the winner of this week's giveaway is lorraine m.! she'll be receiving a taste of our A Kid Like Me™ Christmas collection. here's what lorraine loves about christmas:
So much fun being a kid and believing in the magic of Christmas! The anticipation and the presents! That looks like a wonderful collection!
congratulations and please email me your street address. thanks to everyone for leaving a comment and have a safe halloween weekend!
hello everyone. if you find yourself walking down the aisles of costco you'll notice that it's already christmas in october. halloween hasn't even passed yet and we've got holiday cheer up to our ears. but i'm not complaining because i love christmas.
today we have a mambi giveaway with selected products from our A Kid Like Me™ Christmas collection. no matter how old (or young!) you are christmas can be a magical time of the year. please leave a comment about why you think "it's fun to be a kid like me™ at christmas time" and one winner on friday will be announced to receive a taste of christmas in october. good luck!
congratulations Nitasha J. you are the lucky winner this week. please email me your street address. after you've received your winnings don't forget to tell me what your favorite sassy product is by sending me an email or commenting on this post.
the giveaway: the entire sassy collection
ok, so this has got to be the longest it's ever taken me to do a post. i wanted to post this giveaway last week. but, for one reason or another i couldn't get my act together. but, i did a couple of things that i can be proud of so it's not so bad afterall.
if you haven't seen our new collection in JoAnn's, then let me be the first to introduce you to sassy. it's bright and fun with a dash of dark gray and black. personally, i LOVE it. it's simply sassy. i know normally i would want to make a card but, for some reason it reminds me of paper lanterns. now, this is not my original idea but, it definitely has the renée spin on it.
my project:
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my tip:
for the insert of the lantern i used a transparency from our black and white specialty pad with transparency (PXT-08). i also used a battery operated votive and a piece of chipboard for the base.
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the giveaway: the entire sassy collection
the catch:
i will pick one winner on friday evening. tell me what have you procrastinated about in the last week and what did you do instead that thing you were really supposed to be doing. after you've recieved you winnings tell me what your favorite product is by sending me an email.
summer braxton is the lucky winner! thank you guys for all your kind words. your stories meant a lot to me. summer, please email me your street address. and, you have to take pictures to share with us when you get your box in the mail.
the planning is done, the day has come and gone and now i'm married. the journey here was very interesting. weddings tend to bring out the best in people and also the worst. it's really up to YOU to keep a cool head and remember why you are doing this and that it's about you and your partner.
a part of me misses all of the planning and the chaos. but, everything must come to an end so i say farewell (with a tear in my eye) to the planning and the cutting and the late nights. i worked very hard to give michael and i a very special day. and, i think he actually enjoyed a wedding. better yet, he enjoyed his own wedding.
so now, finally i can show you the favors you've been waiting for. and, some pix from the festivities. i don't have all of them as yet but, i will share once i get them. so, before we get to the pix here's the catch for the giveaway. i have one favor box left from my wedding; in order to win it, tell me your favorite memory or something funny about your own wedding or any other wedding that you've ever been to. and, yes... the favors were all hand made by yours truly and some awesome bridesmaids. our favor is a grouping of recipes from our parents (between the 2 of us we have 8). the flowers were handmade, you know about these already. and, we added a little sprinkle of spices (nutmeg, from jamaica and dried pimento berry).
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mambi bridal shower:
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moroccan themed bridal shower:
yes, i cut the ribbon (4 times)
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snap shots from the big day:
so the month has gone by so quickly and full of so many activities. it was really great to see so many people at our warehouse sale. i think we might do another one next year.
i have had so many mishaps in my busy schedule. things like, no sleep at all, michael's alarm clock going off at 4am when i just went to bed at 3am, messing up on stage and my favorite, being trapped in my sweatshirt. that one was so hilarious. the zipper was broken and i had to be cut out of it. and, it was my favorite sweatshirt.
today's giveaway is some items from our new collection, destination: paradise. it's an homage to that day when i can go somewhere and relax. i would live to go to hawaii, fiji. tahiti or jamiaca. in order to win tell me what destination you would like to visit to get away from your "may-hem". on saturday i will pick a winner.
i can't believe how crazy my life has been and is getting. i think i'll just blame it all on the wedding planning or should it be dancing. the month of may is going to be even worse. i have some many rehearsal and performances this month; i think i might need to stop working for at least 2 months. LOL! and BTW mom's coming to town. so i need at least 2 weeks to clean! she will inspect, i just know she will. anyway, enough about me.
in honour of our 10 year anniversary we have brought the kids back! and they are having more fun than you can imagine. we've created a collection that celebrates all of our kids and here is your chance to win the collection. from fun activity pads to embellished chipboard and specialty paper. this collection will make you fall in love with the kids all over again. here's the catch. tell me what crazy plans you have for the month of may and on friday i will pick a random winner.
happy monday! i had so much fun doing my quick mini book and now i want to share. starting with friday, this weekend it seemed as though i couldn't get it together to do any of the 100 things that i had to get done. and, even though i was not scheduled to make the quick mini book i did ignore my list for a little bit and spent some time to do it. so, you tell me. what did you do this weekend that was not on your list that you enjoyed doing? and, on friday check back to see if you won these very cool chipboard mini books and i am throwing in a pack of journaling tags too (supercool!)
response to your comments:
summer, thank you for your question. we have 10 different styles of the mini books and 4 journaling tags. they should be in your michael's by now!
happy friday... the puffy stickers winners are:
Summer Braxton
Michelle A.
kimmie
cheryl yelverton
Lorraine
Victoria S.
Robin M.
Krista
Berenice
please email me your address and your recipes so i can post them here on my blog next week. congrats!
