Greetings friends, happy weekend!

Announcing the following winners from the ‘Week of Giveaways’ !

The winner of the Geezees custom art 10" x 10" canvas is:

#161:  Rachel at MomShenanigans:  "My parents live in a historic house on a military base and I would have a picture of their house printed, or I would have all of the bases they’ve been stationed at printed on a canvas. My dad has served in the US Air Force almost 30 years!"

Geezees is having a Black Friday through Monday sale, use GZOFF10 to get 10% off!

The three winners of the Cutting Edge Stencils giveaway are:

#452  Cristin:   "Great giveaway! Love the Casablanca Allover Stencil and would use in our powder room."

#603  Lynette C:  "I love Casablanca! This would be perfect for the master bedroom makeover I’ve been dying to do!"

#726  Allison:  "I LOVE the trellis one! I’ve been to their website before and have looked at all the awesome stencils! Here’s hoping I win and I get to re-do one of my dull and boring walls!  I’ve re-tweeted this as well on Twitter!"

The three winners of the Tiny Prints holiday cards giveaway are:

#16  Andrea:  "Ornate Snowflakes is beautiful, although I just spent 45 minutes looking for my favorite. So I really could go with any of them! Thanks for a great giveaway!"

#222 Jennifer A:  "Wow…what a tough choice! Since I would use this gift card to purchase invites to our Holiday dinner party, I think I would go with “Stylish Trim” It is classy and a little more formal, but still fun, which is exactly what our party will be like!"

#342 At One With Him:  "Easy peasy! My daughter is getting married to her high school sweetheart before he serves our country. Not a lot of people will be able to be there so I think the Soft Accent wedding announcement would be perfect."

Tiny Prints is having a Black Friday sale through Saturday with up to 25% off with the code TPNOV25 !

The three winners of the ModernTribe giveaway are:

#105:  Andrea:  "What lovely pieces. I am particularly fond of the I am my beloved’s pendant…beautiful and poetic."

#189  The Cape on the Corner:  "I love ModernTribe…you tend to only find traditional Jewish stuff, so it’s nice to have an alternative. that latke serving piece is hysterical, but I also love the Jonathon Adler menorahs for sure. oh, I really hope I get this one! thanks so much for offering this!"

#223 Marielle:  "Love the crime scene trivets and the whale butter dish!"

The three winners of the Willow House giveaway are:

#78 Lori S:  "I love the Ingleside Luminaries, they are so pretty!"

#403 Abby K:  "I love the Decorative Card and Photo Display! It would be so perfect for the holidays!!"

#532:  Stephanie M:  "I am in love with the Lady Jane Bottleneck Vases…love love love!"

The three winners of the Specialty Prints giveaway are:

#14 Kat  "The alphabet tree is adorable, and would be a lovely addition to my little girls room!"

#146 Jen:  "I have been looking for the perfect nursery print for my new grandson and the alphabet print is it!"

#330  Matt:  "My wife loves #4, so I’ll pick that one for her."

Winners, I have forwarded your names and email to my contacts.  If you do not hear from them by the end of Monday, please let me know!

Don’t forget, there are three giveaways that are still ongoing through Sunday, so be sure to enter!

Silhouette Craft Cutter giveaway

Recessionista giveaway

Oops I Knit It Again giveaway

A final reminder that the Holiday Home parties begin this week ~ mantels with Layla on Tuesday, and vignettes on Thursday with Rhoda.

I better get started !

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Greetings!  Oh what a week, are you caught up in the pre-Thanksgiving scramble?  Juggle juggle, balance, multitask, and a little more juggling, right?  Whew!  I’m looking forward to next week’s down time, just to sit around with family and friends, bake pies, peel potatoes, sample wines, and eat eat eat.  And maybe do some more eating.

Announcing the 3 winners of the Purple Lemon Designs giveaway!  Congratulations to:

#22: Kristin "Love the Medium Circles-n-Circles, which could be used all year round. I just moved to a new home so this would be great!"

#624: Shirley L.  "I shared on Twitter (I am @willowwhimsy)"

#748: Layla O.: "Oh I want one of these and was bummed not to have won last time, maybe this time. The wrought iron scroll would be great but any is fine by me."

A few hardworking DIY readers have sent me some fabulous makeovers, take a peek:

I’m loving this master bedroom makeover at The Painted Hive.  What a clever and beautiful headboard!

Diane creatively reinvented this side table cart, I love her modern design!

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A very big thanks to all the ladies who sent in their submission for the HomeGoods ‘Mom Cave’ contest, via email or by linking to the party.  Let me tell you, it was excruciating, and I mean painful, trying to narrow it down to five winners, and then choose a top prize. 

It was such a delight reading each and every one of your entries.  The judges (Layla, Rhoda, and I) spent the weekend reviewing them.  I don’t think I’ll be volunteering to be a judge for anything anytime in the near future . . . it really was that difficult!  But after the votes were cast by three judges, and all criteria considered, it’s my pleasure to announce the following winners:

The top prize, the $250 HomeGoods gift card is awarded to, drumroll please . .

Blair of ‘Blair’s Blessings‘ ! 

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Oh, the weather outside is frightful . . . .  Well, actually, it’s not frightful at all, it’s rather delightful.  Shame on me for singing a holiday tune in October!   It’s the middle of fall y’all and getting a little chillier around here.  Time to bring out those knit scarves and cozy throw blankets to add a little style while still staying warm.

Today I’m talking about getting cozy with knits over at The Inspired Room in Melissa’s series 31 Days of Autumn Bliss.  I get to be Day 20, yippee that’s me!  C’mon over and say "Hi" why don’t ya, and take a peek at some of my favorite cozy knits this season.

Meanwhile, I’m happy to announce the three winners of Custom Stamp Set giveaway brought to you by The Paper Cafe and Three Designing Women.

Congratulations to the following THREE lucky peeps:

#41 Kristin of Sepia Tone Lovin who wrote, "I would pick the Medallion gift set, and I would gift it to myself.  I’m not ashamed to admit that!"

#162  Katrina who wrote, "TDW Custom Stamp Gift Desk Set Toile! This is totally me, love the pattern….black and pink make me want to sing!!!! I would totally keep this for myself and send cute little notes to my mommy who lives on the way in TEXAS! (I live in NYC)"

# 653: Chris Vanderstoep who wrote: "Definitely the damask, and most definitely for myself! I have been looking for a stamp for letters, and these are gorgeous!"

You three won your choice of a Custom Stamp Gift Set like these!

Who else wants one?   Use the code centgirl15off  through November 2nd only, and get a 15% discount when you order.   Sssssssh.  It’s just for you CG readers, yeehaw!  So spread the word.  :-)  Shop for them here.

Now hop on over to The Inspired Room ~ we’ll talk cozy fall knits!

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Congratulations to the following two winners of the Noteworthy Giveaway:

#44: Jenna W. who wrote:

“I’m about 5 months pregnant with my first so I was drawn to the baby announcements, shower invites and thank you notes. I love the Shower Banner Invitations and would love to pass this along to my sister who is throwing me a shower in a few months!”

#366 Whitney who wrote:

“Wow! I love them all – but I think I would definitely choose the “On the Road again” Moving Announcements!   My husband is a Navy Pilot and we just recently moved AGAIN – this would be a great way to let everyone know!   Or maybe I would pick the Blue Circus Birthday Invites for Monkey Man’s 1st birthday!”

Congrats Jenna and Whitney, please email me! 

And congratulations to #263 Vanessa, the winner of the ‘At Home With Country’ Giveaway who defined what ‘Country’ means to her: 

“Country means: cornfields, backyard gardens, outdoor dogs, gravel drive ways, quietness that goes on for miles, family, painted mailboxes, good cookin’, big tractors, hard work, shade tree and animal sounds.

Country decor is a place where you can kick up your feet and relax a while. Rocking chairs on a porch, clean and tidy interiors that are still so inviting, big windows with wonderful views, crisp and relaxed linens. Nothing too fussy or that can’t hold up to some good use. Country decor is like your most comfortable broken in pair of blue jeans that fit just right.”

Wow.  Well said !  How inspiring is Vanessa?   

Reading through all of your definitions of ‘country’ to me reads like a feature article in Country Living magazine ~ there are some very humorous comments, some poignant comments, but most are heartfelt, and I can’t help but feel all warm and fuzzy reading them.  The definition of ‘Country’ for most of you is analogous to a feeling of ‘home’, how delightful is that?  

So thanks to all who shared what ‘Country’ means to you.  And speaking of hard work Vanessa, today I’m beginning to the grueling work of pulling out the carpet tacks on our staircase.  Ouch !!  

Have a lovely Sunday y’all. 

All above images via Country Living, where else?

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