It’s time for me to play some MAJOR catch up! I’ve been receiving many awards which I am so thankful for but I have had no time to actually write them up! I figured now, that I’m on break at work, I would type some up really quickly and schedule it for future dates!

I’ve not so recently been nominated by the lovely The Floridian Girl  for the Blogger Recognition Award! If you haven’t heard about the gorgeous Jenna than you are definitely missing out! Go on over and check her blog right away to see what great posts she’s been writing about !

Mahala has also recently nominated me for the Blogger Recognition Award! I want to give her a huge thank you and I also want to tell ALL of you to go on over and check her out because she has lovely fashion, beauty and nonsense posts (you’ll see why I called them nonsense when you go over; I swear I’m not being mean!)

Here are the Rules:

* Thank the blogger who nominated you and provide a link to their blog.

* Write a post to show your award.

* Give a brief story of how your blog started.

* Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers.

* Select 15 other bloggers you want to give this award to.

* Comment on each blog and let them know you have nominated them and provide the link to the post you created.

Why did you start blogging?

I explained why I started blogging here.

Essentially, I started blogging because I felt the need to have a hobby, to invest my thoughts, my opinions and my time into something worth while.

Two pieces of advice?

Since I have been nominated for this award before I have advice here, here and here.

1. It’s okay to sometimes follow the crowd. I know that it’s amazing to be leading the pack and to try new posts and come up with new ideas but sometimes we just don’t have that spark, we don’t have the inspiration to come up with something new and that is totally okay! If you’re struggling to come up with a new blog post idea just do something that has been done before whether it’s facts about yourself, a certain challenge that everyone seems to be doing or whatever it is you’re interested in! Never put so much pressure on yourself to be a creator that needs new and different content all the time; following trends every now and again is completely acceptable.
2. Don’t worry about the numbers. Being bloggers, we often times want so many views, so many comments and so many followers but that isn’t always the case. Often times we can write up a post and we think it’s incredible and then it gets virtually no love, that is completely fine! So long as you are writing and sharing something you are passionate and happy about, you are doing amazing! Don’t worry about the followers, they will come, don’t worry about the lack of views or comments, those too shall come with time!

Nominations: 

So sorry if you’ve either been nominated for this already or if I have already nominated you. 

1. From An American Girl
2. Mercyish
3. By OSQUARE
4. Hanna
5. Bostonian Styled
6. Agnes Wright
7. Hi Maddie Kelley
8. Life as Daisy
9. Marioness
10. Beauty and the Flawed
11. Simply Simpled
12. Luxe Lips Sink Ships
13. The Style Lynn Life 
14. Don’t Give a Jam
15. Alicia