Valentine Swap - Participants

Right then! The final members for the Valentine Swap are:

Monda Loves
Lesley
Kitty
Beth
Lina
Gina
Sarah's Home
Thimbleanna
Dotty Designs
Trashalou
Corry
katelnorth
Blossom
Rachelmp
Lynette Anderson
Linda K
LucyLocket
Pink Petal
Garden Girl
Tintocktap
Kaz
LucyKate
Katy
AnnieB
Kae
French Knots
Working mom knits
Fran
Stephanie Pettengell
Vicious Chicken
Dawn
Nicky
May Kristin
Picperfic
Jeanette
Heleen
Sara Eden
Kitsch n zinc
Patti
Juliann
Lissa Jane
Levin and Emily
Laura
Leanne
jenny
mary
cheryl
terri
denise
Heidi
Blueberry Lane
Monique
Pollyhope
Jo in Tas

Those of you whose names are in bold still need to return your questionnaires. According to my email these have been sent out to you but if they have not arrived do please contact me asap so I can send them again! I need all replies back by Monday evening (8pm GMT) so I can organise partners - good old names in a hat procedure!

To those of you who signed up but did not send your details in time to be included I can only apologise. I extended the deadline until 11pm (GMT) to allow for the time difference but then had to finalise things (so I could go to bed!) This swap needed to be organised quickly as I came up with the idea so late! If I organise another swap I will try to think about it in plenty of time!!!

Finally, just so I am not only talking about this swap, I thought I would share this with you:
I have recently been very lucky to be given a couple of blog awards.
I received this You Make My Day award from quite a few friends! Lesley, Gina, Leanne, Cathi and Jane! Thank you so much - I feel very honoured!

I would like to award this back to the five of you and also to all my blog-friends as you all make my day. Having access to your wonderful blogs has been an inspiration! But if I need to choose 7 people then I will award it to Patti, Kitty, Lissa, Annie, Nicolette, Joni and Est.

Then Lina sent me this one which needs 7 weird facts about me!

1. I'm generally fairly weird! (Ask Moogsmum, she'll tell you!)
2. I don't eat apples very often even though I like them
3. I have loads of scrapbooking supplies but have only ever made one page!
4. As a teenager I used to spend my spare time either up a tree or sitting in a chicken run reading my books
5. I like talking to seagulls
6. I don't really like shopping for clothes or shoes or handbags
7. I used to think I was quite academic but my 10 year old daughter is 100 times better than me at maths!
   

I will follow Lina's lead and award this to 3 people - although how I am expected to only choose 3 I don't know!! I will try not to award it to people I know have already received it!

Here goes! I hereby bestow the You're an Amazing Blogger on Mrs Moogsmum, Mrs Monkey Maker and Mrs Ric-Rac who all make me laugh so much (in a good way!)

Blog Awards - WOW

I am amazed because I have been nominated for TWO blog awards!
Thimbleanna nominated me first of all for the Nice Matters Award - thank you Anna, I really appreciate this - especially as I think you are rather nice too!
Then Julie decided I deserved thewhich is even more amazing - I don't think I have ever been told I "rock" before! Thank you Julie - it made my day!

Now I have the big problem of deciding who to send these on to! It is not difficult finding nice and rockin' bloggers, just tricky to find ones who have not already been nominated many times over. So I'm just going to choose and if you have already done it - sorry!!!

Well I'm going to cheat and send both awards to

Julia at Weirdbunny
Leanne at the Stitching Room
Nadine at Friendship Threads
Hannah at Gentlytiptoe
Est at My Cuppa Charms
Juliann at Unwritten
Joni at Yummers
and Helen at Piecemaker

hopefully I haven't sent awards to you that you have already had! So consider yourselves "awarded"!

Other "Nice Rockin Girls" include Katie, Leanne, Rosie and Melly, Mad Monkee girl, and Julie and Anna of course, although I'm sure you don't want the same awards again!