Giveaway Reminder!

I'm sorry to say I've got nothing to share at the moment.  I'm in the middle of a couple of projects and hope to share them soon! 

This is just a reminder that the Silhouette Giveaway ends tonight, so there is still time to enter today.  I'll let it go through to  midnight {EST} and announce the winner tomorrow, November 10th!

Super Silhouette Surprise!

**This Giveaway Has Ended.**
I was given the opportunity to offer this giveaway to my blog readers.  Let me start off by saying that this is not only a great giveaway for experienced Silhouette users, but for someone who just wants to give it a try.  And guess what?  You don't have to have a Silhouette machine to use these products in the giveaway!  

Let me tell you what is in the giveaway.

2 Heat Transfer Rolls {Yellow and White Smooth}
1 Tattoo Pack
1 Magnet Sheet

These products are a $50.00 value!  Let me show you what you can do with it.

Heat Transfer idea

Heat Transfer idea

Temporary Tattoo ideas

I love the Magnet paper ideas:

Magnet idea

Magnet idea

Magnet idea

You can do all these things and you can use your own everyday, run-of-the-mill scissors.  I do suggest choosing images that will be easy to cut around with scissors.

Here are the rules to enter:
{These rules will be strictly adhered to as they are not mine}

• Leave a comment below.
• This giveaway is open to residents of the U.S.
• Giveaway ends on November 9, 2010, and winner will be announced on November 10, 2010.
• Winners may only win once even if it is from a different blog host.

Visit the Silhouette blog here.  They offer some free downloads.  If you don't win, as one of my blog readers, you can still get a great deal {25% off} on these and other Silhouette accessories by using the code: CREATIVE at checkout.  This special offer ends on November 13, 2010, at midnight.

I'm working on making a couple of things myself with these products and I'm hoping to post about them later in the week.

  

**Note:  I do not have a Silhouette machine.  I will be making items by printing them off on my computer and using scissors.

**This Giveaway Has Ended.**

  

A Birthday Giveaway!

**This Giveaway Has Ended**
Hooray for you!  My birthday is on Halloween and I am having a giveaway to celebrate! 

Image from The Weed Patch

I have been purchasing some new Christmas ornaments the past few months to be used on a little tabletop tree I bought on clearance last year at Michael's.  Since this tree will be in my kitchen and be a red and white peppermint theme, I am buying ornments that are kitchen related and/or red and white.  This giveaway is for an extra ornament that I picked up just for one of you!

It is this beautiful Coffee Diva!  Isn't she divalicious?  I think she's even a little sassy!  I am assuming she's coffee, but she could be a hot chocolate diva.  I do need my coffee in the morning to function and I think she definitely lets that be known.  She stands 5 inches tall {from her head to toe} and is about 3 1/2 to 4 inches wide.  She comes with the red ribbon already attached.

She's got a plateful of goodies, some whipped cream and you can see the "steam" coming off the top. 




How to win:

You do not have to be a follower.  Just leave me a comment below telling me what your morning drink of choice is that helps you wake up.  

Additionally, for a second entry, you can blog or tweet about this giveaway; just come back and leave me a link in a second and separate comment.   You don't have to have a blog to enter either.  Just leave me an email address to contact you at {like this spam proof way: kathyp (at) creativehomeexpressions (dot) com} if you should win.

This giveaway will end on November 1, 2010, to give everyone time to enter up to and through my birthday!  I will announce the winner sometime during the day on November 1st, using random.org.
**This Giveaway Has Ended**

Yard Sale Find & Fix Up

First off let me just say that I spent most of yesterday giving myself a headache and heart burn.  For almost a year I've been using Windows Live Writer to draft my blog posts and it has been wonderful.  Recently when I've clicked on it, it comes up with a box that there is a "Newer Version".  Saturday I decided to just get it already to stop the box from coming up and instead of getting the "newer version" I now have no version of Live Writer!   It wouldn't be so bad except that I had three blog posts drafted in there and now have no way to get them!  I've got the hubster on it, but meanwhile I'm trying something to circumvent the issue and at least get my drafts.  Until then, this post is being drafted in Blogger.

In addition to the headache and heart burn, I went to a yard sale on Saturday morning.  I don't normally do yard sales, but I went to this one because it was actually being held to raise money for a young man that my son knows from work that has cancer.  Apparently, he had been in remission and now it is back.  Added to that, his mother died last year.    A very sad situation so I wanted to go and give what I could.  I wound up purchasing two items and put the rest of the money I had brought with me toward raffle tickets they also had.  One of the things I got was this witch's shoe.

And this clock, the style of which I've seen be reinvented into a cloche.  The base on this is ceramic.

It took a coat of Rustoleum's Universal Oil Rubbed Bronze very well.  I then used a piece of scrapbook paper to cover up the bottom and the three holes left behind from the clock's mechanics.

I have saved this picture because I thought it would be great to do a vignette like this under it.

But as it is getting closer to Halloween and my daughter hates spiders anyway, I decided to just stick an extra nest and egg under it for now.  {BTW, the bird plaque/print behind it is for sale in my boutique}.

Linking up to

It's So Very Creative at It's So Very Cheri

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps On The Porch

Frugalicious Friday at Finding Fabulous

Weekend Wrap Up at Tatertots and Jello

~ Special Birthday Giveaway ~

**This Giveaway has ended.**

Almost 200 posts, 200 followers this week, and a birthday! What does this mean to you? Why, a special giveaway, of course! Today is my birthday! Yes, a "Halloween baby" as everyone says to me.

To celebrate my birthday I purchased some gifts for YOU! I hope you will like them. I also thought this would be a good opportunity to thank everyone who has followed me and my little blog {thank you!}.

So, I'll bet you want to know what you're getting.

Here it is! It's a bunch of stuff actually. You have:

1. This very popular and antique-y looking 2010 desk calendar ~ it's quite pretty.

2. Where Women Create by Jo Packham. This book is filled with eye candy like you wouldn't believe.

3. Nell Hill's Feather Your Nest ~ It's All In The Details by Mary Carol Garrity. This is one to drool over.

4. Two spools of ribbon ~ one of which says "Naughty But Nice".

5. A Holiday pen.

6. Two packages of Christmasy embellishments.

7. A little holiday bucket, and

8. A holiday stamp.

Here's a close-up of the books.

To enter all you have to do is leave me a comment ~ that's it. Nice and simple.

This giveaway will run through Wednesday, November 4th.

Hooked On White Slipcovers

I'm participating in Hooked on Fridays again this week over at Julia's Hooked on Houses blog. This time it is something else I've become hooked on, but only in the past few months. I have been lucky enough to come across bloggers that share my decorating taste and I have been seeing a lot of white slipcovered chairs and sofas.


This is the sofa that I have in my living room. {Don't look at the picture over the sofa ~ it is too small but I needed something there and I grabbed it out of my dining room}.








It is so comfy and well made; I love this sofa.








I am not loving the color and pattern so much anymore. I am planning on having a white {washable} slipcover made for it.






So, I've been saving some inspiration pictures.

Country Living

Ellen Kennon

Pottery Barn

Mitchell Gold

Cote de Texas

Coastal Living

Coastal Living

Coastal Living

It also seems that every magazine I've been looking at recently has a lot of white slipcovered chairs and sofas ~ either that or I'm just noticing them more. Do you have a white slipcover? Do you love it or are you sorry you got it?

Be sure to check back on Sunday when we will be offering a giveaway! This giveaway will be running all next week so you'll have plenty of time to enter!

~ July Is Giveaway Month! ~

That's right, July is giveaway month here on the Creative Home Expressions blog! I'm pleased to let you know that I have 3 confirmed giveaway items - 3 - confirmed! I'm very excited and all three items are very different.

Starting next week, I will post the first one. Make sure you check back with our blog to enter and check out the first giveaway for July!

Don't Forget ~ Blog Giveaway Starts Monday!

Write yourself a note, tie a string on your finger, but whatever you do - don't forget that Monday, June 15th, we will be unveiling our blog giveaway!

I love our giveaway item because it's whimsical, functional and works so well for Summer (which officially starts on Sunday, June 21st)!

The rules and the giveaway item will be revealed on Monday, so make sure you check back then!