Cari Aiken Art

I was surprised yesterday when I received the notification that I had been nominated for the One Lovely Blog Award.  I have seen awards listed on other blogs here on WordPress, but it never occurred to me that someone would nominate mine.  If I am completely honest, it made me smile, and I am truly grateful.  As an artist, it’s always great to know that others enjoy your work.  I was so tempted to title this post “You Like Me!  You really, really like me!”, but I worry that my humor is often lost on others.  So instead, I’d like to give a big ‘Thank You’ to Erin over at OneHundredTwentyThreeDays!

Here is a little bit about this award:

The One Lovely Blog award is a beacon of encouragement for new bloggers and helps them find a broader connection with other bloggers. There are some guidelines for accepting the award.

• Thank the person who nominated you for the award.
• Add the One Lovely Blog logo to your post.
• Share 7 facts/or things about yourself.
• Nominate 15 bloggers you admire and inform nominees by commenting on their blog

So, in order to take part in and share the spirit of this nomination, here are 7 facts about me:

1. I decided to reinvent my life at 41
2. I grew up in the American Southwest
3. I love to travel, but have yet to venture outside the U.S. (I hope to change this soon!)
4. I have lived in 6 states so far
5. I have been a vegetarian for almost 4 years
6. I am an animal lover and advocate
7. In addition to drawing, painting and photography, I also love to cook!

My nominees for this award are:

1. Eye Candy Visionz
2. Drawing With Light
3. Derwent Valley Photography
4. My Bag of Pixels
5. Travel Morgan Travel
6. From One Crazy Life to Another
7. Scot’s Artwerkz
8. Abstract Art by Sharon Cummings
9. Poetic Reflections: Heart, Mind, Soul
10. SueBee and Kat
11. Amy Crawford Art
12. Mommy Cook For Me
13. InfraredRobert
14. Marion Sidebottom
15. Undefined by Design

I hope you’ll take a look at these blogs and enjoy them as much as I do, and I thank you for following and supporting me and my work.