Edited on 7/26: we just added a $50 Gift Card to Novica (will be added to the Design Diva package), so be sure to do the extra entries on Rafflecopter for more chances to win!
I’m so excited for you guys that I’m giddy. A few of my blogging besties and I have been working all week on rounding up an incredible assortment of prizes for an EPIC ‘Capture Summer Memories’ Giveaway. Whether it’s a gorgeous new bag to tote your camera, a gallery wall of frames, credits for photo prints, amazing personalized jewelry, custom art, and more– we’ve got you covered with over $900 in prizes of items to Capture YOUR Summer Memories!
Want to meet the lovely bloggers who’ve put this whole shebang together for you? You can visit each of their blogs to get more details on the various sponsors and prizes. There’s a wide range of blog niches represented here from fashion to interior design to DIY to crafts to food to kids, so I hope you’ll visit my buddies for a few new great sites to follow!
A Nest for All Seasons ::: Cuckoo 4 Design ::: Fieldstone Hill Design ::: For the Love Of ::: Literally Inspired ::: Looksi Square ::: Making Lemonade ::: Mama Miss ::: Setting for Four ::: Turtle’s Life for Me :::
So, what’s up for grabs? How about over $900 in prizes?! Here’s all the prizes, which will be divided into three prize packages (valued around $300 each or more).
Jo Totes Abby Mint Camera Bag
$50 Gift Card to Rach B Jewelry
Leather Cuff Bracelet from Lucy’s Inspired
Personalized Monogram Necklace from PersonalizeMe Jewelry
$50 in Photo Credits to Shutterfly
Gift Basket with $100 in Scrapbooking Items from Consumer Crafts
Silver Locket and Chain from Origami Owl
Framed Print from Printstagram (value is $60)
Gift Basket with $100 in Products from Duck Tape
Photo Album and Frame from Lifeguard Press ($37 value)
Two custom silhouette files– either for a couple or two children– from Cuckoo4Design
Set of Gallery Frames from Change of Art ($179 Value)
Custom Flower Headband from Mama Miss Designs
$50 Gift Card to Novica
Here’s how it works: we’ve divvied up the $900 in prizes between three prize packages– each package is worth at least $300! I’ll choose three winners in order. The first winner may choose which package they’d like, the second winner may decide between the two remaining, and the third winner will get the last {yet still totally awesome} prize package. Please read the Terms and Conditions on the Rafflecopter for more detailed information. The three prize packages are as follows:
My personal contribution to the giveaway was to add these two amazing sponsors. Are these my style or what?! I’m actually pretty sure I’m going to buy the Jo Tote Camera Bag in Missy Mint for Haven, but I’m also in love with the giveaway prize: they’ve generously donated a stylish camera bag in Abby Mint!
And how about this gorgeous custom monogrammed necklace from PersonalizeMe Jewelry? Summer is a time of weddings (and anniversaries), so this fit in beautifully. I’m actually getting the initials of my kids and husband for my monogram so I can always have them over my heart. ::: cue the awwwww:::
Enter using the Rafflecopter box below. If you’re unfamiliar with Rafflecopter you ‘unlock’ entries by completing the first task, and from there you can complete as many (or as few) of the tasks as you’d like! Note that there are clickable links in each box, so you don’t need to do anything but click and answer. It’s super easy to finish the whole thing in just a minute or two. 😉
What are you waiting for? Go ahead and tell me your favorite memory so far this summer, and get entering on the Rafflecopter so you can have a chance to win one of those amazing prizes. I want you all to know how much your support, comments, emails, and shares on Pinterest mean to me– in fact, I worked on this all weekend instead of capturing my own summer memories because I love you so! 🙂 XOXO, and good luck!
My oldest son’s third birthday! We, too, went through a traumatic birth experience. My son was born unresponsive and it took the doctors 22 minutes to resuscitate him. We were given a pretty poor prognosis during those days in the NICU. But by the grace of God, my sweet boy is doing far better than we could have imagined! He still has obstacles to overcome in his development, but we are so, so thankful for each day we have together as a family! Psalm 9:10
I can only imagine what an amazing memory his birthday is each year! Everyone thinks I go overboard for my daughter’s birthday, and I’ll admit it, I DO… but how can I not when she’s a miracle like your son!! His story sounds so similar to my daughter’s birth. Thanks for sharing. HOORAY for miracle baby birthdays!
One of my favorite memories is just spending time with my family
I just recently vacationed with all three of my girls – the last time was 1999!
This is an awesome giveaway — thanks so much for the opportunity.
I’m so excited about this and thanks for including me!
Cooking out and hanging out out with family and friends
Playing on a shipwrecked boat on the beach in Cape Cod!
My favorite of this summer so far….at our annual camping trip with a huge group of friends (9 kids, 11 adults, and growing every year) one friend handed out glow stick necklaces to all the kids. Another pulled out his guitar and played a little tune while the kids had a mini rave in the woods, dancing and twirling their glow sticks. A move called “the color clash” was invented. Seeing 9 children ranging in age from 18 months to 11 years old get a long and party down is one memory I’ll cherish for a long time.
I remember being kissed for the first time the summer when I was 12.
my fave summer memory was going to the eastern shore VA and going to the beaches!
My son was born in the summer.. No memory will ever top that one for me!!
growing up we spent the summer in lake arrowhead and I remember going and playing at the lake everyday with my cousins and my siblings.
as a young girl going to the mountains with my sweet grandparents – riding in the back of the truck thru the Carolina mountains singing old country songs or gospel songs with all my cousins – life was so much simpler and family was super important
My favorite summertime memory is going up to my grandma’s cabin with my cousins every summer.
Easy! This summer, we met some friends who also have 2 daughters in Orlando. I have one child who’s hard to understand, and one who can barely speak, but they both love swimming – as do my friend’s kids. We spent a day together and by the end, the 4 girls were jumping in the pool, hand in hand. It was a beautiful thing to see my girls make friends so easy, without words!
One of my favorite summer memories was when I was in college and several of us decided to take a spontaneous trip to go canoeing. It was so much fun because there were no plans-we just went and had a wonderful time.
My favorite memory of this summer is swimming with my 4 yo daughter at the resort pool near Disney World. Sure, the Magic Kingdom was nice, but I truly enjoyed towing my daughter around on my back (we dubbed these “dolphin rides”).
My favorite summer memory is our annual trip to Knoebels. We go just the 5 of us to reconnect, recharge, and just have fun. I wouldn’t miss it for anything 🙂
Hanging out in OBX with my bestie and her family is ALWAYS a favorite summer memory!! 😉 😉
Right back at ya! Miss you!
One of my favorite summer memories was the birth of my son on my husbands 27th birthday! We enjoyed birthday cake in the hospital after his birth!
There are so many summer memories to choose from. Probably when I was attending a summer for the performing arts camp. Had a wonderful time, met great people, got to sing and act and perform and hang with the cool crowd.
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I love going to the beach, and going to bar-be-ques!
Taking our girls to see Lake Michigan (almost as good as the ocean!) 🙂
I love Michigan! It’s a great place to visit in the summer. We started in Traverse City, visited wineries, and Mackinaw Island on a picture-perfect day.
My favorite memory so far this summer has to be my 3 year anniversary trip to Jamaica with my husband. It was a great opportunity to reconnect and relax with the most important man in my life.
I have great memories of going to hot, hot Kansas every summer to visit both sets of great grandparents. They lived in a teeny tiny little town where most of the residents were related to us. We’d save our money ahead of time and visit the only grocery store in town where they had an awesome penny candy selection. Best of all was getting to stay at my grandma Craft’s house (we had to take turns, there were 4 of us and she had a tiny house). She was always so loving. We played chinese checkers and she would make us rootbeer floats.
My favorite memory so far this summer is my daughter’s face when she told me she was not afraid of trucks anymore. She had been an accident earlier in the year so this was an amazing thing. She was so happy, so smiling and so confident when she told me, it was a wonderful sight.
Janeane, that makes me so so happy for you. I can’t imagine how traumatizing that accident was, and I’m cheering her on as she works through those feelings. You just made my heart sing.
My son is back from college this summer. When he’s not working as an intern at a local theater, he’s playing games on-line with friends. Needless to say, it’s hard to spend some quality time with him now that he’s 20! My favorite memories so far are painting the living room with him, and sharing a funny YouTube clip. I can’t remember the last time we all laughed at the same joke!
Going to the beach!
Summers at the lake with family
We love our summers, we spend a ton of time with family and travel throughout the most of it. Being able to creative a memory book would be key for us to look at throughout the rest of the year and inspire us for the next summer. Thanks for the great giveaway opportunity
Besides the births of my kids, all of my favorite summer memories include Disney. It’s my favorite place on earth, and I spent 7 summers there.
My favorite memory so far is watching my kids spend time together at the pool.
spending time at the pool!
Family camping weekends, either at the lake waterskiing or at the cabin atving!
My favorite summer memories are from growing up on an island in FL. Cool outs, family and fires on the beach.
My birthday is in the summer so I have a lot of happy childhood summer memories associated with my birthday and family vacations. But so far this year, the best summer memory has to be the mother-daughter trip I took in June with my then 22-month-old daughter. We flew to see my parents in Central Illinois. We hadn’t seen them since Christmas, and I just love seeing them love my daughter. I sure do wish we lived closer, but this way I don’t take for granted any moment we’re all together.
As a kid, one of my favorite things was spending the day on the pier crabbing- and bringing home dinner for the family.
My favorite memory is camping with my family-getting to run around, hang out with cousins, can’t beat that!
My favorite summer memory is trip to Cozumel for a week with my husband and girls for my 40th birthday. It was perfect!! We had such a wonderful time!
My favorite summer memory is playing at the park with my brothers, and my mom.
My favorite memory has definitely been last week’s summer road trip to Nova Scotia. 2 kids ages 4 + 5 in the car for 17 hrs each way… was surprisingly awesome! The beach and landscapes in NS were amazing and the so peaceful.
Going to the beach for the holidays with my parents and my mothers immediate family
I have only one acronym for you: OBX.
My favorite memory is the beach with my children and extended family!!!
going to the beach with my family and riding so many waves with my body that I had half the beaches sand in my swimsuit when I got home
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Going to Arts in the Park, snow cones and cotton candy, fireworks, and the beach!!!
My best memory from this summer will be taking my 3YO daughter to Santa’s Land in Cherokee,NC. My parents took me for my first visit when I was her age so it was incredibly nostalgic for me to take my own child. Even better was the fact that the park had been totally maintained exactly as I remembered it from 1976. Claire had the best time and I loved walking down memory lane with her.
We have a similar spot in New Hampshire, now I really want to go and see if it’s the same as I remember! 😉
My daughters fifth birthday. The big five. The age of kindergarten, learning to read, and ride bikes. It was pretty emotional for this mommy! But her party was a big hit, she dressed up like Merida from Brave, and her daddy and I made her a brave cake together. All of it was very memorable, and tons of fun! 🙂
My daughter had a Rapunzel birthday this month, so I can ‘ditto’ how memorable this can be!
Love family reunion time, every year me and my family go camping. Fun time to renew friendships with all my siblings and their families especially the ones that live out side of Utah. Love my family!
Summer!! Favorite memories are going up North to Wisconsin and spending time on the lake! Due to work this does not happen anymore but I am working on that!
Favorite summer memory has to be renting a cabin on the lake with my siblings and spouses and kids. Swimming, grilling, campfires and s’mores. Love it!
I loved chasing fireflies!
Family gatherings. I love having large family cookout with kids running around and giggling.
Summer memories … There are so many
Graduating on my Birthday
Spending time with the family at the beach
Watching my kids swim on swim team
Going to Twin Oaks in Canada with family
Road tripping with my sister and hubby from Ohio to Illinois to Wisconsin to Michigan to Ohio. Sweet times!
There was one summer my friends and I spent practically every day biking to the lake. Now i get to see my kiddos having fun with their friends.
Fave summer memories: hanging out by the pool as a teenager and having ennnndless hours to read mags, then get hot and jump in the water, then get back out and read more mags in the sun. AAHHHHH to have no responsibilities. Just for a day. 🙂
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