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January 31, 2015

Custom Wood Sign Giveaway

Happy Saturday friends! 🙂

We can’t think of a better way to start off the weekend than with a giveaway, can you?

Our incredible sponsor LaRae Boutique has a shop filled with so many amazing, personal treasures.

Not only are there adorable children’s pillow covers…

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And beautiful everyday home decor pillow covers…..

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There are also loads of custom wood sign options to choose from!

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And today we’re giving one of YOU the chance to win this beautiful wood sign!

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Of course it won’t have THAT name and date on it!

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It will have YOUR name and date on it!

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Are you ready to enter to win? Well, go on then!

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  1. Cathy Farmer says

    January 31, 2015 at 4:10 AM

    Beautiful

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  2. Tammy says

    January 31, 2015 at 4:24 AM

    Would love a sign for my foyer! Thank you

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  3. Tracy Snyder says

    January 31, 2015 at 4:41 AM

    Thanks for the great giveaway, love the pillows!

    Reply
  4. Mary @ 120 Spring Street says

    January 31, 2015 at 4:55 AM

    Love that sign! Thanks for the giveaway offer.
    Mary

    Reply
  5. Penny Hughes says

    January 31, 2015 at 5:14 AM

    My daughter and her husband just bought their first home and I would love to give them a beautiful wooden sign 🙂

    Reply
  6. Connie O'Toole says

    January 31, 2015 at 5:22 AM

    I think this is an amazing, generous giveaway; thank you kindly! I have never owned anything that’s personalized…this is all I would need! Thank you, thank you!

    Reply
  7. Jan P says

    January 31, 2015 at 5:30 AM

    Love the sign – I would hang it by our back door – the door everyoe uses 🙂 Thanks for hosting the giveaway

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  8. jo wyrosdick says

    January 31, 2015 at 5:31 AM

    Thanks for the giveaway. Love the sign and the pillows!

    Reply
  9. Deb V says

    January 31, 2015 at 5:35 AM

    What a great giveaway. Both the pillows and the signs are really cute.

    Reply
  10. Alison says

    January 31, 2015 at 5:46 AM

    I would hang it in our sitting room.

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  11. Robin C. says

    January 31, 2015 at 5:50 AM

    Sweet giveaway. who wouldn’t love this?!?

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  12. Angela says

    January 31, 2015 at 5:52 AM

    Thanks. Love the boy who stole my heart sign.

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  13. Melanie C. says

    January 31, 2015 at 6:16 AM

    Loving these signs!

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  14. Sandy says

    January 31, 2015 at 6:19 AM

    That would be beautiful next to my front door

    Reply
  15. Raquel says

    January 31, 2015 at 6:23 AM

    I’m planning already!

    Reply
  16. Teresa says

    January 31, 2015 at 6:25 AM

    This sign would be so beautiful over my door in my living room so all my guests could enjoy its beauty…..Thank you for this giveaway…You are so very awesome.

    Reply
  17. Ellen says

    January 31, 2015 at 6:32 AM

    love these signs! You are giving me some wonderful ideas

    Reply
    • Ellen says

      January 31, 2015 at 6:33 AM

      I would hang the sign in my kitchen – the heart of our home

      Reply
  18. Teresa R says

    January 31, 2015 at 6:50 AM

    I would hang it in the entryway of our house we just moved into in August of last year

    Reply
  19. Mary says

    January 31, 2015 at 6:52 AM

    love them and would hang by my front door !!

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  20. Jennifer says

    January 31, 2015 at 7:00 AM

    Love love love your blog! Thank you for the give away! I have a “thing” for signs and this one would look fabulous in my newly purchased home! I would hang it in my entryway!

    Reply
  21. Lynda says

    January 31, 2015 at 7:02 AM

    This is beautiful! It would be perfect hanging in my dining room. Thanks for sharing.

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  22. Laura m says

    January 31, 2015 at 7:02 AM

    I would hang this in my living room!

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  23. Laura says

    January 31, 2015 at 7:12 AM

    If I won, I would hang the sign in my entryway!

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  24. Kim R says

    January 31, 2015 at 7:15 AM

    I would hang the sign in my mountain home entry IF I didn’t gift it to my daughter who is getting married in August. I love all the pillows – so creative!

    Reply
  25. Janice Fuller says

    January 31, 2015 at 7:19 AM

    What a great give away! Thanks for the opportunity.

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  26. Wanda Patterson says

    January 31, 2015 at 7:24 AM

    I would hang it above my front door.

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  27. Michele Chabot says

    January 31, 2015 at 7:30 AM

    What a wonderful sign! It would look great next to my front door! Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  28. libby says

    January 31, 2015 at 8:04 AM

    Would love to win this sign!!!

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  29. Georgette says

    January 31, 2015 at 8:08 AM

    Beautiful! I would hang it in our kitchen breakfast nook area.

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  30. Chelle says

    January 31, 2015 at 8:30 AM

    That is just lovely!

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  31. Melanie says

    January 31, 2015 at 8:31 AM

    Beautiful sign! I want one!

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  32. carol clark says

    January 31, 2015 at 9:01 AM

    by my front door or in the laundry room

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  33. Linnea says

    January 31, 2015 at 9:01 AM

    My sign would be on my porch!

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  34. kathy says

    January 31, 2015 at 9:04 AM

    In the entryway, or outside by the front door!

    Reply
  35. Jen U says

    January 31, 2015 at 9:11 AM

    Love the sign!! I would hang it above my window in my kitchen!’

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  36. Mia White says

    January 31, 2015 at 9:16 AM

    I would hang one right in the entryway of our new house. Love them!

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  37. Rose L. says

    January 31, 2015 at 9:24 AM

    Love the peacock and bird pillows!

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  38. Michelle Steward says

    January 31, 2015 at 9:25 AM

    Beautiful sign! The Steward Family est 1992

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  39. Jody says

    January 31, 2015 at 9:29 AM

    Would absolutely love to have that sign to hang in the new home my husband and I are just starting to build!!! I am an avid bird lover so would be PERFECT!!!! It would be hung either in the entry way where all guests could see or perhaps in the back entry where we would see it everyday.

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  40. Mo says

    January 31, 2015 at 9:37 AM

    Love these!!!

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  41. Maria Morais Sarmento says

    January 31, 2015 at 9:40 AM

    I would place it on my nwy home, wich is going to be a new beginning for me and my family, in another country 😉

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  42. sarah says

    January 31, 2015 at 9:44 AM

    Love the birds on this sign- would hang over my front door in the foyer

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  43. April V says

    January 31, 2015 at 9:47 AM

    I’ve got a perfect spot above our pantry!!

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  44. Michelle says

    January 31, 2015 at 10:07 AM

    Above the couch

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  45. Angie says

    January 31, 2015 at 11:56 AM

    I would hang it in my den/living room or on the front porch.

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  46. Sarah Adams says

    January 31, 2015 at 1:42 PM

    I love this! I wish I was this creative!

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  47. Cherry Utley says

    January 31, 2015 at 2:58 PM

    What a great way to honor your marriage and home. You girls rock!

    Reply
  48. Kathy Snipes says

    January 31, 2015 at 3:33 PM

    We would hang it in our entry. Beautiful. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  49. Amy rush says

    January 31, 2015 at 3:33 PM

    In our new canin!

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  50. Patricia C. says

    January 31, 2015 at 3:57 PM

    I would love to hang a sign like this in my kitchen!

    Reply
  51. Trixie says

    January 31, 2015 at 4:22 PM

    Love this! We have a perfect place in our foyer just waiting to showcase this sign. Awesome giveaway.

    Reply
  52. Karen says

    January 31, 2015 at 5:46 PM

    I would hang over our door in the kitchen.
    Thanks,
    Karen

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  53. Debby Messner says

    January 31, 2015 at 6:03 PM

    I love the pillows and the signs. Thanks for a chance to win.

    Reply
  54. denise low says

    January 31, 2015 at 7:04 PM

    I would hang it on our front door so everyone can see it. Thanks for the chance.

    Reply
  55. Dorothy Bruner says

    January 31, 2015 at 9:51 PM

    I would hang it over my kitchen window where I have white plantation shuttersl

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  56. Yvonne says

    January 31, 2015 at 10:16 PM

    Since this would be a gift for my nieces,I’m not sure where it will hang. Thanks for a great giveaway.

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  57. Dezi A says

    February 1, 2015 at 5:50 AM

    Probably in my living room somewhere- we recently painted and did some renovating so I’m still trying to figure out what to put on my walls in there.

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  58. Donna Marie says

    February 1, 2015 at 9:39 AM

    Been working on this copper sign for our entryway for forever. Yours would look wonderful with it. So pllllleeeeaaassseee let me win!!!

    Reply
  59. TAMARA says

    February 1, 2015 at 11:08 AM

    I WOULD HANG THIS ON MY FRONT DOOR. MY FRIEND HAS ONE ON HER FRONT DOOR AND I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED IT.

    Reply
  60. CWirth says

    February 1, 2015 at 11:45 AM

    I would hang this in my little French flower garden….or my mud room…no wait, at my front door! Oh the possibilities are endless! Fingers crossed.

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  61. Pam Ballard says

    February 1, 2015 at 11:59 AM

    Such a wonderful giveaway. Thanks for the chance. We just moved into a new home two weeks ago. I have so many empty spaces and could think of so many places to put one. Love them.

    Reply
  62. Debbie Welchert says

    February 1, 2015 at 12:25 PM

    I would put it on my husband’s man shed. He would love it.

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  63. John Hutchens says

    February 1, 2015 at 7:47 PM

    I would hang it on my front door

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  64. Karen says

    February 2, 2015 at 6:37 AM

    I would put the sign over my bed to daily remind me of when we became a family

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  65. Sean C says

    February 2, 2015 at 6:58 AM

    Love this sign. I would hang it in my kitchen where the entire family always gathers.

    Reply
  66. Alina says

    February 2, 2015 at 7:00 AM

    I have the perfect spot in my entry way for this lovely sign.

    Reply
  67. Debi says

    February 2, 2015 at 9:42 AM

    Would love a sign – thank you for the give-away.

    Reply
  68. Cheryl Blatchley says

    February 2, 2015 at 9:42 AM

    This sign would have in my dining room with all our family pictures!

    Reply
  69. Wehaf says

    February 2, 2015 at 10:37 AM

    We’d hang this in the mudroom!

    Reply
  70. Shannon F says

    February 2, 2015 at 6:59 PM

    Gorgeous! I would hang it in my hallway. 🙂

    Reply
  71. Melissa says

    February 3, 2015 at 5:18 AM

    If I will I would hang it over the closet door in the entry way!!!

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  72. tammigirl says

    February 3, 2015 at 6:28 AM

    I’ll have to admit I don’t know yet the spot where it will hang, because I haven’t seen the spot yet. My daughter is getting married in September, and I would give it to them to have. They are house searching now, and hope to have a house to go to after their honeymoon. Otherwise they might be staying with us!

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  73. Ashley C says

    February 3, 2015 at 6:19 PM

    I’d hang it above my mantle!

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  74. Brittany Koelmel says

    February 5, 2015 at 5:03 PM

    These signs are beautiful! I would hang it above my front door! 🙂

    Reply
  75. Martha Ward says

    February 6, 2015 at 5:13 PM

    This would make a great 10th anniversary gift for my daughter and her husband. They could hang it in their new home!

    Reply

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