Where's spring? (Fingerprint Friday)

Wet. Dreary. Wet. Cold. Wet. Windy. Wet.

Thank you God for the rain, but please bring out the sunshine! Looking outside at the bleak-ness (hhhmmmmm, not sure if that's a word, but sounds good to me :-) ), kinda makes you wonder if Spring is around the corner.....then I walked outside with my camera yesterday and came across this........



SOOOOO thankful that God made reminders like this! "Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever." Psalm 106:1

And, thanks to Beki over at The Rusted Chain Blog! I've been able to play around with my camera and get some decent pictures lately! She's been so helpful with her post on "How to take pretty pictures"! Thanks Beki!

Be sure to go over and check out her Fingerprint Friday post~!

Take a look at your surroundings, I'm sure you can also find signs of Spring!

Conversation Heart Necklace GIVEAWAY!

I had completely forgot I still had several of these CUTE puffy conversation heart scrabble tile necklaces left from last year! I'm glad I found these the other day, as I'd love to give 3 of my lucky readers one of these necklaces (tile will be my choice, but I will try and give you an option or two! :O) ). Will come on a beautiful satin rattail cord in either white, hot pink, light pink, purple or black.




Here's how to enter:

1 entry ***MANDATORY*** ~ Leave a comment on what your favorite Valentines gift has been!

1 entry ~ Like my fan page on Facebook (Top right side, click on the Badge)

1 entry ~ Follow my blog!

1 entry ~ Blog, FB or tweet about this giveaway, and leave link :)

1 entry ~ Heart either of my stores (links below) and also my daughters store HERE

5 entries ~ Purchase anything from my SouthernTraditions2 ETSY Store or my Torrilynn123 ETSY Store (reusable sandwich/snack bags).

PLEASE BE SURE to leave a SEPERATE COMMENT for each entry!

Thanks so much everyone and I look forward to sending you one of these cute tiles!!!

Ends February 6th, 2011

Makes me smile

Hey Everyone! I just made this sample Minnie Mouse Birthday Hat! It makes me SMILE! What about you?



So sweet. So cute. So precious! I am taking orders for these little cuties, so please email me if you have a theme in mind! Blog readers get special pricing until February 15th, so leave a comment, along with your email if you're interested!

More coupons from RightatHome

GREAT COUPONS!

Click HERE to get some great coupons on Glade candles, Scented Oil Refills and Room Sprays! I love their Clean Linen candles....have one burning right now. Leaves the house smelling clean and fresh, not a heavy perfume smell! Should make for some great prices!

Free bottle of Country Bob's Sauce

Y'all go over HERE and register to receive your coupon for a FREE bottle of Country Bob's All Purpose Sauce! I still have one from last year that I haven't redeemed yet, but need to! Thanks Country Bob!

Win a Years Supply of Gain Products

Just got an email from P&G Solutions.....Enter HERE to win a years supply of Gain products. All you'll need to do is fill out a form and hit submit, that's it! :) Easy Peasy!

Clairol Hair color giveaway at 12EST today

Get a FREE box of foam from Clairol today at 12EST! Just LIKE them on their Facebook Page, then come back at 12pmEST TODAY and get your coupon for a FREE box of Nice N' Easy Color Blend Foam! :) Let me know if you were able to get one!

Giveaway over at The Rusted Chain

Beki, over at The Rusted Chain is having a giveaway for a $25.00 to her Rusted Chain shop! She has some of the prettiest necklaces and earrings! Here's a couple of new items:




I have a couple of earrings that she made me several years ago and just LOVE LOVE LOVE them!

Be sure to go on over to her The Rusted Chain Blog and enter for your chance to win!

New coupons from Right at Home

Another great set of coupons available from Right@Home for Windex, Pledge and Scrubbing Bubbles! Click HERE to get yours. You might need to sign up for them, not sure.

We have wood floors and some walls too, so the liquid Pledge is going to come in handy-dandy for my spring cleaning, whenever I get the Spring bug to bite me! LOL!

National Coffee Break Day! Thursday,January 20th

Well, I guess they have a holiday for everything, but I personally LOVE this one! My husband and I are huge coffee drinkers......just the regular kind please! (Although I've been known to snuggle up on a Mocha Frappucino every now and then!)

To my surprise yesterday, my favorite coffee sent me an email with the ability to print 2 coupons for $1.00 off a bag of their delicious Eight O'Clock Coffee! This makes for a great deal with either Publix or Winn Dixie's BOGOS! Go HERE to print your coupons too! You'll need to sign up, but it's worth it!



Don't forget that Dollar General also has Eight O'Clock Coffee for $4.00 per bag, making it only $3.00 with your coupon!! YEA! I'll be making my trip very soon to get my coffee, can't live without it!


http://www.eightoclock.com/eoc-coupon3.html?source=ncbd

Winners announced

Congrats to Suzanne and Christina! Random.org picked comments #13 and #86.

Suzanne won with this comment:
kiddo said...
I like you on FB (Suzanne Gregg).

kiddomsg at gmail dot com

and Christina won with this comment:

Christina said...
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/gcbabykisses/status/27472923170181120


grahamcrackerbabykisses(at)gmail(dot)com

THANKS SO MUCH to everyone that entered this giveaway! Please come back often to see what else is going on at Southern Traditions Boutique!

Looking for a few good recipes

One of my New Year's resolutions is to make out a weekly dinner menu. We did pretty good last week with sticking to what I had on it, only for a few exceptions on Thursday when my Father-In-Law was in the hospital.

We love just about anything and usually shop the meat sales for the week. Right now I have two tip roasts, 2 lbs ground beef, 1 whole chicken, link sausage, hot dogs, tilapia and fresh italian sausage.......

So, do any of you have good, kid friendly recipes for the meats listed above? My family has quite a few favorites, but sometimes I get into a rut with my cooking.....anyone else do the same ??? Thanks for sharing!!!

Felt Clippie Giveaway

Welcome to SouthernTraditionsBoutique Felt Clippie Giveaway! I will be giving away atleast 2 of my new felt clippie designs.

These are so much fun to make and the color possibilities are endless! Here's a couple of pictures for ya!










I also have more clippies coming too! Butterflies, baseball and monkey clippies are in the works!

Here's how to enter:

1 entry ***MANDATORY*** ~ Leave a comment on which clippie you like best!

1 entry ~ Like my fan page on Facebook (Top right side, click on the Badge)

1 entry ~ Follow my blog!

1 entry ~ Blog, FB or tweet about this giveaway, and leave link :)

5 entries ~ Purchase anything from my SouthernTraditions2 ETSY Store or my Torrilynn123 ETSY Store (reusable sandwich/snack bags).

Thanks so much everyone and I look forward to making you some of these adorable felt clippies!!!

Ends January 18th, 2011

Free cup of Yoplait Yogurt

Yoplait Yogurt is giving away 1 Million cups of yogurt! Go HERE and sign up for yours! It says you should get your coupon in 2-4 weeks. I really love Yoplait! It's a great snack for me around 10am, holds me over until I can make some lunch. They have so many awesome flavors! Some of my favorites are Strawberry Banana, Key Lime Pie, Banana Creme Pie, and Red Velvet! YUMMO!

OK, New Year's resolution!

My New Years resolution? Among my long, long list, is to keep this blog up-to-date with new items and ideas to keep our lives running better! Please feel free to email me with any coupons, great deals or super recipes that you have so I can pass them along to everyone else!

2010 was a super year, filled with blessings and I'm so thankful that my family and I had great health! Here's hoping that your 2011 will be full of blessings as well!