Grateful, Creative and Happy

Dears, we are more than 100 now! To be precise - 101! Yes, I reached this milestone as well :) Thanks to all of you, who in spite of their busy lives, still find time to blog about this busy life, and in spite of different problems and difficult times, still support and inspire others. I'm grateful that at some point of time, I discovered blogging, though I always used to lead diaries, blog was a mean of communication with outer world, which helped me to reflect, recollect, realize things in my own life. In the end, I see that we all live similar days, celebrating same holidays, and becoming sad because of the same reasons.

Last Saturday I was happy because we spent great time with my D, roamed in the surroundings of our sector, had a nice lunch, bought yummy pastries and ... you know how it feels being with someone you are so in love with. My D of course kept his promise to mark my 100 followers, and we had a simple chicken-beer dinner the same evening. Very simple you see, even with news paper as a table mat :).

In a little more than a year I connected to a great number of creative people for which I'm grateful too. To spread the happiness I will definitely organize a giveaway in a week time, just let me prepare something good for you to give. It's going to be something of hand made of course, and a piece of India too.

Also, I made a jar cozy last weekend. As you see I used those nail polish colored pebbles as a base for t-light - worked well for this purpose!

 The jar itself spreads the patterned light on the table because of the glass design - a nice addition to a already cozy effect. Loving this simple jar so much now, and it looks good in the company of the crochet box cases I made two weeks ago.

 That's all for now, but I still have something interesting to share with you, and hope you'll like it. Today is my sister-in-law's birthday, so I wish love, health, and be happy always!

Wishing you all a happy week ahead, filled with love of your close ones. 

Blog Award - Liebster (second one!) :)

I am lucky enough to receive the second Liebster Blog award from Nikki who has a cozy blog The Little Nordic Cabin and inspires everyone to explore and get fascinated by the Nordic culture, nature and life! Thanks a lot, Nikki! It was a nice surprise for me:) As you might know there are several rules you need to follow when getting this award, here they are:

1. Answer 11 questions

2. Give 11 facts about yourself

3. Nominate 11 other lovely bloggers

4. Post 11 new questions for your new nominees

Nikki's questions for me are:

1. When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up? Good question... I wanted to be a teacher, an astronaut, and ... may be a dancer:)

2. What did you actually grow up to become/what are you actually becoming? I am a philologist, teacher of Russian language and literature... Sadly I am doing a job which is not related to my degree at all.

3. Why do you blog? Because I was feeling depressed and low at that time and also bored, so I saw many beautiful blogs and said to myself that I could try it out too.

4. If you could have any super power, what would it  be? Fly!

5. Which moment in your life so far are you most proud of? Just yesterday - when I saw my husband dancing on the stage!:)

6. Is there a book you think everybody should read? Certainly "Master and Margarita" by Bulgakov - my love forever!

7. Do you remember what you were doing on this day last year? Hmm... must have been in the office.

8. 1 year from now, where would you like to be? Right where I am now.

9. What is your favourite country you've ever visited? Germany! Want to visit it again.

10. Do you have any sweet family traditions? In my parents' house we always have dinner at the table in a cozy kitchen.. I miss  it now.

11. What is your favourite song at the moment? Many of them, one is the Indian one "Je Lee Zaraa" from the movie "Talaash" ("Search"). 

I will go to nominations now straight away:

A Mermaid In The Attic - well, the name speaks for itself! An enchanting blog of one Mermaid:)

Amateur Crafts - a cute blog about Evu's crafty things. 

El Arte De Rosia - Marianne's dolls, Christmas decorations are simply beautiful! She takes great photos of her works.

Aishwarya's World - "Every moment counts. Hence live for the moment to be happy and light" states Aishwarya. So come and have a look in her world.

Diaper Mum - Rejeshwari lives in Hong Kong. She finds time for creating wonderful home decor things!

Elina Ellis - Elina is an artist who creates lovely illustrations full of warmness, cuteness and love. 

Elizy Art - Elisabeth is another crafty girl, a fresh blogger. She makes beautiful crochet shawls, ornaments and other accessories.

A Magical Whimsy - a blog of a dolls' creator and a dreamer...You'll love it!

Midory's Life - a blog of a Russian crafter. Midory does cross stitching, knitting, likes reading.

The Rainbow of Handiwork (Радуга рукоделия) - a versatile crafter from Ukraine.You will find cross stitched, knitted, crocheted, origami and many other works in her blog.

Owl Drive (Совиный Драйв) - a cute collective blog where all the craft projects dedicated to the Owls!

Wichtelzwerg -a German blog's author tells about her love for wee folks. She creates cute elves, dwarfs, angels from felt.

So here are my 11 questions for 11 nominees:

1. If you were offered unexpectedly to go somewhere for a trip, which destination would it be?

2. What is your favorite book?

3. Are you a dreamer?

4. What was the best food you ever tried?

5. Do you have many friends (in real)?

6. Would you like to go to the Moon (and back)?

7. How does your ideal day look like?

8. Would you like to learn any new language?

9. Are you (and your house) ready for Christmas/New year celebrations yet?

10. What is your best memory so far?

11. Any new skill/craft you would to learn?

Thanks to all who find time to blog, post pictures and actually tell about so interesting things. I really enjoy following your ventures in life and craft.There are many other blogs who deserve to be awarded, however I could pick only 11.

Have a nice day, my friends, and I'll be back with some new crochet stuff soon!

P.S. not giving facts about myself, as I have given already in another post, and answering the questions was more than sufficient for the same purpose.