October 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009, by Leigh Anne & Sherra
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Woo-hoo! We have TWO winners.
#28 – Jessica Harwood has won the beautiful Breast Cancer Awareness Tote
and #29 – Joyce has won the Bead Pen
We hope you Enjoy your prizes ladies!
We want to thank everyone for entering and especially for all of the wonderful comments. We love reading them!
All winners should have received a personal email from us requesting their address and contact information so they can get their prize. If we don’t hear back from winners within 5 days, we will use random.org to choose another winner
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009, by Leigh Anne & Sherra
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Monday, October 26, 2009, by Leigh Anne & Sherra
Question of the Week
What Halloween costume did enjoy wearing the most?
Leigh Anne says…
This is my favorite costume because I never dress up as an adult but I did this year for a church party and my own kids didn’t even recognize me!
Sherra says…
Being half of a six-pack so many years ago. Super fun picture for my kids to see. Luckily I can still firmly proclaim that I didn’t drink then and I still don’t. {tiny lol}
Click here the whole story and sweet, wholesome KID costume ideas!. 
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Sunday, October 25, 2009, by Leigh Anne & Sherra
Woo-hoo! We have TWO winners.
#33 Ellen has won the beautiful Breast Cancer Awareness Necklace
and #13 Kathryn has won the Coffee Mug.
We hope you Enjoy your prizes ladies!
We want to thank everyone for entering and especially for all of the wonderful comments. We love reading them!
All winners should have received a personal email from us requesting their address and contact information so they can get their prize. If we don’t hear back from winners within 5 days, we will use random.org to choose another winner
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Sunday, October 25, 2009, by Leigh Anne & Sherra
All you have to do to enter our giveaway is leave a comment at the bottom of this post by midnight PST, Friday, October 30th (Scroll all the way down to the end and you’ll see a comment box.) You just have to have a valid email address, you do not have to have a blog to leave a comment.
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Two More Givewaways Means Two More Winners!
We’re delighted to feature Quinnley Designs, an Etsy shop that creates handcrafted totes.
Fight Like A Girl Brag Bag Tote
I create personalized bags that can be use for anything such as brag bags, Jewelry Totes, distributor totes and Photo totes. I also have a passion for handmade jewelry and the idea of “Up-cycling” so you may see items that I have around the house that I personalize and list in an effort to upcycle and keep perfectly good items out of landfills!. $24.00 retail value
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We’re also delighted to feature Black Brook Shop, an Etsy shop that creates beautiful glass, polymer clay, gemstone and lampwork jewelry creations along with decoupage and hand painted boxes.
Pink Ribbon Bead Pen
A beautiful white disc lampwork bead with the pink ribbon sits in the center of this pen. A perfect gift for someone special.
The pen is pink. It writes in blue ink.
A black velvet storage pouch is included.
Please note that because of the lampwork beads it is heavier than most pens actually purchased in stores.
Ink refills are available. $24.00 retail value
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We invite you to subscribe by email today so you won’t miss any of our upcoming giveaways. Please help us spread the word and tell all your friends about this great opportunity to win something free and support our giveaway sponsors.
Just leave a comment below by midnight PST on Friday, October 30th and we’ll have a random drawing to choose the winner and announce the random winner on Saturday, October 31st.
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Giveaway Guidelines
- Anyone in the U.S. with an email and a name is eligible.
- Sherra says you can use a code name if you want to.
- One entry per person, please.
- Emails are never published nor is your identity revealed if you choose to use a code name.
Tell your mother, tell your sister, tell your girlfriends so they can enter too!
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009, by Leigh Anne & Sherra
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Sunday, October 18, 2009, by Leigh Anne & Sherra
All you have to do to enter our giveaway is leave a comment at the bottom of this post by midnight PST, Friday, October 23rd (Scroll all the way down to the end and you’ll see a comment box.) You just have to have a valid email address, you do not have to have a blog to leave a comment.
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Two Giveaway Items = Two Winners!
We’re delighted to feature Bead*Dazzle, an Etsy shop that creates quality boutique jewelry and specialty rosaries.
Breast Cancer Awareness Sterling Silver Charm Affirmation Necklace
This simple yet elegant necklace is created with a sterling silver affirmation pendant featuring the word “Hope”. The pendant is accentuated with a sterling silver awareness ribbon charm and a pink Swarovski crystal dangle, the awareness color for breast cancer. All hang from a 16 inch sterling silver snake chain.
This design can be customized for the cancer awareness cause of the winner’s choice.
I only use the best materials in constructing all of my jewelry items. All silver components are quality sterling (925), never silver plated.
The necklace will come to you in a pretty white organza drawstring gift bag.
It’s perfect for gift giving! $35.00 retail value
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We’re delighted to feature Eclectic Clayworks, an Etsy shop that creates whimsical, functional hand painted ceramics.
Pink Ribbon Coffee Mug
I have taken a one of my patterns and added a pink ribbon as a flower to honor those who are or have fought the battle of breast cancer.
This mug has a nice design feature. The handle has a place to rest your thumb comfortably on the handle.
Food safe and dishwasher safe. $22.00 retail value
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We invite you to subscribe by email today so you won’t miss any of our upcoming giveaways. Please help us spread the word and tell all your friends about this great opportunity to win something free and support our giveaway sponsors.
Just leave a comment below by midnight PST on Friday, October 23rd and we’ll have a random drawing to choose the winner and announce the random winner on Saturday, October 24th.
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Giveaway Guidelines
- Anyone in the U.S. with an email and a name is eligible.
- Sherra says you can use a code name if you want to.
- One entry per person, please.
- Emails are never published nor is your identity revealed if you choose to use a code name.
Tell your mother, tell your sister, tell your girlfriends so they can enter too!
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Saturday, October 17, 2009, by Leigh Anne & Sherra
Woo-hoo! We have a winner of the Fun Fall Wand…
Congratulations to:
#43 Shirley
We hope you Enjoy your prize Shirley!
We want to thank everyone for entering and especially for all of the wonderful comments. We love reading them!
All winners should have received a personal email from us requesting their address and contact information so they can get their prize. If we don’t hear back from winners within 5 days, we will use random.org to choose another winner
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009, by Leigh Anne & Sherra
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009, by Leigh Anne & Sherra
Hey there! My name is Amy Huntley and I can normally be found at The Idea Room. I am a married, stay at home mother of five kids. I love to create. I especially love to do and create things that help my family and I ENJOY our time together.
Favorite color:
Green
Favorite food you associate with Fall:
Soup and Warm Bread
Pet Peeve?
Hearing food being chewed!
What is something that no one knows about you? (that you want to tell the whole internet world):
I have to sleep with my feet out of the covers. I kick out the covers if they are tucked in (hotel beds are the worst) and put my feet out, but they can NOT hang over the edge of the bed because of the monsters under it.
One word that describes you: Busy!
What’s your motto or mantra:
Just Do It!
What are the top three things that are most important to you — the things you love to do and you are passionate about?
Family, Creating and Food.
I am excited to be a guest blogger here on iLashGirls. What a great opportunity! At our house Fall is our favorite season of the year for many reasons. We love Halloween for the enjoyable things we get to do together as a family. We have a Halloween feast sometime the week before Halloween depending on what will fit into our schedule. We prepare and eat all sorts of gross, but yummy foods. Our main meal consists of Mummy Pizza’s and/or Mummy Dogs. Or serve your favorite soup out of some pumpkin shaped bread bowls. We also serve Edible Eyeballs, Jell-O Blood Worms, and Monster Toes which are bread sticks with a cashew for the toenail. Sometimes my kids like to dip their Monster Toes into some of our famous Ghost Snot (ranch dressing). Sometimes we serve Dried Scabs (dried cranberries) with a side of Brain Jell-O which we make in plastic brain mold. Then for dessert we have been known to gobble up some Witch Fingers…Yum! The possibilities are endless. Get Creative! This is the one time of the year my kids ENJOY gross and silly things during dinner.
Some other things you can do to ENJOY Halloween more is to add dry ice to your Jack-O-Lanterns. You can do this by placing a tall container (like a frozen orange juice can which has been emptied) of water in your carved pumpkin. Then add a small piece of dry ice to the water. The smoke will fall to the lowest point and empty out of the holes of the pumpkin. So a taller container will allow the vapors to seep out of the higher openings. This will make a spooky addition to your Halloween dinner party or front porch.
Another trick we enjoy is making a talking Jack-O-Lantern. Take a baby monitor and hide it in one of your carved Jack-O-Lanterns (that is minus the candle) or hide it in your bushes near your front door. When the trick-or-treaters come, talk into the receiving end so that those outside the door can hear you but won’t be able to see you! Be careful with this as you may send some poor little kids running for dear life. We like to look out the peep hole to see if they are young kids. We usually do not try to scare the young kids, but the older kids with pillowcases full of candy are fair game!
There are a lot of other enjoyable Halloween food ideas and games out there. I also have some fun decorating ideas on my site. But whatever you do, take some time to ENJOY the Halloween season with your family and friends. Kids grow up too fast and soon they will want to spend the holiday with their friends. ENJOY it while you can!
Amy Huntley
The Idea Room
www.theidearoom.blogspot.com
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