Shortlisted for National UK Blog Awards

03 Monday Feb 2014

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I woke up this morning to an email from the National UK Blog Awards 2014 telling me that this blog has been shortlisted in the Arts & Crafts category! Whoo-hoo! What a way to start a Monday?!

I’m so extremely happy and grateful to each and every one of you who took the time to vote for my blog. Getting shortlisted can only happen if the public voted for you – no amount of smooching judges or even luck, can make it happen: you guys voted for crochet and made it happen! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

So what’s next? The ten blogs in each category will by judged by industry experts from 4 to 24 February. In the Arts & Culture category those experts are Claire Barlow, Regional Manager at Arts & Business North West and Richard Moss, Editor at Culture24.

Below are the other nine blogs in my category. They cover really interesting topics ranging from urban culture, to unsung musical heroes to Victorian literature. I’ve already signed up to follow two of the blogs. (Before you ask, no it has nothing to do with “keep your friends close and your enemies closer”, the blogs are just really interesting. Honest!)

The Secret Victorianist http://www.secretvictorianist.com
The Glamour Cave http://theglamourcave.blogspot.co.uk/
Sci-Fi Drama Queen http://www.scifidramaqueen.com
The Taylor Trash http://www.thetaylortrash.com
Simon’s 10 Q Interviews http://www.simonduringer.com/blog/
Interesting Literature: A Library of Literary Interestingnesshttp://interestingliterature.com/
Skyliner http://www.theskyliner.org
The Music Manual http://laurenmusicmanual.blogspot.co.uk
Urban Kultur Blog http://www.urbankulturblog.com

Good luck to you all, fellow shortlisters. I know it’s corny and lame but I’m going to say it anyway: I think it’s a huge deal and great accomplishment just to be shortlisted. Well done everyone!

Voting still open for The National UK Blog Awards 2014

15 Wednesday Jan 2014

Posted by Natasja in My ramblings

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I’ve been looking at my diary this morning and I realise that it’s the fifteenth of January! We’re more than two weeks into 2014! That’s crazy! It seems like only yesterday that I kicked of Crochet For Kidneys Part II, yet our day of joining up the hexagons is only 22 days and 22 hours away. (Speaking of the 7th of February – I will give you all more information of our get together in Surrey once the venue is booked.)

The other thing I’m counting down to is the National UK Blog Awards. I told you about the blog awards and my nomination on 18 December. Public voting closes on 26 January, which means there is just over a week left for you to vote for my crochet blog – the only crochet blog nominated.

I’ve been getting more blog followers on bloglovin lately – hi guys!!! – so I thought I’d do a quick “remember to vote for me please” post in case my lovely new followers didn’t know about the blog awards. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink….

To vote, go to this link: http://www.blogawardsuk.co.uk/blog-entries/crochetime/. Press vote, fill out a quick form which includes your name and email address and in return, you will receive a free Blogging eBook – and I’ll have one more vote. You can also click on the picture below, or to the right of my blog.

I will be very, very, very grateful if would vote for crocheTime. Pretty please. Let’s get a crochet blog in the finals!!!!

The National UK Blog Awards 2014

18 Wednesday Dec 2013

Posted by Natasja in My ramblings

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Have you ever heard of the National UK Blog Awards? It’s the only Blog Awards recognising “a multitude of industry professional talent across the UK”. It’s a biggy and this blog is nominated in the Arts and Culture category!!!!!

The category includes blogs about photography, music, books, reading, art reviews, film, architecture and crafts. That’s a huge range of topics for one category so competition is stiff. If I counted correctly, it looks like there are 71 blogs entered for this category, but my blog is the only 100% crochet related blog. I’m proudly flying the ~~flag~~ bunting for yarn and crochet hooks.

Wouldn’t it be great if a crochet blog could make it to the finals? The only way for it to do so, is if the public vote for it, so I’m asking very nicely that you please vote for crocheTime. If not for me, do it for your love of crochet.

To vote, go to this link: http://www.blogawardsuk.co.uk/blog-entries/crochetime/, register with your email address and you’ll then be emailed confirmation of registration (check your spam folder if you don’t receive the email immediately) and then you can vote. In return, you will receive a free Blogging eBook – and I’ll have one more vote. You can also click on the picture below, or to the right of my blog.

I’ve made it really easy for you to vote, and the lovely people at the National UK Blog Awards even give you something for free!

I will be very, very, very grateful if would vote for crocheTime. Pretty please.