Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Today, April 1st, we are Giving Away... (PRIZES CLAIMED)


Two $25.00 Gift Certificates to the Darling Online Shoppe Hand Picked Daisy

Have you ever looked at something and it made your heart happy? That is how I felt when I received my new journal from Hand Picked Daisy. I must confess, I have always been, and will probably always be, a journal geek. I love to record my feelings, experiences, and thoughts. And I love it even more when I go back and read those feelings, experiences, and thoughts. It helps me to remember special times in my life, reflect on experiences that have shaped who I am today, and it reminds me of little things my children have said and done that have long been forgotten. Oh, the beauty of the written word.


So when I received my beautiful journal from Hand Picked Daisy and it was wrapped in lovely paper, tied with brown twine, with my name carefully placed on back, I was in journal-geek heaven. And not only did I order one for myself, but I also ordered one to give to my six-year-old daughter for Easter. She loves to write and I know she will enjoy writing in her pretty journal from Hand Picked Daisy. After our journals arrived and I saw how great they were (and at such an excellent price), I ordered one for three other people (I’m not going to reveal who—they may be reading) for a birthday, Mother’s Day, and a friend who is experiencing a hard time due to illness. If you are one of our winners today, you could use your gift certificate on a journal from Hand Picked Daisy for you or to give as a gift to someone you know.

But let’s suppose journal writing isn’t your thing, that’s okay, because you could also use your gift certificate on a perpetual calendar which will help you to remember the birthdays of the special people in your life:
And then you can spend the remainder of your gift certificate on buying one of those special people a card which also doubles as a gift because it comes with adorable magnets:

Hand Picked Daisy also sells the most adorable scripture totes for boys:

And girls:
Hand Picked Daisy also offers Visiting Teaching Kits for each month of the year:

How cute are those?

Each person can enter to win the $25.00 Gift Certificate to Hand Picked Daisy up to THREE times today.

For one entry, leave your first and last name in a comment.
Example: Jane Doe

For a second entry visit Hand Picked Daisy’s online shoppe here. Look at all of Hand Picked Daisy’s adorable products. Then come back to Give Away Today and in a NEW comment tell us your first and last name and what you would spend your $25.00 on if you win.
Example: Jane Doe: Scripture Tote for my Daughter

For a third entry, I told my little sister Traci, who I swear loves April Fool's Day more than Christmas, that I would help her get some funny prank ideas from the readers of Give Away Today. So in a NEW comment leave your first and last name and tell us a good prank you have done to someone, someone has done to you, or one of which you have heard.
Example: Jane Doe: Our neighbor told my husband his aunt needed some advice on something. Our neighbor asked my husband to give his aunt, Myra Mains, a call. When my husband called he asked, "Is Myra there?" The person on the other end asked, "Who?" My husband said, "Myra Mains." Come to find out my husband had called a morgue and he was asking the employee if his remains (Myra Mains) was available to speak.

The winners of the products from Hand Picked Daisy will be announced tomorrow, Wednesday, April 2nd. Please visit us then to see if you are our winner and to check out our new giveaway for the day.

1212 Comments:

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Becca said...

Becca Olave: Scripture Tote for my little girl!

Linda said...

Linda Jorgensen~ I'd get at least 3 journals. They would make great gifts!

Amy said...

Amy Irwin- Visitng teaching kits..It's all so darling. How about 1 of everything!!!! :0)

Kari said...

kari perry

Becca said...

Becca Olave: One time, my roommates took off the shower head and poured a Koo-aide packet inside. SO when I went to shower, red "juice" washed all over me!! I should try that on my hubby today...

Jared & Tracee said...

Tracee McSweeney- Perpetual Calendar

Nik said...

Nikki McDonald: Every year I tell my Mom I'm pregnant. Not very original, but she tends to fall for it every time. This year, I'm 7 1/2 months pregnant, so that's out... I'm drawing a blank on my other options. I'll be looking through the comments on your blog. Haha!

Kari said...

kari perry: scripture tote

Danielle said...

Danielle Clayton
boy church tote...cute and my kids would love them

Holly R said...

Holly Rader-I would buy several of the spiritual journals and give them as gifts.

Danielle said...

Danielle Clayton
I was thinking about putting on a maternity shirt since my friends that I haven't seen in a while are coming over. The best part is that I have a six month old.

Linda said...

Linda Jorgensen ~ DD and I short sheeted DSs bed. Given that he rigged the sink sprayer LATE last night and I took an unexpected early morning shower at the sink this morning, well, today is going to be an interesting day ;-D

Kari said...

kari perry: i always think that announcing you are pregnant is good...but I will never do it myself...my friend did it on her blog last year and then rumors were flying around the ward for months because people didn't see the april fools part...and my mother in law...then 40...joked that she was pregnant one year...and then a few months later she really was. lol

Brittany R said...

brittany recalde

Chantelle said...

Chantelle Bolinder

Sumo @ Sumo's Sweet Stuff said...

Summer Andrus - Spiritual Journals for my YW

Holly R said...

Holly Rader: My sister told my mom that she was getting married on April 1st. She totally didn't get that it was a joke.

Tiffany said...

Tiffany Ellis: the Journal

Julie said...

Julie Scott: Magnet cards

The Stewart Stuff said...

Jennifer STewart

The Stewart Stuff said...

Jennifer Stewart: Sunday Tote for my 3 kids

Sumo @ Sumo's Sweet Stuff said...

Summer Andrus - When I was a little girl, my dad was out of town on business on April Fool's day. I was talking to him on the phone, and he told me that there was a spider crawling up my shirt. I screamed, dropped the phone, and started freaking out. DUH!

Melanie said...

Melanie Thomas: Sunday tote

Unknown said...

Hattie Harris

The Stewart Stuff said...

Jennifer Stewart: I woke my girls up this morning and told them it had snowed all night! They popped out of bed so fast...it's the easiest wake-up ever! Too bad we live in Arizona and it never snows in April! :0)

Anonymous said...

kellie hull

Anonymous said...

kellie hull - journals

France said...

Lashelle Nelson: Scripture Tote for son

Julie said...

Julie Scott: The bishop of our ward put up a for sale sign on his house on April Fools day. It got alot of people talking!

lovers letters said...

julie olsen

Tiffany said...

Tiffany Ellis...I am going to put jello in a cup & let it set. Then I am going to give it to my 2 & 4 year old to drink for lunch. I think that they will get a kick out of it!

Courtnie said...

Courtnie Cotterell: Perpetual Calendar

lovers letters said...

julie olsen: perpetual calendar

Anonymous said...

rachel wilson

Melissa Dudley said...

Melissa Hatt

Melissa Dudley said...

Melissa Hatt

Anonymous said...

kellie hull - as a child, my mother helped my siblings and I prank my father - we went out on the porch while he was sleeping in and my mom woke him up saying that the police were at the door needing to speak with him. He got up and dressed in a flash, worried as to why they would need to talk with him and found us kids waiting for him instead.

Melissa Dudley said...

Melissa Hatt

lovers letters said...

julie olsen: a friend sent a note with her daughter to school telling the teacher that they had to go out of town unexpectedly and asking the teacher to take their daughter home with them until they return. The clothes and toothbrush were all in the backpack =)

Anonymous said...

Tara Wiser -I would get the cute visit teaching kits- how cute is that.

Melissa Dudley said...

Melissa Hatt

Courtnie said...

Courtnie Cotterell: I have heard of mixing gelatin into the milk so when someone goes to pour it, it doesn't come because it is "milk jello" in the jug!

Unknown said...

Hattie Harris: My friends garden was just starting to sprout. She got some suckers and other candies and put them in the rows. When her boys came home from school she told them to run outside and see the garden, it had started to sprout candy. There were two very excited boys.

Anonymous said...

Melissa Hatt

autumn said...

autumn huffaker

Anonymous said...

Amanda F. JEnsen

rlmquest said...

Rebecca Milne -Visiting teaching kits

Anonymous said...

Amanda F. Jensen- Perpetual Calendar

Gosfam said...

Leslie Gosney: Scripture tote for my daughter--so cute!

Rebecca McNair said...

Rebecca McNair

Gosfam said...

Leslie Gosney: For someone who used their computer alot, put a piece of tape over the ball of the mouse on the bottom or remove the ball all together. It will take them forever to realize what is going on.

Anonymous said...

Rebecca McNair- visiting teachingg kit

rlmquest said...

Rebecca Milne- 2 years in a row I put a rubber band around the spray hose lever on my kitchen sink. Every time someone turned the faucet on they would get sprayed with water!

Shan said...

Sharylann Smith - On the Sparkpeople.com website today there was an article about how the government was changing the current metric system from 1 lb to 1.1 lbs so there was less obesity in America. They provided a phone number to call to get your scale re-calibration kit and I fell for it, until a co-worker pointed out the final line that said April Fools! :)

Rebecca McNair said...

Rebecca McNair- Put a rubber band around the sprayer on your sink so whenever the sink goes on someone gets all wet!

Sara said...

Sara J Sargent

Lori said...

Lori Rotz: Journal for my daughter

Sara said...

Sara J Sargent: Black and White Journal, and the Visiting Teaching Kits

Just Us said...

Trinidy Vocana

Shan said...

Sharylann Smith - Perpetual Calendar

Maura said...

Maura Duke: April Kits

ORMSBYS said...

lindsey ormsby

Melanie said...

Melanie Egbert: scripture tote for my daughter.

The Ameliorator said...

Amelia Sehr

Susan Winters said...

Susan Winters

Maura said...

Maura Duke: if you have a sink with one of those spray hoses, you can either tap or rubber band the handle down so when someone goes to turn on the water, it sprays from the hose.

Anonymous said...

April Jacobson: Sunday tote

Susan Winters said...

Susan Winters - Prepetual calendar and magents

Fauset Photography said...

jen fauset

Fauset Photography said...

Jen Fauset- scripture tote for boys

Anonymous said...

Heather Robertson- I love the sunday tote... The calendars are really cute too!!!!

Fauset Photography said...

jen fauset- told my hubby i was prego...when i soooo wasn't.

JoEllen said...

JoEllen Woods: Scripture Tote for boys

Field Family said...

Nicole Field

darlanpaulsmamma said...

Melissa Barnes

Anonymous said...

Leslee Kitchen

Lisa said...

Lisa Gettler: Perpetual Calendar

Maddy said...

Maddy Egbert: VT kits

mommamia said...

Debbie Keith I love the journals.

Rach said...

Rachel Valgardson - Visiting Teaching Kits ;)

Maddy said...

Maddy Egbert: My mother in law would make sandwiches like normal for all her kids, but wouldn't take the plastic wrapper off the cheese, so they got a nice surprise when they went to take a bite!

Lisa said...

Lisa Gettler: When I was 16 and my brother was 5, my mom woke me up on April Fools and told me not to be angry but my brother cut some of my georgeous long hair, and not to freak out until I looked in the mirror. I ran to the bathroom as she laughed. Haha, mom.

Stacey said...

Stacey McAllister: perpetual calendar and magnets

Unknown said...

Ashlee Stansfield

melanie said...

melanie kunz

Unknown said...

Ashlee Stansfield-visting teaching things

Stacey said...

Stacey McAllister: roll down your "target's" window, put some shattered glass around on ground and a little on the seat of the car, put the rock on the seat of the car (if you're nice, put a note on the rock, or if not, let them go to the trouble of taking it in to get fixed)!

Just Us said...

Trinidy Vocana Black & White Journal for my sister in law

Field Family said...

Nicole Field; Journal

M.A.D. said...

Mary DeBorde

Hi :)

Anonymous said...

Betsy Kirkland

Unknown said...

Ashlee Stansfield-My kids are playing jokes on me all day I don't have one that sticks out. I'm so gullbull I fall for anything

tristanjh said...

Tristan Jennings-Horsley
I already get the visiting teaching kits monthly so I'd buy the magnets to give as birthday gifts.

M.A.D. said...

I really liked the December Kits!

tristanjh said...

Tristan Jennings-Horsley
If you remove the shower head in your bathroom you can put a little chicken bouillon in before screwing it back on. The next person to use it gets sprayed with chicken broth.

Polly said...

Polly Judd

Tara said...

Taralyn Parker:I would get several of the scriptural and spiritual journals. I like the perpetual calendar as well.

Mark and Emily said...

Emily Bleazard: Spiritual Journal

Unknown said...

gail bradford

Tara said...

Taralyn Parker : Faked an engagement :)

Mandy said...

Mandy Brenchley- journal and perpetual caledar

Heather D. said...

Heather Doman - large journals

T. Johnson said...

Tallelah Johnson

melanie said...

melanie kunz- vt ideas

Heather D. said...

Heather Doman - putting up those cheap "for Sale" signs with the phone number being 401-2009, as in April 1, 2009.

Sweet Daisy said...

Lacie Koford

Unknown said...

a have a funny prank..
On our last vacation my sister in law decided she wanted to drink a few mixed drinks... she get's kind of dingy when she's drinking. So I waited until she had a few and then slipped one of those prank mixes that turns your drink into a solid. She tried like 3 times to drink out of it before she realized something wasn't right. Sooo funny

Sweet Daisy said...

Lacie Koford- I would probably purchase a journal and a few cards.

Emily said...

emily tatton

Jan said...

Jan King

melanie said...

melanie kunz- made meatloaf with colored mashed potatioes to look like frosting and served them individually in cupcakes. So funny to see the kids shocked faces!

Emily said...

emily tatton - journal

Jan said...

Jan King: Journal

Unknown said...

Fake pregnancy test...so funny if her signifigant other isn't wanting a baby right then.

Robert and Kristen said...

Kristen Crockett - Spiritual Journal - large

Emily said...

emily tatton - fill the middle of Oreo cookies with toothpaste

Emilee Snow said...

Emilee Snow: I love the Visiting Teaching Kits!

Sweet Daisy said...

Lacie Koford- I heard good one to put a few drops of food coloring in the bottom of a siblings or parents cereal bowl the night before and cover it with the cereal. When the person goes to pour the milk the next morning they are surprised to see their milk is colorful.

Jan said...

Jan King: Last night at midnight, I asked my husband to try on his graduation robe and then gasped and said there was a big hole in the back of it. It was an early April Fools so he wasn't expecting it!

Unknown said...

I also love the spiritual journals

Anonymous said...

Savannah Wilson

Emma said...

emma calvert

Cherry Blossoms said...

Kiley Smith: The Visiting Teaching Kits

Jen said...

Jen Boyle: Visiting Teaching Kits, or Birthday Calendar

Anonymous said...

Stella Wilson

Unknown said...

cover the toilet seat with butter... so funny

Anonymous said...

Natalee Wilson

Anonymous said...

Gene Wilson

Cherry Blossoms said...

Kiley Smith: My friend had her pregnant friend pee on a home pregnancy test and gave it to her husband to fake him out that she was pregnant.

Anonymous said...

Julia Wilson

Emma said...

Emma calvert: Spiritual Journal

Cindy said...

Cindy Nelson: Scripture Tote for boys

Anonymous said...

Jodi Rhoades

Anonymous said...

Neely Tompkins

Anonymous said...

Neely Tompkins: Def. the visiting teaching kits

Brooks Nelson said...

Brooks Nelson

Anonymous said...

Lisa Fenton

Anonymous said...

Neely Tompkins: Saran Wrap the toilet!

Cindy said...

Cindy Nelson: Sprinkl Kool-Aid powder on bath towels. That persons skin will stain for quite awhile.

Anonymous said...

Robert B. Smith

Anonymous said...

Ella K. Smith

Cherry Blossoms said...

Robert Smith: The Sunday Tote for my Daughter

Heather said...

Heather Demke: Love her homeade magnets

Jen said...

Jen Boyle: I heard a good prank this morning. This guy my husband works for has been trying to sell a motorcycle for sometime now. Well his brother put a fake add on KSL for him. Said that he works the grave yard shift and can be reach at any hour. So Chris (my husbands friend) was getting calls all through the night! If went along with it because he thought it was for his motorcycle that he was selling. After about the 5 call in the wee hours of the morning he realized that it might be a joke! So funny!

Kara said...

Kara Bagley: Scripture tote for boys.

Heather said...

Heather Demke: Trick or treat with your kids

andrea said...

andrea park: I love the perpetual calendar.

Anonymous said...

Robert Smith: Whoopie Cushion...oldie but goodie

kmb said...

Kristen Bingham: Spiritual Journal

David and Jana said...

Jana Hoyal: Journals

Anonymous said...

David Hoyal

Anonymous said...

Ella K. Smith
I love the visiting teaching kits...count me in!

Anonymous said...

Ella K. Smith-Put Red Kool Aid in shower head...your water will come out red. sick!

The Cox Family said...

Lauren Cox: Scripture tote for boys.

CamDawg said...

Camille Brady

our big bus said...

Bonnie Ball: love the Visit Teaching handouts

Emily said...

Emily Bullough

David and Jana said...

Jana Hoyal: Faked an engagement.

Anonymous said...

Cari Harrison

Chrissy said...

Christine Lockhart: any VT kit!

Tara Whitney said...

Tara Whitney

Andrea said...

Andrea Powell

our big bus said...

Bonnie Ball: I don't really have a April Fools to mention, but I like the thought of eating the filling out of the oreo's and fill it with Toothpast;)

(emily tatton - fill the middle of Oreo cookies with toothpaste)

Unknown said...

Janel Case: Spiritual Journal

Unknown said...

Janel Case: I've done the "I'm Pregnant" one a few times ;)

Melissa said...

Melissa Yorgason

Melissa said...

melissa Yorgason: Spiritual Journal (Large)

Jacquelynn said...

Jacquelynn sokol

Amy said...

Amy Bethers: Scripture Tote

Brooks Nelson said...

Brooks Nelson ~ Scripture tote for my daughter

Anonymous said...

Bridgette Anderson

Janelle said...

Janelle dudley

Anonymous said...

vicky amdal

Clark Family said...

Stacy Clark

Janelle said...

janelle dudley: perpetual calendar and vt kits

Clark Family said...

Stacy Clark: Scripture tote for my son

Kyle & Jamie said...

Jamie welch

Sarah said...

Sarah Clark: 8x10 spiritual journal in pink

Brooks Nelson said...

Brooks Nelson ~ My brother spent the night at our neighbors house and in the morning (April 1st) we called him and told him his show steer had gotten out and was running down the road. He was still asleep when we called him and he threw some pants and his boots on and ran out the door. When he got over to our house to get a rope we were all laughing so hard. We yelled "April Fools" and laughed some more. He wasn't very happy we had woke him up for a prank.

Whitemyer's said...

Barbara Whitemyer: Spiritural Journals for daughter and daughter-in-law, and several Perpetual Calendars, one for me and the others to give away!

HeatherOz said...

Heather Oswald

Kyle & Jamie said...

Jamiewelch-scipture tote or viting teacher kit anything I love this.

Monica said...

monica lambert

Anonymous said...

Raelyn Anderson

Janelle said...

Janelle Dudley: The chicken bouillion in the shower head works with jello too--it even turns the person pretty colors ;)

Monica said...

monica lambert: girls scripture tote

Kyle & Jamie said...

JamieWelch-my aunts sons called her and told her that she had to wrap her toilets with suran wrap because the sewer was backing up all over town.

Anonymous said...

Jill Swensen

[BrookeO] said...

Brooke Oldroyd - visiting teaching kit/journals

Anonymous said...

Jill Swensen: visiting teaching kits

Anonymous said...

Tonya King

Anonymous said...

Tonya King - scripture tote for my daughter

Sarah said...

Sarah Clark: You can unscrew the end of the water faucet on a bath or a sink and place inside a color dye tablet that they make for kids' baths (crayola makes them). Then you have a surpise burst of color when you turn on the water.

[BrookeO] said...

Brooke Oldroyd
Kinda fun. Put a few drops of food coloring in the bottom of your kids/husbands cereal bowl, pour in the cereal, then the milk, then watch the milk change color.

Anonymous said...

Tonya King - my cousin put saran wrap over the toliet seat during the night so the first person using the bathroom the next morning had an unpleasant surprise.

Clare said...

Clare moon

Unknown said...

Emily Decker: journals

Anonymous said...

Bethany Thompson

JILLIAN said...

JILL DEMILLE- VISITING TEACHING KITS

Anonymous said...

Brenda Finlinson

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