~ A Very Special Giveaway at ~na.da.farmlife with Anne Marie

 I have been reading na.da.farmlife with Anne Marie’s blog for some time now and have enjoyed every post. Anne Marie writes  from her heart with words of wisdom and inspiration, she also writes about her life on the farm homesteading, gardening, recipes, her love of music and her original clothing designs. Anne Marie and Jason and their adorable children live on the farm in Illinois. Jason raises bees for the sweet honey they produce and then to market for nada farmlife, Jason is also a gifted wood craftsman and designs and makes the most beautiful custom kitchen cabinets . Anne Marie and Jason are raising their children with strong family values, schooling, helping on the farm and their love of God.

Here's your chance to come to the farm and meet Anne Marie!

Anne Marie’s dear friends Jen, Jill and Jeanne have graciously donated to this giveaway!

~Thank you girls~

They are providing for one very lucky person

2 days of ART classes

+

1 night's stay!!!

~for October 7th and 8th, 2011~

The winner will receive 2 SPOTS FOR EACH OF THE 2 DAYS OF ART classes 

 and You will also get a FREE HOTEL ROOM courtesy of the three of them at the 4 star hotel: Holiday Inn Express!

VALUE WORTH: $500!!

To enter the giveaway all you have to do is:


1. Blog about the Art on the Farm classes at the NaDa Farm Sale and the Girls Weekend Giveaway . Once you have blogged about it come here to my blog and let us know.

or

2. Talk about the art classes and giveaway on Twitter for a second entry! Once you have talked about it let us know here on my blog.

or

3. Talk about the art classes and giveaway on Facebook for a third entry. Once you have talked about it on Facebook come back and let us know here on my blog.

All entries to be entered here (on Anne Marie's blog) only

make sure you leave a comment for each entry you do

DRAWING WILL END FRIDAY!

(Sept 23rd...at midnight)

(The winner will also receive V.I.P. parking + a few personal goodies from Anne Marie)

This is in conjunction with the October 7th and 8th Barn Sale/Event on

na.da.farm

To find out more about this exciting event at na.da.farmlife please visit Anne Marie Here

~Thank you Maryann~

I Won! the most wonderful gift (giveaway) from Maryann at  Mariondee-desings It arrived all wrapped in pink tissue paper with a pink ribbon, and traveled over the seas from Australia to my little cottage in Modesto Ca. Safe and sound. (You can click on any photo to enlarge if you like)

Maryann designed and made this fabulous cottage throw. I love it! it has the sweetest ruffles and lace.
Maryann sent the sweetest note along. 
  I was so excited and thrilled when Maryann wrote to tell me her beautiful daughter Lisa had drawn my name. I adore this throw and it brings me much joy! You all know how much I treasure everything handmade, and I will treasure this gift forever.

If you haven't had the pleasure of meeting Maryann at Mariondee-designs, please stop over and say Hi!
I'm sure you will love her blog as much as I do.

~And the Winner Is~

Ana from A Petite Cottage 

Thank you have the bottom of my heart for all the sweet and thoughtful Birthday Wishes, your gift of friendship has truly warmed my heart.. 

Ana from A Petite Cottage is such a darling, it's so funny that I drew her name since we both have birthdays in March hers is on the 5th but, ( I'm older LOL) and we also have the same dinning room table.

 I love reading Ana's blog and

  I adore  her style. Her home is full of lovely cottage charm and Ana has the best ideas for crafting wreaths for your front door and she also has a Etsy full of  hand made crafts . If you have not meant Ana  yet please stop by for a visit, I'm sure you will adore her a much as I do.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend y'all!

~55 Candles and a Giveaway~

Oh yes! today March 7th is my Double Nickle Birthday

55 big ones for this girl.

And I want to celebrate with you my friends with a GIVEAWAY

My gift to you is a 55 Dollar Visa Gift Card  so you can shop at any store of your choosing.

All you have to do is be a follower and leave me a comment here letting me know you are a follower and would like to have your name put into the "Home is Where the Heart is Bowl". 

I will pick the winner on Saturday  March 12th. 

May your week be sweet and your hearts happy!

~We have a Winner~

We have a Winner of the $35.00 CSN gift card. And the winner is:

"Beverly" from My Sew Sweet Studio

If you have not meant Beverly than you are in for a treat! She is just  a darling and so talented! can this gal sew  up a storm and create the most beautiful one of kind items and she quilts by hand too! stop by and see what Beverly is sewing.

Congratulation's Beverly I will be sending you an email with all the information.

Thank you to all our dear friends that dropped their name into the bowl. 

Very, very soon,  we are going to have another giveaway. Something different so stayed tuned...

~ CSN gift card GIVEAWAY~

Guess what? CSN  contacted Gary and I  and  they are offering YOU one of Home is Where the Heart is followers a  $35.00 gift card! How exciting is this....We can't wait to see who wins this Giveaway..

Have you been dreaming of summer and playing in your yard, we have! Well my I suggest you take a look at CSN's Swingsets

 How about this sweet little blue baby swing for the little one in your life..

 Or a red car to swing your  little man in.

 All kids love to swing no  matter the age..It brings a smile to every one's face.

I love this one....I think Gary might just have to buy this one for US!....Oh Gary dear......

You can spend the $35.00 gift card on anything your little heart desires on CSN's  website!! They have so many things to choose from. So have fun Shopping CSN.....

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and be a follower. That's it! and if you would like a second chance to win, you can post about this giveaway somewhere on your blog and let us know you did by leaving us a second comment here. Also please leave us your email address so if you win we can contact you right away.
Gary and I will draw a name out of the Home is Where the Heart is bowl on  Tuesday February 22. "Good Luck" and Thank You CSN for giving one of our friends a chance to win a $35.00 gift card to spend at one of your many stores.

~JUNK 2 JOY~Grand Opening

Becky at HOLIDAY IN THE SUN as just OPENED
                    ~JUNK 2 JOY~
Becky is promoting her ETSY Shop JUNK 2 JOY by having a Give A Way!
You can enter to win a set of 4 fabric pumpkins in your choice of traditional or neutral color schemes.

These are two listed in Becky's shop right now.

 Here are the rules:

1) Blog about the opening of JUNK to JOY ETSY Shop and this promo.

2) Include a link back to Becky at Holiday in the Sun http://holidayinthesun-becky.blogspot.com/2010/09/junk-to-joy-fun.html
3) Leave a post up for a full 24 hours.
4) For a second chance to win, post this button in your sidebar with the link above.

5) For a third chance to win, visit Becky's Shop and leave her a comment telling her your favorite item.
This Promo will run through next Sunday September 12, 2010 at 6:00pm. Becky will announce the winner that evening!.

~The Vintage French Hen's Give-a-way~

Oh my Lucky Stars! Look at what I won from Marcia at the Vintage French Hen Marcia and I do not live far away from each other, just right up the road. So Marcia delivered in person her French Give-a-way. It was such a treat and a shear joy to meet her and to spend the day together. This was the day Becky,Marcia and I spent together visiting and sewing banners.

Marcia made many of the gifts and I do love "hand made" to me it's so special to receive hand made. It means that someone took the time, care and thought enough about the gift to create something very loving and original.

 

I love all the little touches, this sweet box is so pretty I wish you all could see it in person.

The Tussie Mussie is so unique and vintage looking. I just adore it so. There are so many details, I will  try to show you closer up photo's.

Inside the Tussie Mussie were these adorable pink clothes pins! how  darn cute are these. I put them into a crystal bowl and placed them on top of the dryer in the laundry room, now I can see them everyday!Thank you so much Marcia for creating all these lovely gifts (you are a real sweetheart)

If you ever have the chance to meet a blogging friend, I hope you take the opportunity to do so. I have been so fortunate to have meant two of the sweetest and kindest ladies that live so close to me. I have been blessed with their friendship.

  

~Come see what I WON!~

I won these beautiful hand made pillow cases from Cindy over at "Oakview Cottage" if you don't know Cindy please go over for a visit  here.  Cindy has the most charming home and her sweetness just shines through on her blog. I know you will love her as much as I do..

And these delicate hand embroidered tea napkins. How sweet as these!

And this burlap table runner that Cindy made herself!. Cindy is a creative sewer and so talented!. I love this table runner so much. It's so perfect on our table in the front room.
Thank you Cindy for drawing my name in your first blog birthday giveaway.. I am so happy I won!


Big Hugs~Elizabeth~

~Give A Way at Ms.Bake-It blog~

Tracy at Ms. Bake-It is having her first 100th post give a way! Congratulations Tracy! Tracy has a great blog "about a little bit of this and a little bit of that" I have been reading her for awhile now and always enjoy her posts.. Please stop over and say Hi to Tracy if you don't already know her.
Tracy is giving away a lovely picnic basket just in time to enjoy the spring weather.

~And the Winner IS~

Drum roll please!
I'm telling Gary to mix up the names and to close his eyes (no peeking). Did you all notice his tie- dyed peace tee shirt, a blast from the past for sure! Gary loves this tee-shirt and wanted to share his cool weekend look with you all. LOL O.K. now on to drawing the name....... And the winner is ~ Kathy~ from "Sweet up-North Mornings" I have been reading Kathy's blog for sometime now and she is just a delight. I always enjoy reading her posts, if you have not yet visited Kathy please stop over, you will love her style and her sweet personality as much as I do.

Thank you everyone who put their names in the "Home is Where the Heart is" bowl. I so wish you all could have won.

I had so much fun with my first 100th post giveaway, I do not want to wait for another 100. So sometime soon I will do another giveaway.

Kathy please send me your address so I can put your shawl in the mail for you.

desbern56@yahoo.com


Until next time may the sun shine on your shoulders and in your hearts!.

Elizabeth and Gary

~100th POST at LAST!!!~

It's time to celebrate "Home is Where the Heart is" 100th Post!!!

I can't believe it's only taken me since June 2008 to finely get to this point. June is when I began creating "Home is Where the Heart is" but did not publish the first post until August 6, 2008. So if my math is correct it has "only" (I'm laughing here) has taken me 1 year, 6 months and 14 days to get to my first blog giveaway!. I think I am probably the only person in blog history to have taken so long to write 100 posts!.

I have tried to post as much as I can since Gary and I have a very long commute to work. Many of you know we commute 5.5 hours a day to work, I know you all think "we" crazy and yes you would be right, but we love where we live it's peaceful for us, and we sincerely hope to retire in 3 more years.


I can't began in put into words, since I'm not the best writer, how much you all mean to me. Many of us will never meet in person, but I feel as though I know you. I look forward to reading all about your families and seeing all the beautiful things you make by hand and how you decorate your homes. I think one of my most favorite things about blogging is the "Caring" for one another and being supportive in our sadness and in our joy. "Sharing" of decorating ideas, the creative sewing designs, cooking recipes and stitching patterns with each other (I really love that).

I have been blessed to meet Becky from "Sweet Cottage Dreams" and she is truly a sweetheart.

Many of you know my love for all home made, and I have purchased many of your creative and beautiful hand made treasures. I still have many more to buy. Since I love to do all kinds of needlework I wanted to give one of you a knitted gift in celebration of our 100th post. We are calling it the "Comforting Shawl" The pattern is from a prayer shawl book that they called the ribbon trimmed shawl.
I just love the pattern and it was a fun project to knit while I was laid up on the couch healing from foot surgery. By the way I am all better now just a few pains and some swelling as it just takes time for broken bones to heal. Here is our "Comforting Shawl"
To comfort you while in prayer.
Or all curled up on your favorite chair reading a decorating book.
Just leave a comment here that you would like to wear our "Comforting shawl" and Gary will do the honors and draw a name next Sunday March 28th and I will post the winner on Monday.. That's all you have to do.

Thank you to all who follow, it just amazes me how many sweet and kind hearted ladies there are.
You all have touched my heart and my life in so many ways!

Until next time, enjoy your weekend and keep creating!

Big, Big Hugs ~ Elizabeth~