Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Today, April 8th, we are Giving Away...(PRIZE CLAIMED)



An Adorable Painted Canvas of Choice from Criswell Creations

Could you use a fun and delightful painting to brighten up your child’s room? Or to give as a gift to a child you know? If so, you have come to the right place today.

Anne Marie Criswell is a talented Utah artist who specializes in custom canvas paintings and murals for children's rooms and nurseries. If you have a mural in mind for a wall or room in your home, you can find Anne Marie’s contact information on her website here. She will be happy to give you a quote. Go here to look at some of the unique murals she has done.

Today Anne Marie is offering a 12x12 canvas painting such as these to one lucky winner. You can enter to win the canvas painting for you (or someone you know) up to THREE times. This giveaway is open to those who are living in the United States.

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

For a second entry visit Criswell Creations’ website here. Look at all of her cute paintings. Then come back to Give Away Today and in a NEW comment tell us your first and last name and describe the painting you would like if you win.
Example: Jane Doe: Tugboat Toot Toot Toot

For a third entry, in a NEW comment tell us your first and last name and describe your childhood room.
Example: Jane Doe: My little sister Traci and I shared a room. We had bright red shag carpet, the walls were pink (as were the bedspreads), and we had a wallpaper strip which displayed all of the letters of the alphabet. After the lights were out Traci would ask me to tell her the “Bobby Story”—which consisted of stories I would create each night about a boy named, you guessed it, Bobby.

The winners of the canvas painting from Criswell Creations will be announced Thursday, April 9th. Please visit us then to see if you are our winner and to check out our new giveaway for the day. And don’t forget to enter a mom you know in our Mother’s Day Contest. For more details, go here.

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Jen said...

Jen Boyle: Anything pink and with flowers! My girls would love it!

Jane's Fabrics and Quilts said...

Jane Remus

Jane's Fabrics and Quilts said...

Jane Remus Little Tug Boat

Chrissy said...

Christine Lockhart - I had lavendar walls and my mom made me a patchwork quilt. She also embroidered Holly Hobbies that she framed and put on the wall!! Loved it!

Jane's Fabrics and Quilts said...

Jane Remus Little tug boat, My room was bright pink and i loved it!!

Jen said...

Jen Boyle: I always had to share a room, so I never really had a room that was decorated just for me! Sniff sniff :)

Anonymous said...

Laura harrison

Anonymous said...

Laura harrison, The ducky with the butterfly. So CUTE

Anonymous said...

Laura Harrison, My room was pretty plain, with bright red Bunk beds. But the one thing that stood out was the bugs bunny that my brother drew on my wall with puffy paint.

Anonymous said...

Lisa Fenton

A Wannabe Skinny Mama said...

aly larsen: I shared a room with my 2 older sisters and it had flower wall paper, bright red bedspread and my sister took glow in the dark puff paint to make stars on the ceiling.

A Wannabe Skinny Mama said...

aly larsen

A Wannabe Skinny Mama said...

Aly Larsen : Tugboat toot toot toot

Heather K said...

Heather King

Matt and Stacy Compton said...

STacy Compton

Matt and Stacy Compton said...

Stacy Compton: I love the fiaries

Missy said...

missy henderson: my sister and i shared a room when i was little. we had a pastel rainbow of stripes painted across our ceiling and down two walls. mom made us quilts to match. it was pretty awesome. now my dad painted the pastel rainbow into red and blue stripes and turned it into 'the war room', which we get to stay in when we visit.

***LIZ*** said...

Liz Roberts: Rocket ship

Matt and Stacy Compton said...

Stacy Compton: I shared a room with my two sister for very long time. Then my older sister moved to the basement and I shared with my younger sister. I remember I felt so cool when my mom did a tulip stencil all along the top of my room. I thought it was beautiful. I also remember a wall hanging that had the girls in bonnets on it. AH, so cute.

***LIZ*** said...

Liz Roberts: my sister and I shared a room, there was no theme though. I do remember painting our dressers pink though with bunk beds.

Baby Talks said...

Deborah Chang

Megan said...

Megan Hall: Tugboat Toot Toot Toot

Megan said...

Megan Hall: I had a plain white room with wall stickers of jungle animals. I organized my babies and stuffed animals frequently and changed the furniture around. Some things don't change!

jodene said...

Jodene Gildea

jodene said...

Jodene Gildea - I love the panda bear

Sarah said...

Sarah Carpenter: Mushroom and Butterfly

jodene said...

Jodene Gildea - maybe I was different when I was a little girl but I had a baby blue room with a white canapy bed

Baby Talks said...

Deborah Chang: Tugboat

Sarah said...

Sarah Carpenter: I shared a room with two or three sisters all growing up and we didn't really have any special colors or bedspreads later we did have come pictures we had painted in school on the walls.

Rhonda Miller said...

Rhonda Miller: Mushrooms and Butterflies

Jen said...

Jen McDonald

Jen said...

Jen McDonald-The tugboat would go great in my little boys room and I LOVE the rocket ship one too!

Spencer and Melina said...

Melina Maughan

Jen said...

Jen McDonald- Hmmm...I always shared my room and we moved a lot so I don't think we ever really had anything I'd consider decorating in our rooms.

Baby Talks said...

Deborah Chang: My childhood room had light pink walls and brown carpet and I had a big wooden bunk bed.

Julie said...

Julie Scott: spaceship, or mushrooms and butterflys

Karen said...

Karen Abegglen

The Kyles said...

lupita kyle

Julie said...

Julie Scott: My room was yellow, orange and green. Shag carpet with fuzzy flower wall paper.

Anonymous said...

Stephanie Hendrickson

Bethany said...

Bethany Griffiths: My son's new room is going to have a transportation theme so a picture of a car would be perfect.

Spencer and Melina said...

Melina Maughan - Pink & Orange Flowers

The Nortys 6 said...

Bonnie Norton: It was blue 1/3 up the wall and yellow the rest and the cieling. I had a Thomas Kinkade border around the room with flower accented bedspreads and curtains.

Sara and Dustin said...

Sara Johnson: pink fairies

Anonymous said...

Stephanie Hendrickson: I love the mural of the zoo animals, how cute.

Anonymous said...

Autum Hofeling

Karen said...

Karen Abegglen
I would like to win the Rocket and Alien painting. Too cute!
(I love the window shelves mural!)

Anonymous said...

Stephanie Hendrickson

Julianna said...

Julianna Wolfley - BEES!

Jake and Rachelle said...

Rachelle Sherwood: safari animals

Anonymous said...

Autum Hofeling- I would love the painting with the rocket & the alien if won

Julie Ann said...

Julie Bonifay

Jake and Rachelle said...

Rachelle Sherwood: I was the only girl, so my room was pink. It even had pink carpet!

larshannon said...

Lar Shannon: we had peach walls, yuck.

Julie Ann said...

I LOVE the panda bear!

Anonymous said...

Autum Hofeling-my childhood room was very small and cluttered as I shared it with my brother. There was enough room for our beds and dressers pretty much.

The Hulocks said...

Danielle Hulock: I like the flower canvas

Tammy said...

Tammy Payne

Julie Ann said...

Julie Bonifay - my child hood room was lime green and bright blue (I got to chose the colors!)

Forsythe said...

Chelsea Forsythe: The tugboat would look so cute in my boys room!

crazy west family said...

Jill West: bumble bees and clouds

Bethany said...

Bethany Griffiths: I didn't have a cute bedroom when I was young- no color, nothing on the walls. That's why I am trying to make sure my kids have a fun theme in their rooms.

The Hulocks said...

Danielle Hulock - I had my own room with pink carpet and a cat border growing up but often my sister would sleep in bed with me at night.

BAKAB said...

amanda anders

Natalie said...

Natalie Humpherys

Spencer and Melina said...

Melina Maughan: my family didn't have a lot of money, so our walls were bare white. My sis & I shared a room. We put stickers all over our dressors (mom got a little mad), and our clothes decorating everywhere else!

Megan said...

Megan Izatt: I would love something with trains for my little boy's room.

Natalie said...

Natalie Humpherys: Mushrooms and butterflies.

larshannon said...

Lar Shannon: fairies

Forsythe said...

Chelsea Forsythe: When I was little my room was light pink with a white chair rail. My favorite part was my large closet mirrors. I miss those things!

Anonymous said...

Dana Robinson

Megan said...

Megan Izatt: I shared a room with each of my little sisters at some point. The room I really remember was white walls with beige carpet and we had matching bedspreads in yellow and green gingham with matching curtains.

Jessica said...

Jessica Juneau

Tammy said...

Tammy Payne: Duck in water

Heather said...

heather givens; so my childhood room was quite funny. we moved to az when i was little and the room that my sister and i were going to share started out with topless women on the walls. soon after we moved in my parents took the wallpaper down and painted it pink. I laugh about it all the time

crazy west family said...

Jill West: my childhood room has green carpet, white walls with big flowers and a tree painted on them. There is a bird a butterfly, a bee a snail and a few rocks. It is pretty cute and now my kids sleep in it.

Jessica said...

Jessica Juneau: I would love a cute, colorful print for my boys room. I am trying to get ideas for a new decor!

Natalie said...

Natalie Humpherys: My childhood room was yellow and lavendar. I was all by myself in the basement, so I wanted something cheerful. Of course, I added my own touches as the years passed and dolls and stuffed animals were replaced with posters and foil stars. But I still have fond memories!

Anonymous said...

Kristi Green

Anonymous said...

Dana Robinson: Pink. Matching homemade pink ruffled quilts on our bunk beds with Strawberry Shortcake sheets. Oh...and green 70s striped carpet.

Anonymous said...

Kristi Green: flower print

Tammy said...

Tammy Payne: I had a very boring childhood room. So boring, I don't remember anything about it except it was small and I had orange curtains.

Anonymous said...

Dana Robinson: mushrooms

Jessica said...

Jessica Juneau: My childhood room was pretty much all done in yellow. Not because I liked it, but because that is what my mom picked out when I didnt have a say so. But the only good thing about it was the bedroom furniture I had as a child (antique white with hand painted flowers), my daughter now has the whole set. It was and still is a great hand-me-down!

LJ said...

Linda Jorgensen

Heather said...

Heather Givens; mushrooms and butterflies

Unknown said...

Chelsea Perkins: I love the Duck in the pond Painting! My 1 year old Son's room is all animals in the pond themed!

kkmom said...

kandice krawcion: hybiscus flowers

LJ said...

Linda Jorgensen ~ LOVE the little fairies in the header!

Maddy said...

Maddy Egbert: my room was lots of flowers and stuffed animals!

Maddy said...

Maddy Egbert: I love the tugboat!

kkmom said...

kandice krawcion: well, one that I remember was all white, white eyelet bedding, white wicker furniture. We moved alot and my mom loves to redesign. Another was red, white and blue flags.

Jenna said...

Jenna Turner

Jenna said...

Jenna turner-alien and rocket ship

LJ said...

Linda Jorgensen ~ I shared a room with my sister. We were worse than the original "Odd Couple". It was Robbin's egg blue with sea-foam green shag carpet. It ate earrings....

malleycc said...

Chris swans

Heather K said...

Heather King
Flowers for my daughters room or sports balls for my sons.

malleycc said...

chris swan I love the two bumble bees painting. so cute

malleycc said...

I had a super small room off the living room for a bedroom but I remember it had beaded strands accross the doorway. Very hippy!

Stacy and Justin said...

Stacy Burrup

Unknown said...

Chelsea Perkins: My room was the infamous, "Purple Princess" room. I lived and breathed purple. My mom decorated my room for my birthday present when i was 8 yrs. old. I'll never forget walking into that purple room. I felt like a princess! The walls had purple flowered wall paper. My dolls were all placed on a purple chair with rinestones that looked like a royal thrown. My bed was a dream! My mom stapled fabric to the sealing and made me a canopy that I could open and close! I have so many good memory's in that room. I'll never forget how magical it was!

Stacy and Justin said...

Stacy Burrup-Monkey, Giraffe and Hippo

Brittany and Johnse said...

Brittany Davis

Stacy and Justin said...

Stacy Burrup-I shared a bedroom with 2 of my sisters. We had triple bunkbeds that my dad made and we played on them a little too much(they moved). We had pink carpet, white walls and brown closets that my dad also made.

Brittany and Johnse said...

Brittany Davis - Hawaii flowers

Brittany and Johnse said...

Brittany Davis - I always had my own room growing up (lucky i know)! One of my favorite rooms was when i was 8 my room was 2 stories (kinda..it's called a loft) and the loft was FILLED with nothing but my barbies.

Scarlett said...

Scarlett Clegg:Butterfly and Mushroom painting

Heidi said...

Heidi Hansen: Tugboat Toot Toot Toot

Anonymous said...

Jill Swensen

Heidi said...

Heidi Hansen: my childhood room was gold yellow (still is), with brown shag carpet and bunkbeds...

Shanda said...

Shanda Nuila: Airplanes if that is an option

Becky said...

Becky Fisher

Becky said...

Becky Fisher- my childhood room was blue with lots of posters around.

Shanda said...

Shanda Nuila: My room was all pink. Pink walls, pink carpet, pink curtains, pink bedding. I went through a no pink phase after we moved!

Becky said...

Becky Fisher. I love the bumblebees and clouds.

Jana said...

Jana Hoyal

Anonymous said...

David Hoyal

M and M Madsen said...

michaun madsen

Jana said...

Jana Hoyal: Tugboat

Anonymous said...

Jill Swensen: A cute boat to match our nursery bedding!

Jana said...

Jana Hoyal: I shared my room with my sister and we had a pink and green room.

Anonymous said...

Jill Swensen: My childhood room was SO boring. I think the highlight of the room was the Kirk Cameron poster on the wall. ;)

Heather said...

Heather Herakovic-I like the space/alien print. Or something with monkeys would be great!

shana said...

Shana Stoll
my boat-loving son (who is almost 4) would LOVE the boat one.

Robin Sant said...

Robin Sant: My sister and I shared a room. We had a Strawberry Shortcake room. We had a really cute and fun room.

Bonnie said...

Bonnie Bautz - the monkey, giraffe and hippo painting

shana said...

Shana Stoll
I had this wallpaper boarder, hung at chair-rail height, that had these houses on it. I loved it at the time, but I probably wouldn't now, but have fond memories of it and my lavender floral Laura Ashley bedspread.

Anonymous said...

LeAnn hammond

Anonymous said...

Jennifer Matthews

Heather said...

Heather Herakovic-My bedroom was REALLY small, and you had to go through it to get to the upstairs, not very private. I hated my room, for more than just the traffic going through. It was pink, and I hated pink, I wanted blue walls but my mom wouldn't let me. I so hated that room.

Anonymous said...

Shirley Matthews

Anonymous said...

Larry Hammond

Bonnie said...

My childhood room was a vision in purple - every hue of it from the faintest lilac to the deepest royal purple. It was absoultely amazing. My mom even painted my furniture purple. I had a 3-tone purple shag rug (yup - I grew up in the 70's) but the best part of my room was the afghan my grandmother made me - two purples and a pink are in that blanket. My purple room is long gone, my Nana passed away almost 3 years ago but I still have that purple blanket and use it whenever I'm on the couch watching TV. It's been around for 30+ years now and except for some minor fading, it looks just like it did when she crocheted it all of those years ago.

The Riebeek Family said...

michelle riebeek- girlie mushrooms

Anonymous said...

Stephanie Leonard

The Riebeek Family said...

my childhood room was white: white walls white comforters and alot of noahs ark.

Anonymous said...

Stephanie Leonard: A mural with butterflies, purple and pink.

Erika said...

Erika Reyes

Beth said...

Beth Jensen: My childhood room wasn't anything special, it had tan carpet, white walls, and we had old quilted bedspreads made out of scraps of fabric. My favorite part of the room were my 2 pictures of unicorns hanging over my bed.

Anonymous said...

Camille Rogers

O family said...

Michele Ondra- I would love the mushroom and butterfly for my daughter's room!

Erika said...

Erika Reyes I love the one of the duck! So adorable!

Erika said...

Erika Reyes My favorite childhood room was teal, purple, and pink. I got to pick the colors and help paint... unfortunately we only lived in that house for 2 years.

The Rowden's said...

Lindsey Rowden

O family said...

Michele Ondra- My childhood room had 3 white walls and one wall with floral wallpaper. (ugh) It also had white carpet (bad idea!!) and light purple closet doors. I LOVED the closet doors, I thought that they were so cool :)

The Rowden's said...

Lindsey Rowden- Pink, Red and Lime Green Floral would be the icing on the cake!

Beth said...

Beth Jensen: Monkey, Girraffe, & Hippo

The Rowden's said...

Lindsey Rowden- My Mom was into wallpaper when we were little...lovely! My wall were cream and blue stripes with a duck border!!

Ash said...

Ashlie Fackrell: Pink walls, pink carpet, pink flowery bedspread, and I hated it. But now I love pink. Go figure.

ottspot said...

Erin Ott: I would love a western themed something for my son's cowboy room

Ryan, LaDonna, Paytyn and Jaxson said...

LaDonna Swapp: I would love a 12x12 canvas of ocean life as that is what I am going to do for my 10 week olds room.

ottspot said...

Erin Ott: I was the only girl in my family until I was 6. For my birthday one year my parents surprised me with my own newly decorated bedroom. The furniture was antique white with yellow trim and there were butterfly decorations. The furniture is still in my parents' basement waiting for me to be able to take it.

Ryan, LaDonna, Paytyn and Jaxson said...

LaDonna Swapp: I shared a room with my sister till I was about 6 years old. It was done mostly in pink including the bedspreads.

Carrie said...

Carrie Fuhriman: My room as a kid was really very plain. I shared with my sister so the were 2 twin beds, the walls were white & the carpet was brown. I think there were a couple pictures on the wall but I can't remember of what. I think one might have been a kitten. So now, because I had to have such a plain room, my childrens rooms are painted in BRIGHT colors & there own artwork hangs on the wall. I love seeing it every time I walk into them!

Unknown said...

Marvelle Morgan: I shared a room with 2 of my younger sisters. It was a long room in the basement with cold cement floors and mismatched bedspreads.

Neilson Family said...

Sara Neilson: Jungle Animals

Meghan said...

Meghan Caldwell

Carrie said...

Carrie Fuhriman: mushrooms & butterflies

Stargirl Lovejoy said...

Lauren Horito

Stargirl Lovejoy said...

Lauren Horito: Fairy

Stargirl Lovejoy said...

Lauren Horito: my childhood room was pink and had a lot of scribbles on the wall

Heather S said...

Heather Mahan: Love the Mushroom and butterflies one! Thanks

hmahan_0529 @ yahoo dot com

Heather S said...

Heather Mahan: Oh my Goodness it was Hideous. Ugly Pink Carpet, and Had Bunnies going all the way around the room, Pink walls. By the time I got to be about 10 I wanted to change it, but My mom would never let me. I moved out at 16 and Haven't ever Missed that bedroom. Now my 26 yr old brother sleeps in there! HaHa!!

Anonymous said...

Nicole Greene - I had a complete seventies room. Complete with the orange and white striped wallpaper with the little orange and brown bonnet girl on it. I was the oldest so didn't share a room until quite a few years later when my youngest sister came along. I had a little brown rocking chair that my husband is going to re-cover for our little one that is on the way.

Ryan and Mandie said...

Mandie A Tuttle

Ryan and Mandie said...

Mandie A Tuttle- Airplanes

Anonymous said...

Nicole Greene- not sure if this is the second time I did this... I think the first was deleted! I would like the canvas with the monkey, hippo and girrafe.

Anonymous said...

Richard White

Cindy said...

Cindy Nelson: Pink flowers for my little girl's room

Mindi said...

Mindi Hettinger: the duck

Unknown said...

EMILY DECKER

Cindy said...

Cindy Nelson: my room was pretty blah. It had flowery wallpaper and orange shag carpet.

Unknown said...

EMILY DECKER: AIRPLANES

France said...

Lashelle Nelson: mushrooms

Mindi said...

Mindi Hettinger: When I was a little girl I loved Minnie Mouse. My wallpaper was polka dolts and I had pictures of Minnie everywhere. My creative mom even made a round mirror and put Minnie ears on it so when I looked in the mirror I had ears. I loved it!!!

Anonymous said...

sara hampson

Jen and her men said...

Jennifer Fairbanks

dctm said...

Christie Coleman: I love the sailboat painting - this would go perfect in my sons room

Jen and her men said...

Jennifer Fairbanks: ugly 80s blue patterned floral

dctm said...

Christie Coleman: my childhood room to be honest was sort of boring and I had to share it with a sibling, which was the worst!

Anonymous said...

Jodi McCuistion-I love the flower one with the tan background

Anonymous said...

nadine macmillan

Anonymous said...

Whitney Dyer

Anonymous said...

Jodi McCuistion-my bedroom was pretty simple although I do remember my first one had purple shag carpet and my second one was bright pink.

Anonymous said...

Whitney dyer: Mushrooms and butterflies.

Anonymous said...

Michelle Oakeson

Anonymous said...

Michelle Oakeson: Tugboat

Melissa Davis said...

Melissa Davis

Anonymous said...

Michelle Oakeson: I had a bunch of hats with artificial flowers glued to them all over my walls. That was the "in thing" in the south.

Melissa said...

Melissa Davis - Alien space ship

windycindy said...

Cindi Hoppes: The Floral Canvas!

Leslie said...

Leslie Johnson

windycindy said...

My sister is ten years older than me and we shared a room. It was a typical bedroom. Our bedding and curtains were peach colored and she had a pen pal from France, who had sent her a picture that hung in our room. That is about all I remember of it.Cindi Hoppes

Melissa said...

Melissa Davis - oh boy, my childhood room! It was wall to wall blue duck wall paper! My mom was obsessed with ducks and they were ALL over! (my sister had pink wall to wall duck wall paper). I had a canopy bed with sheer white hanging over. My favorite part of my room was my closet! When my mom would grown my sister and I we would bring some cheesy nachos up and read books in the closet!

Mandy said...

my childhood room was shabby chic before shabby chic was cool - white wicker furniture, great grandparents wrought iron headboard and footboard, quilts and decor from my school years. I loved it!

Anonymous said...

Tiffany Hess

Mandy said...

I think I would want something for my master bedroom(kids rooms are done) - not sure what but maybe they could help me with that.

Anonymous said...

Tiffany Hess: monster trucks, dance, or hawaiian theme

Janna said...

Janna DeVore

Janna said...

Janna DeVore: I would love the green canvas with pink mushrooms and butterflies.

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