Giveaway winners!

thank you all for entering my giveaways and spreading the news! i know you all want to know who won, so we'll move right on to that! the winners should receive an e-mail from me.

the winner of the minnie mouse earrings is...

Julia M.!

the winner of the gift tags is...

Victoria S.!

the winner of the brass envelope necklace is...

Rachel Hope!

the winner of the washi tape is...

Helen!

the winner of the vintage glass bead earrings is...

Kristen T.!

Hopefully all of you lovely ladies received my e-mail.

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who entered! I really appreciate it.


And speaking of giveaways...there is a big giveaway going on over at oh, hello friend.



go on and enter!

happy last day of april, everyone! {wow, hasn't it gone by fast?}

goal #5 completed

goal #5: host a giveaway on my blog.

this is fifth goal on my 55 in 2012 list. thanks to some lovely etsy shop sponsors, i was able to host five giveaways {one, two, three, four, five}. 

{psst - they end at midnight tomorrow night, so if you haven't entered and would like to, you'll have to soon!}

golden hour munchkins

a few days ago, i babysat my little siblings. i really wanted to get some good photos of them since they're so adorable and the lighting was really good, but they wouldn't hold still. oh, well. i got a few cute ones. enjoy!

walking along the path to pick flowers.

holding hands and chatting.

more conversation...

she kept bending down to point at things on the ground.

they are pretty much the most adorable little girls ever.

{left to right: chloe, natalia, sadie}

stroller rides!

amazed by flowers that she dropped in about 30 seconds.

see? cute little munchkins and good lighting.

sliding down into an empty pool.

happy thursday, all!

what i wore // fishtail

skirt // gift {tj maxx, maybe?}

shirt // marden's

jacket // hand-me-down

black dress shoes // kohl's

so, i love this skirt. it is floor length, full, has "good spinners", as my little sisters would say, and has cool patterns on it. i call it my hippie skirt. it's actually so long that at school that when i go up or down the stairs i have to gather it up in my hands so that no one behind me steps on it.

sitting on and jumping off of broken swingset = lots of fun.

i finally figured out how to make a fishtail look good. pardon the windblown look in these photos - this was near the end of the day.

do you know how to fishtail?

happy wednesday, everyone!

weekly wrap-up #9

reading // mansfield park {finished!} // while we're far apart // washington's lady //

listening // gaither vocal band {somebody like me} {i'm gonna sing} {the baptism of jesse taylor} {knowing you'll be there} // jim brickman {morning has broken} {love never fails}

crafting // this sweater // this scarf // this blanket // cards and matching bookmarks //

enjoyed // mucking horse stalls // drinking iced tea // peeling potatoes // thrifting // babysitting my little munchkins {commonly referred to as "siblings"} // rain // being on school vacation // hosting giveaways //

what have you:

//read//

//listened to//

//crafted//

// enjoyed//

this week?

my lemonade dreams // giveaway #5

our fifth and final giveaway is sponsored by:

{etsy shop} {facebook}

tiffany has a lovely shop full of shabby chic earrings, bracelets, and bobby pins. i'm sure you all will enjoy browsing through her shop. here is a sneak peek:

{floral bobby pins}

{red heart shabby chic earrings}

{vintage glass bead earrings}

{vintage swarovski crystal earrings}

and now, tiffany has sweetly offered this pair of earrings for this giveaway:

{vintage glass bead earrings}

thank you so much, tiffany, for sponsoring this giveaway! now, go on and enter! 

thrifting finds

i went shopping at goodwill a few days ago and ended up with some lovely items! i typically only have time to look through the clothes, but on this day i decided to browse through the other sections. i'm so glad that i did! here are some of my finds:

this cute little tin box. i don't quite know why i like it, but i do.

{mrs. fields is a cookie company}

cost: $1

this sewing pattern has some cute and easily-adapted shirts. i like the styles.

cost: $0.50

i thought that this embroidery hoop would make a good earring holder or something else that i might find on pinterest. *smiles*.

cost: $1

i think this magazine is my favorite find of the day. i was hunting through the magazine crate, thinking that i might find something good. well, i got the spring 2008 interweave knits magazine. it's the perfect season and it has some really pretty sweaters in it!

have you found anything good at thrift stores recently or ever?

do you often go shopping at thrift stores?

pretty tape // giveaway #4

our fourth giveaway is sponsored by pretty tape. glenda responded to my message promptly and allowed me to choose whatever item i chose for this giveaway. i really appreciated how good she was to me.

now, here is a sneak peek into her shop. she has soooo many lovely kinds of tape and i encourage you all to browse through her shop.

{black and white houndstooth}

{vertical purple lace tape}

{green gingham}

{green and peach little garden tape}

now, here is the tape that one of you will win:

 

vintage gingham floral tape!

disclaimer: if this roll goes out of stock, another roll of tape will be given away in it's place. 

now, go on and enter! this giveaway will end at 12:01 a.m. on april 30 {midnight of the 20th/early morning of the 30th}.

dandelions

christians should be more like dandelions.

our sunny faces should be a reminder that simple faith has deep roots that are impossible to dislodge.

we should be as easily accessible as a dandelion.

Jesus was.

we need to get out of our gardens and jump across the boundaries that keep us where people expect to find us.

we need to show our sunny faces in all the spots that need a little brightening up -

the crack in the sidewalk or the lawn of a country club.
// janice kempe //

in God's hands // giveaway #3

{note: all giveaways will be ending at midnight the night of april 29/morning of april 30. i'm sorry that i didn't mention that sooner!}

our third giveaway of the week is from:

{etsy shop}

melissa was so willing to work with me even though i messaged her just earlier this week. i really enjoyed reading her profile and the theory behind starting this shop. you should all go and read it here. she was so willing to let me pick what i wanted for this giveaway. thank you so much, melissa!

here is just a small peek at some of the items in melissa's shop:

{captured feather in a bottle}

{triple feather necklace}

{lace ruffle and pearl necklace}

and now, here is the prize that one of you will win:

this lovely antique brass envelope necklace! so, go ahead and enter!