Me and You

"Just Draw," Laura Tringali Holmes, 2011
Hand collage with papers, acrylics, and inks, 8 x 10 on canvas board
Text and image snips from Progressive Tailor magazine, Grade Teacher magazine, 
Popular Science Monthly, and Birds of America

An award! Received by me! For up and coming bloggers! A designation I embrace with great happiness and pride. I speak of the Liebster Award, which recognizes and showcases rising bloggers with fewer than 200 followers. The origins of the award are German--the word “liebster” in German means “favorite” or “dearest.”

I received this award from Amy at Four Corners Design. When I first started blogging five months ago, one of my first finds was Amy's blog: http://fourcornersdesign.blogspot.com/ If you look at her header montage, there is a little snip of text that says “ substance from a solution.” Her creations—and her blog—are just that. Her work is pure invention, her tableux winsome, her photos enchanting. Yes. Definitely visit Amy.

In accepting the Liebster Award, participants agree to the following terms: 

1. Thank the awarder and link back to his or her blog.
2. Copy and paste the award to their blogs.
3. Choose five blogs to receive the Liebster Award and let these bloggers know by commenting on their blogs.

Here are my five blogs. The first four focus on art. The last on the list is the blog of a young woman who was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma a day after her 24^th birthday. All of these blogs inspire me in all sorts of ways, and I am grateful for the internet community that makes this sort of communication possible. I hope you'll visit these bloggers and show them your support.

http://carolereidartist.blogspot.com/

http://wildthreadstudio.blogspot.com/

http://makinghandmadebooks.blogspot.com/

http://lawendula.blogspot.com/

http://meandthehodge.blogspot.com/