Raffle

April Klics won this amazing bundle of goodness!! Congrats April! 

And thank you to everyone who entered!! We raised $550 through this raffle! Thank you Tracy for organizing and donating! And thank you to all of the other donors--it was an amazing bundle of goodness April won!!

Are you ready?!

I can't get over all that people have donated to this raffle. It is absolutely amazing---I wish I had a chance to win it all! Really, it's a deal just to get a chance to win this. Here are some pictures of awesome things that are included in this raffle. Make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom for the full list of items and details on the raffle.

This beautiful handmade quilted patchwork bag was lovingly made by Tracy Martin from TracyBug Creative (who also has organized this entire raffle! thanks Tracy!) I'm kind of secretly praying for someone who lives near me to win this raffle so I can steal borrow this from them every once in a while. ;) This is absolutely beautiful and worth a raffle all by itself.

So I have this cool friend that I want to be just like when I grow up, and she makes some amazing embroidered hoops. Elyse is offering an 8 inch custom hoop!! Go check out her talent at The Green Piano to get an idea of what fun things she can do for you. Her shop is almost as beautiful and cool as she is!

How could you NOT love this beautiful fabric? The very generous Whimsy Quilts and Fabrics is offering a $50 gift certificate to her store! I enjoy pretty fabric, but I'm not usually one to spend hours staring at fabric---but THIS is my type of beauty. You've got to check out the gorgeousness!

 Just looking at these make me want to paint or sing...or send a letter to someone I really love. Samantha is offering either a set of cards, or a sweet little charm necklace from her Etsy shop. It'll be difficult to decide if you want something beautiful to send to others, or something cute to keep for yourself! :)

 Advent is just around the corner and this book by Elyse Fitzpatrick and her daughter, Jessica Thompson, is the perfect thing to have on your coffee table during what always threatens to be the most hectic time of the year. This book invites you to slow down and relax during Advent. I have a copy waiting to order in my amazon cart--but your copy will come signed!!

I couldn't count on one hand the people who came to mind when I saw these awesome arrows. Tracy graciously donated one of these arrows from Splendid Treasure to make this giveaway even better than it already was. I have a feeling I'll have people entering just for a chance to have this arrow. I have some cool friends!  

 And if my friends didn't immediately buy raffle tickets for the arrow above, this will for sure push them over the edge. The ever sweet and talented Tracy made this Pyrex Love potholder. It's the simple things in life that can make us the happiest. How much would this brighten up your kitchen and your day every time you saw it!

 What?! These are most definitely not my nails--if this sweet Noel from Jamberry Nails ever met me in person she'd be appalled at how awful mine are. But apparently there are adorable things you can do with nails--and this is just one of many. Noel is donating something to make your hands beautiful. If you win, you must tag me in a picture of your fun nails on FB to make me jealous.

Remember those days when everyone lamented the fact that you could only find cute clothes for girls, and poor boys were left out. Ummm...gone are those days! LOOK AT THESE!! Julia Shrias from That's Sew Julia is donating a custom newsboy hat and bowtie for the stylin' little boy in your life.

Now you need something for the little girl in your life? How about this sweet Little House on the Prairie gem? My amazing mama has joined in on the donating and will be making this long, flowy, halter dress (made with the Emmaline pattern) like the one above with this fabric:    

She can make it any size from 2T to 9/10. Charlotte has 3 of these dresses, and they are my absolute favorite of hers! I mean, come on, look how adorable she is...and that dress makes her even cuter. Thanks mom!!

This album by Drue Phillips could possibly be one of my most treasured possessions. Drue is a great friend, a great worship leader, and a great musician. He has a heart for the Lord and for people that is hard to find, and it comes out in beautiful ways in this album. If you don't win this raffle, I encourage to download his songs and listen to them on repeat! I haven't asked yet, but I'm sure he'll even sign your CD since he's nice like that. ;)

Once upon a time when my girl little had itty bitty feet just like this, I wanted a pair of these precious knit booties for her in a serious way, but I never ended up getting her a pair for one reason or another---but YOU have a chance to win a pair like this in medium/dark gray, made by fellow adoptive mama, Christina Cole. I mean, come on...wouldn't you yourself wear them if they came in your size?! So cute!

And because I know you'd love to wear support of our adoption there will be a shirt in the size of your choice. Cute shirts, right? Pastor Mark, Kyle and me...we're pretty cute too. ;)



And few more gifts that I unfortunately don't have pictures for:
A sweet friend from church, Ms. Judy Shaw, AKA Providence's Martha Stewart, is donating a jar of honey chipotle peanuts, and an appliqued tea towel. She really is amazing at everything she does and there's no way you'll be disappointed with her peanuts and what she lovingly stitches onto a towel to decorate your kitchen with.

And there's another embroidery hoop that is coming too. I'm going to be as excited as you to see what it will look like!!

And if ALL that hasn't made you already buy your raffle tickets, this absolutely will! Unfortunately--not the adorable baby, but the personalized baby quilt behind her. And I'm sure you know her talent well enough by now to know that this will be coming from Tracy too. That link will take you to the page with details of how seriously she takes making these special blankets for your special little one. This baby quilt will be treasured forever!!

All of this is valued at well over $500!!

  

Now the details on how to enter:

There's a donate button on the right side where you can pay for the raffle entries. 

$10 will get you one entry

$25 will get you three entries

You do not have to have a paypal account to buy the entries, one of those credit cards listed under the donate button will work as well. Once you pay it will send me your email address and I will contact you with your raffle number(s). If you do not hear from me the day you pay, please contact me and I will check it out!!

Tracy and I will share the spreadsheet with everyone's name and numbers and we'll be drawing a number at random next Sunday, November 30th at 10:00pm central time. 

Please share this on facebook, instagram, twitter, pinterest, etc, etc. Thanks so much for supporting our adoption! Make sure to check out everyone's links and support these generous people who have supported us. 

Thank you to all of you who donated to this raffle--it means so much to us that you would help us bring our little one home.