Doll Dress Origami: I Actually MADE something I pinned on Pinterest!!!

My good friend and seasoned Pinterest pinner, Audra, told me this about Pinterest last night as I was lamenting the fact that I keep pinning and never creating:   "Pinterest newbies - pin, pin, pin, pin - repeat excessively. Pinterest regulars - pin, try something, pin, pin, try something, go about life, pin, try something..."

So, as my official graduating act, I am pleased to announce that I've actually MADE something that I saw pinned on Pinterest!  These little dresses were in a tutorial by Dreadlock Girl. 

I was commissioned to make a poster for our church to display pictures from a recent Women's Ministry event.  I had ideas forming in my mind all week long and, this afternoon, I began this (you can click the pictures to enlarge them):

Everything that's done with book pages is made from pages of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.

I could just make those dolly dresses all day long!  How sweet!

Do you love Giveaways?  How about joining in my Giveaway Jubilee March 1-31st?  Click the button below for all you need to know!

Linking up with: 

Spring 2012 Giveaway Jubilee

I am SO excited!!!  It's finally here!

It's giveaway time here at Hope In Every Season and YOU get to be a part of it! 

Throughout the month of March, bloggers will be adding their giveaway posts to the linky tool below this post!  Do you have a giveaway to add to the list?  We'd LOVE to have you link up!

YOU are invited to enter every one of those giveaways---and tell your friends too!  This is a quarterly event and I'd love to see it grow to be the BIGGEST giveaway carnival in Bloggyland!

Here's the details:

1.  Take a button below to display on your blog.  This will remind you and your friends to come back and participate through the month of March.

2.  Decide if you'd like to be a "giver".  If so, get your post ready and link it up.  You can give away anything of your choosing: something handmade, homemade, purchased, re-gifted...  If you're not sure, ask me!  Please also decide whether you will send your gift just within your own country or internationally.  Either way is fine, but you'll need to clarify this in your giveaway post.  You don't have to follow the same timeline as I am---begin and end your giveaway whenever you want---just please don't link it up until you've actually opened it up for entries.  I will leave the linky open all month so late-comers are still welcome!

3.  Whether you are a giver, or just want to come enter all the great giveaways, be sure to come back throughout the month and join in on the fun!  Others will be listing their giveaways as the days go on.

4.  Please pass the word!  Most bloggers love a giveaway and this one could really be a blast if we get lots of participants!  PLEASE let me know if you have any questions---I'd hate for someone not to play just because you don't understand how it works!






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Giveaway Jubilee --- Spring 2012

Just a super quick note to let you all know...  

I'm planning a quarterly Giveaway Jubilee!

This month-long giveaway party will give each of us the opportunity to:

**Increase traffic to our blogs!

**Share something beautiful with someone else!

**Visit lovely new bloggers, as well as our familiar favorites!

**Possibly win something special for ourselves!

My dear husband is soundly sleeping at the moment; but when he wakes up,  I'll ask him to make us a sweet button to advertise the fun.  Then I'll post it here with all the information you need to participate!


For now, plan on linking up your giveaway(s) here March 1st-31st...and check back within the day for all the details!


Are you interested?  Let me know!  This will be such a fun way to ring in Spring!

Giveaway!!! Children's Bible Story Book --- International

I am so happy to offer my readers to win a sweet little book just in time for Christmas!  

Baker Publishing Group is offering to send one of my readers a copy of My Favorite Bible Children's Bible Story Book.  

All you have to do is leave me a note in the comments below and you will be entered in to the drawing!  The giveaway is open to international readers as well!  

Also, if you are reading this via my Facebook page, a comment within that feed will earn you an entry.

Here's what the publisher has to say about My Favorite Bible:

"With the vibrant illustrations and engaging text in this Bible storybook, you can enjoy sharing the best-loved stories of the Bible with the children in your life and encourage a life-long love for the Word of God. My Favorite Bible is a book of exciting Bible stories and activity pages that guide children through the foundational truths of Scripture.

Each story is fully illustrated and includes a simple narrative full of things kids love: repetition, rhythm, and energy, along with a key biblical theme, a key Bible verse, and discussion questions to help adults introduce children to the Bible.

The colorful illustrations will capture the imaginations of children ages 4–8, and the stories will help adults to pass along the most important truth in life—the Gospel. Families will cherish this time as they read, listen, learn, and love, growing closer to one another even as they grow closer to God."

Giveaway ends December 12th.  

Disclosure: (because the law will come after me if I don't disclose...)  I didn't receive anything from Baker Publishing Group in exchange for posting this giveaway notice---well, nothing except a bunch of happy readers!