The MAD Blog Awards
The 2013 MAD Blog Awards nominations are open, and I thought I would share my nominations with you all, as they are all fabulous blogs and I love to share great reads! I couldn’t come up with nominations for every category, so I look forward to seeing who gets nominated for the ones I’m missing.
MAD Blog of the Year
Mummy Daddy and Me Makes Three
I just love Katie’s blog. Although I will always be envious of the way she has a perfect baby bump in comparison to my fat squidge bump, as well as the fact she writes SO MUCH BETTER THAN ME, this is no reason to withhold my nominations for her! It is a beautiful blog with really great content and she has the cutest little girl in the world (after Georgie, of course!).
Best Blog Writer
Anyone who reads Clara’s blog cannot fail to admire her, and everything she has been through in the rocky world of PND. Her writing is beautiful, her honesty achingly transparent and her sense of humour sublime. Her posts are thought-provoking and funny and I just want to give her a massive hug for making me feel something so real every time I read her blog.
Best Baby Blog
Ahh, the tales of the caped crusaders! I love chatting to Tina on twitter, and reading what she’s been getting up to with her kids Sam (Batman) and Sydney (Robyn). She’s had a tough time of things lately with one thing or another, but her blog has always been realistic and open about it – she’s one brave lady!
Best Pregnancy Blog
I met Mrs Shilts at the Kiddicare blogger event and have been chatting to her online and reading her blog ever since. I love her pregnancy updates and reading her journey through her first pregnancy makes me look back at mine with a nostalgic smile as I remember things like spending hours meticulously washing and folding all the new baby clothes, only to refold them a few days later as I couldn’t resist looking at them all over again! She’s just a few weeks ahead of me with her pregnancy, so I look forward to introducing Squidge to BabyShilts some day soon 
Best New Blog
A lovely chronicle of a family’s life as they welcome twins to their family, being honest about the struggles that have been on their way.
Best Family Life Blog
Coombe Mill Blog (Tales from the farmers wife, and Mummy to 6)
Coombe Mill are a family farm in Cornwall who do holidays. Sounds like a weird thing to be nominating, yes? However, their blog provides a lovely insight into “life on the farm” with great outdoor activities and fun photos that tell a tale of happy (and very very muddy) chaos.
Best Craft Blog
I really enjoy Lucy’s blog, and there’s nothing quite as self-indulgant as browsing through her her craft category and making shopping lists in my head so I can attempt some of her projects. I don’t think anything I make manages to ever end up so gorgeously picture perfect!
Best Food Blog
If you’re a GBBO fan and you haven’t discovered the blog of Holly Bell than I pity you! Her recipes are divine and her blog posts amusing. I love this blog and it’s a great place to go if you want to experiment with baking!
Best MAD Blog for Family Fun
Coombe Mill Blog (Tales from the farmers wife, and Mummy to 6)
See above!
Best Blog Photography
I’ve been reading Emily’s blog since it began, and unsurprisingly (she is/was a professional photographer after all!) her photos are the best I’ve seen on a parenting blog. They make me sigh and laugh and ache a little inside, all at once. Her eye for detail and the composition of her shots is just breath-taking.
Nominate Me?
I really REALLY hate to ask (I actually feel a bit slimy), but I would be absolutely delighted if Mama Geek was nominated for an award! I am eligible for “MAD Blog of the Year” (yea, right! No chance on that one…), “Best Blog Writer”, “Best Pregnancy Blog” or “Most Innovative Blog”. Most Innovative is my top choice! Thank you for your consideration
23 Comments
mrsshilts
@zoecorkhill @mummydaddyme @claraunravelled @themothergeek @crazywithtwins aww Zoe thank you! Will read it when I’m not sleepy xx
capturebylucy
@zoecorkhill @hollybellmummy @coombemill @emilyquinton thank you so much xxx
coombemill
@capturebylucy @zoecorkhill @HollyBellMummy @emilyquinton huge thanks from me
emilyquinton
@zoecorkhill @HollyBellMummy @capturebylucy @coombemill oh bless you! thank you x
crazywithtwins
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crazywithtwins
@zoecorkhill @mummydaddyme @ClaraUnravelled @mrsshilts @TheMotherGeek Thankyou so much! I really appreciate it.
Xxx
Coombe Mill (Fiona) (@coombemill)
Oh my you have so just made my day! I am thrilled to have been nominated on the Family categories! I love your rationale on all the blogs here and one or two are new to me so I am off to read them on your recommendation. Your asking for a vote too is so polite and unassuming it is totally appropriate!
Zoe
You deserve the nominations, your blog is great fun! If it wasn’t for my parents living in Cornwall I’d be dying to come stay at the farm lol
Glad you’re discovering new blogs from this post, that’s exactly why I wanted to share my nominations
coombemill
@zoecorkhill fab post and thank you so very much for including me x
Clara
*grabs you for a hug* Thank you so much, honestly you have
made my day x
Zoe
It is well deserved!
ClaraUnravelled
@zoecorkhill thank you so much lovely
x
Katie @mummydaddyme
Zoe thank you so so so much for your lovely nomination and
how you have described my blog- my overtired, hormonal state is
making me a bit teary over it haha! It’s made my day! Xx
Zoe
Hehe pregnancy hormones are a good excuse for a few happy tears (I should know, I was sniffling at something on the one show the other day!!)
xx
mummydaddyme
@zoecorkhill oh wow thank you so so so much Zoe.
Xx
MadBlogAwards
@zoecorkhill thanks zoe, good luck
crazywithtwins
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Mothergeek
Oh wow. Thank you for voting for the caped crusaders! I
reckon they are pretty epic babies too hehe! I haven’t even
considered my votes yet. Darn these sick babies! (I haven’t even
opened my laptop since Saturday night)! :-O x
Zoe
Hehe you have a while to choose
hope they both get well soon and you get some sleep!!
TheMotherGeek
@zoecorkhill oh wow. Ty! I haven’t even looked at
@MadBlogAwards website yet, let alone thought about my votes.
#PoorlyBabies
TheMotherGeek
@zoecorkhill ps I saw via Fb you are off rest & get
a natural delivery – yay!! X
MadBlogAwards
@zoecorkhill Thanks for posting and best of luck in the awards!
MrsShilts
Zoe, thank you so much for nominating me! You’ve completely made my day. I’m hoping to do so much more with my blog over the next few months time permitting and you’ve given me the inspiration to do it! Thanks once again xx