Nice Matters

Dawn, my round-robin partner, awarded me the "Nice Matters Award" today. Wasn't that nice of her? I feel so honored to have such a wonderful award bestowed on me. Gee, I hope I can live up to it!! And what exactly is the "Nice Matters Award" you ask? Well, this is what Genevieve, the gal who began this award says about it:

"This award will be awarded to those that are just nice people, good blog friends and those that inspire good feelings and inspiration! Those that care about others that are there to lend support or those that are just a positive influence in our blogging world!"

Isn't that great? Such a simple sentiment and yet extremely meaningful to me. It's the whole reason I started my blog - to meet nice people who share the same DREAM to CREATE as myself, as well as INSPIRE others. And to think a year and a half ago I didn't even know this 'land of bloggers' even existed! I have gained so many wonderful friends who are willing to exchange ideas freely, lend encouragement when needed, and inspire me to be a better artist and person. Thanks to all of you!

I'd like to pass this award on to seven other bloggers who deserve this award even more than I do. Of course there are many more, but the rules say I can only pick seven. Here they are - drumroll please. . . .

Heather, Lilli, Lia, Tricia, Marilyn, Cerri and Paige. In addition to these lovely ladies, I want to give Dawn the Nice Matters Award too since she was NICE enough to give the award to me!