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Happy Mother’s Day sweet friends!

I am so thankful for my sweet mama and the awesome job she did with me and my eight siblings. The older I get the more I realize what a sacrifice she made and incredible job she did. I would not be the kind of mom I am today with out her guidance and love as she helped mold me.

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I am also incredibly grateful to be a mom. My three sweet kiddos make me laugh everyday as they are a joy and light in my life. As they are still young, I know Mother’s Day can be a big task for the dads out there. Thank you Matt for making me feel so loved today. It’s been an amazing day.

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Homemade pancakes out on our deck,

homemade cards that made me teary,

a little family thrifting,

a picnic lunch at a new park,

and now I am blogging.

I am so blessed.

Now on to some exciting news for today… I am honored to be a part of a new e-book. It is my first public work to be out there to buy, and I cannot believe it. I was so blessed to be chosen to collaborate with 29 other bloggers to make iBlog.

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It is a new e-book all about blogging. With nearly 400 pages and 38 chapters it is a how-to manual on blogging. A few of the chapter titles are: Getting Your Blog off the Ground, Building Your Brand, How To Get Traffic, How To Get Subscribers, Guest Posting, Link Ups, The Power of Attending a Conference, How to Write a Blog Review, and Time Saving Blog Tips are just a few of the many awesome chapters!

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The chapter that I contributed is Blog Design 101. You know my amazing husband helped me write this, but it is something we are both really proud of. I have been holding off to reading this e-book until I had a good chunk of unpacking done. I think I will finally get to start it this week! I am so excited!

Will you read it with me?  With the content being everything you need to know about blogging, I know I have a lot I could learn. I am honored my name is mixed together with so many incredible bloggers on this production.

Today, I get to give away three copies of this book! I am so excited! If you would like to enter to win one of these three copies of iBlog simply let the rafflecopter widget load and enter as many ways as you want. I will release the winners to this giveaway this Tuesday. There isn’t much time to enter, so enter now! Happy Mother’s Day!

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If you don’t want to wait, you can buy your iBlog e-book today for $7.99. To help support me, please buy it from this link. 🙂

If you haven’t entered my Mohawk Rug giveaway there is still time. Finally, the winner to my “how many boxes did we pack” is Cheryl Gannaway. Her guess was 108 and our final count was 114 boxes. Great job Cheryl! I will be in touch!

I hope you are having an amazing Sunday with your families. I am off now to go back and hang with mine.

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Easter Basket Giveaway

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I can’t believe Spring is almost here and Easter is right around the corner.  If you are like me, you are ready for some warmer weather and sunshine!  To kick off this excitement of spring “springing”, I have joined up with 24 other bloggers to create an Easter basket themed giveaway blog hop!  My basket is only one of 25 baskets available today as giveaways.  I have had so much fun creating some special things for one of you!

As parents, we spend so much time preparing those around us for the change of seasons.  We buy our kids new spring clothes.  We declutter our houses…or maybe try to sell a house, ahem ahem…oh that might only be me :).  Either way this gift is to pamper you or if you are one of my male readers, your girl.

Check out all the items in my giveaway basket, enter my rafflecopter giveaway, and then check out the other baskets available today on some awesome blogs and enter those too!

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handmade earrings

gorgeous hair bows

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If you win you will receive:

  • One handmade vintage wood “love” sign
  • A few goodies from Target
  • One handmade necklace
  • Two pairs of earrings that I have made
  • Two of my favorite hair clips
  • A set of my “Do What You Love” stationary cards and envelopes (one of my newest creations)

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I have had so much fun creating this giveaway. I hope you love every item as much as I do!  To enter to win these goodies, simply let the rafflecopter widget load, and enter in as many ways as you want!  The winner will be announced Friday 3/22/13.

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This gift basket is one of 25 available from some amazing bloggers today.  Please go check out all the amazing baskets.  Enter all of them! You are bound to win one of them, right!?

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(1) Mad Scientist Basket from Milk and Cookies
(2) “See the Light” Easter Art Basket from Classic Housewife
(3) Tea Time Basket from See Jamie Blog
(4) Butterfly Basket from Spell Outloud
(5) Family Movie Night Basket from Jennifer A. Janes

(6) Pamper the Homeschool Mom Basket from Granola Mom 4 God
(7) Freezer Cooking Basket from Motherhood on a Dime
(8) Hodgepodge Basket from Hodgepodge
(9) Healthy Living and Fitness Basket from Forever, For Always, No Matter What
(10) Making Writing Fun Basket from This Reading Mama

(11) Coffee: Fuel for Homeschooling Moms Basket from Homeschoolin’ Mama
(12) Mom’s Quiet Time Basket from Upside Down Homeschooling
(13) Missionary Basket from Our Journey Westward
(14) Happy Mom Basket from Habits for a Happy Home
(15) Crafty Goodness Basket from Mamas Learning Corner

(16) Rejuvenate the Mom Basket from Spoonful of Imagination
(17) Beginner’s Math Manipulatives Basket from Meet Penny
(18) Welcome Spring: Gardening Basket from Abundant Life
(19) Healthy Living Basket from The Encouraging Home
(20) Mom’s Pampering Basket from Teaching Mama

(21) Kid’s Gardening Basket from Momma Hopper
(22) The Gift of Parenting Basket from Teachers of Good Things
(23) Preschool Crafts Basket from It’s Gravy, Baby!
(24) All the Extras – Electives and Enrichment Basket from Curriculum Choice
(25) Homeschool Mom Basket Case Basket from Classic Housewife

Aren’t there some amazing other baskets up for grabs!?  I am going to enter ALL of these giveaways.  There are some generous bloggers in this group that are just amazing people.  I hope you will join me on my blog hop quest today!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you had a great weekend and happy ALMOST spring!

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The Whole Lotta Family Love Giveaway

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Today, I have a HUGE giveaway for one of you!!  I have teamed up with three other bloggers to bring you this bundle of awesomeness!

Money Trail

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DIY on the Cheap

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We are joining together to bring you a giveaway for your whole family to enjoy.  We have all gone in to offer up a $40 amazon giftcard.  I might be slightly jealous of that awesomeness, but we have then each donated another item of our craft.

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My good friend, Courtney (carpool-ninja), that I introduced to you in my Girl’s Night post, has written a book.  I don’t know how I have such awesome, famous friends.  I started getting to know Courtney a year ago and through lots of playdates, girls nights, and kiddo birthday parties she quickly went into the good friend category in my head.  Her book is amazing, and I have had the privledge of reviewing it for her.  As a stay at home mom of three, there are amazing ideas and hands on activities I can do with my kids.  I love that its all in a book, and one way my kids can see me “read” rather than holding my phone as I browse for inspiration or ideas.  This is an awesome book.  If you don’t win it, you can buy it on here on amazon.

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I have just started to get to know Pam with Money Trail, but she’s awesome and I can already tell be someone I love.  She has a site and app devoted to:  Allowance and Money Management for Kids, Teens and Families.  She is offering up one of her apps for free today.  This app allows you to virtually track your children’s money, gifts, IOUs, and more.  Pam has four kids that are older than mine.  I feel like she is one step past me in life, yet shes so humble, real and has so much knowledge that I want to soak up.

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You know my friend Erin from DIY on the Cheap, as every other post mentions her, has offered to make a custom wreath for our winner.  The above wreath is one she has made for her family, and the winner of this giveaway gets to choose the letter he/she wishes to add for a similar style wreath.  Erin is so talented and this wreath is one of her simpler projects.  You really should check out the posts through her Boys’ Big Boy Room Makeover series that is happening.

Love wood sign and teal earringsI have made this sweet little vintage Love Sign and teal earrings to add to our giveaway.  You might remember seeing this sign on loan for my Valentine’s Day Mantel.  It will happily come down and go in the mail to our winner.

There are a lot of awesome prizes here and lots of different ways to be entered for this giveaway.  Please feel free to enter in whatever ways you want!

To enter, simply wait for the Rafflecopter box below to load and then follow the instructions. This giveaway ends Friday, February 22, 2013.

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Thank you for the overwhelming love and encouragement from my Falling into my Hole post from yesterday.  You guys are the best, and it feels so good to not be alone!  I’ll post more of my process in the coming week.

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An Organizational Giveaway

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I am so thankful for each one of you and the love and encouragement you are sending my way by “liking” and “following” me in all the ways out there.  Thank you.

As a bigger way of saying “thank you,” I have joined up with 14 other awesome bloggers.  (Some I know and some I am excited to get to know.)  We are giving one of our awesome readers a chance to with a $150 gift card to The Container Store.  I am so sorry but this giveaway is only available to residents in the United States and Canada (as those are the only places The Container Store will ship).

I hope one of you wins this gift card, and it can help your life get more organized!

Please let the Raflecopter load and then enter whatever way(s) you want to get entered for this giveaway!

Good luck!

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$150 to The Container Store!
 

Here are the generous Bloggers that are participating in the wonderful giveaway to help you achieve your 2013 organization goals!

 

Please note this contest is open for US and Canada residents only as it is the only place The Container Store Ships to. There are lots of ways to enter, there is something for everyone so come on get going!