I think I first learned of Black Zebra from Pam, a friend who has the wonderful blog and store in my neighborhood called  Red Ticking. When I visited Black Zebra, it was love at first sight! The author is a photo stylist and aspiring designer, living in London. She posts a spare amount of images, but each one speaks volumes. I love the things that catch her eye – most have an exotic edge and striking color combinations.

Black Zebra image

This honor comes with some pleasant obligations, which I shall thoroughly enjoy fulfilling!

Here are the rules for the Stylish Blogger award winners…
after receiving this award, please pay it forward and follow the rules;
thank and link back to the person who awarded you {check};
share 7 things about yourself;
award 10 great bloggers that you have RECENTLY discovered:
contact those bloggers and tell them about the award.

So,
seven things about me..


As a child, my favorite television show was Julia Child’s, I thought she was magical
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When I can’t sleep at night, I listen to the BBC on my Zune.
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My mother’s coffee frappé recipe was the inspiration for Starbucks Frappuccino.
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I love inclement weather (snow, rain, even gray skies)!
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My favorite natural scents are figs (the fruit and the leaves), tomato vines, citrus blossoms and the smell of a wood fire when the air is cold and crisp.
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I love Lemonheads and Hot Tamale candies.
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I started Splendid Market after I tore my MCL on a toboggan ride on New Years Eve, I couldn’t ski or play tennis for 6 weeks! My goal was to become more technologically literate. Along the way, Splendid Market has become a greatly rewarding creative outlet for me. The readers and fellow bloggers from around the world that I have “met” along the way are one of the greatest parts of this endeavor.

Thank you all so much for your support and interest!

And now for the award winners..
{maybe I’ve watched too many award shows!?!}

I’m not sure where this award originated, but I hope it’s okay if I came up with my own interpretation of “stylish” blogs. I decided to choose blogs where it is clear the writer has their own style and talents and they are confident demonstrating and expressing their personal style and point-of-view.

I’m very thoughtful about who I choose to include in my blog roll, I try to choose blogs that I think will bring the highest level of inspiration and enjoyment to my Splendid Readers. As much as I would have loved to have passed the award on to many of the very qualified blogs already on my roll {more splendid inspiration}, I chose to follow the rules. In the end, I found this to be a terrific impetus for me to look more closely at some of the blogs I have been casually following and to update the blog roll with some incredible additional talent.

I am off to visit each of them to let them know “I like their style”. I’ve added each blog to my blog roll so you can easily visit them with just a click. When you do, please tell them “hello” from Splendid Market.

Now, without further ado {can you hear the drum roll??} here are the next winners of The Stylish Blogger Award…

The Perfect Grey