copper heart soldered square giveaway!

these great pieces just arrived from my supplier and I can't wait to try them out!

this is a 7/8 inch sterling silver square with a tiny copper heart soldered on the top. the patina on these are just really cool and make them look worn, not all bright and shiny. these can be stamped with just one word or on three sides (as shown in the pic), the winner's choice!!

who wants one?!

rules-
-leave your comment with what you would stamp on this if you're the winner
-one entry only!
-comment must be left on this post to be eligible to win
-winner selected....friday evening (the 31st)
-good luck!

let's load up the comments with entries! this is just as easy as facebook, so no excuses! we want to keep these giveaways coming, right?! :)

landscaping loves....

I thought it would be fun to share some of our landscaping with you today!

check out this massive hydrangea tree! obviously I snapped this pic just a week or so after its prime, but the blooms are still gorgeous! love the mix of pink and creme.

and they look equally as beautiful when they are dried.

hello grape hyacinths again! these fun beauties already bloomed once this spring (just in time for graduation, thank-you-very-much!) but are getting ready for a repeat performance! these are actually a mixture of deep purple, a medium purple and a light purple-all on one plant. I will attempt to snap the pic when they are bloomed.

thistles! ugh!!! I will pull weeds, but not these prickly little guys!

love my pink sedums!

spider worts are the strangest plant-blooms during the day, turns all green/yellow at night!

such a gorgeous purple flower!

what is your favorite flower/plant? please share!

and the winner is......

#7 stephanie wittrock! you are the lucky winner of the gold heart washer! please email me at dukefans@mchsi.com with washer winner in the subject line.


thank you to all that entered! did you check out the newest pics that I just posted to Facebook? love that copper cup-so dainty and cute!

and I just have to say....everytime I pull up the blog and see the 'she's a hawkeye now' title, I think of that pull-ups commercial-I'm a big kid now. does anyone else? nope? that's what I thought...I'm just weird like that!

she's a hawkeye now!

it's true-ashton is now an iowa hawkeye! but can someone please tell me how that happened??? it seems like just a couple of years ago that she was starting kindergarten with the backpack that was WAY bigger than she was! we look forward to watching ashton continue to excel at the university of iowa, but we just wish it wasn't so FAR away!! 4 1/2 hours is a bit long for a one day trip, so we have lots of weekends already penciled in on the calendar. and yes, two of those include home football weekends-go hawks! if you want to follow ashton on her college journey-check out her life as a hawkeye blog that i have bookmarked on my sidebar. thanks to her roommate megan for this first day of school pic! :)

first day of school!

can it really be that time of the year already-the first day of school? yikes, where did the summer go? this year we have a high school junior and a college freshman-go hawkeyes! I was pleasantly surprised this morning that I had full cooperation with the first day of school pics, even though it seemed not right that ashton wasn't there as well. (hopefully her roommate takes her pic today, too!)

and now for the giveaway part of this post! thanks to facebook's ever-changing rules, I am forced to move my giveaways to this blog instead of continuing with them on the ohd page or risk having the facebook page shut down. this giveaway includes the ever popular heart washer, but in GOLD! the silver washer has been one of my best sellers over the last couple of years and I'm sure this gold one will be as well! rules- -leave your comment under this post ONLY to be eligible to win! include the names or phrase that you would choose if you are the lucky winner! -contest will end thursday morning, august 23rd -good luck!