A Liebster? For me? Why, thank you!

Aw!  I've had a message from Gill nominating me for a Liebster Award.

The award is given to bloggers with less than 200 followers who deserve acknowledgement and encouragement to continue blogging.

The rules are as follows:
1. List 11 facts about yourself
2. Answer the 11 questions given to you
3. Create 11 new questions for the bloggers you nominate
4. Thank the person who nominated you and link back to their blog
5. Choose 5 bloggers with less than 200 followers to nominate
6. Go to each bloggers page and let them know about the award


11 facts about me

1.   I love birds and wildlife
2.   I'm a big Liverpool FC fan
3.   I have suffered from ME for more than 13 years
4.   I'm a Christian and believe everything happens for a reason
5.   I love chocolate - proper chocolate not the stuff packed full of sugar!
6.   I have two pets Daisy Bunny and Billy Budgie
7.   According to most people I know I have bad taste in music
8.   I love colour - brights, pastels, rainbows, neons - the more the better
9.   I am a list maker extraordinaire
10. I'm happiest with my nails painted
11. I'm not very good at being decisive and answering questions

11 questions from Stamping Lemons

1.   What's the best birthday or Christmas present you've ever been given and why?  Erm, probably a bike when I was a child - I always loved my bikes.
2.   If you won a huge sum f money what's the first thing you'd buy?  I'd spend most of it on spoiling my Mum and making sure my brother, his wife, my cousins and my friends were never wanting.
3.   What's your most favourite item that you craft with?  Just one?!  Maybe ribbons... or paint... or buttons.
4.   Would you rather have sweet or savoury food?  Well, I like chocolaty things and salty things, so either!
5.   What is your earliest memory?  Waiting for Granma & Granddad and Nanny & Gramps on Christmas day
6.   A line from your favourite poem?  I don't read poems now but at school I loved King's Breakfast by AA Milne
7.   If you could time travel would you go back or forward?  I'd go back to see my Great Granny Grace again
8.   Do you believe in ghosts? No
9.   Have you ever met anyone famous?  Sally Gunnell
10. How long have you been blogging and how did you begin?  I had to check, my first post was in October 2011.  I'm not sure why I started but I'm glad I did.
11. What's your favourite season?  Spring because the birds are breeding.

11 Questions from Beads Buttons and Birds

1.  favourite bible verse or quote?
2.  last song you sang along to?
3.  favourite animal?
4.  biggest ambition in life?
5. favourite source of inspiration? 
6.  your dream 'money-no-object' holiday?
7.  favourite colour to work with?
8.  favourite food?
9.  favourite item of clothing?
10. favourite television programme?
11. last thing you do at night?

My five nominees are:

Carol @ Carols World - uses lots of ribbon too!

Katie @ booty-full things - lovely makes

Kelly @ Kelly's Cards - fab cards

Roudi @ C is for Craft - awesome clay work

Charlotta @ La Vikinga - lovely layouts and cards

These are lovely craft blogs that I read and I think are worthy of following.

I'd love it if they accept the award but totally understand if they would rather pass this time :)