Back to School

I am giving away one of these over on my facebook page here.


I can not believe that the kids are going back to school soon.

Giveaway

I am having a giveaway over on my facebook fan page.  :)

Glittery Mickey Necklace

I had some fun the other day making some new pendants.  What do you think?

You can enter to win one of of these necklaces over on my facebook fan page here.

Valentine Necklace Giveaway

I am giving away one of these Valentine necklaces over on my facebook fan page here.

Cutie Gingerbread Girl Giveaway

I am giving away this little cutie over on my facebook page.

$25 Pick Your Plum Giveaway

I am super excited to be hosting this giveaway.

I am a HUGE fan of  Pick Your Plum myself.

I am actually one of their faithful daily visitors.

I love to snag deals before my neighbor (and have even told my neighbor about some really good deals they might want themselves).

Lily's Merida skirt, pictured here, has pom pom fringe that was one of their daily deals.   

About Pick Your Plum:

Have you ever glued your fingers together trying to put a project together? Stayed up all night just to finish that last project before your kids wake up? Gussied up your home just so the neighbors could gawk over your detail? Borrowed an idea from the store knowing you can make one too?

We have. We know. Join us.
Get it before your neighbor does:

• We have limited supplies on some of the most swank supplies. We have agents out in the field who find killer deals on high quality products.
• We post one time a day Monday-Friday at 7 am (MST).
• We delicately slap prime-o pricing on crafting, clothing, baking supplies, home decor and other fabulous finds.  Stellar pricing.  Cool.
• We sell it 'til it's gone or 'til time is up.
• You leave feeling like you just won Martha in a crafting contest.
• The supplies arrive in 7-8 shipping days and you've just picked your 'plum'! Doesn't it feel good?

Sign up for Instant Alerts so you always know 'The Deal'.  Don't blame us if you overdose. We only sell products we would use ourselves. We enjoy quality.

Here are some more goodies they have had lately...

You can follow Pick Your Plum here:

website | facebook | twitter

Now for the giveaway.

One lucky reader will win a $25 Plum Box full of swank crafting, fashion, baking, and home decor swag!

(products may vary and open to US residents only)

Rafflecopter will walk you through all the ways to enter.  Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Dog Tag Giveaway

I am giving a Dog Tag Necklace over on my facebook fan page here.

Close2MyArt

Close to My Art Giveaway

Magical Moments

It is not a surprise I like to enter contests/giveaways.  When I read about Funjet's Fairytale to Adventure contest on Facebook, I HAD to enter.  Now all the entries are in and the voting has begun.  The top 3 photos will win a vacation to Disney with a chance to stay in Cinderella's castle.  Can you imagine?!?!  That would be AMAZING!

Please click here and vote for my photo.  You can vote DAILY until October 12th.

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!  :)

Heads Up.

I just wanted to let you know my friend Deb is having a wonderful giveaway.  Remember when I wrote about her awesome creations and had a giveaway here?   She is giving away a $35gc.  To enter, click here.

I am currently in love with her peonies.  Stunning.

Aloha Friday #34

It is Aloha Friday! In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that people take it easy and look forward to the weekend.

Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response. If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your comment below and link in Kailani’s blog. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

This weeks question is:
Seeing today is Friday the 13th....
Are you superstitious? 

I am not.  I remember as a kid thinking that Friday the 13th was something significant.  Not sure why.  Probably because other kids made such a big deal about it. 

On a completely different note:
I am trying to reach 500 fans on facebook.  The top 3 people who refer the most friends will receive a $5, $10 or $15 gift certificate to my shop (including custom orders).  Make sure you tell them to post who sent them.  =)


And in case you are superstitious....here is a lucky elephant. ;)  Hope you have a fantastic Friday!

A little giveaway...CLOSED

To celebrate so many new followers (and the fact I have lost 9.3lbs!!) , I have decided to have a little giveaway. 

So what can you win you ask?  

A pair of rosebud earrings in any color you would like.  

(yep, I will make some special for you.)

To enter leave a comment telling me what color you would love to have.

If you are a follower/subscriber of my blog you get an extra entry.  (leave a 2nd comment letting me know)

(I will pick a winner sometime Monday, July 12th.  I will ship worldwide.)

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

2nd Annual Tuesday Blog Party

Welcome to the 2nd Annual Tuesday Blog Party!  

Last year shortly after I  joined a group named SITS, I read of Tuesday and her story.  Completely breaks my heart to hear of any family going through what the Whitts (along with too many others) have gone through.  This is my second year I am participating in the Tuesday Blog Party.



From now until May 8th, I am holding this give-away to help benefit Whatchagonnado.org, which is an organization that was founded by Charley & Jessica Whitt to honor their daughter Tuesday.  Although their site is not completely up and running yet, the idea they have is. (it will be up by mid-May)
Whatchagonnado.org is being set up to benefit families that are dealing directly with pediatric cancer. It will help to fund their medical costs, food & travel, and even funeral arrangements, if needed :(
And, of course, it will also help to provide funds for Pediatric Cancer Research.

Charley & Jess know all too well what it is to live with pediatric cancer....
Tuesday was their beautiful twin daughter who bravely fought and sadly lost her 8 month battle with stage 4 neuroblastoma in January of 2009. They learned firsthand what cancer does to a family and they want to turn their pain & their loss into something to help others. 

Up for auction is 
a purple pendant made by me.

*or* 

 2 of my children's bracelets (your choice).

Also for every children's bracelet I sell during the auction I will give 100% of the proceeds to the Tuesday Fiona Whitt Foundation.

All you have to do to enter to win this auction is simply click the button below and donate to the Tuesday Fiona Whitt Foundation.

For every $1 you donate, please leave a comment.
So if you donate $5.00 you get 5 entries = 5 comments.

There are lots of great auctions going on!
If you would like to make one donation, instead of many individual donations, please feel free to donate however is easiest for you.
If you end up donating $10, but only find 5 auctions you are interested in, you can use those additional dollars as additional entries :)
Thank you so much for supporting a great cause and remember to have fun!
Good luck!
Please note: This is on the honor system.

A little of this and that.

Ever have a list of things to do a mile long?  I do.  I keep knocking things off the list and keep adding more than I seem to cross off.  I guess that's the way life goes.

The past 3 days I have been moving day lilies.  I am exhausted.  We have way too many by the front porch.  Those things grow like weeds.  I had to do something with them because we are finally going to paint the porch.  I moved them down my neighbor's fence.  It's a green chain-link fence that runs along their driveway.  (UGLY)  I have the day lilies in 3 sections and I am going to be putting in 2 patches of Irish eyes (see photo here) in between them. 

I made a Strawberry Shortcake Ornament yesterday.  Lily declared that when I was finished it was to go in her woom (room).  It's a bit to dark outside to take photos, it's cold and rainy here today.  I made an old school one similar to these figurines from the 1980's.

 

Strawberry Shortcake with birdie

 

 Vintage Mini Strawberry Shortcake on a SKATEBOARD Doll Toy Figure Strawberry Shortcake Friend

Anywho...
I have a few winners to announce.  Everyone has been contacted.

The winner of The Tropical Blonde giveaway is

Merrie L. said... 33

I follow you & Kate on twitter and tweeted: http://twitter.com/mjl6mom2/status/10821027464 lockwoodmerrie@yahoo.com

The winner of the Kristybee Photo Giveaway is 

Treasia Stepp said... 8

I am a fan of your on FB.

The winner of my Ultimate Blog Party Giveaway is

Jo's Health Corner said... 61

You make beautiful things! My favorite thing is the unicorn ornaments. My daughter loves unicorn so I would give it to her if I won..I am also following you. Jo http://joshealthcorner.blogspot.com/2010/04/it-is-time-to-party-ultimate-blog-party.html

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaways.  I have some more lined up, just need to get my act together.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!

Ultimate Blog Party 2010

Welcome to the party.

 Grab a cupcake and relax.

For those of you who have never been here before, my name is Melanie.  I have been blogging for almost 2yrs now.  I have been married to my husband, Jeff, for 11years.  We live in Buffalo, NY.

I am a stay at home mother of 2 children...Ian, age 8, and Lily, age 3.

I love to take photos.

A couple years ago I opened an online etsy shop and started selling my polymer clay creations.  I made them for many years as presents for family & friends.

I also LOVE giveaways!

For stopping by I am going to giveaway a door prize.  A $20 GC to my shop plus free shipping.

To enter leave a comment telling me your favorite item in my shop or sold section.

If you are a follower/subscriber of my blog you get an extra entry.  (leave a 2nd comment letting me know)

(I will pick a winner sometime next Saturday, April 17th.  I will ship worldwide.)

Don't forget to hop on over to visit www.5minutesformom.com for more parties and to check out the amazing prize list!

My top 3 picks would be:
8 – Buds to Bloom Photo Tile Necklace
USC 11 – Win a $50 gift certificate good towards Priddy Creations Custom Designs. 
104 – Shoot Me Now is giving away one $50 Visa Vanilla Gift Card.
And if my top three picks are already chosen, I’d love any of the following (in order of preference):

USC 39 – A $50 paypal cash prize for one winner.
USC 35 - $50.00 CASH ~ Paypal Transfer. USC 57 – One winner will choose a pair of children’s shoes from Eleven Collection.

37 – $20 Visa Gift Card100 – One $25 Wachovia gift card to be used anywhere Visa is accepted.
USC 3 – A $50.00 Target Gift Card.
USC 15 – $50 Target gift card to one winner.
USC 37 – One winner will receive a $50 gift card to Amazon.com 
49 – $25 gift card to Starbucks

50 – Win a $50 Gift Certificate to Froggy Girl Designs.58 – A $50 online gift certificate redeemable at Costumes Inc.
61 – Win a $25 e-gift certificate to Toys-R-Us 
71 – A $50 Bear Bucks Card to Build A Bear Workshop.
74 – 73 – We will give away 2 (1 for each winner) – $30 Amazon gift cards to the winner so they can buy items of their choosing.
76 – One Sentimental Silver personalized “Silver Sweethearts” necklace. Necklace will be customized with two names or words to be selected by the winner.
87 – 2 winners will receive a $30.00 Amazon Gift Certificate.
88 – $25 E-Gift card to Amazon.com! 
107 – $25 Gift Card to Target 
USC 8 – $55 E-Gift Card for Amazon.com Gift code
USC 32 – A $20 gift card to Target!!!
USC 36 – $25 Amazon.com gift card.
24 – One framed 8 x 10″ photo entitled “dahlia.”
USC 40 – $20 Gift Certificate to Amazon.com. 
USC 44 – $20 Gift Certificate to Amazon.com.
52 – A $25 GC to Amazon.com.
55 – A $20 GC to Amazon.com. 
31 – A $20 Amazon gift certificate.

Have a wonderful day!

Spring Fling

Because I am going to be out of town most of this week, the giveaways will resume next week.  There is still time to enter this weeks giveaway, though.  I am still smitten with this daisy....

Anyway, I have this awesome giveaway to share with you....

The BlogFrog, the SITSgirls, Today’s Creative Blog, Skip to My Lou, and Tip Junkie are hosting a Spring Fling!

They are having a giveaway every hour on all 4 blogs on April 13th from 5:00 am to 8:00 pm (CST). 

Go on over to Tip Junkie, here, to enter for the grand prize now. 

Hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend!!