A big thank you to 2 girls!!!!

Again???? Yes, twice in the last 30 days : on the 21st of December and on the 16th of January!

I think it's to much, but at the same time is so nice that someone decide to give you a lovely thing as an award! 

I have to thank two sweet and craftful ladies that are : Jenn and Weaver Birdie (aka Shika), who host two colourful blogs known as Color 'n Cream and I love Handmade! Thank you ladies!! <3 <3 <3

What made me wait so long to prepare a post about the Liebster Blog Awards , honestly, is that I'm terribly lazy in writing....but now I have to hurry up before a new award comes....too much for me!!!!!

There are some rules to follow:

1. answer the 11 questions posed by the person who nominated you
2. give 11 facts about yourself
3. nominate 11 other bloggers for the award
4. post 11 questions for your nominees to answer
5. tell them you have tagged them and pay it forward

I will start to answer to the 11 questions prepared by Jenn :

1. Who do you admire and why? Honest and kind people, because is not always easy to be in that way
2. What's your favourite colour ? Red, since I was a little girl! But even blue, lime green and hot pink!
3. What's was the last nice thing you did for someone ? This morning!!! Two yummy sandwiches for my boys to bring in school for snack time! ;oD
4. What do you want to do better? Myself! As mum, wife, friend, blogger : a better person in different areas!!!
5. What are you particularly proud of? Matteo and Tobia and my little achievements in blogging and crafting!!!
6. If you could change 1 thing, what would it be? There are a lot, not only one!!! 
7. What's your favourite day of the week and why? I think both Friday and Monday! Friday is the last day of the working week and I start to relax! Monday because is the beginning of the working week and my boys and my hubby  go back to school/office : relaxing to be alone again!
8. What's your biggest fear? To die before my kids are not yet grown up...
9. If anything was possible what would you do? Travel back in time!
10. What is your most valuable possession? My photographic albums with the pictures of my little kids!
11. What's your favourite webshop? Amazon....tons of crafty books!!!

Now is your turn Shika! ;

1. Happiest moment of your life? My wedding day and the births of Matteo and Tobia!
2. Which season of the year you love most? Spring and Autumn
3. Veg or non-veg food? Lately I'm not a fan of meat&Co.
4. Your favourite colour ? Jenn asked me the same question! ;oD
5. Which movie star you would like to date? None
6. Your favourite one-liner? Sorry, I don't have one! But two!!! ;oD
7. Any new thing/craft you want to learn this year? To knit with circular needles and to sew with a sewing machine
8. Coffee or tea? Tea please, with sugar and no milk!
9. Coke or Pepsi? Coke!!!!!
10. Your favourite holiday destination? London or other European capital cities!
11. You were obedient as a child or a rebel? Too obedient, sadly!

Well, if you are not yet bored, now I can tell you more 11 facts about myself:

1. I don't like reptiles. I only like dinosaurs, mostly because they are extinct and you can imagine a lot about them!
2. I still love to hear the music from The Police!
3. If I have to choose between an haberdashery shop and a jewellery one, I enter the first one in a dash!
4. I started to love cats since I have Margot! Before that, I was absolutely a dog person!
5. I like to take a walk , but not under the rain! 
6. I do some exercise to keep fit, twice a week.
7. I suffer from endometriosis, but since the cure started, I feel much more better!
8. I like to be surrounded by colours!
9. Reading is a good thing for me, like crafting : while you are doing it you are no more in the real world! So stress-free!
10. I would love, one day, to have a dog : it has passed a long time since the last one...Cleofe, my loved german shepherd ....
11. "Smile!" is my way to start a good day!

My 11 nominees are the following blogs :

• one sheepish girl (Meredith)
• tabiboo (Nina)
• Cherry Heart (Sandra)
• Helen Philipps (Helen)
• REVolution (Revlie)
• By-Ilona (Ilona)
• Vintage Sheet Addict (Ada)
• bluebird notes (Koralee)
• Ninuska (Ninuska)
• Raindrops and Daisys (Fiona)
• Isabelle Kessedjian (Isabelle)

Please, visit them! You will not be disappointed!!!

Last step : my 11 questions to the nominees :

1. What makes you tired?
2. What makes you jump from the bed in the morning?
3. The best thing in a friend?
4. Black or white?
5. Your favorite song and why?
6. Miss something from your childhood?
7. Some ideas for this brand new 2013?
8. What you really hate?
9. What you really love, instead?
10. Sea or mountain?
11. Next adventure?

I've done!!!

xxxx Alessandra

Two awards...two big thank you!!!!

....yes, I've been gifted with two awards in the past two weeks!!!!
Now I'm gonna tell you!!!

The first award (received on the 12th of October!) was passed to me by my lovely blog friend Nata, who hosts a nice blog Nata's Nest !!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

To deserve this award, you have to follow some little rules....(first, follow the blog of the person that awarded you....Done, some time ago!!! ;oD)....

Explain 11 (!!!) things about you :

1. I love to sit on the sand and look at the sea for hours. Perfect to do during the sunset time.
2. I have a twin sister!
3. I listen to the music from the 80s when I craft!
4. I was born in Firenze (Florence), but I didn't grow up there.
5. I stopped to wear perfumes when I was pregnant of my first child. I remember that I've read an article on a magazine, in which it was said how is important for your baby to recognize you by your natural odor....Luckily, I'm not a smelly person!!!
6. I would love to come back one day to Europe and live there.
7. My secret wish? To write a book with simple crafts designed by me....!!!!
8. I got married twice, with the same man!!! How tricky is that???
9. When younger, I used to cut a lot of pictures from glossy magazines, just to keep them in a box!
10. When 14, I wished to become a fashion model (I didn't have the right features, I tell you), only because I strongly wanted to travel around the world and I loved the idea to try an huge amount of different clothes!! I didn't like the idea to be photographed, though....
11. I love to hug and cuddle my boys!!! Even to chit chat with them : a lot!!!

Answer 11 questions :

1. How you define yourself? A quiet person, curious and a good listener.
2. What is your favorite dish? Any dish with potatoes!
3. Would you rather cook or you cook? I cook every day, even if is not my passion.
4. What is your favorite dessert? Profiteroles with chocolate mousse!
5. If you had to stay with an ingredient, what would it be? I love tea!
6. What is the best trip you've done? Each time I've visited London!!!
7. What is the best restaurant you've eaten? Lately, an italian restaurant in Lombok (Indonesia)!
8. Do you prefer meat or fish? I prefer vegetables!!!
9. What it is your favorite cheese? Parmigiano Reggiano, Taleggio and Brie.
10. Black or milk chocolate? Milk and white chocolate!!
11. What is the worst dish you've tried? I think a shrimps cocktail made by mum....!!!

Choose 11 Blogs to give this award (each blog has to have less than 100 followers and you have to    inform each blogger that they won this award!):

• Lazy Daisy Jones
• Ellebel
• Mormors glamour
• Mimis Welt
• Hand made by Samantha Stas
• I love handmade
• Caracol handmade
• The Blooming Times
• Chez CocoFlower
• Maria Glazacheva
• Natalia Glazacheva

To the winners: you have to visit at least 3 blogs awarded by me!!!!

After having followed all the rules, you can save the award and decorate your blog with it!!

My congratulations to you all!!!

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On the 22nd of October, Natalia from Natalia Glazacheva, awarded me with this one:

Thank you my dear, I really appreciated it!!! A big hug from me!!!

I have to pass the award to some other bloggers, but who? Not because I don't have any choice....just check my blog roll on the left and you'll how many I like!! The fact is that is really hard to choose...

I'll just name 3, because this is the perfect number!!!

• bluebird notes
• Ida Interior Lifestyle
• Vintage Sheet Addict

Congratilations!!!

xxxx, Alessandra

One Lovely Blog Award!!!

...Just few days ago, I've been honored with my second blog award!!!!
It was given to me by the lovely Evi at Sexta Feira !!!! Honestly I don't know why, but I think she likes my blog!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH EVI!!!!

Now starts the terrible part: I have to nominate 5 blogs for this same award....I would love to add more than five, but I hope to win other awards just to have the opportunity to nominate other fabulous blogs!!!

This time :

Kristen at Cozy Things

Becky at hopscotch lane

Annette at my rose valley

Annie at knitsofacto

Kate at Signed with an Owl

My compliments girls!!!

see you soon, xxxx

Liebster Blog Award and One Lovely Blog Award

Some days ago,  a really good and lovely blog friend of mine, Miriam (the hostess of Mimis Welt) decided to gift me the following award

Well, I was really honoured and happy to receive this award!!!! I wasn't expecting something like that (me? An award?) and Miriam informed me just leaving a comment at the end of this post!!!

Miriam is one of my followers since the beginning of this blog experience : Grazie di cuore, my lovely friend!!!

"The purpose of this award is to give to novice bloggers the chance to make themselves known. It's hard to excel in the plethora of blogs and to establish. A regular readership is important to be perceived in the depths of the www. We all know that and why should the award be given to bloggers who inspire yourself and have recorded fewer than 200 regular readers in the followers list.

Anyone who has received the award should have the pleasure to give the "Liebster Blog Award" to other five bloggers, who meet the above requirements. If you have received this award, you should do the followings:

Post the award on your blog;

Link to your Nominator, as a little thank you!

Give the award to five bloggers that have less than 200 regular followers and inform them about the award with a comment or via email."

(The part in the brackets is a translation by Google translate from Miriam's blog and I hope is correct!)

So, the difficult part now: choosing the winners....just 5 of them.....well, well.....

• Ada from Vintage Sheet Addict : she is so sweet, chatty and colourful!!
• Erica from Caught On A Whim : she is so fresh and a flowers lover!!
• Emma from The Blooming Times : A gift for her Blog Birthday! Love her crafts, her adventures with Tilly (a sweet dog!)
• Natalia from Natalia Glaracheva : lovely pics from her garden and she is a kind person!
• Alison from Tweed Thoughts... : I really like her tweed crafts and her witty personality!!!

My congratulations to you all, girls!!!

But.....I have to mention another friend of mine, to say officially thank you to her....

Beck from Beck to Vintage  won another blog award : "One Lovely Blog Award"(here) and she had to "Nominate up to 15 Blogs that you admire"....well I was nominated (you find me at the 7th place!!!)!!! She has been so kind with me!!! Thank you Beck!!! Smack!!!

Now back to crafts.....

See you soon, xxxx