I’m republishing this post for the weekend because it’s been three weeks since I last asked for your support in voting for Florence Finds in the Cosmo Blog awards. I REALLY need your votes readers, so if you haven’t already, please please please head on over (links at the bottom) and cast your vote. Thank you!!
PS Don’t forget there’s still time to win The Surf Cafe Cookbook too as a thank you from me – there are 2 up for grabs and voting is open until tomorrow evening.
Today I have a little news to share that some of you might have heard already if you follow me on Twitter, but I can’t help myself from shouting it from the rooftops. Florence Finds has been nominated in the Cosmo blog awards!
The news filtered through on Twitter on Monday that I was shortlisted for the Lifestyle category and then I received an email from Next about their Newcomer blog award. In my excitement I was also a little confused but after an email conversation with the team at Next it turned out there was no mistake, Florence Finds had been nominated twice!
*cue me falling off my blogging chair whilst hyperventilating and several excited emails to Gemma.
You might recall me asking for nominations for these awards a couple of months back and I really did it thinking nothing ventured, nothing gained. To actually be shortlisted is beyond exciting, and to have made it onto two shortlists from thousands of entries, well, that is frankly mind blowing.
So now I need your help. The winners are decided based on 50% public vote and 50% the Cosmo judging panel, made up of Cosmo editors. I need every single one of you reading to vote for Florence Finds, I just need 2 clicks and the links are right here:
- VOTE for Florence Finds in the Newcomer blog award (sponsored by Next)
- VOTE for Florence Finds in the Cosmopolitan blog awards LIFESTYLE category.
I would be so grateful if you could do this for me, and spread the word via your twitter account, post a link on your Facebook, hell, even blog about it if you can. Tell your friends, the guy at the bus stop, the taxi driver, if you happen to own a light aircraft I’d be much obliged if you could write it across the sky… 
Who knows if anything will come of it, but just being nominated, particularly when starting a new lifestyle blog almost seems pointless amongst the wealth of talent and success that is out there, has been such an amazing feeling. I’ve never been so proud of Florence Finds and that goes not just for my efforts but those who contribute to it monthly and occasionally too, you all deserve to be proud of this nomination too… Becky, Penny, Rachel, Jess and of course Gemma.
I hope it’s an inspiration to those of you with small blogs. You know what they say, the only way is up!
Now go vote, please!
Love,
Rebecca
xo
PS In case you’re interested or looking for some new reads… here’s the competition
Lifestyle Category
A Thrifty Mrs // AFROBLUSH // Ballet pumps and Roses // Beautiful Clutter // Beyond the Bathroom scales // Chronic Katie // Domestic Sluttery // Ella Masters // Fizz and Tattle // Girl lost in the City // Into the Blonde // Kim Willis // Love Mealie // Milk and Honey // The World of Kitsch // Three Bad Mice // Trends with Benefits // Velo City Girl // Vintage Folly
Next Newcomers Award
A Day in the life of Ems // Trends with Benefits // Hommes de Femmes // Scarlett London // Nat Bees Fashion // Lola in the Lounge // Reasons to be cheerful // Dolls are United // Megs Budget Boutique // Fashion Mixbag // Outside Beauty, Inside Health // Pink Manolos // Charlestown Vintage // Sophie Says
Having nominated you earlier this year, I have now voted for you in both categories. Love the blog! Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
Having seen perhaps more than most, how hard you’ve worked and what you’ve overcome to get here, this news makes me want to sing a song. What song? You ask… It’s one I’ve composed, and it goes like this….
yay please vote, yay please vote, did you vote? yay please vote, yay please vote, I’ve just vo-ted. Yay please vote, yay please vote, yay for Cos-mo…
Gem’s guitar solo
yay please vote, yay please vote, did you vote……..
I demand you perform this for me next time I see you!
I absolutely need to know the tune to this song to get a better mental image of Gemma performing it.
K x
Would it be ungrateful to suggest that perhaps the tune is not an integral feature to this creation?!
Thanks Gem – you’re a personal cheerleading star!
xo
Psssssfffff as if it’s not!
Done! Massive eeeeeeeek!!!
Voted. GOOD LUCK!
K x
Done and done! Good luck! xx
(Almost posted “Good lick!”. Don’t get me wrong, I like you, but maybe not *that* much.)
Voted for both. And how refreshing that you’ve included the other nominees too for us to check out if we so wish.
Done! Good Luck x
Done! Good luck Rebecca and the rest of the wonderul Florence team
ps love the fact that you have included links to your ‘competitors’ cause you are just that nice!
I just wanted to thank you (as a competitor in the lifestyle category) for linking to my blog, that’s very nice of you indeed! Best of luck in the awards, you have a lovely blog!
Oh, and I should add that I have voted for you in the newcomer awards, it’s the least I could do
Hi Karen!
And thank you!
xo
Voted – fingers crossed for you!
Voted! Best of luck xx
WELL DONE!!!
No more than you ( and contributors) deserve
I’m a dropper-inner on your blog on a fairly regular basis, congratulations on your nominations, from a fellow lifestyle nominee. There are some inspiring blogs in every category and it has been great to see new reads as well as favourites!
Jem xXx
Congrats to you too Jem!
Done and Well done!!!
And I agree it’s lovely of you to link to the other blogs.
Good luck
all voted! good luck
xx
MissFeebs
Done and done – very pleased for you and keeping my fingers crossed.
xxx
ps husband flies light aircraft so will do my best to get it written in the sky too
Please can we make this happen?
Congratulations on being nominated in two categories, i’ll hopefully see you at the event in October!
Also, thank you so much for including my blog as a fellow shortlister!
xo.
Hello Rebecca
Just a note to say thank you for being so big-hearted that you would put links to your competitors blogs on your page.
I have voted for you in the lifestyle category – hope to meet you at the awards!
Toni
x
aka ‘Reasons to be Cheerful’