Shabby Apple Giveaway!

Don't you just LOVE a giveaway? And don't you LOVE, even more, a wonderful giveaway?

Well the folks at Shabby Apple are doing just that ~ sponsoring a wonderful {and generous} giveaway here on my blog!

To be honest, when Heather at Shabby Apple contacted me, I'd never heard of them, but I went to their website and they have beautiful, fun, stylish women's dresses, accessories, children's clothing, and much more!

Besides the giveaway {that we will talk about in a minute}, Shabby Apple has supplied a code for you to get 10% off your purchases. Just enter honeysucklelane10off during checkout. It will expire in 30 days.

This giveaway is for their Da Vinci dress, a gray jersey knit dress, pictured below. It looks soooo comfortable!

Here's Shabby Apple's description of the Da Vinci dress: "Sometimes choosing an outfit is as complex as cracking a Da Vinci anagram or reading backwards italian cursive without a mirror (or a dictionary!) Take the guesswork out of dressing with the soft and simple Da Vinci dress.  One part sweatshirt, one part puff-sleeved perfection, this easy-wearing number has a flare for the informal with its drop waist, A-line skirt and kangaroo pockets. Pack it for your next weekend getaway or make it a part of your everyday routine."

For this giveaway, the winner must have a US shipping address. There will be no exchanges for the winning dress.

Now, for 3 ways to enter; do one, two, or all three of them to increase your chances of winning:
1. Leave a comment on this post.
2. Visit Shabby Apple and come back and leave a comment about your favorite item.
3. Like Shabby Apple on Facebook and come back and leave a comment here telling me you did so.

The drawing will be held on the evening of June 19th. I will use the random number generator.

If this dress isn't your style, enter anyway! Perhaps you have a friend, sister, mother, daughter or granddaughter who would love it!

Feel free to share this giveaway post on Facebook, Twitter, by email, etc. The more the merrier! :)

Good luck!

Lana
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Food on Friday

Let me tell you...

these

fried

strawberry

pies

were

heavenly!

A big thank you to Southern Living

for tweeting a link to the recipe!

Strawberries are my favorite fruit. I loved picking strawberries from our patch when I was a young girl.

My dog, Rusty, loved them, too! She'd be right along side me in the patch eating strawberries right off the plant!

My mom made fried apple pies a lot. I don't know why it never occurred to us to substitute strawberries!

Enjoy!

I've been back in touch with the folks at The Shabby Apple and will post about their generous giveaway later this evening... so be sure to come back and enter! :)


Take Care and God Bless,
Lana
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Let's Paint a Modern Barn Quilt!

photo from the Olive & Ollie blog

You know me, I never have enough going on so why not add something else to the list? I mean, what in the world would one do if one got everything done and there's was nothing else on the list? After all, I do have Busy Hands Syndrome.

photo from the Olive & Ollie blog

Let's get back to the reason for this post. I was visiting a blog called Olive & Ollie today and saw her post about painting a barn quilt. She's now planning on hosting a paint along and I think I'll join in... somewhere in between painting watercolors for a customer, making a set of angel wings for another customer, home renovations and getting ready for a craft show.

I do need something new to hang out on the porch beside the front door:

I've had this huge oval grapevine wreath hanging there for the last few years, changing out flowers or vines on it depending on the season. I got tired of doing that and now it's hanging there bare. Nothing seems to work anymore, so I think a piece of artwork will do the trick! I can put the wreath in the yard sale or hang it on the back porch. : D

If you are so inclined, please visit Heather at Olive & Ollie and join in when she hosts the paint along and tell her Lana sent you over. I'm sure it will be fun! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Take care and God bless,
Lana
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From My House to Yours...

I was going to add a few odds and ends to my website, and after a few hours of struggling with a FrontPage error, I gave up and went to bed. This morning I moved all of the items to this little shop blog that I have: http://hlshop.blogspot.com/2011/06/from-my-house-to-yours.html.

Feel free to share the link with anyone you think may be interested. I am slowly clearing out things as we renovate our home. http://hlshop.blogspot.com/2011/06/from-my-house-to-yours.html

Have a lovely weekend!
Take care and God bless,
Lana
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New Homes for All

While we have been busy renovating our home, we have had little neighbors decide to build a new home in very close proximity.

Please excuse the dirty eave. We were going to power wash the exterior of the house in the next few days. Guess we'll have to work around the new family, or wait until they have vacated.

This view {above} is from where I sit in the living room. I've been watching the husband and wife build their nest all weekend. They have been working so hard to get it ready.

While they have been working outside, we have been working inside. I'll get my photos organized and later this week start sharing our renovations.

In the meantime, I've got custom watercolor orders to work on in the evenings. I am quite a bit behind on those as it took a while to get some color swatches to work with, and I'm trying to work on the house during the day and work on orders in my workroom at night.

Since I haven't had time to do much handwork, prints seem the way to go for now. Below are a few photos of some prints that will be available for purchase soon. They are professionally printed in a lab {what I call 'real' photographs ~ not printer photo paper} and are 8x10 in 11x14 mats.



{you can see our new flooring in these photos, too!}


I have had fun choosing mats to go with them.

I really like the colors, so I may keep some to go with my new decor. I very seldom have my own work displayed.

The photographs of the partially dried tulips don't match my decor but I do like the creams, deep pinks, and touches of green.

Thanks for stopping by ~ and be sure to come back again later this week. I'll have more to share then! :)

Take care & God bless,
Lana
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