First blog award!

WOW! I've had such a lovely surprise. I received a 'Beautiful Blogger' award from Patrice all the way from Australia.


It's my first award and I am thrilled and I feel very honoured. There are rules that go along with it. First I have to thank the giver and add a link to them, so, thank you so much Patrice.

Then there are 10 things that I have to tell you about myself. So grab a cuppa and take a seat for a few minutes.

1. I am addicted to chocolate! It's no wonder! I share my birthday with George Cadbury and - my mum (now 96), worked in a chocolate factory when she was 14 for several years.

2. I'm a Fulham football fan. My sister was the secretary for the Football Association when I was 10 years old and she used to get us best seats for the matches at Craven Cottage. Then she became secretary for Fulham FC and I then had my own season ticket. We - my mum, dad and sister used to go regularly. She still goes now with her husband and is a HUGE fan but I haven't been since the Fulham vs Norwich match in 2005 when Fulham won 6-0!

3. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and have been for almost 31 years. It's the same church as Heidi Swapp, Lisa Bearnson, Becky Higgins, Cathy Zielske, Teresa Collins, Rebecca Sower and Karen Foster are members of....oh ...and The Osmonds!

4. I love charity shops and boot fairs. There is always a bargain to be had.

5. I am not a book reader but I have always had magazines of one kind or another - Cookery, Gardening, House and Home and Scrapbooking.

6. Autumn is my favourite season. There can be all of the seasons in it. The colours are spectacular and I LOVE Halloween.

7. I have taught scrapbooking classes in what used to be called Craft Central in the Wyevale Garden Centre before it closed down. I taught classes and had workshops in my home and I have done several instore demos in local craft stores and C&H Fabrics.

8. I love to watch home makeovers on the television. After doing an interior design course at college 12 years ago, I got into watching 'Changing Rooms' and 'Change That'. I got to meet Lawrence Lewellyn-Bowen and Linda Barker at the Home Show in Birmingham. I also got chosen to help Graham Wynne on stage and did 2 challenges which included painting in one and designing a room set in 2 minutes with the Irish red headed lady from another Home Show....Anne McKevitt.

9. When I was 7 years old, I got to play Sleeping Beauty and a fairy in the school production.

10. My favourite fruit is mango but I eat more bananas than mangoes!

So that's a little insight into my life and I now have to choose 10 other bloggers to do the same. I am going to nominate the following 10 peeps and then I have to inform them by leaving a message on their blog:

Tonje
Heidi
Cardarian
Angie
Sandra
Chris
Spyder
Sutty
Minnie-Mac
Tracy

Thanks so much again Patrice for giving me the opportunity to share some of my life's journey with you all.

Toots for now.