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!

christmas wrap up!

happy new year! it is finally time to wrap up the reisner christmas 2011. :) here are just a few of my favorite pics from the day....

(not a favorite pic of me, but shows one of my great gifts...a kindle!




seriously spoiled dog, tate and ashton



tom got new hunting pants! :)



my adorable niece and nephew! they make christmas so fun!



one of john's five new hunting hats he received. he loves it, we think it is so dorky!



and we finished the day with some just dance 3...



wishing you a healthy, happy, safe 2012!

all in, all done!

alert the presses....ALL of my guaranteed christmas orders have now been mailed!!!! (still have a couple of local orders to finish!) now excuse me while I go ice my hand...for the rest of the day.

it's that time of the year!

it's been crazy busy over here at oak hill designs! I had a five person vendor open house last sunday here and we had a great turn out! lots of great products and yummy food and drink! :)

a couple of new pieces I just whipped up last week and added to the store....





don't forget...oak hill designs can help you with everyone on your christmas list! :)

back to stamping I go....

halloween 2011...pumpkin carving

while everyone else in blog land has pictures of their adorable children in their halloween costumes, I have pictures of my adorable children (and neighbor!) carving pumpkins.

this has become our yearly tradition...order pizza and carve pumpkins with the neighbors. something all of us look forward to each year.

during the carving....







the finished products!





and, I know this picture would be so much better if I would've turned off the flash, but with my new camera, I haven't quite figured this out yet! :) total, complete honesty, folks! so know that it was pitch dark during this shot...



and sadly, this will be the last year with all three kids since ashton will be in college five hours away next year....let's hear it for skype! :)