Giveaway and Free Blog Backgrounds!!

Julia is hosting a giveaway of her jewelry! 

She is giving away 5 pairs of earrings!

Five, yes, 5 blessed people will win a pair of her handmade earrings!

This giveaway is to announce her new "I Love It!" Blog Designs website!

Go to Julia's blog to get all the details and to leave comments to enter to win.

All of the adorable blog backgrounds are free!!  She has some really pretty ones there and is busy designing new ones! 

Here are the beautiful earrings that she is giving away.....

You can get all of the details of the giveaway here at Julia's Journal.  You can also read her story of how she learned to do the backgrounds. 

The blog backgrounds can be seen HERE at "I Love It!" Blog Designs.

I am so proud of her.  It is important to let our children know they are doing a good job and that we are proud of them.  They need to hear it.  We need to say it.  It builds confidence in them and affirms our love for them. 

Have a great day!

The Preview!

Here is the preview of the new ebooks!!  I hinted at this a few posts ago.  We will be selling them at the GHEA Convention in Atlanta on May 5-7.  If you are at the convention, please stop by, I would love to talk with you!

Julia has been working very hard to write some how-to books for making jewelry.  She is done with all three books and they are available for purchase on her website, http://www.jewelsbyjuliashop.com/ .

 My sons have updated the Battle Book which they sold last year with computerized patterns, instead of hand-drawn ones.  The Armored Glove book was made last summer.  The Greco-Roman and Barbarian books are totally new.  There are new weapons, helmets and costumes in them.

The ebooks will also be for sale on their website, http://www.warfarebyducttape.com/. as soon as we can get them up there.

They have also made a lot of swords, spears, battle axes and throwing axes to sell at the convention.  So if you didn't get your toy weapon last year, now is your chance.  :)

As we are super busy getting ready to go, I won't be posting for a little bit.  I will let you know how everything went when I get back. 

Please keep us in prayer for the whole deal, OK?  Thanks so much!!

Blessings,

Spring Flowers

Here are the azaleas in full bloom.  This spring was one of the most beautiful springs we have had here.  All the flowers were gorgeous! 

Most of the azaleas blooms are over now but the rhododendrons are coming on and should be awesome. 

Thank you for praying for Denise.  She is healing slowly and is improving.  She is going to have surgery on her heel soon. 

Would you pray for our family?  We are preparing to be exhibitors at the GHEA Homeschool Conference in less than two weeks.  We are working very hard to get things ready but there is still much to do.  It will be exciting as the boys will have their own booth selling the Warfare by Duct Tape items and ebooks and Julia will be selling her jewelry in her own booth. 

Life is good and we are so blessed!

Blessings,

A Great Giveaway!

Beautiful sunshine and warm sand....

Hello, everyone! I am back from my long hiatus! There has been a lot going on so if you want to catch up on the details go visit Julia's blog. She good at posting regularly! Basically, we went to Florida to visit Bob's mom, I haven't been feeling very well and the usual responsibilities of life were all I could handle. Julia has some great pictures of our trip to Florida so I won't repeat by writing a long post about it.

But here are a few pictures to give you an idea of what it was like.

Let me say Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. Hope you had a great time with friends and family. We spent a nice quiet day eating lots of good homecooked foods and fellowshipping as a family.

Now for the GIVEAWAY! Jasmine Baucham (Voddie Baucham's daughter) has so kindly offered to host a giveaway of Julia's jewelry and a custom blog header, made by Julia for the winner's blog. Two prizes for the taking!! To enter, simply go to Jasmine's blog and leave a comment. If you want more chances to win, look at the Etsy shop and let Jasmine know which item is your favorite, by leaving a comment. Also if you post about the giveaway, you get another chance to win.

Here is the necklace set that is being given away:

I would love to hear from you but you must comment on Jasmine's blog to enter the giveaway.

Have a blessed day!

The Craft Show ~ Fallfest

Here is our booth at the Fallfest. We got there early, around 7:30 am. You can see the pretty garland hanging on the edge of the tent.

This was my table of goodies. Julia made the adorable crocheted donuts and we decided to put them with the rest of the crocheted items.

Julia's jewelry table is eye-catching and pretty! It all looked so professional that people were stunned that this was done all by her. They often asked how long she had been displaying at shows and how many shows she did a year.

Overall, it was a good day. We did manage to sell some things. Other sellers said that they were slow, too. The good news was the weather. Rain had been forecasted for the whole day but the forecasters were wrong! Yay! Sunshine and blue skies ruled the day! It was quite warm, temps in the 90's. Except for the loud country music, the day went smoothly. I probably won't sell there again but it was a good experience and it was nice to see friends from town.

We will be posting many items on Etsy so if you were disappointed that you didn't make it to the Fallfest, just check out our Etsy shop and you can still buy these cuties! Just give us a few days to take the pictures and get them posted. You can find the shop here.


Blessings,

Fallfest Craft Items and a DIY

Our small town has a Fallfest every October. This year Julia and I are having a booth and hoping to sell a lot of our crafty things.

Here are the beaded watches that Julia designed and I put together. (Teamwork, it's a beautiful thing...)

I crocheted these earrings using embroidery floss or crochet thread. If you want the pattern, just let me know and I'll be happy to pass it along.

These are hot pads or potholders (depending where you live :). They are made from cotton yarn using two strands together and a large hook. Very fast and easy.

This item is used almost daily in our house. These are heating pads made from flannel material and corn. The corn holds the heat longer than rice or flax and smells nice, too.

Not pictured here is homemade peach jam that I plan to sell at the show.

Julia is selling her beautiful jewelry with lots of new designs and popular colors.

If you live nearby and want more info, just leave and comment and I will get it to you.

Hoping you have a productive day!

Julia is having a Jewelry Giveaway!

My sweet daughter Julia is having a giveaway! She makes beautiful jewelry and would like to share it with some friends. So hop on over to her blog and enter! You will be glad you did! You can find her here or on my blog list.

Blessings,

Gloria