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February 4, 2011

Launch Party Giveaway…Day Five..Overstock.com rocks!

It’s Day Five of our Launch Party and time for our last fabulous giveaway!
Wow has it already been five days since we launched At The Picket Fence?! If you haven’t already figured it out yet let us tell you again how much we appreciate all of the support and kind words expressed from our new friends at the fence! You all rock! You all are the best! If I could I would give each of you a cookie and tell you that I love ya in person! Hopefully though, a virtual “hug” will do!  Thank you!
Today is our last giveaway and we know you all are some shoppin’ fools.  Frugal, savvy shoppin’ fools!  So we’d thought we’d offer you all a chance to win a second gift card.  This time to to one of our favorite online stores!


 

Both Vanessa and I have ordered several things from overstock always with great sucess.  Their household items  are often significantly lower than local home improvement stores.  Check out the price on their oiled bronze faucets. $49.99!  We have both installed this one in our homes and love it!
We  want to give one of our new friends here At The Picket Fence a
$25 gift card to Overstock
Now, would you like to know how to win the $25 gift card ? You would?

Well, here’s how!
(Mandatory) 1. Join our BlogFrog Community!  If you already have a blogfrog account then just click to join.  If not it’s easy-peasy just create a blogfrog account and come back here and join the party!
(Optional) 2. Create or join in on a current discussion on our community.  Is there a topic you’d like us to cover?  Is there a question you have about decorating, parenting, homeschooling, cooking?  Do you want to tell us how much you love us and how wonderful we are? heheh. Well this is where you can do that!  It’s painless and so much fun, cause we cherish your “comment love” but we want to “chat” with ya even more!
(Optional) 3.  Blog/Twitter or Facebook about our blog or this giveaway.
Giveaway Five will be open until midnight EST Sunday, February 6th
That’s 3 chances to enter to win this fabulous Giveaway!
So c’mon what are you waiting for?

Remember there are still on going giveaways!  Head on over to our
TJ Maxx Gift Card Giveaway
Adopt Shoppe Giveaway
Magazine Subscription Giveaway
 and our featured etsy giveaway from Pam at
Spoiled Sweet Couture. 

All of these giveaways are open until midnight Sunday February 6th!


And be sure to check out our readers Inspiring Link-Ups for our first 
At The Picket Fence Inspiration Friday!!  
If you have something to share that will Inspire Us…well link it up!

Thanks for meeting us at the fence!
Heather


All giveaways are now closed!!


**Update to post!  Okay blogfrog is so new to me, but I just learned something that might sweeten the pot to join our community, besides of course the chance to win the gift card and to chat with us…grin.  When you become a member of our community ALL of your recent blog posts will show up under the Blog Posts Tab on our Community Page!  That’s even more exposure for your posts and a chance for us to quickly check out each others latest blog updates!  So consider taking a moment to sign up for blogfrog…cause we wanna get to know ya!  Vanessa and I are feeling lonely over there…lol.

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  1. Pam - diy Design Fanatic says

    February 4, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    Great Giveaway! I love Overstock.com & I ordered a featherbed cover from them.I signed up for your Blog Frog Community 🙂

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    February 4, 2011 at 4:14 PM

    Count me in sista! Love it.

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    February 4, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    I tweeted about the giveaway – @tracit1997

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    February 4, 2011 at 4:56 PM

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    February 5, 2011 at 12:57 AM

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    February 5, 2011 at 2:04 AM

    Just joined your blog frog community..It was fun giving you guys my 2cents on the discussion board….I have never done that before…FUN!

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    February 5, 2011 at 5:29 AM

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  11. Dear Sweet Home says

    February 5, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    I think you were the only one who got the “if you give a…” reference! Haha! I love those books – the author, Laura Numeroff, came to my little boy’s school and she is so awesome in person. Our school wrote some type of grant and she was able to come! And we were able to buy her books, meet her and get her to sign the books! I find myself using that reference alot at home! Thanks for hosting the party ~ Have a great weekend!

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    February 5, 2011 at 3:44 PM

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    February 5, 2011 at 3:44 PM

    i joined in the conversations and look forward to lots more chats!

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