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March 14, 2011

A Winner and our Blog of the Week!


Before we get to our Featured Blogger of the Week, we are so excited to reveal the winner of the $25 credit to Cotton Breeze, our 
Featured Etsy Shop of the month!
And the winner is….
Vikki!
Please contact us with your email address Vikki so we can connect you with Kelly from Cotton Breeze. We can’t wait to hear what you end up buying from her gorgeous shop!

And now it is time to reveal our Featured Blogger of the week!
Let’s play a little Guessing Game…

Who is she?
She loves Starbucks.
She has a wicked (perhaps even warped at times?) sense of humor.
She does a series called “Magazine Mockery” in which said humor is on full display.
She loves her Lulu and her Ria and her SweetCheeks and Baby E.
Have you guessed yet?

It’s Diana of

Nana Diana Takes a Break!

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Vanessa was lovingly welcomed into the blogging community by this woman from the very beginning and she has since gone on to be one of our most encouraging and supportive friends here At the Fence. She is gracious and kind, warm and hilarious. She dearly loves her family and she has one of those blogs where you instantly feel as though you have known her forever!
We just can’t say enough about this special lady and we know that so many others of you have been also been on the receiving end of her sweet comments of support and encouragement.
Head on over and pay Diana a visit and tell her the Girls at the Fence sent you!
Nana Diana Takes a Break
Our Featured Blogger of the Week!
Have a great Monday!



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  1. NanaDiana says

    March 14, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    OMGosh, Vanessa! You girls!!!! Well, I can see I have YOU fooled…you thinking I am nice and lovely and all! I hope people don’t think SweetCheeks is some kind of new supportive underwear!!
    What do you MEAN-Wicked And Warped? That sounds like a good title for a new blog for me!!! Thanks for the idea!

    Thank you so much. You just don’t realize the blessing you girls have been to me-starting with you, Vanessa, cuz I met you first and then to Heather because I met her through you. YOU TWO are the blessing! Never afraid to share your faith and your love.

    Anyway, I am honored to have been chosen. Thank you so much. Love to both of you- Diana

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  2. Leslie @ goodbye, house! HELLO, HOME! says

    March 14, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    OOOOoooooHHHHhhhh!
    A new lady to meet!
    I will go say hi, because I need some laughs and I play nicely with others (usually).
    Hi Heather, Hi Vanessa!
    I pray you are having a wonderfully blessed day full of homemaking joy!
    Love,
    ~me

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  3. ⚜ ↁℯℬℬᴵℰ⚜ says

    March 14, 2011 at 1:51 PM

    Congrats to the winner, and so nice to see Diana here…love that lady!

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  4. Sarah @ Modern Country Style says

    March 14, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    Oooh, Sweet cheeks. Is that some kind of supportive underwear?! Haha!! I just saw that in NanaDiana’s comment above and it made me roar with laughter!!

    She sounds lovely. I’m off to peek at her blog.

    Sarahx

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  5. Beverly says

    March 14, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    Oh so deserving.

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  6. Pattie says

    March 14, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    Congrats !!!! going to say Hi

    Pattie

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  7. vikki says

    March 14, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    Oh my gosh I am so excited. Did I really win?? My email address is crazymom6@juno.com. I wasn’t sure how to respond so hopefully this is the right way to go about it. Thanks so much!!

    vikki

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  8. michelle says

    March 14, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    Congrats to the winner and I am off to got meet Diana!!

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  9. Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking says

    March 14, 2011 at 10:28 PM

    Congratulations to the winner.I look forward to checking her blog out.

    Reply
  10. Sharon @ Elizabeth & Co. says

    March 14, 2011 at 11:50 PM

    Oh, Diana is a real sweetheart!

    Reply
  11. Debbie says

    March 15, 2011 at 2:08 AM

    Congratulations to the winner! I’m I’m scooting over to that blog next. I don’t think I’ve ever been there, and you know how I love to laugh.

    Reply

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