a Christmas giveaway!!

i thought that might get your attention!! since i tend to leave yall from time to time without good explanation, i thought i'd try to win you over spread some Christmas cheer with a giveaway! this one is for the kiddies. first of all, let me say that i am having a stinkin' hard time with the gift thing this year. but not so much with the kids, with the adults. but i'm also finding that i am running out of time, and fast. i have a shin-dig a week earlier than i originally thought, so i have to get with it!! like yesterday!

anyway, i have teamed up with Kera from SisterBug (and the Honea Bees) just in time for a Christmas quickie. if you need just one more think for your little one, or need something cute for the stocking, this is IT!!! it is a crayon roll and it will come in either the ladybug print for the girls or the football print for the boys!

all you have to do it leave me a comment! (and i'm hoping this will draw you out of your reader to do just that!! i know you are hiding.) and yall know i just love ya. you can get an extra entry by commenting about it on your facebook page!! (just let me know that you did.) i'll pick a winner on Friday morning!!

new finds...

i have found several new to me blogs lately that i have been absolutely stalkerizing. by that i mean i have poured over post after post...like over a year's worth. i have found several through some of you and because of that, today i will "feature" The Pleated Poppy. i am just enamored by her super craftiness. and she shares a love of amy butler (as mentioned a few posts ago). and TODAY for her birthday...she is having a giveaway!!! so run on over, tell her happy birthday and tell her i sent you, and if you win her giveaway, you can send it to me. cause i'm mean like that haha!!

giveaway

giveaway at KK's Kreations / Engraved Euniques today!! don't miss it! her stuff is soooo cute!!

and the winner is.....

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Timestamp: 2009-05-08 12:57:29 UTC

how fun??!! a newbie to my blog on her first try!! come introduce yourself to me "hellar family". email me at btuckerrn@att.net. i'll get you in touch with kera for your bag!! (and thanks, kewa kewa kewa, for also sending me a black and white make up bag for hosting. wait, that wasn't the deal??? well, can't blame me for trying!!)

cause i'm a dork...and preoccupied...and a giveaway!!!

yall, just recently (like when i changed my blog) i created a gmail account. and i only use it for that most of the time. how bout this...i happened to check it tonight, and i had about 6 messages from you people!!! oh.my.word!! i am soooooo embarrassed and sooooo sorry. i would never in a million years not answer you or reply. i guess this last week i have just been a little self absorbed and just...FORGOT. please forgive me. please??

i know... how bout a bribe? i'll give you one of these if you forgive me!! our blog friend Kera is gonna help me out. meaning, she's doing all the work :)

super cute pink and white polka dot tote (with 3 initial monogram)

red and white make up bag (with 1 initial monogram)
black and white make up bag (with 1 initial monogram)


i know i was supposed to do this for mother's day. and we are t minus 4 days from mother's day. so it won't get to you then. but we can swing it next week i bet. in all of our gabbing on saturday, i TOTALLY forgot to talk to Kera about it. totally forgot. and i haven't taken a pic of the super cute shirt she made me for ACs birthday yet. cause again, preoccupied. so, leave me a comment on which one you like and we'll get you HOOKED UP!! comments will close thursday at 8 pm cdt.

mother's day DOUBLE giveaway!!

are you ready girls?? cause as promised, it is time. Christine and I had a conversation back and forth via Etsy and decided to have a giveaway that ties into mother's day. (i know it seems like i'm skipping easter, but i promise i'm not. but if you would like a gift to GIVE or RECEIVE by that time, we need to get "hoppin'"!) and as we talked, she thought that she'd give away not one...but TWO original hand crafted pieces!! can you believe it? (that means there will be 2 winners!!)

so this is what we are doing. i want you to leave me a comment telling me a favorite memory about your mom. it can be absolutely anything. ALSO, if you ARE a mom, tell me one of your favorite things about being one. or if you aren't and WANT to be one, tell me what you most look forward to!

here's the deal, i will leave this post up until wednesday, April 1st. (cause it would be better to get a treat than a trick on april fool's day!). you will have until 5 p.m. CDT to enter. I will post the winner by 9 p.m. the same night (yall will have to give me that much time to cook supper and help get folks wound down for bed. i'm a mama too you know!!) you are allowed to enter your memories separately, increasing your chances to win (one about your mom, one about you as a mom.) you may also enter (separately) your favorite memory with each of your kids...again, increasing your chances to win!!

go to Christine's Etsy shop LaBella Jewels and look around. figure out what you want. let me know what your favorite 2 are. i can't WAIT to read your entries. I'll come back and post an update here in a little bit so that you can know what mine are. (i got folks to get down for nap time!) get to writing!! OH--if you link to me on your blog, i'll give you an extra vote. just so you know, these will all be read and judged. so i'm not picking a winner necessarily randomly!!