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100 Followers Giveaway: FREE logo or blog button

By: Stephanie6 Comments

First of all, you guys are awesome!

I’m so excited to have reached 100 followers! (and 123 subscribers according to Feedburner) Thank you so much for sticking with me.

I have a great treat for you today, too.

The owner of Penned Web Design, who also happens to be my husband, has agreed to offer a free logo design or blog button to one of my followers!

Yep, Eddie will design you a logo for free if you win and we can put it on a customized blog button for you too if you have a blog.

If you don’t have a blog maybe you know a small business owner who could use a new logo or you want a great design to put on t-shirts or hats for a school function. It’s a really versatile prize. Professional logo design can be expensive, so I’m really excited about the opportunity to support your blog or small business in the same way that you have supported my blog. Plus, since all the work is done over the computer and there are no shipping costs involved, this giveaway is open to anyone, regardless of the country where you live. (I know a few of my Aussie ladies will be happy about that.)

Obviously, my own blog design is a testimony to his work, but you can see more of his professional portfolio here.

This is the example of the logo/blog button he created for me.

Binkies and Briefcases Button

To enter this giveaway you must be a follower of Binkies and Briefcases. (UPDATE: Yes, being a subscriber to my feed is fine.)

You also must leave your email address in your comment so that I have a way to get in touch with you if you win.

To enter, just leave a comment telling me you are a follower and maybe what visions you have already for your logo.

For a second entry, blog about this giveaway or mention it on Facebook, then come back and leave a second comment telling me you did so.

This giveaway will be open for one week. The winner will be chosen via Random Number Generator on April 28th.

I’m linking this giveaway to the directory at Someday Crafts


More Gardening Tips

By: Stephanie2 Comments

Planter Gardening Hack

This one comes courtesy of my Aunt Charlotte, who is a much, much better gardener than I can ever hope to be.

Instead of filling the bottom of large planters with rocks to help with drainage, you can fill them with crushed soda or beer cans. It’s a great way to reuse the cans and it makes the container much lighter and easier to move around. Make sure to place all the cans face down so that the holes in the top of the cans won’t fill with water.

Then just fill it with soil and plant as you normally would.

We also started a compost bin over the weekend. I’ve wanted one for a while because for the past two years we’ve just had a big, stinky pile of compost on the side of our house, but have you priced compost bins? Those suckers are expensive.

Luckily (I guess) one of our plastic trash cans was damaged pretty severely in a wind storm recently. So Eddie cut off the bottom of the trash can with a razor knife and-ta-da-free compost bin. It’s going to be a pain in the butt to turn the pile every few months, but that’s ok. It’s better than paying $500 bucks for a fancier one. (Plus I’m probably not the one who will be turning it.)

Easy Easter Crafts for Kids: Resurrection Eggs

By: Stephanie1 Comment

Resurrection Eggs

These are not an original idea of mine, but they are really cool, so I thought I’d share.

We made these Resurrection Eggs as a craft in our mom’s group at church this year. It is an easy Easter craft for kids.

I love that instead of being filled with candy (which there will still be plenty of, I’m sure) they give the Easter egg hunt a much greater purpose and they can be reused every year.

Make some Resurrection Eggs with your child to reuse year after year

There are 1 dozen plastic eggs placed in a carton. Each egg is filled with a small item that represents a part of the Easter story and each egg has a corresponding verse. Hide the eggs and have a regular Easter egg hunt, then put them back in order and read the verses as you open them.

Resurrection Eggs are a great Easter tradition

There are several different versions available, but this is the one we used:

1: Palm branch to represent Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-9)
2. Silver coins to represent Judas accepting 30 coins (Matthew 26:14-16)
3. Cup to represent the Last Supper (Matthew 26:26-28)
4. Praying hands to represent Jesus in the garden (Mark 14)
5. Whip to represent the soldiers whipping Jesus (John 19)
6. Crown of thorns (we used a brown pipe cleaner) (Matthew 27)
7. Cross (we hot glued two small sticks together) (John 19: 16-18)
8. Dice to represent the guards casting lots for Jesus’ robes (John 19:26)
9. Soldier’s spear (John 19: 31-37)
10. A piece of linen to represent Jesus’ body being wrapped (Matthew 27:57)
11. A stone to represent the stone placed in front of the tomb (Matthew 28)
12. The last egg is left empty to represent the empty tomb (Matthew 28:5-8)

You can get creative & use household items to fill the eggs, like a shoestring to represent the whip, or you could just print out clip art images and laminate them.

Resurrection Easter Eggs

We try to stress that Easter is not all about bunnies and chocolate. How to do keep the true meaning of Easter the focus for your family? Do you have any other ideas for easy Easter crafts for kids?

 

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