Cool Story and a Tiffany's Ring Giveaway

Cool story.

Since I started my blog a year and a half ago,

I have had a handful of readers who have been around since the early days.

Frequent and heartfelt commenters,

who manage to always brighten my day.

Every day I recognize the names on the comments

that come in on my phone from each of these gal's,

and I smile,

looking forward to what words of wisdom

or funny story they may have to share.

Whether they know it or not,

these girls have become a part of my little blog family.

They have given me comfort when I've made myself vulnerable,

made me laugh when I needed it most,

given me encouragement,

inspired me to do what I love,

and they remind me daily

why being true to yourself matters most.

One girl in particular,

Nicole of Miss Mommy,

has quickly become one of my favorites.

And just the other day,

she emailed me with an opportunity for y'all

that made me squeal with excitement.

You know that Tiffany's heart ring I wear ALL.THE.TIME...

the ring seen in nearly every picture I take {see 1st photo in this post}...

the ring that Tiffany's discontinued...

Well I found it online at another retailer a while back,

and Nicole bought it.

Not sure if its legit,

but it sure is stinkin cute and it looks just like mine.

Well Nicole, in all her awesomeness, got an extra ring,

and today she wants to give it away to one of YOU!

Because she's just super rad like that.

Exciting stuff!

Seriously, this ring is the apple of my eye.



This is Nicole.

Say, thanks Nicole for being as fabulous as can be.

Here's how you enter to WIN:

{please leave a separate comment for each entry you complete}

1. Follow Nicole's Blog, Miss Mommy, and leave a comment that you stopped by from LMM.

2. Like Miss Mommy on facebook and leave a comment on her wall that you stopped by from LMM.

3. Follow LMM.

4. Facebook, blog, and/or tweet about this giveaway and leave a link.

A winner will be selected on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011.

Good Luck!

$50 Giveaway to the Little Miss Momma Shop

You don't want to miss this one!

Head over to Babies.com for your chance to WIN $50 to

the Little Miss Momma Etsy shop!

GroopDealz Giveaway: $50 to Target

I'm a sucker for a good deal.

No surprise, I'm sure.

So naturally, I obsessively check GroopDealz about a dozen times a week.

For those who don't know,

GroopDealz features super fab products, for a short period of time at a

HUGE discount.

Here are some of their amazing past dealz, at rock bottom prices:

And some of the dealz going on right now:

As if that wasn't enough, today Groop Dealz is giving one lucky winner a

$50 giftcard

to my favorite place on Earth: Target!!!

Just think of all the cute shoes you can get with that gift card...

Enter to WIN:

{please leave a separate comment for each entry completed}

1. Sign up for notifications of the latest fab deals on the Groop Dealz site.

2. Like Groop Dealz on facebook and leave a comment on their wall that you stopped by from LMM.

3. Follow Groop Dealz on Twitter.

4. Blog, facebook and/or tweet about this giveaway and leave a link {up to 3 entries}.

The WINNER will be announced on Wednesday July 13, 2011.

HAPPY BARGAIN SHOPPING!

Lisa Leonard Giveaway: TWO WINNERS

Lisa Leonard Designs Giveaway

{and a few anecdotes}

You know that dinner party I went to the other night?

I don't know if I told you, but I only knew a couple of the ladies that would be there. So I was a tiny bit nervous about the whole get to know you portion of the evening.  But...as it turns out, I had the perfect ice breaker. The first gal I met had on this SUPER adorable necklace that I recognized immediately--it was a Lisa Leonard design, of course.

Well, I didn't want to be that girl, who says, ya know, I'm kinda friends with Lisa, which sorta makes me a big deal. So I bit my tongue and just told her I adored her necklace and even showed her the LL beauties I was sportin that evening (my Rain or Shine necklace, and my Devoted bracelet}.

Yep, that's the whole story. Riveting, I know.

On another note...

The hubs and my five year anniversary is coming up on July 14th. Five going on fifty years--and I mean that in the best possible way.  You know when you love someone so much, you don't even remember what life was like before them? Well that's how the last five years have been with my Benny Boo-kins {no I don't really call him that, I just wanted to make you gag a little}.

Well, my new, precious, adorable, dainty Lisa Leonard bracelet is the perfect token to celebrate our devotion to each other.

This pewter heart beauty is also adorning a newly painted desk in my almost finished craft room {which I will show y'all very soon}.  Is that heart timeless, or what!

So, I'm sorta addicted to LL now. Like, I find myself scanning through her shop at random times each day, multiple times a day.  I even have a wish list.  And when the new summer line came out, my wish list got even longer.  Check out these new cuties:

And some of my long time favorites:

***THE GIVEAWAY***

Lisa Leonard Designs is giving away

a Devoted Bracelet {just like mine}

to TWO lucky WINNERS!!!!

Can I get a Whoop Whoop?!

Here's How You Enter To WIN:

{Please leave a separate comment for each entry you complete}

1. Visit the Lisa Leonard shop and leave a comment with your favorite goodies.

2. Like Lisa Leonard on facebook and leave a comment on her wall that you stopped by from LMM.

3. Follow the Little Miss Momma blog.

4. Visit Lisa's blog and leave a comment that you stopped by from LMM.

5. Facebook, tweet and/or blog about this giveaway and leave a link. {up to 3 entries available}

GOOD LUCK!

Winner will be announced on July 3rd, 2011.

Mommy's Little Monster {giveaway and discount}

Mommy's Little Monster

 This Little Monster gives Mommy a kiss before he is about to do something bad.

This Little Monster regurgitates his food to let Mommy know he is done eating a meal.

This Little Monster thinks all of Mommy's cooking utensils are his toys,

rips books that have real pages,

points to Mommy's zits and says Ouchy {in public},

and dumps out all the toy buckets

just seconds after Mommy has finished picking them up.

But being a Little Monster means more than getting into trouble.

Little Monsters are curious and inquisitive,

interested and intrigued,

sensitive and compassionate,

love learning and creating

and they have a belly laugh that will make

even the grouchiest person smile from ear to ear.

Little Monsters have wild hair that Mommy's love to ruffle with their fingers,

they furrow their brows when they focus,

and if you are lucky enough to catch them just after a nap,

they will nestle their cheek into the warmest part of your neck

and sit still for nearly 15 minutes--and those will be the most sacred 15 minutes of your day.

Today, I want to give a big thank you to Megan and Gregg, of Mod Tots,

for the most adorable reminder of this "stage" in Baby W's life.

Gregg and Megan are the husband/wife owners of Modern Bird Studios, who gave me my very first and most favorite piece of real artwork. 

And they recently launched a second super fab business designed for kiddos--Mod Tots. 

Each of these designs is HAND PAINTED!

Animals, robots, monsters, dinosaurs, pastries and more.

These designs are Adorable with a capital A.

You pick the character and then pick

your favorite background color to match your decor.

You want a dozen of them don't you?

Yeah, me too.

Today, Mod Tot's will be giving away a whopping

$100 gift certificate

to one lucky LMM reader.

And for those of you ready to place an order now,

Mod Tot's is giving

10% OFF

code: LITTLEMISSMOMMA

{good through a week after the giveaway}

Here's how you ENTER to WIN:

{leave a separate comment for each entry completed}

1. Visit the Mod Tot's website and tell me the names of the characters you would order.

2. Like Mod Tot's on Facebook and leave a comment on their wall saying you stopped by from LMM.

3. Follow Mod Tots on Twitter.

4. Follow the Little Miss Momma blog.

5. Blog, facebook, and/or tweet about this giveaway and leave a link.

{up to 3 entries}

**Giveaway open to US and Canada only.**

Winner will be announced Friday, June 3rd, 2011.

Say No to Auto {and a giveaway}

Since Baby W's birth, I have taken a gazillion pictures.

Like, take whatever large number you are thinking of

and multiply that by 100--and that's how many I have taken, just this month.

Currently, I take a lot of decent pictures on accident.

But I want to be able to take an incredible picture on purpose.

And that's where Kristen Duke comes in.

Kristen, a professional photographer who will knock your socks off, has written an incredible E-Book that will give us simple and easy to apply tips to help us all take our cameras off Auto.

And if you have been reading my blog for the past few weeks,

then you know this is on my life list of things to accomplish.

This e-book is the perfect QUICK, simple, and AFFORDABLE guide to getting your camera off auto by the end of the weekend.

And today, Kristen Duke Photography is

Giving Away

E-Books to TWO lucky Winners

For more information on all the goodness in this E-book, click here.

Here's the other thing I'm thinking.

Kristen also teaches photography workshops all over the country,

and she is going to be in San Diego on July 23rd...I'm thinking that would be a fun time for a bunch of us to meet up, learn about our cameras from a pro, and get to see each other in real life. What do y'all think?

For more information on her workshops {including skype meetings}, click here.

In other exciting news,

when Kristen comes out to Cali, she is going to photograph my little family!

Eeeekkkk! Yeah, I'm a bit excited! I have spent a ridiculous amount of time looking at her portfolio on facebook, and woah, she has major skills.  And I'm not talking about nunchucking skills.  Like total mad photography skills of a rock star.

A face like this deserves to have awesome professional quality pictures taken {that's coming from a smitten Momma}. Had I of known how to use my camera, I could have made his blue eyes sparkle in this pic.

If you purchase your E-Book now but end up winning later, Kristen will totally reimburse you, because she's awesome like that.

Here's how you enter to WIN:

{leave a separate comment for each entry}

1. Like Kristen Duke Photography on Facebook and leave a comment on her wall that you stopped by from LMM.

2. Visit the Kristen Duke Photography blog, and leave a comment that you stopped by from LMM.

3. Blog, Facebook, and/or Tweet about this giveaway and leave a link.

{up to 3 entries}

4. Follow Little Miss Momma

5. Like Little Miss Momma on facebook and say hi on my wall.

The winners will be announced on May 27th.

Rain or Shine. Lisa Leonard Giveaway

 Rain or Shine.

Through sickness and health.

Hubby's knee surgery last week.

Through good times and bad.

For better or worse.

Forever, and for always.

Rain or shine,

I'm so glad you're mine.

{source} 

As hard as it was to narrow down my favorite necklace

from Lisa Leonard Designs, I knew this one was a perfect fit.

This necklace is honest.

It tells it like it is.

Life is about weathering the stormy days,

and embracing the sunny ones,

hand in hand with the ones you love.

And wearing this piece of beautiful truth around my neck makes me giddy.

If you don't already know her,

allow me to introduce you to the beautiful,

the inspiring, the talented

Lisa Leonard.

She's BIG TIME!

She took a dream, and she made it a reality.

She is a woman to be admired.

She is Lisa Leonard.

Today Lisa Leonard Designs

will be giving away

TWO $50 Gift Certificates

{two separate winners will each get $50}

Her designs are timeless, classic, original and stunning.

She is like the pioneer of all hand stamped accessories,

which makes her pretty famous {if you ask me}.

I love the message of this necklace.

To me, those are dreams in the jar.

I would love this for Mother's Day.

The Pleated Poppy has a zillion of her necklaces too.

She made this adorable button bracelet for Gussy.

Her new decor line makes my heart go pitter patter.

And I am pretty sure every little girl in the world needs this wand {and maybe big girls too}.

I also have the Together Necklace--and I love it {pictured above and below}.

It's like holding my family close to my heart, all day long.

NOTE: If you sign up for the Lisa Leonard Designs newsletter, you get 15% OFF your order.

Here's how you WIN:

Please leave a separate comment for each item completed.

Only the first entry is required, but the more you enter, the greater your chances of winning.

1. Visit Lisa Leonard Designs and come back here to tell me the names of the items you want.

2. Visit Lisa Leonard's Blog {which is fab}, and leave a comment that you stopped by from LMM.

3. 'Like" Lisa Leonard on Facebook and leave a comment on her wall that you stopped by from LMM.

4. Follow LMM.

5. Like LMM on facebook.

6. Blog, Facebook, and/or Tweet about this giveaway and then come back here and leave a link. {up to 3 entries}

The winner will be announced on Monday, April 25, 2011