Ladies! I think a Friday afternoon deserves a celebration. We’ve almost made it through the entire work week! Woo hoo! We can see the light at the end of the tunnel. This is always the hardest part of the giveaway because we’d love to gift all 3,911 of you, but alas, we cannot, which I guess is what makes a giveaway so fun. With that said, join me in celebrating our SIX beloved winners for this fabulous giveaway. Believe me when I say we here at the office are coveting each of the gifts and almost threw a fit when we realized we couldn’t enter the giveaway ourselves. We love fun stuff like this just as much as you do!
So, without further ado, congratulations to…
Grand Prize Winner: Cara Koski
Second Prize Winner: Ansley DuRant
Gift number 3: Victoria Gelberg
Gift number 4: Kim Tipton
Gift number 5: Anne Dailey
Gift number 6: Leslie Wood
If y’all would please email me (Lindsee) at [email protected] with your mailing address we willl get these prizes to you ASAP. We love y’all so very, very much. Thanks for playing along. Hope you each have a beautiful, fall weekend!
DEAR SIESTAS! THE MERE THOUGHT OF YOU IS MAKING ME GO ALL-CAPSY.
It has been FOREVER and then some but I have been thinking about you. I know I haven’t been in this here blog-space much recently but I can assure you that I’m still at LPM. My days are full since I’m working and going to school part-time. AGAIN. Yes, again. Somehow even when I vow to walk away for good, I end up right back in the classroom in some capacity. This time around I’m working slowly on a M.A. in Biblical Languages at Houston Baptist University. When I’m not researching something for a project at LPM, I’m taking a Greek class in the Septuagint and a Hebrew readings class in the Joseph narrative. Oh, and how could I forget to mention Winston Jeffrey Fitzpatrick?! A little over a year ago Colin brought home a baby rottweiler and our life has never been the same since (even when I desperately want it to be!). Winnie is SO, SO bad but we love him madly.
Here is W posing in my dining room. Or demanding a filet mignon cooked over medium, I’m not really sure.
Here he is again furious about having to wear his birthday hat:
But really, enough about us.
I want to talk about YOU and a fall giveaway we are doing because we love you and appreciate you.
Now, I should mention at this point that if you are one of those people who is SO OVER all the talk about pumpkin-flavored anything, then you will want to run for your life.
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE.
Do I have a faithful fall remnant?
This weekend we had our first legit “cold-front” here in Houston. It was even down in the forties one night. Glory be! The crisp cold air in my lungs got to me in the best way possible and, of all things, I wanted to cook. There’s just something about fall that always brings me back to the kitchen. Nothing better than listening to a little Norah Jones or The Civil Wars with the windows cracked open, cool breeze dancing through the house, while a chili or stew simmers on the stove. I thought just maybe fall might do the same for some of you so the grand prize winner will get a red Le Creuset signature round dutch oven (red not orange like the one on the box).
I love it passionately and do not want to let it go. I even enjoy posing with the beloved dutch oven:
The second prize to be claimed is a $100 gift card to Pottery Barn because, let’s be honest, Pottery Barn during the fall season is heaven on earth:
Gift number 3 includes an amazing decorative pillow, fall flower arrangement, and Hill Country Home candle.
Gift number 4 includes a fun little clutch from Anthro, a scarf, several pairs of boot socks, and some gorgeous MAC makeup in fallish colors.
Here is Lindsee modeling the scarf. Love her and she can work a scarf better than anyone I know:
This MAC stuff is tough to photograph but fantastic (includes three eye shadow kits and two lipsticks in shades of Russian Red and Viva Glam III).
Gift number 5 has a bunch of fun stuff: Cook’s Illustrated Fall Entertaining magazine, kitchen towels, mulling spices, Hill Country Home candle (again this is one of my faves!), autumn cupcake decorating set, beautiful engraved silver dish, Trader Joe’s Pumpkin bread mix, and more.
Gift number 6 comes with a fun autumn welcome mat, potpourri, decorative kitchen towel, and my favorite ever mulled apple cider candle. DIVINE.
Here is Mom sorting out all the gifts. Isn’t she cute?
So dear friend, for a chance to win one of the six prizes, please leave a comment with your first and last name and tell us something you love about fall.
We love you so much,
Melissa
(Lindsee not pictured here ONLY because she was out of the office when we snapped this photo)
Having spent most of my adult life in Hawaii, now living in Oregon, I can’t get enough of watching the leaves changing in beautiful shades of yellow, red, orange and every hue in between. Talk about God showing off! I also love Fall for the smells from candles, simmering spices, hot apple cider, freshly baked bread to pumpkin pies. And, being able to enjoy a cup of coffee or tea without sweating!! 🙂
Good to have you back, Melissa. You’ve been missed. I hope you are enjoying your Greek classes.
Hi! Open the windows turn off the a/c breath deeply and thank God for His goodness.
I have always loved all things fall. Pumpkins…cooler weather..fun clothes…(brown and tan are my all time fav clothing choices and there is so much out there in fall)…football season.
This year…God gave me an extra reason to love fall…baby #4 to be here next week. Oh how we have prayed over this little one and cant wait to meet him/her!!!!
Fall is my favorite time of the year. Low humidity, blue skies, cool crisp air, colorful leaves, cooking (have wanted one of those dutch ovens for 30 years and I usually keep one in my Williams Sonoma cart, but never order it), flannel sheets, sweaters, boots, denim, plaid, and corduroy fabrics! And my favorite: warming by the crackling fire with a cup of coffee, hot tea, or spiced cider with family and friends … and perhaps a bowl of real popcorn, popped on my stove in olive oil and drizzled with a bit of real butter and sea salt (and most of the time garlic and herbs de provence). Yummy! And OK … college football.
My favorite thing about fall in Florida is when it gets cool enough to bring out the scarves and boots and open the windows!! After a hot hot summer we live for the cooler temps and I am on Ohio girl at heart so I desperately miss the color changing trees!
Sylvia Goree – I love fall because summer is over. I do not like the heat. I live in the Austin area and really miss the changing of the seasons.
One of my favorite things is a bonfire!
I love the leaves changing colors and all things pumpkin!
i love the cooler weather and pretty fall colors (not much on the trees this year though…too hot and dry this summer).
Fall is my favorite season here in Indiana. I so enjoy seeings God’s palette of fall colors. I also like the cooler temps. The smells of apples and cinnamon baking are yummy!
Lynette Hallock
I have two favorite things. One is celebrating my wedding anniversary in October and the second is the fall colors.
Jillian Racchini
I love fall because it means PUMPKIN!! I love pumpkin. Anything to do with pumpkin. I have a Pumpkin recipe book. I have a ‘pumpkin’ tab in my recipe box. I’ve cooked soup IN a hollowed out pumpkin. I’ve made soup OUT of pumpkin. My hubby orders me pumpkin coffee beans for Christmas. ALL. ABOUT. PUMPKIN.
And what a better way to celebrate that pumpkin than with a Le Creuset signature round dutch oven ? My meat ‘consultant’ (at the grocery store) insists that I need one. I told him I’d put it on my Christmas List. BTW, my kitchen is red…
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I love fall because Bible study starts up again after a long summer off, and most of the time it is a Beth Moore study!!!
Ooo, an LPM giveaway. How much fun!!!
Fall. In my opinion, there’s no better season. This redhead blends right in with the changing and falling leaves. I love sweaters and chill in the air and pumpkin-y stuff and kicking leaves!
Fun idea! And I love your naughty dog!! I love going to high school football games with cooler weather…it just feels right!
What is great about fall? The smells, colors, the way the leaves dance across the street with the wind, and pumpkin spice lattes rank up on my top 10!
Amy Steger
I live in East Tennessee…need I say more about why I love fall? Gorgeous!!!
Clean fresh air. Fireplaces glowing with warmth, colors so earthly , change, these are a few of my favorite things.
My favorite thing about fall is its beauty – warm-cool days, bright blue skies and vivid leaves. Gorgeous!
Jessica Hill – My favorite thing about fall is baking lots and lots of pumpkin bread to give to the neighbors.
Love the fall colors
My favorite thing about fall is thanksgiving pageants! Especially when little ones are dressed up as turkeys!
My name is Brandy and what I love about fall is the candy and dressing so dandy. 😉
I love your baby-dog. He is so handsome! My name is Dawn Jones and what I love about fall are the cooler temps and the leaves changing colors.
I love pulling out my boots and cold weather clothes! 🙂
My favorite thing about fall is boot-weather! =)
I love the colors of the trees.
one of my favorite things about fall – is being able to kick around the fallen leaves… in addition to the crisp air and wearing sweaters – gotta love it!
Oh my…I love so much about Autumn. The beautiful leaves are at the top of my list. We live close to the Smokies. I love family nights, holidays, pecan pie and the quietness that I feel. I hear and see God in so much…I just adore Fall
My favorite thing about fall is the beautiful changing leaves (such a gift from our artistic God!) and everything pumpkin! I’m stationed in Germany, and we have pumpkin festivals with pumpkin-centric food (soup, risotto, desserts, pumpkin sparkling wine — amazing!!)
Lisa Manns – My favorite thing about fall is lighting my Swan Creek pumpkin vanilla candle (the big jar, of course), with my gas fire place hissing in my living room while I read a delicious Nicholas Sparks book or my J. Sidlow Baxter book entitled Explore The Book, and drink a hot vanilla chai tea with a hint of vanilla creamer.
I love your Bible studies and your heart for people!Fall is a time for walks on the woods to see the colors!
Sandra Chisum – FALL is the best, cooler weather, falling coloful leaves, football and the holidays are so,so close.
I love Fall because it’s a relief from the hot summer days and not freezing cold like the winter. I really love the beautiful colors of the leaves as they change from green to gold, brown, red and orange. I live beside the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia! Love, love, love it!
These are a few of my favorite things…when the leaves crunch, the colors of the changing season, fires in the fireplace & cozy nights with HOT apple cider or HOT chocolate (which ever you prefer)!
My favorite thing about fall is the amazing colors that God paints across the trees, the sound of crunching leaves and the cool weather where you get to start bundling up
FOOTBALL! Nothing better than snuggling up next to my man and watching the game 🙂
New England foliage, a cup of tea with pumpkin pie are a few of my fall favorites.
I absolutely LOVE fall! One of my favorite things about fall is jumping in piles of raked up leaves. Loved doing that as a kid and as an adult. In fact, my neighbor just raked up her leaves the other day. It took much will power to NOT take my kids across the street to go jump in her leaves!
My favorite thing about fall is cooler weather and toasty toes in front of a fire. Pulling out my favorite fall clothes and making fall comfort foods puts me in the mood for some football. Although my boys in Auburn aren’t doing so great, but I still love them.
LOVE all the country fairs here in TN this time of year. And my October birthday. 🙂
Tina Riddle
Besides having a fall birthday, and turning 40 this year, I love fall because of the anticipation of the holidays. We seem to make more time for family, friends and fellowship around this time of the year. It seems to bring out more of Jesus in each of us.
My favorite thing about fall is its beauty – warm-cool days, bright blue skies and vivid leaves. Absolutely gorgeous!
I love, Love, Love Fall:) I love getting into my kitchen and cooking…since summers are so hot I don’t even want to think about an oven:) I love the colors….orange (love that dress Melissa!), red, yellow, browns…beautiful! Wonderful Fall:)
I love the cooler weather and fall colors.
I love the burnished-ness to everything, the once-heated from summer and then cooled appearance to everything. It reminds me of the loveliness that comes as a result of being refined in the heat/fire w Jesus. We are so much lovelier having been through the fire! The display of colors as a result! Lord bless your ministry!!
Anything pumpkin,anything leafy, anything apple, and anything “crisp”!!!!!!!!!!
Leslie Hollis, Pumpkin Spice Coffee with fresh Nyakers Ginger snaps
Elisabeth Netjes
My favorite thing about fall is Halloweentime at Disneyland!
I love driving with my windows down and listening to music, with my scarf on. I love making pumpkin bread and watching all the Charlie Brown specials. 🙂