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)
I live in San Diego. We don’t get many trees changing or even weather changing much…but the degrees DO drop a tad. So, what I love about fall is that I can wear sweaters and jackets and scarfs! (If only for decoration! ha!). I also love fall colors…the oranges, greens, browns…it’s all just so cozy. And I love cozy.
I love fall because I can break out the jeans and chunky sweaters and have a legitimate excuse to drink hot chocolate every single day! 😀
I love going outside in the evenings and smelling everyone else’s fires burning. I also just adore snuggling up in my house with my sweats, a cup of hot tea, and my man.
Fall is watching my dogs run and run then fall in all the beautiful leaves with them, letting them give me unconditional love, again and again. 🙂 <3
Pumpkin Candles!
The miracle of His creation making way for the next season. Each is beautiful in its own way because His finger prints cover it all!
Fall is my FAVORITE!!! I live in the NC mountains and God shouts His glory through the Fall color around here. Glorious mountains, deep blue sky, crisp air, fires, football, boots and fleece and quilts, pumpkins, pansies & cabbages in the planters, a Border Collie named Zoe who gets extra frisky, long walks,and lots of extra thanksgiving leading up to Thanksgiving!!
(nice giveaway! Thank you for the fun!)
Fall has always been my favorite. I LOVE the colors all around and the cooler days. Of course it is also the perfect chance to break out the jackets, sweaters, and boots when you are SO tired of your summer things. And you also get to enjoy a change from grilling to baking–casseroles, roasts, bread. Are chocolate chip cookies considered comfort food?
I love the cooler weather AND that THANKSGIVING is coming. It’s my FAVORITE holiday. The football and deer hunting are givens since I live in Texas. I don’t care about either but it makes hubster happy and gives me some girl time 🙂
I love going to my favorite antique/ craft mall and buying some yummy potpourri that makes my home smell all holiday-ish! Becky Grant
Lindsey Muecke… I love the fall traditions of small group campfires and hayrides, making s’mores and hanging out and enjoying the awesome cooler weather. 🙂
I always look forward to the crisp air of fall and all the sweet and savory scents of home and holidays that go along with it! All of these prizes are sheer loveliness!
I love the colorful, crunchy, crispness and a good cup of Putin spece coffee!
Dolly King
I is hard to narrow it down to one thing, but I love how the trees declare the glory of God with their magnificent colors.
Oh my…How very awesome! What fun!!
Okay…. there is lots I love about fall but I guess #1 would be it finally feels like football weather when you go to games!!! And #2… I love to make my Aunt Matt’s beef stew which I stood on a stool to watch her make many times when I was a small child…for some reason it just doesnt taste as good until that first cold front!!
Love you all so much!!
Martha in MS
uh-oh.. forgot to put last name.. Salters..
I just took a walk in the woods next to the walking trail in our neighborhood and I noticed a sound I couldn’t identify, I stood still, watched and listened, and it was the very soft sound of leaves falling and drifting to the ground on the lightest of breezes, I loved it! That was a wonderful fall feeling…
I also love pumpkin spice candles, homemade soup, leaves turning red and gold, and banana and pumpkin bread.
I love the leaves changing color… so beautiful here in Bothell (Washington).
I love the Bible study gals coming out in rainy weather to my cozy house. We do love our Beth Moore!
Last night my family drove up to the mountains (Colorado Rockies) on a clear night under a nearly full moon reflecting on the snow-capped peaks – a magnificent fall favorite.
I have two favorite things about fall one is I get to get out my boots again! I absolutely love boots. And I love to cook, my love for it is always renewed in the fall. Love making soups, pies and warm comfort foods:) Have a wonderful day!
Kim Thompson
I love going to Chicago for a girls weekend with my Nacho Women to run in the Hot Chocolate 5k! Girls, chocolate, nachos, & shopping! Doesn’t get any better than that!!!
love the scarf:)
What I love about fall is seeing the changing leaves and how everything just smells different. It provokes an expectation of spending time with family and friends knowing soon we will be gathered around a large table enjoying each other’s company.
Since I have spent the last 2 summers pregnant, the thing I love most about fall is the blissfully cool weather! I was so excited the first time I needed a jacket to go out last month!!
The thing I love most about fall is the beautiful colors our Lord and Saviour provides for us and how the beautiful sun of fall just makes the leaves glisten. Thank you to all of you at LPM for providing so much for all of us.
I love playing outside with my kids in the crisp fall air! And Honeycrisp apples!
I love fall because I love getting back together with my
gal pals for Bible Study. We are doing Nehemiah with Kelly Minter and come winter, we will do the James study. Can’t wait!
I have ALWAYS loved Fall!!!!!! I’m a nut about it (no pun intended). In August I start thinking I can see a slight tinge on the leaves (whether I really can or not) and I can almost smell it in the air! It starts with my birthday in September, our family vacation that month, my daughter’s and granddaughter’s birthdays in November, beach vacation, sometimes a mountain retreat, cooler weather, vivid colors, the smell of fires in the neighborhood fireplaces, snuggly coffee and robes in the morning for my quiet time……what’s NOT to love about fall?! Oh! Did I say I LOVE all the family get-togethers in the fall, leading toward the holidays?!
I love the new fall Bible Study our church starts, the getting back into a routine with God’s Word. I also enjoy the autumnal fragrances (leaves, wood fireplaces), hot cider and/or hot chocolate.
I love the cooler weather and how beautiful the trees are here in Godfrey, Illinois. We get to drive down the river road and see the bluffs in lovely colors on our way to the pumpkin patch to get a pumpkin, apples and cider.
Natalie Christopher
I love the beautiful changing leaves and the Seattle rain coming down while Dave Barnes is playing!
what do i love about fall? the coziness. the curl-up-in-a-blanket-and-a-hoodie-and-watch-football coziness.
I live in San Diego. Not much going on in terms of Fall. My fondest memories of fall growing up in the mid-west was raking the maple leaves into a huge pile and diving into them over and over again. The smell of fall is something I cherish. Changing of the colors is one of God’s most beautiful works of art.. Think I may take a drive north. 🙂
I have always LOVED fall, too. The cool weather, the return of all things pumpkin, and living in a state where all the beautiful colors return would be my favorite fall things.
I love beautiful fall leaf colors, cooler weather and wearing sweaters.
This is just so ABSOLUTELY cool. Thanks for this opportunity. FALL is honestly my favorite ~ here in NEPA the hils become a blaze of gorgeous colors ~ the air is crisp and smells delightful. Walking in the woods hearing the rusltling under my feet ~ jumping in the piles as we rake the leaves ~ laying in the pile after, feeling warmth~ and ofcoarse tasing apples & cider & spiced pumpkin chocolate ( I work for a local candy store w/pumpkin pie chocolate!!) 🙂 Yeppers ~ my favorite~!!
I LOVE fall. The trees, the decorating, the baking, football, warmer clothes (sweater, scarves, hats oh my!). Really, fall romances me every year.
Jacqueline Musser
I love the way the air smells when the leaves start falling and i love covering my front porch with as many pumpkins and gourds as I can get!!
Everything…colors, scents, delicious foods, fairs, watching kid’s soccer games and more!
My fav things about Fall are pumpkin anything, spicy chili & seeing extended family on Thanksgiving day.
I love the fall because of the smell in the air, the DECREASE IN HUMIDITY (!!!!), the colors, and the gold tones of the sunlight! And my anniversary. And my birthday. And cranberry apple muffins. 😉
sorry, name is Lacey Cummings. Thank you for the fun giveaway, totally brightened up my day as I sit here in the freezing cold on day 4 of no power after hurricane Sandy!
Thanks for the giveaway! I am loving the fall leaves changing colors! I used to live where they didn’t change during the year and now I get to see vivid new colors as I drive down the street.
I love non-fat, no whip Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Starbucks!!!
What I love about fall is the cool crisp air and the beautiful changing leaves. The leaves changing remind me how much God has changed my life and to be thankful for all the blessing that have “Fall”en into my life!!
I love the the way every color God ever created can be seen in fall. From yellowing aspen leaves, to orange scrub oak to flaming red maple leaves. And golden sunrises mixed with the deep blue of night fading away….to the lucious pink and purple sunsets that bow behind the CO mountains.
My correct email address is this one.
I’m Candi Dickerson in Springfield, VA, and I love the way the changing leaves shimmer on gray autumn days. God sure knows how to work those maple trees! Thanks for the giveaway!
I love the colors, the promise of a coming new year. Cider, cookie making daily, cool nights and bright days. I love everything about fall.
I’ll be totally honest — I love fall because I’m finally not sweating anymore and can wear clothing that covers up my extra “fluff” while still allowing me to eat yummy stuff like apple dumplings and pumpkin pie! Yes, the leaves are gorgeous, but the comfy clothes and delicious food are the best! hahahahaha! 🙂
Fall is a beautiful time of the year! I love everything about it.The colors changing, the leaves falling,the cool breeze in the air,the pecans falling from the trees. Fall this year is tough one our family, Our Mother as gone to be with the Lord Last Oct.It was her favorite time of the year also.So Now when fall comes we think about all the wonderful memories we had with Mom this time of year!I Love the fall.Thank you Lord !
I love watching the leaves change color in the mountains where we live. It’s amazing.
I love the changing leaves & constant reminder that God is in ALL DETAILS!
I love the beautiful colors of the leaves changing and the crispness in the air. Who could not love those.