And The Winner Is....

Jane!

Jane said...
My sister and I had these little accordian albums made for our parents with pictures of their grandkids inside so they can have them with them always.

Please email mommydiariesadmin@gmail.com by 2pm Saturday so that we can get it shipped to you in time for Christmas!

Thanks to everyone who entered this giveaway...it was so fun to see the special gifts you are giving this Christmas!

Final Christmas Giveaway: 4 Laura Numeroff Books!

Our final giveaway for 2009 has arrived and you won't want to miss out on having these books under the tree for your little ones! If you're like us...a new book is as much fun for the child as it is for the parent (and 4 new books is even better!) The "if you give....books" are for ages 3-7 years old and are fun to read over and over again! Kids also love the illustrations by Felicia Bond!

To enter this giveaway just leave a comment and answer this question:

What is the best gift you are giving this year? Is it what your kids (or husband) have been begging you for? Is it homemade? Is it a service?

This giveaway ends Friday, December 18th at 11:59pm (eastern time) and in order to get the 4 books to you in time for Christmas we need the winner to email mommydiariesadmin@gmail.com with an address by Saturday, December 19th at 2pm.

Looking for extra entries? Here are some things you can do:

• 1 extra entry for being or becoming a follower (over there on the left!).
  
• 1 extra entry for adding our button to your blog.
  
• 1 extra entry for blogging about the giveaway or putting it on your facebook status.
  
  If you do any of these things (or already have) please remind us in your comment and we'll be sure to give you your bonus entries!
  

Thanks for being a part of Mommy Diaries and Merry Christmas!

Christmas Giveaway #2 Sweet Jane's Hair Clips

Are you ready for our Christmas giveaway #2? Wouldn't these clips make the perfect stocking stuffer or gift for a sweet little girl?

These adorable clips (and many many more) are made by Sweet Jane and can be found and purchased on her blog here:

And she has agreed to give away 2 clips of your choice to one of our lucky readers! Here's what you have to do to enter!
First go over to her blog and check it out! Then come back and leave a comment here telling us what your favorite clip is!
Giveaway ends Sun, December 13th at 11:59pm (mountain time).
Winner will be chosen using random.org and posted Monday morning.
If you are a winner email sweetjanebows@yahoo.com within 24 hours with your clip choice (you get to pick 2 clips from the ones she currently has on sell on her site) and the address where you want them sent.

To get extra entries do any of the following:

• become a follower of Sweet Jane's blog
• add Sweet Jane's button to your blog
• become a follower of Mommy Diaries
• blog about this giveaway or post it on facebook
• make a purchase on Sweet Jane's blog during the giveaway (3 extra entries!)

Make sure you let us know which of the above you did! And if you are already a follower of Sweet Jane or Mommy Diaries or you already have a button just let us know!
** We prefer that you only leave one comment including all your extra entries, but if you do leave more than one because you're switching between blogs or forgot to mention something, that's ok. We figure it all out in the end! :)

Good luck and remember to check again next week for our last Christmas giveaway!

And The Winner Is....

Chalece!

Chalece said:

I have never been so excited about Christmas as I am this year. I love being a parent! I am planning so many fun Christmas-themed activities for my family, and I am so excited to see Brielle's face on Christmas morning. So, my favorite thing about Christmas this year is Brielle. I am a follower. I have your button on my blog. I blogged about the giveaway!Thanks, you girls are great.

Email Mommydiariesadmin@gmail.com to claim your prize within 24 hours!

Thanks to all who entered...stay tuned for Christmas Giveaway #2 coming soon!!!

Halloween Giveaway!!!

It's definitely time for another giveaway! I've decided you can never have enough fun decorations! And since Halloween is just around the corner here are some fun things to jazz up your home!

Here is what the lucky winner will get!

Cute wooden Halloween wreath decoration

Candy Corn Candle, Ghost Decoration, and Lighted Pumpkin!
All together in a cute Halloween candy bowl!

**each prize is brand new and never used

Here are the rules:

• Anyone can enter! Just leave a comment telling us what your family does on Halloween!
• Only ONE comment per person.
• Giveaway will end Monday Oct. 19th at 11:59pm (mountain time).
• Winner will be chosen using random.org and posted Tuesday morning.
• If you are a winner email MommyDiariesAdmin@gmail.com within 24 hours and tell us where you want your prize sent!
  

Want some extra entries? Here are some things you can do:

• 1 extra entry for becoming a follower (over there on the left!). If you already are then you automatically have an extra entry!
• 1 extra entry for adding our button to your blog. If you already have one just remind us in your comment.
  
• And 1 more extra entry for blogging about the giveaway.
• If you do any of these things let us know in your 1st comment and we'll figure in all the extra entries at the end.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

500th Post GIVEAWAY

Guess what MD readers! We have reached 500 posts!! We had no idea when we started this blog that it would grow beyond our little Minnesota group of friends. And it's so exciting to see that we now have several authors and readers that are spread all over the US! So what better way to celebrate 500 posts than with a GIVEAWAY??

Winner(s) can choose from any of the following prizes!

1. ONE of these fun kitchen items: Crinkle Cutter, Mango Cutter, or Ice Cream Scoop.

OR

2. One bracelet and one pair of earrings OR two pairs of earrings from the following:

OR

3. Our very own super crafty Kara's handmade purse and matching pouch:

**each prize is brand new and never used

Here are the rules:

• Anyone can enter! Just leave a comment telling us what your favorite thing about Mommy Diaries is, and/or what you would like to see more of!
• Only ONE comment per person, additional comments will be deleted.
• Giveaway will end Saturday June 13th at 11:59pm (central time).
• Winner will be chosen using random.org and posted Sunday morning.
• If you are a winner email MommyDiariesAdmin@gmail.com within 24 hours and tell us your prize choice! (Prizes are first come first serve)
• For every 50 comments we will add another winner!! So spread the word!

Want some extra entries? Here are some things you can do:

• 1 extra entry for becoming a follower (over there on the left!). If you already are then you automatically have an extra entry!
• 1 extra entry for adding our button to your blog. If you already have one just remind us in your comment.
  
• And 1 more extra entry for blogging about the giveaway.
• If you do any of these things DON'T leave an additional comment. But make sure you let us know in your 1st comment and we'll figure in all the extra entries at the end. (If you forget to mention any of these things or you do them after your first comment has already been posted, don't worry! Go ahead and leave another comment and we'll record your extra entries and then delete it.)

WINNERS!

Congratulations to our two randomly picked winners- Kimberly and Dev! Email mommydiariesadmin@gmail.com today with your mailing address! We're thankful to all of you for your heartwarming comments about the moms you love.

Kimberly said...
I think the Mother in law situation can be difficult. As hard as that relationship can be to build there is a joy in getting close enough to learn from the person who raised your spouse. I'm grateful for my mother in law. She puts people first every time, a skill I am constantly trying to emulate.I also am a follower with a button.

Dev said...
My mother is very special to me. She has dedicated her life to her children and made numerous sacrifices to make sure we are happy and have everything that we need and want. She is a wonderful grandmother and a fantastic example.

GIVEAWAY: Family Fun Magazine (x 2!)

Dear Mommies,
To celebrate you this Mother's Day we are giving away TWO 1-year subscriptions to our favorite Family Fun magazine! Family Fun is stocked full of great ideas for families. We know you will love it all year long! (If you already have a subscription this one can roll over to start when yours ends.) It's our way of saying "Thanks for being the wonderful moms that you are! And thanks for stopping in to read our Mommy Diaries!"

To enter our giveaway simply leave a comment and

answer the following question:

Who is a special "mom" to you and why?

The giveaway will end at 8am EDT on Wednesday, April 29th and we will announce the winners that morning. If you're a winner you have 24 hours to email mommydiariesadmin@gmail.com with your mailing address. If we don't hear from you we'll pick another winner.

***As always, we'll give you up to three extra entries for being or becoming a follower, posting about the giveaway on your blog, or adding our button to your blog...just make a note of it in your comment.

And the winners are.......

Ok we have our 2 winners!!!

Here is what random.org had to say:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

33 47

Kiera said...

hm... it was always a big family dinner and an easter Egg hunt, with a basket and a movie on the resurrection, since I got married we added another family dinner, that's basically it, now that we have a baby we will have to think of how we wanna celebrate in the future, this year will probably still be spent with both of our families:),..I posted about the giveaway and have a button:) put me down for more!

and

cbracken said...

So fun - love the find it bags!  I'm now a follower!

Congrats to Kiera and cbracken!! Email MommyDiariesAdmin@gmail.com and let us know which prize you want!! First come, first serve!
Thanks to everyone who entered! We love reading your comments!! We'll have to have the I Spy bags in a future giveaway since they seemed to be commented about a lot.

Happy Easter!!!

Easter GIVEAWAY!!!

It's almost Easter which means that it's time for another giveaway!! What are you playing for this time? Winner(s) can pick one of these choices:

1 I Spy bag. You can choose from any of these shapes: dinosaur, fish, train, butterfly, heart, or flower. And you can pick from the colors above.

Or

This necklace/key holder

Or

This Placemat Purse

Or

3 of the above items: flower clips, headbands (pink-child size, black-adult size), and child's belt.

**each prize is brand new and never used

Here are the rules:

• Anyone can enter! Just leave a comment telling us how you celebrate Easter!
• Only ONE comment per person, additional comments will be deleted.
• Giveaway will end Sunday April 5th at 11:59pm (central time).
• Winner will be chosen using random.org and posted Monday morning.
• If you are a winner email MommyDiariesAdmin@gmail.com within 24 hours and tell us your prize choice!
• For every 50 comments we will add another winner!! So spread the word!

Want some extra entries? Here are some things you can do:

• 1 extra entry for becoming a follower (over there on the left!). If you already are then you automatically have an extra entry!
• 1 extra entry for adding our button to your blog. If you already have one just remind us in your comment.
  
• And 1 more extra entry for blogging about the giveaway.
• If you do any of these things DON'T leave an additional comment. But make sure you let us know in your 1st comment and we'll figure in all the extra entries at the end. (If you forget to mention any of these things or you do them after your first comment has already been posted, no worries!! You can leave another comment and we'll record your extra entries and then delete it.)
  

And if we get over 100 comments we'll add in a bonus choice:

Brand new Twilight DVD

Ready?? GO! Good luck!

Winners!

Well we barely got over 50 comments so that means 2 winners!! 

And after consulting random.org the winners are...........................

Comment #11

Calise-
Valentine's day is also my husbands birthday, so we are celebrating at a cabin with his family!!
We are excited to get away, and to have a lot of fun playing rockband (what he is getting for his big day!)

and

Comment #40

Justin and Jess-
Last year on Valentines day Justin and I actually saw P.S. I love you, good movie! I don't know what we are doing yet. Justin has not yet informed me. But I am sure that it will be a romantic few days for us since our 2 year anniversary is 3 days later on the 17th. I love those few days o' love for us!

Congrats Calise and Jess!  Email MommyDiariesAdmin@gmail.com and let us know if you want the necklace/earrings or the dvd!  First person to email gets the first choice.

It was fun reading what everyone's Valentine's plans were!  We hope you all had a great holiday!!

Valentine's GIVEAWAY

***CLOSED***

It's almost Valentine's Day! We thought we would celebrate by giving a little something sweet away! So here's what your playing for:

This handmade Red and White Necklace and Earrings OR this PS I Love You DVD. Both are brand new. Here are the rules:

• Only one entry per person. To enter just leave a comment telling us what you are doing for Valentine's this year.
• If you are/become a "follower" of this blog you automatically get an extra entry.
  
• Giveaway ends Saturday night, Feb 14th (Valentine's Day) at midnight (central time).
• Winner will be announced the next morning using Random.org. Make sure you check Sunday morning to see if you've won!
• If you win email us at MommyDiariesAdmin@gmail.com within 24 hours to claim your prize.
• If we get over 50 comments we'll pick 2 winners, so spread the word!

Good Luck! And Happy Valentine's Day!

And the winners are...

Thanks to everyone for sharing how they make Christmas special! We LOVED reading all of your Christmas traditions...it was so hard not to comment in response! Thanks for the great ideas!

And now what you've all been waiting for!! We used our new best friend random.org to help select our winners and here is what she said...

10-Steeves Family said...
Traditions -- Some of my earliest memories is of the 8th floor exhibit. I remember Mom and Dad taking us there every year, seeing Santa and then Dad would buy us Gingerbread cookies at the end. I don't think I have missed a year, even on college break or coming home for the holidays - we would always make a trip downtown to the 8th floor. Mom and Dad have carried this tradition on with my kids. This year we went to the 8th floor with Grandpa, saw Santa and had our gingerbread cookies It was a nice day, but we all missed having Grandma there

61-rdittli said...
Growing up the best part about Christmas was planning presents to make for everyone. Also, we acted out Luke 2 with costumes on Christmas Eve. For our relatively new family, the only consistent tradition so far is that at Christmas we have more family around. We've gone somewhere or had visitors every Christmas. I love the ideas I've read here! Maybe next year I'll report on which ones I successfully added to our holiday tradition. :)

You have 24 hours to claim your prize(s)...you may choose up to 3 prizes!! Be sure to email MommyDiariesAdmin@gmail.com by 7am Sunday December 14th to select your prizes (with a few back up ideas in case the other winner beat you to the punch.) If we don't hear from you by then we'll select a new winner. We'll mail them to you before Christmas so you have some fun stocking stuffers!

Thanks again for participating!!

Love,

The Mommies

Pick Your Prize GIVEAWAY

Hey there Mommy Bloggers! With Christmas coming up in just 17 days we thought it was the perfect time to do our very first GIVEAWAY!!! We've actually been planning this for a while but couldn't quite come up with something that would be cool enough for a prize. So instead of doing just one prize we decided to combine our talents (and an assortment of other fun things) and do a "pick your prize" giveaway!!! So here's how it will work:

• Just leave a comment to enter the contest. We don't care who you are, an author, a reader, or a complete stranger. But be sure to tell your friends because the more comments the more winners!
• In your comment answer this question (any simple answer will do, we are not picking the winner based on your answers): How do you make Christmas special for your kids/family?
• Only ONE entry per person. If you leave more than one comment we will delete them.
• The winner will get to pick their prize(s) from the items below.
• Every 50 comments we will choose an additional winner. Each winner may choose three prizes.
• However if we somehow do get more than 300 comments we will stay with only 6 winners. You can still enter the contest after 300 comments have been left but only 6 from the total number of comments will be chosen.
• Giveaway ends on Friday (Dec 12th) at MIDNIGHT (central standard time). Winners will be selected randomly using random.org and announced the next morning.
• If you are one of the winners email MommyDiariesAdmin@gmail.com to claim your prizes. If we do not receive an email from you within 24 hours we will pick another lucky winner. So make sure you check on Saturday morning!
• Prizes will be given on a first come first serve basis so when you email you might want to give a couple "back up" choices in case another winner emails before you.

So... let's show you what you're playing for!!
Each winner picks 3 of these:
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Handmade placemat purse- this is just an example of the style, the purse won't look exactly like this.









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2 little girl corker bows






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Handmade purple little girl bracelet












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The Lake House dvd*












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Baby bibs*








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Snugly sleeper 0-9 months*












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Fun book for your little ones*













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Set of 6 handmade greeting cards










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Toy firetruck*










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Handmade bow sewn fleece baby blanket in either pink or blue













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Festive Fourth of July shoes infant size 3*













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Little girl skirt 6-9 months*










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Handmade Earrings










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Handmade Earrings













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Handmade earrings













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2 handmade felt flower clips for mommies (you pick the colors)
-yes... I said mommies... these are all the rage here. Most people wear them next to the rubber band of a pony tail.











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2 handmade felt flower clips for girls (you pick the colors)











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Girl outfit 24 months*













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Eye shadow and lip gloss/blush combo*









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Twirly skirt made from this fabric. You pick the size (little girl sizes only)












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I should mention that the jewelry and flower clips were all ideas inspired by Kara.

*Everything that is not made by us is brand new and never used and still has tags or plastic wrap.


GOOD LUCK!