giveaways

Queen for a Day… and the winner is…

by Nicole
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This year’s Mother’s Day giveaway was such a fun gift basket. I was just thrilled to give it away, and today I get to announce the big winner! Thank you to everyone who entered. We had 1,315 entries on Simple Homemade alone, not to mention on the other amazing SLM giveaways. Read on to see [...]

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inspiration

From Pinterest to real life: April 2012

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This month’s Pinterest to Real Life post was postponed until today due to our fabulous Queen for a Day Giveaway. I tried a lot of new recipes this month that I found via Pinterest. Hopefully the next couple of months will bring about some real-life craftiness but for April I spent most of my applied-inspiration-time [...]

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links

Weekend Links

by Nicole
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Planning what to grow in your backyard garden :: Simple Bites The life of your DivaCup :: Crunchy Chicken {read through the comments, too!} Seven tips for the cloth diapering newbie :: Kitchen Stewardship Tips to avoid Pinterest overwhelm :: The Tiny Twig {don’t forget that tomorrow is From Pinterest to Real Life day!} Thank [...]

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book reviews

Queen for a Day giveaway 2012

by Nicole
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This giveaway is now closed. Welcome to our second annual Queen for a Day giveaway! Today we’ve got six gift baskets full of treats to celebrate the mom in your life (maybe that’s you!), just in time for Mother’s Day on May 13. I’m extra thankful for my own mother this year, and beyond blessed [...]

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news

Introducing… Simple Design

by Nicole
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Just popping in today to announce the birth of the newest blog in the Simple Living Media family… Simple Design Yay! Simple Design is going to bring us an amazing celebration of beauty through its fabulous editor Arianne Segerman and her seriously stellar team of contributors.   We insist that the world is full of [...]

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