Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Today we are Giving Away... (PRIZES CLAIMED)


Four Amazing Items from Flowers, Pins, and More

Nothing says, “Hey, today is your birthday. It is your special day. We, your family, remember. And we want you to know that we remember. And everyone who enters our abode today will know it’s your b-day. And they will make you feel special too.” Nothing says that whole paragraph in two simple words like a "Happy Birthday" Bunting Banner from Flowers, Pins, and More, who just so happens to be our featured company today.

I own one of these lovely banners and I think it is so much fun. It is something I can pull out for years to come each time someone in my family is having a birthday, party, or other type of celebration. You can order one side of the banner to say "Happy Birthday" and then custom order the other side to say whatever you would like, such as "Special Day".
But remember, the name of the company is Flowers, Pins, and More. Why? Because they sell Flowers, Pins, and More, of course. So I thought I would show you all of these items as well, because they are quite lovely, a perfect gift for you or someone you know. So while you are visiting their site today, go ahead and purchase a few items, you'll be glad you did.

Flowers: (so cute in hair…)

Pins: (so cute on purses, blouses, rainjackets, etc…)
And more (runner so cute on any table…)
Today Flowers, Pins, and More will be giving away the following:

Two people will win their choice of a 4-piece magnet set


One person will win their choice of a flower pin


And one person will win a small stroller size minky blanket, cow print
(minky=a little slice of heaven)

You can enter one of these great products from Flowers, Pins, and More up to THREE times today. This giveaway is only open to those living on earth (that's right, anyone anywhere on the planet Earth. So in other words, if you're a Klingon, SCRAM!).

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

For a second entry please visit Flowers, Pins, and More here. Look at their lovely products. Then return to Give Away Today and in a NEW comment tell us your first and last name and an item you wish you owned from Flowers, Pins, and More.
Example: Jane Doe: Flower Power Posy Pin

For a third entry, tell us your first and last name and a bad vacation you've been on (you know, since its vacation season and all). OR if you've never had a bad vacatoin, you are a lucky son-of-a-gun, and all you need to write for a third entry is: Never had One.
Example: Jane Doe: When our oldest child was eleven months old my husband and I thought it would be fun to go to Yellowstone as a family. Here's the miserable highlights, or if you prefer, lowlights: we watched the bear movie they show just before going to bed, I was lying in the tent frightened to death when an enormous lightening, rain, and thunderstorm started, so at 1:30 am--I kid you not, 1:30 am, my husband packed up the tent in the rain and we drove home. We referred to it as "Hell"owstone for years thereafter.

The winners of the fantastic products from Flowers, Pins, and More will be announced Thursday, June 4th. Please visit us then to see if you are our winner and to discover our new giveaway for the day. Thanks and we’ll see you tomorrow!

843 Comments:

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daveandraechel said...

Raechel Bunnell: picnic posy pin. so cute

Anonymous said...

Linsey Gines: We never really had a bad vacation.

daveandraechel said...

Raechel Bunnell: stopping in AZ our way to NM, stayed in a hotel with our 18 month old, who decided not to sleep at all that night. We ended up putting the pack and play in the closet and taking a mattress off a bed to create a partition so he couldn't see us. Then up early the next day to drive all day again. Hate driving with kids.

Three Men and a Janie said...

Janie Peterson

Karie Coats said...

Karie Coats: Never had one!

Three Men and a Janie said...

Janie Peterson: material flower

Three Men and a Janie said...

Janie Peterson: Oregon Coast - we locked our 3 month old in the car

Jasmine said...

Jasmine Ward

Jasmine said...

Jasmine Ward: I think the Minnie Mouse clip is just darling. :) I would love to have that.

Bonnie said...

Bonnie Bautz - yellow gerber daisy pin

Bonnie said...

Bonnie Bautz - I am oh so happy to say I've never had a bad vacation! The closest I could come up with was a cracked serpentine belt (or whatever it's called) in our Jeep one year driving home from picking my stepson up from visiting his mom in Iowa. I spotted it, though, when we had the hood up to check the oil at a gas station in Wyoming. There was a garage right down the street and $86 later, we were back on the road - safely. What could have been a disaster was averted and I totally credit that one to God. I just happened to glance under the hood & was at the right angle to spot it. Totally God watching out for us!!!

Jasmine said...

Jasmine Ward: A bad vacation... hm. Well last year I was on a yearly camping trip with my boyfriend and our two close friends. In the middle of it, I was eaten alive by a ton of mosquitoes. I'm usually quite the victim when it comes to these bloodsuckers, but this was bad. Both of my legs were covered in bumps, leading to scabby bumps because I couldn't stop the itching. I couldn't sleep at night and I was in the worst pain I could possibly imagine. I'm always sure to have bug spray now. :)

Amanda B. said...

Amanda Bickley-last spring break we went to Vegas and my husband started off sick and then I got sick and then it rained the whole weekend so we pretty much holed up in the condo the whole time. Bugger!

utmommy said...

Valerie Davies

ChrisandLogue said...

christy carpenter

Robin Sant said...

Robin Sant

utmommy said...

Valerie Davies: Fruit Salad Flower

utmommy said...

Valerie Davies: We went camping over Labor day weekend and woke up in the middle of the night freezing. The kids were crying, we were miserable. So, we packed up at about 3 a.m. and went home. No fun.

Robin Sant said...

Robin Sant: The worst vacation was in a run down motor home with a generator that the owner of the motor home refused to turn on because of the sound. It was in the middle of summer and blazing hot. I was 4 months pregnant. I decided then that was the last vacation i would go on with those people.

Anonymous said...

Katrina Brush

The Chambers said...

Bethany CHambers: Together we make a family sign

The Chambers said...

Bethany CHambers: Cruise to Cabo San Lucas... my husband and I had bunk beds....

Lindsey said...

Lindsey Healey: the stuffed chicken is adorable!

Lindsey said...

Lindsey Healey: never had one!

Rochelle said...

rochelle evans

Rochelle said...

Rochelle Evans--hawaiian flower pin

Rochelle said...

Rochelle Evans--hawaiian flower pin

Courtnie said...

Courtnie Cotterell: Flower Power Posy Pin

Courtnie said...

Courtnie Cotterell: Knock on wood we've never had a horrible vacation!

Anonymous said...

Leslie Bloomquist

Anonymous said...

Kari Theobald

Anonymous said...

Kari Theobald: We went to Disney Land and my husband spent the whole day in the motor home throwing up! Not the best of times!

Lori said...

Lori Mineer: We recently went to Arizona this past May. The trip could have been great except our 2 kiddos were sick the entire time. They cried every minute of the car trip!

Anonymous said...

Tracey Wright

Anonymous said...

Tracey Wright: Spring table runner

Anonymous said...

Tracey Wright: When I was little we went camping every year at Kentucky Lake and it rained every year. We slept in tents so it wasn't unusual to wake up in the middle of the night and be soaking wet.

Lori said...

Lori Mineer: banner #3

Joy said...

Joy Albrecht- Visiting the Grand Canyon 8 months pregnant. We walked EVERYWHERE and I was so done by the end of the day.

Heather Weir said...

Heather Weir

Anonymous said...

Heidi Johnson

Heidi said...

Heidi Nelson: Never Had One

Heidi said...

Heidi Nelson: Spring Table Runner

Todd and Shana said...

Shana Chamberlain

Jenn said...

Jenn LAnkford

Jenn said...

Jenn Lankford: Happy Birthday Pennant/Bunting Sign 2

Jenn said...

Jenn Lankford: Can't remember a bad vacation! I did get leeches once when I was kid in Colorado!

Lina said...

Lina Khoury

Lina said...

Lina Khoury - Material Flower pin 3

Jake and Lauren said...

Lauren Packard: I LOVE the holiday blocks

Jake and Lauren said...

Lauren Packard: Never had one! lucky me :)

Megan G said...

Megan Gardner

Megan G said...

Megan Gardner: Happy Birthday Pennant/Bunting Sign 1

Lina said...

Lina Khoury - My brother got lost in a theme park in Florida.

melanie said...

melanie kunz- Happy Birthday Pennant/Bunting Sign 3

Anonymous said...

A. Kunz- birthday banner in yellow and red

melanie said...

melanie kunz- the first and only time I've flown my family all got sick the day we were returning home and we all threw up and we're so sick on the plane- we all turned down the lunch they were handing out on the plane

A. Kunz said...

A. Kunz- on our honeymoon the hotel room wasn't cleaned and the bed wasn't even made- yes, we made them give us a new room- grose

michele said...

michele cutler- birthday banner in red and yellow

Kristin said...
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Kristin said...

Kristin Van Leuven

amy said...

Amy Horsburgh- yellow gerber daisy pin

Kristin said...

Kristin Van Leuven: Brown fat crochet headband with brown polka flower pin to put on it :)

Kristin said...

Kristin Van Leuven: Any trip that includes traveling is terrible...which is all of them. I get car sick, plane sick, sea sick, all kinds of sick. No fun. It's always fun to be there though, just not fun getting there...

Susie said...

susie tilleman

Amber & Jason said...

Amber Tracy

Amber & Jason said...

Amber Tracy: Very cute cow print stroller blankie!

amy said...

Amy Horsburgh- just one??? Ok the most recent. I took my 3 girls to SLC to eat dinner with my best friend at the Little America, nightmare with 3 kids and on one of my trips out to the car to find entertainment for my 1 year old I discover I forgot my suitcase for staying the night at the hotel. I finally get to the hotel, unload all our stuff by myself, carry it in loaded on my baby in the stroller to find out we are in wrong hotel. So I pack them all our stuff and kids back in and drive across the parking lot to the correct one. An older man sees that my 6 year old is not buckled, (we drove across the parking lot give me a freakin break) and gives me this nasty look and tells me how irresponsible I am. I lost it by then, and yelled some choice words at him from across the lobby. It got worse, we finally met up with my husband, but my baby cried in the pack n' play for an hour before I loaded everything back up in the car at 1 AM, left my husband there and headed back home in hysterics (a 2 hour drive)! That's the short version!!!

Amber & Jason said...

Amber Tracy: Traveling across the dessert when AC went out in Nevada, over 100 degree weather!

Dell Miller, Owner said...

sally miller
love the banners

Anonymous said...

Gina Arkell

Kelly Stoddart said...

Kelly Stoddart

Anonymous said...

Gina Arkell: we went to Montana with my family to visit Glacier National Park. With a 4-year-old, a 2-year-old, and a 3-month-old we drove 8 hours round trip (from our cabin) to see Many Glacier which you couldn't see unless you hiked for an hour which wasn't going to happen with so many young kids. Not so fun!!

Dell Miller, Owner said...

sally miller
went to yellowstone, was going to stay for a week my baby who was 10 months old cried all night, came home she laughed herself to sleep as soon as i put her in her bed.

Jennifer said...

jennifer flake

Jennifer said...

Jennifer Flake~cute stuff! I'd like some magnets and headbands!

Jennifer said...

Jennifer Flake~ As a kid, we had this big beastly brown van...once on a trip from CA to UT....we broke down for HOURS! Another time....and I don't remember WHERE were went...probably UT again...but my mom had read in a magazine that you could cook a roast wrapped in foil on the engine of your car. Being the thrifty gal that she is...she put together a nice roast dinner in foil and placed it on the engine....well come dinner time...my mom was sad to find that all we had was a burnt on the outside yucky on the inside roast....luckily McDonalds came to the rescue which was great for us kids because we NEVER ate fast food back then!

Melody said...

Melody Nartker

Melody said...

Melody Nartker: happy birthday pennant

Melody said...

Melody Nartker: I went on a company cruise to Mexico, leaving my new fiance behind. Oh, and I was seasick the whole time.

Anonymous said...

Sandie Mixa

Anonymous said...

Sandie Mixa: fruit salad flower pin

Trieste said...

Trieste Phillipps

Anonymous said...

Sandie Mixa: I was backpacking in the mountains when I was 18 and I got appendicitis. I had to be air lifted by a helicopter to the nearest hospital.

Trieste said...

Trieste Phillipps: Our fun getaway to Vegas (without the kids) for some warmer weather over Valentine's day turned into a disaster (weather-wise anyway). It was around 40-50 degrees most of the time and it rained and was windy the majority of the time. No nice weather for us!

Marcie said...

Marcie Thornbrugh

Marcie said...

Marcie Thornbrugh - poppy clips pink

Anonymous said...

Cari Nethercott

Anonymous said...

Cari Nethercott: large minky baby blanket

Anonymous said...

Cari Nethercott: we've actually never had a bad vacation. :)

Riquino Family said...

Kristen Riquino

Trieste said...

Trieste phillipps: large minky blanket

Riquino Family said...

Kristen Riquino
Red Hollyhock hair bow

Riquino Family said...

Kristen Riquino

The worst vacation I've been on is traveling in the car for 22 hours from Florida to Pennsylvania. We did this trip twice a year to visit family. And we did this in one minivan with 7 family members. Not a great memory. Oh, and we did this in one day, with only bathroom and food breaks. ARGH!!!

Unknown said...

Cherie Rhoads

Lani said...

Alana Olson

The Christensens said...

Jessica Christensen: happy birthday pennant

The Christensens said...

Jessica Christensen: Lake Powell with a six month old on the beach with port-a-crib, diapers, and a helmet.

Unknown said...

Marvelle Morgan

Lani said...

Alana Olson: we went to my Grandparents for christmas one year, and we were snowed in due to the craziest blizzard. All we had to do was crochet hats for hours on end. And my little sister had pneumonia and we couldn't get to a doctor. This is one of the many reasons I do not like snow...

Suzanne said...

Suzanne Brenchley: Holiday blocks

Unknown said...

Marvelle Morgan: fun in the Sun posy pin

Unknown said...

Marvelle Morgan: never had a bad one - YEA!

Lani said...

Alana Olson: I love the yellow gerber daisy pin

Jennifer said...

Jennifer Rutherford

Jennifer said...

Jennifer Rutherford: We went camping on Memorial Day weekend a few years ago and the weather was terrible! You could se your breath! The kids were crying and we even say a bear! Yikes!

Jennifer said...

Jennifer Rutherford: anything it is all awesome!

Anonymous said...

ashlee caywood

Suzanne said...

Suzanne Brenchley: Barf, Barf, & more Barf - that accompanies most of our road trips and it DID on our trip to Colorado Springs. Our girls drink that Nesquick Strawberry milk, too, so the barf is just this thick PINK curtly stuff. We've learned to travel with towels, paper towels, anti-bacterial wipes and plastic grocery bags. ANYWAY, back to Colorado Springs - that was also the trip where I was 6 months pregnant with #4 and we had a hotel room with a problem. We had told the front desk about it. EARLY one morning, there was a knock at our door, "Maintenance," yelled the guy. I was still in bed and only sleeping in my underwear since I was so hot in the summer & being prego! I yelled, "Don't come in!" Apparently, he hear, "Come in" only and used his key to open our door & enter. I still was yelling, "NO! Don't come in! Come later!" He said he just wanted to take a look at the bathroom and proceded on in. I was fuming - that he wouldn't listen to me - and I was stuck hiding under the covers unclothed or else I would've charged at him and kicked him back out!

Pink Heather said...

Heather Hopkins

Jenny B. said...

Jenny Berglin: never had one!

Jenny B. said...

Jenny Berglin: material flower

girlsmama said...

Jessica Ribble: Spring Table runner or luau clip

girlsmama said...

Jessica Ribble: Amazingly, all our vacations have turned out well. We always manage to get a speeding ticket though...

Brittany said...

Brittany Rhodes

Anonymous said...

Bridgette Anderson

April said...

April LeBaron

Sarah said...

Sarah Kubie

Jolynn said...

Jolynn Kellis

Jolynn said...

Jolynn Kellis - I haven't had a bad vacation. My family seems to make the best out of the worst situations.

Becky said...

Becky Larson

Cari K. said...

cari king

charlies_secret_angel2006@yahoo.com

Becky said...

Becky Larson-Happy Birthday Pennant/Bunting Sign 2

Becky J. said...

Becky Jensen: that small minky blanket is calling my baby's name!

Robert and Kristen said...

Kristen Crockett

Becky J. said...

Becky Jensen: Most of our vacations have had some bad moments, but none have been disastrous, thank heavens! I'm sure one day it will come.

Kristen U said...

Kristen Urie

Kristen U said...

Kristen Urie: flower posy pin

Kristen U said...

Kristen Urie: We planned to go to Glacier Nat'l park. During the drive there we heard the park was basically closed because a big percentage was on fire! So we rerouted and camped elsewhere and tried not to be disappointed.

Kiery said...

Kiery Wilson

Kiery said...

Kiery Wilson: As far as I can remember we've never had a bad vacation!!

Kiery said...

Kiery Wilson: Large Minky Blankey!

CLUFF FAMILY said...

deanna cluff

CLUFF FAMILY said...

DEANNA CLUFF- NEVER HAD ONE!

CLUFF FAMILY said...

DEANNA CLUFF- MINKY YEAH!

Ann said...

Ann Smith

Ann said...

Ann Smith - car broke down near Barstow on the way to Disneyland. Bummer!

Priscilla said...

Priscilla Teague

Priscilla said...

Priscilla Teague: We were just on a short road trip and 30 mi from home my son projectile vomited EVERYWHERE! He continued to vomit the rest of our trip..HORRIBLE!

Priscilla said...

Priscilla Teague: Happy Birthday Pennet

Erin said...

Erin Engler

Tina said...

Tina Osborne

Anna said...

Anna Tuttle

Anna said...

Anna Tuttle: love all the magnet sets!

Anna said...

Anna Tuttle: ensenada, mexico is not the tourist destination the cruise ship claimed it was....trust me

Anonymous said...

Ashlee Webster

Anonymous said...

Ashlee Webster: Never had one...luckily!!!

Anonymous said...

Ashlee Webster: Frilly Dilly Magnets

knoper said...

chris knoper

knoper said...

chris knoper...pink panther flower!

Jennifer said...

Jennifer Tobler

Jennifer said...

Jenifer Tobler - we all came down with sinus colds on the last day of vacation - just in time to board the plane - ouch!

Nola said...

Nola Bird

Unknown said...

Hattie Harris

Nola said...

Nola Bird: Pretty Princess Flower Clip

Jinii said...

Jinii Boren

Nola said...

Nola Bird: I can't think of a "bad" vacation and we went on a lot of vacations. Even in "trauma" moments we had fun adventures, which lead to good memories!

Jinii said...

Jinii Boren:I love the stuffed chicken

Jinii said...

Jinii Boren: never had one

Raich said...

rachael ray

Cece Girl said...

Jen White: Happy Birthday Pennant

Cece Girl said...

Jen White: camping/canoeing with the boy scouts

Jennifer said...

Jennifer Tobler - I have several family and friends with little girls i would love to give them headbands and flowers. (too bad mine have grown up)

Spaces for Faces said...

jilljohnson

Hana said...

Hana Lynch: small minky blanket..cow print

Becky Nielson said...

Becky Nielson

Becky Nielson said...

Becky Nielson- alone in France at 13 while my Grandpa dies asking for me. Very bad!

Hana said...

Hana Lynch: this past March I flew to Phoenix (i'm in NC) to visit my sister, BIL, and 5mos old nephew. I took my 11mos old daughter w/ me and she totally freaked out at the change in scenery and all the new people. She didn't sleep for 8days, cried continuously and clung to me, went on an eating/drinking strike, lost weight, developed a bad ear infection which required antibiotics. As a result of the stress and no sleep my body completely shut down and I ended up w/ laryngitis, a severe infection, never-ending migraine, and I couldn't stop crying. My daughter's behavior made everyone miserable and my sister and her husband tried to send us home but there were zero flights. When I finally got home 8 days later I collapsed on the couch and selpt for 16 hours straight. I went to the doctor the next afternoon and had to be put on medication to help me deal w/ my stress and antibiotics to fight my infections! It was TERRIBLE!!!

Nicole Sheahan said...

Nicole Sheahan

Nicole Sheahan said...

Nicole Sheahan: Material Flower pin 3

Nicole Sheahan said...

Nicole Sheahan: Never had one

Amy said...

Amy Bethers

NatNeedham said...

Natalie Needham

The Mayne's said...

RuthAnn Mayne - on our honeymoon we went on a cruise, and our boat looked as old as the Titanic. It was faster to take the stairs because the elevator was so slow. And the day after we got off our cruise we saw it on the news...it had started on fire!!!

Anonymous said...

Heather Baker

The Mayne's said...

RuthAnn Mayne - The cow minky blankie.

Anonymous said...

Heather Baker : Material Flower pin 3

Alicia said...

Alicia Kruger

Anonymous said...

Heather Baker : I was working as a nanny in Australia and we took a holiday to Brisbane. It was a great trip, except a few downders. At one point while driving we had to find a hotel. the only room we could find ANYWHERE was mice and roach infested! I could hear the mice all night long. Needless to say, I didnt sleep at all! I also got pink eye!

Alicia said...

Alicia Kruger: Cosmo Flower Clip

Alicia said...

Alicia Kruger: I went on a 7 day camping trip with my dad and grandpa all over Cali. Well my grandpa didn't want to ever do anything when we were at major destinations so we didn't see much...

Sam and Josh said...

Samantha Holt

Sam and Josh said...

Samantha Holt:happy birthday sign

Sam and Josh said...

Samantha Holt: it turned out to be a good vacation, but in the end not so good. When my twins were one we went to the beach in Maryland and just as we were leaving my son had a blow out and we had nothing to change him into, it was a long and stinky three hour ride home.

Jessica Jane said...

Jessica Forsgren

Jessica Jane said...

Jessica Forsgren yellow gerber daisey pin

Jessica Jane said...

Jessica Forsgren never had one!

Anonymous said...

Jill Stroud

Anonymous said...

Jill Stroud: Never Had one

Anonymous said...

Jill Stroud: Frilly Dilly Magnets- the ones with the cherries

Fox Family said...

Jennifer Fox

Tiffany Martin (onehuntinchick) said...

TIFFANY MARTIN

Deborah said...

Deborah Andreasen

Deborah said...

Deborah Andreasen: Never had one (that I can remember).

Andrea said...

andrea shuman

Andrea said...

andrea shuman: we've never been on a real vacation - is that a bad vacation memory?

Fox Family said...

Jennifer Fox: thin crochet headbands and fruit salad flower clip

Carrie said...

Carrie Fuhriman: When I was 13 we went on a family camping trip. All the way up to the mountains we ate all sorts of junk food...marshellows, oreos, candy bars, pop...you know all the good junk food that goes with camping...well in the middle of the night I wake up to my sister moaning next to me & the next thing I know she's puking EVERYWHERE in our tent!!! We had to try our best to clean things up with lanterns & flashlights & wait until daylight to go find a laundry mat in the closest town. We still joke around about that trip & it is definately one of our most memorable ones!

Keri said...

Keri Antram

Carrie said...

Carrie Fuhriman: Spring Table Runner

Schimmy said...

Kristal Schimbeck

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