Ho-Ho-Holiday Cards: Giveaway!

Happy Holidays!

If you can believe it, little man is sleeping (thank you swing!) and I got a moment to pull my computer out and even do some shopping...

At the holiday time every year, I always need the following:

-Holiday Cards
-Gift Ideas for EVERYONE
-Martinelli's sparkling cider.

At least for the first one, my Holiday Cards, I can take care of that easily at Cardstore.com with their hundreds of Holiday Cards. 

If you've been following my blog at all (thanks, by the way!) you'll know already that I love this site to easily order personalized Photo Cards & other paper goods, like stationary, invitations, and announcements.  I have ordered cards in the past to showcase my photography, numerous stationary cards, and even my Wedding Invitations and Birth Announcements just a month ago for little man.

I will be ordering these "Red Scroll Border" photo cards today and get them in the mail:

Isn't my little man the cutest?  He had a blast with Santa :)

The hardest part?  There are so many great patterns to choose from- like over 350+ just in the holiday photo card section!  Bold red is my favorite, so I love the clean lines on this card.  Also, I chose to personalize the back as well.  :)  I chose to personalize Photo Cards at Cardstore.com this year, and it was fun to browse my photos of little man to find the best ones for the cards.

It's so easy- I really reccomend trying it out this year if you haven't ordered your Holiday Cards yet- they're even going to offer a giveaway for my blog readers!  Just leave a comment about your favorite part of the cardstore.com website and I'll enter you into the drawing- You'll get to pick- either a set of photo gift tags (another new item offered this year! see the selection here) or a personalized photo notebook (another newer item that you can check out here).   Entry eligibility closes Sunday (12/12/10) 11:59pm PST

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DISCOUNT FOR EVERYONE!

For the rest of you, you get a discount on any order right now too, just for being a Design-Aholic reader:  enter code CSHOLIDAY20 for 20% off you entire first Cardstore.com order!  Get those holiday cards NOW!

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Anyway, I really wanted to share with you quickly.  Go, check out the cardstore.com site, leave a comment to be entered into the drawing for the photo gift tags or notebook, and have a happy holiday!


Take care, and keep up those awesome Holiday Crafts... I hope to join in with a few this weekend :)

Two Hundred Terrifics!

So, this post comes WAY before I figured it would...

Yep, tonight, Design-Aholic reached 200 Followers!

And, you can all pat yourselves on the back for making that happen.  Really, without sounding like I'm accepting a Grammy or an Oscar, I really want to thank each of you.  It's fun to challenge myself to try new things, and find something to post about each day.  If I look back in my short blogging history, I've only really posted for 2 solid months. 

So, grab a button, and show your love!

 

(code is on the left side bar)

As I said we would, Design-Aholic is going to host another giveaway.  But, since you all joined up so quickly, my giveaway project isn't done yet!  YIKES!

Here's a teaser, Can you guess what might be part of the giveaway?  I'm not going to tell you- You'll just have to sweat until I can post it.  :)

 

(These were my thrift scores from this past weekend.  Total of $10.  Score!)

Who knows, it could also be this:

I highly suggest you come back over the next few days to find out, and enter for your chance to win.

Again, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to all my Fabulous Followers.  I'll get the giveaway up soon for everyone.  YOU deserve it :)

 

Megan's Banner: Giveaway Winner

Megan Lee, from Love-Lee Homemaker was the winner of our 100th post giveaway.  She let me know she received it and even took some photos of where she hung it!

 

She hung it in her dining room over her mirror (good thinking!), which I'll take as a complement!  :)

Thanks Megan for showing off your stuff.  Make sure to stop by her site, Love-Lee Homemaker.  And, if you want to make your own banner, make sure to stop by the tutorial here.

Happy Sunday!

Giveaway Winner!

Dun, Dun, Dun... Drumroll Please!

First off, I'd like to say a HUGE Thank you to everyone out there reading my page, and of course to my Fabulous Followers Friends.  Getting to a milemarker like post #100 is just the beginning.  There's so much more to come. 

So, lets keep this short and sweet.  The winner of the Valentine's Heart Banner, from the 100th post celebration is lucky number 5,  Megan Lee! 

Megan wrote to me:

Make sure you visit Megan's blog at Love-Lee Homemaker .  She has a goal this year of learning to sew... I sure could use some pointers if you learn, Megan.

Megan, email me at design.aholic@yahoo.com and we'll be in touch about shipping addresses!  I'm so excited to share this gift with you.  Make sure you let us know where you put it in your house!

Thanks to everyone for leaving me nice comments, and for reading the blog.  I'm already gearing up for the next giveaway, so keep checking back.  :)

100th Post & First Giveaway!

Can you believe it?  I can't!!!

Folks, I've made it to my 100th post!  Granted, most of these have occurred within the last 3-ish months, but technically, my blog has been up since June, 2009.  I've enjoyed this so much, thanks for keeping me pumped up!

So, To celebrate my 100th post, I got crafty, and you're the beneficiary!  Just leave a comment on this post with what you like most about the site, and/or what you think could be improved.  Oh, and make sure you're a FABULOUS FOLLOWER!  ...And what do you get for doing these things for MOI?

The giveaway, or present, is just in time for Valentines day- one of your very own Heart Banners, that I featured a few weeks back!  I love mine so much, that I'm going to give you one to hang in YOUR house.  :)

The winner will be chosen through random.org, and I'll contact you to see where you'd like it shipped!  We'll keep the entry for the giveaway open for 4 days, so make sure you comment by Wednesday at midnight...

Oh, and don't forget to link up for this week's edition of VOTW, Victory Of The Week.  Starts Fridays, through the weekend, every week.

Good luck, and just another thank you for reading my ramblings, and visiting my site!  :)

**1/20/10 9:00pst, giveaway entry is closed at comment #22.  Giveaway results will be posted tomorrow.... eek!  I'm so excited!**

PS: OMG.  Today was a super, terrific, amazing, mind blowing shopping day!  I loaded up my cart at HomeGoods, the Home Fabrics store, and of course the Hardware store.  I have so many projects to share with you, and my list of those to do still is 25+ items deep...  MAKE SURE you're a FABULOUS FOLLOWER so you can keep in the loop.  Here's another sneak peak at the projects from TODAY:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you want to come back and check up on the progress!  :)  See you soon!

-A