GIVEAWAY #1: A $30.00 Gift Certificate from Southern Living at Home
A few weeks ago I picked my son up from his friend's house. The friend's mom invited me in to chat for a second while my son was putting on his shoes. I happened to glance at their kitchen table and I instantly wished it were mine. Arranged nicely on their table were matching plates, place mats, napkins, and cups. It was not a special occassion nor Sunday dinner, it was an ordinary weeknight. Yet this sweet mom had made her family's dinner so inviting. A lovely place where her family could gather to discuss their day while sharing an evening meal together.
Today I am happy to introduce you to Southern Living at Home, a company whose mission is to create a feeling of welcome, comfort, and beauty in homes all across America.
Many of us have always known that home is, indeed, where the heart is. It's where family comes together in happiness and comfort. It's where we can change the world for better, just a little bit, simply by making our house a home. What a wonderful time to focus on home. As the days start to grow shorter and the air gets chilly, we are all looking for a place to snuggle up! Creating a haven of comfort and filling a house with memories are such wonderful gifts we can give our families.
Southern Living at Home's products are designed to mix and match in many spots of your home. Many of their products are are specifically made for entertaining, whether it's a family of four or the whole neighborhood.
Southern Living at Home has created their products with pride and hope that these products will become a part of your family's memories.
Southern Living at Home consultant Kristy Chulahoff would like to offer the readers of Give Away Today a 15% DISCOUNT on all things found in their catalog. You can receive this discount by emailing Kristy at kristyc34@cox.net and letting her know that Give Away Today sent you.
Kristy is also giving one lucky Give Away Today reader a $30.00 Gift Certificate. You can enter to win the gift certificate up to FOUR times today.
For one entry, leave your first and last name in a comment.
Example: Jane Doe
For a second entry, please visit Kristy's Southern Living at Home website here. Look at all of their amazing products for your home. Once you have done this, please return to Give Away Today and in a NEW comment tell us your first and last name and what you would use your $30.00 gift certificate on if you are the winner.
Example: Jane Doe: I would use my gift certificate towards the Galveston Sectioned Server.
For a third entry, you can do ONE of the following. Either visit Kristy Chulahoff's blog here and become a follower OR send Kristy your email address at kristyc34@cox.net so she can add you to her monthly newsletter. Once you have done one of these things, in a NEW comment tell us your first and last name and what you did for the third entry.
Example: Jane Doe: Follower
For a fourth entry, on the way home from picking my son up from his friend's house (as related in the opening paragraph) I received a $90.00 ticket!! Bahhhh!! So for a fourth entry, in a NEW comment tell us your first and last name and the last ticket you received and why.
Example: Jane Doe: This is a long story, so I'll make it short. My parents were over for dinner, my son was at his friend's house but the line was busy so I decided to go get him, my dad parked behind me so I had to take his car, my dad had just arrived home from a trip and I didn't realize that there was no room in the car for my son so I had him sit in-between the driver and passenger seats, we passed a cop, I got pulled over IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE (because I had only driven two streets away), cop gave me $45 ticket for not having my son in a seatbelt (I'll take that, I was being irresponsible), but then he also gave me a $45.00 for not having my license, but did I mention we were IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE? I know the cop was only doing his job, but c'mon, someone in my family (because they were all standing on the front lawn watching us) could have brought me my license. But the cop would not let them. I do believe I will walk next time I need to pick my son up for dinner (even if it means our soup will get cold).
The winner of the $30.00 gift certificate from Southern Living at Home will be announced tomorrow Tuesday, September 22nd. Please visit us then to see if you are our winner and to discover our new giveaways for the day. Thanks and we'll see you tomorrow!
1262 Comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 601 – 800 of 1262 Newer› Newest»brittany preston: i would use it toward the galveston two tiered stand! super cute!
Crystal Briggs : My last ticket was about 9 years ago coming home from the state fair when the speed limit dropped from 55 to 35 and I was not even to the 35 mph sign and was going 42. Speed trap is all I can say.
Kara Jensen
Kara Jensen
Follower
Brynn Larsen
Amber Larsen
christina wandry: villa appetizer tray
Amanda Bradshaw - just last Friday my husband and I got pulled over because our license plate lights were out. I'd never heard of such a thing! Luckily no ticket, just a warning!
Jill Swensen: Savannah Beverage Server
Sheri Knutson, Hand-Painted Ruffled Bowl
Jill Swensen: I've never gotten a ticket (knock on wood!)
Sheri Knutson, I have never received a ticket!!!!
Traci Romph
Suzy Carlson
Jessica Myrup: I would get the Cordova Candle Sconce...beautiful!
Amanda holcomb
mandy dow
Sharon Aquilino
Amanda Holcomb - I love the cinnabar baker and footed server. I can see that on the table at Thanksgiving this year!
Jessica Myrup: I haven't gotten a ticket in 5 years, but my husband just got one because he was rushing to get to work and was going 50 in a 25! They reamed him out and said he could have been charged with wreckless driving, but they gave him a $300 ticket! OUCH!
Sharon Aquilino - I would use my gift certificate to purchase the Chesapeake Flatware Salad Servers.
Katy Delaney
Katy Delaney: I would use it toward the Gallery Upside-Down Cake Stand.
Katy Delaney: Follower
Elizabeth Curtis
Mickelle Williams
Angie Pedersen I would love some cake stands
Jessica Whitehead
Angie Pedersen, follower
Katy Delaney: Failure to Yield b/c I was making a turn on green without an arrow and a car I didn't see hit me.
Haley Hanzon: Astorias Canister please!
Haley Hanzon: follower
Traci Romph: I am in need of some wall decor. I also liked the decoration to put on your door that you out Christmas cards in.
suzy carlson...francesca frames
suzy carlson...follower
Amanda Holcomb - My last ticket was in college (7 years ago). I was speeding along one of the back roads on my way home from work and bam he saw me speeding on the other side of the road flipped around and pulled me over. So I was going 20mph over, who hasn't done that in a hurry. I do recall I reminded him of his grand daughter who he thought needed to learn a lesson. So he gave me a ticket. Bummer was, I had 3 major car incidents that month. Totalled my car, this ticket and then hit a deer which oddly didn't total my car. Life does happen in 3's
suzy carlson:
I got pulled over for going 95 in a 75 which I wasn't. But I got off an exit to take my daughter to the bathroom..she is 4 and will NOT pee on the side of the road. I will admit that I was speeding, I don't like pee in my car. I never saw the cop though and when I got back on the freeway, he pulled me over. So he was upset thinking that I had been trying to evade him. It was a big mess where I tried to fight it and ended up paying $350 for a $100 ticket. I don't like to think about it.
Michelle Nielsen - Hampton Court Thermometer.
Erika Petersen: Galveston Wall Art and Shelf
Monica Lancaster
Amber Larsen - How could I pick something?! I'm in love with everything!! ;)
I would have to go with the Ornate Iron Art Bookstand....or the Manchester Trivet Trio...or the Decorative Card & Photo Display...
Corby Murri
Kiery Wilson: Follower
Kiery Wilson: I've never gotten a ticket! *knock on wood*
Traci Romph: My last ticket was 3 years ago. I did a California stop at a stop sign and got a ticket for running the stop sign. To get the ticket removed I had to go to traffic school for a couple hours one night and then another day I had to go see the judge in which they brought men in in orange suits that had pretty bad criminal records and were handcuffed. All I did was a California stop and I was in the same court as these scary inmates...yikes!
Amber Larsen - Follower
Jessica Wwhitehead:southern sippers serving bowl
Elizabeth Curtis: I love the astoria canisters and windsor tray
jessica whitehead:follower
Amber Larsen - well, I received 2 tickets (got pulled over 3 times!) within 2 weeks before my wedding! I got a ticket for speeding (got pulled over a few days before in the same spot by a male cop - was nice and just sent me off with a warning...a few days later was pulled over in the same spot by a female cop - not so friendly..gave me a $85 ticket!) Then a week before my wedding got pulled over after a guy cut me off on the freeway. The cop said I was following too close - of course I was! He just cut me off! Ugh;)
Elizabeth Curtis: A couple of months ago I got 2 speeding tickets within a week of eachother. They were from photo radar so I didn't even realize I had been speeding until they came in the mail. I guess the speed changes on a certain street near our house, and the van with the camera is placed right after the speed change.
Alisha Lemmons: follower
Jessica Whitehead: I've never actually been issued a ticket, BUT the last time i was pulled over for speeding was when i was 19 yrs old. I was on a road trip and i promised the terrifying officer that i wouldn't speed for the remainder of my trip. He sped off and waited for me to pass, and when i did 20 min later i definately wasn't speeding.
Rachel Valgardson
Rachel Valgardson - Follower
Alisha Lemmons: 10 years ago I was going 30 in a school zone. There were no kids in sight and I couldn't see the flashing lights! Since then they have fixed it because people could not see it!
Lani Wilkinson: I actually have never gotten a ticket, but I've been pulled over a couple times the last time was when I was living at home with my parents and I was late for curfew! I started crying and the cop let me go with just a warning... no ticket!
Kristin Wilberg: the last ticket I got was when I was in college. I was given a car but I had to get it registered in Ephraim. I took the car to get the stickers, but forgot the title. So dumb right. On the way back to my apartment a cop followed a little ways and noticed my old stickers. Yep I got a huge ticket.
Anne Jensen: Yuletide Votive Holders
Jami Sorensen
Leigh Sabey: My last ticket was for $90 also -- for driving 42 mph in a 35 mph zone. I didn't think the punishment fit the crime!
mandy sadler - i would put it towards the large glass beverage canister with the silver dispenser
Rachel Farnsworth
Anne Jensen: The last ticket I got was about 5 years ago- I was late for school and driving a little too fast, oops!
Kristin Wilberg: Estate wall hook and small towel holder
Alisha Lemmons: the hurricanes
Trisha Bracken
Alicia Lopez - I love it all it is so hard to decide!
Jenny SMith
Joanne Scarborough - I like the Decorative Card and Photo Display and I LOVE the Gail Pittman Allegria Wall Tiles.
Davinna Kunz
Tiffany Christensen
Tiffany Christensen: I would love the upside-down cake stand or the red canisters....everything is so cute!
Davinna Kunz- Astoria Canister, but I really love everything!
Joanne Scarborough - My last (and only - knock on wood) ticket was for speeding. I was on a little country road behind a car going 10 miles under the speed limit. As soon as I got to a clear place, I passed her. Just my luck, a highway patrol was coming the other way.... What can I say... Yes, I gunned it so I could get around her, but I was NOT going as fast as he said I was. Oh well!!
Sunny Myres: My first and only ticket so far was 8 years ago. On my way to work, which I was a running a little late for...I was going down a hill and the cop was waiting at the bottom. I deserved it.
Heather Gilley
Heather Gilley
Katie Brown
showbizkp[at]gmail[dot]com
I follow Kristy's blog!
Katie Brown
showbizkp[at]gmail[dot]com
McKenzie Kennedy: I have never gotten a ticket... Knock on wood.
Shelli Kennington
Shelli Kennington - Terrace appetizer plates
Shelli Kennington - It's been so long that I can't remember...I am such a good driver and never speed!! Hee hee!
Andrea Rigby
McKenzie Kennedy: Following her blog
Andrea Rigby - Terrace appetizer plates so I can be like my sister Shelli! Or so we could borrow each others!
Andrea Rigby - In High School...I am an even better driver than Shelli!
Heather Gilley-ruffled glass bowl
Heather Gilley-ruffled glass bowl
I love the Juniper Vase on page 13 :)
Katie Brown
showbizkp[at]gmail[dot]com
Nilanthi King
Rachel Worthen - I love the Gail Pittman Allegria Wall tiles and the Juniper vase
Michelle Aiken
Michelle Aiken-I received a ticket on my 18th birthday because I was speeding to school.
Nilanthi King: I would use my gift certificate for the Galveston step-out stand.
My last ticket was just a few weeks ago-- I was rushing to drop my daughter off, and I was caught speeding in a construction zone. :[
Jennifer Moore- I would use it toward the Emerson Stemware.
Nilanthi King: Follower
Rebecca Varney
christi rauth
Lisa Kros
galveston footed hurricanes
Barbara Parrott
Lisa Kros : Any Wall decorations
christi rauth
galvanized hurricanes
Samantha Holt:upside down cake stand
Rebecca Varney: My computer is being a pill and not letting me zoom in so I don't know what the name is, but the item I would get with my gift certificate is letter L on page 11, the glass vase.
christi rauth
i emailed her!
Samantha Holt:over a year ago I got a ticket for going to fast and it was in an industrial area, not to mention I was delivering valentine cookies to family.
christi rauth
parking ticket in manhattan beach ... i read my clock wrong!!!
Natalie Mitchell
Barbara Parrott: I can't decide!!! Probably the Galveston stepout stand or the patina wall tiles.
Rebecca Varney, the last ticket I received was actually this weekend (I just paid it today-hmph). I parked somewhere I was not supposed to park for over 3 hours.
Natalie Mitchell: I would love the vase centerpiece, I would love to put fresh flowers in it.
Jesi Dewey: the last ticket I got was for following to close.
Brandy Doty
Marcy Miller- I love the Farmhouse Tiered Basket
Marcy Miller- I've never gotten a ticket, but my husband has gotten plenty for the both of us.
Danae Curtis: Follower
Rayette Jones
Brittney Checketts
Brittney Checketts Follower
Brandy Doty: Cake Stands
Brittney Checketts. . .the last time I got a ticket, was probably 5 years ago. I was crying on the phone to my mom and was going like 5 over. The guy pulls me over tells me to suck it up, writes me a ticket, and then tells me I'm lucky he isn't writing me one for un-attentive driving since I was on the phone so distressed. . . . p.s. that police man and I . . . we are NOT friends.
elaine hearn
Patti Hatch
bella de rossi
Bella De Rossi~ I would use the gift certificate toward the purchase of the gorgeous Villa Stoneware special offer #41182!
STacey Fiessinger
Brittney Checketts. I would put my gift certificate toward some of the fireside stocking hangers. But I also love the terrace appetizer plates, and the juniper vase.
Stacey Fiessinger: I live the silver server too
Chacoy Aguayo:I would pay the extra costs to get either the Montcrest adjustable hurricane or the Drake lanterns and hook.
Chacoy Aguayo:Follower
Bella De Rossi~ Follower
Chacoy Aguayo: I was on my way home from visiting my sister in Denver, I was passing a couple of cars a camper with stuff behind it, a semi and a truck pulling a boat when I realized that I couldn't pass because there were more cars in front that I could not see but I was already in the middle so I gunned it and a cop was right on the other side and he pulled me over going 96, which I could understand, but he should have seen that I couldn't pass without speeding up or getting hit head on by a semi.That was about 2 years ago, my first and hopefully last!:)
Bella De Rossi~ I was involved in an accident and received an "improper lookout" ticket. It was removed from my record for "keeping my nose clean" for a year~so to say! lol! i was pretty banged up in the accident(neck brace for 3 mos) AND i got THAT ticket! i'm happy it's over and i have a free and clean record, now!
Becky Nielson
Patti Hatch - I would use my gift certificate towards the Galveston 2 Tiered Stand
Becky Nielson- I love the Ornate Iron Tiered Stand
Becky Nielson- follower
Becky Nielson- I got a ticket for not having proof of insurance
Patti Hatch - Follower
Ariel Brownstein
Marla Staffanson
Patti Hatch - My last ticket was when I was first married and had give up my way cool VW Beetle and drive my new husband's not cool Vega stationwagon. On my way home from college classes, a cute little Triumph convertable was peeling out from every stop sign in front of me (going through a residential area) so I decided to see what the ol' Vega stationwagon could do, and of course the cop saw me and not the little Triumph! I got the ticket - dang! (As you can tell, this was many years ago...)
Marla Staffanson - I would buy the Patina Wall Tiles!
Jen Reed
Jen Reed - I would use it toward the Gail Pittman wall tiles.
Susan Foutz
Susan Foutz
Melanie Hallstrom
Lacey Wilson cambrian wall plaques.
Lacey Wilson Five years ago speeding in a construction zone fow a nice ticket on one hundred twenty dollars
Krista Hansen
Lori Mineer: Decorative Card and Photo Holder
Katrina Brush
Melanie Hallstrom: Terrace Appetizer plates
Lori Mineer: I have never gotten a ticket (knock on wood). I have had two warnings though.
shelly lyons
Jessica WInger
Margaret Smith: Hampton court thermometer. Thanks.
amy webb
Shauna Brown: The last ticket I got was when my hubby and I were living in Phoenix. This was in 2002 and I was headed to work, speeding, and there was a speed trap. I pulled over right away. I was going 25 over. Not good. But because I was honest and nice to the cop he made it so that I was only going 15 over the limit. I ended up taking traffic school which was cheaper than having to pay the ticket. I definatly watched my speed on that road!!
amy webb:
the last ticket I got was when I was out of state and my 2 year old was screaming at me about something, I was sleep deprived, lost, and the speed limit changed without warning. I should have let the cop ride in my car for 3 minutes with that kid screaming in the back and see if he would have noticed!
Deanna Underwood: Follower
Deanna Underwood: Xmas Card decor for door
Melanie Hallstrom: the last and only time I got a ticket was for going 50 in a 35. I was in high school and had just gotten my license and wanted to beat some friends going home. So silly.
Ann Smith - the last ticket I got was when I was 17 years old (a very long time ago!!!) and I was speeding - naughty, naughty!
Deanna Underwood: My last ticket was in 2007, I was sppeding on the highway... BOO!
jill simmons
Kelly SPence
jill simmons: i can't decide what to pick out!
jill simmons: follower
jill simmons: speeding ticket two yrs ago
Ashley Seymour
Meghann Larkin
Erin Poulsen: I love the triffle dish
Erin Poulsen: I got my last ticket about 6 years ago. I was speeding up a hill to work and the cops were standing on top of the hill with radar gun and told me to pull over. I was so mad!!!
Debra Bliss
Jenny Maddox - I would purchase the large glass dome.
Bethany Walker
Debra Bliss: I've had encounters with those beloved cop cars 4 times and I have yet to come away with a ticket. Pulled over 3 times, in an accident the fourth, and NO TICKETS.
Jenny Maddox - follower
Tasha Dunbar - I got my ticket going around a round about... I hate those things!!!
Jenny Maddox - I've never received a ticket...I've actually only been stopped 1 time in 13 years of driving.
Megan Tanner
meganraetanner@gmail.com
Tasha Dunbar - I love the step out stand. Great for entertaining...
Rachel Chamberlain: Never had a traffic ticket, but I did get tickets to blue man group this past weekend. It was awesome!!
Sarah Tadje: I would buy the truffle dish for sure!
Sarah Tadje: follower
Sarah tadje: I got my last ticket when I was driving home from my in-laws home. I was hoping the cop would let it slide, but I guess going 20 over in a residential area is not smart.
Bethany Walker: I would get a galveston step-out stand
Amy Green
Debra Bliss: I'd have to get the Bliss Scented Reed Diffuser
Brooke Richins
Rachel Chamberlain: I love the cinnabar vase.
Amy Green: My last ticket was over five years sgo from an accident in the rain. The person behind me was really close so I tried to put some more space between us by moving a bit closer to the car in front of me. Then some kids ran out into the road of this 4-lane street and everyone had to slam on their brakes. The car behind me ran into me, pushing me forward into the car in front of me. No fun!
Sally Dean
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