Monday, March 30, 2009

Blog Anniversary

Hard to believe that is has already been ONE YEAR for us out there in blog land. We're always up for a good reason to have a party--so Happy Anniversary to us!! We've got three things we're giving away this month. We'll draw 3 different times for 3 different items. So that means 3 chances to win just by posting a comment.

#1 From Leslie: Fabric Garland

Back in the day I made two of these. But since I seriously overestimated the amount of fabric I would need for husband's birthday garland, I ended up with two. So one could be yours!

{Total length of garland is just over 15 FEET with and additional 6" of excess bias tape at each end for pinning. Each double sided triangle measures 7.5" wide and 9.25" long.}


#2 From Emily: Fabric
Half yard of Amy Butler's Floating Buds in Linen

and a stack of small scraps.

#3 From Renae: Library Bag

We've been loving the library so much at our house. It makes me happy to see that all my kids, including the boys, love to read. Even my 3 year old C. asks to go so that he can get some more "twain books". We love BOOKS!! I've posted before about the library bags that each of my kids have to use at our house. Today I am giving one away. The winner may choose between one of the two pictured.

a. "Reading Rocks"--denim with turquoise/yellow/orange striped lining.

OR

b. "Book Bag"--denim with lime/turquoise floral lining.
To Enter our drawing, tell us the name of one (or more) of your favorite kids' books in the comments. Comments will close Wednesday at Midnight Pacific Time. One entry per person, winners will be announced on Friday, April 3rd. Good Luck!

One of Renae's kids favorite books is "The Toughest Cowboy: or How the Wild West was Tamed" by John Frank or any of the "SkippyJon Jones" books by Judy Schachner.


Also as a sweet surprise--we are also sending Tine her own box of surprises for being our first and therefore Longest Follower of our blog. Thanks Tine!!! We have appreciated the support!

**Be sure to add yourself as a follower and we might surprise you with some goodies, too!**

25 comments:

  1. OOh, such a fun giveaway. I don't have kids, but do have a bunch of favorite kid books - Fox in Socks (of course, since I'm now a Fox), the Adventures of Little Bear, all of the Little House on the Prairie books... My husband and I are already collecting books, in anticipating of future children not even conceived yet!

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  2. My 2 1/2 year old can't get enough of "Miss Spider's Tea Party" and "The Silly Book." Those are probably my faves too. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway. I love all of your crafty ideas.
    spondah(at)aol(dot)com

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  3. im always up for a good giveaway. i don't have kids either, but when i was a kid myself i LOVED where the wild things are.

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  4. Happy Blogiversary!!
    A favorite to read to kids (ages 6 and up) is an advent book called Jotham's Journey.

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  5. I am a follower of your blog too. :D

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  6. mmmm love all those goodies! The banner is great! OK, My Dog Rosie was Brett's favorite book. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  7. My favorite children's book is Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. I liked it when my kids were little and i still have a copy for myself. A fun story.

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  8. The Giving Tree is a classic...and, The Monster at the End of this Book is awesome...as are most of the Charlie and Lola books. Love your blog! Congrats on your blogiversary!

    tornem(at)yahoo.com

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  9. I LOVE The Monster At the End of this book, The BFG, Diary of a Worm, so many to choose from!!! Your prizes are sooo cool!!!

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  10. My daugher is only 16 months old, so we are mostly into board books still. But not the Hippopotamus and Moo, Baa, La-la-la by Sandra Boynton are two of her favorites!!

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  11. thank you for the giveaway xxx i just love your blog xxx tell me how to become a follower?? i cant see the link anywhere!

    my favorite kids book is "the folk of the faraway tree" by enid blighton. i plan to read it to my kiddos as they get bigger.

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  12. To become a follower of any blog go to your DASHBOARD section.

    Down at the bottom of that page will be a section that says "reading list". There you can add whatever blog site you'd like to follow. It will walk you through it real easy.

    http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=99761

    The link above will take you right to the question/answer area.

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  13. Fun give away for sure! There are so many cute kids books out there. But I have to go with Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson and Kevin O'malley (great message about the reality of fairy tales) OR A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon (love the artwork).

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  14. The Plump and Perky Turkey--you HAVE to read this near Thanksgiving (don't worry, the turkey more than survives).
    And for a board book--Peek a Who

    --Robin B.

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  16. One of my absolute favorites to read aloud was Haris and Me by Gary Paulson. Great for kids 10 or 12 or so. Has some good topics for discussion with preteens and is FUNNY! My kids also loved all of the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket..I found them a bit annoying, but the kids loved them (son was about 8 or 9 and daughter 11 or 12 at the time). Happy reading!

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  17. I love Oh the places you go by Dr. Seuss for kids....how true of a book it is for adults! Happy Reading....

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  18. The Velveteen Rabbit. That book has alwasy been my favorite (even as an adult). I bought a special edition for my nephew when he was born. One night a week, at bedtime, I call him and read him a the book (I live a good 7 hours away from my nephew).

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  19. Yay!! I'm now a follower as well! Nate has such creative sisters, I LOVE reading your guys blog, even though I'm not the quilter...yet... :-)

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  20. My kids and I love to read. Some of our favorites right now are The Boxcar Children, Make Way For Ducklings, any of the Frances books by Russel Hoban, Pinkalicious, and The Story About Ping. Just to name a few. I could go on and on.

    Thanks for blogging! I found your blog about a month ago through Tallgrass Prairie Studios and Project Improv. I've been checking it regularly, but now I'm an official follower. I really enjoy your blog!

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  21. Happy Anniversary! My kids like the Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull

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  22. I love looking at your blog! You have the funnest ideas! I love the book Pinkalicious, such a cute little girls book!

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  23. Yea! I hope I finally win! I have a lot of favorite books, esecially the American Girl series. I also I'll love you forever, Goodnight Moon, and The very hungry caterpillar.

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  24. My son's favorite when he was little was Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, my daughter's was Ten Little Monkeys jumping on the Bed. Both would be giggling by the end of the story.

    Happy Anniversary!! Thanks for all of your great crafty ideas and inspiration!

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