Holiday Giveaway Winner!

Hi Everyone! We had a very small turnout in terms of entries on this holiday giveaway (5 total), as I mentioned it was just a short little weekend giveaway so I could mail the items out to the winner before Christmas so the CD could be enjoyed. :)

One of the readers here had some trouble getting her comment to post and also wanted to keep her e-mail address private so she commented on the Facebook giveaway post and I commented on her behalf.

The winner was selected by Random.org and it is No. 5! Congratulations to Karla Espino!!

It turns out that you are the lucky winner, please e-mail me or private message me your e-mail address via Facebook along with your mailing address. I'll put it into the mail just as soon as I hear back from you.

Thanks to those who entered!

XO

Tiny Prints Holiday Card Giveaway Winner!

Thank you to everyone who recently participated in the Tiny Prints $50 gift card giveaway for holiday cards! We could only have one winner for this one and as always, I let Random.org choose our winner which was No. 30!  The lucky lady is Janna who commented that she'd choose the Big Bark of Yappy Howlidays card. Congratulations! Please provide me with your e-mail address so I can have my sponsor get in touch with you. :)

We'll have other new giveaways posted shortly. :) It's Monday so be sure to check back in a little while for today's Manners Monday post which is sure to be handy for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday!

Thanks for checking in!

XO

Winner of $30 Pear Tree Gift Certificate

Ladies, thank you for participating in the Pear Tree Greetings holiday card giveaway. I enjoyed seeing the cards that all represent you best. I'll keep this short and sweet, since there were just a few entries I picked the name out of a basket this time instead of using Random.org and the winner is Elizabeth! Congratulations, I will set you up with your gift certificate from Pear Tree Greetings just as soon as you can send me your your e-mail address as it wasn't listed in your comment. :)

Happy Weekend!

Pear Tree Stationery Winner!

....Erika! Congratulations on winning $25 of Stationery from Pear Tree Greetings! Thank you to everyone who participated in this month's giveaway. :)

Have a great Monday!

Today is a New Day!

I hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend! :) On monday hubby and I headed to his parents home an hour away to visit, have some yummy eats and watch some spectacular fireworks over the lake that their back porch looks onto. There's something about holidays that just make me feel warm and fuzzy inside. It's great to see people reconnect and spent time together with extended family and friends and let go of the busyness and demands of life.

Last week I posted this new product giveaway by Pear Tree, we had just 3 entries and the winner was chosen by Random.org. Congratulations Maureen Carney!  I'll be in touch with you shortly so you can pick out your favorite design of Notelettes. :)

Today's post is a reminder that no matter what mistakes you've made or challenges you went through yesterday, today is a NEW day! It's a chance to change your own history, it's an opportunity to right a wrong, say I'm sorry or work harder towards a goal than you did the day before.

A few weeks ago I was talking to a family member who shared how mad she was at herself for some past mistakes she's made. In this particular case one was a decision made five years ago, and another was made just two years ago-both changed her life dramatically. To this day she often feel depressed, sorry for herself and is still beating herself up over her actions and choices.

I encouraged her by letting her know that everyone else had already forgiven her, that she just needed to forgive herself and focus on the road ahead rather than keeping an eye on what's in the rear view mirror. When we spend all of our time worrying about how we 'woulda, coulda, shoulda' done something differently we rob ourselves of our future and  precious present day moments. We are all imperfect, make mistakes and have moments we wish we could change. These are what help us to learn, grow and become the women we truly want to be.

"Contemplation often makes life miserable.  We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live."

~Nicolas de Chamfort

*first image via

Winner of the Personalized Thank You Cards

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend! I enjoyed watching a couple new movies, trying some delicious mini cupcakes and spent Sunday at a friend's gorgeous beach house celebrating her birthday with the most stunning weather. I'm feeling refreshed and ready to start the week!

The winner of  our Pear Tree Greetings Giveaway has just won a set of 16 Personalized Thank You cards.

Random.org drew No.11 and the winner was Jacqueline of  the blog 'Expanding Experiences' who said: "I'd like to send thank you's to my brother and his fiance for always helping out!". Jacqueline-I've e-mailed my contact at Pear Tree and she will be sending you the details for your cards shortly!

Thank you to everyone who participated in this giveaway and have a wonderful Monday!

Pear Tree Giveaway Winner!

I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Mine was a bit rainy, which was perfect for staying indoors and doing a little spring organizing.

Random.org chose the winner of the $20 Gift Certificate to Pear Tree Greetings and it's AubreyLaine who said she'd choose these watercolor flowers personalized note cards.

Congratulations, I'll be sending you an e-mail shortly with the details. :)

Thank you to everyone who entered and much love to my sponsor Pear Tree Greetings for their generosity!

Valentine's Day Giveaway Winner!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful week so far. I don't know about you but I'm ready for the weekend to get here already! The weather here has been 75-80 degrees during the past few days and it  feels so freeing to take off a few layers and wear sandals again a fter many long weeks of frigid temps.

I really enjoyed reading all of your favorite Valentine's Day dates and ideas, thank you for sharing. I would love for all of you to get a set of these cute cards, but there can one be one. With the help of Random.org, here is the winner of the Pear Tree Greetings Kids Valentine's Cards:

Congratulations to Nikki of Ladybug Momma who was lucky No.8! I'll be in touch with you shortly so you can order your cards well in time for Valentine's Day!

Thank you all for participating as always. Many of you, as first time readers or new followers, left sweet comments about my blog-I read every one and truly appreciate your kindness!

Pear Tree is offering FREE shipping on any Valentine's order, just use the code VDAYSHIP10 upon checkout. More details {here}.

There will be one more giveaway this month and much more content, so please come visit often! :)

Warmly,

Karla

$30 Pear Tree Gift Certificate Winner!

This was probably one of my favorite Pear Tree giveaways because I knew someone would get to choose $30 worth of stationery or even get a head start on ordering their Christmas cards. Speaking of which, I ordered mine last night and it was so much fun to play around and customize them perfectly with our family's photos and storyline text, the Christmas Tales' card is what I chose.

I used Random.org and drew the winner which was No.11.

Congratulations to Pauline at The English Organizer!

I will e-mail you soon with the code,  so you can start ordering. :)


*As some of you know I stopped using free screen capture tools to cut down on the weird activity on my computer so that is the reason for no number image. If someone knows of a good one, please let me know!
 
Thank you to all that entered and participated. A big thank you again to Pear Tree for providing such a wonderful prize. Stay tuned for more exciting giveaways from Pear Tree Greetings and other sponsors also!

Pear Tree Thank You Cards Winner

I hope everyone had a fun weekend. I wanted to start the week and the new month off with the name of our Pear Tree Greetings giveaway winner. On a technical note, I've stopped using the old screen capture tool for grabbing the random.org image of the winning number, as the tool was creating issues on my laptop. (If someone has a better way, please let me know. I was using 'a lot' toolbar before and had to keep installing then uninstalling it afterward because I don't own photoshop.)

We had just 14 entries and random.org deems No.8 to be the winner! Congratulations to 'Rich and Mallory'! I'll be e-mailing you shortly with the info for your cards!

She said, if she won, she'd choose these thank you cards:

Thank you Pear Tree Greeting for your awesomeness and thanks to all of you who took the time to enter our Thank You Card giveaway!

I'm still amazed that it's November ALREADY. I'm going to be using this month as a fresh start to get back on track in a few areas of my life that I've been neglecting lately. Working out, making batch meals to save trips to the grocery store so I can stop buying semi-prepared foods and doing a little more reading and writing and less TV watching/ web surfing rank high on the list right now. How about you? Are you ready to have a clean slate in an area of your life to begin afresh this month?

The CSN Stores' Giveaway Winner!

I hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day weekend and enjoyed the last official long weekend of summer! Thank you so much for participating in my CSN Stores Birthday Giveaway and again for your sweet Birthday wishes. I really do have the best blog readers. :)

I was excited to see that we had 124 entries, the biggest participation here to date! (We actually had 125, but the last one was submitted after the deadline.)

Random.org selected our winner, and it is...... No. 27! Congratulations to Carolsue of  'Carolsue's Bloggys: Things I found on the web'! 

Carolsue took advantage of the free daily entries and was able to enter 13 times! Carolsue, enjoy your $55 gift certificate! Please e-mail me and I will provide you with the details for your prize.


Everyone I know loves a good giveaway so I look forward to running another one a little later this month.


Happy Tuesday!

Winner of the Personalized Note Cards!

I had to laugh when I drew the name for the Pear Tree giveaway today. I almost never leave comments during giveaways because I obviously don't want to be included in the drawing. However, I was asked a question that needed to be answered and the reader didn't have a way to be reached otherwise. Lo and behold, Random.org chose Lucky #7, which just so happened to be my comment. ;)

So, I re-drew the name and the winner of this giveaway is.......Crystal Escobar from 'Wanna Be Balanced Mom'. Congrats!

Thank you to everyone that entered this giveaway as well as to my sponsor Pear Tree Greetings! I really enjoyed reading all of your personal comments on the most memorable note cards you've received.

Crystal, I'll be e-mailing you later today with the details for your prize!

By the way, how cute is that moving announcement card at the top of this post? I thought it was genius-a paint chip! As we are preparing to move out of state for the next 2 years (more to come on that!), I thought these cards might be cute to send to friends and family once we're settled in.

Come on back this afternoon for our regularly scheduled Manners Monday post.

I hope you are having a great start to your week!

CSN Summer Giveaway Winner!

Thank you all for participating in our CSN Stores Summer Giveaway! We had 68 entries in total. CSN Stores is generously providing a $60 Gift Certificate so the winner can purchase whatever they like.

Random.org generated the number. If you were #59, you are the winner!

Congratulations to Pixie of Penny Pinching Pixie! I'll be in touch with you shortly so that my CSN Contact can get e-mail your gift certificate to you.

A special THANK YOU to CSN Stores for sponsoring this fabulous giveaway!!

I'm sorry you couldn't all win but I have another great giveaway up my sleeve that I'll be posting a little later this month, it's something I think you're all going to love. :)

Our regularly scheduled Manners Monday topic will post later today.

Have a lovely day!

Inside These Perfect, Pretty Packages...

Look at what arrived in my mailbox yesterday! Isn't this wrapping and packaging so pretty? The pink and brown polka dots are so perfectly me-how did she know? Wait until you see what is inside them.

Nearly a month ago I entered a giveaway for something I've had my eye on-beautiful custom jewelry by the talented Lisa Leonard. I've seen her silver pieces everywhere online and have always appreciated them. Guess what? I won!! I was beyond excited to see my name after I entered Karla's giveaway (yes, we have the same name, spelling and the same middle initial to boot-how crazy is that?!) at It's the Little Things that Make a House a Home. She has a beautiful blog with a lot of great posts, you'll love it over there, I hope you'll pop over and visit her. Thanks again Karla!

I received $75 to spend any way I wanted online with Lisa Leonard Designs. I love all of her creations so it really was very difficult to choose but I actually ended up selecting two items that I am in love with! They exceeded my expectations as the quality and beauty were better appreciated in person vs. through my laptop screen. I am a huge fan of freshwater pearls, so the designs I chose had to incorporate them. I also love monograms so these were perfect. Below are the items I selected.

{This is the 'Teenie Tiny Initials Necklace' with mine and hubby's initials. Later, I can add our future childrens' names to the ring also-neat, huh? Love that freshwater pearl! }

{Love these double drop 'Cream Freshwater pearl earrings'. They look gorgeous on and will look great with so many different pieces in my closet! }

Both pieces came to just $71, so I actually stayed within my gift certificate budget and then all I had to do was pick up the few dollars in shipping. Thank you again so much Karla and Lisa for the opportunity to win!

For anyone wanting a unique, custom piece like a family tree or even a gift for your man or a friend, there are so many lovely things on Lisa's website from necklaces, rings, bracelets and earrings to silver baby spoons and keyrings. Several celebrities wear her pieces too-isn't that cool? Check her website out HERE! She also has a lovely blog where she showcases some of her beautiful photography AND shares her newest works of art and sometimes a deal or two.

Do you own a Lisa Leonard piece or have you seen her work before? I'd love to hear which piece you purchased (if you have one) or hope to one day have in your jewelry box. ;) I now know exactly what to get my mom for her next gift!

Stylish Stationery GIVEAWAY Winner!

I hope you all had an amazing weekend! Two weeks ago many of you began entering our $50 Stylish Stationery Giveaway from the always generous Pear Tree Greetings. In celebration of Mother's Day, I asked you all to tell me the best advice your mom had ever given you in the form of a comment. I really enjoyed reading every last one of them.

With a little help from the Random.org number generator, our lucky winner from the 60 entries that were received (we actually had 61 but the last one was past the deadline, so I had to keep it fair for everyone who had already entered and met the deadline) was  Jackie Flaherty of  the blog Letters & Journals!

Congratulations! You are going to have such a fun time choosing your new stationery. Pear Tree greetings has a lot of amazing designs to choose from. I'm going to show you all what I received from them last week in the next of couple days. So pretty!

Jackie, I'll  be in touch with you shortly so that we can get that $50 gift certificate into your hands.

Have a wonderful start to your week ladies!

Healthy Giveaway Winner!

Can you believe it's May.1st already? I hope you are enjoying your Saturday so far. As promised, I wanted to share the winner for our healthy giveaway. Is it you? Scroll down and find out!

We had 20 entries so I plugged the numbers into random.org and our winner is No.8.

Congratulations to Nicol of 'Classy & Sophisticated'!

This is what she had to say about the book:

"This would be great. This sort of thing really excites me! These are just the books that I love to read!"

Nicol, I hope you enjoy your new book. Please e-mail me with your mailing address and I'll ship it to you on Monday. :)

Thank you to every one of you who entered the giveaway and I wish you the best of luck for the next ones.

I've got some great giveaways lined up, one in particular that I'm super excited about so check back often, the next one will be in May!

Book Giveaway Winners!

Good Morning Ladies! I hope you all had a fabulous weekend. As promised, here are the winners of our February e-book Giveaway for the book: 'Empowering & Liberating Women to Achieve Greatness'!

We used Random.org for our official drawing and interestingly enough, both ladies entered our giveaway 3 different ways to win.

Our first winner is 'Beauty Vibes' of the Netherlands who was No.6 and commented:  'I hope I win, I'm such a reading junkie!'

The second winner is 'Stash Mama' who was No.14. She commented: 'I sooo want to read this book! It sounds soo interesting and the getting on with lifes purpose..it sounds great!'

Congratulations ladies! I hope you will find this book both inspiring and transformative. I'll be e-mailing you your copies later today.

Thank you to everyone who entered this giveaway! Also, a  big thank you to my Author/Husband Paul who was the sponsor of February's giveaway!

For those of you who didn't win but are interested in a copy of Paul's book, you can buy it from amazon or by going to his website where you can find his many other published books.

Be sure to visit back here often, we've got more great posts coming up and a really great giveaway later this month that you won't want to miss!

I hope you have a wonderful week!