It’s official, thanks to all of you this blog has been longlisted in 2 catagories for the Irish Blog Awards! Please, please, please help me in selecting the catagory you think that I should stick with. I have about another 20 hours to make my decision and at that stage must let the organisers know which catagory I want to go forward in, just leave comments and let me know your views. The organisers, sponsors and judges are doing a mammoth task and I would really like to express my thanks and congratulations to everyone who is working towards making this event a massive success! Here are the longlists in my catagories and a special thanks to iQ Content and Teamworkpm…..
Best Specialist Blog – Sponsored by iQ Content
- http://lexferenda.com
- http://pauldervan.com
- http://leemunroe.com
- http://crimealwayspays.blogspot.com
- http://thefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com
- http://welldonefillet.blogspot.com
- http://xbox4nappyrash.blogspot.com
- http://valueireland.com
- http://irisheconomy.ie
- http://biopsy.wordpress.com
- http://pkellypr.com/blog
- http://knittingneels.com
- https://clasheen.wordpress.com
- https://clasheen.wordpress.com
- http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com
- assistanttothebrandmanager
- aranbrew
- badlibrarianship.
- Kind I like
- Irish Taxi
- Sarah Tales
Best Newcomer – Sponsored by Teamworkpm.net
- katyboo1
- Outside In
- Lee Munroe
- sarahgostrangely
- national lottie
- Sinead Keogh
- Trust Tommy
- thesexypedestrian
- Joe Scanlon
- I Am Paddy
- The Unemployed Blog
- Tinman 18
- sinfulorigamipaper.
- Irish Economy
- Teknovis
- Clasheen
- Guesslist
- Glitter See Glitter Do>/a>
- Darragh Doyle
- Johhnie Craig
- Puddle Ducks
Great company as I am sure you will agree! It is amazing to have got this far in the selection process and a lot of thanks is due to my friend Cathy, director of ArtL!nks and Ken Maguire, blogger extrodinare and great tutor. Both Cathy and Ken are longlisted themselves and I advise any artist, craftsperson or art related group in the 5 ArtL!nks counties (Carlow, Wexford, Kilkenny, Wicklow and Wexford) to join the service and start taking advantage of the great courses and facilities on offer. ArtL!nks is a service for both amatur and professional practitioners and really I cannot emphasise enough how valuable their help has been to me in the first year of my felting business.
On Saturday I will be in Carrick on Shannon for the day and am very excited to be meeting the teacher that I will be working with in the Craft in the Classroom programme organised by the Crafts Council. I know that the pupils in my school are from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class and I am guessing that their ages will range from about 6 to 13 so it should be a really exciting residency! We have a full days training and will be sorting out exactly how, when and in what shape we invisage the residency progressing, I can’t wait!!
Congratulations Nicola, well done!
As for the category, that’s a hard one. I would consider The New Comers one, I think and then the Specialist one next year. 😉
Best newcomer, that way you won’t be competing with me! I need all the help I can get to make it to the next round