Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

I made the local paper! [insert excited shriek] Free advertising! [imagine me jumping up and down]

Click the picture to read the article. You should be able to read it once you zoom in and make it bigger.

No more blogging today. I have to get sewing because all the cutest Jendi Jean Bags are sold.

Winner of a Jendi Jean Bag…

…is Theresa! Congratulations!

Ultimate Blog Party 2008Star Jean Bag

We have already connected via e-mail. Her reply delighted me so I decided to share it with you.

Oh my. I won. I won. This is wonderful. YA.

OK, I will look at your site again. I remember I really, really liked the stars – patriotic one.

Yes, that one is the one. (happy dance) It is perfect for me. I have a pin that goes with it. It will fit right into my cloths collection. It is casual enough for everyday, yet will look super fancy on any National holidays.

Thank you so much. You are so creative. I really appreciate this.
(giggling with glee)

thank you,

Theresa

I will be mailing that bag to her this week. I like giveaways. :-) Giving and winning.

It’s Party Time!

Ultimate Blog Party 2008

Welcome to new and old readers alike!

Today is the first day of the Ultimate Blog Party. All women are invited. Just leave a comment at this post at 5 Minutes for Mom by Friday, March 14, 2008 and you will be eligible to win a great prize.

I entered a Jendi Jean Bag as a prize. You can find out more about them by clicking on the tab at the top of my site. The winner will be picked from the comments at the main 5 Minutes for Mom UBP ‘08 party post.

Come on in. Make yourself at home and help yourself to some cookies.

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You can find out all about me by clicking on the About the Author tab at the top of my site. It even has links to different meme’s I’ve done if you are having trouble sleeping.

If you like my blog at all please consider subscribing by clicking the orange button directly under the army man in my header picture. Those army men have invaded my house so I had to put one on my blog too.

I will do my best to visit everyone that leaves a comment. That’s my normal operating procedure. My last bloggy giveaway comments totaled 169 so I could be in trouble…

Oh wait! I forgot the music. Here’s Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman from the movie “Here Comes the Groom”:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

These are the prizes I’m wishing for:

  1. A Bead Dangle Photo Tile Necklace provided by Elemental Memories [#7 on prize list]
  2. Gift Certificate to Mikarose provided by Liza’s Eyeview [#54]
  3. Cards are always good. I think some Mommy Calling Cards would be great fun. I’d have trouble deciding between prize #20 for a gift certificate to Paperlicious and prize #78 for custom photo cards from Polka Dot Bumblebee.
  4. My daughter would love prize #103 from LEGO – a pink brick set.
  5. All my kids would eventually use prize # 44 – Jump Start World 1st Grade from Mom Reviews.

Other great prizes I would enjoy are #59 or 60 – cash; #49 or 73 – books; #41 is more cards; and #98 is jewelry.

To see the complete prize list click here.

We Have a Winner!

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Sadly, the big giveaway is over.  Have you heard the collective sigh across the land from the husbands? They are glad to have their wives back from blogland.  The laundry has piled sky high and the pizza deliverer knows where to go just from hearing the last name.

My random number generator, a.k.a. my husband, picked comment number 76 as the winner of a Jendi Jean Bag.  Here is the original post explaining the giveaway.

Congratulations to Liz who blogs as Scrapbooking Mama!  Her choice of the blue bag will be mailed to her this week.  Hope you get some good use out of it, Liz!

Bloggy Giveaways Carnival: Winter ’08 Edition

The awaited event is here!   And Gone.  THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

My giveaway is for a Jendi Jean Bag. 

What do you do with it?  Use it as a purse, a tote, a library bag, a small diaper bag, to carry whatever you want in it.

Who can enter?  Any mainland U.S. and Canada residents for the giveaway.  You don’t have to have a blog. 

How do you enter?  Promise to read my blog for life, tell all your friends about my jean bags, buy me Hershey’s chocolate, and babysit my children for a weekend.  Just kidding.   All you have to do is leave me a comment.

When does it end? Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 5:00pm EST.  I will pick a winner from the comments with my random number generator, a.k.a. my husband.

Extra information: ANYONE can order a bag this week and get free shipping.

You can have your choice from these three:jean bag 3

  1. Made from a blue, Old Navy, size 10, jean skirt, this bag is an original and one of a kind.  Finished size approximately 13 x 16 inches.  Click on the picture to see it better.
  2. The tan, flowered bag is made from an Ann Taylor skirt size 4.  The finished width is approx. 14 x 18 inches.  It is fully lined with red material.  The four outside pockets are still useable. tan flowered tote bag
  3. You can send me a pair of jeans or jean skirt to make into a bag.  For more information see this page.  

If you pick number one or two it will be shipped to you within a week.  Number three will, of course, take longer.

So glad you stopped by!  There are hundreds more entries to enter.  What are you waiting for?  Click that bright pink giveaway graphic and enter away.