The Other Mama's Birthday Bash- Day 5- Basket of Home Accents Giveaway

This giveaway is now closed. Random.org chose commenter #27 who was Danielle from The Heller Family. Congrats, Danielle! I'll e-mail you with all the info!

"Well paint my door red and call me Elizabeth Arden!" I have had so much fun this week! I'm a little down that the week is over, but I'm on birthday overload, so it might be time to rest!

But I fully expect 172 comments when I get back to regular posting and not giving anything away next week, okay?

Now, if you are a regular blog reader, you might have asked yourself, "What the heck happened to Hillary's kitchen remodel?" Or maybe you have your own life to keep track of. But there are actually several people out there who wondered about that. You peeps are so good to me.

If you have just joined this party, we started talking about and showing our walls coming down FIVE months ago. Then I started teasing you with prep shots of uba tuba granite, then partially completed granite. The truth is...
WE STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED THE KITCHEN!! {**enter "rink rink rink" sound from horror movies**}

But, I truly feel that a home is a small extension of yourself {and its a major part of me}, so since I'm focusing on home accents, today, I am biting the bullet and showing you our kitchen remodel "Almost After and Really Dirty" pictures.

For a refresher, here is a before from the living room looking into the kitchen {and I'm pretty sure I was saying the words, "Don't worry. I won't post this on the blog" as I was taking this shot}:

And here is an after from tonight. Nice. And. Clean. HA! {Please pretend you don't see that stack of dishes in the sink. It is my birthday and I refused to do dishes.}

And here is a before from the kitchen looking into the living room {please note Easter eggs from April}:

And the after:

This has been the biggest and most wonderful change. We love that the space feels completely open {much like that of a house of this century} and that I can yell at children while I'm prepping lunches in the morning. It's perfect! And the flat top stove is so much better than MeeMaw's that I was using from 1971 {original to the house}. It has a down draft, so that leaves the space above much more open, as well.

Also, the kitchen sink and tile work {all done by Handy Manny Hubs} makes me want to do dishes. {I do still love my dishwasher.}

Kind of.

Some days. {Tile and faucett from Lowe's.}

So there you have it folks, much like it's owner, this kitchen is a work in progress!

On to the giveaways!
Today's giveaway is a Basket of Home Accents from more of my favorite people!

* I love to decorate and make things personal. Like my little monogrammed curtain over the kitchen sink. What can I say? It makes me happy. Another thing that makes me happy is my dear friend, Sonia. If you do not know her, I am sad for you. She is that wonderful.
And she sells AWESOME Uppercase Living products. Go ahead and click over to her page if you aren't familiar with their items, but they have ADORABLE customizable wall art.

Here is a piece in my breakfast room that makes me happy whenever I see it:

Before you ask, that wall color is Deep Cowslip #5 by Laura Ashley sold at Lowe's. {Why is Lowe's not paying me??}
And that picture is Henry at 1 year. We have the same picture of Ollie in the same outfit at one year. All done by my pal Melissa.

I also love this little Welcome sign from Uppercase Living.

This is in my foyer and I just set it up there tonight, but can't wait to use it for a party {*ahem* if we ever finish our kitchen, that is* And this is for ME and Jason; please note I'm not trashing my wonderful hubs.}

It is basically like a fancy, sturdy sticker and you can put it on a wall, plaque or anything! Sonia told me that this would fit perfectly onto a plate at Wal-Mart, so I took the plunge and went to Wal-Mart this week to find it and, sure enough, it's perfect!
I literally stuck it on tonight with their little scraper while on the phone with Sonia. SUPER EASY.

I also have another big piece to go in the entryway that's not up, yet because I'm going to paint those walls another color. This is what is there right now. You can tell it's REAL high quality and I just hope that the parts that I had to GLUE on will come off.

I have raved Enough! Sonia is generously giving a $25 gift certificate to one lucky winner at her Uppercase Living Site! Please go send her some love. I promise you will NOT be disappointed.

* Next, my new friend Kasi from Southern Living at Home is donating a pair of Rosedale Planters! Aren't they so cute? I think I would put napkins and silverware in them for a party or even use them to plant some fake faux flowers because I kill live things.

I have long professed my love for Southern Living at Home and my absolute favorite piece is their Nativity. I got excited even thinking about getting them out for Christmas this afternoon!

Not only is Kasi giving away these awesome planters to the lucky winner, she is also GIVING US THE HOOK UP for the brand new sale items. I cannot tell you how excited I am because many of the Gail Pittman Pottery Items are on sale and it's a pattern that I have!!! YAY!

Please see the whole sale flyer here and e-mail Kasi to order your stuff ASAP. Because they sell out very quickly. And I'm serious. I will definitely be purchasing the Green Bountiful Planter {page 3} that is regularly $50 and is now $19 with some of my birthday moo-lah.

Kasi is also giving us special access to the September Specials! Here is the flyer for these DEALS!! I have wanted that Entertaining Bucket and Tray {page 2}for about 2 years and it's calling my name at $16.95.

*note: You only have to make a minimum total purchase of $29.95 to purchase the September customer specials. The sale Gail Pittman items are included in the $29.95 minimum order.

If you want in on the deals, please e-mail Kasi as soon as you can and she will make sure to get your order in!

* One more thing to complete your home accents package!
Remember my friend Holley who manages the (in)courage website? She also donated a Beautiful Pitcher from their online store!

It has John 10:10 on it and I think it's perfect-o! "I have come that they might have life and have it to the full." Amen!

Holley, you are fantabulous! Thank you!

In closing, I hope this is your pay day Friday!
Because you have some shopping to do!
And you have some commenting, because this home decor is FUN: A $25 gift certificate to Uppercase Living, a set of Adorable iron planters from Southern Living at Home and a Beautiful Pitcher from (in)courage!

My word. I hate to say there are rules, but you know there are.
To enter to win:
* Leave a comment in the comments section. To do this, click the word "COMMENTS" directly below this post. Then type in the big blank section on the top right and click Publish Your Comment. Easy peasy.
* You have to leave your e-mail address with your comment. If you know your e-mail is attached to your Blogger account, then that's fine, too. Want to do this and don't know how? Read my quick tutorial on it here.
* One entry per comment.
* But you can gain another entry by becoming a blog follower and then leaving a comment to tell me so. If you already follow this blog, then you can click for another comment to let me know that. Please read my view of becoming a blog follower and what it is if you have any questions.
* Or you can Tweet about this giveaway and reference the post and leave a comment to tell me you did. I'm @theothermama and Holley is @HolleyGerth just FYI.
* Or you can write about it on your blog and link to this post and leave a comment to tell me you did. {WOW that's FOUR ways to enter!!} {And a max of 4- not 4 per day.}
* One winner will be chosen at random on Monday at noon and will be notified via e-mail.
* Please let me know if you have any questions at all about entering.
* Each giveaway is separate, so if you entered Monday's great Homemade Gourmet giveaway {that is now closed}, Tuesday's awesome Lisa Leonard giveaway, Wednesday's exciting Design Chicky giveaway or Thursday's Basket of Hope Giveaway, you need to also enter this one separately. The Lisa Leonard giveaway will close today at noon {CST- God's time}, so I hope you got in! The other giveaways are still open until, so head on over there and sign up, if you haven't already!

Happy Birthday Bash! Thanks for coming to the party and I'm so excited for all you who are going to win. The weiners.

Happy Long-weekend, Football-starts Friday!