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Gimme a Giveaway: MT Photo Journal

You know that awesome print I recently added to our family room?

MT-Photo-Journal-Art

Well, Annie, photographer at MT Photo Journal, super sweetly offered one print to a lucky reader.

If you think landscape photos are fine as frog hair, you’ve got plenty of pretties to choose from.  Like Heavenly, the print I chose:

Spring Meadow:

Or Fall Interrupted, just to share a few:

If nature and florals are your fave, check out Subtle Changes:

Bashful Pink:

And Here Today:

Heck, wildlife and rustic photos like Gentle Soul are beautiful:

The Goods: Any photo (winner’s choice, so poke around the shop!) as a 10 by 10 inch, 12 by 12 inch, 10 by 15 inch, or 12 by 18 inch print from MT Photo Journal.

To Enter:  Leave a comment, which can (but doesn’t have to) include our Just for Fun question.

Just for Fun: Tell us your favorite family vacation destination.  Maybe a place you traveled to as a child.  Or a place you now go with your children.

For additional entries:

1.  Like MT Photo Journal on Facebook.

2.  Like Our Humble Abode on Facebook.

Contest Closes: Thursday, May 30th, 2013.

Number of Winners: One lucky duck.

Ships: Anywhere on planet earth!

Other Info: We will select the winners using random.org and announce on Friday, May 31st.  You stay classy, San Diego!

Gimme a Giveaway Winner & Ice, Ice Bucket

Hello and Happy Friday, friends!  Can you believe we’ve almost finished April?  Seems crazy, but bring on May, warmer weather, and flower planting.  But for today, let’s share the Through the Doggy Door winner.

Random.org chose Janelle, a fellow Montanan waiting until June 1 to plant.  Congrats, Janelle!

You already know I can’t get enough green lately.  Well, I did it again.  Oops.  I found this chrome, wood, and wood print ice bucket at the thrift store for six bucks.  Perfect for our little bar with just a bit of sprucing up.

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That dark wood print had to go.

Ice-Bucket-Before

After a thorough cleaning, I sprayed it with a coat of flat white spray paint to act as a primer.  Then dug out test paints to see what color I wanted.  Five colors later, I loved Anjou Pear, the same color I plan to paint the boys’ bedroom.

Anjou-Pear-Ice-Bucket-After

Green-yellow, light, and a burst of fun.  Have a great weekend, everyone!

Gimme a Giveaway: TTDD

What’s TTDD?  Through the Doggy Door, a new Etsy shop stocked with upcycled leather key chains and brightly painted ceramic goods.

And one lucky winner will get to choose 25 bucks of goodies!

Need a key chain?  Choose from adorable, funky key chains shaped like mustaches:

Mushrooms:

And even little dogs:

Or add a burst of color and quirk with brightly painted birds:

A metallic gold bunny:

Even a colorful camera:

To sweeten the pot, the winner will also get 75 dollars to spend on goods from our shop.  Maybe you want an everlasting bouquet of spring tulips:

Or a trio of butterflies in your favorite colors:

What better way to add a pop of springy color, right?!

The Goods: A $25 gift card to Through the Doggy Door and $75 credit good for or toward anything in the Our Humble Abode shop.

To Enter:  Leave a comment, which can (but doesn’t have to) include our Just for Fun question.

Just for Fun: Tell us what you’re doing to put a little spring in your step.  Adding fun colors to your home or wardrobe?  Enjoying the great outdoors?  Buying fresh flowers for a quick pick-me-up?

For additional entries:

1.  Like Our Humble Abode on Facebook.

Contest Closes: Thursday, April 25th, 2013.

Number of Winners: There can be only one.

Ships: United States residents only, please.

Other Info: We will select the winners using random.org and announce on Friday, April 26th.  May the odds be ever in your favor!

Gimme a Giveaway Winner & Favorite Florals

Happy Easter Friday, everyone!  Are you looking forward to the weekend?  We are!  My family is coming in today to spend a week with us.  And our weather is finally warming up.  Bring on spring!  Which is the inspiration for today’s post.  But first, the winner of the Lamps Plus giveaway is Elizabeth G!  Congrats and have fun picking out pretty lights.

Spring is my favorite season.  The fresh green leaves, warm, sunny skies, and bright flowers.  Though our weather has warmed up a little, we still don’t see signs of spring.  Instead, I brought some in the house with a brightly colored floral fabric I found at Hobby Lobby.

Floral-Pillow-on-Couch

I love it paired up the nearly citron green pillows.  I can’t find it online, so I thought I’d share a few other favorite floral fabrics.

Tangerine and pumpkin large floral:

Richloom Cevennes Peacock:

Perch in Seaglass by Thomas Paul:

Spoonflower has pretty, modern florals galore.  My favorite is the Garden Lark:

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Or you can create your own fabric print.

Gimme a Giveaway: Lamps Plus

This giveaway is closed.  Thanks for entering!  See who won here.

First day of March (yay spring!).  And Friday.  Wow, today is goo-ood.  But wait, it gets better.  Not only did Lamps Plus send us two beautiful sconces, they’ve graciously offered up a giveaway.  Lamps Plus is offering one very lucky winner 250 bucks to spend on anything(s) in their store.

LP Dollar Chandelier 2

Chandeliers, pendants, table lamps, sconces, even furniture.  Whatever your heart doth desire.

Maybe a dark bronze Murray Feiss pendant (or two!) for a hallway or over an island:

A dual shade semi-flush light for bedrooms:

Robert Abbey’s Delta lamp is a fun splurge:

I’d be totally jealous if you added Kenroy Floren Accordion swing arm sconces to a reading nook or as bedside lamps:

Splurge on a favorite fancy item or two or get your money’s worth.  It’s up to you.

The Goods: A personal shopper and 250 dollars to spend at Lamps Plus.

Lamps Plus Lighting Store

To Enter:  Leave a comment, which can (but doesn’t have to) include our Just for Fun question.

Just for Fun: Tell us who or what lights up your life.  Your spouse?  Kids?

For additional entries:

1.  Like Lamps Plus on Facebook.  Be sure to leave another comment to increase your chances of winning.

2. Like Our Humble Abode on Facebook.

Contest Closes: Thursday, March 28th, 2013.

Number of Winners: There can be only one.

Ships: United States residents only.

Other Info: We will select the winners using random.org and announce on Friday, March 29th.  Good luck!

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