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I am so ready for spring! Who else is with me? My picks today make me feel a little sunnier & a little less snowy. And that makes me happy.

I picked the 2 lucky winner's from my Grand Opening Giveaway! Be sure to go visit my new shop & if you are not already a newsletter subscriber, be sure to sign up + get an exclusive discount to use! 

$50 Shop Credit goes to: Gina Gregoire Helton
$30 Shop Credit goes to: Kaitlin Boles

Congrats ladies! Email me to claim your prizes!

Winners from the Handmade Holiday Gift Guide Giveaway

Thank you so much to everyone who entered the giveaway for a FREE spot in the Handmade Holiday Gift Guide + those who helped spread the word! 

I decided to pick 2 winners for the gift guide! YAY! One handmade shop will win a one month spot & one handmade shop will win a 3 month spot!

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Didn't Win, but still interested in being in the gift guide?

jessicaNdesigns -Hand Stamped Vintage Silverware & Unique & Meaningful Jewelry

Gifts range from $9.00 - $80.00

Jessica's Favorites: I do me too forks // You + Me Ring //Coffee Spoons

♥ Get your Shop On: jessicaNdesigns

HERE ARE THE DETAILS: 
♥ The Handmade Holiday Gift Guide costs $85 for 3 months (Awesome deal!) OR $40 for 1 month.
♥ The Gift Guide will run for 90 days or 30 days depending on your ad preference.
♥ Your shop Logo/Ad Button (250x175) will be included
♥ A short description of your shop & what we can expect to find there
♥ A link to 3 of your favorite items from your shop
♥ Link to your shop where people can get their shop on!
♥ All of this is featured on a dedicated GIFT GUIDE page within my blog.

TO ENSURE MAXIMUM EXPOSURE FOR YOUR SHOP I will: ♥ be tweeting, blogging & facebooking about the Gift Guide throughout the run. ♥ also be Pinning items from your shop on my Pinterest "Handmade Love" Board! :) ♥ link to the Gift Guide & your individual shop to my 2700+ fans on Facebook ♥ also be including an item from your shop in a MONDAY MASH UP post during the run of the guide.
♥ keep a button on my sidebar linking to the gift guide the entire run!

♥ I am accepting a limited number of shops & spots are on a first come, first served basis. If you are interested in being featured in the Handmade Holiday Gift Guide, fill out this form. Entry deadline is Oct. 13th.


♥ GOOD NEWS for those who were in last year's Handmade Holiday OR Spring Fling Gift Guide...if you wish to be included in this year's Gift Guide, you will receive 10% off! (email me for the coupon code!)

♥ You need to FILL OUT THIS FORM & purchase your spot below. 
(Entries are subject to approval)

♥ Spots are limited and are first come first served! 

Facebook Fan 'Design Your Own Spoon' Contest Winners

I recently held a Facebook fan contest where my fans could 'design their own spoon' in hopes of winning that spoon & having their design featured in my shop! 

The response was amazing and there were so many great ideas, I could not pick just one spoon! So I chose 5!  

All five of these spoons are now available in my shop & each winner will be receiving their spoon in the mail! YAY! We need to do that more often!

Want one of your own? All the spoons are now in the shop:

♥ Pour some sugar on me.
♥ What's the scoop?
♥ May the brew be with you.
♥ I'd spoon you.
♥ May your cup runneth over.

BUT WAIT...That's not all...

The winner of the Rustic Living Giveaway is:

Beth @ dot...in the city said...

I love the our new home pillow!

Congrats to all the winners!! You all need to email me your shipping addresses so I can send out your goodies!

August Wrap Up & New Love Club Winner

I know everyone says it, but I can not believe August came & went already!  I got back to semi-regular blogging last month after a great summer break & here are a few the highlights from last month:

♥ I was featured in American Baby & Bella NYC Magazines! 

♥ I actually got out of sweats & linked up an outfit post!

♥ I shared my cute Washi Tape Coaster DIY!

♥ I launched NEW options for the Silk Wrap Bracelets! 

The previous winner did not claim their prize, so I chose a new lucky winner for the Love Club Giveaway! 

Rachel D, it's your lucky day! Email me to claim your prize!

This weekend I will be working on a large wholesale order, going to the flea market & relaxing with the family.  

What are you up to this weekend, friends?

A Few Things & 2 Winners!

A few of my favorite things print via Etsy

I was too lazy to create a Monday Mash Up today (I blame it on the power outages we have had all weekend) so I decided to share a few random things with you today:

Some random things from this weekend:

♥ I bought this lip balm in mojito & mmm... mango & I love it. LOVE IT. 

♥ I took the entire weekend to do things I enjoy like reading & working outside. It was glorious.

♥ Holding our friends new baby made me sad we'll probably never bring home a baby again.

♥ Realized the stress of working so hard was getting in the way of me enjoying life w/ my littles. 

♥ I sat down and made a DIY project for the first time in a long while. I can't wait to share!

♥ I bought this & I can't say enough about it...it's amazing! And it smells like coconuts. :)

♥ I used fresh basil, rosemary & chives from my little herb garden and made the best burgers! 

What did you do this weekend?

Thanks for all the love & entries in my latest giveaway! As promised, since we had over 100 entries, I chose 2 winners (via random.org)

These two lovely ladies are the lucky winners of the Create Your Own Wrap Bracelet Giveaway!  Email me to claim your prize ladies! 

Happy Sunday...We have 2 Winners!

The Winner of the $20 Shop Credit to Acute Designs is:

Beth @ dot...in the city said...

I'm a fan on FB via dot...in the city

The Winner of te $30 Shop Credit to Bip And Bop is:

Susan D said...

I have added your giveaway to my blog giveaway page...

Congrats ladies!! And Thank you Gina & Nicole for sponsoring these great giveaways! Ladies, email me to claim your prizes! 

Also, be sure to go enter to WIN a FREE SPOT in my upcoming Spring Fling Gift Guide! And see how you can have your handmade shop featured!

Happy Sunday Lovelies!

Friday Freebie & a Winner!

I love Shabby Blogs, back in the day when I first started blogging I used their amazing freebies to design and decorate my blog!

They still have the cutest freebies! Like this adorable Gnome in a Jar!  

I used the cute gnome in a jar to announce the winner of the Sunshine Stitch Giveaway! {Congrats Katy!}

Email me & I will get you in touch with Alysha!

HAPPY FRIDAY! I'm looking forward to getting together with friends for fondue & the Super Bowl! You have any fun plans?

Much Ado About You WINNER.

So sorry I forgot to announce the winner of the Much Ado About You Giveaway! But the lucky winner is:

CONGRATS! I sent you an email! 
Happy Sunday everyone! 

Doing Something New & Finding You (plus winners announced)

NEW: Copper faith necklace

I am pretty sure I have finally found my niche & myself in my designs...

It's funny how much my designs have changed, how much I have changed from when I first opened up my shop. It is kind of scary looking back at some of the first things I sold. 

But, we all have to start somewhere, right? It's sort of like growing up. You explore, you change, you try new things & you find yourself. 

Blessed Mommy Necklace

There are so many people out there who do hand stamped jewelry. I was sort of feeling down & lost in the crowd.  I didn't really love what I was making. So I pulled most of my jewelry from my shop and decided to start over. I started sketching some new ideas and working with new materials and I am SO happy with the results! 

Blessed Necklace

It all started with my loved ring & has grown from there! I fell in love with the combination of copper & silver and have not looked back. 

Be Still & Know Necklace

I began playing with some new techniques and went out of my comfort zone working with new metals & tools.  I am still working on things, dreaming up new, exciting, original designs to continue adding to the shop! 

I feel so blessed to have the ability to do what I love & to be able to create meaningful pieces for YOU! 

My business is taking off better than I ever dreamed & I thank God for that! It is so nice doing something you really love! 

I have also added a line of key chains and other accessories! I really love these! There is even one for you dog lovers! And they make GREAT gifts!! 

I am so very excited about all my new products...they are really an extension of me and my style! 

And in other news: Sorry it has taken me so long to announce the winners, but as I said yesterday, I am a busy little elf!

The winner of the $30 Shop Credit to Little Blue Feather is:

The winner of my Veteran's Day Giveaway is:

The winner of the When Shutter's Click Giveaway is:

The winner of The Lovely Poppy Giveaway is:

WINNERS: Email me to claim your prize!   

Voting Update & a Winner!

I announced the other day that I MADE IT TO ROUND 2 of voting for The Blog Guidebook's 2011 Top Blog!  But they had some problems with the voting so they had to START OVER :(  

So I ask that if you enjoy my blog and would like to... will you vote for me? You can do so here. Only the top 5 blogs with the most votes will go on to the finals!

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!

Also, the winner of the Created by Emma Giveaway is:

Congrats Jamie!! Email me & I will forward your info on to Emma!

Friday Freebie : New Products : A Winner!

I love this printable from The Letter 4, it is so true! Plus, vintage typewriters are so cool right?! This is on my growing print and frame list.

I also added some new items to the shop! 

Serving Spoon : Vintage Spreaders : Be Still Bracelet : Give Thanks Fork

I love the new serving spoon and Fork I added  for Thanksgiving!  Perfect reminder to Give Thanks for all we are blessed with! Plus, it is a perfect hostess gift for your Thanksgiving parties this year! I plan on using one every year and making a new tradition! I had a customer purchase 4, 2 of which she is going to put in her twin grand daughter's hope chests....such a lovely idea!

The Vintage Spreaders are so exciting! I am a DIP person! You know, I am the person who dips everything...pizza in ranch, fries in honey mustard, crackers in hummus, chips in cheese dips...so I am so excited about taking these spreaders to parties this Holiday Season! I always bring a dip, now I will bring the spreaders too!

I created the Be Still Bracelet as a reminder.  Be Still and know what I am God. - Psalm 46:10

THE WINNER of the October sponsor giveaway is Steph Nelsen!! Congrats Steph! Email me within 48 hours to claim your prize {I don't like picking new winners...}

Happy Friday!

Strut Your Stuff Saturday . Your Favorite Blog Posts!

It's Saturday & you know what that means... it's time to Strut Your Stuff!  

Last week we shared our favorite Fall Accessories! 

My favorite is BOOTS! 

Here are some of yours:

Jen in Wonderland is crushin' on some super cute cardigans! 

I love this mustard & white stripped sweater!



April of a little of this and that LOVES leggings! {so do I} look at this cute montage of outfits with leggings:

Munchies Mama professed her love for the Old Navy Clearance section & showed us her fall outfit she purchased for $51!

Nat's Knapsack shared a love of cowls for fall!

HERE IS WHAT WE WILL DO THIS WEEK:

Link up your favorite Blog Post from the week!

ANY blog post you choose! 

THIS was my favorite post of the week!

Here's How the Party Works:

• Follow my Blog! It's more fun that way! ;)
• Link to your blog post and not your blog homepage.
• Make the TITLE of your link your BLOG NAME!!!! 
• Make sure there's a text LINK or my "Strut Your Stuff" button in your post so others know to come join the party! 
• Add the "Strut Your Stuff" party button to your sidebar or links page so others can join the party!
• Visit some other blogs & comment on their post. Everyone LOVES comments! Let's encourage one another & find some new friends & great blogs!

This weekly Link Party is meant as a way for us to have FUN, exchange inspiration, encouragement & new ideas. Everyone is invited to join in the fun! 

READY? OKAY! Grab a Button & STRUT YOUR STUFF:

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