Give Away at Caitlin's Blog

So Ms. Caitlin
Over at Cait's Love Story
is giving away baby stuff.


And I want it


and you do too.


Head on over and check it out.

Cait's Love Story

Give me some competition for the prize
Go ahead
I dare you.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

The winner of the Rag quilt is...

Jenae

who said

Glad I found your blog and learned about TwinkleBee and Apron Shop, I sure hope I win an adorable rag quilt! I was just admiring someone's last night, dreaming of it for my new little baby boy.

I am assuming Jenae,
that you want one for a boy,
but please let me know if I am wrong.
I will get with Holly Doll,
and let her know what you want.
(Who am I kidding,
spoken to her twice on the phone
just this morning,
and going to meet her at Target in an hour.)
So we're slightly inmeshed,
whatever
She'll whip one up for you.


Please email me your address at

andrea.price1@comcast.net

and if you have a blog,
let us know what it is
so we can check it out.

And come back to see Twinkle Bee and Handi Andi!

Gift Basket Numero Dos

Holly has graciously agreed
to donate one of her rag quilts
for the Gift Basket today.


She said that if you win,
you can choose one
for a boy,
or
for a girl.


This basket will be fabulous!
How could it not be
with The Holly Doll in charge?


How talented is my sister Holly?
You have no idea.

Seriously.

She makes stuff up all the time.
and while I smile and nod,
I am ashamed to admit,
sometimes I don't catch the vision.


Like the time that she was sewing place mats together
to make a table runner.

What?


And then she shows me the finished product
and I wonder
how the heck she thought that stuff up
Much less actually created it.

And then I instantly want to rip it off
and make one for me,
because it is just that cool.



She is one of the original creators of Twinkle Bee.
And you better believe
that she has her hand in almost every pot.
She helps me make aprons.
She helps Caitlin make bracelets.
She makes all kinds of quilts.
She helps run and update the website,
and she personally created the apron shop,
and put all the pictures on there.




Holly
affectionately known as Holly Doll,
or just Doll
is my younger sister by 21 months.
But you would think she was my older sister
because she is way more responsible
way more organized
and way more on top of her game than I am.
She is married to Cory


Who is the smartest, hardest workin nurse
I ever did meet.
Two full time nursing jobs at seperate Hospitals, and school.
He is my husbands best friend.
It worked out good that way.

Holly was into sucking people's blood
way before
it was as cool as it is now that Edward does it.
She is a senior tech and Phlebotomy Supervisor
at American Fork Hospital.
She has worked there longer than I have known
what a full time job is.

Her other full time job is
Princess B


otherwise known as her 3 almost 4 yr old
Brynley.

Bryn has earned the title of Princess.
She had a feeding tube until 6 months
Open Heart Surgery at 10 months
Cancer at 18 months
and too many tests and scans since.

And because Holly not only survived this
But has thrived...
She has earned the title
of Queen Bee
in this Twinkle Bee hive.

Comment!
Comment!
You want to win this blanket and other goodies in the basket.
I promise.
They make great shower gifts or birthday gifts,
even if you don't have a baby in your house right now!

Holly also takes custom orders
and has a CRAZY huge array of fabrics.
You want it, she can make it,
and it will turn out even better than you thought it would.
I can promise you that!

The Great Gift Basket Giveaway Begins Today!

First, many many thanks to


The Twinkle Bee work force.
They gave me awesome ideas on how this should go down,
and you know, donated the goods.

Every day (maybe two to give everyone a chance to enter)
I will be highlighting
a different Twinklebee Handmade specialty,
and its creator.

I have been begging and begging...
alright, no, I haven't
I just asked everyone nicely
and they graciously said
Of course!
So we have 5 fabulous gift baskets to give away.


The first give away
(Because hello, it is my blog,)
(and well, mostly because I already have one ready)
Is an Apron from Handi Andi's Apron shop.

Are you excited?
Well you should be.

Handi Andi
(my sister made up this moniker and it kinda stuck)
is a busy busy mom of three
who works part time
at a Treatment Center for Teenage Girls
called New Haven.

This is what she looks like most days.
Hair in a pony tail,
forget the make up.
(I mentioned busy mom part right?)
She loves antiques, red glass, sewing,
DIY projects, reading, blogging,
traveling, gardening.
hanging out with her seriously hot husband,
and playing with her kids.
She's pretty much the luckiest lady in the world.
Check out her apron shop on Twinkle Bee
and comment on her blog.
(this makes her very happy)

So here are the Rules.
(Yeah, I know, sorry to have to get technical.)

If you want to win the awesomeness that is posted that day
COMMENT!
If you post on your blog about the contest.
Comment again and let me know.
I will check it out,
and you will be entered again.

The winners will be announced
when the next item is posted.
Don't be discouraged if you don't win the first one.
Come back and enter again for the next.

Questions?
Comment and I will try to clarify.

Here's to hoping that you win!

Gift Baskets Rock

My outrageously creative sister
Rachel
Had these waiting for us by our beds
When we got to Florida.


Favorites and essentials.
All wrapped up in celophane.
I loved it.
Made me giddy
I loved it so much.
Who thinks of that?
My rockin sister does.


I can count the number of gift baskets I have ever gotten
on one hand.
But I love them,
and if I love them, wouldn't everybody love one?
I should make gift baskets
for when people come to my house.
Come stay with me,
I will lower myself to the status of copycat
and make one for you!
You should make gift baskets for when people come to YOUR House,
I would totally come and stay with you
if you did.
Then I would blog about you.
Then you would know you were special!

Thanks Rachie.
Very cool.
But then, you always are.



Maybe I should do a Twinkle Bee/ Handi Andi
Gift Basket Give Away.
What do you think?
Let me know.
Maybe I will get with the powers that "bee"
and see what we can do.

Pre-Birthday Celebration and a Reminder

First,
Today is your last chance to comment if you want to win an apron.

Second.
Wednesday was my birthday.

It was a rockin' good time.

But we must do this in two parts.
First, Tuesday, the day before the big day.

I got the hutch.
Oh yes I did.


That man of mine delivered.
It got dropped off Tuesday night,
And I LLLOOOOVVVEEE it.
I knew I would.

Tuesday Holly and I went on an adventure
to find the perfect piece of Red Glass to add to the collection.
Holly's gift to me.


Isn't she a gem?
And we were even still friends
after driving around for TWO HOURS
trying to find the stupid antique mall.
Four kids, whining and screaming, for approximately 1.75 of these two hours.
Her iphone hates me and had me driving all over Mapleton
when the stupid store was right off the freeway
In SPRINGVILLE.
Whatever.

We found, as expected, some prime Red Glass.
And we escaped it all without breaking anything.
This was my fear
since some of the pieces there cost more than my life is worth.


Holly is an amazing finder.
You want something?
Give that girl a mission.
She delivers.
I could walk right by a booth and see nothing
and she would call me back and hold up a whole stack of Cape Cod plates.
Seriously.
Its a gift.


I want to go back.
Just to peruse the merchandise and dream.
hmmm...

It was a lovely pre birthday day.
And I bought lots of red glass.
So did Holly
Who sneakily was getting it on the sly for my gift


from the MIL
(mother in law, that is how she signs her cards, the MIL, I love it.)

And it was even still the day before my birthday!
I am a lucky, lucky girl.

Incentive

Hey You!
Yes You!
You who are reading my blog!

Why don't you ever leave comments?
Sometimes I wonder who you are.
Sometimes I wonder why you care what I write.
Sometimes I don't care. (Most of the time I do.)

Are you looking at the pictures?
Are you lured here by my comic genius?
(haha- laughing at myself over this)
Are you in disbelief that my kids are so naughty?
(I don't make this up folks)
Are you my long lost friend or neighbor?
Are you my family?
( if you are then you are doubly in trouble for not leaving comments)
Did you stumble across my blog by accident?
Are you groovin to my eclectic playlist?

I have to say I am pretty curious by nature.
I want to know who you are.
I want to know what you think
(I don't know if I would change anything,
even if you thought it was bad)
But I still want to know what you think.

And I want to know who some of you are
so I can surf your blogs too.
But how can I surf your blog
If I don't know who you are?
and
IF YOU DON"T LEAVE COMMENTS?

Do you need incentive? Hmmm?
How about this.
Leave me a comment.
Say hi.
Tell me what your blog is.
Tell me why you read my blog.
Say any old darn thing.
And I will pick one of you,
and give you an apron
from the apron shop.

Now. To all of you who comment, and comment often,
I LOVE YOU!
You all are excluded from the scolding of above.
Holly, Caitlin, Rachie Coray, Brittany, Kasi, Trilby, Ruth, Kim,
Ambyr, Cami, Kristi, Randi and Kristy
You guys are fabulous.
And although you guys comment often, you too can enter to win the prize.
Except Holly, she will be helping me make the prize (Sorry Doll :-) )

You want it?
You better comment then!
By Friday March 20
(Which is Kristi Kubik's B-day).

I am telling you now that I will be very sad
if the only people who comment are the ones mentioned above.
You will be sad, because you won't have a chance to win the apron.
And you want to win the apron.