YOU GUYS!! I am really excited. I found out yesterday that my blog was the readers choice for faith/arts/media/design blog for 2009 in Collide Magazine. And it was SERIOUSLY only because you guys voted. I don’t want to sounds weird, or cheesy, or sound like im gonna make a speech or anything..It’s not like I won a grammy or anything close to that.  but I do want to tell you something.

This actually really does mean a lot to me and I will tell you why. I am that girl that does a lot of things but NEVER is the best of anything. NEVER ANYTHING. There is always someone more skilled, more crafted, better educated, more creative, more focused, more driven, and with a better business plan than me. haha. and I am okay with that. I have always understood that i am not a rarity or a gift to the world for creativity… but I seriously just do what I love and I love what I do. and I LOVE to create, make things, and attempt to live out what God has created me to do.
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Brian and I were out to dinner last night with Ryan and Lindsay Guard.. When Ryan leaned over and said “hey congrats on the nomination.” hhaa. and I was like… “for what?” He proceeded to tell me that Flowerdust.net did a blog post mentioning that her and I were the ONLY FEMALES represented in the nominations for Collide Magazine Readers Choice Awards for 2009. Flowerdust (Anne Jackson was nominated in the category of theology/ministry)

I was really humbled and honored to have been nominated under the Faith & Arts category. Because I am just writing what is on my heart and the projects that I am excited about. So even the fact that I was nominated is a real shock to me and I am quite grateful for that. Collide Magazine has a BIG heart and I am very thankful for them. They graciously featured the Art For Huruma Project numerous times to help get the word out. They are rock-stars. They have extremely interesting articles, great layout/design, and culture relevant content. Super RAD!

If you have been encouraged, inspired, or have enjoyed participating in the conversations on this blog, would you please take a minute to vote for my blog over at the readers choice awards? You can click on the banner above or go HERE to vote. Voting will remain open until Monday, December 14 at 9am CST. Winners will be announced in the January/February 2010 issue of COLLIDE.

I know this is kind of a weird request…but I would love to hear your thoughts about how this blog community has inspired/encouraged you in anyway… if any. What has been your favorite blog post here?