Happy Weekend everybody !  I want to send out a big welcome to a new sponsor, The Shabby Chic Cottage, a shop filled with all sorts of home accessories that will add so much style to your home !

Hop on over to pick up a few lovelies for your nest!  Don’t forget, Mother’s Day is May 9th, that’s only one month away, so you can find a mom you love something special at The Shabby Chic Cottage! 

Also, here’s a few features around blogland.  YayDIY posted my answers to Eleven Questions.  The lovely Mrs. Limestone featured my favorite spot to curl up in her not-to-miss ‘favorite nook’ series.  And my friend Amanda over at Serenity Now let me takeover her blog for a day with these ever so simple scrap and tissue paper butterflies.   Also, Erin over at House of Turquoise was kind enough to feature on her blog our grown up girl’s room, how cool !  

For some other great weekend roundup reading, visit Kimba’s Favorite Things at A Soft Place to Land and Julia’s Weekend House Fix over at Hooked on Houses, plus Becki’s Roundup of great links at Infarrantly Creative ! 

For those in Northern California who will be joining me for the April 25th Antique Fair, make sure you RSVP with an email so I can get a proper headcount !

Finally, for those of you still interested in a MirrorMate custom mirror makeover like mine . . .

. . . remember there are dozens of frames available, here are just a few !

And if you enter the discount code CENTS at checkout you receive 15% off  !!!

Now, back to your weekend fun . . . . :-)  

Enjoy !

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Announcing the winners of the midweek Picnik giveaway.  Chosen at random, the winners are:

#19: Nearly Dawn

“You inspired me to put some new herbs in my kitchen window! Doing so required that I finally quit stalling re-pot the bigger plants that previously lived there. It is now my win-win window full of seedlings and more healthy mature plants”

#43 Amber P

“I only grow flowers – never have had a vegetable garden. My favorite flowers are two rosebushes that were my mom’s. I salvaged them before her house sold after she passed away. Now they will be in my garden.”

#129  Jess at Frugal with a Flourish

“So since your last Picnik giveaway I have very quickly become “obsessed” with it! My favorite thing to grow are veggies – cause I love to be able to walk out to the garden before dinner and just pick something to eat!”

Congrats to the three winners – please email me for your codes for an upgraded membership to PIcnik !

Also, please let me take a moment to welcome three more sponsors to this site.

Have you heard of Scentsy ?  It’s a company all about Decorative Aromatic Warmers designed to fill you home with amazing scents, without the worry of a lighted candle.  Emma Rae is my rep (and yours too!) for making your purchase of any of these Scentsy Warmers.  I’ve got a white one, and I carry it back and forth from my office to my bedroom !  There are dozens and dozens of scents that accompany, my current favorite is ‘Perfectly Pomegranate’. 

Here’s a few examples of my other favorites, the Riviera, the Classic in cream, and the Torino.

Please also welcome Lynn of For Love or Funny, a blog all about how laughter is the best medicine !  I tune in daily for Lynn’s real life glimpses at the lighter side of family life – we all need a dose of that !  Hop on over and visit with Lynn – she’ll be your best friend in no time !

Finally, please welcome Color Incorporated, your online one-stop-shop full service digital photography lab, for standard photo printing as well as:

Spiral Bound Photo Books

Gallery Wrapped Canvases

. . . also greeting cards, banners, proof magazines, sports cards, magazine covers and much more !  For a full list of their products, click here. 

All Centsational Girl readers are given this promotion:  25 free 4 x 6 prints with the promotion code: cen10

A big congratulations to the winners of the Picnik giveaway, and a big thank you and welcome to my newest sponsors !

Stay tuned for more great features this week, with a focus on the color green in honor of St. Patrick’s Day – after all, I am Irish !   The series is called “These Are a Few of My Favorite Greens” and some of my favorite bloggers have been invited to participate in the lineup – can’t wait ! 

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Hey there friends, it’s Friday, yay !  How about another great giveaway !

My lovely sponsors over at Noteworthy are the generous ones behind today’s giveaway.  Remember a few weeks ago when I showed you some of their unique stationery products ?

Here’s a small sampling of what’s available in their personalized notes collection:

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Hello friends, happy Monday to you!  I’ve got a few projects I’m working on this week that I’m really excited about, and can’t wait to share.

But first, I’m kicking off the Anniversary Week with a fantastic giveaway by generous sponsor Erin over at The Vintage Pearl !

I adore Erin’s jewelry, but I also love to follow this busy mom’s adventures on her blog.  She juggles four children, and at the same time manages to show us her amazing photography and run a successful jewelry business.  How does she do it ?

And speaking of jewelry, take a peek at just a small sampling of some of her hand stamped sterling silver pieces available at The Vintage Pearl.  Two people are going to get very lucky this week in this giveaway !

Dainty Drops necklace with your choice of birthstone

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