There are a lot of blog awards out there and I thought it would be fun to create a new one.
This one is simple – to ‘accept’ the award you just add the abc award logo to your blog – the links are at the bottom of this page for you… and then you can share something about yourself with your readers and then pass the award on to other worthy bloggers – there’s no limit to how few – or how many – other bloggers you can send this to.
To share something about yourself – you will need to go through the alphabet and choose a word or phrase for each letter and use that to describe yourself – it might be something about you, something you like, or a place or thing you dream about. And that’s all – no long descriptions or detail – just create a new post, add your shiny new blog award badge and alphabet words and let your readers enjoy finding out a little more about you.
And then have fun choosing the other blogs you would like to award this to…. Send them an e-mail and the link to this award logo and watch the fun begin!
I am going to try to send this award out to new blogs every 6 months – although if I find a new blog and I love it – I will probably send it straight out to them!
So here’s my alphabet about myself:
| A | Alyson | B | Birmingham |
| C | chocolate | D | decisive |
| E | elephants | F | Ferragudo |
| G | gadgets | H | happy |
| I | ice cream | J | jewellery |
| K | Kindle | L | Lexus |
| M | maltesers | N | Nashville |
| O | ocean | P | painter |
| Q | quirky | R | romantic |
| S | sunny | T | travel |
| U | uniform | V | Venice |
| W | What dreams may come | X | ex-police |
| Y | young at heart | Z | zany |
Here are the logos and banners for you to download:
Banner logo
Award badge
If you would like the html text for your web-site to create a button please copy and paste the following text - or contact me and I will send it to you.
And we are now on Facebook!
If you are a blogger who has received the award – then come over and join the FB group page set up specifically for you! Meet other bloggers and be encouraged and inspired by some of the amazing blogs and writers we have in the group.
Click on the logo here to join the ABC Award group:
You can also ‘like’ the new FB page too – then you can also add links to your posts as you write them on your blog – and share your writing with a much wider audience. Why not let all of your blog readers know about this page too – I think that we can all support each other’s blogs and encourage new people to take the time to find out about us…
Click on the logo here to ‘like’ the ABC Award page:
Please let everyone know about this so that we can create a thriving blogging community.
And here are the blogs I have sent this award to so far:
Tamara Out Loud – real life and real faith
Piglet in Portugal – life and travel in Portugal with great humour
Jeff Goins – brilliant blog, inspiration for writing and living
Restless Jo – roaming at home and abroad with lovely photos and ideas
Moving to Portugal - my favourite living in Portugal blog
Julie Dawn Fox – living a great life in Portugal
The Hand Family in Portugal - a family life in Portugal with great stories
Sami’s colourful world - life, arts, craft and food. Gentle and lovely
Sarsm’s blog – life and humour with polish
Emma’s house in Portugal - building a house, & lots of cake!
1001 Scribbles – quirky and nicely illustrated thoughts
Meg Travels – lots of fun travel stories and photos
and I thought I could be cheeky and give the award to my other blog too:
Algarve Blog – about our move to live in Portugal
Why not check them out – I am sure you will find something new to enjoy here. And remember to share the award with your favourite blogs too.
Woo-hoo! My first ever blogging award- thank you so much! I’d just posted my latest blog and was checking my emails when up you popped. I’m skipping off upstairs to have a bath right now and luxuriate in the bubbles. Might even take a celebratory glass with me!
Will comply with the above requisites tomorrow. Yee-haa! Thanks again, and might I say this all looks very clever. Hope I can do it xx
I am so glad you are pleased! I hope that everyone likes it
There are so many excellent blogs out there – so I hope that you will also find another new blog on the list of winners to enjoy – and I am really looking forward to seeing who you send the award to as well.
And a very Happy New Year to you too – hope you celebrate with some more bubbles (of the Champagne variety!!) x
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Thank you so much!! I’m grinning!!
great!
glad you like it…
it feels nice to make someone else smile
and thank you for your blog!
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oh I am so enjoying this award already – I have had such lovely e-mails and comments back from the selected bloggers already – check out Jo’s lovely post here http://restlessjo.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/an-award/#comment-174
and now I have new blogs to go and explore too!
happy new year everyone! x
Still playing catch-up and have added to my nominations Alyson. Think I’ve worn out the brain for this year and have already received another challenge from Lucy!
Have come back here to check out what you get up to on THIS blog and to relax with the blogs of the other nominees. I would have nominated you for Ferragudofan if you hadn’t beaten me to it! Is it too early for a glass of port? Cheers!
Hi Jo – glad you are enjoying finding new blogs!
and how can it possibly be too early for a glass of port on New Year’s Eve!??!
I like having this blog as well as my Algarve one – it gives me a chance to do different things and write about a broader range of subjects -it’s early days here but so far so good – and I have met some lovely people through the blogs
so here’s to 2012 – raise a glass for me too and I shall join you in toasting the New year in style x
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great! congratulations on receiving the award!
and now I have even more lovely new blogs to go and explore – fab! I am going to really enjoy seeing where this award travels to…
and Happy New year to you
Thanks for mentioning my blog Alyson, I will pass on the award to other lovely blogs I have encountered along my short blogging “career”. Have a great New Year!
Thanks Sami – Happy New year to you too
and thank you for your blog – I love reading it – and I made Arroz Doce from your recipe on New Year’s Eve – it was SO yummy!! xx
Thank you, Alyson, what a lovely idea! I was chuffed to bits to get an award and now that I’m back at my desk after the holidays, I’ve had time to fiddle with my widgets and add the badge to my blog. All I have to do now is think of some ABCs!
I’m looking forward to checking out the other recommendations over the coming week.
Wishing you an awesome 2012!
thanks and glad you like it!
looking forward to reading your a-z and also seeing which blogs you give the award to – it’s a great way of finding more bloggers to enjoy!
Happy New year to you too and here’s to 2012!
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another great A-Z based post – I really like this one http://restlessjo.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/my-a-z-of-travel/ It is a lovely idea for a post…
although I quite like my new surname 
PS – Jo – my surname is Sheldrake!!!
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d’you know for a while there… I think I got the blame for this one!!!!
it’s really exciting how ideas can be sparked – and this one is really going to travel the world – literally!
you can find out more about ‘My Personal A ~ Z series here…http://algarveblog.net/2012/01/11/a-personal-a-z-of-portugal/
happy reading – and please feel free to let me know if you would like to join us – there’s a bit of a crossing over of blogs here too which is fine
This is a really great concept for an award Alyson! I just saw it on Jo’s blog. Congratulations to all the winners and I’ll keep following your blogs…
thanks Meg – you are very welcome to use the award too – let me know if you want me to email you the jpeg – and thanks for commenting on the blog – I shall be following your blog too now!
let me know if you award it to anyone so that I can find even more nice blogs to read – and if you don’t mind linking back to this page http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/abc-award/ … that would be great!
happy weekend!
Thank you so much Alyson! I think that this award is really wonderful, and I’d be delighted to accept it and then award it other blogs! I will be sure to link my post to this page, too! I would appreciate it if you would email me the jpeg info “just in case”. My email is megtraveling1@gmail.com. Thanks again! I’m looking forward to keeping up with your posts…
You’re welcome! I am really enjoying meeting new people and reading new posts – and looking forward to seeing who you nominate for the award next!
Meg – you might also be interested in a new series of posts we have started over on my ‘other blog’ – It’s called ‘My Personal A ~ Z of…(insert the country of your choice!)
here’s the link -
http://algarveblog.net/my-personal-a-z/
It would be great if you joined us – and wonder which country you would choose?!
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This is a great link – thank you! I am loving this award – I get to ‘meet’ new blogs!
You have some fantastic words in your A ~ Z alphabet about yourself – thank you for sharing with me http://theurbanmisanthropist.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/as-easy-as/
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It’s great to find my ABC award is travelling around and being enjoyed … this is a lovely blog to check out too …
I wanted you to know that I received the ABC and acknowledged that you created it so people could come and find you, toohttp://believeanyway.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/now-you-know-my-abcs/ . Your award is a lovely idea. After looking around and giving YOU an award too. Oddly enough it is an award I created in December.I call it The Candle Lighter Award It is to recognize blogs and bloggers that are lighting up the world with their optimism and hope Here is the link for the info and badge http://believeanyway.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/creation-of-new-blog-award-the-candle-lighter-award/. In addition to that, I am giving you the HUG award that Connie Wayne created. Here is the link for that! http://ahopefortoday.com/2012/01/14/hope-unites-globally-hug-award-guidelines/Have a fabulous day, ok?
wow!!!! thank you so much! I am very chuffed and I will now skip off to the links you have sent me to find out more about these awards!
how exciting!
I now have a BIG smile on my face …..
Congratulations on your awards Alyson!
thanks Meg – it’s been a very exciting week – have been nominated for an award on my algarveblog site too!
happy weekend!
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another lovely blog to check out! it’s great to see the ABC award being given out and enjoyed
and thanks for the link back to this site – much appreciated!
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Hi Alyson, So glad you stopped in to visit On Faith and Writing. I will be back to visit and see what all you have going on here. God bless.
thanks very much! I seem to have been given a lot of blessings today!
happy blogging
Thank you Alyson! It’s nice to know how and where these awards originate from. God bless you!
thank you! and blessings to you too
have a lovely weekend and happy blogging
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Guess it only takes a little while for stuff to circulate on the blogosphere.
i just received the award a few days ago and ended up following to the origin of the ABC award. wonderful initiative. I enjoyed posting on ABC
thank you – and glad you enjoyed the award
and thank you for finding the source! I am finding so many lovely new blogs each time the award comes back to me – so thank you
happy blogging
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I participated! http://barefootmeds.wordpress.com/2012/02/26/the-abcs-of-me/
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Hi, Alyson and David,
Kate Kresse of Believe Anyway passed this award to me, and I have passed it on today, linking to you:
http://christianfantasyforwomen.com/2012/03/13/abc-award-awesome-blog-content/
Thank you for creating some encouragement and fun!
Maria
you’re welcome – glad my little award is giving pleasure to other blogs
and I get to find more new blogs to enjoy – so thank you too!
best wishes to you! It does give pleasure by encouraging us that others hear our words, and that they matter.
Thank you for such a fun award. I was wondering if you have to have received this award to give it. I would love to share. Thank you ~Franny
Dear Franny – no of course not! please feel free to take the award and send it to others – if you don’t mind using the logo and adding a link back to this page that would be lovely
But I would be delighted if you used it!
best wishes Alyson
I can’t copy the badge to my blog
I could copy the image and put it on my ABC post, but not the URL to allow me to put it on my side bar to display my achievement. Could you help me…
Thanks… for the help and starting the ABC Awards.
no problem! I’ll email you the URL code you need – congrats on the award!
Thanks…
As the originator of this award you may be interested to know that I have now set up a Facebook group for all bloggers who have been given the ABC Award – a place for you to meet new bloggers, and share and support each other. You can join the group here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ABCaward/?bookmark_t=group
Please also let any other bloggers, that you know have been given the award, know about this group too – then we can all ‘spread the word’
I have also set up a Facebook page – the ABC Award – where you can now add links to all of your blog posts and writing – share your work with a new audience, gain new readers, and find out what other ABC Award bloggers are writing about.
You can find the page here:
https://www.facebook.com/ABCaward?bookmark_t=page
Just ‘like’ the page and get started – and do let all your blog readers know about this page – I believe that all of our blogs can only be improved by letting our readers know about other blogs – that way you will also have new readers discover you too!
Happy blogging – and congratulations again on the ABC Award – you’re awesome!
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Great idea….I love your blog!
thank you!
great idea – love for you to check out my blog and see what you think…
http://www.riperedberries.wordpress.com
thank you – will do!
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I like the idea of this too – I blog about beautiful Brittany in France: http://www.lostinfinistere.com/blog.html – would love to win my first award!
Maria
hello and thanks for visiting and commenting – I’m off to have a look at your blog now – it’s always great to find new blogs – you might enjoy my Algarve Blog too http://algarveblog.net/
Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog – glad you liked it. I have taken a peak and left a comment on your fish post – feeling hungry now!