Food Blogger Fun and Awards
Good Monday morning to you, my friends! Today’s post is different – no recipe. No photographs. No drooling or licking your computer screen 🙂 I just want to share some great things with you today. Regular posts will resume in a day or two. The past few months have been a blast when it comes to Food Blogging and Twitter. For a few months, I was on a roll! I was doing at least 4-6 chats weekly. Due to my new family schedule, I’m down to one chat – #HGEATS with The Hungry Goddess, Wednesdays at 12 noon, EST. Feel free to drop in for the hour, if you’re available. Each week is a different food related topic and we always have tons of foodie fun! If you’re lucky, there may be giveaways! I’ve won twice already! Lucky me!
I’m happy to have made some online foodie friends who have become familiar faces on a few other social media platforms. I’ve recently become a member of the Food Bloggers Network founded by the lovely Jessica Hose. She’s so brilliant to have come up with a networking group that allows Food Bloggers to share and learn more about what we do. It’s a wonderful support group and I’m very glad to be a part of it, along with such great bloggers. This group definitely keeps me active and in touch with like-minded individuals. Love it!
I’m so happy, and honoured to have been given awards by my fellow food bloggers! Isn’t that wonderful? [Insert applause here]
I received the Versatile Blogger Award from these fantastic friends:
Susan from Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
Renee from Magnolia DaysÂ
Jessica from Oh Cake
Sofie from The German Foodie
I encourage you to visit their blogs! They are a friendly bunch!
I received the Kreativ Blogger Award from these fabulous ladies:
Susan from Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
Renee from Magnolia DaysÂ
Jessica from Oh Cake
I enjoy their recipes and stories. Please visit and say “hello!”
As a recipient of the Kreativ Award, I have to write 10 facts about myself, then pass along the award to 6 bloggers
1o facts about Lyn
- I have lived in 3 countries – London, England. Kingston, Jamaica. I currently reside in Toronto, Canada.
- My passion is photography. The sound of the shutter gives me life.
- I can be found (as in “seen”) in the deleted scenes on the DVD of the movie titled “How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days” staring starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey
- I studied Travel, Tourism & Hospitality in College. The low paying jobs turned me off. I still love the field though.
- I dream of vacations in beautiful places with beautiful food, camera in tow. One day, I will be a Travelista!
- I love technology. If I could buy every device my heart desires, I probably would.
- I’m a lifelong learner (a trait inherited from my Mother)
- I love sending and receiving snail mail. YES! I’ll actually write a letter or a card and send photographs.
- I believe in these simple things: the words please and thank you. Honesty & kindness CAN co-exist. Treat people with respect.
- I LOVE music. In fact, I cook, sing AND dance sometimes. Fun times in my house.
I also received the Sunshine Award from these awesome chicas!!!
Susan from Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
Renee from Magnolia DaysÂ
Jessica from Oh Cake
You ladies are my sunshine! Thank you for these awesome awards!!
As a recipient of the Sunshine Award, I have to answer 10 questions, nominate other wonderful bloggers and leave a link back on their website.
- Favorite Color – Purple and Black
- Favorite Animal – I don’t have one, but I think very small dogs are cute
- Favorite Number – I don’t have one, but I prefer even numbers or odd numbers divisible by 5 (don’t ask lol)
- Favorite Non-Alcoholic Drink – White Cranberry
- Prefer Facebook or Twitter – Twitter RULES!!! But I’m trying to be more active on Facebook too. Come say hello!
- My Passion – Family, Photography, Food/Cooking, Travel
- Prefer Getting or Giving Presents – Giving (and receiving too)
- Favorite Pattern – Whatever looks good
- Favorite Day of the Week – The glorious day that I can sleep in, whichever day that may fall on
- Favorite Flower – Roses and Tulips
I would like to share the love, and pass all three awards to these fabulous bloggers:
- Susan from Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
- Renee from Magnolia DaysÂ
- Jessica from Oh Cake
- Sofie from The German Foodie
- Kayle from The Cooking Actress
- Shannon from Just As Delish
- Jenn & Seth from Home Skillet
- Angie from Angie’s Recipes
- Trish from In Fine Balance
- Lauren from Part Time Housewife
- Sandra from Sandra’s Easy Cooking
- Nami from Just One Cookbook
- Tina from Pinay Cooking CornerÂ
- Roxana from Roxana’s Home Baking
I received The Fabulous Blog Award from Tina at Pinay Cooking Corner  – Thanks again, Tina! I know I’m late but I’m so grateful for this award from you!
I would like to pass this award to Angie from Angie’s Recipes whose recipes and photography inspire me.
I received the Liebster Award from Kayle at The Cooking Actress ~ You’re so sweet, Kayle! Many thanks for this award 🙂
I would like to pass this award on to Susan at The Wimpy Vegetarian. I like Susan’s recipes and her writing. I think there’s a vegetarian inside me trying to get out!
There are so many blogs that I enjoy reading. Thank goodness for Google Reader. Perhaps I’ll have to do another award post. For now, please take the time to check out these blogs that I read frequently.
Have a wonderful 4 day week!
~Lyn
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Congratulations! Wonderful News!
Thanks, Isabel! 🙂
Congrats on the award!
Thank you, Claudia!
Congrats on all the awards and thank you very much for passing the 3 on to my blog Magnolia Days. I really do enjoy your posts and recipes.
Thank you, Renee. I enjoy your recipes also. We’re in such good company 🙂
This is a lovely post, Lyn! I love learning more about my fellow food bloggers – and I also love snail mail! By BF lives in France so we send each other letters and packages. Thank you for your kind words about me and Oh Cake!
Thanks, Jess! He lives in France!? Oh my thats far. I’m sure you enjoy every moment of sending and receiving mail. I think its so much more personal. You are sooooo very welcome, I’m very glad you have formed such a great group of foodies.
Thank you so much!! So sweet 🙂
You’re welcome, Kayle!!!
Well done, well deserved!
Thanks, Simone! I appreciate that 🙂 Truly!
Congratulations on all the well deserved awards, dear…and thanks so much for thinking of me!
Thanks Tina and you’re very welcome!
Congratulations on your awards Lyn! We are really big fans of your site, everything always looks delicious, beautiful, and inspired. And thank you so much for passing on some awards to us, we really appreciate it!
You are more than deserving 🙂 Thank you so much for your kind words!
Wow thats a lot of awards, congratulations
Thanks Raymund! I’ve met alot of wonderful foodies over the past year. I’m happy to share the love!
Hi Lyn! Wow congratulations on all these blog awards!!! Whoo hoo! You and your blog totally deserve every single award here. And how kind of you to pass the award to me. Thank you so much!
I enjoyed reading about you Lyn. I also believe in simple things like you mentioned and snail mails, and wish that I can be more aggressive about learning new things (sometimes I get lazy..). 🙂
Thanks, Nami! I appreciate you and all that you are 🙂
Congrats love on all well deserved awards, and thank you so much for thinking of me! also I enjoyed reading more about you!!!
Have a fab day!
Thank you, Sandra! Of course I think of you! You’re fabulous! 🙂
Who could not love the Lovely Pantry and its lovely host 🙂 🙂 … You are soooo deserving of all of this and I’m sooo proud of you!! Muah Bestie!!
Thanks, Bestie! I love this blog and the people that care about it!
Aww, you’re a total sweetheart! I’m so glad I met you, and you deserve all of these! XOXO
I’m glad I met you too Sofie! *Big Hugs*
I nominated your sweet blog for The Versatile Blogger Award. To view: http://grannyssoutherncooking.blogspot.com/2012/06/well-yall-i-received-my-first-blog.html
Thank you Debra! I just visited your blog!! 🙂