2010
02.12

Giveaway! and Valentines

Quick reminder, the giveaway closes Thursday

(tomorrow)

Feb. 18th at midnight (MST).  Thanks to all who are

entering!  Good luck!

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First things first.  I was fairly on top of things this year, so the girls got to give out somewhat unique valentines.  I got the idea from this site, although I’ve seen them on several sites now.

Quick, easy and not that expensive.

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Now, for this next picture, I went to the vinyl store (and for some reason none of you wanted to come with me) and found a special kind of vinyl.  Don’t try this with just any kind of vinyl or you’ll totally ruin your iron.

Basically, you do up a design (mirrored image), have the machine cut it, weed it and then iron it onto the shirt or pants or bag or… the options go on and on!  I have so many ideas I want to try on shirts and so many other things!!!  And since the vinyl was in their scrap pile, it cost me only a few cents and I got 3 shirts out of it!

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I’m really loving this vinyl stuff!!!!

Now on to the part you’ll care about.

INTRODUCING THE FIRST EVER GIVEAWAY ON THIS BLOG!!!

So I decided I would just keep the blocks I made, especially since it’s too late now to get them to you by Valentine’s day.  So, I’m going to take the advice from my friend Xazmin and just give away a “wall saying” in vinyl.

Restrictions:

1-Sorry, but I’m still new at all this so I’ll have to limit the saying to 3 feet in length.  I know that’s not very long, but I don’t want to screw up a really long thing.

2-Also, to keep it fairly simple for me, your color choices will be black, chocolate brown, white or a light beige color.  I figure those colors will match just about any decor.

Other then that, you can pick whatever saying you want.  If you prefer vinyl to put on a tile instead, just let me know what size the tile is and I can do that for ya instead.

So, how do you win!?!

*I’ve decided you can enter 1 time each day, by leaving a comment (on this post only) till the giveaway is closed.  Or, if you’re one of those people who read my blog but never comment, you can email me your entry once each day.  (please don’t do both, just enter one way or the other way)

That’s it!  Nothing fancy, nothing you need to blog about, just enter!

The giveaway will close next Thursday (Feb 18th) at midnight (MST) and the winner will be posted Friday (Feb 19th).

If I only receive entries through this post, then I’ll use the random generator thingie.  If I get entries through both this post and email, then I’ll count up each time people entered, put their name on that many slips of paper and toss them all in a hat and let one of my cute daughters pick the winner.  Does that make sense?  I hope so.

Oh, and Jana, I will ship it to you, overseas, if you win!

Good luck everyone!

  1. I want to win:)! Bummer, I’ll be gone tomorrow so I won’t be able to enter tomorrow. But I’ll be doing it again Sunday!

  2. Ok. I’m in for this fun giveaway! Thanks for doing it. One day down… I’ll be on tomorrow!
    Thanks!
    Janet

  3. Wiinner, winner chicken dinner….Love the girls valentines,very creative..

  4. I love seeing your girls and your craftiness. I am Jennifer Johansen’s other mother (AKA: M-I-L) and I BLURK (blog lurk) on all her friend and family links. Since I am in Greece and far away from USA and all mu loved ones, I really enjoy seeing how the rest of you live! I would love to win for something to puton the wall of my newest granddaughter’s room. Mila (her name) will be arriving in early March. Not sure what I would have it say, but I will think of something like, Thank Heaven for Little Girls, or Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice, or something equally cheesey and unoriginal, just like me! Have fun with this!

  5. I forgot to mention that I don’t type well and I forgot to check my spelling. Can this count as Post #2? hahahaha

  6. Pick me! Pick me!!

  7. Sweet!! I will enter!! You guys are so creative!!!

  8. Happy Valentine’s Day! I wish I had one of your “romantic blocks” to help me decorate for my Valentine’s Party the other night – that would have been cool. Maybe next year??

  9. I missed yesterday. Dang it!!! Oh well. I’ll keep entering. I just looked at all your past pics. They are soooooooooo cute. It was fun to see the Christmas card pics I have never seen before . They are so cute. The Valentines this year were adorable. So clever. Have a great Vday!

  10. No…pick ME! Please! I love the idea for the valentines. I have seen that idea on several blogs and wished I had kids that were in a class to give them away! Maybe next year…

  11. yay! count me in!!! And I LOVE the valentines! I’ve never seen these before…so you’re the first to introduce me to them!

  12. It is already tomorrow in Greece. Happy President’s Day! And Happy Clean Monday, which is the holiday they celebrate here the Monday before Lent – they eat no meat and they take the kids to a hillside to fly kites. Have you ever made a kite vinyl? Patti J.

  13. It’s Monday. I’m in!!! Back to work. Have a great day!

  14. Fun! I’ve never entered a blog drawing! We’re in Germany right now on “holiday” for “half-term” school break for a week. Internet access where we are staying is $12.00/day, so this will be my only entry :0(.

  15. Count me in!!! So sad I missed the first few days, but (tie a string around my finger) I’ll remember for the remaining days!

  16. Darn, I missed the last two days. Oh well. Here’s another!

  17. I’m here for my second entry!!

  18. Rachelle, you ‘probably obably’ already figured it out, but Greg logged my in as Jan instead of Janina. Oh, well. Have a great day! Second entry done! Phew!

  19. I made it! Tuesday is almost over!

  20. Yeah, I’m on a roll! Another day…another entry.

  21. Me too! Boy does time fly!

  22. Here I am again…pick me! Pick me!