paper flowers give away by stephanie.

hey all! how was your weekend?

i'm ready to start a fresh new week that's sure to be exciting.

and guess what, its monday, which means:

the give away is here!!!

i'm really excited about this give away because its the first of many talented people that i get to help promote.

this weeks give away is brought to us by the talented and sweet stephanie collins.

i worked with her husband for about 1 1/2 years, and briefly knew stephanie, but i had no idea she was this crafty! i'm thirlled to be promoting her handiwork.

so here's what you can win:

{1 set of handcrafted paper flowers by stephanie.}

stephanie makes her own style of Tim Holtz grunge inspired roses using only card stock paper, her Cricut Expressions and acrylic glitter paint "to dazzle them up".

they can be used for anything from scrapbook minis to picture frames,

or head bands to broaches. 

i love these pieces simply because there are so many possibilites! 

alright, so here is how you enter:

you MUST BE A FOLLOWER OF MY BLOG. that's the first rule. - in other words i have to see your bright shining face in my followers page. (it makes things easier to keep in contact with you if you win. that's why.)

next: visit stephanie's blog and/or etsy shop,

leave a comment on this post by thursday april 22nd, telling what your favorite item(s) is and why. the winner will be chosen at random on thursday night and will be announced firday morning. its that simple! 

*want an extra entry? become a follower of stephanie's blog as well and leave an extra comment here saying you are now following her blog (please see above for what "following" means). 

alright everyone! send those positive thoughts out into the universe and get commenting!

{you can also visit stephanie's you tube channel for some awesome how-tos and shopping hauls.}

xoxo,

hi-ya.

welcome to my newest followers.

thanks for thinking i'm cool enough to follow!

xoxo,

hey there.

welcome to the blog erica marie!

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you guys it is beautiful here! (st. george.)

its 58 degrees and it feels like 70.

the sun is shining,

and i'm going to see percy jackson tonight!

today is a wonderful day.

hope your day is awesome!

=],

howdy.

i'd like to welcome my newest beautiful follower, lacey, to my blog.

howdy lacey! thanks for following!

mountain spring water,

hello friend.

welcoming three new friends to the blog!

alishea, mickey, and angie.

thanks for being such supportive gals!

(mickey also has this blog. she's a hairstylist and its her online portfolio.)

if you need to know how to enter the giveaway, you can read about it here.

if you are having trouble following my blog, or don't know how, here is a little crasher course for you:
there are about 3 ways to follow my blog.
starting up at the top of the page you should see these words "follow, share, report abuse, next blog". they are next to a little box with a tiny magnifying glass in it. click the word follow and then a new box should pop up giving you options of how you want to follow. no you don't have to have a blog, you can follow through yahoo or twitter or other sites. -- the second way you can follow is by looking to the left hand side of my blog. underneath the "lets talk about me" section, there is a section called "people who aren't afraid to be followers" directly underneath that title is a little box you can click that says follow. after clicking that, again a box will pop up giving you the options of how to follow. third and final way to follow my blog is underneath the "people who aren't afraid to be followers" section. the "follow me" section has two boxes one called "posts" and one called "comments" by clicking either of those, options will pop up to follow posts and to follow comments.
still having trouble?
e-mail me at sparrow.child at hotmail dot com and we'll talk.

you guys are awesome!

i'm lovin' it,


{7 days to enter the giveaway.}

welcome to illyria.

welcome to my newest follower:

alexandra mason!

she is from england and has a charming little craft blog that i checked out tonight.

such fun crafts!

its a small world after all,

well, well, welcome!

WELCOME TO THE BLOG LEAH!

guys, another fave blogger of mine just joined!

her name is leah and she is one of my fashion icons!

you absolutely HAVE to check her out!

she blogs here and i love hear daily outfit posts. they are great!

check. her. out.

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one more follower to go.

what! what!

{you guys make my day for sure.}

14 down, one more to go,

the good times just keep coming.

welcome to my newest follower kathleen!

kathleen from just a small town girl, blogs here.

i stopped in this morning  (ok... more like this afternoon...)

and she has such a charming blog!

welcome kathleen. thanks for stopping in.

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okay. 2 more followers to go.

then, i will be releasing all the awesomeness i have on a

give-a-way!

wow.

the more we get together, the happier we'll be,

okay stop it already.

anybody know what it feels like to walk on cloud 9?

hmmmm. i do.

wanna know why?

oh. it could be because i have a new follower...

it may seem like i'm going a little over board with the edifying other bloggers, and squealing out when i get new followers, but i come from a long history of MLMers (multi-level-marketers -- you know those annoying people with a "great opportunity that you can make millions with by working at home for a few hours a week"? yep thos are MLMers) -- and one of the biggest things in MLMing is edification. i'm not one of those attention-hungry-looking-for-approval type of gals, however, i believe in focusing on the little things in life to make me happy.

little things like:

one of my all time favorite bloggers following my blog!

those types of little things. =]

anyway, as always, welcoming my newest follower: bananas (aka little myra).

she blogs here and i recommend stopping by. 

i have to get my daily dosage of bananas every afternoon. 

welcome to the blog bananas!

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okay. now for some house keeping notes:

3 more followers to go. are you guys getting as excited as i am?

ugh. you better be. ;)

3 little monkeys,

well, well, well.

{you.} {guys.}

boy did i get on to find a nice surprise waiting for me!

i'm feeling like this right now:

first of all, i have a new {follower}. the one and only:

revolving styles! - yes. the same r.s. that i mentioned here.

i'm so tickled that they even dropped by. but now they are {following} as well!!

okay so not only do they have an AWESOME etsy shop, but they also have

good taste in bloggers. (if i do say so myself. ;])

so, if you have good taste too, you'll {heart} them here,

and {fan} them here.

welcome to the blog revolving styles!

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so. you know what another {follower} means.

11 down, 4 more to go.

and i'm so excited about it.

if you haven't heard about my upcoming {give-a-way}, you can briefly read about it here.

OR here is a little re-cap for you:

you can win a set of 3 customized frames.

i can either {surprise} you with the design, or you can pick colors and such.

i'll make and send them.

i know its not much, but everyone loves free stuff right?

um, {i do}.

so, we only have 4 more followers to go. if you want the chance to win, follow me, and try and rally your friends as well. =]

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next! - my revolving styles post brought some of my most favorite bloggers here to my little blog! peeps such as: ♥much love♥ {a wonderful blogger who always has great photos, awesome give-a-ways, and posts that are happy and uplifting. i always feel happy after stopping by her blog.}, life is BANANAS {this girl has sass and class all in one! i love reading her in-yo-face/oh-no-she-dint! type posts. and if you stop by her blog this month, be sure to wish her a "happy birthmonth" because like me, she celebrates all month!}, and leah {leah is one of my fashion icons! she dresses so amazingly its enough to make you want to go shopping after every post! =]. love her pics of her daily outfits.} as well as revolving styles themselves!) stopped in and shared their love for r.s. as well! -- its so much fun when everyone comes out to play!

thanks for stopping by ladies. and thanks to everyone else, who also stops by.

=]

why don't you come out and play,

{really huge, really yellow, really smiley smiley face pic found here. and the pics of the frams were done by yours. truly. uh-hu.}

there is a first time for everything.

today was a day of firsts for me,

and they've got me grinning from ear to ear.

no lie.

so one of my new readers lennie has given me my first ever blogging reward!

AND wrote a feature about me on her blog

bah!

i'm so excited! i've never had a reward before,

and i feel honored to accept this one!

lennie awarded me the:

what a peach she is.

its summer for her right now but winter for me, so this award has sent down rays of sunshine in my snowy time of year!

thank you lennie!

now how does it work? i award it to others?

well since lennie has already recieved it, i award it to:

jacque over at a quirky girl's thoughts

and my sissykins at the life of sissy-kins

thanks for being rays of sunshine for me!

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i've also decided (i know this may be pushing it)...

to make my own award.

so introducing (drumroll please!) the:

if you know about gene, you'll know how cool this award is!

if you don't know about gene, then hurry and go read this so that you understand.

and for the first ever receiver of this award,

i must give lennie the gene award. because her blog definitely makes me smile.

ya'll should go check her out.

thanks lennie!

♥

stay tuned all, for more self-made awards to come.

a toast to all the firsts out there,

{the sunshine award pic came from darling lennie and the gene award was snapped and made (whith lots of love) by yours truly.}

hey guyssssss.

well, for starters, i'd like to welcome two of my newest {followers}: lennie, and sammie!
thanks for following ladies! i hope you are entertained while you are here.
speaking of followers...
remember this? if not, then here it is!
well, 15 {followers} is getting closer and closer.
only 5 more to go.
so if you want to participate in the give-a-way,
rally all your friends together to {follow} me,
and we'll get the give-a-way ball rolling!
you. could. win.

i love give-a-ways,

i'll write for you.

i just saw julie and julia.

what a cute flick.

it made me think though.

what makes a blog alluring?

what is so interesting about other peoples lives that make us want to read about people we don't even know?!

right now i'm following 14 blogs. i personally know one of those people who's blog i read.

so what is it about the others that makes them so interesting?

why do everyday blogs about people's lives get so many followers?

i don't really have the answer.

the blogs i read make me smile.

they give me hope.

they inspire me.

they make me laugh.

that's why i go back everyday, and read what they have to say.

and why do they blog?

i blog because i've always loved to write.

i've always been writing every chance i've had.

stories, fan fiction, blogs, plays, skits, essays etc.

and i probably always will write.

whether its for me, readers, my family, or whomever.

i'll probably never stop writing.

so, thank you.

thank you to those who read.

thank you to those who comment.

thank you to those who follow. (all 8 of you.♥) 

you brighten my day.

if no one else, i'll write for you.

bon appetit,


{julie and julia poster found here but i searched here first... as i often do.}

new followers.

"hi" to two of my newest followers!

you guys are awesome.

thanks for following me! 

:)

(are you a reader that doesn't know how to follow? read this for following tips.)

p.s. now that i'm at 8 followers,

there are only 7 more to go before i do my giveaway!)

a little thing called,

homemade christmas gifts.

yes christmas is over, but i still have 5 gifts i haven't given yet.

3 of my friends & and 2 of my cousins are getting home made gifts this year.

hope they like them!

i decorated these frames according to all of their personalities.

i'm excited to give them away!

this one is my fave.

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i'm thinking if i get to 15 followers, i'll give away a set of 3 frames custom made for the winner. what do you think?

if you want to be a part of the giveaway, spread the word about my blog to your friends.

at 15 followers i'll give a set of 3 of these frames away!

you could be the lucky winner.

gettin' lucky with you,

{pics taken by me. me. ME.}

new awesomeness.

i have a new awesome follower!

her name is jacque and her blog address is:

http://www.randomnessisessential.blogspot.com

you should check her out! she's so cheerful.

i <3 her blog. 

oh and she's doing a giveaway!

wanna see what she's giving away? go here. hurry. quick!

life is a ball when you're having fun,

{want your blog to be mentioned on my blog?! e-mail me at sparrow.child at hotmail dot com - i'll check out your blog, and then it will be featured! share my blog with everyone you know as a return favor! - wow i just said "blog" a lot...}