July 22, 2013
Hi everyone and happy Monday! I’m really excited to announce a huge giveaway today, valued at over $900, with 3 winners getting a prize package valued at a minimum of $300. This is the first time I’ve ever participated in one of these group giveaways, and while I’ve been hesitant, I love what us ladies have all pulled together to share with you, because they each represent our personal tastes and reflect the relationships we’ve built! So first let me share with you all what’s up for grabs. The idea was to create a themed giveaway so we focused on the idea of capturing your Summer memories, since we all love to take pictures (even though some of us aren’t the best at doing anything with said pictures, ahem). Then some other rad sponsors decided to join in and the giveaway just evolved. The ladies that I got together with to offer this awesome giveaway are ladies I’ve never actually met, but who I rely on to bounce ideas off of, ask questions and lean on when I get discouraged. We have a Facebook group that is pretty active and supportive and I appreciate each and every one of them. Please visit them if you have a chance.
A Nest for All Seasons/Cuckoo 4 Design/Fieldstone Hill Design/For the Love Of /Literally Inspired/Looksi Square/Making Lemonade/Mama Miss/Setting for Four/Turtle’s Life for Me/
So what’s up for grabs? Like I said, just over $900 in prizes, divided up into three packages. We’ll choose one winner, who will get first choice of the prize package they want, then the second winner will choose from the 2 packages left, then the 3rd winner will get the remaining, but still amazing, prize bundle. Here’s a list of all of our incredible sponsors.
Jo Totes Abby Mint Camera Bag
Custom Flower Headband from Mama Miss Designs
$50 Gift Card to Rach B Jewelry
Leather Cuff Bracelet from Lucy’s Inspired
Personalized Monogram Necklace from PersonalizeMe Jewelry
$50 in Photo Credits to Shutterfly
Gift Basket with $100 in Scrapbooking Items from Consumer Crafts
Silver Locket and Chain from Origami Owl
Framed Print from Printstagram (value is $60)
Gift Basket with $100 in Products from Duck Tape
Photo Album and Frame from Lifeguard Press ($37 value)
Two custom silhouette files– either for a couple or two children– from Cuckoo4Design
Set of Gallery Frames from Change of Art ($179 Value)
The prize packages are divvied up into the following cute bundles:
Amazing right? I love them all for their uniqueness and that they each have something cute and functional to offer. My personal contribution to the mix is the Change Of Art frames that I discovered a few months back and fell in love with. They are beautiful, eco-friendly, and make changing out pictures ridiculously easy. Side bonus, the owner MaryAnn is wonderful so it’s always nice to spread the word about small businesses with a cool product, who also happen to be very nice.
Enter using the Rafflecopter box below. If you’re unfamiliar with Rafflecopter you ‘unlock’ entries by completing the first task, and from there you can complete as many (or as few) of the tasks as you’d like! Note that there are clickable links in each box, so you don’t need to do anything but click and answer. It’s super easy to finish the whole thing in just a minute or two.a Rafflecopter giveaway
I hope you love this giveaway as much as we do, and good luck to you all!
So far my favorite summer memory is playing in the pool with my babes and witching them truly enjoy themselves and each other.
Favorite summer memory watching my 9 month old daughter fall in love with skimming pools!
Favorite summer memory is my nieces (ages 4 and 5) sleeping over and talking about helping when their baby cousin arrives.
Favorite summer memory is buying and moving into our first home!
Any summer I can visit Lake Michigan and see my family is a favorite memory.
Catching lightning bugs around the campfire.
I love being on our own schedule … sleeping in, staying in PJs as long as we want, doing whatever we want during the week, going to places we don’t have time for during the school year.
My favorite summer memory is being able to get my kids together with all of their cousins for beach days and other fun stuff!
Definitely going to the beach with my hubby and son. And hearing my son {4 yrs old} learn a huge memory verse at VBS that I didn’t think he could memorize!
One of my fav summer memories is the first time we took my now 2.5 year old camping, carrying on my own childhood camping traditions and making new ones too!
One of my favorite summer memories is when I turned 40, 3 summers ago. My whole immediate family (3 sisters, plus husbands and kids, plus parents, in-laws, bro-in-law, plus wife and kids), plus one special couple with their kids all came to my sister’s lake house for a bbq to celebrate my bday. My 3 sisters all made me cakes and as a pastry chef, it always feels special when someone else bakes for me. I was really touched by that – and even more so that everyone made time in their busy schedules to drive such a long distance (some 2+ hours) to celebrate. 🙂
camping!
This is my favorite summer ever. Spending time with my kids each day and making memories is fantastic!
I just returned from a reunion with women from my high school class (1970/1971). 16 of us got together and rented a beach house. It was so much fun and I feel as I have 15 new friends!
My favorite summer memory is late nights in the backyard with friends and all the babies playing at our feet.
I loved going on little day trips with my grandma. She watched all the grandchildren during the day and would take us to the farm, beach, park, local attractions and more. We always had the best summers.
favorite memory as a child is hard to pin down, so many nights of sitting on a friends roof watching fireworks from the queen mary and eating popsicles. and now making memories with my own kids….summer is pretty much my favorite!
Last summer my husband and I went on a day trip to a cave hike on a lark. I’d packed a few things to eat. All very spur of the moment. The cave was magnificent, and it was cool after the heat of Alabama. Afterwards we ate lunch at the picnic tables in the surrounding woods. It was such a nice, casual day.
My favorite summer memory is mushroom & berry picking with my sister and grandparents. So fun!
My favorite summer memories are of 4th of July shenanigans with my friends. Every year I get together with at least one group of friends and do a BBQ and my town does a HUGE fire works display (never on the 4th so I can still go see the fireworks in Boston!) and then I go into Boston with my family to watch the fireworks along the Charles River. Best time of the year!
Tubing down the river is always my favorite summer activity – so it’s also my favorite memories!
My favorite summer memory is the smell of sunshine and sunscreen and chlorine all over my little ones at the end of a fun day!
My favorite summer memory of this year so far has been our trip to Chicago. With no where to go, and nothing scheduled to do, it was such a joy to let our 2-year-old explore Millennium Park and surrounding areas at her own pace and her own interest. I should do that more often 🙂
My fav summer memory is hot nights on the east coast, swimming and playing wiffle ball in the street with all the neighborhood kids!
favorite summer memorie is, going to the beach and spending time with my hubby right after he cam back from deployment.
going to the beach with the little ones
My favorite summer memory has been spending lazy mornings with my six month old daughter. We lay in bed, chat and play with toys until morning naptime. It’s perfection.
We used to go to Pismo Beach for the 4th of July every summer when I was a kid – so fun!
my fave summer memory so far is taking my 9 month old and 2 year old swimming with my husband at our club!
When I was a kid I would spend all day down at the creek with my best friend! She’s still my best friend, and those are sweet memories 🙂
Endless hours playing in the pool with my sis 🙂
My favorite summer memory happened almost 3 weeks ago, when my first child was born!
Going to Myrtle beach was a nice memory.
I don’t have just one 🙂
I have given birth to 3 summer babies (and a fall baby and a spring baby LOL)
I have great memories of when my Dad was still alive, of going to the river so the kids could go rock collecting…
Sitting outside with my family around the fire pit after swimming.
Learning to swim!
I love to think of the summers I spent with my family in Charleston, S.C., but now that I have my own family, a simple trip to the local beach is enough to bring great joy.
My favorite summer memories are in summer softball tournaments. 🙂
I agree with Kelly. Softball is always a good time!