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.

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lsprkr said...

Lisa Parker

Anonymous said...

cheri cooper

Anonymous said...

Ashlie Cowley

Bryan, Natalie, Maya and Little B said...

Natalie Layton

The Barneys said...

Diana Barney: The Visiting Teaching kits

lsprkr said...

Lisa Parker - (6) Spiritual Journals for a bible study I just started leading for 9th grade girls.

Anonymous said...

Nadine Macmillan

Anonymous said...

Ashlie Cowley: Spiritual Journal (Large

Anonymous said...

Melissa Paschal: Spiritual Journal (Large)

Jonathan said...

Jon Ware

lsprkr said...

Lisa Parker - my brother and I used to 'short sheet' the beds. We would take the fitted sheet off and fold the top sheet in half so it looked like the bed was made. Then when someone went to climb in, they could only stick their feet halfway down the bed.

5dollarFanatic said...

Arin Lords

Jonathan said...

Jon Ware - Perpetual Calendar

5dollarFanatic said...

Arin Lords- scripture tote or v.t. kits

Jessica said...

Jessica Firth

Jessica said...

Jessica Firth Visiting teaching kits

Deborah said...

Deborah Andreasen: I love the magnets!

Jessica said...

Jessica Firth-disable text on my daughters phone

Jonathan said...

Jon Ware - One time on April fools my sister came up to my bedroom in the morning while I was sleeping, now I really like my sleeping and it would usually take 5-10 times of trying to wake me up to get me out of bed, but when she came up that day she told me that she had made me breakfast, she said there were eggs, sausage, toast... it sounded so good! She said she'd be waiting downstairs for me and when I got down there she was eating a bowl of cereal... no breakfast to be found.

5dollarFanatic said...

Told my hubby I was pregnant-had the stick and every that showed positive-he called his family members and everything-at the time it was funny-but since then, we've had a few miscarriages-that is definitely not a prank i would pull again.

Jen said...

Jen Bollschweiler: Spiritual Journal and magnets!

Amy said...

Amy Denev - Journal

Amy said...

Amy Denev - tape the refrigerator light shut, so it will look like the fridge is broken :)

Ashlie said...

Ashlie Cowley: I college we filled some guys cars with lots of shredded paper.

Anonymous said...

Tiffany Cox

Anonymous said...

Tiffany cox. Perpetual Calendar

Jessie said...

Jessie McKinley-April Visiting Teaching Kit!!

Sarah C said...

Sarah Cross - sunday tote for my son on sunday

Jessica said...

Jessica Zincke: Journal

Sarah C said...

sarah cross, if you have a computer mouse that has an optical tracker (not a rollerball) tape a post it over the red part that says "april fools" your target will attempt to use the mouse and find that it is not responding!

Brittany said...

Brittany Szymanski: journal

Alicia said...

Alicia States

The Kyles said...

Lupita Kyle

Anonymous said...

Dana Valle

Deborah said...

Deborah Andreasen: It would take a lot of planning, but a lady I work with saved all the little paper dots you get from hole punching for weeks and filled her boss' breif case with them.

Anonymous said...

Dana Valle: Visiting teaching kits and sunday totes for boys

Anonymous said...

Jessica Hammond

Anonymous said...

thank you for another chance

m.a. said...

Marianne Nicolaysen

The Bates said...

karolyn bates

The Bates said...

Karolyn Bates: perpetual calendar

Erin said...

Erin Poulsen : perpetual calendar

m.a. said...

Marianne Nicolaysen: Perpetual Calendar

Erin said...

Erin Poulsen : my husband called and said he was on his way to the hospital after an accident...not funny.

Jen & the Claw said...

Jennifer Eng

Jen & the Claw said...

Jennifer Eng - Visiting teaching kits

Anonymous said...

Shannon Hagedorn

Kelly said...

Kelly Gibbons: Scripture Tote for my Daughter

Tammy said...

Tammy Firth

Anonymous said...

Shannon Hagedorn: Sunday Tote for my little girl

Katie said...

Katie Horrocks

Unknown said...

Tiffany-Joy Mo: I read this week of a prank where you "take a message" for someone in your household and tell them it is urgent and that they must call right away, the message is from "Mr. Lyon" and then you leave a number for them to call, the number you leave is for the Zoo! The person who shared this said the person called and asked for Mr.Lyon, and the person who answered said "Mr.Lyon is busy but you can speak to Mr.Elephant" :)

Anonymous said...

Shannon Hagedorn: I'm a nurse and one April Fool's night I took guacamole to work, placed it in a stool specimen cup (and it was a new-hadn't been used-one) and pretended to carry it out of a patient's room. I asked several of the nurses at the desk to take a look and tell me what they thought about it, color, etc..and then I started eating it. They almost lost it :)

Unknown said...

Tiffany-Joy Mo: visiting teaching kids and some cards, super cute!

Katie said...

Katie Horrocks- perpetual calendar and scripture totes LOVE THEM!

Lauren said...

Lauren Uhrich

Lauren said...

Lauren Uhrich: Large spiritual journals some to keep for me and some to give away to friends

Lauren said...

Lauren Uhrich: After we have already decided to be finished having children and my husband just recently decided to get a vasectomy... I thought of telling him that I was pregnant today. Now that would be a good prank.

Brie said...

Brie Williams VT kit for my ladies!

Brie said...

brie williams

Brie said...

brie williams- i go for the old standard rubber band on the sprayer thing

Anonymous said...

Kara Jensen

mdl said...

Meredith Link

Jennie said...

Jennie Rallison

Alisha LeBaron said...

Alisha LeBaron

Jennifer said...

jennifer rutherford

Jerilynn said...

Jerilynn Packer: Perpetual Calendar, and a large spiritual journal.

Jennifer said...

jennifer rutherford: journal

Anonymous said...

Sara Francis

Jerilynn said...

Jerilynn Packer: I filled my husband's breakfast cereal with square pieces of cardboard...mmm.

Anonymous said...

Camille Rogers

Anonymous said...

Sara Francis: journal

Anonymous said...

Alisa Didenhover

Alisha LeBaron said...

Alisha LeBaron: Magnets for my magnet board

Anonymous said...

Alisa Didenhover: This morning I put toliet paper in my son's shoes. It took him forever to figure out why he could not get his shoes on.

brobrofamily said...

Michelle Brotherson

Tamra said...

Tamra Humphrey

brobrofamily said...

Michelle Brotherson

brobrofamily said...

Michelle Brotherson

Christina Weedon said...

Christina Weedon

Anonymous said...

Alisa Didenhover: I like the boys scripture tote.

Anonymous said...

Ana Mattson

Amy Beckstrand said...

Amy Beckstrand

Christina Weedon said...

I love the perpetual calendar!

Christina Weedon

rupee40 said...

Ali Broadbent: journal

Alisha LeBaron said...

Alisha LeBaron: shove some raisins into your toothpaste tube. Then when your husband squeezes it. It looks like there are bugs in the toothpaste.

Anonymous said...

Susan Stone

Anonymous said...

Susan Stone: visiting teaching kits

mverno said...

susan varney perpetual calendar mverno@roadrunner.com

jenn said...

Jenn Randolph

lesleyx3 said...

lesley Sizemore

Anonymous said...

Maquel Christopher

Anonymous said...

Maquel Christopher: Visiting Teaching Kits

Anonymous said...

Ana Mattson-- Visiting Teaching kit

Amy Beckstrand said...

Amy Beckstrand: Large Spiritual journal

lesleyx3 said...

a great trick my daughter pulled on me this morning, i went to the kitchen sink to make a bottle for my 6 month old, i turned on the water and the sprayer began spraying me, she had placed a rubber band around the sprayer

Amy Beckstrand said...

Amy Beckstrand: We used to put vaseline on the door at work so our fellow employees couldn't get in.

Tumbleweed Trails said...

JD Sullivan

jenn said...

jenn randolph--Journal Black and White (big)

~Pam said...

Pam Bennett

jenn said...

jenn randolph--my husband and son put a rubber snack in a really pretty wrapped box once--scared me to death!

~Pam said...

Pam Bennett- journal

The Christensens said...

Jessica Christensen: April vt kit

Gr8Life said...

Cindy Maughan

~Pam said...

Pam Bennett- my kids ages 3-8 thought it was funny to tell everyone they have a bug on their head this morning just so they could say "April Fools!"

Tumbleweed Trails said...

JD Sullivan

March Visiting Teaching Kit with the Pinch Proof Pin. This would be for my grandson.

Tumbleweed Trails said...

JD Sullivan: My husband hates sugar in his coffee, so one year I put a little sugar in his coffee.

Berry Family said...

Samantha Berry

Berry Family said...

Samantha Berry - Visiting Teaching Kits & Magnets

Valerie said...

Valerie B.
KawaiiNeko2008 at aol dot com

Anonymous said...

Julia Wright

Beverly Jones said...

Bev Jones

Berry Family said...

Samantha Berry - My husband proposed to me on April 1st 2004. He was pretending to break up with me & telling me he was not happy dating & things didn't feel right. Then after I got all upset, he asked me the BIG question. He thought it was so funny!

Karie Coats said...

Karie Coats: Scripture tote for boys

Valerie said...

Valerie B.-Journal Black and White (big) and Spiritual Journal (large)
KawaiiNeko2008 at aol dot com

Heather said...

Heather Herakovic-black and white journal

Beverly Jones said...

Bev Jones: journals for my boys and probably one for me too!

Nate and Ash said...

Ashlee Fincher

Brownfamily said...

Annie Brown

Nate and Ash said...

Ashlee Fincher: Scripture tote for boys

Beverly Jones said...

Bev Jones: My boys favorite is to shove crumpled up newspaper in the toes of my shoes so I can't put them on without going, "Hey, There's Something wrong here?" Of course, I know it will always happen and I always "Fall" for it. They just laugh....

Nate and Ash said...

Ashlee Fincher : Meatloaf and Potato Cupcakes!

Julianna said...

Julianna Wolfley - scripture totes!

Karie Coats said...

Karie Coats: My boyfriend at the time (husband now) served me prenuptual papers on my first day of work. I was sooo confused!

Brownfamily said...

Annie Brown: Spiritual journal, April kits

Unknown said...

Cherie Rhoads : Perpetual Calendar, journals, or the magnets. So cute!

Scarlett said...

Scarlett Clegg: Visiting teaching Kits

Anonymous said...

Lisa Porter

Brownfamily said...

Annie Brown: My friends went into our friends apartment and saran wrapped everything (including the fridge multiple times).

Anonymous said...

Amanda Davis

Anonymous said...

Carrie Hansen

StobbeFamily said...

jamie stobbe

Anonymous said...

Amanda Davis: Had a single friend on facebook upload her profile pic to an ultrasound picture that said... Oops

Anonymous said...

Amanda Davis: Journal

Gina said...

Gina Decker

StobbeFamily said...

jamie stobbe: perpetual calendar

Shanna said...

Shanna Barker

Anonymous said...

Ashley Lombardo

Erin said...

Erin Crandall- scripture tote for girls

Anonymous said...

Ashley Lombardo: September kits- Teaching kits for my children's teachers.

Anonymous said...

Ashley Lombardo: April Fools day, best friend told me she was pregnant. Mean but good!

Rachel Worthen said...

Rachel Worthen - Large journal, magnets

ccheshire said...

Casey Cheshire: visiting teaching kits

ccheshire said...

Casey Cheshire: Set the clocks forward an hour so everyone is scrambling to get ready in the morning

Tanner's Tales said...

Megan Tanner

Tanner's Tales said...

Megan Tanner: Perpetual calendar

Anonymous said...

Katrina Brush

Tanner's Tales said...

Megan Tanner: When I was little, we switched the sugar and salt. My dad got very mad when he put salt on our cereals instead of sugar. but he was nice enough that he didn't make us eat it with the salt!

Emily said...

Emily Layton

Unknown said...

Shatzi Webster

Kayla said...

Kayla Partridge: journal

J said...

Jenny Hill

Unknown said...

Shatzi Webster - Perpetual Calendar

J said...

Jenny Hill- Perpetual Calendar, Journal

Megan said...

Megan Izatt: Visiting Teaching kits

Emily said...

Emily Layton: april kits and journal

Emily said...

Emily Layton: I made my husband a "fake dentist appt". He showed up today at the dentist and they asked if they could help him. He was totally embarrassed. it was great!

J said...

Jenny Hill- My friend had someone leave a message from her "OB" saying that at her 6 week post-delivery appointment they had discovered she was expecting again!!!! (Her husband freaked!!!)

Anonymous said...

Katrina Brush:girls scripture tote

Megan said...

Megan Izatt: When I was younger, our neighbors had baby pigs inside city limits, which wasn't allowed. My mom and another neighbor kidnapped the pigs and left a package of hot dogs with a saying about the little pigs being turned in to hot dogs. Our neighbors who had the pigs thought this was hilarious and to this day we still laugh about it.

RockerJewlz said...

Julie Vallejo

RockerJewlz said...

Julie Vallejo - Spriritual Journal large, in blue, just for me

RockerJewlz said...

Julie Vallejo

When my son was 3 we had some pretty heated disagreements in his struggle to find how much power he had. I just hated the sour moments that created and thought I had to find a way to make us laugh.

So I bought for each of us a pair of Groucho Marx glasses...you know, the ones that have bushy black eyebrows and mustache and a giant nose...and when the next argument started I slipped them on, turned around and made him laugh.

That started a new rule...when heated moments arose, one of us had to put on our pair of glasses to relieve the tension...then we were calm enough to talk it out.

Suzanne said...

Suzanne Brenchley: Sunday Tote for girls

Suzanne said...

Suzanne Brenchley: I had a boyfriend in college who wanted to make up a fake wedding announcement for April Fool's. We went and got our picture taken and everything and then he printed up a real-looking announcement (with a date later that year) and sent it to family & friends. Some believed it - some didn't.
P.S. I did not marry him! :)

Anonymous said...

Natalie Elrod

Andrea Stocks said...

Andrea Stocks: Scripture tote for my daughter

Abigail said...

Abbie Taylor/Way cute and fun ideas,i would love to have two scripture totes one for my daughter and one for my son they would love them.

The Johnson Family said...

WENDY JOHNSON

Abigail said...

Abbie Taylor/I am leaving a pregnancy test on the back of the toilet for my husband to see when he gets home that is from my first child it is a blood sample that shows positive hehe

Kim said...

Kim Veigel

The Johnson Family said...

WENDY JOHNSON: Scripture Tote

Gloria Gomez said...

Gloria Gomez: Journal

Anonymous said...

Hillary mickelsen: VT kits

Anonymous said...

Hillary Mickelsen

Anonymous said...

Lorrie Surerus

Anonymous said...

Lorrie Surerus- visiting teaching kits

Anonymous said...

Lorrie Surerus

Anonymous said...

Natalie Johnson

Gloria Gomez said...

Gloria Gomez: My cousin was told by her then boyfriend's best friend that he had been in an accident and was told to rush to the hospital - when she got there he was actually waiting for her to propose (his best friend was a "nurse" of some sort and was able to set it all up)...she didnt think it was funny at the time, but when it was all said and done it worked out well!

Anonymous said...

Katie ALlen

Unknown said...

Lolli Franklin

Anonymous said...

Natalie Johnson: VT kit

Anonymous said...

Katie Allen: journal

Mindi said...

Mindi Hettinger: scripture totes

Anonymous said...

Hillary Mickelsen: I don't usually like or do april fools but after reading some of the comments I think I may have to try the 6wk postpartum pregnancy trick.

Unknown said...

Lolli Franklin: Scripture tote in blue

Mindi said...

Mindi Hettinger: I had a friend who told her husband she was pregnant knowing he would think it was a joke, but she really was!!!

morgan said...

Morgan Kinyon: Spiritual Journal (Large)....way too cute!

morgan said...

Morgan Kinyon: My mom got me so good my senior year of high school. She had come down and woke me up for school with a nice big stack of pancakes topped with my favorite...powdered sugar...I cut into it still half way asleep and take a big ol' bite and about threw it right back up...my yummy powdered sugar was actually baking soda or powder (I can't remember!) Make some pancakes for dinner tonight!

Nathan, Sarah, Liam, Deacon, and Jude said...

Sarah Frobisher

Megan said...

Megan Rands

Anonymous said...

Julie Abrego:

Alexis said...

Alexis Jean

Alexis said...

Alexis Jean: Black and White Journal

Anonymous said...

Tiffany Hensley

Anonymous said...

Tiffany Hensley: the Scripture bag would be awesome for Easter!

Anonymous said...

Tiffany Hensley: We put a huge snake skin in a friends garden.

Viv Cabrera said...

Viv Cabrera

Sadie said...

Sadie Lyman

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