Wednesday, December 7, 2011

day 8!!!!

Today we are going to go on over and visit Riley, Peyton and Cameron’s mom, Jessica, at Too Beautiful for Earth.  She will be choosing four lucky winners, so go give her some love and while you’re at it, check out her awesome etsy shop too!

Gigi’s screamin’…gotta go!  I’ll see you all back here tomorrow!  xo

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

day 7!!!!!!!

Today we’re going to stop by and see Lily’s mommy, Jen, over at Lily’s Mommy Forever.  Jen is giving away a beautiful gift, that I am positive you will love.  Go take a look and leave her a little love!  See you tomorrow! xo

day 6!!!!!!

Sorry I’m late today!  I fell asleep and forgot to post here last night!  BUt, Shealyn’s mama, Betty, is on the ball and already has her post up!  Go on over to Random Thoughts at 65mph and pay her a little visit.  She’s offering a very sweet giveaway that I know you’ll love!  Come back by tomorrow and see where to go, I’ll try to be on time!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

day 5!!!!!

I have been so, so busy!  We have had our tree for a week, and still haven’t had a chance to put ONE.SINGLE.THING. on it!!!  Life can just be so chaotic.  This morning my dear IRL friend “L” sent me a fb message.  If you’ve ever read about this special friend of mine, you might remember her special gift and connection to my girls.  Her message said that she felt she needed to tell me I am loved.  It was the perfect morning for me to hear these sweet words from my sweet girls, via my sweet friend.

Now for our fifth day!  Today we’re going to go see sweet George’s mama, Karen, at Busy Hands.  I love Karen’s idea for our comments and can’t wait to go back and read them all!

Hope you’re all having fun with the giveaways, I’ll see you back here tomorrow! xo

Saturday, December 3, 2011

day 4!!!!

Are you ready for day 4??? I am! We have two stops on the Giveaway Express today! (forgive the corniness, but it’s late and I need to come up with something else to say!! ;)


First stop is with Julia and Evan’s mom, Kara, at Random Musings and Evan’s Lil Evergreen. That’s one giveaway on two blogs! I first met Kara through my etsy shop and she is such a sweet, talented lady. Go see what she is offering!


The second stop is with River’s mama, Deanna, at Forever Our Angel. Go on over and see what this beautiful lady is giving away today too.


Good luck and I’ll see you tomorrow! xo

Friday, December 2, 2011

day 3!!!

The giveaways are off to a great start!

  Today, go see Florence’s mummy, Jeanette, over at Lazy Seamstress.  Jeanette is an amazing woman, who does some pretty amazing things.  Go see some of her projects and beautiful work.  Leave her a little love while you’re there and see what she is offering today…I CAN’T WAIT!!!

P.S.  I’m not sure why her blog is titled “Lazy” Seamstress, I am quite certain that Jeanette is anything but lazy!  I think she has some explaining to do! xo

day 2!!!

It’s day TWO!! First let me say a great big thank you to all who left such sweet comments yesterday. I had tears in my eyes many times reading your kind words. Knowing that this little thing I have organized is making a difference to so many of you is humbling. xo


Now, on to a winner!!! Using random.org, the winner of the necklace is #36


that’s Kristin from Come What May and Love it


Congratulations Kristin, please contact me and we can make arrangements for your necklace!


And because I hate to leave the rest of you out, if you would like to make a purchase from my shop, use this code 25DAYS for 10% off your order. I'll leave this code up through the weekend, just in case!


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Now for today’s giveaways…yes that’s right GIVEAWAYS!!!! Why not have two giveaways on day 2?!? So, our first stop is with Hope’s Mama over at Tuesday’s Hope. I am so happy to have this beautiful mother taking part in our giveaways this year. Stop on by and see what she is offering.


Our second destination is at Looking for Blue Sky. Nathan’s mommy, Trisha, is a mother to 5, SOON to be 6, lovely little ones. And to keep up with the TWOS today, she has 2 things she is giving away!


So go on over and visit these special mamas. And don’t forget to check back here to see where to go tomorrow!!!


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I have something I’ve been dying to share! We started a new tradition in our house the season, an Advent Calendar. However, instead of having treats each day, there is an activity for each day. Some are good deeds, some are just family activities, some are just silliness, but I am love with the idea (not mine originally of course!) and of how they turned out.


I purchased this cute and colorful Advent box, still looking to see what else is our there, but this one works great!


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I printed these activities on cardstock, punched them out using a 2.5” scallop punch. Punched out the same size of Christmas papers and then mounted the activities to it. Tonight we did the first one and the kids (even my big boy) thought it was pretty cool!


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It would also be adorable to make some type of garland banner with these, or just to put them in a bucket or jar and pick one everyday!! So anyway, if you would like a copy of these activities, I would be more than happy to share them with you. I have no idea how to share the documents here, so if you want a copy emailed to you, please comment with your email address.