Monday, November 16, 2009

THE WINNER IS.......

THE WINNER HAS BEEN CHOSEN.....COME SEE....
" Oh Sis..have you heard?! ...Over at the Harward's blog this morning...there is a GIVE A WAY AND THE WINNER is to be announced! Oh, I'm so excited...lets go see! "
HI LADIES...ARE YOU READY? HERE WE GO.....

DRUM ROLL PLEASE.......ta ta ta ta ta ta


OH.....I'M SO DOG GONE EXCITED AREN'T YOU?!!!

THE WINNER IS....

FARM CHICK PAULA....at.... THE FRAKER FARM

PAULA... I will get this give a way package off to you in the mail by tomorrow morning!

I hope this will bring you lots of Christmas spirit...from my heart to yours!



To ALL my sweet friends out there who entered...(there were 124) ...I want you to know, that in my HEART.. I would have loved to give this to every one of you!
I love you all dearly!


Please...don't be "down in the mouth" if you did not win....I will be having another GIVE A WAY in the SPRING time!
So , lets continue to get to now each other and be the best of friends! I love you all!



This was the funnest...the most joy filled thing ever! I have so enjoyed getting to know so many wonderful women in blog land...new friends too!
This has filled my heart with the Christmas spirit...thats what giving does! I even put up my Christmas tree last night... (maybe the snow we got helped too)...all my family is coming here for Thanksgiving so I am SO excited for the holidays!
SENDING EACH ONE OF YOU..." ALL MY LOVE "

"HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU"

38 comments:

The Garden of Egan said...

The post was so darling that I am not even crying......yet! Congrats to the winner!!!!! I love your pictures and the little captions! So cute.
You are awesome!
Happy Thanksgiving and HUGS to you.

PamperingBeki said...

Congratulations to the winner!

Beth at Aunties said...

Yesterday's and today's post are so cute and adorable. I love all your fun build up and pictures! They are the best.
Congratulations to the winner of the thoughtful gifts for the Holidays!
We are ALL winners because we have found you:-)
We are looking forward to seeing your pretty tree!
Happy Thanksgiving and Happy baking!:-)
~♥

Joycee said...

Congratulations to the winner!

Sarah Bogh said...

Oh Wow! You had so many people enter! Good job! What a fun give away! Congrats to the winner and congrats to you for a very successful give away!

Tracy said...

Congrats to the happy winner!!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and happy decorating! I'm on my way to decorating today too!!

Thanks for your giving Spirit!!

GWENDOLYN said...

Julie,
Congratulations to your winner. She has won a wonderful give away! I love those dogs! Your's , what are their names? I am so nosey. :)
Tomorrow I announce the winner of my give away. Blessings to you dear friend.
Gwen

Connie said...

Cute pictures and a sincere congratulations to the winner!

Heart of a Cowgirl said...

Lucky girl Paula! That was a great giveaway. You're so sweet Julie!

Vicki said...

Hello, Julie,
Congratulations to the lucky girl, Paula!! I know she is very excited to receive all of these lovely gifts! Thank you again for hosting such a wonderful giveaway! Blessings to you my dear friend. Have a beautiful week! Vicki p.s. Loved all those vintage images, too.

Marie said...

Greaet post Julie! What a wonderful way to sooth the disappointment in not winning! You made it completely entertaining and fun, and I felt like a winner just for being your friend anyways!! Congrats to your lucky winner! I'm sure that she will be thrilled!!

debi said...

What a cute post!!
Congratulations Paula!

Sandy said...

Congrats Paula, that's a great gift!!!

Cindy (Applestone Cottage) said...

Cute post Julie and congrats to the winner! Cindy

ABamaMom said...

Love Paula...so I don't have sour grapes...this time!

Lorilee said...

Congrats to Paula! I love her blog too! I also love the dog photo!
Blessings,
Lorilee

Brenda said...

LOVE all your fun pics! Can't believe you have your tree up already...FUN!! Congrats to the winner AND I can't wait til Spring. Sure had fun looking through your blog...your place is beautiful and I can tell you are too! DELIGHTFUL!

Brenda @Just a Bed of Roses said...

Congratulations!
That's so nice to be the winner when there were soooo many!
Glad your in the holiday spirit Julie...you need to share some thanksgiving traditions with us.
Nice prizes too...especially that tabernacle choir cd!

Brenda said...

Congratulations to the winner!
Cute post! I Can't wait until Spring!

The Gough Inn said...

Congrat --- to the winner!

Julie
You are the best -- high five !

Teresa @ Grammy Girlfriend said...

Love the post....Love your blog...I have had so little time to do any blog reading and I have missed it...stop by my Christmas blog and leave a comment. The giveaway is a great Christmas CD to add to your collection.
http://grammyababychangeseverything.blogspot.com

Lynne's Somewhat Invented Life said...

I agree, the post was darling and full of love. Thanks for hosting such a popular give away. And for the love we all feel

Blessedmom's Simple Home said...

Congratulations to the lucky winner! The vintage photos on this post are so cute. Where do you find them?
Blessings,
Marcia

KathyB. said...

Congratulations Farm Chick Paula! You are getting a wonderful package in the mail. Cute announcement too ,Julie.

GWENDOLYN said...

Hello Julie,
You are the winner of my give away. If you can give me your address, I will ship this out this week. Blessings!
Gwen

Julie Harward said...

OH MY GOODNESS GWEN.....I WON?! I HAVE NEVER WON ANYTHING...EVER! I'M SO EXCITED...I'LL BE RIGHT OVER! :D

Farm Chick Paula said...

*SQUEEEAL* I can't believe it!!!
(Jumping up and down)
Oh Julie- you have made me so happy! I am SO SORRY I'm just now finding out, but my doggone internet has been down since Sunday night- I can't wait until my package arrives- I'll definitely be having an early Christmas this year!
Thank you so much- you are such a sweetheart!
(And congrats on your win too- you deserve it!)

Julie Harward said...

Yea! Paula..there you are! I'll get this package sent out to you TODAY...I'm happy that you are happy! I love to give and I can't wait til you get this in the mail...ENJOY...love Julie :D

Anne Fannie said...

I missed your giveaway! I have been so busy with RS stuff that I haven't been keeping up with my blog visiting!
Congratulations to Sweet Paula!

Hugs, Ann

paperbird said...

Julie I loved how you announced your winner- so creative and cute.
Yahoo for Paula!
Have a great day, xo Lorraine

maría cecilia said...

Hi dear Julie, congratulations to the winner of your so beautiful giveaway!!!!
So sad to hear you can´t cultivate roses over there, why would it be??
Have a wonderful thanksgiving with all your family, there will be many people, uh? Family is the best thing in life.
Muchos cariños
María Cecilia

The Pleasures of Homemaking said...

Congratulations to the winner!

Manuela

Muthering Heights said...

Congrats to the winner!

I am SO EXCITED too!!!! It's going to be a wonderful holiday season this year! :D

French-Kissed said...

Congratulations to your giveaway winner...actually we are all winners just having the opportunity to get to know you through your beautiful blog.

~Jermaine~

Lemonade Makin' Mama said...

Congrats to the winner!!

So fun to give things away isn't it?? You always give such joy to me when you leave your sweet comments! I look forward to each one!

Blessings,
Sasha

Dolly said...

Congrats to Paula.... Lucky duck!

Julie you have the best way of presenting the winner....I was so excited!

Hugz, Dolly

Shelia said...

Congratulations to your winner! Those little graphics are so darling. Thank you so much, Julie, for popping in to see me. I always love your visits.
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)

Lissa said...

and happy thanksgiving and merry christmas to you!