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Dress Giveaway Winner

Well, I had planned to write a Thankful Thursday post this week, but work (once again) got in the way with it. The summer heat here in Arizona does not help either. By the time I get home at night, my brain is totally fried – seriously…

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Anyway, I apologize for the delay on announcing the winner for the cute dress giveaway I had running for a week. Without further ado, Jennifer (comment # 7) from Scraps and Snippets is the winner (I used as usual Random.Org to draw the winner). Jen, I will send you and email to get more information what size and address to ship it to 😛 .

I wanted to give a little more information why I did this giveaway. There were actually two reasons:
1. Supporting Gentry Rose and her family with the expenses
2. Supporting an American manufacturer and a fellow sister in Christ.

You see, many items we are able to purchase here in the US are no longer made here. They are imported (and some sold for a very high price) to the US. I believe if we all start looking around to see if we can support/buy American products, we can help turn this economy around. I will blog about my thoughts on the economy hopefully in the next weeks (if I have the guts to do it). No, it will not be a political post at all (since I am German, I can not say anything about politics and choose not to anyway)…
Okay, off my soap-box…

Have a super marvelous and blessed weekend…

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Summer Dress Giveaway

Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people, but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”” ~ Matthew 19:13-14 (ESV)

Okay, so I have never met little Gentry Rose (yet), but her story just touched my heart. Check out the blog her mom started for her…

One of Melody’s friends designs/manufactures little girl’s dresses. Granny B actually designed a dress for Gentry Rose. The cool thing about it? All sales from this dress go toward Gentry Roses’ therapy – isn’t that neat?

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Since I don’t have a little girl, I thought I would give away a dress to one of my faithful readers. All you have to do is leave a comment and post about it on your blog. If you don’t have a blog, please tell your friends about the giveaway on either Facebook, Twitter or via email, so they can stop by to sign up for the giveaway. Please make sure that you leave a valid email address when you sign up in the comment section so I can contact you in case you are the winner 😉 .

The giveaway will run until next Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009.

Thank you for stopping by today. Have a super blessed Wednesday…

grace_iris1

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Thankful Thursday ~
Cha..Cha..Changes

“Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.”
~ Psalm 98:1 (ESV)

Before I share my grateful heart with you today, I want to thank my sweet friend Lori from Lori’s Reflections, for hosting Thankful Thursday the last couple of weeks.
Also, I would like to thank the readers from the Internet Cafe to nominate ‘Grace Alone…’ for one of the top 100 blogs of women bloggers…

Well, what are the changes for me? Let me just say this: God has been moving over the last month in my life. For a very long time I thought that God would want me to write about His grace, love, forgiveness. But I could not have been more wrong. For one thing, English is not my first language. And yes, even after 18 years in the US, English is still hard for me.

Just within the last month, God has literally ‘dropped’ opportunities into my lap that have nothing to do with writing (well maybe a little bit 😆 )…So, here is what I am thankful for this week…

  • Thank You Lord for always putting a new song in my mouth…

  • Thank You Lord for a very patient photography teacher (my beloved). I so appreciate that he is willing to share his knowledge with me…

  • Thank You Lord for opening the door for portrait shots. Please help me to do a good job on the senior photos someone wants to get done…

  • Thank You Lord for opening another door to do some artwork for my workplace. I am very excited about the opportunity, although I am very nervous. But then again, I can do all things through You…

  • Thank You Lord for putting me back in contact with one of my favorite digital designers, Michelle Pieters. I am very humbled to be able to work with her again. Speaking of digital scrapping – I had my first digital LO published this month…

  • And last but not least, I am thankful for giving me some artistry talents to share my faith through a totally different medium…

Believe me, over the last couple of months I have become more bold in sharing my faith with people outside the Christian ‘circles’. In the future you will see a lot more photography and digital LO’s on my blog — I feel more comfortable in that area 😆 .

Especially though digital LO’s I can share His love, forgiveness, and grace in a more visual way 😛 . As I had mentioned on Monday, I am currently working on a Faith book, which I hopefully will be able to print this summer — maybe even sell it…

So, what are you thankful for this week? Please leave your link below — make sure you have a Thankful Thursday post on your blog. I really don’t want to remove links, but the links are for Thankful Thursdayer’s only.

Thank you for stopping by today. And remember: Sometimes God does a new thing in your life — don’t be surprised by it 😉 .

Blessings to you today and always…
grace_iris1

Thankful Thursday Participants

1. Phebie
2. Melanie
3. Tammy
4. Lynn (Spiritually Unequal Marriage)
5. Shelby @ Apron Strings and Angst
6. Jenn
7. To Know Him
8. Tracy @ Thirsty for Him
9. Denise
10. Laurie @ womentakingastand
11. Rita
12. LaDonna
13. milet@blipbit.com
14. bp
15. I am heading towards my destiny!
16. Rocks-Made To Worship
17. Ann (asking)
18. Laurie Ann
19. Willnette
20. Lori ~ Simple Life at Home
21. Jennifer@Through The Storms of Life
22. Lynne(My First TT
23. Come Here Little Bug
24. purple moose
25. Miriam Pauline
26. lupusurvivor
27. Carmel
28. micey
29. jennifer\’s joyride
30. Melonie @ Momma & More		 31. Heather @ Not a DIY
32. Angela
33. Jenna @ Newlyweds
34. Blessed Mom of 8
35. Renee
36. Kelli (Embracing the JOurneY)
37. GRAMMY
38. Devita@Paint Your Life
39. Christy
40. Janet @ Of Books and Memes
41. JoDee
42. Chocolate and Coffee
43. Debbie ~ Heart Choices
44. June
45. tanya
46. Jerri
47. Carla
48. Alicia, The Snowflake
49. Amanda K.
50. Sarah Jewel @ Catarpilar Ramblings
51. Diane (God\’s MERCY!)
52. Malachi 4:6
53. Michele
54. fortheirfuture
55. Tricia @ It\’s All About Him
56. Tammy
57. Mozi Esme
58. Doris
59. mamas smitten
60. Lindsey @ Reading Red Letters		 61. Marsha
62. Lisa @ Crazy Adventures in Parenting
63. Stephanie (The Grateful Part Of Thankfulness)
64. Bonnie @ Thugater
65. pam @ without fear
66. Sandy
67. Erica
68. Donetta at a Life Uncommon
69. Sherry(@myjourney
70. Sab
71. He & me 3
72. Vicki
73. Linda
74. Natalie G
75. JA @ Gravity of Motion
76. Meeting A Blog Friend!
77. Rebecca
78. Janet @ Daily Provision
79. Kate @ Which Proverbs 14:1 Woman?
80. Dana-from chaos to Grace
81. Happy Mamma
82. Melissa Multitasking Mama
83. Deanna :O)
84. Sarah aka Mamalotsoftots
85. Beca @ Ruby Lane
86. Cara
87. Andrea
88. Amy
89. Feels Like Today

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