an award...and 5 chances to win!!

Hello, friends:}


I might be sharing a card/LO later...but I wanted to pop on and share with you an award that I received last week! I got a FUN email from Tracy telling me there was a surprise on her blog for me last week. I was super nervous--surprises always scare me {I guess I always think the worst}....but when I finally got my RSS feeder to work, I found out that Tracy had sent me this WONDERFUL award! How fun is that??? Good surprise:}

Here are the rules for the award::


1. Thank the person who gave you this award::: THANK YOU so much, Tracy! Your friendship and support mean so much to me! I love sharing with you--and I love visiting your site as well! HOOOORAY for fabulous friends:} THANKS, Tracy!


2. Copy the award and put it on your blog::: done.


3. List three things which you love about yourself::: UM.....if you know me {and you can ask my husband}, I never can think of things that I love about myself. It's not that I am trying to mean to myself or get a pity party....or that I'm just negative...I just never have liked much of anything. Well--that all changed about a year ago. I can now rattle off without even thinking about it--1] I like that I have a huge heart that cares about EVERYONE. 2] I like that I am using my gifts to glorify GOD. 3] I like that one of my strengths {which I took a test to find my 5 strengths} is INCLUDER, which means I like to make everyone happy (in some form or another). So those are my three things that I love about myself. 


4. Post a picture that you love::: hm....well....I really like this picture of Trav. He is the BEST husband in the whole wide world! I love this picture because it is super silly! He was messing around with his new guitar and his blog profile pic. SILLY!

5. Tag 5 people you would like to give this award to::: From my #3 thing that I love about myself (and one of my top 5 strengths)...I would LOVE to give it to ALL of you!! But I can only pick 5... so here they are:::
1] Char Austin--she is amazing. She never gets tired of listening to me complain about something silly. She also never gets upset when I ask too many questions! She has been a major influence on my crafting career!
2] The PDCC DTs--can I give it to a whole group?? I AM!! Lisa Somerville, Sarah Anderson, Stephanie Kraft, Ruby 2 Shoes, Suzanne Czosek, and Julie Ranae are AMAZING friends! I am so blessed to be on the same team as these talented ladies!!! LOOOOVE the PDCC:}
3] The EtsyInspired DTs--another group!! I just love this group too! All these gals {Ashley, De, Emily B., Emily N., Heather Rolin, JoyKerry, Stephanie, and Virginia} are a great group of friends! They are the best when it comes to supporting me! I can't believe I'm on this talented team!!
4] The All Things Unity DTs--last group:) I looooooove this new team that I am on! Sara Henton, Andrea Murdock, Kyra Sandstone, and Lynn Miller are so sweet! I'm so lucky to be on this team--esp. since I always need an excuse to work with my Unity stamps:} LOVE IT! Love this team!!


I skipped #5--since I broke the rules and gave out group awards! See? I found a way to include several peopole:} I do wish I could give ALL of you an award!! Speaking of giving away...I know! I will give you a special chance to win *******! I can't tell you what it is yet...but it is a full sheet of Unity Stamps!! That is all I can say!! Here is how you can enter 5 ways TODAY {August 3--this post}:::


1. Leave a comment here about something.
2. Visit Char and leave some love telling me you did so in a separate comment!
3. Visit any of the PDCC gals, come back and tell me you did so in a separate comment!
4. Visit any of the EIC gals, come back and tell me you did so in a separate comment!
5. Visit any of the ATU gals, come back and tell me you did so in a separate comment!!


That is a total of 5 separate comments you can leave on this post alone to win!! The giveaway will end on Saturday, August 7th. So if you don't want to visit all of these ladies today--come back tomorrow and finish up:) **Please only leave 5 comments on this post. All other comments beyond 5 will be deleted! 


Thanks again, Tracy! This was a FUN award to receive:) Tracy , you get an extra 5 chances just for giving me this award:) HOOOORAY!!


That's all for me--be sure to scroll up to see my other post...it could give you some clues on how to earn extra chances on winning!! Thanks for being so amazing! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU:} Be blessed!