Come dear friends...gather at my home...a big give a way will soon be on it's way to YOU....This is my first give a way, and I'm so excited about it! I LOVE to give and especially at Christmas time...so I hope you'll all gather around and tell all of your friends...this will be fun!
"CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART"
It's Christmas in the mansion, Yule-log fires and silken frocks;
It is Christmas in the cottage, Mother's filling socks.
It is Christmas on the highway, In the thronging, busy mart,
But the dearest truest Christmas is the Christmas in the heart.
In this give a way package, you'll find block letters that will bring you JOY...
A Santa salt and pepper shaker set to give you shakes of Ho-Ho-Ho...
A Mormon Tabernacle Choir CD...where Broadway's leading man meets the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. This CD is the current musical masterpiece in a series of highly acclaimed holiday albums. The CD features guest soloist Brian Stokes Mitchell, dubbed by the New York Times as "Broadway's last leading man." His voice is fantastic, you will love him and this wonderful world famous choir that has been called.... "America's Choir.
A little red treasure box with a sweet gift inside....
A Cherry Pin....to match the cherries on my blog and to remind you, that I Love You!
3 cute little darlings to hang on a tree or around your home, to bring you cheer at this holiday time.
Yum...A box full of UTAH TRUFFLES...So very good and Chocolate covered Cherries....So delicious!
A little Apron that I made just for you...it matches my blog also. It has cute detail work on it that I hope you will love!
I hope you will wear it, remembering that I LOVE YOU.. And that it will bring you wonderful moments in your home at Christmas time and all year through!
So...this is the package for my Christmas give a way, also notice the darling little black and white bag..it's so cute!... And one more thing I just had to throw in for your Thanksgiving holiday.....
A beautiful Thanksgiving plate!I am so thankful for the gifts of the earth and for all of you wonderful ladies out there who come to be my friend.
So now... for the rules of this $90.00 give a way...
1. Click to be a follower of my blog
(but only if you really will, it's not about numbers for me but about friends!)
2. Leave a comment
(anything you desire to say)
3. Tell all your friends about this give a way
I will go to Random.Org to have them randomly pick a winner...the winner will be announced on my blog , Monday November 16th
I will have all of this in the mail to the winner by the week of Nov. 17-19th so you can have it and enjoy it well before Christmas gets here.
I just love you all..you have brought much happiness into my life and I want to give back to you....from my heart...to yours!
I just love you all..you have brought much happiness into my life and I want to give back to you....from my heart...to yours!
124 comments:
Julie, what an amazing giveaway...so many special treasures!! I love christmas and giving gifts as well, the special straight from the heart ones like this! xo
How sweet of you!! I love all of the touches that represent you. FUN! FUN! FUN! Giving truly is one of the best parts of Christmas!!
Julie,
You are so darling and this is a fabulous giveaway! Kindness and LOVE filled straight from your heart.
LOL... I just glanced over at the other comment and it said the same thing...LOL See we ALL think you have a huge loving he♥rt!
CHRISTmas is a magical time and it is the giving and loving as HE did that makes it so.
The apron is so precious and a lot of work... the music will fill some's home with the beautiful sounds of what it is all about.
So much is included that bespeaks who you are! A gracious Lady!
I hope this is wonderful week for you!
XO
~♥
What a lovely thoughtful giveaway that comes from your heart. I am so wanting to do one soon before Christmas too. Thank you for all the well wishes you left for me...they must be working because today is my first day out of bed and I am starting to feel better.
Wow Julie! That is one awsome give away.. so generous! Of course I follow you:). I consider you a friend. I will put a link on my side bar about your give away. Blessings!
Gwen
I would love to have that beautiful chicken scratch apron!!!
Really, it has my name on it!!!LOL
Beth says it so well. You are a darling! I think we must all feel a connection to you! (smiling)
It's fun huh....to do a giveaway!
Enjoy your day! Mercy
Julie,
What a great idea! How fun, I'll be sure and tell others about it!
What a sweet giveaway!
WOW! I love it all! I would love to win! I love CHRISTMAS! I especially adore the apron and the cheery pin, becuase it represents YOU and your big heart! The CD is great too. I've been wanting to get that CD! I am a follower! I will tell my friends!
Have a great week! Thank you!
Oh, my goodness, Julie, all of these wonderful treats!! Thank you so much for your generosity in having this giveaway! I would love to be entered. I am wishing a beautiful week and much happiness for you, my dear friend! Thanks for stopping by for a cup of tea at Bunny Cottage today! Vicki
Julie!!! WOW! This is amazing! Please add me in!
Already a follower!
I am off to post about this right now!!
What a FUN giveaway...thanks for the chance to win. AND I am a follower! LOVE your blog!
What a lovely giveaway !!
I am happy to be your friend... I LOVE Christmas... good luck to whoever the lucky person is who wins this.
Have a Beautiful day ~~
... and I love you too, Julie!!! Such a wonderful gift you have prepared for the lucky winner, and the apron made with your own hands, that´s a cute thing!!
Wish you a very happy week
María Cecilia
Hey Julie,
I read this earlier and then was pulled away by my sick baby and forgot to come back and comment so thanks for the reminder!! This is quite the give away! I'm thinking I am going to do on on my Photog blog for Christmas or new years too. Thanks!!!
Wow! So many great gifts! My Mom is a cherry collector and I would love to share these with her. Great blog!! Keep up the good work! Amy amydhay@gmail.com
What a wonderful give-away! I just love to come visit your blog, so don't worry about putting me down for the give away, let someone else have a chance! Blessings,Kathleen
I'm so getting into Christmas! What a great give-away! I've read your blog before, but this is the first I've commented...better late than never!
Julie, what a sweet giveaway! I love the apron you made, but everything is just amazing! You've put together such a fantastic and generous give away!
Manuela
There is something so special about listening to a choir sing Christmas Carols. Happy Holidays to you and yours!
I just came across your blog, and now I am a follower.
OH Julie,
What a fabulous give=away! I can't believe all the awesome gifts you have chosen. I love them all and of course I am a follower because I love your blog and your interesting life! I will post about it too! Hugs, Cindy
What a great Giveaway! I always enjoy reading your blog!
Sweet Julie, you are a very giving person, you must be very special. You are becoming a very dear friend.
Your gifts are beautiful and how fun to give them to someone.
I am honored to be a follower of your.
hugs, cindy@stitches
Holy cow!! That's an awesome giveaway. This is sooo sweet of you. What a great way to lead into the Holidays this year.
I just ran into your blog from somewhere and totally love it! It's nice to run into someone who is a little more ...uhm, ya know, older? I'm a granny too!
Love your sidebar and you are beautiful holding that little one!
Good to get to know you!
Tauna
Julie
I just found your wonderful site this evening. WOW what a amazing giveawy. Makes mine look small but I too have been so touched by all my blog friends that I wanted to have a Thanksgiving giveway because I am so thankful for everyone on these sites
Take care
Maggie
Hi Julie,
That is one awesome give-away! You have wonderful taste!
Blessings,
Lorilee
What a sweet little apron! You made that? How cute!
Brenda
Wow! What a great giveaway! That Motab CD of Christmas music would be so fun to own - for some reason I've never bought any of their holiday ones, although I've been to their Christmas concerts several times. So glad I found your blog.
Woowza! What a fabulous giveaway!!
I was just stopping by to say hello and see what you have been up to. Sorry I've been so scarce, I've been soooo busy!
Hope all is well!
Love and hugs,
Karyn
Howdy, Just found your blog. I am a blog surfer. I love to blog surf and see how all the talented people in the world use their gifts. I'm still searching for mine. I look forward to following your blog and enjoying your talents. Thanks.
Oh Julie!
What a truly amazing give away. I love cherries so much, my dining room and kitchen are cherries, and I love this cherry pin. The platter is beautiful. Julie there are just to many things to even mention.
I have joined to follow your site. I love your blog. I have read some of your posts, and you are my kind of blogger. Please pop over and say hi and I would be so honored if you would follow my blog as well. I too, like followers that will stop in every once and awhile and see what I am up to.
Such a generous offering Julie. Someone is going to be one lucky Blogger. Thank you for the opportunity to be one.
Country hugs sweetie, Sherry
Of all the things in your give-a-way, I love the apron the most. And I love that you said the cherries were to remind us that you love us, not that we should remember you. That statement alone says a lot about you.
Just to let you know sweet one, I came by to gather up your yummy chili recipe and raisin bread! Yummo:-)
I will come back and give you our reviews! Is that chopped onion and celery I see in the picture? (Maybe peppers?)
Hugs!
What a WONDERFUL giveaway! Thank you so much for the entry!! :)
Wow! Julie, you've gone over the top with this! Fantastic! I love all the holiday goods and the special gifts that let us know we're loved! Thanks for the opportunity to enter.
Wow Julie, this is the best giveaway I have ever seen. How very generous of you to want to put some joy into someone else's life in this way and how very YOU! I have posted about this on my blog, so expect some new visitors! I hope you don't mind but I borrowed one of your pictures to show them. I can see a big portion of your heart in this prize . . . in all the loving little touches you have included. This reminds me, it's about time I did a giveaway myself! Love you loads sweet friend!
What a wonderful giveaway Julie. Wow! So fun! I love it all - especially the apron!
XOXO
Jen
Wow Julie!! This is quite a generous giveaway! So many fun gifts! It's going to be like Christmas for the lucky winner!
I'm already a follower of your cute blog.
And I will definitely add this to my blog.
Hugs, Debi
Julie, I have added your beautiful giveaway to my Monday post, and to my sidebar.
Hugs, Debi
Oh my! Look at all the adorable things you have gathered to share! Though I don't know you well, it all just seems so "you". :) I love it! And I love your blog~ so glad to have found you.
You don't have to give me anything, but I love the verse you began this post with and the beautiful apron that matches my blog too!
I love visiting you here Julie! And Christmas is a wonderful time in Blog Land! But wait...Thanksgiving is not yet here and I am busily finishing up all the necessary things for a Christmas bazaar i will be selling in this week...gotta get busy..
hi! i came over from marie's blog(oak cottage) and i have to say this is a FABULOUS giveaway and whoever wins will be crazy lucky! hopefully its me:)
love your blog! i just became a follower and hope we can also be friends. i love making new blog friends! oh, and check out my blog too:) have a great day!
I'm so glad I found my way here via 'A Year From Oak Cottage' !!! Your blog is delightful and I am now a follower looking forward to getting to know you better! Please count me in on your very generous giveaway!
What a big heart...so generous and kind to put together such a happy and soulful package-gift. Thanks and how glad I am that I have come upon your blog.I will enjoy following from here on out. Happy holiday season, of hope,love and happiness.
kuhlish@aol.com
OH, my goodness-that's some give away! You're a sweet heart!
Julie what a great idea. I love all the fun things you have to give away. It truly does show yur love for mankind.
How fun!! I just found you through The Red Bulletin Board blog...thank you so much for doing this:):)
I became a follower...I found you thru a friend of a friend...you know how that goes. Love your blog and your testimony of faith!!! Visit me if you get a chance...I actually have 2 blogs! Jeremiah 29:11 and Wise Old Owl! Have a blessed day!
I know I don't have much of a chance of winning, but I hope I do!
My goodness, Julie...you have to be the biggest sweetheart ever to have a giveaway like this! All of the items are just so wonderful, but my favorite is the apron! *squeeal* I love it! You are the most awesome apron-maker ever. And I'm not just kissing up, either! (Well maybe a little... *snicker*)
Hi Julie! Oh, what a wonderful and generous giveaway! Please please enter my tiny name and I've been a follower for some time.
Bless your heart for being so precious.
Shelia ;)
What a fabulous giveaway!! Count me in. Thanks for always visiting and leaving kind comments on my blog, I count you as one of my treasured friends, as well. :)
I stumbled across your blog, and I must say, simply WONDERFUL! :) What you are doing is so generous! You've inspired me to do a little something...I hope I can do it soon!
~Deanna
I'm a follower, and you can be I'll follow! You are just darling! :)
Hi! How nice to meet you!! I would be happy to be a follower!! I also posted about your giveaway on my blog!! Looking forward to seeing more of your blog!
blessings
mary
Julie...what a darling giveaway! I will share it with others. Since I don't blog...shame on me I know...I want to do a little something like this. Maybe randomly pick a family in our ward or from a list of friends we can draw out of a hat...I am thinking this will be a great FHE next week. You are such a smart lady. Take good care and have a wonderful Thanksgiving and Holiday Season. Much Love...Dana
This is an awesome giveaway! So many heartfelt things in it! I saw your comment over on the Meanest Mom and had to swing by for a peek. Love the cherries and the blue on your blog, it reminds me of kitchen and the 50's.
Can't wait to get to know you better through our blogs!
I love your blog. Super cute. Loving the Cherry theme!
Such a great give away!
I love fun, uplifting blogs(maybe I am just a fan of mormon bloggers :)
Your blog is so inspiring. Thanks for giving us a peek into your fun life!
Love love your giveaway, how nice of you to put in some of the most lovely things.I love Christmas and I love the sharing and caring about others the most.I doa dore that apron, I think of my mother when I look at it, she wears them.I have never worn an apron.
I love your blog page here. I just became a follower and glad I did Im sure to visit over the holidays.God Bless!~Becky
What a generous giveaway. I can see you are a Christmas kind of girl- I am really looking forward to this beautiful time of year. I hope to do a giveaway soon too!
I just had to write and comment what a blessing your site is to me now that I have found it. You my friend are the epitme of a motto I earnestly try to live by, it goes like this: BElieve you will be blessed, but always remember to BE a blessing....thank you so much for setting that example for us to follow!!
Julie, you have truly become the expert blogger. I am lucky if I can get anyone past you to comment on my blog. I don't know how you do it. If I tried to give away something, no one would visit anyway. what I great package. You are so cool
Julie...you are so generous.
xo
Thanks for hosting such a wonderful giveaway. I found your site through a comment on Pioneer Woman's site.
I am a new follower, and really am enjoying your blog. Look forward to getting to know you.
Jodi purehrt555(at)Yahoo(dot)com
What a lovely giveaway! Glad to have found your blog. Thanks for your generous heart.
Of course, I am a follower!
Wow Julie, what a lot of Christmas goodies! you are very generous indeed and it looks as though you have whipped up quite a following for this so well done you!
Sarah x
This is such a neat idea! You are so giving and always have a way of inspiring others! I thoroughly enjoy your blog... It's fun to keep up with you now that we are no longer neighbors. Thank you for reminding everyone what Christmas is all about!!
What a generous giveaway...found you via BNOTP. I have become a follower (and I really will =))and have posted your Giveaway on my sidebar. Please come by and visit me as well.
Found your site on PW! It seems the ladies of Utah are a lot like the ladies of Oklahoma - grateful for faith, family and friends! Maybe that's just a universal girl thing! Love the Give Away! The apron is my very favorite!
The chili was fantastic! I made it after the funeral yesterday, before I had to send Mr B away on a jet plane. It seems he is traveling every week now. The church is growing:)
I forgot to tell you I am a loyal FAN, mostly a friend and your follower.
I hope you don't mind me sharing your recipe for the chili this Friday and I will post about your giveaway then! It was and is so fast, easy and yummy!
enjoy your day and thanks for your comments about Veterans Day.
~♥
Just for a smile the verification word is 'imake.' It made me laugh out loud. It should have been
imade! :)
I ate some for breakfast:-)
Julie, what a wonderful giveaway! How generous of you. Christmas is a wonderful time. I'm already a follower, but I'd like to be included in this giveaway drawing.
Blessings,
Marcia
Julie, Okay...so the apron pulls the strings to my heart! It is totally sweet of you to do something like this!
What a great way to boost your views and make new friends along the way!
Simply heart warming...you silly girl...your daily comments are just the type of giving I enjoy! :D
You are such a sweet person...and I love your comments...you always make my day...Thanks So Much!
I just started following your blog and I am in LOVE with the items in your giveaway. I will be for sure linking your giveaway on my blog!
It's a whole Christmas in a give-a-way! Love the apron and the thought of those Utah truffles has me all flustered! I'll give you a shout out on GrannyMountain..
joy c.
78 comments you have become quite a celebrity! Love ya!
Julie your give away is amazing..... Looooooove the cherries!!!! :-)
I am here visiting all the time....
Hugz,
Dolly
I just happened upon your blog. I love it! And what a great giveaway to boot!
Have a good day.
Sandra
And I'm now a follower!! So glad to meet you.
Sandra
What a generous giveaway. Love it all. Loved your sweet post about the little sparrow. I am ever grateful for the tender mercies in my life. I'll sign up and follow you! Mimi
Good Morning Julie,
This is such a wonderful give-away, I hope I win! Thanks for your kind comments, hugs, Cindy
Great give-away Julie. You can tell that you really love Christmas:)
I found your blog through another one. Thank you for you positive, sweet outlook on life and for sending out rays of hope in a often dreary world. Your just what I needed to brighten my day! Thank you!!
Your giveaway items are just treasures to cherish. Please put my name in the hat.
You are simply AMAZING! What a terrific idea! Count me in!
Julie.. what a fabulous giveaway! Thanks for stopping by my blog...I'm having so much fun meeting all new friends in blogland, where I'd be without my computer heaven knows!
dear friend -- totally wonderful of you to give a gift like this -- You know I am new to your post and we have become fast firends through emails -- I got my blogg up and running because of you -- I just did not want to miss-out having more firends like you.. I will tell my other firends only because you are indeed a sweet spirit and I want my other friends to get to know you too! Thanks,,
By the way I don't have service at my Dad's home like I was hoping so posting or commenting will be very few in number -- but I will pop-in when I can thanks to my sister inlaw.. Lots of Hugs kandgough@gmail.com
Sweet giveaway!
That is so generous of you !!
The apron is delightful!!
Diane
wow! how fun to be hosting to your first giveaway and look how many comments! hooray! aren't hosting giveaways so much fun?
i adore the apron!
thanks for always leaving such kind comments.
xo
elyse
What a lovely give away! The Joy Blocks are so cute.
Look at you! you're so creative with your blog- I love it! This is such a great idea!
What a wonderful Christmas package! I especially LOVE the wall hanging about HIS presence Amen!
WOW! This is a great giveaway, I just found your blog from Granny Mountain and I will be adding you to my favorites list. You represent the true spirit of Christmas. thanks..
shelia at bluebirdshouse @ gmail.com
I am also becoming a follower on your blog.
thanks again,
shelia at bluebirdshouse@gmail.com
I found your blog through Aunties With Advice and became a follower. What a great package of goodies for your giveaway, it is awesome of you to do that!
Hi Julie,
Thanks for all of you encouraging comments. Wow, what a generous and thoughtful give away. Everything looks wonderful ~love your apron. Thanks for all you give us with every post! Hope your weekend is relaxing and wonderful.
~Jermaine~
Lovely gifts. I am going to enjoy following with you.
Have a lovely day. Come enter our TRIPLE GIVEAWAY, if you haven't. TTFN ~ Marydon
Julie, wow you are as generous with your gifts as you are with sharing yourself with us. Again I am so glad to have found your Blog. I'm clicking the follow button right now!
Linda
OMG you've gotten a few contestants. I'm just out visiting my followers. Wanted to say Hi, and have great weed-end.
hugs
cindy@stitches
Hello Julie,
I found you thru Brenda at Deck the Halls of Home with Joy! I am really excited to follow you and I really enjoy your posts...especially the recipes...and I can't forget to mention the awesome giveaway!
Thanks so much! luv luv
Amy
majkholly@yahoo.com
Julie, I have been looking at your site for a few weeks now and love it. I found it thru Brenda at "Deck the Halls". It give a way is so nice and shows what a loving person you are. The items were so nicely selected and the tray is beautiful!
Wow! What a wonderful giveaway! Thank you for the chance to win! Everything is lovely!!
What a wonderful give away! I love all of it and would love to be entered. I just found your blog through Chickens in the Road this morning.
Julie, What an awesome and beautiful giveaway. It would be great to win it, so if you will enter me, that would be great, too. I also signed up to follow you. Wonderful blog!!! Thank you, Linda gypsyluv1010@gmail.com
I would be thrilled to be a new 'follower' of your blog and look forward to reading it from the very beginning :-) I know it will give me lots to think about and to aspire too as well :-)
Julie 109 comments! My goodness girl, you know how to draw a crowd!
As always love you blog!
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Ok, I set you to follow. I've never used the "follow" button to read a blog, only an RSS feed, so this will be a learning experience.
I also blogged about your give-away.
http://mamasnuthouse.blogspot.com/2009/11/harwards-give-away-and-emergency-prep.html
This is such a nice give-away. Thank you for doing it!
I will love to follow you. I love new blogs. Iwill put you in my favorites and ck you daily. I will put a notification on my blog of you and your sweet blog and WONDERFUL give away (millermessages.blogspot.com) and most of all I would like to wish you a very Merry and Sweet Holiday season.
PS- its not about the give away for me, its having a new friend
I've become a follower. When I follow a blog, I do really follow it. I read the posts and I leave comments on occasion. Why follow a blog if you're not going to read it!
What a wonderful sweet giveaway! Oh, please enter me. I remember the Morman Tabernacle Choir from way back as a child. The music was so glorious. You must really love your followers to do this!
Thank you.
Marilyn
Wow, this is an amazing giveaway!! How nice of you to do this Julie! I love your blog and I hope that random thingy chooses me! :-D
For some reason I thought that I was already a follower.
Love ya,
sandy
What a fun giveaway!
It all looks so fun!
It is my first time to your blog and I am now a follower....Please include me in your drawing and I will post it on my blog too!
http://melindasfabricfancies.blogspt.com
I am a follower as of now! Love your blog and what a wonderful giveaway! How many grandchildren?!! We have six now and always have such a blast when they are all here together!
Just found you through Chickens in the road. I believe I am going to enjoy your blog. I'm going to bookmark and come back often.I don't have a blog but love reading them. Nell
I love your blog and would love to enter your give-away contest. Thanks for all you do!
Your just too, nice, and very generous. I love how much you love people!!
Julie,
I've been following your blog for a while and I think we have a mutual loved one ...Marylou! The apron reminds me of one my grandma made years ago. thanks for the reminders of what is really important!
Hey! I realize I'm a bit late on this, and my chances may be slim, but I had to go for it, because being so newly wed I have absolutely NO Christmas decorations of my own, so it doesn't hurt to try right? I think it's so neat that you are so kind to others and so willing to be so giving! Your an amazing person!!! take care!
WOW, what an awesome prize package! We really love the chicken scratch apron...so sweet.
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