25 Days of Giveaways

This is my 3rd year participating in the 25 Days of Giveaways and I’m excited to be doing this again. Thank you Tina at Living without Sophia and Ellie for hosting this wonderful event. I always jump at the opportunity to have a giveaway because I enjoy them so much! This year I decided to give away things from some of my favorite shops (in no particular order).

Giveaway #1


My first favorite shop is My Forever Child. Sue has so many pieces to offer and if you don’t see something you like just let her know and she’ll work with you to create what you envision. (I’ve worked with her several times on pieces for my friends and she has done a fabulous job!) I have many pieces that I have come to cherish from here, especially my custom hand/footprint jewelry. I’ve also given away many pieces here on this blog. I believe that every mom should have a piece of memorial jewelry to remember her child whether it be a ring, bracelet, pin, or necklace. So I would like to give away a $10 gift certificate to My Forever Child.

Giveaway #2

My friend Sue from My Forever Child has generously donated a Personalized Crystal Heart Ornament in gold. The front and/or back can be personalized with names, dates, scripture verse, or a special saying. It comes hung on a white satin ribbon. These are new this year in the shop along with several other ornaments. Thank you Sue!

Giveaway #3

 
My friend Sue from My Forever Child has generously donated a Personalized Round Ornament in gold. This ornament features the My Forever Child signature baby feet in teardrop heart, image engraved into the ornament. The front of the ornament is engraved in Cursive font with, "So Softly You Tiptoed Into Our World, But What An Imprint You Left Upon Our Hearts". The back can be personalized with names, dates, scripture verse, or a special saying. It comes hung on a red satin ribbon. These are new this year in the shop along with several other ornaments. Thank you Sue!

Giveaway #4

My second favorite shop is The Midnight Orange. D. Antonia is a wonderful sculptor and friend and her pieces are just gorgeous. I got my first piece back in 2009 but didn’t become an active collector until March 2011. I honestly don’t know why I waited so long because I love collecting them! I know many people who also admire her work but have yet to get one. D. Antonia has generously donated a $10 gift certificate to The Midnight Orange. Thank you so much!!


Giveaway #5


This sculpture from The Midnight Orange is called To Safe Passage and I actually purchased this as part of my personal collection but I would like to pass it on to someone else as I plan to get a purple one in the future. The description of this piece is from D. Antonia, “Swans represent a lot of different things to me. For these pieces I want to depict that they are carrying these babies from this world to the next. I find the sorrow in their posture and their silent grace are perfect for their special passengers.”

Giveaway #6


My third favorite shop is owned by my friend Katy. She has generously donated a $10 gift certificate to her shop Somewhere Over The Rainbow. This shop offers a variety of items pregnancy and infant loss items and I personally have the Custom Baby Memorial Plaque and the Wooden Memory Box. Thank you Katy!

Giveaway #7


My fourth favorite shop is Mountin Designs. This shop has items related to loss such as memorial stepping stones, wall art, and ornaments. My personal favorite is the stepping stones. I just love them and one day I want to get one for myself. I am giving away a $10 gift certificate to Mountin Designs.

Giveaway #8


My fifth favorite shop is MoonlightAura. Krystal specializes in sign language sculptures and her designs are very unique. She has several sculptures that I believe really reflect loss, such as her Heart-Shaped Hands Sculpts. Her Butterfly Landing Sculpture is also precious. One of my favorite pieces from her shop (and that I also own) is her I Love You sign language sculpture. I am giving away a pearl and a silver I Love You sign language sculptures similar to the ones picture below.

Giveaway #9

My sixth favorite shop is Best Art Studios. I just love this art shop and while I haven’t bought anything for myself yet I definitely plan to in the future. Jaime’s art is so unique and beautiful and I just love the trees that she paints. Her line Heartache and Poetry is very moving and I find I can relate it directly to losing a child. (And I love it when they have their 50% off sales!) I am giving away a $10 gift certificate to Best Art Studios.

These giveaways are open to all BLMs. You must be a BLM in order to enter these giveaways. To enter, just leave a comment with one of your favorite memories of your baby. I think during this season we all deserve to feel a little joy and I believe remembering something good does that. These giveaways will remain open until December 31st at 11:59 pm EST so that everyone in different time zones has a chance to enter. The winner will be announced the following day.

Wishing everyone a gentle and merry Christmas.

Christmas giveaways

Click the buttons to check out some of these Christmas giveaways and tutorials too!

October Giveaways

I had thought of doing 3 separate posts but decided that it would be too time consuming and I need to save as much time as I can! I have several thing I’d like to give away for Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month and I want to get it in before October 15th so that way maybe the people who win can get their items before that day.

So here is what I am giving away:

A pair of gold plated awareness ribbon earrings.

A gold etched angel wing with gold plated chain that is approximately 20" in length. Also comes with genuine Czech fire polished beads in pink/rosaline and light sapphire blue.

Both of the above are from Christina’s Treasures.

I also have 9 handmade awareness ribbons from Avi’s Embrace. Other ribbons are also offered and can be purchased here. I even kept one for myself because I liked them so much (hence why I’m only giving 9 away instead of 10!)

To enter any of these giveaways just leave me a comment and tell me who you will be remembering this month. So there will be 11 different winners! I’ll leave these giveaways open until Thursday and announce the winners Friday.

My Forever Child Giveaways!

Sue from My Forever Child is currently holding awesome Christmas giveaways! Here is what is up for grabs:

First Prize: a Custom Engraved Footprint Heart Pendant
Second Prize: $50 Gift Certificate to any item(s) at www.MyForeverChild.com
Third Prize: $25 Gift Certificate to any item(s) at www.MyForeverChild.com
Fourth Prize: Always In My Heart Charms -Ten winners will be chosen to receive a charm!

Awesome, right!?

Check out the My Forever Child blog on ways to enter.

A lot of this and that

Tina @ Living without Sophia and Ellie has put together a bunch of giveaways hosted by and for babylost moms. You can click here for the list of giveaways. A new one will be added each day. Each giveaway only lasts for that day so you have to be sure to enter as soon as you can!

I want to say a few thank yous...

Thank you, Ashley (Mackenzie's mommy), for the stocking you created for Carleigh. It is so cute and I will definitely be hanging it up!

Thank you, Jill (Emma & Chase's mommy), for sending me the star pin and the cards and bookmark. It was so thoughtful and I appreciate it!

Both of these gifts were pleasant surprises in my mailbox. :)

Thank you to my co-worker, Sharon, for donating to the Neural Tube Defect Research Fund at Duke in memory of Carleigh. I've added you to my list of donors. If you would like to make a contribution to this fund please click here to find out how.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to Harley's raffle, both in donating items and money. You can click here to learn more about the raffle and see the 12 items that you can win. It runs until December 10. You can also donate on my upper right sidebar. There's actually more prizes than people entered right now so that's pretty good odds, wouldn't you say?

Q & A and 2 giveaways!

I've been inspired by several blogs lately to do a Q & A on my own blog. So, is there something you've been wanting to know about me? Perhaps Carleigh or my family? Or possibly about our journey? If you've got a question just post it in a comment and I will answer all questions in another post. Feel free to leave more than 1! :)

To top it all off I'm going to do a small giveaway for all those who participate. If you leave a question for me you are automatically entered to win a Burt's Bees Classic Tin Quartet. In this tin pack is Beeswax Lip Balm, Lemon Butter Cuticle Creme, Hand Salve, and Res-Q Ointment. Each tin is 0.3 oz (8.5 g). You will have all day today to leave a question in a comment and be entered. The giveaway will end at 11:59 pm EST. I will answer the questions and announce the winner on Thursday.

But wait!! There's more!!! I have another giveaway for you!

Remember Carleigh's Corner? It's a special corner in our flower beds that honor Carleigh. I actually really enjoy gardening (pulling weeds not so much) but this year I did not plant any annuals. I have enjoyed the blooms on my perennials though. How many of you enjoy gardening too? I'd love to see your gardens with your beautiful flowers and landscaping! Please email me pictures of your gardens at caring4carleigh@yahoo.com and you will be entered to win a Burt's Bees Gardening Tote. This tote includes Hand Salve, Lemon Butter Cuticle Creme, Res-Q Ointment, Herbal Insect Repellent, and Beeswax Lip Balm. Out of all the entries I receive I will pick the one I like the best. Entries can be submitted until Friday, July 17 at 8 pm EST. I will announce the winner that same evening and feature your garden on Carleigh's blog.

I can't wait to answer your questions and see your beautiful gardens!

This week

I hope everyone's weekend was good! I had a weekend where I had absolutely nothing planned and it was so nice. I was able to finish one of Carleigh's scrapbooks. I was hoping to fit it all into one but that really wasn't going to happen considering how big the first one is! So I am starting on her second and once it is finished I will post slideshows of them. I'm hoping to have it finished by the end of the month.

Just wanted to let you all know of what is going on this week:

Sometime this week I will be letting those of you who wanted to do the reading group again vote on which book to read. I already have 2 selected but would like to get at least 1 more. So stay tuned for that!

Friday is the last day of the raffle for necklace, which will benefit Sufficient Grace Ministries. Each entry is only $2. Click here to find out more!

I am having a giveaway on my family blog that ends tomorrow. If you like reading then click here to check it out!

The end of this week I will be posting another giveaway to celebrate my birthday (June 20). Heck, I may do 2 giveaways-one for each blog! What fun!

Hope you all have a fabulous week!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there-whether your child is on earth or in sweet Heaven. In honor of this special day I'm going to be holding a few giveaways for my faithful blog followers and the rest of the blogging world this next week so keep your eyes open and spread the word!

Oh, and in case you didn't notice in the top left hand corner of my blog you will see a rotating link to Compassion. Maybe this Mother's Day you can bless a child with a "mother from afar".