I have some AMAZING news to tell you. On Thursday night I found out that I have been shortlisted in the ‘Best Use of Video’ category for the 2016 MAD Blog Awards organised by Tots100. This news has been the best thing that could happen to me! It is the biggest highlight since I started my blog almost one year ago. I’m still in shock!
I put myself forward for these Awards not thinking that I would actually have any chance what so ever to get shortlisted. I just wanted to tell people how happy I was feeling since the moment I started my blog. I always had the idea of having my own blog and my own YouTube channel but I never had the courage to set them up until after giving birth to Sienna. I realised that I really needed to think what I wanted to do with my life as there were pretty much no options at that particular time!
I was made redundant from my job as a Legal Counsel in my company and then my dreams fell to the floor. I was unable to continue my plan of getting my qualification in order to become a solicitor in this country. I’m already a practicing lawyer in Peru but I couldn’t do a lot of legal jobs here due to the lack of qualifications required to practise in the UK. I managed to convert my Law Degree but in order to be a practicing solicitor here I had to do another 4 years of studies and practise so this was no longer an option for me. I was not getting any younger so I really started to panic.
In that particular moment I had this brilliant idea of starting a YouTube Channel and my blog, “A Moment With Franca”. This has changed my life completely for the better. I feel that I now have a purpose in life. I feel useful, helpful and can bring some money to the house because of my blog. This feeling is just fantastic.
I feel so very proud of my blog and maybe not all of you realise, but this is a family blog. It is as much Nick’s as mine. He works behind the scenes with the more technical parts of the blog and is fantastic at helping me with all of that. He is also sometimes in front of the camera when we do videos which I love, and he also helps with the editing. We are a team and I love this a lot.
It is amazing to be able to share with my husband all the high and lows of being a blogger. It is not easy as it’s is a lot of hard work. Every evening we sit down and discuss what would we like to do to improve the blog and to grow it more and more.
We have also our little stars, Bella and Sienna that are just amazing. They love being involved and enjoy every single minute of what this blog brings to them.
I did a video a few weeks ago about how I feel about these awards. This was before I found out that I was shortlisted. I published it on my facebook page. Maybe some of you have already seen it. If not you can watch it here
Now that I’m a FINALIST, I can say that my blog is an ‘Award Nominated Blog’! How cool is that?
It would mean a lot to us if you could vote for us. It is very easy to vote. You only need to put your name, surname, email, then go to my category (Best Use of Video), select my blog (A Moment With Franca) and then click submit. Easy! Thank you so much!!!
Thanks for stopping by,
Love you all ❤️
Franca 💋
Congratulations, your blog is really something to be proud of. Good luck! #KCACOLS
Aww thank you so much lovely! 🙂 xx
I’m glad you managed to find a purpose in life as that is really what we all want in life and its so consuming just to think about let alone do!
Congratulations on coming far and getting shortlisted! #KCACOLS
Woohoo congrats yet again lovely Franca and Nick!!! I really in truly wish you all the best hon. Awww I think it’s sweet that you and Nick get to share this with each other. Wishing you the best of luck..xx #KCACOLS
Lovely post, & so pleased you are a finalist – very well deserved! & I have voted for you. Good luck with the awards! #KCACOLS
Huge congratulations and very well deserved! #kcacols
This is such a great achievement within a year of starting your blog. You should be so proud of yourself. Congratulations and good luck for the finals. I’ll see you there! 🙂 X
Congrats on being chosen as a top 5 finalist! I just voted for you – hoping you win… #KCACOLS
Aww thank you so much Nicole!! That is so nice of you!!! I’m so happy!! 🙂 xx
Congrats Franca – you’ve done amazingly well and you can see how much time and effort you put into your blog. How lovely that you can get Nick involved too! I’ll definitely be putting my vote in for you xx #KCACOLS
I am so happy for you. You put in so much work to this blog it is great it has been recognized. I have voted for you and keeping my fingers crossed for a win good luck xx
Huge congratulations lovely! You really deserve to be up there and work so so hard. Fingers crossed x #kcacols
Yay what fab news! You work so hard on your blog, you totally deserve it! 🙂 #KCACOLS
What great news, congratulations! You definitely deserve it, you have an amazing blog and have achieved so much in a short space of time! #KCACOLS
Congrats again lovely! Such an amzing achievement. Its amazing how far your blog has come in less than a year. You have done such a fantastic job, it is really inspirational 🙂 Good luck lovely and fingers crossed for you! Thanks for sharing on #MarvMondays. Emily
Bravo Franca. I’ll have to check out your channel! I knew you run a linky but had no idea you vlogged too. V impressive. See you at the MADs! #marvmondays
Congratulation honey, and very much deserved! You should be so proud of yourself! You have come so far in such a short space of time and that is reflective of your hard work! you have one of the most successful linky’s out there and you should be proud of that! You have my vote lovely xx
oh yeah… #KCACOLS haha xx
Congrats! Very well deserved, sweetie!
#KCACOLS
Honestly, I’m NOT at all surprised! Congrats!