Meet my friend, Keri (who is celebrating her 10th anniversary next weekend--and whose wedding I was late for because I lingered a little too long after my second date with my future husband ten years ago). She is a mother of two and a talented graphic designer. (I covet her talent each year when I get her Christmas card.) I am thrilled that she has just started a blog business and is sharing her talent with the world. Her prices are very affordable and her work is awesome.
It will be really affordable for one of you, because I am going to give one bloggy header redesign away. All you need to do is leave a comment (one per person) before 5pm EST Sunday. I will draw a lucky winner and put you in touch with Keri. Here's to cute blogs, 10th anniversaries, awesome commenters, second dates and free stuff! Good luck!!
Edited to add: Wow! Now I know how to lure out the lurkers. :-)
In case you were wondering, here's the deal on how choosing a winner will work. I will be out at 5pm for a birthday party, but when I return I will look at the number of comments time stamped before 5pm EST and allow the random number generator at random.org to pick. I'll announce by 6:30pm EST. This is even more fun than I imagined it was going to be!
Sounds look fun!! I could use a "blog makeover." :)
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
OK, I meant sounds LIKE fun. Sorry...
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a great idea! I would love to have a real design on my blog!!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Hello! I read your blog often. The stories of the kids are great! I have a 5 yr old boy, 3 1/2 yr old boy and 2 yr old girl. I watch children in my home. My blog could really use a makeover.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet thing to do. I always enjoy reading about your little ones and get encouragement from your introspection. Thanks for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteI could use a make over:)
ReplyDeleteyippie I'd love a new blog look since soon i'll have a new blog name!
ReplyDeleteOh, how fun! I would love to have my blog look almost as neat as yours.
ReplyDeleteI love reading your blog. I think you are an awesome parent, by the way.
Thanks for the opportunity!
I check in on your blog from time to time and I could definitely use a blog makeover.
ReplyDeletewww.minishfamily.blogspot.com
I am a faithful lurker!! :) What an incredibly kind thing to do. A blog makeover sounds like fun. Thanks for putting up her link.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWould love this! Thanks for hosting it.
ReplyDeleteI love a good contest!
ReplyDeleteVery cool. I was just contemplating a new look. It must be spring approaching.
ReplyDeleteooooo pick me pick me! Great idea & very generous!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I definetly need a blog lift!
ReplyDeleteOoo... I need a facelift for my blog too! :)
ReplyDeleteHow fun! What a great prize!
ReplyDeleteall right! thats sounds fun. your blog is always so encouraging. i love the stories of your kiddos and how you deal with everday life. Its funny, insightful and very inspriational:)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun giveaway! You have such a precious blog, and I love reading about your adventures :)
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Sounds fabulous! I would love to have a "spruce-me-up". Thanks for hosting such a fun giveaway, JMom!
ReplyDeleteWould be fun to have a new blog header. Thanks for doing this!
ReplyDeleteI, too, am a faithful lurker! I love your blog, and have laughed outloud on more than one occasion! My all time favorite story was when your kids were all stuffed in the same bathroom stall with you, and one of them said "mommy, why that lady has a bird on her foot?" (the tattoo!)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, my blog could certainly use a makeover. Thanks for doing such a nice thing for one of us!
My tenth anniversary is next week also, on the 27th. I would love a blog makeover to celebrate, esp. since I am posting "our story" next week! Thank you for this fun giveaway.
ReplyDeleteCount me in! I love your blog and your heartfelt honesty and determination to live a life that pleases our Lord!
ReplyDeleteI have just started thinking about a new bloggy look... count me in!
ReplyDeleteI check in daily to read about you and your kiddos. It is so nice to have a look ahead from a Christian perspective. Thanks!
Thanks for offering the extreme blog makeover- home edition.I love FREE!
ReplyDeleteHow sweet of you to host a giveaway on YOUR anniversary!
ReplyDeleteI am still with my original blogger design, my blog could definitely use a face lift.
I am SOOO ready for a new header. I'm at the point where I know enough to be dangerous and the next time I do it myself, I'll probably tank my blog all together without realizing exactly what I've done! LOL
ReplyDeleteI have been a frequent flier of your blog for awhile now. I always look forward to reading your posts. Your children are precious :) I have a (almost) one year old daughter and love to post about her on my blog....I would love to give my blog design a makeover :) What a fun idea and a very nice thing for you to do!
ReplyDeleteCount me in! Great idea. Can't wait to see who wins.
ReplyDeleteMandy
GA
www.madelinegracehopkins.blogspot.com
I keep a blog for our son & it could really use a new header!
ReplyDeleteThanks!!
esnipes@evansville-diocese.org
see how your bringing us all out of the woodwork?
ReplyDeleteso thoughtful!
I could really use a bloggy makeover!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the tenth anniversary of a wonderful date!
She really is talented. I am just not a creative person. I always mean to be. I would love for her to do my header.
ReplyDeleteokay, want it.
ReplyDeletewendy
I have been reading you blog for a while now! I have almost 3 yo twin boys plus a 6 yo boy & teenage daughter. Reading your stories gives me inspiration that life will get easier!! My husband and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary in November. Great Give-Away! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI would love to be entered in the contest, I have 5 year old boy/girl twins and am a strong Christian woman who is in need of a blog makeover. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like so much fun! I love to give gifts too. I just got through w/ my first bloggy give away. I don't know if you saw it but, I will be giving one away every month- so come on by! Oh and I just got preschool power from my library, and my son watched it w/ me and asked a hundred questions. I think he really loved it, so thanks for sharing it in an earlier post! Blessings!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this makeover for my best friend. She does so much for me and to be able to do this for her would be so AWESOME!!!!
ReplyDeleteI need a make over Please help me!!
ReplyDeleteJ-mom, throw my name in the drawing please
ReplyDeleteDid someone say MAKEOVER???
ReplyDeleteDelurking to throw my name in the hat!
ReplyDeleteI read your blog often...but haven't commented lately. I am commenting for a friend of mine. She just started a blog...and I think it needs to be cute-sied up. Ha ha. She'll thank me later. :-)
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and would love a blog makeover!
ReplyDeleteI recently found your blog, and have enjoyed reading it/looking at the pics!
ReplyDeleteOur blog is so basic, I need a makeover!!!
ReplyDeleteOh I so need a new design.. really , Please enter me! How cool! Thanks J, you are awesome. If I dont win Ill check her out definately.
ReplyDeleteBlessings
How fun! I could totally use a new design. Thanks for doing this!
ReplyDeleteI'm a lurker. I've been a lurker on your blog for an entire year. There...I admitted it. I don't even know how I happened upon your blog but I am so glad I did. What's really weird is that as I've read your posts I realized that I am now living in your old stomping grounds of Columbus. Gosh, small world. By the way, I cracked up laughing at the distorted pictures of your family when you were experimenting with your new Mac gift from your hubby. Hope you are liking it more and more each day as you use it!
ReplyDeleteCount me in....please.
ReplyDeleteOooh count me in. I need a new header.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. I would love to spruce up my blog. Count me in and please pick me. :)
ReplyDeleteI could sure use a little jazzing up, that's FOR SURE!
ReplyDeleteThis is very sweet of you to give away. Did she design yourheader as well?
ReplyDeleteThanks for always sharing the sweet and not so sweet moments in your home. It makes the rest of us moms feel 'normal' as well.
Wow look at your responses! So fun! Emmy : )
ReplyDeleteGuess it's time to make myself known!!! I read your blog everyday and you inspire me.
ReplyDeleteThis year is my 10 year anniversary as well ... April ...so, what better way to celebrate that than to have a new blog design!!!
Here's to anniversaries ... Happy Anniv to you too!!!!
Heather
Sign me up!!
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ReplyDeleteHa ha, What a great idea! Not only are you giving away a great gift, but what a great way to get the lurkers to emerge. I've told you IRL that I read your blog, so now I'm officially "coming out" of my own lurkdom. Your kids are too cute and I love reading the things they say!
ReplyDeleteLucinda
(Will's mom from last year's Kindermusik class)
maybe if I had a blog makeover... I would actually get back into blogging... count me in!
ReplyDeleteHi! I've been reading your blog for some time now but haven't ever commented! Nothing like a cool giveaway to get a lurker to come out and comment!!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I have a 3 1/2 yr old and a 7 month old and I love learning from your experiences from a Christian perspective!
I would LOVE a blog makeover b/c I tried to to it myself a while back and couldn't figure out how to do it w/o losing everything on my side bar!
Thanks, Kerry
Please count me in. I'm so ready for something new. Thanks for hosting this!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a wonderful gift. I would love to win. Thanks for offering it.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and your header. Did she design yours? Your last pictures were adorable as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the enjoyable look into your beautiful family.
Pick Me!!! Pick Me!!! I need a blog makeover! Great idea.
ReplyDeleteNicole
How fun! Her site has some adorable stuff on it. Thanks for the great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteHow fun!
ReplyDeleteI would love a new header. We are currently in the process of adoption a son from Ethiopia. Once we do we plan to change our name from www.fivebrowns.com to www.6browns.com
I would love a makeover, especially since our blog is currently pink and something tells me boys don't love that. ;-)
That would be great. Please count me in!
ReplyDeleteWould love to be included on the
ReplyDeletegiveaway. Your family
is just beautiful! Thank you for
sharing your life on blogger.
I desperately need a new "look"! Count me in, please!
ReplyDeletePick Me!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for offering such a wonderful gift!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and I love free stuff. Go figure!
ReplyDeleteHow fun and I need a nice header. I've always thought your blog design was one of the nicest I've seen. I'll check out her site.
ReplyDeleteHave a good weekend.
Wow! check out the comments - well I am up with one of mine - so I am catching up on blogs! So sweet of you to do this! Sunshine
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting - I'd love a makeover! :o)
ReplyDeleteRead you daily,
Lisa Kay
Another lurker here! I can't even remember how I stumbled upon your blog!
ReplyDeleteI'd LOVE to wint he new header! I just had a baby girl and my blog header is "Life with Boys!"
what a great idea...way to bring out your blog stalkers (like myself). a friend sent me the link to your blog, after i was diagnosed with PCOS in August. you have given such affirmation to my husband's and my feelings on our own infertility. thank you for your transparency and honesty. praise God for his enduring mercy and goodness.
ReplyDeleteps- i'd love a blog makeover. how fun!! :)