**** Give Away over****
The winner of this awesome silver, waxed initial seal is from commenter # 29!
Congratulations!! I've emailed you to get you in contact with my friend, Tahra.
Thank you all for entering....I'll be back with our Christmas in July, Part two soon!
Hi friends!
Is there anything better than winning free stuff?
Free AWESOME stuff??
I actually have a couple of give aways planned for this week.
We'll call it Christmas in July, Part one & two.
The first give away is this amazing silver, waxed initial seal.
My friend Tahra from Orlando is a lot of things and being a generous gift-giver is just one of them.
She's been making jewelry for a long while now, but recently, she added this beauty to her ETSY shop.
My twelve year old son took these,
and I think he did a pretty good job considering he was holding a snow cone in one hand!
They're blurry and he never did get me looking at the camera, but beggars can't be choosers, right?
I wanted to give you an idea of what this awesome necklace looks like on a real person.
I have a few very favorite pieces that I wear, and this is now one of them.
To enter to win you can leave a comment telling me your favorite summer memory so far.
Also, since this is kind of a Christmas in July give away,
Go visit her ETSY SHOP and add it to your favorites!!
It'll come in handy when you get ready to order Christmas gifts this year!
A winner will be randomly chosen on Wednesday afternoon, assuming I get my act together.
**Please leave me your email address if you aren't a blogger**
I want to be able to contact you when you win!
{thankful for}
462. talented friends who give things away.
463. Andy arriving safely in Nicaragua.
464. The Uncommon Family series at church.
465. chips and salsa.
A winner will be randomly chosen on Wednesday afternoon, assuming I get my act together.
**Please leave me your email address if you aren't a blogger**
I want to be able to contact you when you win!
{thankful for}
462. talented friends who give things away.
463. Andy arriving safely in Nicaragua.
464. The Uncommon Family series at church.
465. chips and salsa.
Well aren't you just so stinkin cute! We have to meet soon so I can hug your neck! ;)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memory is realizing that we don't have to travel anywhere to have a wonderful time together, and that as my daughter approaches high school, that summers like these with my whole family together are precious.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo, snow cone or no. Love the necklace. Favorite memory so far....beautiful weather on our June beach trip ..perfect cool evenings for walking on the beach. Haven't seen pleasant weather since then with all the heat. (love that orange shirt too!)
ReplyDeleteThe necklace is cute ... but not nearly as cute as you.
ReplyDeleteA favorite summer memory has been some early morning walks alone to the coffee shop. Good exercise/good coffee/ good solitude.
Hope your summer is going well.
it's very beautiful; just like our Montana early summer mornings with it's 70 degrees and I can have my coffee, my camera, and my flowers all in front of me!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite memory so far is a bike ride with my boys into our quaint little town that made us feel like we were on a little vacation!!
ReplyDeletei love that necklace, so adorable! I also love your blog! My favorite summer memory so far has been going to water world down in denver with my kids and their friends!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memory ... being small and splitting a can of bubblegum pop with my best friend and then sitting on the curb watching fireflies :)
ReplyDeleteSitting on my buddy, Robin's, deck sipping something delicious while our children giggle and play in the yard.....picking fresh fruits and veggies from our garden.....having family travel to see US instead of us traveling to see THEM....keeping my fingers crossed that I finally win one of these giveaways of yours!
ReplyDeleteIt's you! Seriously you put so few pics up I didn't really remember what YOU looked like!!! So adorable...oh and so is the necklace lol;)
ReplyDeleteYou are darling! My fave memory so far is my twin daughters high school/community college graduation in June. ♥
ReplyDeleteBeach.beach.beach.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memory is spending family time with my precious parents! I am so blessed to have them! The older I become, the more I realize this! Never take a moment for granted!
ReplyDeleteLove spending time with my granddaughters,,,love the honest heart of 5 year olds.
ReplyDeletefamly ...and sunshine.
ReplyDeleteI teach, so I have loved being home and just being able to lay around with my girls.
ReplyDeleteLove the necklace and I have to say...I LOVE your hair. Seriously I saved the photo for my next visit to the salon! My fave summer memory so far is whale watching in Victoria, BC. It was amazing. :) Thanks for the fun giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWe enjoyed Smoky Mountain sunsets and hiking to waterfalls!
ReplyDeleteMy 42nd bay with my family and friends this past weekend!! Poolside and live music!! Luv the giveaway!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking that very pendant would be perfect for me...with an "H" for our last name and for my hometown of Houston that we just left. This summer has been so eventful with the big move that it's hard to pick a favorite memory, but one I loved was when the 1967 John Deere was delivered. My husband was over the moon! xoxo!
ReplyDeletehaving my three grown sons all home at the same time.
ReplyDeleteCamping! We fixed up a vintage camper and head out with extended family often! Love the necklace :-)
ReplyDeleteYou are adorable! Love the necklace...super cute! Favorite summer memories...always sunny days at the beach with my wonderful hubby!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite memories are.... eating breakfast on our screened in back porch with the kids and taking an after supper bike ride with all the kids! Summer can't end! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteToday a great memory was created at a huge water park in our area! The kids had a blast:)) I love the necklace!
ReplyDeleteDarling you and darling necklace! My favorite summer memory was taking my family to Pine Cove family camp for a week... totally unplugged! We made some wonderful memories......
ReplyDeleteYou little doll!! I love the necklace. My favorite memory was a big family party celebrating Ollie's one year open heart surgery anniversary.
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway! Spending time with my family...even if it's just here at home on our little farm...these times are etched in my memory. I love spending time with my parents too. I want to enjoy all the time I can with them!
ReplyDeleteI did visit her shop, and such beautiful pieces! My favorite memory this summer, would be vacation at the beach with both my children and grandson there. These times are special now that they both live several hours away.
ReplyDeleteLast year was our first year of school (we homeschooled previously) so I am determined to enjoy every second of having my boys home with me. My best memory so far was waking up in the middle of the night while camping in Asheville, NC. I was in a tent with my hubby and two boys and it was STORMING out...hard. Everyone else was sleeping and oblivious and our tent was secure and dry. It was one of those moments where I was perfectly content and peaceful and all I could do was snuggle in and tell God thanks for all my blessings and go back to sleep.
ReplyDeleteTiffany
It's a toss up between the beach, and cruising Lake Huron at sunset on my dad's boat. I think boat wins.
ReplyDeleteBy far my favorite summer memory was my 20th anniversary trip to Italy with my man...I will never forget it! It was the trip of a lifetime :o) Love you friend :)
ReplyDeleteLast week we had our grands from Clarksville Ga. Lots of memories, for them and us! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteGreat jewelry over at Tahra's shop, I love all the hand stamped pieces. My favorite memory this summer is with my family & having my mom, sister & nieces all together for a week. I live too far away from them & covet our time together.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite memory has been watching my grandmother play with my children. I love seeing them make memories with her like I have. She is such an amazing lady, and although I don't get to see her too often, it is so special when I do. I love that my 12 year old will have lots of memories of playing cards, shopping and laughing with her great grandmother.
ReplyDeletefun givaway! My favorite memory this summer is when my in-laws came out for a visit and we all just played and played some more. Family is so great!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memory was being home at my parents ranch with my three older sisters and all our families together to celebrate my parent's 40th wedding anniversary. What a special and memorable time that was!!
ReplyDeleteI'm a new friend/follower, here from LLHDesigns blog. My favorite memory this summer is seeing my daughter on the runway in NYC. BTW, I love this blog! I'm off to grab a pot of coffee and browse around some more!
Deletexoxo,
Kim
My favorite memory so far is our vacation to Georgia....love her necklace and just pinned it on Pinterest the other day.
ReplyDeleteWatching the sunsets from our front porch!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memory is from last summer. My family, my sisters family and my parents went to Hawaii all paid for my my wonderful parents. It was a trip they had been saving up for for many years and gave it to all of us for Christmas. It was a vacation we will not forget. The day we came home we found out my beautiful grandmother had cancer.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the great giveaway!
My favorite summer memory so far is teaching my little girl (Claira Grace 4yrs) to dive...her smiling face popping up out of the water is something I will never forget. :)
ReplyDeleteReally cute pieces! What a fun give away!
ReplyDeleteFirst, I sooo enjoy your blog! You always make me smile ;)
ReplyDeleteSecond, the necklace is so cute!!! You have very talented & generous friends.
Finally, my fav summer memory for this year, is spending a long weekend with my grown son & his wife, with no agenda. We relaxed, ate, shopped, talked, and relaxed some more. Very carefree, and so special, since they are moving this week to the West Coast! YIKES!
Thanks for your wonderful blogs!
Sandy
My favorite Summer memory is going camping at the beach with my family :)
ReplyDeletefavorite memory so far this summer??? Would probably have to be our family's road trip to Tennessee to visit my in-laws - me, my husband & our two boys, 7 & 4.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memory this year and every year is being able to spend time with my kids who are 14 and 9!! Summers seem to fly by the older they get and summer is a time when all sports, activities and school go away and we can just hang out!! Our week long beach vacation sure was a bonus too:0)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite summer memory so far this year is just being at home with the boys watching old movies, like Indiana Jones and Star Wars and sharing lots of love and laughter.
ReplyDeleteFavorite summer memory hands down is building a tent fort in my bedroom for stormy night camping with the boys. Snuggling down with flashlights, movies and microwave smores. Which btw, was just a moonpie zapped in the microwave for 10 seconds or so.
ReplyDeleteSo far my FAVORITE summer memory is going to the early movies with our 12 year old daughter and then coming home and lounging in the pool. Its been great just hanging out and talking with her. Precious times :)
ReplyDeleteKimmie
Beautiful pictures! My favorite summer so far (i have 12 days...) has been being able to lounge with my girls. they are 6 and 4 and their favorite thing to do is swim in the pool (they learned this summer!!!) or be around me or their dad as much as possible. I am trying to soak in it as much as possible.
ReplyDeletehi there ~ i am a new reader and absolutely LOVE your blog {came over by way of paige}....my favorite summer memory is that this summer we finally made a summer "bucket list"....for example, eating ice cream for dinner made our list and was successfully accomplished :) thanks for a great giveaway! blessings to you and your family! ~ betsy {betsychildress@hotmail.com}
ReplyDeleteFav summer memory..snuggling with my new little one. Thx for giveaway! Angela@rogersgrain.com
ReplyDeleteFavorite memory from this summer was surprising our boys with a trip to DisneyWorld the day after school was out. Thanks for the giveaway! Tracy. (dobkoskis@gmail.com)
ReplyDeleteWe have no summer memories. Did nothing but baseball. Dixierachell@sbcglobal.net
ReplyDeleteOh shoot dangit I missed it. Thanks aLOT construction! LOL I swear I was in a bubble that included paint, paint brushes, and dust. That was all.
ReplyDeleteBUT I'M OUT NOW!!!! :)
And I'm SO happy you put pictures of your sweet little self on here!! I know you did that just for me friend. LOL You look darling in them too by the way- that corally-orange is my fave color and apparently it's totally YOUR color since you look fab.
Happy Wed night!
you look so cute! You gotta share where your bracelets are from :)
ReplyDeleteOk, my favorite summer memory . . .
ReplyDeleteAt the young age of 10 I was a very mischievous girl, the youngest in a family of six children. It was summer, and back in the day, you created your own fun. (I'm 62 years old, so it's that many years ago). I loved ringing door bells and running, and another thing I would do was to knock on a neighbors window and hide. I started doing that quite often to our next door neighbor until they finally had enough and came over to ask my father to please tell whoever was doing it to stop that it was scaring his children. Well my father called us in one at a time to ask if we did this. There was only two people left to ask, my sister and me, and I went to my father first. He asked me if I was the guilty one (those were not his exact words) and I lied and said "no." He then asked me to get my sister, Barbra, who was only 17 months older than me and a perfect angel! Because Barbra was the last sibling to ask, I knew if she told my father she didn't do it, then he would know someone lied and then I would be in twice as much trouble. So I went and got my sister and without her even knowing what my father was going to ask, I begged her to please say "yes" so I wouldn't get in trouble . . . , and so, she did. My sister took the punishment for me. I'll never forget it and I share this story with many people. Barbra wasn't trying to be naughty by lying, she just loved me enough to take the punishment. Sound familiar? Oh yes, that's exactly what the Lord has done for us all. I learned a lot this summer, yes indeed, it was a very memorable summer.
God bless!