An inspiring giveaway!

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Barbara Harper

Comments are now closed. The winner is:

Need A Nap2!

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If you’ve looked at any wall decor in stores lately, you may have noticed a lot of plaques with words on them. “Believe.” “Dream.” Live, Love, Laugh,” etc.

Jeanne Winters takes that idea a step further, inspired by the Scriptural instruction to keep God’s word in our hearts and even upon the door posts of our homes. She creates decorations for the home which incorporate Scripture. She designed the “Simply Inspiring” line of inspirational gifts at Hallmark, maintains a blog called Inspiring Ideas, and has a book out titled Inspirational Home: Simple Ideas for Uplifting Decor and Craft.

When I saw that Jeanne was having a special buy one, get one free sale of her book at her Etsy store, I decided that would be a perfect opportunity to get one for myself plus one to give away!

The book is divided into four sections: Inspiring Accents, Artistic Walls, Fresh Florals, and Delightful Favors. You can see the first few pages here. I tried to take a few photos which really don’t do justice to the loveliness of the book, but you can get a little taste of her style and the kind of projects included.

This last photo is from Jeanne’s site where she shows how to make this wall art:

If you would like to win a copy of Inspirational Home: Simple Ideas for Uplifting Decor and Craft, just leave a comment on this post. I will use the Random Number Generator to choose a winner from the comments next Tuesday morning, March 23. Only one entry per person, please. This giveaway is open to anyone in any country: I will pay shipping, and I wouldn’t think there would be any customs fees, but if so, the winner is responsible for those.

Best wishes!

Winner!

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Barbara Harper

The winner of Sew Pretty Christmas Homestyle by Tone Finnanger is

Ivory Spring!

I’ll be contacting you shortly for your sending address.

Giveaways here and there

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Barbara Harper

This giveaway is now over and comments are closed. The winner is Ivory Spring!

I mentioned a couple of days ago that in all my sorting and organizing I found some duplicates that I planned to give away. I want to share this first one right away so someone will have it in time for Christmas.

If you sew or know someone who likes to, you might Sew Pretty Christmas Homestyle by Tone Finnanger.

I first saw Tone’s books at Anita‘s, and loved them. I have three and see another one or two I’d like. I just love her beautiful style and her neat ideas.

Here are just a few of the projects in the book. I am sorry about the photo quality: I had trouble getting the right amount of flash. But the photos in the book are gorgeous:

If you would be interested in this book, leave a comment on this post. I will use the Random Number Generator to choose a winner the morning of Dec. 2, a week from today.

There are several other contests around the Internet just now, too:

The 5 Minutes for Mom site is hosting s slew of giveaways beginning a few days ago with the final drawings on Dec. 4, among them an Oreck Halo Vacuum, an HP Touchsmart 600, an Epson Workforce 600. You can find more information and a list of links to the various giveaways here.

The 5 Minutes For Books site is also hosting a series of giveaways: more information here.

Vanilla Joy is hosting ten giveaways totaling $2,000 on Black Friday beginning at 6. a.m.

Mocha With Linda is also hosting a series of book giveaways in the next few weeks. Click on the button for more information.

Bloggy Giveaway #3

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Barbara Harper

Comments are now closed. The winner is Kristin at These Moments… Congratulations! I’ll be contacting you shortly.

If you’re not aware of the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival, go to Bloggy Giveaways this week and look around. There are always giveaways going on over there, but during the carnival this week bloggers from all over are giving away various items, from books to gift cards to chocolate and all kinds of things.

For my third giveaway this week, I am offering an instrumental CD of hymns from the Steve Pettit Evangelistic Team. The CD is titled A Firm Foundation (you can click on the title or CD picture for sound clips), the instruments used are primarily guitar, cello, violin, and penny whistle, though there may be a few more, and the styles of the arrangements range from Irish to Appalachian to traditional. Some of the hymns included are “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling,” “In Christ Alone,” “How Deep the Father’s Love,” and several others.

I got this CD recently and just love it. In fact, this particular giveaway came about because I accidentally bought two copies, so I am giving one away. I love the Pettit’s music and would love to share it with you!

To enter for this giveaway, simply leave a comment here. There are too many other giveaways listed to ask anyone to jump through any hoops!! I am willing to ship anywhere, and I’ll draw a name Saturday morning. You don’t have to have a blog to enter; just be sure and leave your e-mail address if you don’t leave your blog link.

Bloggy Giveaway #2

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Barbara Harper

Comments are now closed. The winner is Audra at Audra’s Little Scraps. Congratulations! I’ll be contacting you in just a moment.

My second giveaway this week is a family heritage book.

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There are pages of writing prompts:

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There are all types of topics to cover: where the family came from (and a map to mark it), information about the family name, family lore and legends, family celebrations — just about anything you could think of concerning your family heritage as well as a few blank pages for anything else you’d like to cover.

There is a fold-out section to fill in a family tree:

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There are pockets in the back for a CD (they suggest recording interviews with older family members) and for documents. There are pages for pictures and optional scrapbooking pages scattered throughout.

In short, this book contains just about everything you would need to record your family heritage and create a family heirloom.

If you are interested, just leave a comment on this post. You don’t have to have a blog — just be sure to put your e-mail address in the space provided so I have a way to contact you. I am willing to ship anywhere. I will draw a name using a random generator on Saturday morning.

Just a note of clarification: The genealogy part is only a couple of pages and only goes back a couple of generations. It’s not the main part of the book, just one small section. Most of the book is writing prompts about various aspects of family life and heritage. Just wanted to be clear — some of the comments seemed to indicate some thought the geology was a major portion or went back several generations.

Bloggy Giveaway Carnival: Sharon Hinck book

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Barbara Harper

Comments are now closed. The winner is Chastidy! I’ll be contacting you shortly.

It is time for the quarterly Bloggy Giveaway Carnival! Go to Bloggy Giveaways this week, where there will likely be over 1,000 giveaways from bloggers all over the country and the world.

For my first giveaway this week, I am offering a copy of the book Stepping Into Sunlight by one of my favorite authors, Sharon Hinck. I reviewed it previously here, or you can click on the title for more information, but basically it is Christian fiction about a young mom who witnesses a violent crime as well as a threat to her own life.

Just after this occurs, her family moves to a new town due to her husband’s deployment, and then her husband has to go overseas, so she is without a support system. With all of this she begins experiencing panic attacks and is on her way to becoming agoraphobic. She tries to put on a brave face for her husband and family and tries to take care of the young son who depends on her, but she finds herself increasingly afraid and unable to take up even the ordinary tasks of life.