huge giveaway to holly lane designs christian jewelry :: 2 winners!

I think you're going to enjoy this giveaway! I had never heard of Holly Lane Designs before a few months ago, but when I visited their website I was really impressed by their unique designs! Their silver jewelry is beautiful, but what really stood out to me most about their company was the way they based their designs off of Scripture. Their mission is to spread the Gospel with their hand-crafted jewelry, and it's so thrilling to see how the purpose of God's glory can be the mission of a company today!

They generously sent me my very favorite item of theirs to review, this sterling silver birds of the air ring:

I loved the style of the ring- how comfortable and oversized and unique it is- but I love the Scripture behind it even more. It came with this verse inside:

Oh you guys, I'm am such a worrier. I hate that part of me. I know that worry is not believing my God is in control {and sadly, I think I can control it by worrying more?}, and yet it is still one of my biggest daily/weekly/monthly struggles.

God feeds the birds! I know this with all of me, but in the secret places of my heart, I sometimes fear He will leave me to my own devices. I know the truth of His Word, and it is that sword wielded by the Holy Spirit that makes the devil flee. Am I not much more valuable that the birds? What good does it do to worry about what man thinks of me, when the Lord is the only one I will stand before in the end?

I've only worn the ring on my right hand for a few days now, but like my wedding ring, it is a constant, visual reminder of the Love that has been shown to me. It stands out and reminds me before I even worry! A reminder of the words of Jesus not to worry has been so sweet. Scripture is AMAZING like that- just remembering its words brings life and peace because of the power of the Holy Spirit. 

I am so thankful for this little ring. It seems very well constructed, and I think it would make a precious gift. I actually like it so much my husband said he was sad he wasn't the one who bought it for me. ;) They also have lots of other items in the birds of the air collection too, if you're not a ring person. And of course, other themed collections too! ;)

about Holly Lane Designs:

Holly Lane Designs is a Christian jewelry company with the sole purpose of creating pieces to spark conversations about Christ and encourage those who wear them!

Hand-crafted from the highest quality sterling silver, every piece of Holly Lane Designs jewelry is paired with a Story Card™, a small printed note sharing the verse or sentiment that inspired the piece.

who's Holly?
Holly isn't a person, it's actually a place! Founded in 2003 by homeschool mom of five, Tiffany Scott, Holly Lane Designs began in a basement on a street called Holly Lane. Our jewelry is the fruit of Tiffany's creative passion and desire to serve God through her work. You can learn a little more about Tiffany here!

find them here
You can find their retail locations here, and sign up for their newsletter or follow them on Facebook to get notified about their sales and new jewelry! :)

the discount

Holly Lane Designs is offering 15% off for Biblical Homemaking readers! 

Use code: "BHBlog15" before February 28, 2014 to receive your 15% discount, and of course, you can always sign up for their newsletter to find out about sales exclusive to subscribers. :)

Right now they are also offering free first class shipping on all orders over $25 dollars! {No code needed, select at check out.}

the giveaway
Two lucky winners will receive a $50.00 gift card to www.hollylanedesigns.com.

This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canadian residents, and will close Thursday night, January 16 at 11:59 CST. 

To enter, simply hop over to their shop and tell me the item you would purchase if you won in the comments below! :D 

{please make sure you leave your email address for me to contact you:)}

disclosure: I received the item above in exchange for an honest review- all opinions are 100% my own.  Which means I really and truly liked this ring and recommend it! :P

BF weekend: Lilla Rose and L'Bri Giveaway {and big sale!}

Oh, I have a fun little Black Friday weekend giveaway for you!! Even if you're not shopping this weekend, you might win something! ;)

Joy from Artful Homemaking {fb page} sent me a couple of her favorite products to try out and giveaway!! :D I was given the chance to choose an item for free from her Lilla Rose website, and if you know me, you know I chose the headband without hesitation. :D

The coolest thing about the Lilla Rose hairbands is that they're adjustable to fit you! Here's the one I picked:

I was surprised at how well it held my hair without giving me a headache! I love how it looks too- not too girlie:

And the best news for you?  You get the chance to enter to win a product of your choice {up to $16}, and all of the Lilla Rose products are on sale this weekend only! So right now, their headband is only $12 instead of $17, and their very famous flexi-clips are on sale too!

{Wouldn't they make great presents?} :D

I like this one.

November 29 and 30, Lilla Rose has 20% off all items for two days only, 25%-50% off select items, and Free Shipping over $50. The sale ends November 30th at midnight.

Here are more special Lilla Rose sale details from Joy:

If you are a new Lilla Rose customer (you've never placed an order or registered with a consultant before), I'm having a New Customer Sale!  If you place an order of at least three items (including sale items!) at my website, I'll send you a coupon for another item valued at $16 or less!  So, you buy three and get one FREE!***

To take advantage of this sale, you must be on my website, though.  You should see the following:  

Hi, I'm Joy. Welcome to my website!

I fell in love with Lilla Rose the very first time I tried a Flexi Clip. 

If you see another consultant's name and greeting, that means you're on another consultant's website. Please stay with your consultant as the Buy 3 Get 1 Free sale is only for new customers. After you place your order for three or more items, send me an email (at artfulhomemaking {at} gmail {dot} com ) and let me know, and I'll send you the coupon for your free item!

And the pot gets even sweeter for you- Joy's also giving away this $18 L'Bri holiday glamour mini makeup kit. It's so compact, it will fit in your purse!

And it has 18 fun eyeshadows, powder, 3 blushes, and 4 lipsticks with a mirror. They look bright, but they all seem to go on very lightly and smoothly so they look more natural than you'd think! It would make a fun stocking stuffer! {I especially love that middle color of the blush!} 

To enter to win one Lilla Rose item of your choice and this makeup kit, go and check out her Lilla Rose website and tell me in the comments below which item under $16 you'd choose if you won!! 

This giveaway ends Sunday night, December 1, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. CST. Must reside in the US or Canada to win. Please be sure to leave your email so I can contact you if you win! :D

disclosure: I received the two products above for free to review. All opinions are 100% my own.

big giveaway: 2 family registrations to Great Homeschool Conventions + a freebie!

I think you guys will love this giveaway! It's huge! :) 

Great Homeschool Conventions* is giving away a family registration to TWO lucky winners plus a little freebie for everyone! :D I would totally love to go to this convention, if only to hear Dr. Ben Carson and Matt Walsh speak! :)

About GHC:

Hosted in Greenville, South Carolina, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Ontario, California in 2014, as well as expanding to Texas in early 2015, Great Homeschool Conventions offers hundreds of workshops and the largest homeschool curriculum exhibit hall available!

Outstanding speakers such as Dr. Ben Carson, Heidi St. John, Dr. Jay Wile, Michael Medved, Cheryl Swope, the crazy-popular Matt Walsh, plus dozens of other speakers will be joining Great Homeschool Conventions in 2014. For more information, hop over to the Great Homeschool Conventions website or follow them on Facebook.

the giveaway:

GHC is giving away a free family registration to two winners!! {winners' choice of location, value $50 each).

To enter this giveaway, simply leave a comment on this post below and tell me whether you've been to a homeschooling convention before.  

{****Please make sure you leave your email in your entry so that I can contact you if you win!}

The giveaway closes on November 27, 2013 at 11:59 CST, and the winners will be randomly selected and announced on Friday, November 29, 2013!

Can't make it to one of their conventions? There's still something for you! :D

the freebie:
And...GHC is also giving away a freebie to everyone through 11/30/13:

Everyone gets a The First Thanksgiving ~ Pilgrims, Puritans and the Founding of America download from Michael Medved for free!  {It's just in time- just yesterday, my kiddos were asking about the reason we have Thanksgiving, and we were about to do history research!}

I can't wait to hear your entries/homeschool convention experience! Any tips for a first-timer? {I really want to go- I've never been to one before!}

*fun affiliate links included in this post :)

re-entering the PC world: a Staples back to school notebook package review

Since we’ve started back to school, I find that I spend almost all of my time at my new desk {more on that later!}during the day. I feel like I almost have a 9 to 5 job right now with homeschooling alone. I am adjusting to the long hours in front of the computer, and though I only have one hand 95% of the time, I am thankfully still able to use the mouse with it when the kids aren’t asking me questions. :)

Right around the same time we decided to homeschool again and use a video curriculum x 3, Staples offered to send me a back to school package to review! Perfect timing, no doubt {and we know who is in that business! :D}… since we could use the extra computer right now. They just asked me to try out their products and give my honest opinions about them. Easy enough, right? :) I was in!

I was sent this little wireless Western Digital router, a year of Norton Anti-virus, and an easy button, along with a laptop and a backpack:

Here’s the funny thing. I’m firmly in the Apple fangirl- make it easy for me-camp, and I have a super-technical husband {he does PC support for a living, basically}, which means I’ve never had to plug in a router or install antivirus software or learn how to use Windows  for 6+ years. :) So this whole review thing was fun for me because I’ve never done those technical things before! And when they sent me a PC to review, I was excited to try out Windows 8 and see how it compares to Apple’s OS these days.

I was sent the Toshiba Satellite L75D-A7283, a 17.3 inch laptop with Windows 8, 6 GB of RAM, and a 750 GB hard drive. Pretty spectacular specifications in the laptop world, I think. If I were to buy a comparable Mac it would be more than $2500, but this one was right at $400 after rebates and discounts. Kind of crazy cheap. It does have a cheaper AMD A4 processor though- a big difference from an Apple or nicer PC notebook.

Check out the size of this beast- that’s a regular pencil down there on the keyboard to give you an idea:

As a blogger, I have to tell you, I appreciate the large size very much. I’m used to working on a 13-inch high resolution monitor, so having 17.3 inches of screen real estate makes a huge difference to me. When the children use it for school it won’t matter as much to them, but it’s great for my almost 31-year-old eyes. I also really like the fact that it has very loud DTS speakers, so we can all watch videos together on special projects like animal research and science experiments {or watch movies in the car on long trips… ;)}.

Windows 8 didn’t bring me great joy, though. I am not a fan of their façade interface- it’s like there’s two operating systems, but the pretty side {the main menu} only allowed you to do half of the things you need to do- otherwise it takes you back to the old window style navigation on another old style Windows desktop. Very weird. It was almost like Microsoft ran out of time and money to complete it- either that or they figure most people will never need to add network printers, arrange secondary monitors, or add pictures to their computer? I know enough about Windows to get around mostly, and what I didn’t know my husband did, so I never had any real problems- it was just strange the way Windows 8 had lots of gaps in their “simpler” interface.

But I can’t blame the hardware for that. Toshiba seems to make quality machines, and this one is actually pretty nice. The case is pretty, the screen is glossy, and the raised keys are nice, and I’ve had no video problems with this one like I’ve had when I’ve tried to use HPs and Acers in the past. The battery is so-so, and twice it shut down on me without warning because it ran out after a few hours- I guess I’m used to a huge warning like I get on my Mac. :)

I deleted most of the original things on the home screen. I wasn’t fond of the live tiles, but I liked how everything I use is easily found with one Windows keystroke {see it down there by the alt key?}.

My very favorite thing about any Windows machine is this though:

Windows Live Writer is the best program for blogging- it allows you to blog offline, without a browser, which is a huge advantage if you’re a blogger going on trips at all. I am torn between PCs and Macs for this very reason. I like seeing the way my blog looks, and I’m typing in Live Writer as we speak. It looks like a Word document, but it allows you to format your posts exactly like it looks online {most of the time}- unlike my Mac where I have to be on the internet and use a browser and Blogger’s HTML online editor. I think it’s a huge win for PCs if you ask me. I really like this feature, and that’s what I’ve been using it for the most over the few days I’ve had it so far.

So, the Mac vs. PC battle feels like a toss up for me now. I’m really impressed with the Toshiba’s performance so far-it does everything I want to do like Evernote, emailing, picture editing, and blogging, and it plays our special videos for homeschooling- something my Macbook cannot do thanks to the BJU Press app that plays the videos.

Here are the pros and cons on this specific PC from my perspective…

What I love about the Toshiba Satellite L75D:

it’s huge!
it’s attractive- easy on the eyes.
smooth edged corners {my Macbook was very sharp}
the keys are raised and separated- gives you more room for your hands
Windows Live Writer is great for blogging on the road without internet access
the extra number pad is convenient.
great speakers- DTS bar is very loud
easy to plug in additional devices like mouse, CD’s, SD cards, software thanks to Windows 8
great resolution/screen space
the Windows 8 screen key is invaluable
the ports are on the sides- easy to access
it has a CD-ROM drive- something I haven’t had on my Macbook Air
cheap ~$400 range- the price for a comparable Mac would be $2700

what I don’t love about the PC:

the monitor out plug is right where the mouse goes
battery life is so-so
windows 8 isn’t intuitive- I had no idea how to close programs or shut down the machine and it takes way too much effort to do so
its occasionally sluggish- sometimes it takes a while for typing to appear on the screen
it’s heavy – around 6 lbs.
Microsoft office programs cost $$
the multi-desktop aspect of Windows 8- if you can’t find it in the new “simple” interface, it takes you back to the old style.

I was also excited to try the other items Staples sent along. Can a girl who has never touched one use a router out of the box? I wanted to see… :)

I pulled out the WD router, and used the installation CD right away to help me set it up.

I got this screen, so I followed the color coding and plugged it in to our modem.

Unfortunately, the WD interface failed me- I did what it said and it wouldn’t connect. But I refused to ask Rob- I was going to do it by myself. ;) Then I clicked down in the corner of Windows and said connect, and the Windows interface helped me out and told me what to do, and it connected instantly. :)

Rob almost couldn’t believe I could hook up a router when it was telling me it was broken. He forgets that I’ve been married to a technical support guy for 11 years. :) That and he didn’t know Windows told me to look for the PIN number. {brownie points for windows 8!}. So that worked, and the internet was back up very quickly. So far so good! I didn’t break the internet, and the router works great. I also installed Norton Anti-virus without a hitch. We’ll see how it protects, but I haven’t noticed it slowing everything down yet.

I love our new leather backpack too- it’s super comfy and a gender-neutral classic.

The boys can carry their work in it on the road, Rob can take it to work, or I can use it as a diaper bag/laptop/purse combo. I think it will be in our family for years. :) The brand is Solo, and it’s very well made- I just love real leather.

But out of everything, I think we all agree this has been the biggest hit for everyone at our house:

The kids press it after they finish each subject during school, and after I tell them to do something around the house now. It’s hilarious, but I love that it makes them excited to finish a task.  I would have bought one years ago if I knew the power it held. It’s like magic! ;) Goodness, I’m such a mom.

Thanks again to Staples for providing these items for us to review!

And…I’m giving away one magical easy button {I’m buying it for you because I love it so much!}.

Just leave any comment below to enter {with your email address} so I can contact you! The contest closes and the winner will be announced Monday, Sept. 30, 2013! {winner must be a U.S. resident}

Full disclosure: Staples.com provided me with these products for review. The thoughts and opinions expressed are strictly my own.

baby poll giveaway winners

Remember that baby poll we took at 38 weeks? I didn’t either- hahah! ;) I blame it on the postpartum fog. ;)

Little did I know how much time I had left to go! It’s probably a good thing I didn’t!

Here are the winners! Please email me if you are:

Beautifulstory July 23, 2013 at 9:57 PM

August 4th at 6:29pm Weight 8lbs 6oz 

{this was the latest guess- and I still had 9 more days after that! no one would’ve anticipated that!}

cindy  July 20, 2013 at 9:32 PM

I am thinking a 10 lb baby this time around my 4th was 10 lbs Praying friend :)

 

I still can’t believe I gave birth to a 10 lb. 0 oz. baby 11 days late. It’s a good thing I didn’t enter the poll! :P

Crunchy Mamas giveaway winner!

The winner of this weekend's Crunchy Mamas giveaway is:

rebeccaJune 14, 2013 at 8:33 PM

After reading about your items the other day I ordered a few of my own! :) I would still like to try Achy Breaky, Bug Off, and Menth Head.

Congrats, Rebecca! Please email me with your info! :D

giveaway: Crunchy Mamas organic skin care product package {ends June 17}

disclosure: this is a sponsored giveaway and review for Crunchy Mamas- all opinions are mine! :D

If you follow over in FB land, I posted on the {bh} page last weekend how excited I was to receive this little package of organic skin care goodies from the Crunchy Mamas themselves- two sister mamas, Katie and Ashley, who wanted to make organic, chemical free products you could put on your babies without worrying about it.

And even a week later, I'm still excited about them! :) We've tried/smelled/rubbed them all on, and I've been very impressed!

I love their mission Ashley shared on their blog about why they make their products:

"Katie and I began this quest several years ago.  After becoming fed up with commercial products and their misleading labels, we began making our own toiletries and such.  Countless hours have been poured into researching the best oils for various products.  We felt we had a right to know exactly what was being put onto our precious babies, and you deserve that same right.  That is why we include EVERY ingredient on our labels."

You know that wholesome, deep herbal smell you smell when you walk into a health store that makes you breathe in really deeply and relax all of the sudden? I have no idea which herb that is? {clueless} but that's what these products remind me of- they all smell so good, and you suddenly feel relaxed when you rub them on. That sounds crazy, I know, but I need more of that in my life! :)

Here's what Ashley and Katie sent me to try out:

Their natural grapefruit hand sanitizer, their scab stick, two beeswax lip balms, a menth head stick {natural vapor rub}, along with their bug off and about to pop balms:

They all have their organic ingredients listed right on the package- and their main ingredients are unrefined coconut oil and beeswax. I rubbed the about to pop balm all over my belly as soon as I got the package open- it's not greasy, it smells awesome and it doesn't freak me out to rub it all over my belly like petroleum does for some reason.

Now I'm not a super-natural girl when it comes to body products {confession: I like sunless tanners, Bath and Body works and non-organic makeup}, but for some reason I refuse to put any lotion on or near my belly because they all seem so chemically laced. {and I still put lotion on the rest of my body. I know, I'm weird! ha!} I wasn't worried at all to rub their products all over everywhere though, and the about to pop balm felt so good on my stretching belly.

My husband used the scab stick on a knee injury already, and I use the hand sanitizer ALL the time now- it smells awesome- I like to spray it on before we eat and the smell of citrus on my hands is SO much better than the normal hospital smell.

The lip balms are super thick and smooth too, and glide on without clumping. Their lime lip balm makes me crave lime- it's the real lime smell- not that fake icky lime smell that you normally find in lip products.

I tried the Bug Off, and I didn't have as much luck with it as the other products- I liked the citronella and the lack of DEET, but we have major mosquitos at our house and they love this pregnant girl with a passion, so it only worked for about 20 minutes before it absorbed and I became a mosquito buffet again {seriously, I can't even walk from the car to the house without being bitten normally}. We don't have other bug problems like flies and chiggers so I can't say if it would work for those. I would recommend it for light use, or for use on the babies you don't want to spray with bug spray. {fyi: here's a testimony from someone who used it and had great success though. I might live too far south!}

I really was impressed with all of their products- the smell and feel of all of them especially! I am actually afraid I'm a little hooked on all of them! :) I can't believe they can make such good products homemade!

They have offered some deals for you guys too- they're giving away a package of these four products to one lucky winner!



And they're offering a special discount to {bh} readers through July 14. Use the one-time discount code BIBLICAL when you check out to save an extra 15% off your order!

To enter the giveaway, hop over to their shop and look around, then come back and leave a comment telling me the product you'd want to try most- preferably one I didn't mention already! :D {or the one you find most intriguing- they came up with the best names!}

You can also check out their facebook page to get to know these two sweet mamas even better, get more discount codes and find out about other giveaways!

The giveaway ends on Monday night, June 17, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. CST.

$100+ holiday giveaway winner

Okay, you guys have some awesome giving traditions!! I know I loved reading all of your comments on this post, and I know lots of other people have enjoyed them as well! Thank you all for entering the giveaway!!

I assigned each one of your comments a number, and let random.org pick a winner, and the lucky person is....

......

Rebekah!

Here's what she said about her family's giving tradition:

We started this last year. We give to a little boy about the same age as our angel baby. It is a difficult time every year but it allows us to use his memory as a blessing.

Sweet Rebekah, thank you for sharing your heart with us. That is such a special way to celebrate the life of your little one. Much love to you! {and please check your email!}

Again, you guys blew me away with all of your ideas!! Thank you.

Don't forget, you still have a few days to use your {bh} discount codes:

 Red Letter Ink: 
{bh} readers receive a 15% DISCOUNT when you use the code BIBLICALHOME15 at checkout through Dec. 25!

The Confident Mom's Planner and Supplement:

DISCOUNT code good through December 3. Use BIB14 to get $2 off the $14 planner.

summer survival giveaway winners

Here are the winners from last week's giveaway:

first prize: $25 gift card of your choice:

#147 Kerry from A Jane Austen Girl in Modern World who said "my birthday" was her favorite summer activity!

winners of the ebook, the Summer Survival Calendar:
#84 MommyCara

#90: Lucy from I Am Vacuuming in Pearls

#26: Wendy who said: "I loved to take my barbies on 'camping trips' underneath the bushes in our front yard. My mom let me dig a hole for a big tupperware bowl, which I filled with water (and a couple rocks in the bottom) to make a 'swimming hole' for them." {I love this! Camping barbie, and tupperware! And who remembers tupperware??? That stuff lasts forever! :) }

I will be emailing those who won! :D  Thank you all for entering!

And if you didn't win, don't forget you can still use the promo codes below to save on the Summer Survival Calendar!

BHM9 20% off the 2012 Summer Calendar {which sells for $9}
BHM14 20% off the 2012/2011/2010 Summer Calendar Bundle {which sells for $14}

Summer Fun Giveaway: a $25 Gift Card + 3 summer survival guides!

It's almost officially summer, and I'm excited to bring you guys a few giveaways to sweeten your days! :D For the first one, I'm giving you options and more than one prize to win! :D

The first prize is one $25 gift card to make your summer a little more fun. You get to choose from one of my three very favorite places to receive your gift card:

a. 

{I'd so buy real food cookbooks}

b. 

Target

{or cute clothes! or kids craft supplies}

or

c. Starbucks

{or an afternoon cold coffee so I can make it through the summer! ;)}

And to go with your summer fun, three more people will win one of my favorite ebooks- the Summer Survival Calendar from my newest sponsor, the Confident Mom:

I love this activity ebook- it's filled with fun things to do with your kiddos this summer {not to mention meal planning sheets and other organizing tools}, and it has a link for a frugal project to do as a family every day!

It was written by Susan, a mom like us! Here's what she says about it:

I scoured the Internet in search of budget-friendly, creative, and fun-filled activities that families can enjoy together and assembled them in The Confident Mom’s 2012 Summer Survival Calendar—I have done all the work for you, making your summer activities hassle-free!

The 2012 Summer Survival Calendar is a three-and-a-half-month calendar with over 100 activities to blast boredom and increase family time. It features at least one low-budget (and sometimes free) activity, craft project, or kid friendly recipe every day from May 15 to August 31. The calendar comes in a digital PDF download so you have it instantly, and most activities include a clickable link so you can easily view directions or supplies needed. The Summer Survival Calendar keeps kids busy, happy, and engaged during those long, hot summer days—and moms will find it to be a lifesaver when kids exhibit symptoms of the “boredom blues.”

You’ll find things like driveway baseball, ice cream in a bag, Sharpie-decorated shoes, geocaching, and watermelon shark salad to raising butterflies, pepperoni pizza cups, edible bingo, and sandpaper painted T-shirts.

I'm so excited to do some of these with my kids this summer! You can read more about it over here!

If you don't want to wait to win, you can use these special promotional codes to save on the regular purchase price!

BHM9 20% off the 2012 Summer Calendar {which sells for $9}
BHM14 20% off the 2012/2011/2010 Summer Calendar Bundle {which sells for $14}

{And if you buy one now and do win after all, Susan will refund your money on the ebook! :D Isn't that cool?}

So to enter, all you need to do is tell me this in a comment:

What was your favorite summer activity to do as kid? :)

Mine? Riding bikes down the country roads with my little brother Josh- we packed up and rode around together for miles and miles and it was always such an adventure! I'll never forget those days! :D

I'll choose four winners next Monday, June 25! The contest ends on Sunday night, June 24 at 11:59 CST, and thanks to digital delivery of gift cards and ebooks, is open to all countries! :D

I'm excited to hear your favorite summer memories!

weekend giveaway :: book + $10 starbucks card

I'm excited to bring you guys another fun giveaway! This one is short and sweet- it ends Monday morning, so you have to act fast! :D 

I love March! It's so much fun giving you guys lovely things!

You can enter to win a softcover copy of this sweet book:

{here's an awesome little preview of it}

Words of Wisdom for my Sons by Lenore Schur Hendricks

and to go with it? this little baby makes it even nicer to curl up with your new book at Starbucks! {Wisdom and coffee seem totally related to me! :D}

one $10 Starbucks gift card

to enter all you have to do is: 

1. tell me one thing you'd like your son {or future son} to know! {2 entries}


and for an extra entry:

2. become a subscriber {1 bonus entry}

 you can subscribe for updates by email here:

or just hit the button to tell me how you already do! {thank you!}

a Rafflecopter giveaway

monday tidbits :: giveaway winner + lovely links

Monday arrived so quickly, didn't it?

I have so much on my heart this morning and life is busier than ever at our house! I will share more as soon as I can.

But we have a little bloggy business to attend to first! heehee....

:: The winner of the lisa leonard giveaway {chosen by the rafflecopter} is Amanda E. of Royal Daughter Designs! wohooo!!!! Yay Amanda!! I'm emailing you!


:: Sweet Bonnie over at the Revolutionaries was so very kind to feature me on her Share Your Story Sunday spot yesterday. You can hop over and read my story here! You should check out her cool recycled DIY projects while you are there too!

:: Gina from Keepin' it Real was so sweet to feature me as her blog of the week! We write together over at RooMag, and she is such an encouraging Titus 2 lady! You should check out her series, "what would I do differently?" where she features thoughts from those who've been there, done that... so cool!!





:: And another bit of bloggy business: I'm getting a few comments from a few mobile phones through Blogger's interface that I can't respond to for some buggy reason {hoping that's not a curse word in the UK?! eek}. If you've left me a comment or question through the blogger interface {it has a captcha} and haven't gotten a response please email me at mandy @ biblicalhomemaking dot com. I so want to answer your question and can't! lol!

Have a lovely Monday!!