Giveaway Winner and Comments

Happy Friday to you!

For our TayloredArts giveaway

for a printable calendar, we had

one sweet entry, so the prize goes

to her: Lindsay of LeeLaLa!

Look for an email from me, Lindsay.

This makes me wonder.

Am I having issues with my comment moderator?

I was really expecting several more comments

for this wonderful giveaway. If you've submitted

comments that are not getting published here,

please let me know by clicking "Write Me"

in the left sidebar and send me an email.

Thanks! I want to make sure all the

Blogger gadgets and gizmos are working!

Pumpkins and Panic Attacks (and a Winner!)

First things first.

The winner of the This Paper Ship

giveaway, chosen by Random.org, is Kimmie!

Look for an email from me soon. Congrats!

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This evening we did one of our annual

fall traditions - visited the local pumpkin

patch and let Emma pick out just the right

pumpkin for our "pawch" ("porch" in Emma-ese).

Isn't my little pumpkin the cutest?

I couldn't resist sharing some of

these pictures. I love fall and pumpkins

and get so excited when I see Emma love it too!

Also, I've gotta share.

I'm in a bit of a panic right now.

I just got done doing something I swore I

would NEVER do. I cut my kid's hair.

I know. I know. How could I?

I survived the infamous bowl haircuts

performed by my mom in the 80's.

You'd think I would have learned.

But, you see, we were desperate.

Emma has taken up hair twirling and

started getting lots of knots - a few of which

I had to cut out after some horrific tug-of-wars.

So tonight we HAD to even things out and

get back to a length we could manage while

trying to un-teach the bad habit. My husband

swears she looks fine, but I'm secretly

freaking out that my little girl looks like

a soft featured little boy. Oh me.

Deep breaths, Teresa.

Remembering. And a Winner!

Today, I am joining my fellow

Americans in remembering the

tragedy of the 9.11 attacks.

I am so proud to be an American

on days like this when we join

together to pause and give honor

to those who gave their lives...

many unknowingly and some

who went in fighting.

Thank you.

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On a much happier note,

it's time to announce the winner

of a custom set of clothespin magnets.

Congrats to comment #14!

Emma - email me your address

and I'll get a set of green ones

off to you very soon.

Good Day Designs Goes Retail!

Read to the end for the last Christmas in July

giveaway winner announcement.

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This morning I took an exciting drive about 30 minutes

east of Greensboro to deliver my first load of

Good Day Designs to Hollyhocks - the sweet little

store I've been telling you about...and the reason

for my crazy house-turned-sweatshop week of production!

This was my first time seeing the store in person.

It's located on a historic downtown main street in

Mebane, NC. The town is going through a revitalization -

thanks in large part to a Tanger Outlet being opening

this November just off the interstate! Should encourage

lots of traffic to these adorable small businesses!

The inside of the store is painted white, both the walls

and the great, original punched tin ceiling. They'll

be carrying handmade jewelry, candles, photography prints

of local scenery, seasonal gifts and accessories, pottery

and much more. Something for everyone.

Hollyhocks is scheduled to open August 9, and I've

already got a team of undercover shoppers ready to

unassumingly case the joint and tell me how things look...

and buy up lots of Good Day goodies of course -

although that's not a requirement to be on my spy team.

This is a big step for me. So far I've sold on Etsy,

at local craft fairs and to friends and family.

But this feels so official, so professional.

So exciting to see my items in an actual store -

on shelves - for folks to just snatch up!

I've also got another store just west of here wanting

to take a look at my small little line of stationery.

It's all so exciting.

I'll be posting photos of Hollyhocks and my stuff

"in action" once the store has opened. I sure hope

those of you who are local will make the short trip

over to Mebane to check us out. I appreciate your

support and business and friendship!

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Our final giveaway from last week's Christmas in July

feature is thanks to Mommy Holly and her cute shop.

(Incidentally, I've got to say she's one of my all time

favorite shops. Tons of my products feature her goodies!)

Our winner is Stephanie from How Sweet It Is.

Stephanie, I've sent you an email (thanks for having

one posted on your blog!) so be looking for that.

Stephanie's #1 comment was:

A special thanks again to all the ladies who offered

up such wonderful goodies for our giveaways!

Reminder that all winners need to contact me by

this Sunday otherwise I'll be picking new winners.

Blessed Little Nest Crafting Kit Winner

Farmgirl Paints Necklace Winner

Crafting While Crying (and giveaway winner)

Read down for the next Christmas in July

giveaway winner announcement!

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So, you all know I'm spending this week getting products

ready for the grand opening of a new store near here that

will be selling Good Day Designs. It's starting to hit me

that I'm doing all of this with no husband (he's working out

of town for a bit) and a full time day job. Yawn.

My average bedtime this week has been midnight. Yawn.

Figuring you could all use a good laugh, I thought I'd paint

a picture of last night's crafting/production session.

Since most of what I had to do last night was embellishing

cards/magnets/gift tags and packaging, I decided to set up

camp on the living room floor and watch P.S. I Love You

which was coming on Lifetime. I'd never seen it and thought

it would be good background entertainment.

I was right - it was a great movie.

But by about 10:30 I was growing more weary-eyed

and the movie was getting more emotional.

So, picture this:

Me hot gluing ribbon bows onto clothespin magnets

crying like a baby with big crocodile tears and all.

I just kept right on working through it all...

like some sweatshop elf on auto pilot.

I don't know why I find this so funny this morning.

Maybe it's the residual exhaustion. Just humor me

and leave some comments telling me I'm normal.

:)

In more exciting news for the masses,

I'll have LOTS and LOTS of new items to share with you

soon. I'm even thinking about doing a tutorial or two.

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CLAIM YOUR PRIZES!

I've not yet heard back from the following winners.

Please email me by Sunday or I'll be picking a new winner.

Don't miss out on these great items, girls!

Blessed Little Nest Crafting Kit Winner

Farmgirl Paints Necklace Winner

Our Christmas in July Giveaway winner

of the Make It and Love It Patterns is

Heather from Twenty Fingers and Twenty Toes

who submitted the following comment:

Heather - Please visit Ashley's shop and let me know

which two patterns you'd like. Email me (button to left)

by Sunday - and be sure to type out the email address that

you'd like the patterns sent to. Congrats!

Farmgirl Paints Winner!

Before we get to announce the next Christmas in July

winner, I wanted to take a moment and ask for your

prayers. Yesterday I heard about a family in the Raleigh

area where my sister lives who lost their 5 year old son,

Elijah, in a drowning accident at a pool party. Their 7 year

old son apparently found his brother but was paralyzed

with fear and shock to even tell anyone for several minutes.

It's tragic and scary and painful for all of us to hear about.

The parents names are David and Melissa. They also have

a 1.5 year old. My heart has been breaking for this family.

I can't imagine the loss. The grief. The despair.

Please pray for comfort, healing and peace.

I heard the song "Held" by Natalie Grant yesterday

on the way home and, while it touched me deeply to

think of this family, it is such a beautiful reminder of

how in our darkest times of grief God holds us:

This is what it means to be held, how it feels,

when the sacred is torn from your life

and you survive.

This is what it is to be loved and to know

that the promise was when everything fell

we'd be held.

How awesome is our God.

Here's the video of "Held" in case you've not heard it.

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers for David, Melissa and

all the others grieving the loss of precious Elijah.

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Now for some happy news.

The winner of the Farmgirl Paints "Blessed" necklace

is Shannon from Moving Mommy!

Shannon's #24 comment was:

Shannon, please email me (button to the left)

so I can pass along your address to Becky.

Thanks all! More winners announced tomorrow!

Have a GOOD day.

Blessed Little Nest Winner!

It's so much fun delivering exciting news each day

for almost an entire week! Today I'm happy to announce

the winner of the Mini Crafting Kit from Heather over

at Blessed Little Nest. (Check her out if you've not already!)

Congratulations to:

comment #25 from Efy who said:

Please email me with your mailing address so I

can pass it along to Heather for shipping.

More winners announced throughout the week!

Have a GOOD day, friend.

First Christmas in July WINNER

I'm super busy today finishing up some inventory

(printing and packaging mostly) for the grand opening

of Holly Hocks - a cute new gifts/accessories store

opening near here next month.

So, instead of anything really exciting, you'll have to

settle for the WINNER of our Christmas in July

kick-off giveaway. What? You don't mind? Oh good. :)

I finally bought a new USB for my camera after

spending way too many days looking for my other one,

so here's a photo of what the winner gets:

Crane & Company Christmas stationery.

GOOD DAY Designs Christmas Gift Tags (in tin)

Framed "Joy to the World" Frame

The winner is our LAST entry, Julie who said

Looks like entering giveaways paid off again for her, now

she's one more step closer to being ready for Christmas!

Julie - I'll be emailing you about claiming your prize!

GOOD FIND: Sweet Thoughts Jar (and a Winner!)

I've been wanting to do something to remind

my hubby how "sweet" I am on him...and, let's face it, sometimes I need to remember, too.
The post over at Love Actually today is perfect,and our GOOD FIND for the week.

Eric would not only love reading about the manythings I love about him or memories of ournow almost 11 years together, but he wouldtotally dig the sweets and treats, too!
Be sure to pay a visit to Love Actually for"creative ideas for romance on a budget."
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Wondering if the winner of the Amy ButlerEmbellished Note Cards is you?


Congratulations to #3 commenter,Tracy, from RaggyGirlVintage!Please email me to claim your winnings.

BURLAP WEEK: Burlap Wreaths (and winner and more!)

Before we wrap up BURLAP WEEK, I gotta ask.

How do you like the new look around here?
Honestly, I want to know what you think!

I guess spring fever got the better of me...

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And, if you're wondering about the

Facebook Launch Giveaway winner,

you gotta read through this post first!

(No scrolling down past my amazing post...haha.)

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So, for me, the whole burlap craze started

when I started seeing amazing wreaths like these:

(From Tatertots & Jello)

(From Craftaholics Anonymous)

So, I finally tried my hand at one...
and decided to mix the two above by adding
some burlap flowers like in the first photo to
a wreath done threaded like the second photo.

Here's what I got:

I was very happy with how this turned out.
I gave it as a birthday present to my best friend
recently. My cool twist? The flowers are attached
with safety pins so she can detach them and add
other embellishments throughout the year...
AND that makes the flowers WEARABLE
as pins, nice touch to a purse, etc.!

Well, that wraps up our week-long salute to burlap.
I hope you've enjoyed the ideas and projects.

Be sure to visit next week as Monday kicks off a
whole month devoted to organization tips & tricks
(see - told you Spring Fever has hit).

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What's that? Winner? Oh, yeah...
I guess you'd like to know who the lucky winner
of some Good Day calling cards is.

Thanks to Random.org, our winner is:

Southern Belle's Charm said...

I posted on my facebook about your giveaway and asked all my friends to join in!

FEBRUARY 25, 2010 4:54 PM

Email me to claim your calling cards!

Little Bit Funky WINNER!

It's finally time to announce the winner of the

Little Bit Funky giveaway!

Congratulations to Anne, who's winning entry said:

"I love the Whats in a Name-Funky Funky

Personalized Patchwork Name Pillow"

Anne, click on the "Write Me" button to the left

to chat about claiming your winnings!

Lu Bird Baby Giveaway Winner!

Hi all! So, my promise to post the Lu Bird Baby Giveaway winner yesterday was rudely interrupted by a computer glitch, getting back later than planned from vacation, and welcoming visitors from out of town as we pulled into the driveway. All wonderful things (except the computer silliness).

So - without further delay. Wanna know the winner? Is it you? Or maybe you?

Our lucky winner is Amanda over at Funny Days with Mommy and Maddie! Congratulations! Please click on the "Write Me" button to the left and we'll be in contact about claiming your winnings.

I'll be posting more about our exciting last few days soon. 'Til then, enjoy the rest of your weekend.

And the Winner Is...

Thanks to all of you who entered in the first ever

Good Day Giveaway

for a set of Calling Cards!  

I love how Julie at Joy's Hope does her giveaway winner announcement.

Creates such suspense!

Just click HERE to see if you're the lucky gal.

To claim your winnings, click on the "Write Me" button on the left.  

Congratulations!

NOTE:  I use Random.org to generate my winners with complete randomness.