Bloggie Results Show 8 PM Est

Happy Tuesday everyone and welcome to the second half of the 1st Annual LEEIB Bloggie Awards hosted by Nathan from Life & Everything Else In Between and sponsored by Heather @ The Life Unexpected! Thank you all so much for your support this week! The Bloggie Awards have seen over one-hundred voters which is absolutely incredible! Just as a refresher and for those tuning in late, the LEEIB Bloggie Award nominations were chosen by four random judges and a fifth judge, my wife. The nominations were decided based on Blogs that I follow, not every blogger on the internet, and the votes were decided by anybody who decided to pop in for the show last Saturday. Voting lasted one week and ended Saturday. So, that being said, let's find out who this years Bloggie winners are! Feel free to save the award button and put it on your blog if you were a winner! Enjoy!

If you missed the nominations CLICK HERE!

Interview with Jen from Boys Will Be Boys:

Insert Voice of Red Carpet Reporter:

Q. How does it feel to be nominated? 

A. I can't even describe the awesomeness of it! It feels great to be noticed! 

Q. You are up against some hard hitters in the twitter category. How do you feel about your competition? 

A. These others blogs are ones that I look up to. To be up against some of the people who inspire you is out of this world.

Interview with Julia from Bounced Blessings: 

Q. How Does It Feel To Be Here At The Awards?
(Think Southern Vixen Voice Coming From Middle Aged Southern Belle) 

A. It Is Just So Incredibly Awesome To Be Here. . .To Be So Close To So Many Blogging Icons (Insert Teary Eye Flutter & Hand To Heart). . . I Am Merely A Babe In The Blogging Woods (Flat Hand To Cheek), Yet I Look Around, Here - There, I Find Role Models, Mentors, Examples Of What I Only Dear To Dream Of Being. It Hardly Seems Possible That A Small Town Girl From Tennessee, Like Me (Hand To Chest) Could Keep Company With These Incredible Folks. . .Their Inspiration Has Caused Me To Commit Myself To My Blog, Bounced Blessings (shameless plug), I Vow To Make It The Best That It Can Be From This Point Forward, Well. . . Beginning Tomorrow (or Next Week), As Right Now I Am Busy Spending Time Relishing All These Scrumptious Blogs And Learning From The Incredible Talent They So Obviously Possess. In The Meantime, I Want To Remind Everyone Out There In Blog-Land - "Don't Forget To Keep Bouncing Those Blessings! Everyone Needs One!" 

Insert Voice Of Red Carpet Reporter:

That Was Julia Proctor, Creator,Designer & Owner of Bounced Blessings. You Can Visit Her Blog At BouncedBlessings.Blogspot.Com. Only Time Will Tell If She Makes Good On That Blog Development Commitment. 

Now we're moving over here to talk with Lori from All You Really Need Is Love.

Q.Was it an honor to be nominated?

A.Absolutely! I was super surprised, and woke my husband up to tell him. 

Insert Voice Of Red Carpet Reporter:

Back to you, Nathan!

Thank you, Red Carpet Reporter! Let's get on with the show!!!

Blogger With The Best Blog Design

Anybody can be nominated for this blog award.
The Best Design award is pretty straight forward. This goes to the person with the best design, the one that draws you in and makes you want to stay longer. These bloggers put a lot of time and effort into their pages and their hard work pays off. Their blogs are growing rapidly, some are celebrity bloggers, others are moving into the category! Eight bloggers were nominated for best design and the winner is Melissa @ The Life of a Not So Ordinary Wife !

Congratulations to Melissa!

Insert Voice of Red Carpet Reporter: Were' here with Megan from AbsoluteMommy! 

Q. Hi, what who are you wearing tonight?

A. Oh, I'm wearing Kohl's, and this is my toddlers dinner on the skirt. Oh and my shoes Old Navy.

Q. What are you looking forward to most?

A. Seeing all these amazing bloggers, Oh and host Nathan's musical number.

Q. Any after parties you'll attend?

A. Well Elton's is amazing, but I think I'll be partying with my kiddos in my pjs. A mother's work is never done.

Thanks, Megan! Now, we're here with our sponsor Heather from The Life Unexpected! 

Q. Heather, Why do you blog? 

A. To stay sane and because I love talking! 
Q. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
A. Blogging, and maybe starting into being a mommy! 

Best New Blogger of 2012

Bloggers that began blogging in 2012 and have 100+ GFC Followers

This award goes to a blogger that started their blog either at the start of 2012 or the end of 2011 and saw significant growth! Their blog continues to grow and soon we'll be talking about them as celebrity bloggers, if we aren't already! Two bloggers were nominated for this award and the winner of this award goes too Melissa @ The Life of a Not So Ordinary Wife

Congratulation to Melissa!

Wow, congratulations to Melissa! What a great way to start the night here at the Bloggies! Let's send it out to the audience and our red carpet reporter who has a few special guests:

Insert voice of Red Carpet Reporter: Thanks a lot, Nathan! We're here with Meghan from the Struggling Cyster. 

Q. Meghan,  Who was the first Blogger to make you feel special?

A. Lena from Mom to M&R! She is the first person to say she would donate to a giveaway I was doing and made me feel like a million bucks! :)

We're moving over here to visit with Carrie from My Favorite Finds! 

Q. Carrie, What are your three favorite things about blogging?

A. 1. Promoting other bloggers through features and advertising. 

A. 2. Sharing my ideas with a lot of people. 

A. 3. Hopefully bringing joy to others!

Insert voice of Red Carpet Reporter: Back to you, Nathan!

Thank you very much! Now, we're moving on to see who that top secret blogger is, the one that's going to be the next celebrity blogger? The blogger of the year in waiting!

Best Kept Secret Blogger of 2012

Bloggers with less than 200+ GFC Followers can be nominated for this award.
This award goes to an up and coming blogger that's been quietly growing beneath the blogging community. Eventually, these bloggers will be contending with the Celebrity bloggers for Blogger of the year honors! Eleven bloggers were nominated for this award and this years blog with the best kept secret is... Anna from Beauty In The Chaos

Congratulations to Anna!

Best Blog Header of 2012

Anybody can be nominated for this award.
This award goes to the person in the blogging community with the best design atop their page. The header brings in the reader and makes them want to stick around. Eleven bloggers were nominated for this award and I'm proud to present this award too...
Melissa @ The Life of a Not So Ordinary Wife

Congratulations to Melissa!

Bloggers with the Best Link-Up Posts in 2012

Anyone can be nominated. Two Winners will be selected.

This award goes to the person who's helped promote bloggers in the community with their fantastic link-ups and socials. Because of these bloggers other bloggers are able to connect in the community. On Sunday's people are able to be social through a weekly question-are, Tuesday's Melissa connects the blogging community through the GFC Blog Hop, on Wednesday's bloggers are able to share what they're lovin, Thursday's we're able to say It's OK, Friday's we're able to write our favorite letters, and we can't forget the monthly link-up where we can all become stars! Seven bloggers were nominated for this award! Neely & Ashley team up for the Sunday Social and Neely also teams up with Amber for It's OK Thursdays meaning that if either of them win this award they would be co-winners of the award! I'm proud to present the this award first too... 

Neely and Ashley for the Sunday Social!
A Complete Waste of Makeup

Ashley's Carnival Ride

Congratulations to Neely and Ashley!

The second winner of this away goes too... Ashley for Friday's Letters! 
Adventures of Newlyweds

Congratulations to Ashley!

Congratulations to all of our great bloggie winners thus far! Let's head back out into the audience and see who our red carpet reporter is visiting with now!

Insert voice of Red Carpet Reporter: Thanks Nathan, we're out here with Kate from A Creative Cookie! 

Q. Kate, What is your favorite thing about blogging?

A. I love meeting new bloggers! It is so fun to make new friends.

Top Celebrity Blogger of 2012

Bloggers with 500+ GFC Followers are eligible for this award.
The Top Celebrity Blogger award goes to the Blogger who has over 500+ followers and is considered extremely popular among the blogging community. Four bloggers were nominated for this award and the winner goes too.. Neely from A Complete Waste of Makeup

Congratulations to Neely!

Insert Voice of Red Carpet Reporter: Congratulations! We're up here on stage with your host, Nathan, and we have some questions for Nathan that the fans have thrown out there! 

Q. Nathan, Are your IRL family/friends involved with and supportive of your blog or is it something you keep to yourself? Asked by gennabenna15@gmail.com

A. Great question! No, my IRL family/friends are not involved with my blogging. When I first started out I did include them and share it with them but as it's grown and things have gotten bigger I haven't. Obviously, I keep my wife involved because she loves to know what's going on in the blogging community but for the most part it's something I do for me and I leave other people who are close to me out. It's really my get away and I don't think I could consider it that if my IRL friend and family were involved in it.

Q. How does your spouse feel about your blogging? Example, time , money, details... From momsgonnasnap@gmail.com

A. Well, my wife loves it. This is definitely a great question for many bloggers especially the females but as for me, my wife thinks it's great because it's my get away as I said above. She's very supportive of the blog and often even helps me out with it! I'm still working on a system where I can find a specific time each day to set aside for it, as for money, my sponsor money pays for those great giveaways I offer, it also goes into sponsoring other blogs.

Insert voice of Red Carpet Reporter: Thanks Nathan, now take it over and let's move on with the show!

Best Blogger on Twitter 2012

Anybody can be nominated for this award.
The best Twitter Blogger award goes to the person who is constantly active on Twitter promoting their blog and other blog promotions. Four people were nominated and this years Bloggie for best blogger on Twitter goes too... Lyzz from Defying Gravity

Congratulations to Lyzz!

Interview: Insert Voice of Red Carpet Reporter:

Thank you, Nathan. Lyzz, congratulations on winning a Bloggie! 

Q. What has been the best and worst thing about blogging?
A. Obviously the best thing for me has been the networking. I've made some good in real life friends from blogging. Shout out to Liz, Hilary and Nicole!! The worst thing is probably some of the drama or when bloggers get all mean girl.

Insert Voice of Red Carpet Reporter: 

Congratulations on your award! Nathan, back to you!

Best Blogger on Facebook 2012

Anybody can be nominated for this award.

The Best Blogger on Facebook award goes to the Blogger with the best cover photo who actively promotes their blog or business and other promotions. This years Bloggie winner for Best Blogger on Facebook goes too... Ashley from Adventures of Newlyweds

Congratulations to Ashley!

Wow, it's been a terrific show so far and it's hard to believe it's almost over. Honestly, some of these award winners have come as a HUGE surprise to me. So many great bloggers here and some of them nominated numerous time in numerous categories and yet nobody has taken them all. The voting has been so close and nobody has run away with the show! Before we move on to the final award of the night let's send it out to our Red Carpet Reporter one last time, take it away RC!

Insert Voice of Red Carpet Reporter: Thanks so much, Nathan! We're out here in the audience with Ang from Juggling Act.

Q. Ang, what's your favorite type of post to write? 

A. Tough One! I love the results of Reflections, but they're the most time-consuming... Recipes are awesome, and I love the delicious rewards of them (plus lots of times I'm cooking with my kids), Book Worm rocks because I HEART books, and I totally love sharing my favorites with everyone, and DIY crafts mean that I got to do something super fun.

Finally, we're here with Meghan from They Call Her Meghan: 

Q. Sooo Meghan, What are you wearing tonight? 

A. I'm rocking a pair of comfy brown flip flops, my fave jeans from Maurices and my Arizona hoodie. My go-to outfit!  

Q. If you could give one piece of advice to new bloggers, what would it be? 

A. You get what you give in the blogging world, you put the time and effort into blogging, you will have a ton of fun and meet lots of new people that will become your best buds!!

Insert voice of Red Carpet Reporter: Thanks so much Meghan! Well folks, the time is near! Who's the Blogger of the Year?! Let's send it back to the stage and to Nathan for the final Bloggie award!!

Thanks so much, RC! It's that time and to make that special announcement!

The #1 Blogger of 2012 (Blogger of The Year)

Bloggers with more than 750+ Followers can be nominated.

Blogger of the year goes to the person who's blog has a large following, great design, and easy to navigate page. This blog keeps up with their posting daily and they're at the elite level in the blogging community. Six people have been nominated for this award and I'm honored to present this years Bloggie for Blogger of The Year too... Lena from Mom2MemphisAndRuby

Congratulations to Lena!

Interview: Insert Voice of Red Carpet Reporter: 

Lena, congratulations on your first Bloggie award!

Q- What is your favorite thing about blogging? 

A- The friends & relationships I've made 

Q- What is your least favorite thing about blogging? 

A The bullying and negativity that goes around every now & then!

Q- What's the weirdest thing about yourself? According to others...

A- I hate cheese. I cannot eat it or anything that's cooked or baked with it. Ick!! 

Q- What is your favorite band of all time? 

A - Tie between The Beatles and Rancid 

Q- If you could have any job in the world, what would it be? 

A- Full-time professional photographer

Insert Voice of Red Carpet Reporter:

That's your Blogger of The Year everyone! Congratulations, Lena! Back to you, Nathan!

Thank you all so very much for participating in this years 1st Annual LEEIB Bloggie Awards! It has been an honor hosting it and even more of an honor being able to get to know many new bloggers because of it. A special thank you to all of the voters, without you none of this would have been possible. Congratulations to all nominees and of course to all of this years Bloggie winners! Keep up the good work on all of those blogs and I hope to see you right back here next July for the 2nd Annual LEEIB Bloggie Awards!