I was thrilled to be nominated for my blog's first award, the Liebster Award, by one of the nicest and very supportive persons I know in the Instagram world - Paula of Her Life is Love. Being a newbie in the blogging world, I constantly find myself lacking inspiration and giving up, but moments like this somehow lifts my spirit. By the way, I've been drawn reading her blog lately as I found it interesting to read about her motherhood journey and how she creates a happy home in a frugal and minimalist perspective, so I suggest checking her blog out.
So, some of you might wonder, what is this Liebster award? Well, after an hour or so of Google-ing, this was what I found:
- Liebster is a German term. And the top 2 meanings I found for this word are Beloved and Sweetheart. So, in a blogging sense, it means showing some love to your fellow bloggers by helping them be known to others. It's a great way of promoting not only your blog but others too!
- Liebster Award is given to bloggers with less than 200 followers. It's an award that only exists on the internet for bloggers by bloggers. What a nice concept, isn't it?
- When you choose to accept the award nomination, you have to write a blog post about the Liebster Award and abide by the following rules:
- Thank the person who nominated you, and posts a link to their blog on your blog post. Try to include a little promotion for him/her. They will thank you for it, and those who you nominate will also help you out as well.
- Display the award on your blog — by including it in your post and displaying it using a “widget” or a “gadget.” You will need to save the image to your computer and then upload it to your blog post. There is no one set image for the award. You can save the pictures I used and use it on your blog or find many others at The Global Aussie.
- For the 2017 Liebster Award, write a 150-300 word post on your favorite blog that is not your own. Explain why you like the blog and provide links.
- Optional: Provide ten random facts about yourself. If you wish to engage with your readers, it's an excellent idea to include random facts about you.
- Nominate 5 – 11 blogs that you feel deserve the award. The blogs must have less than 200 followers. Note that you can always ask the blog owner this since not all blogs display a widget that lets the readers know this information! Then, create 11 questions for them to answer.
- List these rules in your post (You can copy and paste from here or simply link to this post.)
- Inform the people/blogs that you nominated that they have been nominated for the Liebster Award and provide a link for them to your post or mine if you don’t have all the information so that they can learn about it.
If you have been nominated before at any time, please share the love! Liebster award is more than a chain email/letter! Its main idea is to help promote each others’ blogs.
Before I get started answering Paula's questions, here is my favorite blog as of the moment: Everyday Tia. Like me, Tia is also a beginner. However, she easily found her way on how to monetize her blog at an early stage and the best part about her blog? She's sharing everything about it so other bloggers can benefit too! I learned a lot from her post Monetizing Your Blog: For Beginners By A Beginner. She encouraged beginner bloggers to stop thinking that they can only start monetizing their blog when they reach thousand of page views because in fact there are affiliate marketing companies who are willing to work even with beginner bloggers! She even listed all those companies with each associated links to help bloggers start out! I am trying to intake everything I learned (and continuously learning) from her right now so I can start monetizing my blog too. I think it has long been overdue. Tia was an amazing blogger who loves sharing her success with others, and she's pretty good in interacting with her readers. I encourage you to check out her blog, I know for sure you'll learn a lot from her too.
Questions from Her Life is Love
So, here are the 11 questions Paula has asked me to answer:
- What is something you vividly remember being afraid of as a child, but no longer fear now? I think I used to be afraid of the dark (I can't sleep when the lights are off) but now, I can't sleep when the lights are on.
- What is one thing you use every day but could live without? My laptop? I use it every day, but I think I can live without it. (Because I know I will always have my phone, haha)
- If you had to plant a garden full of lettuce, basil, or random flowers, which one would you choose and why? I don't have a thing about gardening at all, but if I have to choose between the 3, I'd rather choose the lettuce! Why? I can make a salad out of it, and that's one of the few vegetables that my husband eats! Hahaha.
- If someone was going to visit your hometown, where would you recommend visiting and why? So, I am from a small town in the Philipines called Sto. Tomas, Batangas and if I am going to recommend a place to visit there, it would probably be.....Malvar Shrine! A historical landmark of General Miguel Malvar, the last general who surrendered during the Philippine-American War. Why? It's the only interesting place I can recommend to someone there, plus it's just a few minutes walk from my parent's house (where I used to live). And did I mention that it's free to visit?
- You must have a roommate with the personality of Dory (forgetful, but positive) or Marlin (logical, rational, negative) from Finding Nemo/Dory. Who would you rather live with? I would rather live with Marlin! Because, it will contrast my personality being more likely Dory, forgetful but positive. Balance in life is important! Complementing each other brings the best out of you.
- Would you rather chase bears or bees (under the assumption that no harm will come to you, the bears, or the bees during the chase)? I love bears, so I would rather chase them and give them a big bear hug afterward.
- Sunny or rainy? Sunny sunshine! Rainy days makes me sad (for some reason).
- Can breakfast be skipped? Yes or no. Yes (I'm guilty of doing it).
- What is one thing on your bucket list you haven’t done yet? To tell you the truth, I don't even have a bucket list yet! Maybe, I'll start with making one.
- Is there a 2D world you would want to live in? If so, what is it and why? (2D world can be comic strip, animation, paintings, etc.) I wanted to live here:
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| Taken from God's Promises a Paradise in jw.org |
Yes, I wanted to live in Paradise earth! And for me, this is not only a 2D drawing. It is something I look forward to in the future that for sure will become a reality!
11. What is the one song you can’t resist dancing to? I'm one crazy person; I dance to any upbeat song or music whenever I hear one, even when there are people (I don't know) around.
10 Random Facts About Marionette
1. I am a sleepy head. I enjoy sleeping more than anything else (yes, more than eating).
2. I am a freebie junkie. I love samples, cheap things and anything free.
3. I am a good researcher (I can sometimes be a detective).
4. I know 3 languages. My mother tongue is Tagalog, my second language is English, and I am currently learning Spanish (I am now slightly conversational).
5. I know how to sing, and I used to play guitar. I sold it when I was about to leave the Philippines for the US.
6. I met my husband on Facebook. We're friends for 4 years before being an official couple. Now, we are 2 years in marriage.
7. My favorite anime is Detective Conan (Case Closed). I sometimes spent a whole day watching it. (I am currently on episode 400 something, and there's about a thousand more to go.)
8. My dream vacation place is Palawan, Philippines.
9. I love Monterey, California. Beside of it being a beautiful place, it's where I first met my then boyfriend and now husband in person.
10. I love cooking, and I am looking forward to finally learn how to bake.
I hope you enjoyed learning some things about me! Please feel free to ask me anything that you are interested to know about me, leave it in the comment below. I am looking forward to finding out more about you!
So here's the list of my fantastic nominees:
2. Marga of The Modern Belle
3. Cassie of Cassies Freebies
4. Chrissy of Blooming Beauty Bites
5. The Cheap Subscriber
6. Jessica of Simply Jezral
7. Cassie of Stay at Home Cassie
8. Maria of Reviews on free voxbox's from influenster
9. Vivi of Freebie Critic
10. Jacinta from Jump Start your Biz
To my nominees, here are my questions:
1. What is your greatest childhood memory?
2. If you were given a chance to be someone else, who would you rather be?
3. If blogging can be a full-time job, would you consider it?
4. Would you rather have a baby girl or a baby boy?
5. Sing or dance?
6. If you can travel the world now, where would you go first?
7. If you can change your nationality, what would it be?
8. What food do you hate most?
9. What is your favorite post in your own blog? Why? (Provide us a link so we can check it too)
10. Reading a book or watching T.V.?
11. In my 10 random facts above, which one did you find interesting? And why?
Comment on this post with your award acceptance post link and I’ll visit and comment!