Pass it on

It's amazing what a difference a small thing can make to your day. I'm a big believer in the power of small gestures and love in action, so obviously Meredith's #sheepishheartbomb is right up my street (read about it here). Did you spread some handmade love about this Valentine's? This is the third year I've joined in with the heart bomb. I made three crochet hearts and hung them on a park gate near our home. Voila! 

In a similar vein, I recently had a sweet tweet from Cydney from A Lush Life to let me know she'd nominated me for a Liebster blog award. Thank you Cydney! And while I don't usually do posts like this, it really brightened my day so I thought why not pay it forward and honour some blogs that I love? 

The great thing about the Liebster award is that it celebrates blogs with a small readership. I'm all about that life. Here are the rules:

Thank the person who nominated you

Answer the questions from your nominator

Nominate 11 bloggers who have less than 200 followers

Create 11 new questions

Notify your nominees through social media/their blogs

These are the questions Cydney set for me:

Why did you start blogging?

I was really enjoying reading other people's blogs and thought I could give it a go. 

Do you prefer sweet or savoury food?

Both! Sweet, if I had to choose. 

What's your favourite smell?

Ooh, there are a few. Old books, freesias, new-mown lawns, the ocean, suncream, coconut, roses. 

Do you have any other hobbies besides blogging?

Umm, knitting, crochet, reading.

What's your dream job?

I love my job, but I'd love to make pretty things for weddings, too. 

What's your favourite movie?

Amelie, Stranger Than Fiction, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Ferris Bueller's Day Off 

Do you believe in love at first sight?

No,

Baths or Showers?

Baths all the way. 

Where do you see yourself in 1 year(s time)?

I don't like to look that far ahead, but I know I'll be in Bristol. 

What would you do first if you won the lottery?

What my mum always suggests: spend a third, save a third and give a third away. 

I hereby nominate the following fabulous bloggers

Jenny from Pretty Column

Cory from Indie Knits

Ellen from A Pile of Sheep

Lizzie from Thoroughly Modern Lizzie

Sara from Girl With a Duck Jumper

Hannah from Granny Square Flair

Laura of Cardboard Cities

Chiaki of Chiaki Creates

Caitlin of Caketin Does

Sarah of Not Found

Letty of All Her Friends Thought Her Genius

And my new questions are:

1. If you could live anywhere in the world for one year, where would you live?

2. Three handbag/project bag essentials?

3. What's your favourite word?

4. What sound does your alarm clock make? 

5. What book do you always recommend to people? 

6. Monocle or eyepatch?

7. What's in your coat pocket?

8. Strangest place you've ever slept?

9. What's the oldest item in your wardrobe?

10. What's that one song that always makes you feel better?

11. Best/worst guilty pleasure song on your ipod?