As I have been nominated as a finalist in the Brilliance in Blogging Awards on behalf of BritMums, I thought I'd show you the video I uploaded in response to my nomination.
"Good Luck to all the other finalists in all categories."
Hope you enjoyed it!
Well done you for a brilliant and lovely blog. and for sitting in front of that camera and doing that video. I can write my feelings, views and opinions etc. but I would find sitting in front of a camera like that, even if it is in the privacy of my kitchen absolutely awful. And I agree with you about comments. I'm very new to the blogging thing and it is really nice to know when when people are reading and thinking about what I have said. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteHi CJ, this is a great video, I really enjoyed listening to what you had to say about blogging. It was also nice to hear you in person. Well done on being a finalist and all the best in the finals. Deb x
ReplyDeleteLove this and so great to see and hear you after reading your blog for so long. I love your accent! I agree with everything you said, especially the bit about friendship and honesty and yes, there's so much to be gained from blogging. Wishing you every success in the Bibs! You're a brilliant brilliant writer and blogger. xx
ReplyDeleteBest of luck ... great video. Your blog is fab. I'm a northern lass too!
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely video and really inspiring! Yours was one of the first blogs I ever read and you were one of the first to read mine. I can't thank you enough for that. Good luck in the awards.
ReplyDeleteLovely to see you there! Congratulations, and thanks to you, too, for your generosity to the rest of us!
ReplyDeleteYou are braver than me with the vlog. xx
ReplyDeleteHi Kathryn, you know I'm a fan! Congratulations on the nomination, I hope you make it all the way! Love the video, that's really inspired. Thanks and I look forward to hearing more... :-)
ReplyDeletewoot...hey congrats that is awesome...
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. I enjoyed hearing your opinions about how to become a better blogger. I'm still learning about blogging. Thanks for giving your time. Also congratulations, I'm glad you're a finalist.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great video, Kathryn! So honest and a pleasure to watch. I don't always pop over to comment but I do read, I see your comments on Facebook and forums and you are an uber-blogger indeed. Good luck with the award and I'm sorry I won't see you at BritMums next week (I'm going for the first timne!) xx
ReplyDeleteThat is fantastic! Congratulations on becoming a finalist. Hope you are blogging for many years to come x
ReplyDeleteWe well I can't listen to that and not leave a comment! Sometimes leaving comments though is as hard as standing on a podium speaking. You have to have the confidence that many people will read what you say and might consider me to be a complete nitwit. Well done for your nomination. Your writing is well worth reading. (ps your eye makeup looks lovely - there's the nitwit bit - but it does ) xx
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you said what you said about the comments. I read most of your posts (you're on my list) and I always try to be supportive - that goes for all the blogs I read. However, once or twice (I can only remember once actually) I've disagreed with you and I've felt very comfortable saying so, without being unnecessarily nasty of course. You have just confirmed that you are open to listening as well as writing. I have experienced bloggers who delete anything that isn't oozing with: "well done you!" What's the point in that?
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the award, I hope you win. xxx
Whoo hoo! What a truly lovely thing to watch. You deserve to be a finalist because quite simply, you are what blogging is all about. LOVED the bit about honesty. Gave me a boost hearing that alone. Good Luck XX
ReplyDeleteAwwww!!! LOVED THE VIDEO!!! Grabbed a coffee, enlarged the screen and it was just like we were having "a bit of a chatter!"Hahahaaaa....
ReplyDeleteAlso went to Brit Mums and tried to leave a comment but it wouldn't let me join up.. ;o(
Oh well, Hope you with Girlie!!
LOVE the blog!
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WIN!!! hope you WIN!!!Hahaa
DeleteVery well deserved hun! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! You deserve the recognition. I loved listening to your response to this honor. Your words about being honest are so true. I think this is what I admire most about so many bloggers: the ability to be honest while they write.
ReplyDeleteBlogging is a journey. It is one I am glad I have not missed. If I had, I would not have gotten to know wonderful fellow bloggers.
Congratulations on being a finalist, I thoroughly enjoy reading your blog. Great to hear you on your video
ReplyDeleteThis is so inspiring. You've certainly really inspired me, your site was one of the ones I first discovered when I started blogging. Such wise and honest words. I've got a little lost with blogging at late, these words brought me home I think :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a wonderful video - how super to hear your voice - especially as I am currently reading your book. I'll be able to hear your accent now! It's great to hear someone as established and loyally supported as you say what has worked for you. It's so easy to be overwhelmed by all the fast, fancy stuff out there, but if it doesn't make you tick, it doesn't and we can't force it. Long live your words. Many Congratulations on your nomination and the best of British for it. XX
ReplyDeleteHuge congratulations and well deserved. How lovely to see and hear you. You appear so calm and relaxed whilst talking to the camera. I cross my fingers that you win. Can we help in any way by voting?? Love Ange xx
ReplyDeleteLovely video and congratulations on being a finalist! You gave me such a huge boost when I was a very new blogger by mentioning me over on the TOT's Top New reads last year, I love reading your blog and your video was very inspiring! xx
ReplyDeleteStunning video... very cool to make this post so incredibly personal. Well done on becoming a finalist and I sincerely hope that you win! :)
ReplyDeleteVery, very well done. It's so hard to talk down the lens of a video camera, and you do it so well! I wish you lots of luck in the competition. From a very wet-behind-the-ears new-to-the-scene blogger. Eve
ReplyDeleteWhat on earth are you on about??? Can't make speeches???? That was brilliant, you seemed very well-composed and didn't stammer or fluff your lines half as often as I would, and had you not told us you were reading from lines, I wouldn't have noticed!
ReplyDeleteI'm inspired!!
Nice to see you (and hear you) in my study! Congrats on the nomination. You deserve it.
ReplyDeleteLove the vlogs! Well done.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on being a finalist - I lost you for a while and am so pleased to find your blog again and see that you have made such progress. You have a huge following. Wishing you the best. Betty
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Crystal! This is a well-deserved nomination. It was nice to meet you and hear your voice on the video. You did a super job! You really are inspiring!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed watching your video, and HUGE congrats on the nomination.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on achieving the nomination and I did enjoy that video. You have more confidence doing that than I have.
ReplyDeleteI really love reading your blog and feel it is a very honest one and the fact you are on the farm makes me feel that I am in touch with the countryside when I look at the concrete world that I live in. So please continue with more of the same.
Maggie X
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Thank you so much for watching the video. Without so much support I doubt I would have continued blogging for as long as I have. But I intend to keep going for many years yet!
ReplyDeleteCJ x
I did enjoy your video, you did it well and congratulations on the nomination.
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Thank you for this video. Lovely to see you before I meet you. So honoured to be in the same category as you, very green newcomer that I am.
ReplyDeleteHayley
Congratulatoins CJ and lovely to see and hear you!
ReplyDeleteMany many congratulations on the well deserved nomination. Best of luck for the finals :)
ReplyDeletegood luck with the finals yuou deserve to win your blog IS inspiring
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