If you'd like to use any of the photos and writings on the site, I'm blushing. I'd love an email first if you don't mind: loriseaborg@gmail.com. This website's content is copyright protected, but I'm not stingy, so please ask away!
...go visit my FreelyEducate.com blog where a nice little family fishing company is giving away a free package of bait (like shrimp, mullet, etc.) for FREE to everyone. They're generous. And maybe a little crazy to do that. But nice.
It'd encourage them if you got the free bait and/or entered the giveaway for a big package of fishing stuff (you're welcome to do both). Don't know how to fish? Clint, the father of two who owns Winner Bait, says he's very happy to help you learn how.
Oh, and if you're reading this before 12pm (noon) on Saturday, September 4th, you can also enter my giveaway for THREE winners who will each get to order a 16"x20" canvas print of your own photo, copyright free artwork, a map.....
Finally! I printed out my favorite photo of our 5yo holding her Daddy's hand. It's the only photo I've captured that is named. ("Security.")
UPrinting.com gave me the opportunity to try out their printing services by letting me choose a 16x20 rolled canvas print. It was a delight to use them. I had a free proof done, twice, to get the sizing right, and even chatted late at night to someone on their site (yes, about printing, of course). The canvas is heavy-weight and the quality is just beautiful. I'll definitely be using their company again, as the pricing is good, too. This 16x20 print would have been just $20 + $5 handling + free shipping.
If you'd like to print one of yours, too, see if you are lucky enough to win my giveaway over on Freely Educate. It's super easy to enter! Updated: They're letting me give away THREE.
Don't have a single photograph you'd like to see in a big 16x20 size? Then how about copyright free artwork, maps, the ...Gettysburg Address?
Anyway, go enter. It encourages me and makes the sponsor like me. :) Thanks!
I don't often mention one blog on the other, as they are So Very Different, but since it's back-to-school season, I thought I'd mention that I keep giving away stuff on my other blog, FreelyEducate.com
Next week's giveaway: A $25 Staples gift card (I'll try to remember to remind you)
Another week's giveway: A free 16x20 canvas print from UPrinting.com. I'm waiting for my review print to arrive - so excited about that!
That blog is not my passion, but it's my little, wee, work-at-home business. I have a series of posts in my head on niche blogging for a little extra pocket change. Interested? Let me know if you are, and maybe I'll get it out of my head and onto paper screen for you!
If you homeschool, check out the post I just published on my Freely Educate blog. C-SPAN will mail you a free 6 FOOT long American Presidents Timeline Poster. Go to FreelyEducate.com for more info.
Thought I'd mention it to you all, too, since these offers are sometimes limited!
We received a fun tote recently from a company called LikeWear. With its large size and zippered top, our tote works well as a fun library bag. With its Ring Pop, Push Pop and Baby Bottle Pop artwork, it often tempts us into taking a drugstore-candy-aisle stop on the way home from the library. Here's our tote:
LikeWear wants to offer one of you a $25 gift certificate to their online store. You can buy a tote like ours, or you may select from the many children's clothing choices, for both girls and boys. I'll give you more details on the giveaway in a minute, but first, here is more about LikeWear from the founders:
LikeWear®,
the first and only company to focus on selling licensed apparel and accessories
via the Direct Selling channel, is a modern day fusion of a fun, boutique
children’s clothing line and more traditional party plan direct sales
companies (like Mary Kay or The Pampered Chef). We provide a flexible and
financially rewarding way to earn money or have a career selling a unique line
of children’s clothing and accessories that feature products, brands and
other stuff moms and their kids really like. Hence the name LikeWear!
From modern day and vintage package
art, to exclusive designs and unique twists on popular culture, we’ve
created more than 100 images featuring family friendly brands like Wheaties,
Trix, Tootsie Roll, Dots, Honda PowerSports and many others. To make
things really interesting, we use a just-in-time manufacturing process and
encourage our representatives to help their customers mix and match our images
with different body types and color ways. By doing so, we hope to truly
fulfill the promise of our tagline, “wear what you like”.
If you'd like more information on how to become a sales rep for LikeWear, go here.
EVERY READER may receive 25% off LikeWear products through July 10th, 2010 by using discount code JUSTPURELOVELY.
Just type it in at checkout for 25% of anything in the store (except for sale
items). Don’t forget to hit “apply code”.
ONE of you will receive a free $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE to the LikeWear store.
Want to enter? You may enter a few different ways:
1. The Easy Peasy Way: Say you want one in the comments below.
2. Tweet this giveaway.
3. Facebook this giveaway.
4. Blog this giveaway.
Only one entry per method per day, okay?
That would equal 4 entries per day (one entry per method x 4 methods =
4 total, got it?). And, only US addresses this time (sorry!).
Random.org will select the winner. Deadline: Sunday, June 13,
2010, at noon CST.
Yay, I'm delighted that Marsha won! Congratulations, Marsha!
Hallmark sent me a couple of journals and a passle of cards from their Kids Collection a couple of weeks ago. I posted the giveaway for 2 sets to my FreelyEducate.com readers, but had to save a bundle for a Just Pure Lovely reader, too (you're welcome to enter and win both!). From Hallmark:
So, it goes without saying that everyone needs to be cheered on now and then – kids included. Whether it’s school, sports or trying to make new friends, the children in our lives are on a journey of growth and self-exploration. Few things are more helpful to kids than the support of a parent or grown-up who believes in them and is there with a few heartfelt words of encouragement.
But sometimes, what kids hear “goes in one ear and out the other,” meaning that kids are often missing out on something they really need: encouraging words. In fact, Hallmark research revealed that the moms they surveyed think they are encouraging their children all the time, but in the moments when their kids most needed encouragement, the kids didn’t feel like it was there.
To help grown-ups better connect with and encourage kids, Hallmark recently introduced the all-new Kids Collection, a line of cards and gifts designed specifically to cheer kids on, cheer them up and make them smile. You can check out some of Hallmark’s Kids Collection. There, you’ll see a sampling of the gifts and cards that are available for grown-ups to share with the kids in their lives. Within the line, there are cards appropriate for children falling within your kids’ age range, so I thought it might be something you’d like to share with them for their feedback.
So, want some stuff, too? As I said before, Hallmark is giving away a JOURNAL and a BUNDLE of CARDS to one of you (you get to choose if you'd like the journal for a girl or a boy)!
How to Enter? You can enter a few different ways:
1. The Easy Peasy Way: Say you want one in the comments below.
2. Tweet this giveaway.
3. Facebook this giveaway.
4. Blog this giveaway.
Only one entry per method per day, okay? That would equal 4 entries per day (one entry per method x 4 methods = 4 total, got it?). And, only US addresses this time (sorry!). Random.org will select the winner. Deadline: Thursday, April 15th, 2010, at noon CST, so you'll have time to finish your taxes afterward. Right?
p.s. Hallmark is offering a free Kids Collection card to all of you. You'll have to go to a Hallmark store by May 30, 2010.
Yep. You read the title right. I was given a review copy of Harry Connick Jr.s latest album, and -- whoohoo! -- I was given another to share with one of you!
This is fun. I get to give away Hallmark cards today! These are not just any Hallmark cards,
but cards from their brand new line. One of my favorites says, "If Oprah ever starts an I-haven't-read-the-book-but-let's-eat-drink-and-talk club, we are so there!" Inside the Card: Attainable goals, the secret to happiness.
I love Hallmark cards. They are made of such fine quality and offer so many options now: photo cards, recordable cards, inexpensive cards... You can even have Hallmark stamp and mail a card for you from their site! (now, that's just lazy - and convenient!)
Do you remember those beautiful Valentine's Day cards from Hallmark that I gave away to a lucky reader earlier this year? Guess what? Hallmark wants to send out some more pretty cards to three of you!
Here is a sampling of Hallmark's Mother's Day (May 10th) cards:
acebook this giveaway.
