Giveaway- omgknits!

Ok, so, cute story of how I came to meet Lisa (the hot Mama behind Good Knits).

Y'all have heard me mention my friend Vanessa over at Random Pretties, right? I'm name dropping today. Well Vanessa and I have little girls that just happen to be the exact same age (and are pen pals, but kinda slacking at it). Her and I used to do project 365's (where you take one picture everyday for a year), which I think is how we met. Anyways, so Vanessa and I met through that, and then one day Vanessa sent me the link to a picture of the cutest little boy, who she said reminded her of Charlie. The little boy was chunky and squishy, and allll sorts of cute- very much like my Charlie, she was right- so I left a comment on the photo, and added the photographer as a "contact", so I could semi stalk the cuteness of her kids that she posted on a weekly basis. She added me back, turns out she knits really cute stuff, and now we're internet friends, and I'm sending her a Christmas card?

So thats how that happened.

Anyways,

Look at my new cute and cozy french press sweater!

-It doesn't keep my coffee any warmer, because we pour it from the press too fast.
-My husband always forgets to use it, because hes not a woman, even though he might sound like one on the phone (he raises his voice due to nerves?).
-Really, it serves no purpose other than making me smile. And sometimes thats all I need, ya know? Some bright colors and a good smile.

Wellll, Lisa is one of our wonderful sponsors this month (which means shes aided in the diapering of my children), and shes graciously offered one of our readers the chance to win one of her very carefully made hand knit hats!

Free, you guys. All you have to do is check out her shop and tell her how rad she is. You can do that, right?



Good Knits

Enter To Win a handmade slouchy hat in the color "peacock" (pictured below!), by Good Knits:

-Visit Lisa's shop. Click here to do that. Browse through her sold and available items, and then come back here to this post, and leave a comment telling us what you liked.

-This giveaway is upon through Friday, December 10th.
-This giveaway is open to both US and Canadian residents.
-Winner will be chosen randomly, by my husband choosing a number between one and whatever, and shouting it across the house at me when I bother him to do so.


Additional entries:
-Twitter! Follow me, @TiaColleen, and then chirp about it. Make sure to leave a separate comment here saying that you've done so.

"Win a handmade slouchy hat from Good Knits!! http://christopherandtia.blogspot.com/2010/12/giveaway-omgknits.html @TiaColleen Please RT"

-Facebook it! Post something on your wall, to all of your friends and family, telling them about the giveaway, and then come and leave a comment here saying you've done so.

Did I leave anything out??


(thats the hat you'll win)
Hi Lisa, thanks for sponsoring this giveaway.
I have a total Mom to mom crush on you.

Good luck friends. I can't wait to see who enters, and who wins.

Edit:
"Honey, pick a number between 1 and 36!"
....."19"

Flashback Friday- My Favorite Ornament

I don't know how important Christmas tree ornaments are to you, but to me they're a pretty big deal. Collecting them is far beyond your basic branch decorating- each one holds meaning and memories. When I met Christopher, he was like most men probably are, and just didn't get it. "Oh, you got me an ornament as a gift. A snowman couple that says 'our first Christmas'.... and its not a new record player or pocket knife. ...rad?".

Yes, I did, and I'm going to get you one next year too, and every year after that, for the rest of our lives, so- hope you like it!

While I was growing up, my Grammy would send me an ornament in the mail every December. Little things like that were everything to me. It was like a great big warm hug- the kind where you don't want to let go, because the laundry detergent that lingers on her sweater smells so comfortable. I remember running to the mailbox, after getting off of the school bus in the afternoons, fumbling with my mail key to get the gray square open. Would it be there? Would it be there?

Now that I'm all grown up (booo), my Grammy continues on the tradition by sending ornaments to my babies, which warms my heart so much I could maybe make toast, and I get just as excitedto see what their December packages hold. This is the first year that Eleanore really 'got it'. In the past, shes just kinda gone through the motions, not understanding the wonder of mail, or giving, but- this year, now that shes four, she loved it. And I loved it.

A great big hug from Grammy.
I can smell the fabric softener.



I'm not sure what year I got this ornament, I feel like I was 9, but its my absolute favorite. Every year when I unwrap it, nostalgia taps me on the shoulder and shows me a picture of the freshly cut Christmas tree taking up the entire corner of our yellow and brown kitchen. I can feel the cold air that came through the nearby front door, and I can hear my Dad in the background whistling silent night, his favorite Christmas song, while my Mom made the ribbons on the packages curly with the orange handled scissors. Memories that I tuck away when we take the tree down after the new year, but welcome back with anticipation, and a hot mug of cocoa, the day after Thanksgiving, no matter what.

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Flashback with us! Go through your polaroids, scrapbooks, old crappy cell phone pictures- whatever you've got. Scan them, upload them, get them onto the computer somehow, and then share them with the world! Or... with us at least. Post them onto your blogs, write a little bit to go with them- tell us your story. When you're all finished, grab one of our buttons from down below (wayyyy down there at the bottom of our page) and put it somewhere inside your post (or link back to us the old fashioned text way). Come back here to this post, and add your link to the photo list below!



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