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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Patricia Wojnar Crowley said...

Patty Crowley

Anonymous said...

Malinda Murray

Patricia Wojnar Crowley said...

Patty Crowley: Scripture tote for girls!

Anonymous said...

Betty Wojnar

Anonymous said...

Margaret Wojnar

Anonymous said...

Tim Crowley

Anonymous said...

Margaret Wojnar: April visiting teaching kit!

Anonymous said...

Tim Crowley: Scripture tote for boys.

Patricia Wojnar Crowley said...

Betty Wojnar: Scripture tote for boys!

Anonymous said...

Tara Rogers

Anonymous said...

Tara Rogers: This morning I switched the bags of cereal to different boxes. Fun way to start the morning.

Jennifer Slaugh said...

Jennifer Slaugh

Marianne said...

Marianne Davis: Spiritual Journal

Aik said...

Aik Chien

Anonymous said...

Tara Rogers: Journal

Anonymous said...

Annete Doyle

Kjersten said...

Kjersten Vandenberghe: April visiting teaching kit

Aik said...

Aik Chien - I would buy the Spiritual Journal (Large).

Megs said...

Meghan Staples: Perpetual calendar

Megs said...

Meghan Staples: I had an old roommate who would put kool-aid on the bath towels so when we got out of the shower we would be covered in color!

Tsosie and Peterson Bunch said...

Heather Tsosie

Beth said...

Beth Jensen: Perpetual Calendar & Scripture Tote for my daughter

Tsosie and Peterson Bunch said...

Heather Tsosie - I would buy visiting teaching kits.

Anonymous said...

Lindsay Figueroa

Tsosie and Peterson Bunch said...

Heather Tsosie - familyfun.com has great recipies to fool your kids with food. I always do something. This year we are doing "fish sticks, peas, and sushi". Check it out.

Kyle and Megan said...

Megan Liljenquist

Trouble said...

ttalbot

Trouble said...

teresa t

Trouble said...

mrs trouble

Anonymous said...

Annette Doyle: Scripture tote for a girl

Beth said...

Beth Jensen: My mom LOVES April Fools Day. One year when she packed my dad's lunch, she cut a piece of aluminum foil just smaller than the bread and put it inside his sandwich. Have you ever tried to bite through foil?

hilaryawb said...

Hilary Baker: Journal

hilaryawb said...

Hilary Baker: Had waiter put salt in family's water before he brought them out.

Anonymous said...

Robyne Zollinger

Anonymous said...

Annette Doyle: My son always likes to tape the sprayer by the sink to spray when you turn on the faucet.

DizzyLizzy said...

elizabeth olson

Aik said...

I played a prank on my teacher. I said, "Miss C, there's a big hole behind your shirt!" and she really believed it and kept on touching her back. When she found out that I was just joking, she got very angry and in the nick of time, I splurted out "April's Fool Day!" and she wasn't able to give me a good warning.=P

Jen said...

Jennifer Duke

HappyHodges said...

Mindy Hodges; I love the visiting teaching ideas!

Jen said...

Jennifer Duke - The Visiting Teaching kits.

Anonymous said...

Snow White.

snowfire_100@hotmail.com

Heidi said...

Heidi SHirley

***LIZ*** said...

Liz Roberts scripture tote for boy

kidzanangel7 said...

Jeannie Buechele

Sara said...

Sara Larson

Heidi said...

Heidi Shirley: scripture tote for girls

Anonymous said...

Snow white - February Visiting Teaching kits.

Jen said...

Jennifer Duke - My husband woke me up and told me our house had been broken into. Not funny!:)

Aik said...
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Sara said...

Sara Larson: The journal and some VTing messages

Anonymous said...

Robyne Zollinger: Scripture tote for girl.

***LIZ*** said...

Liz Roberts: We have a police officer friend and we sent him to our friends work to scare her.

DizzyLizzy said...

Elizabeth Olson - 4 months worth of visiting teaching kits

Sara said...

Sara Larson: My friend just posted on facebook that she's pregnant... but she's not

Anonymous said...

Alice Aik

aikalice@yahoo.com

kidzanangel7 said...

Jeannie Buechele

Black and white journal and that adorable little birthday magnet. Oh I am so excited!!!!

Hanson3 said...

Brittany Hanson : For April fool's day last year I dipped a hard boiled egg in chocolate and gave it to my husband. " Here hun, have a chocolate covered cream egg. I made it especially for you" :)

larshannon said...

Lar Shannon: scripture tote-girls

Anonymous said...

Alice Aik - June's Kits.

Anonymous said...

Kari Theobald

Anonymous said...

Evelyn Aik.

eggyc@hotmail.com

Sara said...

Sara Grant: VT kit: April

Hanson3 said...

Brittany Hanson : Spiritual Journal

Lexi said...

♥Lexi Majoue♥

The Dixon Family! said...

Brittany Dixon

The Dixon Family! said...

Brittany Dixon -Scripture tote

Heidi said...

heidi shirley: we had just found out we were pregnant and after my husband left for work I called him to tell him that the OB office had called with information saying that it was a possibility we were expecting twins.
He was definitely freaked!

Anonymous said...

Evelyn Aik - I'd choose the January kits.

eggyc@hotmail.com

The Dixon Family! said...

Brittany Dixon- made a birthday cake out of "mashed potatoes". It looked so real!

Anonymous said...

Alice Aik - I sticked a 'kick me' paper on my friend's back!

aikalice@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

Snow White - I 'decorated' my friend's car with tissue papers.

snowfire_100@hotmail.com

Anonymous said...

Kari Theobald: Perpetual calendar and tons of the visiting teaching cards! Absolutely wonderful!

jeanine said...

Jeanine Crane: spiritual journal small

Anonymous said...

Melissa Morgan

Brittany said...

Brittany Rhodes: spiritual journal (Large)

Sam and Josh said...

Samantha Holt:spiritual journal

Susan said...

Susan LaMontagne _Journal Black and white

checkers said...

Lia Casson

***traci*** said...

Traci Romph

Cyndie said...

Cyndie Call- scripture tote for my little girl.

The Jarrett Family said...

Amanda Jarrett: Scripture tote for Boys!

Sam and Josh said...

Samantha Holt:I told my husband one of his family members was pregnant.

checkers said...

Lia Casson
Spiritual Journal

Bryan and Karalee said...

Karalee Taylor: Journal

Frank, Heidi and Family said...

Heidi COle

Ashley Davidson said...

Ashley Davidson: Journal

Est. 1994 said...

sara deleary

Frank, Heidi and Family said...

Heidi Cole: Put a boullion cube in the shower head so every time the water is one it slowly dissolves the cube and the water coming out will be stinky and a bit dirty for the person who is taking the shower.

Anonymous said...

Laurie Higgs

Lee said...

Lee Bay: boy scripture tote

Ashley Davidson said...

Ashley Davidson: When we had a sink with one of those sprayer nozzles on the side, my mom put a rubber band around it to hold the button down so when my dad turned on the water it sprayed him.

Connie said...

Connie Holladay: Spiritual Journal

Christina said...

Christina Butler: Large journal

checkers said...

Lia Casson
my friend had a prank on her done by someone telling her to close her eyes and hold a dish and then rub her face and make a wish or something like that, she wasnt told that the dish, a plate I believe it was had charcoal on the bottom of it and you know the rest of the story

Amberly said...

Amberly Collett- Visiting Teaching kits

Lee said...

Lee Bay: I had a student put chalk on my chair so I had a chalky behind for awhile at school

Jamie G. said...

Jamie Garyson: I have heard of having cupcakes for dinner! Meatloaf w/ mash potato frosting!!

Frank, Heidi and Family said...

Heidi Cole: Large Spiritual Journal

Amy said...

Amy Mulcock

Anonymous said...

Melani Clark

Amanda and Chad said...

amanda lloyd- large spiritual journal

Anonymous said...

Melani Clark- visiting teaching for april

Amanda and Chad said...

amanda lloyd- my husband was supposed to meet me one day to pick me up and called and told me he was stranded on the side of the road with a flat tire.

Clements Family said...

Lindsay Clements

Krista said...

Krista Hirschi: one of each! okay or maybe just some journals or something

Clements Family said...

Lindsay Clements: vistiting teaching kit

Kjersten said...

Kjersten Vandenberghe: This morning I put a few drops of food coloring in the bottom of the kids bowls, then I poured dry cereal to cover it up when they poured the milk on the cereal their milk turned the color of the food coloring

Amy said...

Amy Mulcock : Take Oreos and remove all but the very edges of the cream filling, then fill the center with toothpaste and put it back together. Leave them out on a plate in the kitchen.

Jamie G. said...

Jamie Garyson: Large Journal & April VT Kit

Hales Family said...

alison Hales

Krista said...

Krista Hirschi: take off the shower head and empty a jello packet into it then replace. they will have a very colorful shower!

Ashley said...

Ashley Harper: Scripture tote

Amberly said...

Amberly Collett - putting plastic wrap over the toilet seat

Christina said...

Christina Butler: When I was in high school I was always late for things so my family changed all the clocks to an hour earlier and then all got up at that time and got ready for school. I was listening to the radio as I got ready and they kept saying "It's 6:35 and time for ..." and I looked at the clock and it said 7:35 so I thought the radio guys were crazy. I was finally leaving out the door when my Mom told me that it was actually 7 am and not 8 am and that we had an hour to kill. I was so mad that I had to wake up an hour earlier that day!

Ashley said...

Ashley Harper: Painted the boys toenails red last night while they were asleep.

Kimi said...

Kimi Matsuura

Jenny B. said...

Jenny Berglin: Large Spiritual Journal

Sara and Dustin said...

Sara Johnson: scripture tote for girls and perpetual calendar.

Sara and Dustin said...

Sara Johnson: exlax in cookies!

MOMFOREVERANDEVER said...

sandy du scripture tote

Elder Beech said...

Jennifer Beech

***traci*** said...

Traci Romph: Visiting Teaching Kits- cute idea!

Elder Beech said...

Jennifer Beech - change the clocks all around the house to an earlier time.

MOMFOREVERANDEVER said...

sandy du fill a car with balloons or saran wrap the toliet seat

Sarah said...

Sarah Speredon:Journal and april v.t. messages.

Debbie said...

Debbie Muhlestein scripture tote for girls

cameo said...

Cameo Bell: Spiritual Journal small

Kim said...

Kim Bishop

Traci said...

Traci Bird: Perpetual Calander

cameo said...

Cameo Bell: my husband put a post on our blog last April Fool's Day that I was pregnant. A lot of people fell fo rit.

Kim said...

Kim Bishop- Scripture tote

Lori said...

Lori Borrowman

The Smeads said...

Austin Smead

Shaun and Lisa said...

Lisa Adams

Lori said...

Lori Borrowman Visiting Teaching Kit

Traci said...

Traci Bird: at the office, switch the victim's pens for ones with the caps glued on

Unknown said...

Lindsay Barnes

Sharon A said...

Sharon Aquilino

Trinette Hayslip said...

Trinette Hayslip-VT Handouts-super cute!

Anonymous said...

Rachelle Orsak

Jenny B. said...

Jenny Berglin: "Large Fried Eggs" for dessert...smooth circle of cool whip with half of a canned peach on top.

Alex said...

Alex Yrungaray: mix of large and small journals, for purse and home

Anonymous said...

Rachelle Orsak: Spiritual Journal (Large)

*A* said...

Andra Stoker~I love the Septemeber kit!!

Elder Beech said...

Jennifer Beech - perpetual calendar

Lori said...

Lori Borrowman- Before the crazy housing market about 10 years ago we woke up with a for sale sign on our yard from our uncle. Super crazy trying to figure out who did it, and then all the funny neighbors calling to ask why we were moving.

Darcy said...

Darcy Watkins

Trinette Hayslip said...

Trinette Hayslip-
I once wore an ace bandage on my wrist to school and when anyone asked what happened, I would say "April Fools"

Unknown said...

Lindsay Barnes - b&w journal

*A* said...

Andra Stoker~my little girl told me she was going to switch the inside of the cereal boxes. That way when Daddy went to poor his choice of cereal, he's get a funny surprise! I thought that was cute

The Smeads said...

Austin Smead - The Spiritual Calendar and the magnets! I love it all!

Tessa said...

Tessa Kay!!

Anonymous said...

Rachelle Orsak: As little kids, we hated mashed potatoes. So one April Fool's, my mom scooped vanilla ice cream, made a well in the top, and poured caramel syrup on top. It looked just like mashed potatoes and gravy! We were happily surprised when we took a bite.

Unknown said...

Lindsey Black: a scripture tote for my son

The Smeads said...

Austin Smead - One year we made a fake Court letter saying my dads licence had been revoked due to a hit and run and that he was due in court that day. He actually got all the way to the court office before we could reach him on his cell to tell him April Fools

Unknown said...

Lindsey Black: We told my dad that he had just been called out of town when he walked in the door from a week long business trip.

Amy said...

Amy Horsburgh- Perpetual Calendar

Shaun and Lisa said...

Lisa Adams: Scripture tote for girls

Anonymous said...

Janae Letterman

Rachael said...

Rachael Kowallis-Sunday tote for kids

Anonymous said...

Monica Gonzalez

Chels Grubbs said...

chelsea grubbs

Amy said...

Amy Horsburgh- I sent my 4 year old daughter to preschool today with a bunch of tootsie rolls squished together. She is supposed to pretend that someone had an accident in the bathroom and hand it to her teacher!

Anonymous said...

Monica Gonzalez: Large journal

Anonymous said...

Janae Letterman: visiting teaching kits!

Anonymous said...

Janae Letterman: cream cheese in the toothpaste tube

Natalie@Endless Crafting said...

Natalie Gessell...scripture tote for my daughter

Mandi and Adam said...

Mandi Galovan: Large Spiritual Journal

Rich and Brianne said...

Brianne Britton: Small Spiritual Journal

Lisa said...

Lisa Ballard: journal and perpetual calendar

Anonymous said...

Erin Wilhelmsen

Mandi and Adam said...

Mandi Galovan: My brother and sister-in-law had twin girls last April. On April Fool's Day they called and said they had an ultrasound that day and that they found out one of the babies was a boy. My mom and I both totally fell for it-my mom was even going to go out that afternoon and buy some boy clothes for them. Then they called back to say "April Fools!"

***traci*** said...

Traci Romph: One I am hoping to pull off today is to have my pregnant friend call my husband and ask him to fill-in for her husband at lamaze class.

Hoagland Family said...

sarah hoagland

Natalie@Endless Crafting said...

Natalie Gessell: My husband is the one with all the good ideas but one year we told our parents that we were expecting twins. They believed us for a long while after April Fools.....then we just felt bad. :)

shana said...

Shana Stoll
I once heard of lifting the toilet lid and putting saran wrap there and then shutting it again like all is normal, then when someone uses the potty . . . well, you get the picture! Personally, I think it's pretty gross, but it's all I could think of at the moment.
Happy April Fool's Day

shana said...

Shana Stoll
I love the perpetual calendar and the magnet cards . . . very fun!

Kimi said...

Kimi Matsuura: Black and White Journal

Andrea said...

Andrea Larsen

Deals, Steals and Heels said...

hayley ethridge

Anonymous said...

Erin Wilhelmsen Magnets

Bobbie Murphy said...

Bobbie Murphy: Monthly Visit teaching things and Personal Calendar

Hoagland Family said...

sarah hoagland: tote for my family member

Keri said...

Keri Anderson

Keri said...

Keri Anderson: Spiritual Journal

Liz said...

Liz Ellis - Scripture tote - so cute.

Aubrey said...

Aubrey Lomax: Visiting Teching Kits

Hoagland Family said...

sarah hoagland: giving your husband a newspaper from the year before.

Nik said...

Nikki McDonald: Sunday tote for my son.

Michele said...

michele alvord: scripture tote for a little boy

Linda said...

Linda Jorgensen

Anonymous said...

Noelle Christiansen: Sunday tote for my son

Anonymous said...

Noelle Christiansen

The Davidson Den said...

Lori Davidson

Ann said...

Ann Smith - scripture tote for my daughter!

Michele said...

michele alvord: my mom sewed up the crotch of my dad's underwear, & put it on the top of the pile so he'd pick that one for sure...

Amy said...

Amy Irwin

Anonymous said...

Tara Wiser

Jared & Tracee said...

Tracee McSweeney

Keri said...

Keri Anderson: I made a "milkshake" for my mother. In this "almost-evil delicious" drink I blended in some not so appetizing ingredients such as tic-tacs mints, peanut butter, orange slices, and whatever else my little young heart desired. Let's just say she took one sip and April Fools!

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