It's my "Etsyversary" Giveaway!

You guys! On August 21st I will have been on Etsy for 10 whole years! It's time to celebrate!

Back when I started my etsy shop on August 21st 2006, I think I had a postcard pack. Like ONE pack! Slowly but surely I expanded; I experimented with different types of prints, buttons, art trading cards, pocket mirrors, magnets, greeting cards and more. Some of them lasted, some of them didn't.  Now I have around 130-140 items! All of this led to other things like gallery shows, indie craft shows and other random pop-up events. It's been a long journey and I am so thankful for every minute of it! So many times I've felt like quitting it all, but all my fans, friends and family never stopped encouraging me. I would not still be here if it wasn't for all of you!

To celebrate and show you how much I love you,
I'm giving away my ORIGINAL painting titled "Nostalgia." It's a 12"x12" acrylic painting on gallery wrapped canvas!!! I'm also giving away a print and a pouch!!



Entries will be taken from 12:00 am August 13th through 12:00 am, August 21st.
Winners will be announced Saturday August 21st!

Before you go, one more thing. All this will be followed by a grand Etsy Shop sale on August 21st! You don't want to miss this! Discount will be good on EVERYTHING including original paintings!

Enter below. ♥ Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Blog Giveaway Winners!

AH! Sorry I'm so awkward in this video! I'll try to do better next time. :p
Here are the winners of my birthday blog giveaway!



1. Juliet - (or Julie T, which I later realized! LOL) - Any pouch from my shop
2. Robin D. - Any 8x10 print from my shop
3. Dawn M. - Scrabble pendant of your choice
4. Kristin M.  - 2013 Wall calendar

Thanks everyone for entering!
(I've send you all emails or messages, but if you didn't get it, contact me on here!)

Birthday Giveaway! YEA!

Yay! Sunday is my 36th birthday! 

I thought I'd celebrate with a little blog giveaway. It's been way too long!

There will be 4 different winners. They will receive:

1. Choice of ANY zipper pouch from my etsy shop.

2. Choice of ANY 8x10 print from my etsy shop.

3. Your choice of scrabble pendant.

(I know I don't have these listed in my shop...but if you win, I'll give you choices!)

4. 2013 wall calendar

(Yea I know...it's almost February. Sorry about that. LOL)

Entering is EASY!
Just post a comment on this blog telling me what you are thankful for!!
Be sure to leave a way for me to contact you.

For an extra entry, just share this giveaway on Facebook, Twitter, or whatever social networking site you choose. Come back to the blog and leave an additional comment telling me you did!

I will post the winners on Monday - January 28th!

My Memories Suite Review and Giveaway!

Stephanie and Caleb

I was recently contacted to do a review and giveaway on My Memories Suite, which is a digital scrapbooking software. It also does things like cards, calendars and more! I decided to do this review with guest post with my dear friend Stephanie, who is an avid scrapper! She is a proud mom of twins, so she has a lot to scrapbook about! :]
Here's what she had to say:

I have been scrapbooking since I was 17. I LOVE scrapbooking. I know it isn't everyone's forte but there is just something about it that I really enjoy. In recent years I haven't really had the time to scrapbook and my craft room often becomes the "catch all" room instead of the inviting crafting room I always dreamed of. So when Marcia asked me if I would be interested in trying out My Memories Suite I was delighted. I was very pleased to see how easy it really was to use. They have two options on how to make a digital scrapbook, design your own or designer template. In the designer templete they have available to you a ready made template and all you need to do is click the pictures that you want and it fills it in for you. When I used this option just to try it, I had a complete scrapbook in less than 10 minutes. I also really like that you can also embed video and sound into your scrapbook for the option of making a slide show. It really is a nice program for these features. 

Some of the cons are that I wasn't thrilled with the graphics that they have. They seemed a little juvenile to me. But they do have a lot of graphics available to choose from all varying in prices. They even had a lot of free graphics to choose from that you can download. The other con I had was while they made it easy to burn your scrapbook onto a CD/DVD I had wanted to email the completed project to someone and I was unable to do so. This may partially be because I am not very computer literate but when everything else is so easy I wish this feature was just as easy to use. 

While there are some cons I believe that over all My Memories Suite is a nice program and had some features that I really appreciate.

Here's where the giveaway part comes in! 

Win your own copy of My Memories Suite, a $40 value. 

Here's how:

Visit www.mymemories.com, and leave a comment on this blog

telling me your favorite digital paper pack or layout.

Be sure to leave your email address so I can get ahold of the winner!

More entries? Of course!

Do each of the following and leave a separate comment for each,

stating you did so. Don't forget to leave a way for me to contact you!

Follow the My Memories Blog

Like My Memories on Facebook

Follow on Twitter

That's it! Winner will be announced Monday October 1st.http://twitter.com/#!/MyMemoriesSuite

Winner

Congrats Melissa!!! You  were the 10th person to comment, winning "Like Dandelions!"

Ok, just so you all know... Allison got it right.
"Like Dandelions" was taken from the Five Iron Frenzy song called "Dandelions."
I was so impressed she got it...Allison is getting a prize too! :D

Some of the words are:

Lord, search my heart,
create in me something clean.
Dandelions
you see flowers in these weeds.

Just like Dandelions, a lot of people don't like Crows...

Even though they are considered "weeds" in the bird world, I find beauty in them. 

So there you have it! 

post-holiday recovery giveaway!

Hi everyone! So, I said a while back that I was cooking up a May Giveaway, but failed miserably at actually doing it.  Please forgive me! So here it is...a post-holiday recovery giveaway! 

An original painting! 

"Like Dandelions"

8x10" oval stretched canvas

How to enter:

1. Just leave a comment about...WHATEVER the heck you want!

(or you can guess why I named the painting "Like Dandelions" if at a loss of what to say)

2. For a second entry, post about the giveaway on your facebook, twitter or blog linking to this post.

Leave a separate comment stating that you did so!

Make sure you post these as separate comments for separate entries!

I'll use random.org to select a winner on Friday, June 4th at 4:00pm EST.

And the winner is...

And the winner is, penguinelk #19!

This is SO funny because I just won one of her blog giveaways a couple weeks ago! She has an amazing blog called Penny Pinching Penguin that is loaded with links to coupons, free samples and money saving tips! Awesome! Congratulations Audra! 

Glorious Autumn Giveaway!

Welcome to my very first blog giveaway! I thought this would be a nice way to celebrate my favorite season of the year! Yay autumn!!

Here's your change to win a one of a kind print, postcard pack, and pocket mirror. The above 8"x10" art print entitled "Glorious Autumn" is not available in my Etsy Shop, and is one of a kind! You'll also receive six postcards and a pocket mirror featuring a snippit of my painting "Defiant Beauty."

How to enter:
Simply leave a comment at the end of this post revealing your favorite item from my Etsy Shop. Please let me know why it is your favorite as well! It would be no fun if you didn't!

For a second entry - blog, twitter or facebook about this giveaway with a link back to my blog. Then return back with your second comment and tell me about it. 

Please post these comments separately, or they will only count as one entry. Also, make sure you enter your email address so I know how to get in touch with you. 

On Friday, October 23rd around noon I will use random.org to generate the winning number!

Thanks and have a glorious autumn!