Photo Challenge Giveaway!

My sweet "niece", Kelsey, is having a giveaway on her blog, The Flip-Flop Farmgirl.  There are 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes from Etsy shops, all "camera" related...how exciting!

Kelsey's blog is filled with lovely photos and precious thoughts from a godly young ladies heart.  Please pop over there and say "Hello!".  :)



Enter the giveaway too!!!

Here is my entry:  Heart and Flowers

Pioneer Woman Giveaway...

Oh I WANT to win this...so really I don't WANT you to go enter, but I just love my dear friend Sophie Mae from Shabach The Rock, so I'm gonna share this with you!

Sophie Mae is giving away a BRAND NEW copy of Ree Drummond's The Pioneer Woman Cooks.  Woo-Hooo....now we can all cook good ole' ranch cookin' with flair! :)

Hop over there and enter today!

Valentines Swap!!!

A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled upon a really fun Valentines Swap over at  The American Homemaker.  It worked similar to a "Secret Sister" gifting, except you were partnered up with another blogger. 

I was partnered up with Julie from Shabby Wears.  I was so excited to get her as a partner for MANY reasons...I'll name a few...we're both Texans (yee-haw), we both love pink (woo-hoo), we both love vintage things (yeah!), and most importantly, she's just so sweet and kind.  Pop over to her blog and give her a great big "Hello!". :)

Wellllllll,....yesterday I was soooo excited when this arrived on my doorstep...

I sat it down on the dining table and after smiling at all the cute Valentines stickers on the box, I got cut it open to reveal this sweet surprise!...

Everything was wrapped in lovely pink, white and red Valentines tissuepaper and tied with a silver bow.  She made handmade tags for each gift saying something sweet about each one...

Here are some of the treasures that were hidden inside...Lovely bits of vintage fabric...Adorable knee-high Valentines socks...Swankie Valentines Hankies...A sweet little "love" tin with mints...

DOVE Chocolate hearts! (oh yeah!)...A beautiful ceramic heart shaped dish with red roses on  the lid...Adorable Valentine napkins...

One of my very favorite items was this Oh So Pretty bracelet that she made for me with pink and clear beads and a gorgeous silver clasp...perfect for Valentines Dinner! 

You think I'm done?  Not quite yet...look at this adorable sparkly pink heart shaped pillar candle...it's sitting on top of a beautiful little vintage pink rose plate (She's gonna smile about this when she recieves her package!)...more candy...totally cute pink and red heart covered nail files...what more could a girl ask for?

Well, how about this precious little slate heart with the vintage Valentine...it's haning in my kitchen right now. :)

Oh yeah!  Speaking of kitchen,...look at these lovely kitchen towels with a pink Kisses heart on them!

I was absolutely blown away with this gift of love.  Julie, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You...and Happy Valentines!

WINNER ~ WINNER ~ WINNER!!!

And the winner of the Hot Momma Valentines Apron is......

Jen T. from Many Blessings, Busy Life!

Congratulations Jen!

I have to thank EVERYONE who left me all those wonderful poems...

I love them ALL!

I love them soooo much that I'm gonna print them out and have my hubby read them (no names will be shared)...I'm going to have him pick his TOP THREE, and those people will be getting a special "second prize". :)

Once again, Congrats Jen...wear it with pride! :)

Have a sweet day!

Valentines Giveaway!

I got all crazy with my sewing machine (still trying to use up all that fabric in my craft closet!). I've been making a bunch of cute little Valentines Aprons, and I made one especially for you...well, ONE of you!

Do you want to wear this and make yummy Valentines cookies? :) Well, if you win this giveaway, you will win this Hot Momma Valentines Apron, AND a handful of other wonderful things which WILL include Chocolate...OF COURSE! :)

A little "up-close" detail, just for fun!

Thought you needed to see this...LOL...

How, you ask, do I enter to win this Hot Momma Apron?

There is only ONE way to enter.

Leave a comment...the winner will be picked by a random number generator on Thursday, January 28th at 9am.

BUT THERE IS A CATCH!!!

Since this is a Valentines giveaway...in your comment, you must write me a Valentines poem...it can be 2 words, 2 lines, 6 lines, 1 line...I don't care, be silly, be creative, have fun...they won't be judged....well, MAYBE....if you leave a REALLY great poem, you just might win a secondary prize!!!! :)

READY.................SET..............ENTER............

P.S. Although you don't get an extra entry, it sure would be SWEET if you'd mention thison your blog! :)

I'm hosting a Paperspring Giveaway!!!!

How would you like to win a $50 gift certificate to Paperspring?

What? You don't know what Paperspring is?

Neither did I until I entered and WON a giveaway at my sweet friend Lisa's blog, Stop and Smell the Chocolates. I was so excited when I won her giveaway and I used my gift certificate to order my Christmas Cards for this year, in addition to a Sticky Stock photo to pop inside each card.

Aren't these just the cutest cards?

You can also send them your list of names for cards and they will print each persons name on the front of the card - How Cool Is That???!!! :)

Don't worry, if you've already got your Christmas cards all filled out and ready to mail (yeah, right, SURE you do...REALLY,...you do?),...they have a ton of other things you can order. The personalized cards and sticky stock are my favorite!

What's Sticky Stock? Well, it's not really sticky at all, it doesn't have any kind of residue or film. It just stays where you put it,

until you pick it up and move it...

It'll stay here...

Or here...

Or here...

Or even here...if that's where you really want it...??

Not only are there products made of high quality paper, but the ordering process is really smooth and easy, and the mailing was superfast, I was pretty shocked to get my stuff so quickly! On top of that, the staff is really friendly and helpful.


The worst thing about my Paperspring experience? I wanted a little bit of EVERYTHING!!! All the personalized Christmas cards are sooooooo cute, it was tough to choose. As a matter of fact, I think I'm gonna go back over there and order some cards with my Blog name on them, just because they are SOOOOOOO cute! :)

Now then, HOW can YOU win???? Paperspring has offered a $50 gift certificate (good towards paperspring products) for me to give away.... how cool is that???

Here's how you can enter to win. You can earn up to 3 entries, and I'll randomly pick the winner on Tuesday, November 24th!

1. Pop over to Paperspring, and look around; leave me a comment telling me what paperspring product you liked the most. (that'll be a first entry)

2. Blog about my giveaway, or post it on your blog and let people know you did. THEN come back and comment again to let me know you did that! (that'll be a 2nd entry)

3. Post about this giveaway on your facebook page or tweet about it (gotta come back and comment again to let me know!) ~ that'll be a 3rd entry!!

Have a beautiful day and I hope you win! :)

Fall Giveaway Winner and Award Time!

I KNOW you've been waiting ALL day to find out who won my Fall Wreath giveaway. I sense you've been sitting at your computer hitting "refresh", and wondering why I haven't yet posted my winner, since I SAID I was gonna do it on Saturday!!!

Well, let's just say the brain doesn't work quite like it use to and I (for some unknown reason), THOUGHT I was supposed to pick my winner tonight and announce it on Sunday!!! Suddenly I had a revelation (OK, I re-read my blog post), and realized I was supposed to have my winner picked already!!!! Yikes! I quickly phoned my best friend Kim, because she needed to be on the phone with me. What if she won? I won her giveaway just a few days ago and we've both been concerned that it would look pretty fishy if she won mine too!!!! Oh the guilt we felt when I won her's, I almost forfitted! Then we both decided that was silly, I won fair and square and by golly I want that Snickers bar! LOL...So, once I secured Kim on the phone, I popped over to Random.org and plugged in my numbers and guess who won????

IT WASN'T KIM! ~ YES, SHE'S SHOCKED!

I know you are just busting at the seams, waiting to find out who won...but you must hear this very important message first...

It's Award Time!

Don't scroll down and bypass this award...what if you're in there????

My dearest friend Kim has given me this award...Thank you Kim.

I don't want to sound too much like a ditz, NOR do I want to sound ungrateful,...but I have no idea what it actually means... Does this mean I need to be sweeter? Does this mean I am from Columbia? Does this mean I can lift a car with just one hand? Well, I have to really toss this one around in my head and figure it out, but meantime, I am to pass it along to the blogs I read daily...

Here are a few...(in no particular order)...I try to get around the blog-o-sphere a bit, when I do, I make an effort to hit these blogs daily. I may not always leave comments if I'm in a hurry, but be sure I'm lurking out there somewhere, LOL...

HomesteadersHeart - Kim

More Than Words - Alicia

Stop N Smel l The Chocolates - Lisa
My Heart Speaks - Larie

I Wish I Was More Like Jesus - Madeleine

Clothed With Scarlet - Debra

Moms The Word - Nan

Now, if you're in that list, you are a hot cup of strong coffee, or something like that...so go pass it on to some of the places you like to visit each day! :)

Alright, OK, I hear ya! On to our winner...I bet you already scrolled down to see if it was you, didn't you? Uh-huh! Ok, .....drum-roll.....The winner is....

Now, if you go to the Giveaway post and count down to commenter #4, you will find:

Sandy (aka Doris the Great) from Aging Disgracefully.

Pop over to her blog and congratulate her, and while you're there, look around, she always has something on there that makes me just giggle my toes off!

Don't be sad if you didn't win...I'll be having 2 more giveaways before Christmas!!!

Have a beautiful, Jesus filled weekend my friends!

FALL WREATH GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!

Well, it's finally here...FALL! It's been incredibly hot here lately...every day for the past 2 weeks, it's gotten to just over 90! However, today it is soooo crispy and cool ~ it feels like Fall, so I'm taking advantage of this moment (because it won't last long), and having some Fall Fun!

Do you like the wreath I made for my front door? If you don't thats "OK", just don't tell me ~ I'm really sensitive! LOL... BUT, if you do like it,...you can win one just like it!!! WELL,...sort of.

Ok let's all sing-a-long ~

"How much is that doggie on the door step...the one with missing tail...you can't have the doggie on the door step...that sweet little girl ain't for sale!"

~ you don't know that version?

Ok, ok, back to the giveaway!

I have packaged up ALMOST everything you'll need to make this pretty Fall wreath...ribbon to hang it with, flowers, leaves, little orange ball seed thingies, and the sparkly butterfly for a little "bling". I'll also include step-by-step instructions with photos to help you along the way.

Here's what's NOT included...but you're gonna need this stuff...

Hot glue gun (yup, you're gonna need glue sticks too)

Scissors

Wire cutters

Creative Music...

YES, you NEED that! I got this CD at the dollar store, and it "inspired" me to create!

Last but most certainly NOT least, you will need a grapevine wreath ~ I got mine for $5.00 at Old World Pottery. Sorry, I thought packaging that might be a bit challenging!

BUT WAIT...

YOU ALSO GET...

A box of Starbucks Chai Truffles...because who can possibly create something without chocolate???

AND...

A container of Sweet Cinnoman Tea from "Boston Tea Party"...because it's Fall and this sounded REALLY good!

Ok, now for the low-down on how you can win this fantabulous most amazing super-duper giveaway...

To Enter:

1. Comment, tell me where you'll put
this wreath if you win!
2. Follow, and comment to let me know
you do!
3. Facebook it, and let me know that
you did!
4. Advertise this giveaway on your
blog (grab my button and put on your sidebar, blog about it, or whatever!) ~ be
sure to let me know you did so you can be entered
again!

That's 4 entries max ladies...those can be pretty good odds! Ok - get on it! I'll take entries until midnight on October 23rd, the winner will be announced next Saturday, October 24th! :)

Have a beautiful crispy, cool, Fall day!

"preach the word; be ready in season
and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and
instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound
doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for
themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their
ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths."

2 Timothy 4:2-4

WINNER ~ WINNER ~ WINNER!!!

Today is the day! Is the suspense just driving you nutty???? Apparently it was driving me nutty....

I printed out every entry and put each one into a little tin bucket (no, not a basket, I don't know why I kept calling it a basket!!!) ~ Go on, click on the picture...do you see your name in there??? I do!

I shook it up real good...(how about that action shot?)

Then I reached into that little bucket and pulled out this piece of paper...

Can you guess who it is? Is it YOU?

Is it still you? Are you sure?

Since you know it's not you, are you done reading this post?

Ok, if it's NOT you, WHO is it???

WHO IS IT??? you ask...


Yea! The winner is Jo-Lynn from Musings Of A Housewife!!! Congratulations Jo-Lynne! You get these pretty little measuring cups to compliment all that healthy cooking! :)

To all those who didn't win...no worries...over the next couple of months, I'm going to be having lot's of fun giveaways, so "Keep your eyes on the blog!" :)

Of course, Kim isn't crying over this because she KNOWS she's getting a set of these for Christmas...what a spoiled friend I have! :)

Have a beautiful day friends!

GIVEAWAY ~ GIVEAWAY ~ GIVEAWAY!!

I'm hosting a giveaway!

You may have read my post about some of the things I just love about my kitchen, well one of those things is my adorable set of measuring cups which are WAY too cute to put in the cupboard, so I display them out in the open, and use them ALL the time.

Well, to my surprise, I came across almost identical set yesterday, but at a fraction of the price!!!! What did I do? I snapped them up of course, just so that one of you will get to benefit from my lucky find. I'm so excited because I really love these cups and several people commented about liking them too.

I told my dear friend Kim about this exciting giveaway and she came up with all sorts of ideas on how you could enter...here's are Kim's ideas...

IF you are my best friend, you are entered...

IF you live within a 7 mile radius of my house, you are entered

IF your name starts with a "K", you are entered...

IF you know my dogs name, you are entered...

IF someone in my family calls you Aunty Kim, you are entered...

IF someone in your family calls me Aunty Kathy, you are entered...

Are you guys getting the idea here? Kim REALLY wants these cups, but I assured her if she didn't win, I get her some for Christmas! :)

Since those requirements just aren't going to work out for all of YOU, all you have to do is leave me a comment and you will be entered. However, for extra entries, do the following...

~ Leave a separate comment telling me if you follow...entered again

~ Post about this giveaway on your blog and link to this post (let me know about it)...entered again
~ Write about this giveway on Facebook and come back to comment about it and I'll enter you yet again.

That's right you can get up to 4 entries in this drawing ~ woo-hoo! :) I'm excited to give this pretty set away, so let's get to it! I'm giving this a week - I'll put all your names in a basket and pick a winner on Wednesday, September 16th.

Have a beautiful day!

"...'It is more blessed to give than to recieve.'" from Acts 20:35