I’m taking a quick break from foodie musings to celebrate my first ever blogging award!  First of all – thanks very much to Lena at Foray into Fashion for nominating me 🙂

What are the Liebster Awards?

Liebster Awards are a great way for bloggers to recognise each other and to share a bit of love!  The idea is, each person who receives a nomination, will in turn, nominate another 10 blogs that they enjoy.

The Rules:

1. Thank the person who nominated you and link to their blog.
2. Answer the 10 questions given by the nominator.
3. Nominate and link 10 bloggers (with less than 200 followers).
4. Notify all the bloggers you’ve nominated.
5. Create 10 new questions for your nominees to answer and write your own post about it.

My answers 🙂

1. What is the worst thing about blogging?

Writing a post that you’re really proud of and then no one reading it 🙁 That can be very disheartening!

2. Who would you invite to your ideal dinner party and why?

I think it would have to be Nigella – I just love her and we could sit chatting about food all evening 🙂

3. Name one thing on your ‘Bucket List’

I would love to take road trip around the USA, taking in all the sights – and more importantly, tastes.

4. Who is your favourite author?

Oooh, that’s a tricky one! The author that I’ve probably read most prolifically, is Enid Blyton.  So many happy memories of hiding under the covers, torch in hand, reading The Famous Five and Malory Towers.. More recently, Daphne Du Maurier is a big favourite. ‘Rebecca’ is one of my all time most loved novels.

5. What is your day job and would you give it up to write full-time if offered the opportunity?

I work in Customer Marketing and yes, I would ABSOLUTELY give it up to work as a full-time writer.  That is very much the dream!

6. What do you think is the most important quality for a blogger (obviously other than literacy)?

Perseverance and passion (oh that’s 2 isn’t it? Oh well…) It takes a lot of time and a lot of work to start building your readers and some days, it just feels like it’s never going to happen.  If you don’t feel passionate about your subject then it would be very easy to just give up.

7. How do you relax at the end of the day?

Ummmm…..blogging? 😉  Other than that, I’m fairly boring really. TV (mainly Netflix boxsets), stupid games on my iPad or reading recipe books!

8. Who would you love to write a biography about?

Audrey Hepburn.  I love her, I love her films and she had a wonderfully glamorous and tragic existence.

9. Who would play you in a film of your life?

Jennifer Aniston – no real reason why.  I just think she seems really nice and down to earth.  Plus, it’s the only way I’ll ever get ‘that haircut’ 😉

10. Tell something about yourself that no one else knows.

This weekend, I came up with an idea for my first cookery book and I’m very excited to get started on it! Watch this space…

My nominees

Below are 10 of my favourite blogs…

1. Floral Inspired Life
2. Katie Cup of Tea
3. Stacey’s Say
4. Be Healthy Now
5. Just Be Stylish
6. Ella and Irene’s Place
7. One Tidy Studio
8. Emily Davies Writes
9. Ramblings of an Unqualified Parent
10. Rebecca Ann

My questions for you…

1) What do you most enjoy about blogging?

2) Which of your blog posts are you most proud of?

3) If you were going to write a book, what would it be called?

4) What’s your favourite thing to make in the kitchen?

5) Starter or pudding? 😉

6) If you won the lottery, what would be the first thing that you’d buy?

7) Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

8) Which fictional character would you most like to be?

9) Cats or dogs?

10) What would your superpower be if you could pick one and why?

Thanks for reading and make sure you check out the blogs above 🙂