Thanks so very much to dear Judy , and to the lovely Fiona for awarding me the Arte y Pico Award ~ an award for blogs filled with art and creativity ~ there are some rules attached to this award and in passing it on to others they are as follows;
1. You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contributes to the blogging community, no matter what language.
2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his/her blog to be visited by everyone.
3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her/him the award itself.
4. The award winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of “Arte y Pico’ blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5. To show these rules.
I wish to goodness I could give the award to Judy – have you SEEN what she’s been doing lately? My breath has truly been taken! Absolutely beautiful work that she is producing as part of her studies. I have never seen anything she made that I didn’t love to bits.
And Fiona, who I have been watching with great interest as she works her way through an Art Foundation course. I have often thought that she should be teaching the class! She is a brilliant artist with the most amazing imagination and I am so glad to have found her & her incredibly talented family online.
It never ceases to amaze me, the people we can meet here on the web who we may never have bumped into in real life! Wonderful! 
However, there are many, many wonderful bloggers to choose from, so here goes…
Would the following creative & inspirational bloggers kindly come & collect their award:
Wendy at WindyAngels – Canadian Angel who crafts with words & pictures. Always beautiful & straight from the heart.
Karen at A Scrapbook of Inspiration- whose posts are works of art in themselves! Limitless talent and endless encouragement to be found here!
Nancy B over at Something to Crow About – I love Nancy’s Art Journal pages. They are bursting with energy & real life and have inspired me ever since I was a brand new blogger.
Yvonne at BoxofTrix, who I ‘met’ before our blogging days! Yvonne’s work is so very beautiful. She is a prize-winning embroidery artist who offers her amazing creations for sale on Etsy now. I dream of a studio like her new one! lol 
Last but not least, I will not be the first (or last, I’m sure) to give this award to Suziblu, who seems to have inspired the entire world lately! I love my visits to her blog, both for the inspiring artwork and the constant encouragement she gives to all of us aspiring artists!
My thanks to all of you, for the inspiration and your wonderful contributions to the blogging community. Please collect (right click on picture and ’save as’, to somewhere you can find it!) & distribute your well-deserved award
And just so’s you know, I have been much more creative lately! The moleskine was the catalyst I needed, it seems, and I’ve been sketching like a loony! I have too much to share with you and need to write loads more posts here! We are coming up to my second blogging anniversary this month, as well as another little celebration IRL and I have a proposition for my blogging buddies, inspired by the wonderful project that was Isabel’s travelling journal. Have to try & think it through before I say any more…
Here’s a little something from my camera,
for now..
xXx Love to All xXx
Suzie You say such nice things about my work and I feel very honored to receive the Arte y Pico Award from you. I will display it with pride
)…it is my very first award & very special. Thank You!
Lucky you for getting a ‘Large’ moleskin sketchbook at a good price, I have never used one, but I’m intrigued now. I haven’t picked up my sketchbook in a while to just doodle, too busy painting my studio and the things in it, and I’m still at it! Your right about the studio it is very light & airy and a dream come true for me and your right about the Web and its wonders of allowing so many like minded people to meet & share their art and creativity……it has opened up so many doors for me working at home and I never feel alone but part of a worldwide group of friends
PS. I love the black and white shot…what a perfect flower!
Congratulations on winning this special award. Thank you so much for giving it to me. You really made my day today. I am also curious to meet the award winners that live beyond their links. There are a few that I have not visited before. I can’t wait to see your work in your moleskin, and so glad that the creative muse is busy at work again. Blessings, Karen
Suze, I stopped back to tell you that receiving this today inspired me so. I needed a lift today and you certainly gave that to me. I wrote a little thank you on my post today. Oh, and make sure you read Celeste’s story, you will love it so. Blessings, Karen
Thank you!!!!
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Suze you are such a special and dear friend, Thank you so much! xoxo Nance
Hi Suze, love all the blogs you’ve picked, just wanted to say hello, Judy xxx
Suze, Oh my did I hear that you won another award…oh yes you did! Please stop by, I’ll be leaving my post up for a few days. Have a lovely weekend. Blessings, Karen
Dear beautiful Suze, Thank you for this award. You are so kind. I will be putting it, and Karen’s award
, in a post next week.
I love the photo. GOOD FOR YOU on the sketching. I’ll look forward to seeing more of your beautiful posts.
Angels be with you dear beautiful child.
Much love,
many gentle hugs,
Wendy XO
Congratulations on your award! Love the flower photo!
Have a fabulous weekend!
blessings,
kari & kijsa
Thank you all very much for your visits and kind comments – so glad to see you all here! Looking forward to having some time to post again soon….
Love to all xXx Suze xXx
Have a wonderful birthday today, Suze.
Blessings, Karen
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Suze
Happy Birthday to you
Sending buckets of love and hugs,
Judy xxx