What a lovely surprise being nominated for the Beautiful Blog Award from my new blogging buddy John over at Sybaritica. By profession, John is a lawyer who lives with his wife in Canada’s Arctic – it looks EXTREMELY cold. All of Johns food posts are a pleasure and luxury; he cooks the most extraordinary (mainly Chinese influenced) and exotic meals fit for a king. Do pop over to John’s blog for a culinary treat.
It seems there are no rules to the award other than thanking and linking back to the person who gave you the award and paying the love forward to 7 other bloggers.
I always find this the most difficult part of accepting an award. Who to pay the love forward to. To be frank, I would like to nominate all of the blogs I follow but in sticking with the rules and in alphabetical order, my 7 nominees are…
- Back Road Journal – Karen lives in the most magnificent and beautiful 1730′s home with an apple orchard and has a summer home on a lake in Maine. Karen’s passions are travel and food.
- Go bake Yourself – Choc Chip Uru, aka CCU is a darling 16 year old wise beyond her years and a clear professional baker in the making.
- Just a Smidgen – Smidge is a beautiful poet, artist, photographer, aspiring cellist, and bon vivant with a passion for baking and culinary creations.
- Kiwsparks – Kathryn is a remarkable artist, writer and designer who has the most magical commands of the English language, which I am sure stems from her teaching art, English and study/research methodology.
- Lavender and Lime – Tandy, a fellow South African and longest standing friend in this list is a guru when it comes to pasta dishes.
- Sarah’s Place – Sarah shares the most inspiring beach life, photography, fabulous food and brilliant knitting patterns.
- Zesty Bean Dog’s Blog – Jen has recently completed all of her yoga study and cooks the most incredible meals featuring a weekly inspirational pizza and has a thing for yuzu.
John, thank you again for nomination me for this lovely award! 
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Congratulations my friend, your blog is so deserving
And you are way too sweet, thank you for the shout out and nominating me!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
By: Choc Chip Uru on June 28, 2012
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Thanks CCU and you are welcome. Have a great day.
By: thecompletecookbook on June 28, 2012
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Congratulations, Mandy for your well deserved award. I also have to thank you for thinking of me to share the award with. I’ll go check out a couple of the bloggers that are new to me and visit some old friends.
By: Karen on June 28, 2012
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Thanks very much Karen and you are welcome. Have fun browsing around the blogs. Have a happy day.
By: thecompletecookbook on June 28, 2012
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Congrats Mandy….so very well deserved!
By: Chica Andaluza on June 28, 2012
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Tanya, thank you so much! Have a lovely day.
By: thecompletecookbook on June 28, 2012
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Congratulations, Mandy, for receiving this much-deserved recognition. I only recently “discovered” Sybaritica and just realized I hadn’t been receiving email notifications of his posts. Thanks to you, it’s cleared up now. See, Mandy? This is why you get these awards. Even when not trying, you give, give, give to the WP Community.
Have a great weekend!
By: ChgoJohn on June 28, 2012
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John, you are far too kind, THANK YOU!!! Have a beautiful weekend too and thanks again for your email regarding the ravioli dies.
xo
By: thecompletecookbook on June 28, 2012
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Congratulations Mandy, another award!
By: Natalie on June 28, 2012
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Thanks so much Natalie! Have a happy weekend.
By: thecompletecookbook on June 28, 2012
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Congratulations, Mandy! And thank you for the shout-out! I think this is the reason I have a tough time “following through” on awards.. I can’t seem to decide who I should choose.. so I am grateful for this award. Your blog is certainly deserving and now I shall take a look at your friend’s blog as well! Have a wonderful day! xo Smidge
By: Just A Smidgen on June 28, 2012
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Thanks and you are welcome Smidge! I know this passing onto only a few people is quite a thing. I do try and share the love and if I miss somebody this time around, I hope to pay the love forward to them next time around. Have a super weekend.
xo
By: thecompletecookbook on June 29, 2012
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You too! I’m so glad it’s Friday! xo
By: Just A Smidgen on June 29, 2012
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Yay for the weekend.
xo
By: thecompletecookbook on June 29, 2012
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You so deserve this Mandy. Congratulations! And thank you so much for nominating me. From you, it’s a big compliment and honor. Thank you.
By: Sarah on June 29, 2012
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Thanks Sarah and you are very welcome. Have a beautiful weekend.
xo
By: thecompletecookbook on June 29, 2012
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oh you so deserve this award my friend! Always love your blog and recipes. Congrats to you and the ones you passed it to!
By: Jessica Maher (@kbelleicious) on June 29, 2012
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Thanks so much Belle, you are so kind! Have a happy weekend.
xo
By: thecompletecookbook on June 29, 2012
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By: Here’s S’more Irony « Go Bake Yourself on June 29, 2012
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Well deserved CCU! Have a lovely weekend.
By: thecompletecookbook on June 29, 2012
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well deserved and thank you! I will blog in return soon
By: Tandy on June 29, 2012
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Thanks Tandy, well deserved for you too. Have a super weekend.
By: thecompletecookbook on June 29, 2012
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How lovely that you have another well deserved award. I simply cannot do them anymore as I just don’t have the time. I am in the difficult position of having to say thank you but no thank you. So thank goodness you are such a lovely gracious recipient of awards and make up for my bad manners! Have a lovely weekend.. c
By: ceciliag on June 30, 2012
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I must admit C that this award was a lot easier as I didn’t have to think about 7 things about myself or the something else similar… Oh, and you couldn’t have bad manners even if you tried. Have a happy Sunday on the Farmy.
By: thecompletecookbook on July 1, 2012
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Congratulations, Mandy for your well deserved award.
Enjoy your weekend!
Angie
p.s You may have noticed that my blog didn’t work last three days, now blogger finally fixed the problem and my blog works again.
By: Angie@Angie's Recipes on June 30, 2012
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Thank you so much Angie. Thanks for letting me know that your blog is working again, I wasn’t able to read your last 3 posts. Have a super Sunday.
By: thecompletecookbook on July 1, 2012
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–Brava! Congrats, Dear.
you deserve so much more… Xxx
By: My Inner Chick on June 30, 2012
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You are too kind darling Kim, thank you! Have a beautiful day and week ahead.
xo
By: thecompletecookbook on July 1, 2012
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these awards are fun as we all get to discover new to us blogs! Congratulations Mandy, and may there be many more!
By: Promenade Claire on June 30, 2012
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Thank you Claire. It is amazing how we build our community. Have a super week ahead.
xo
By: thecompletecookbook on July 1, 2012
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You deserve this!
By: pinkpolkadotfood on June 30, 2012
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Pink, thank you so much! Have a happy week.
By: thecompletecookbook on July 1, 2012
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Congrats Mandy on your award. I haven’t heard of a lot of these blogs so I’ll look forward to discovering them xx
By: Hotly Spiced on July 1, 2012
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Thanks Charlie! Happy reading and have a great week.
xo
By: thecompletecookbook on July 1, 2012
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Congratulations, you well deserve it
By: rsmacaalay on July 1, 2012
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Thanks very much Raymund! Have a great week ahead.
By: thecompletecookbook on July 1, 2012
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Congrats on your well deserved award!
By: Martha on July 1, 2012
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Thanks so much Martha! Have a lovely day.
By: thecompletecookbook on July 3, 2012
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Hello Mandy! What a lovely collection of blog awards, congrats on receiving another one – it’s well-deserved!!! Thank you for the links to some really interesting blogs, too! hugs.
By: Fired Up Cooking SA on July 1, 2012
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Hi Linda, thanks very much! Hugs back to you.
xo
By: thecompletecookbook on July 3, 2012
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Congrats!
By: Kristy on July 2, 2012
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Thanks Kristy!
By: thecompletecookbook on July 3, 2012
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What, was I asleep on the job?? Thank you, my sweet! You are so very deserving. No blogs more beautiful than yours. Clearly I’d love to spend more time here so as not to miss any of the loveliness. At least I’m getting a short moment to catch up now. Much love to you! And many more days, weeks, years of lovely blogging from you, I hope.
xoxo
Kathryn
By: kathryningrid on July 24, 2012
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You are welcome and so very deserving of such an appropriate award dear Kathryn. Thank you too for your gracious and lovely compliments! Looking forward to sharing more with you.
xo
By: thecompletecookbook on July 24, 2012
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