It's the most WONDERFUL time of the year...

So I love Shutterfly and love using them for printing pictures, making inviations, and so much more so I was estatic when I saw that they were giving away 50 free cards to bloggers! I was in the process of planning our card out when I saw my friend Lindsay's facebook talking about this fabulous promotion. Now I always feel so akward putting a picture of just me & Adam on the front of the card, (I will feel better once we have kiddos) but I just love how adorable their cards are AND how easy they make sending out a bizillion cards during a crazy busy time :) Here is a little preview of some of their cards...
This was the one my sister-in-law used last year - I LOVED it!! Well I am going to keep looking at all of their AMAZING cards online...you should check them out too!! Merry Christmas!

jones design company...

this place is heavenly. i accidently found it trying to find something else for school, and i am not sorry about it! this lady is amazing, and OH SO creative!! i am warning you, you cannot just go quickly look at her site...you will get hooked. there you have it, don't say i didn't warn you :) check out her giveaways...it looks like she does monthly giveaways and who doesn't love giveaways!?!? i sure do! anyways, go check out her blog nowhttp://jonesdesigncompany.com/...happy reading!

It could happen....

....more details to come!!

ZIDA...

Now most of you know about my mother-in-law's AMAZING store, but for those of you that don't let me just tell you about it quick! Zida a trendy boutique carrying designer inspired handbags, jewelry, hats, scarves, wallets, and more! The best part about it...affordable prices! Their store is located in Minnesota and is the most adorable place you have ever seen! Everyone that walks in just falls in love with the fun atmosphere, wonderful assistance provided and of course the INCREDIBLE accessories!! So some of you are sitting here reading this in TX, NC, maybe even Japan :) thinking well that is great for everyone in Minnesota, but what about us!! Well now you can enjoy the amazing accessories too! How do we do that you ask?!? www.shopmyzfa.com It is an easy way to shop and right now they have a promotion going on where you can save 20% off your entire first purchase. Bad news: it ends tomorrow. Good news: they are going to extend this offer until the end of the month ONLY for my blog readers!!! So stop what you are doing and go check it out...I know you will love it!! *You can also find them on facebook and twitter!*

Even in the smallest details...

God is SO GOOD!

So I won an AWESOME giveaway today and I am just bursting with excitement and filled with joy! Whatever could this AWESOME thing be!?!? Well let me just tell you about it quick...

Sweet Cassie was hosting a giveaway for a Vintage Pearl gift certificate (if you are unfamiliar with The Vintage Pearl, you MUST go check it out...it is amazing!!) and while I do LOVE The Vintage Pearl for myself, I had someone else in mind! An INCREDIBLE someone I might add. A someone who has gone through a lot and has an incredible amount of strength and has truly touched my life! I had been telling Adam that I thought we should get them something from The Vintage Pearl and not too long after saying that, I look and see Cassie was hosting a giveaway! I was like okay I never win anything ever, but I just have to try and see if I can win this for them! (Sidenote: I don't want to say who this someone is yet because I don't want to ruin the surprise!) So I read how to enter and got started. I have never done an online giveaway, but I was somewhat familiar with the concept of how to get "extra points or entries" by facebooking, twittering, blogging, etc. So I don't know how to Twitter or really know what it is, but was determined to do all the other "extra" things as well. I commented on Cassie's blog, became a follower of the incredible Erin (who owns The Vintage Pearl) and then was trying to figure out how to somehow make a facebook status that had a link to Cassie's site. I do realized I sound like one of those silly technically challenged kinda people...well that is because I am! So I was getting kind of bummed and just decided to leave my facebook how it was and just log out when I saw I had a message. It was from Cassie and I know she probably wouldn't want me to bring this up, but I just want to share how precious she is and what an amazing heart she has. She told me she read my story and that she wanted to give me a gift certificate to use for my friend even if I didn't win the giveaway on her blog. She said she was still going to draw a name and she would just talk to me later about getting me a certificate. I teared up when I read that and was touched by her generosity and kindness. What a beautiful heart she has and an incredible eagerness to serve and bless others! Well I looked today and saw I had a message from Cassie, and her first words are "Did you see the blog?" I got goosebumps as I read the rest and she told me that she promised she randomly chose a number, and guess who it was...ME :) I looked on her blog and she was right, she really does enter it into this random number generator thingy and I really was the winner. It was a total God thing, don't you think!! She ended her message with this, "Congrats! God is really good, even in the smallest details:)" Just gives me goosebumps! I will tell you all more about who this "mystery" someone is and about their powerful testimony...it kinda makes this story even cooler, but I didn't want to share all of it in case they read this and saw they were getting something amazing from The Vintage Pearl :) Thank you again Cassie & Erin for everything, you girls are a blessing!