2012 Valentine's Day Card Drive!

Hey everybody! Happy New Year!

Well it's my Blog's 3 year anniversary this month, so you know what that means...a Valentine's Day Card Drive! Woo Hoo! I will be collecting cards for St. Jude's, Vanderbilt, and TX Children's Hospital's again this year and anymore children's hospital's I can find. :)

 

Edited-Another hospital to sponsor!

The last 2 years was a Huge success, so I'm hoping this year will be even better! :)

Here is my first card for the Card Drive.

Here are some of the guidelines from the hospital's and a few of mine. (Please read carefully.)
* Cards need to be a Valentine theme.
* Cards can't have anything about 'Get Well Soon', 'Feel Better', or anything reminding them of being sick. (Only Valentine Cards)
* Please make cards that can be used for any gender or age. (This could be a little tricky, but I think you can handle it!) :)
* No buttons or anything that can be pulled off and become a choking hazard.
* Cards must be able to fit into a 4 1/2 X 5 3/4 envelope (A2 size). (I will provide clear envelopes for each card, so there is no need to send one with your card.)
* You can include a message in the inside, but please remember, nothing reminding them of being sick. (Maybe just a Valentine sentiment.) You can also sign your first name and what state you are from.
*I will be excepting cards for the whole month of January. ( Jan. 1 - Jan. 31, Please don't send any out after that, because I have to send them off so they will get to TN. in time for Valentines Day.) At the end of the month, I will pick random winners for prizes. I will be adding more prizes and sponsors, often. The more cards you send, the more times your name goes into the drawing to win prizes. Let your kids get involved too! :)
* Please send a piece of paper with your name, address, email address, and the amount of cards you sent. (It will help when I have the drawings.) A lot of the prizes will be sent from the sponsor, so I NEED to have your email address for sure!
* Go here for the sponsors and prizes. 
*Please send cards to me at:


Winter Sims
Cards For St. Jude
P.O. Box 754
Warren, TX 77664


* If anyone wants to donate a prize for the drawings, please email me with the details at wintersims1@aol.com .
*You are welcome to use the hospital logo's on your blog to spread the word, just remember to save it to your computer first.

I know it seems like there are A LOT of rules, but they are the hospital's rules and we want to obey them. So I hope you will join us again for another great year and help us put some smiles on those sweet kids faces on Valentines Day! :)

If you have any questions, please just send me and email at:

wintersims1@aol.com

Have a Blessed New Year!,

~Winter

Easy Canvas Prints Review

Hey everybody! I am SO excited about this post today! I was contacted by Easy Canvas Prints company and asked if I would like to receive a canvas print, in exchange for me writing a preview about their product. Um...can you say YES Please?!!! :)

It was very easy to navigate around their site and make the order. They offer AMAZING deals on their canvas's and I was able to upgrade my canvas for a GREAT price! There is so many different sizes you can choose from. I got an 18 X 24. It is BIG and I LOVE it! This canvas will be our first piece of decoration in our new house!!! I'm really excited about that, I know it will look so good! :) I love how the image can be wrapped around the canvas too! And it is very well made so I know it will last a long time in our new house! :)

I made my order late last Tuesday night and it arrived at my door this morning! Less than a week! And I was super excited that the company was located in my home state of Texas! :)

I plan on ordering some more canvas prints in the future to go into my craft room. I was even thinking it would be really nice to give them away as gifts too! And Christmas is just around the corner! :)

So if you want to your photos to canvas, then Easy Canvas Prints can do it.
If you go "like" their Facebook page, then you will automatically receive 50% off your next order and get free shipping too! What a great deal! :)

Thanks Easy Canvas Prints, for a Beautiful Canvas!

Have a Blessed Day!

~Winter

Hello

WOW! It's been 4 months since I have made a post! My life has been Super Busy! We have started building our new house, I officially started "Winter Wonderland Designs", for my cards and crafts, my son broke his arm in one of his football games, my daughter made "Sweetheart Court" (which is Homecoming for Jr. High, I had a scope done on my throat, and SO much more! :) Life gets busy and priorities have to be in the right order and sometimes my Blog isn't as important as just "Living"! So I'm sorry for the lack of blogging, but I have been making tons of cards. I have a friend who owns a shirt shop and she sells all kinds of cute jewelry, shirts, home decor, ect... and she asked if I would like to sell cards. I was so excited about it! I have been wanting to start Winter Wonderland Designs for a long time...so I took a step forward and it was Born! :) I have been selling cards and it feels nice to get paid for what I love doing. :)
I had a scope done on my throat almost 3 weeks ago. We are still trying to figure out this mysterious throat issue! Everything looked good, but I go back next week for the 'offical' report from the Dr. One day the Lord will reveal it to us!
Well I hope to have time to edit some of my pics of my cards, but it will be another busy weekend and week. Have a Blessed weekend!

~Winter

13 yrs. ago

Hey everybody! 13 yrs ago today, I married my best friend and soul mate Chance. Although only 18 & 19 yrs old and a 3 month old baby, we knew we were in love and wanted to grow old together! The Lord has led and guided us along the way and molded our marriage into what it is today! I LOVE you Chance, and know that you have my heart and always will! ♥

~Winter

Happy Father's Day!

Hey everybody! (Well if there is anyone still there! I haven't posted in FOREVER!) I have been busy with projects and I have started a new hobby...Couponing! I'm sure that's not a big surprise, since watching the show. I have saved TONS! But I don't want a HUGE stockpile, so I'm not going to be that EXTREME! So I have been busy with learning, searching for newspapers, since they don't deliver the bigger newspaper in our area. We have to go to a town about 20 mins away at about 7:30 am on Sunday mornings, before Church. And there is a lot of cutting coupons, and shopping! But I have had time to craft, which is nice! 
Here is a card I made my husband today! We own an A/C business, so I thought an outside condenser would be perfect for a card and it's the brand he loves and we sell...a Lennox! :) 

Well I think it's time to go eat lunch! Have a Blessed day! :)

~Winter

Lawnscaping Challenge #10- Guest Designer

Hey everybody! I am back today with my last card for the Lawnscaping Challenge as their Guest Designer. This has been so fun and such an honor! These ladies work extremely hard to make these challenges a success...and they are! Thanks ladies! :)
This weeks challenge is, make a project using polka dots! I love polka dots, so I loved this challenge! :)

 Our sponsor this week is Mold Muse! I bought some molds from them awhile back and I must say...those molds are Amazing and so fun to use!

The prize this week is, a $25.00 gift card from Mold Muse and a Guest Designer spot on an upcoming Lawnscaping Challenge! Great prizes!!!

 And here is my card. I made it with my niece in mind. She LOVES Chinese food and she has a birthday coming up. So I figured I would make her a card with chopsticks, money, a little take out box, made from using the Mold Muse take out molds, and off course some cute Lunar Lights stamps from Lawn Fawn! :) I think she will love it! :)

I hope you will stop by the Lawnscaping challenge blog and check out the other cards and play along with us.

Have a Blessed day!
~Winter

Pendleton Place Card Project

Hey everybody! Well it's been a crazy last couple of days, with taking care of Chace and his boils! Those things are EVIL!!! Praying he gets better soon and that we never have to deal with those again!!!

Well I wanted to share a project that I was notified about. I was sent this email and I plan on sending LOTS of my cards that I have in my "box". Praise God, it was at the perfect time! I was just started to sort through them! So here is the email with all the info. I hope you will join us in this project.

Hello Ladies,

I am putting together a package of cards for the Pendleton Place, and wondered if you could possibly help me out?
I'm looking to put together a special care package for the children at Pendleton Place (www.pendletonplace.org) which will include an assortment of handmade cards. I'm working with one of the coordinators there, and I've offered to send in an assortment of cards for the kids to give each other for birthdays, get well, "have a nice day" kind of cards for each other, and to send to their family. It's an extremely worthwhile cause that has always been close to my heart. If you have an interest in participating, and/or could possibly post the information on your blogs, please let me know. I'm going to set the deadline for the end of May 27, 2011 to receive the cards, so there's plenty of time.

Here is my address.. feel free to send me your creations by May 27th:

Linda Johnson - "Card project"
6085 English Creek Ave
Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234

Thanks.. look forward to hearing from you soon. I would recommend the cards are colorful, cheerful and uplifting as many of the kid have had a real difficult time in life so far in life. Please look over the website for additional information on the children's home. I would love-love-love if you could please help spread the word. An assortment of uplifting cards would be most appreciated! If you have a cute idea for another item such as book marks or something of that sort, feel free to include the item(s) and I'll send them as well.. Please include envelopes for your cards.


Many thanks.
Linda

Have a Blessed Day!
~Winter