CDE DESIGNS Giveaway

i'm having a giveaway to commemorate the amazing accomplishment of actually writing 100 posts for this blog. (me accomplishing 100 of anything is pretty amazing)

what started out in january 2007 as a journal of getting in shape to go to italy very quickly turned into nothing. italy didn't happen, due to lack of interest from a certain someone & health issues with the other person. so only 6 posts were written in 2007.

in 2008 i started my 2nd attempt at blogging. i had a new interest & a new focus. we had moved into a different & newer home & i had discovered decorating blogs. Rhoda's from Southern Hospitality was the first one i found. this is what i wrote on feb. 13th, 2008:
Somehow I came upon a blog called "Southern Hospitality". This gal in Birmingham, Alabama writes about decorating & all her great finds at garage sales, thrift stores, etc. She also posts photos of her finds & her house. I noticed that she has about 100 links to similar blogs of women all around the world with the same interests. So, of course, I felt compelled to check out all these other blogs, 1 at a time, several a day, which has consumed way too much of my time the last few weeks but has been so much fun. 99% of them post lots of photos of what they're cooking each day, what they are crafting, creating, selling, how they're decorating for each month. I love it! I'm one of those people that like to ride down the streets in the evening looking in windows (no closer than from the car, however) to see how people have their houses decorated. Now, these people are inviting me into their homes & they don't even know me! I've gotten so many great ideas. I may even start posting my photos! Well, I guess I have already posted a few, haven't I? But now you may get to see the inside of my house! 2008 also brought me 3 more grandchildren to add to the 1 i already had & i love to blog about them. you really do see the world through "new & improved" eyes when you have grandchildren. i managed to write 28 posts for that year & they were mostly or maybe all about my family.

in 2009 i decided to step outside of my comfort zone & join some linky parties to show what i could do. what a lot of fun!

come back tomorrow & i'll tell you about them. can't do it right now because ------

i want to tell you about the GIVEAWAY.



it's a painting from CDE DESIGNS.
you can go here to check out the store. these are the most adorable little paintings. they are only 5" square but cute as can be. would be sooooo sweet in a kids room or bathroom.

i know the artist well. in fact, i gave birth to her just a few or thirty some years ago. she's my daughter & when she's not chasing after her own daughter, you can find her creating something sweet!

here's how you can win:

go to the etsy store & look at her paintings. come back & leave a comment telling me which one you like, that gets you your 1st chance to win. if you sign up to follow me, you get a 2nd entry. if you come back & tell me you're sending a friend & they come by, you'll get a 3rd entry.

i'll be doing a random drawing of all the entries. one lucky person will win.

if you win - you'll get your choice of one of the paintings & i'm sure ;) there will be a little something extra to go with it.

i'll be announcing the winner on friday, the 19th.