptance) should show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award.
(4) Link to the Arte y pico blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.
(5) Show these rules.

I'm going to look around in blogland and leave a message later with the blogs I nominated.

An amazing Award!

I got this amazingly beautiful Award from this sweet and creative blogfriend of mine: Diane! Thank you Diane, you are the best!!!

The Rules are :-
1. The winner may put the logo on their blog.
2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.
3. Nominate 5 blogs.
4. Put links to their blogs.
5. Leave a message for your nominees.

Ok here I go; I 'm passing this award to the following lovely ladies, whose blogs I don't visit frequently enough, so I hope they will forgive me now! (That's the problem with all those challenges; we don't have time for anything else anymore!)
Emilie
Gabi
Helena
Theneon
Vanja
Go have a look, and please leave them a sweet comment, so they know you've visited them!

I would also love to give (giving is different from nominating, isn't it? lol) this to Ann (my fellow witch, but she hates pink, so I'll give her a big hug instead, lol) and to Raisa and her talented kids Eveliina and Valtteri, and to Deena, and to Carolyn, and all those great bloggers out there... . So please visit their blogs, and leave them a kind comment while your there! (I guess this is a bit of cheating, but I'm sure you don't mind)

Awards!

I've been spoiled! I received not just 1 but 2 awards!


I received this beautiful award from Carolyn (who has become a dear blogging friend), because she feels I inspire her (although it's the opposite)! She doesn't find herself inspiring, but believe me: she is! She makes the most beautiful creations and always takes her time to visit everybody's blog and leave the most kind comments you've ever seen! I bet her days are longer than mine, because it's incredible where she finds the time to do all this! Please go check it out at her blog! Thank you Carolyn for making this a nicer world!

Now, I am to pass this award on to 6 inspirational people. There are a so many inspirational people I would like to give this to but unfortunately, I can only choose six. I chose these lovely ladies:
Deena
Raisa and her creative little girl Eveliina
Gisela
Clotilde
Janneke
Carole

Please, do check out their lovely creations!

Now for the next gorgeous award (don't you just adore those splendid fall colours?)
I received this lovely award from Diane, definitely my funniest blog friend when I come to think off it, lol. She makes amazing stuff, don't know where she keeps getting her inspiration! So check out her blog, it's gorgeous!
I give this award to the following 6 lovely blogs I love to visit:
Ann, my fellow witch
Anne
A nostalgic Halloween (I adore Halloween)
Ineke
Jacqueline
Vivienne (I also adore the beautiful music on her blog)

Go have a look at these wonderful blogs and while you're there, please leave them a comment!
As it is so hard to point out only so few special people, because there are so many of you special and inspiring people, I also dedicate this award to everybody who takes time to visit my blog and leave me comment. So please, feel free to put it on your blog! Thanks for your visits, and hope to see you soon!

Award!

Deze Award kreeg ik van Anne. Ik vind het een hele eer dat ze mij uitgekozen heeft.
Het moeilijkste was zelf een keuze te maken uit de vele creatievelingen en schitterende blogs. Sommigen krijgen regelmatig Awards, anderen houden zich er niet mee bezig, maar ik hoop dat ze de blijk van waardering voor hun creativiteit appreciëren.

I received this Award from Anne. I consider it as a real honour. The biggest challenge was to chose among all those creative people and blogs. Some already received awards, others might not care, but I hope they are pleased with my appreciation of their creativity.

Mijn keuze, my choice:
Raisa
Lieve
Clotilde
Christine
Jacqui
Diane
Deena

Ga zeker ook eens kijken bij m'n favoriete blogs. Do take a look at my favourite blogs.

Absoluut een echte bron van inspiratie, a real source of inspiration: Elke


Regels van de Award :
1. De winnaar mag het logo plaatsen.
2. Plaats een link naar degene van wie je de Award hebt gekregen.
3. Stuur de Award naar tenminste 7 andere Bloggers, die door hun actualiteit, thema's en designs opvallen.
4. Zet de links van deze site's op je blog.
5. Laat een berichtje achter op de betreffende site.

Rules:
1. The winner can put the logo on hers or his blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of those you've nominated.