Christmas in July Giveaway

Did you ever wonder why there is a Christmas in July? For mommas like me that have 4 babies to buy Christmas for! And what a better way to start marking names off your list than with a HUGE Christmas in July Giveaway!

One lucky person will win all the items listed in this giveaway.

Please show each shop some love they will be working hard for you to make sure you get the most perfect gift from their shop.

Lets begin the fun!

3 Little Birds Boutique is giving you a $25 gift certificate to use in her shop. This will make an amazing gift. All her pieces are made from the heart and are timeless. Any age would love this!

1:To enter visit her shop and come back and tell us what you  would spend your winnings on!

 www.3littlebirdsboutique.com

2: Follow her amazing blog! Come back and leave a comment to let me know.

 www.blog3littlebirdsboutique.com

3: Become a Facebook fan leave some love on her page come back and leave a comment to let me know.

 www.facebook.com/3littlebirdsboutique

4: Look her up on Twitter and become a follower come back and leave a comment to let me know.

 www.twitter.com/3littlebirdsbtq

Birdie Baby Boutique is giving you a $10.00 gift certificate to use in her shop. There is so much cuteness to choose from it's going to be hard! You will love everything that she makes!

1: Visit her Etsy Shop come back here to let me know what you would spend your winning on!

2: Become her Facebook fan leave some love on her page. Come here and comment to let me know!

Love Of Ribbon is giving away a $25 gift certificate. Need something to match that new outfit? Well here is your chance to get $25 to send on any sparkle you many need!

1: Visit my Etsy Shop come back and tell me what you would spend your winnings on!

2: Follow this blog! Leave a comment to let me know you are following me!

3: Become a Facebook fan and show me some love. Come back and comment to let me know!

Kellys Creations is offering you a $20 gift certificate to spend in her shop. Check out her Paint Cans they are amazing!

1: Become a fan of her Facebook page leave her some love on her wall. Come back here and let me know what your favorite item is.

Cranky Cat Studio is offering you this super cute frog bib. It would be great for boy or girl!

1: Become her fan on her Facebook page. Leave some love on her wall. Come back here and let me know you did!

Pumpkin Tail Boutique is offering you a $15 gift certificate for any item in her shop. She has amazing mad skills! Need a dress? She can make the perfect one! Need a bag with a name on it? She has got you covered!

1: Become a fan of her Facebook page. Leave her some love on her wall. Come back here and let me know what your favorite item is!

Yelly Beans Designs is offering you a digital copy of one of her bottle cap designs. These can be used for ANYTHING! Bow centers, necklaces, bracelets, the list goes on and on.

1: Become a fan of her Facebook page. Leave some love on her wall. Come back and tell me what bottle caps you like best.

Lulabelle's Sweet Gifts is offering you this great Ballerina Crayon Roll! I have 4 of these myself and can I just say they are so great! I have washed them a couple times, they held up fantastically! Also it makes it great for on the go trips.

1: Become a fan of her Facebook page, leave her some love on her wall. Come back here and let me know you did.!

PomFlair is giving you a $20 gift certificate to her Etsy shop. If you have never seen her gorgeous poms you are in for a great treat. I bought from her for my daughters birthday party and it MADE the party!

1: Become a fan of her Facebook page. Come back to let me know you did.

2: Visit her Etsy Shop and come back here to tell me what you would spend your winnings on!

The Bloom Boutique is offering you a $10 gift certificate to use in her shop. She is one of the sweetest ladies you will work with and her work is beautiful.

1: Become a fan of her Facebook page, leaves her some love then come back her to say you did!

In order for you to be the one lucky winner of all these amazing items you must follow all the links above and follow/fan each shop. That gives you 17 chances to enter! That is great odds!

Winner will be chosen Monday July 11th 2011 at 11pm central time using random.org. Winner will be announced on the blog Tuesday July 12th 2011.

Shipping will be free to all US residents. All international residents will need to pay all shipping costs.

I am so excited to host all these amazing shops in this giveaway for you. Good luck to you all and thank you so much for entering!

Target Giveaway

$25.00 Target Gift Card

Want to win a $25 Target gift card? Heck yeah! You say? Well it is very easy to do!

There are 4 easy fun way to enter:

1. Become a follower on of my blog.

Leave a comment saying you are a follower.

2. Become a Facebook fan of Love of Ribbon

Leave a comment below that you are a fan.

3. Become a Facebook fan of Fantastique Boutiques

Leave a comment below that you are a fan.

4. Share on your Facebook wall.

Leave a comment below saying you have posted.

That's it!

Winner will be randomly pick and announced July 1st.

P.S. Please leave your email so I can contact you when you win!

And the winner is!

FB Fan
RobertandDenise Wilson

with comment number 16!

Winner must claim prize within 48 hours.

Raw

     I was recently introduced to a new life style. Raw eating. It drew me in for many different reasons.

1. Need to lose all this baby weight, because really how long are you allowed to call it baby weight?

2. I have been diagnosed with really bad arthritis and nothing seems to help but this diet says it will.    Worth a shot just for that!

3. It is summer and EVERYTHING is so fresh and tastes so good.

4 and the final why, We are now living where it is so hot and drinking gallons of H2O just isn't enough for me or the kids. Yes I am taking the kids on this journey with me, and the husband as well. 

      The first thing I did was sign up for this amazing FREE 7 day detox with Raw Divas. This has been one of the most helpful sites I have ever used for anything. They have just about every single question already answered for you and everything is so very easy to find. 

      Day 1 was the day for fasting. I did really well with the no eating but what just about killed me was not drinking my morning coffee......I am so very addicted to caffeine. So the next day I cheated and had my morning coffee but did everything else like I was suppose to.
  
     Now let me tell you a little bit about my fight with arthritis. It is one of the biggest battles I have come up against in my life. It is so painful and has stopped life for me many days. I take medicines but they don't really help and most of it makes me so drowsy that I can't take it until bedtime anyways. I have 4 little one ages 6, 5, 3, and 2. They do not allow for drowsy moments in life. Every morning for the past year I will wake up in the morning with baseball gloves for hands. Ever try and bend your fingers while you had on a brand new glove on? Next to impossible. Well that is the way of life for me. Started to think it was just normal.

    Day 2 I wake up to notice WOW I can move my fingers!

     Skip to day 4..........I cheated. I ate food from Taco Bell. Just let me add a note here about Taco Bell. It is YUCKA! So not even worth the calories or the money it took to buy it.

   Day 5 is a very sad depressing day for me. I can no longer move my fingers and I am in so much pain. Everywhere hurts and I just want to crawl back into bed and cry. I really didn't notice how bad it really was until I went 2ish days with feeling so good and waking up to not as much pain and swelling. It is sad how food really does matter. Well it is sad for a person that just loves loves not so good for you food. Up until I ate the tacos I was at a 7 pound weight lose! Stepped on the scales on day 5 and I was back up 4 pounds. That added to my sadness. So for the next 2 days I think of nothing but seeing food in a new light.

    I am now off the detox and it really was life changing. I know 7 days and life is changed forever. Food tastes different now. The good for you food and the not so good for you food. The fruits and veggie took on a new life and taste so amazing. The bad food really does taste some what bad. WOW! I never thought I would be a person that would say that. I would watch the shows like Biggest Loser and see people put this really good fast food burger and fries and say okay go! They would spit it out and say O my goodness that is so gross! I would be like yeah right what ever they are just putting on a show. Well.....they aren't! I am telling you it is life changing and not for the bad.

   

New Start

We are here in Florida now and I am loving it SO much! We have been to a couple different beaches and all of them are so beautiful. I love that you can see your feet when you are in the water. We have seen many jelly fish and had one shark sighting but otherwise we have had a blast.
The one thing I can not get use to is 6 lanes of traffic! Holy moly! I am use to 2 lanes. I can't even find the post office. I know I am helpless. If it needs a diaper or hot glued I am your girl but outside of that I am so lost.
I am hoping to have life in place soon. Fingers crossed! But don't hold your breath ; )

Thanks for all the great support!