Hearth and Homemaker

And the Winner Is....

....Ann'Re!!  You can visit her blog at http://blog.kerchners.com/ .  She has a home business crocheting afghans, scarves, etc. 

Congratulations, Ann'Re, and thank you to everyone who visited my site and entered the drawing.   It was so much fun,  I think I will do my own giveaway again in the near future, so check back again soon!

Less Than a Day Left to Win an Apron!!

If you just stopped by, be sure to check out my apron giveaway for the Fall Y'all Bloggy Giveaway.  There is less than a day left to enter!  I've had a ton of visitors and over 180 people enter the giveaway so far.  I am really surprised, since my giveaway was so far down the Mr. Linky list for the bloggy giveaways that I thought surely people would pass out from exhaustion before getting to enter mine!

I, myself, have entered probably fewer than one hundred giveaways (although it seems like more).  I've heard some people have entered them all.  Are you people crazy?!  Don't you have kids?   If so, are you feeding them?!  ;-)  Just kidding!  I just take waaaaaay too long signing up for the giveaways.  I think  I couldn't sleep if I entered them all.  (Actually, I haven't slept much anyway, lol.)

I am STILL on the lookout for the vintage apron.  My husband is the one who packed the aprons up...and naturally, he doesn't remember where.  I tore apart my entryway closet looking for it, sure it was in there.  It wasn't. On the bright side, my closet looks pretty good now.  There were too many boxes in there, and not enough room for coats and shoes.  My feet have not been bruised in an avalanche of shoes when I've opened it today, as they usually are!  I've tried locating a vintage apron on craigslist, but to no avail.  Well, there was one, but it didn't sound that nice.  Nothing but the best for my giveaway participants!

This weekend I have been on the hunt for a serger.  I had been wanting one anyway, and I figured if I end up making the winner an apron, it will be much more finished and nicer-looking, and should hold up much better to wear and tear.

That doesn't mean I'm giving up, though.  I have plenty more boxes to look through.  If I haven't found it by Sunday night/Monday morning, when I announce the giveaway winner, I will then ask the winner their fabric choices for their specially-made apron.

Vision Forum Giveaway at Life in a Shoe

Life in a Shoe is hosting a giveaway of $250 worth of Vision Forum goodies.  Yep, you read right, $250!
Just download their catalog, peruse the goodies, and make up a $250 wish list of Vision Forum publications.  Then post it on your blog and link back to the Life in a Shoe post.  Last, go back to the post at Life in a Shoe, and post a comment, with a link back to your own blog posting. 

Goodness, my head is spinning at the thought of all the freebies out there in blogland this week.  Whew!

So here is my dream list:

Best of Entrepreneurial Bootcamp, $125
How to Help Your Husband, $16
A Knight of the White Cross, $20
Prairie Bonnet, in pink, $12
Child-size Yellow Apron, $10
Modesty Slip, size small, $10
Beautiful Girlhood Tea Set, $55

The "Fall, Y'all!" Bloggy Giveaway

NOTE:  The giveaway is now closed to further entrants.  Results will be announced by Monday, November 5th.

Shannon over at Rocks in My Dryer has a sister site called BloggyGiveaways.com that is having...well...a bloggy giveaway!  It's called "The Fall, Y'all!" Bloggy Giveaway, where many of her readers link to their own blog where they are giving something away.  Pretty neat!

My contribution to the giveaway is a beautiful vintage-style apron.  It is white with a field of lavender-colored roses covering it, with purple piping along the edges.  It is a lovely apron, my absolute favorite.  But  I just don't use it that often, because I prefer my longer apron with the pockets.  So I've decided to bless a dear reader with this treasure. 

Pictures of the apron will be forthcoming, as soon as I get a new card for my digital camera this weekend.  To enter, simply leave a comment with a link back to your own blog.  You don't have to be participating in the giveaway yourself, but I need the link as a way to identify you and contact you after the contest.   If you don't have a blog, you can leave your email address in the comment, but be warned that this is a public blog and you could end up with spam as a result!   Also, you must be a resident of the United States to enter, so I can afford to ship it to you free.  ;-)    (My apologies to any dear international readers.)

I will choose a winner by November 4th at 9 pm.  Approximately--I've got a lot of kids, lol.  But I'll either close the comments for this post (if I can figure out how) or edit this post to let you know the giveaway is closed.  My method of choosing will be fair to everyone--I will draw a random day, then a random time, and whoever posted closest to that day and time, wins.  Good luck, everyone, and spread the word!

EDIT:  I looked for my apron, and it wasn't in the box with the other aprons.   (We're getting ready to move soon, and they are boxed up.)  I'm not giving up, I'll keep looking, but if I can't find it, I promise to sew the winner a lovely apron instead.  I have some beautiful fabric, and may even be able to let the winner choose.  But hopefully I'll track the purple-flowered apron down, because I don't want to disappoint anyone.  Please note that the apron is, I believe, vintage style, but not actually vintage.  Judging by the fabric, it looks fairly new.  Also the apron does not have a neck strap or ties--it is meant to be pinned to your blouse, in Amish fashion.  It is very cute.

And please take a look around my blog, and let me know what posts you like, and what you'd like to see more of.  Thank you for visiting, and good luck!