Stuff the Stockings Giveaway!

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Welcome to the Stuff The Stockings Giveaway!

We are so excited to present you with an incredible giveaway today! I've teamed up with fourteen other bloggers and some fabulous sponsors to give you the chance to win one of TWELVE amazing prize packages to help stuff your stockings this Holiday season.    Check out all the prizes you could win!

• $100 Prize box assortment from The Plaid Barn
• Two sets each that include10 rolls of Washi Tape and 25 Gift Tags from Downtown Tape
• $50 Gift Certificate to The TomKat Studio
• $50 credit to Lucy Lockets
• $50 Prize Pack from Bloom Designs
• $50 Shop Credit to Sutton Place Designs
• Three each Stencils up to $50 value from Cutting Edge Stencils
• Accessories eDesign Package (valued at $150) from Amber B Interiors
• "In This Home" wall vinyl from Wallquotes.com ($42 value)
• Assorted chalkboard vinyl labels pack ($52 value) from Mom 4 Real
• $150 gift card to Mirror Mate
• $50 credit to A Step in the Journey
• Three each Fish Foam Prize Packs worth $50
• $50 disney prize pack from Main Street Memories
• Allume Swag Package worth $50 courtesy of A Nest for All Seasons
• Personalized Wax Seal Necklace from Designs by Tahra ($50 value)
• Stencil up to $50 value from Cutting Edge Stencils
• Beadboard Christmas Tree from Southern Accents Architectural Antiques ($50 value)
• 22 can Krylon Spray Paint Assortment (approximately $110 value)
• Simply Ornamental Curved Christmas Tree ($45 value)
• 6 pack of Upholstery Spray Paint from Spray It New
• Custom Social Icon Design with Installation from This Bold Girl ($120 value)
• $50 paint proze pack from Plaid Paints
• $50 credit to The Spotted Zebra
• $75 Prize pack from Pick Your Plum
• Custom Stamp and Peel and Stick pack from PSA Essentials
• $100 Gift Card to The Pants Store
• $50 Duck Tape Prize Basket
• Assorted Vintage Tea Towels by Setting for Four
• $100 Gift Card to Kirkland's

To increase your chances of winning, we've broken the prizes up into twelve separate prize packages valued at approximately $150.00 to $200.00 each. Click the image to unwrap all the prize packages:





To be entered into the giveaway, be sure to "like" all of the facebook pages below and be sure to enter the rafflecopter to have your entries counted.





Thanks for liking us! Now head to the Rafflecopter and let us know that you've completed this task. Your entry will qualify you to win one of 12 great prize packages. Since there are twelve prize packs and we will choose twelve lucky winners! The giveaway will open Monday, November 19th and we will announce the winners on Cyber Monday, November 26th.

Good luck everyone!



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This giveaway is hosted by:

The Happier Homemaker    Nellie Bellie    Unskinny Boppy     A Nest for all Seasons     Domestic Imperfection     A Step in the Journey     View Along the Way    LiveLoveDIY     Ginger Snap Crafts    Mom 4 Real     A Pumpkin and a Princess     Lucy's Inspired     The Bold Abode     Shaken Together    Setting For Four



Good luck everyone!!








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Allume Swag Prize Pack (...and a WHOLE lot more!)

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If you couldn't make it to allume, but wanted a little piece of the action,  this giveaway is for YOU!
As part of the 'Stuff Your Stockings Giveaway', this allume pack has some of my favorites from the swag bags along with a little extra from my allume sponsor - Tick Tock.  That is them up there on top - see those cute potty training charts?  You'll get 5 of them when you win the prizes below...


Bittersweet by Shauna Niequiest Everything by Mary Demuth A beautiful necklace from the Vintage Pearl
...and...
The most adorable flower pin from the Pleated Poppy 

...and oh yes -- THIS prize pack is 1/3 of ONE prize pack out of TWELVE you could win!  Seriously!  It is over $2,000 in prizes, split between 12 lucky winners!  You have from now until Cyber Monday to enter.  I want a Nest reader to WIN (at least 1!!) so go enter right now sweeties!

GO NOW -- ENTER TO WIN!

FREE ebook!!! The Blogger's Holiday Heirloom Recipe Collection

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Today we are celebrating all the food and family recipes that have come before.We are sharing the best of the best recipes our family recipe boxes have to offers - the true "heirlooms" if you will!


Does your mom make the best corn casserole (mine does!!) or does Aunt Jamie make the most fabulous pie you've ever tasted?   My mom makes the BEST sweet tea!

Find the recipe for my mom's favorite sweet tea and many more heirloom recipes in thie FREE ebook! 

Simply click the image below to download the FREE ebook or click the SECOND photo to open the book magazine style!

Did you appreciate the free ebook?  We'd really appreciate it if you'd follow along with us on pinterest as we source new recipes and creative ideas!  Just click on each name below to follow along! A Nest for All Seasons | The Bold Abode | The Happier Homemaker | Ginger Snap Crafts | Unskinny Boppy |  Setting for Four | A View Along the Way | The Creek Line House | Shaken Together

Troubleshooting DIY Snowglobes | DAY 5 Made by Hand

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Everyone's been making them. They are all over the place. They aren't original.
No really -- just check out what happens when you type "DIY Snowglobes" into pinterest.  Told ya.
...but as unoriginal as they are, they are still FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!


Most of the time, I shy away from projects like this that everyone and their mother are doing, but once in awhile, one captures my imagination and I remember that truly there is nothing new under the sun, so why not join the happy train once in awhile and do something unoriginal?!?  You with me!?  All right -- let's go!


So today, instead of giving you a full on tutorial -- I'm going to give you some tricks I've learned creating these snowglobes, for they can DEFINITELY end up being a PIN-FAIL.  Seriously.

So here goes!

1. The first mistake I made was not dunking the trees before using them.  SOAK the trees at least 24 hours to get rid of some of the dye.  Otherwise the water in the snowglobe will turn GREEN.  PIN-FAIL. 

2. Hot glue the trees to the little can lids at least 24 hours AFTER soaking and 24 hours BEFORE adding the trees to water again.  They must be dry completely or else they will FALL OFF in the snowglobe.  PIN-FAIL.

3.  Add various kinds of glue and glitter - not just 1!  Wax snow is beautiful and flaky, but it floats too well.  Glitter is beautiful and sparkly, but it sinks too well.   True Snow is great for brushing on snow detail to the trees, but does nothing for the water around it.  A drop of glycerin helps the magical snow falling.  Avoid a PIN-FAIL and use ALL these ingredients for a beautiful looking snow globe.  Otherwise?  PIN-FAIL

4. Hot glue a little bit of the wax snow to the bottom of the lid.  Otherwise, it floats and you can see ugly can bottom in the snowglobe.  Simply lay down a layer of glue (when the lid is DRY) and sprinkle snow over it.  I did all of this outside, otherwise it could be a definite PIN-FAIL.


5.  Once the lids are completely dry, fill the jar way way way to the top with water.  (Leaving any gap at the top looks silly!)  Dunk the lid onto the jar and slowly turn shot.  It will drip -- that is ok.  Turn the whole thing upside down and you are almost done!
6. Leave the jars as is and they look like mason jars with trees and snow in them.  Give them a few more minutes of care and they look a LOT more intentional.  I added a base of burlap to cover up the silver can lids.  I simply cut a strip of burlap, frayed the top and attached them with a dot of glue and a cinch of baker's twine.

How do you fray burlap?

Simple.  Just pull 1-4 strings off the top of the fabric and it will fray nicely.  Don't pull off too many strings, or again, everyone say it out loud, YOU WILL HAVE A PIN FAIL.

...and there you go!  Drifty beautiful snow in a classic mason jar -- perfect!



For those of you that asked for the supply source -- here you go!


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Did you miss a day in the series?  No biggie!  Just click on the photos below!


DAY 1 | Microwave Soaps              DAY 2 | Fern Canvases           DAY 3 | Crafty Jars           DAY 4 | Luminaries          DAY 5 | DIY Snowglobe tips