Debbie from Beautiful Dee's, Claire at To Be Me Jewelry, Chyme Cindy, Blondee from Blondee's Diary, Amy at Artistically Amy, January Asia and Steven Hui from The Caffeinated Globe, Mya from Elbows on my Window Sill, Anastasia from Sweet butter Bliss and Cathy from Just an Aussie Girl!
1. List the top ten things that make me happy.
2. Share with my favourite bloggers and ask them to do the same.
3. Link the blog's I choose and link the blogs of the people who gave it to me.
So....I hope the following people don't mind being tagged with these awards!
1.Blondee, Debi, and Johanna to receive the Trendy Blog award because their blogs are natural, beautiful and welcoming.
2.Dawn from Dawn and Aggie, Elizabeth from I Heart Sunny Days and my son Big Al to receive the Sunshine award because they make me smile.
3.Cindy from Purple Froggie Clay Stuff, Melissa from Those Northern Skies and Allessandra from Random Tips to receive the Bright side award because their blogs are positive, happy and bright.
4. Dawn from Mom-o-logues and my daughter Maddy, Rosie from Roses and Rutabagas and Susan from My Place to Yours to receive the One lovely Blog award because their blogs are just....well...LOVELY!
If you haven't been to visit any of the sweet bloggers I have mentioned then please go and say hi-you will be glad you did!
2. Reading magazines while relaxing with a cup of tea.
4.Christmas! Have you seen my new Christmas Blog yet? Please pop in if you have a moment!
And the final thing that makes me happy, thanks to Marty from A Stroll Thru Life, is decorating with cloches! Thank you Marty for introducing me to the cloche!
I love the way that I am able to share my favourite things with my blog friends and that they have taught me so many wonderful things. I am very grateful to so many people for making my first year of blogging so wonderful and rewarding.
When I started this blog one year ago I decided that I would use it to give thanks for the wonderful things that happen in my life. I wanted to spend 5 minutes a day focusing on being positive and grateful. I wanted my blog to be a celebration of my family and of all of things that my life special. I wanted to blog about my favourite things in life and I wanted to meet new friends from all around the world.
I have learnt so many things this year but the most important thing has been to give thanks for the many things that have made my life so happy.
So to say a big thank you to my blogging friends I am having a give away....A favourite things give away!
I am giving away some of my favourite things to two people. The first gift will consist of an Australian made candle and an issue of Australian Country Style magazine which comes with a "Keep Calm and Carry On" tea towel.
I loved this magazine so much I bought a copy for the winner and a copy for me!
The second gift is another magazine, "Notebook", and a New Zealand made lavender soap which sits on a wooden soap dish.
If you would like to join in and enter you must first be a visible follower. I will use the random generator thingy to select my two winners so please leave a comment telling me that you are a follower. If you would like to add something to your sidebar about this give away please let me know you have done so in another comment and you can have another chance at winning.
I will post these gifts to anywhere in the world so all of my blogging friends are welcome to join in!
The names will be selected on October 1st.
I wish I could send all of my blogging friends a gift as you are all so special to me. Thank you so much for your support, comments and of, course, Friendship!
Congratulations on your 1 year in blogging, Natasha!
Natasha!! What a beautiful post. I love how you posted your top ten things and your family was first!!
Your cloche looks so pretty and congrats on your bloggy anniversary too.
I love Disney at Christmas too, isn't it just awesome!
Thank you for the lovely award Natasha!
I truly love your kitchen! The windows are just fabulous!
Very thoughtful give away! Have a wonderful day.
wow, I think we love all the same things.
The awards are VERY MUCH deserved! And you do, indeed, have a beautiful family ... :) The giveaway sounds fabulous -- good thing I'm a follower!
Natasha, thank you for giving me the "One Lovely Blog" award! I'll be happy to play along. I'll also be honored to be entered into your blogaversary giveway. What lovely gifts you have selected.
Fun give-away -- and you've created a beautiful fall cloche.
Thank you for tagging me for the award, that was kind of you!
Aaaand I have added your button to my page!
I am also going to re-post your giveaway on my blog!
Hi Natasha! Oh, you have a lovely little family and so much to be thankful for!
Your kitchen is gorgeous! Can't wait for you to show it off at my Heart of the Home Party! I'm drooling all over the keyboard seeing it!
Congratulations on your one year blogaversary, my friend! Sending my very best wishes for yet another year of blogging success and much blogging bliss! I really enjoyed reading..as well as viewing your list of your 10 favorite things! Ohhh...and your apothecary jar is gorgeous! They really are so much fun to decorate! How very sweet of you to give such lovely gifts in honor of your blog birthday! I would love any one of those sweet gifts!
Congratulations for the 1st Bloggaversary and for the huge list of awards. I am pleased that you have donnated me the "Trendy Blog award". It is such a good idea to spend every day 5 Minutes focusing on being positive and grateful. Thats what I enjoy at you blog as much as your wonderful photos. I think I am a visible follower since a long time. I have seen your sweet children sometimes at the blog. You are really generous to share your pretty give aways with your intrnational readers.
That was a really fun post....all around. You have a beautiful family...and many of your favorite things are my favorite things as well. Glad you came to the party so I could "meet" you.
Thank you dear, you gave me the best award, and this is the first time I can enter a givaway, because usually they are for inside Us only.
It would be nice to have a tangible something from down under, besides they are beautiful gifts.
And congratulations for your blogiversary.
Their is a link on my blog for you...but more importent their is a link in my heart for you !!! love love love !! Ria..
Thanks so much for sharing the Sunshine Award. We're glad we make you smile!
And that's a great looking family you have there and I love love love your picture leading to the beach!
Congrats on all of your wonderful awards...you soooo deserve them!
This is such a wonderful post...I loved reading about all of your fav's! Your apothecary jar is darling...one of my favorite ways to display beautiful goodies;)!
Congratulations on all of your awards! It is really nice to learn more about you and your family. I love your reasons for starting the blog...I'm relatively new to this world, and I was just beginning if anyone did this blog thing just for the fun of it? OR if everyone was doing it for some business purpose, and I was the only poor soul who didn't realize that! It's so good to know that others are out there doing it for the fun of it, to stay focused on the good things in life and to meet beautiful people around the world. Thanks for your words today!
Natasha- I loved seeing photos of your cute family! I see we love lots of the same things. I also love your window seat in your dining room. I have always wanted one! Happy one yr. blogaversary! Great gifts--I am a follower. I am so glad to know you have a Christmas blog--going to check it out! Thanks for stopping by!
Natasha, I will love to participate in your giveaway! You know I am a follower already and it's a pleasure to visit your blog.
I will copy your giveaway button to my sidebar.
I really love to visit with you and I enjoy your Sunday Music.
You have taught me many special things like music station 365, to enjoy taking photos of the sky and how beautiful your country is. I am a follower of your blog.I would love to win your givaway.
Hi Natasha, congratulations for your first blog anniversary! You have a very beautiful family!
Congrats on a year of blogging. I'm so glad that we have "met" here in Blogland. I just love chatting with someone who lives on the other side of the world...how lucky we are to be able to do that! Of course I follow you...for a long time now.
Your button is now on my page. Have a wonderful day.
Congratulations on your awards...and on your blogoversary!
Wonderful 'favorite' things --I love the tea towel!!
Thanks for the award!! You are terribly sweet.
What fabulous photos...loved the content also!!!
What a great post Natasha! You really have such a beautiful family. I also like learning a bit more about you.
Great giveaway! I am a follower of your wonderful blog.
This is a lovely tribute post to your favourite things Natasha.
Congrats. Would love to be entered and you know I follow.
I love the things that make you happy - you have such a gorgeous family, and a beautiful kitchen too!
Wishing you a very Happy 1st Blogiversary and look forward to reading many many more of your wonderful posts.
Love your favorite things- beautiful family! Love your beach picture also as well as your kitchen. Like your large window very much.
I have been a follower for a long time. Enjoy your posts and admire your pep, energy and creativity.
I just love your blog and so enjoy reading it (one of my favourite things). Being another Brisbanite I enjoy seeing the things you do - has given me some wonderful ideas of things to do with my own family. Thank you for your generous giveaway.
Congratulation on your first year blog anniversary!
Loved finding out more about you and your favorites. You're definitely a favorite of mine!
Your favorite things list is so similar to mine...I just found your blog, and then I found out that you also have a Christmas blog...now I must go check that out as well. Congratulations on the milestone.
Well good afternoon Natasha, you will probably having a delicious dinner with your beloved family right now. It's morning in my little corner, off for some grocery shopping. Your giveaway is filled with gorgeous and thoughtful treasures!
We like a lot of the same things... I so enjoy magazines.. and now blogging to find wonderful ideas! Thanks for stopping by my blog! I'll be following you as well.
Happy Blogaverary and thanks for the great giveaway.
Hello there - I've been having a read-around of my magazine Swap participants and have had a lovely time reading your blog - now I'm a follower. I'd love the chance to win one of your lovely prizes - magazine included! Thanks for the opportunity.
Hi Natasha, I was choosing my five most favorite creative blogs to pass on the Kreativ Blogger award to, and yours popped into my head instantly. I wanted to send my readers to some really awesome blogs. I'll be posting it in the morning. Just wanted to let you know.