3rd Blogiversary and Giveaway

 I am celebrating my blogiversary.

 3 years ago I started this blog.

It has been a real journey so far and I have been glad to be blogging all along the way. I have been very thankful for the followers and commenter's on my blog... for all of you that read my blog regularly. I also like new followers and readers.

I have enjoyed the meme's and the carnivals, sharing information and pictures of my family, info and pictures of me and my hubby, TOS Crew reviews, reviews of books and materials we like and use/read, spiritual posts and music, health and fitness, homeschooling, lapbooking, workboxes and Winterthur. It has been grand and I pray it will continue to be so. I pray along the way I lifted you spirits, helped you gain knowledge or understanding, and helped you laugh. I thank you for sharing yourselves with me on your blogs and in your comments. I also want to thank you for your encouragement and for your prayers for myself and my family. Please continue praying especially about my husband needing a job after more than a year of unemployment.

In honor of my 3rd blogiversary I am going to be giving away  

3 homemade items

to one winner. 

Here is what you could win

First we have 2 hot pads.

My daughter Rachel made these especially for this giveaway.

close-up of one of the hot pads

They are machine washable and filled with 100% cotton batting.

The 3rd item is a journal.

It is a composition notebook that I covered and decorated with scraps of wallpaper.

I love doing this.

I also used cardstock for the the verse on the front.

The back has the same wallpaper without the ladybug or verse.

close up

 and inside the journal, to cover the wallpaper that wraps over from the outside,

I continued the lady bug theme from the front

using a different wallpaper scrap.

close up of inside front

(inside back is the same)

I hope you like the giveaway prizes.

To enter, first you must leave a comment. Just a regular comment, you can say whatever you want. You must leave me a way to contact you in case you win.


Then I am allowing you 5 other ways to enter. Leave a comment for each of the following:

• Follow my blog (using Google Friend Connect, RSS Feed, or by E-mail) or let me know that you already follow.
• Place my blog’s button on your blog (leave a link to your blog)
• Tweet about this giveaway
• Share this giveaway on FB
• Post about this giveaway on your blog (leave 3 comments)

So spread the word that I am having a giveaway and thanks for caring and sharing. In the sidebar on the right there are two sociable buttons that will allow you to easily share this post on Facebook and Twitter.

I will leave this contest open for a week and will draw a winner on Tuesday, April 26th at noon (EST). 



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