giveaway #4

the winner for the water4christmas goodies is:

Just donated $10. I have been following your blog since January. You are so inspiring! I prayed for you and your group on the Africa trip. Thanks for doing this!

Posted by: Tess | April 21, 2010 at 04:36 PM

send me an email Tess with your address please.  
and thank you for your prayers in africa. 
 
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today's giveaway.
i am so happy about it.
it is from the wheatfield.

a few weeks ago i bought this print.    

i love this.
it makes me want to paint paintings.
it makes me want to BE KIND TO OTHERS.


i contacted the artist katie and asked her if she'd like to giveaway one of these prints to a reader.
she said YES!  
i was so glad.

it is such a happy print....colorful and bright.
it looks perfect by the gumballs.  

katie has a beauitful shop.
i also want this.
and this.
and this.
oh....and maybe this one too.

i love her style.

to win a print of BE KIND TO OTHERS leave a comment telling me 
something kind someone did for you recently.
 

Comments

[mary b]

Oh my goodness, I love it! I am continuously and amazingly blessed by my family and friends. Kindness comes in all forms. Just the other day, my mother bought be tulips and creamer (because I love it so), while yesterday a friend gave me a barely used car seat for free. I am so incredibly blessed-
thanks for the chance to win a great print!!
Mary

[Brittney]

Oh I love it! So bright and happy!

[purejoy]

my SIL knows when i go talk to my christian counselor and invests her precious time with me to talk about it afterwards. she has a generous heart.

btw, i linkded to your blog today at my blog and would cover your prayers for a couple mentioned there.

[jeana]

I love this! Something kind someone has done for me recently was my friend kept all three of our boys while we went on a date, she gave of a card that said what great friends we were and inside was $40 to go for our date. Made my day!

[Leslie @ {Tiny Wings}]

Oh, lovely! I discovered Katie's shop last week, and have been coveting that print!! (You're right, it does look perfect with the gumballs!! I think I'd display it the same way!!)

Something kind done to me: After my FIL passed away recently, one of my best friends brought over a HUGE bag of "Family Time" gifts for me, my hubs, and my kids. It had a game for game night, water bottles for when we geocache, brownie mix for when we bake together, etc. I couldn't believe her generosity and thoughtfulness!

[Sharla]

My parents came up and took me out to lunch - just ME (no husband and kids) and I felt like a kid again (while enjoying some great food).

[rebecca]

My son, without asking, got down on his hands and knees and scrubbed the kitchen floor for me!!! God is good!

[Carly]

I love this print! So cool. Just the other day my friend gave me a giftcard and freshly baked cookies for watching her son for a couple of hours. Not expected, but so nice!

[LeighAnn]

My husband surprised me with dinner all ready on the table when I got home from a long day. I'm so blessed!

[Rankin]

My husband unloaded the dishwasher and took out the trash.
Love the colors used in this art!

[Christy]

I love this!! I receive kindness from people so often. I am truly blessed. What comes to mind from recently is my MIL made dinner for my family on Tuesday just because she knows it is a difficult night with the kids having gymnastics and Girl Scouts and she just wanted to help out! Love that!!

[Alissa]

Three things I can think of: a friend of mine sent me a card to tell me how much she looked up to me, my mom gave me a pendant that says "13.1" to keep me inspired for the 1/2 marathon I'm training for, and my 16 year old picked a bouquet of flowers for me last night. How could I be any luckier??

[Dee Stephens]

The person in front of me at Starbucks bought my coffee for me!

[Ariel]

My trash cans are magically brought up from the street and up my driveway almost every trash day...and I still don't know who is responsible for this random act of kindness. I truly believe that the small things matter most.

[katie]

My brother made a special trip over to my house with some flowers for my yard that he had dug up from his yard just because he knew I would like them.

[emily]

oh my goodness . . . that is absolutely gorgeous!!! love it!!!!!

my 6 yr old daughter gave me a picture she colored at school yesterday that said i am the best mommy in the whole wide world! totally melted my heart!!!

[robyn]

we have had some family and friends help my husband and i out financially, even though i know that money is tight for them too! what a gift and incredible act of kindness!

[Alisa]

I just love this print and all of her stuff. What talent she has! When I was sick last week my friends stepped in graciously and took care of my duties at church without even being asked. Very kind in my opinion!

[Kimberlee J.]

I fell asleep early last night. When I woke up this morning our disaster of a kitchen and living room were spotless thanks to my husband!

[Courtney Walsh]

Something kind. Hm. I have to go with my mom, who comes up to my house and watches my toddler so I can go to the bookstore and write. The kindness continues because she always folds at least three loads of laundry. If she knew how much this helped me, well, maybe I should tell her... :)

[shannan]

I have such wonderful supportive parents and just the other day my mom tore up the loan paper work that i owed her and said it was paid...what a relief!

[becca]

I decided not to have a baby shower with this pregnancy but we still put a registry together just incase anyone wanted to help us out. And I was so blessed when friends & family did just that! :)

[robin]

I had the opportunity to go to lunch with my aunt, who I haven't seen in over 4 years. She has leukemia and hasn't been doing well. At lunch, she said to me, "tell me about your kids. How are they different, the same, what are their greatest personality traits, tell me *all* about them." And then she gave me the floor to really talk about them. And she listened to every word, letting me know how important my children are.

[Jennifer]

My friend listened to me cry on the phone the other night and told me they were praying for me. The nice thing is the next night they were the one crying and I was able to say I'd pray for them.

[Rachel]

I don't need grand gestures; it's the small things that count. This morning one of my students brought me hot chocolate. I usually don't drink hot chocolate, but it was such a sweet thought that I gulped it down. And it was so good!

[Robyn Farmer]

A friend of mine surprised me with chick-fil-a for dinner on a night my husband was out of town. Because chick-fil-a is my favorite and the closest one is an hour away this was a very sweet surprise.

[Messy@Bungalow'56]

My husband made supper. He often does, and I appreciate it every single time.
Dana

[dori]

i wanted to attend a women's retreat for the day, but my husband couldn't stay home with our daughter due to a work event, so a friend (more like an acquaintance) offered to babysit my daughter all day and refused to take anything from me as a thank you! and she's got her own kids to keep an eye on. all so i could have a day to reboot my brain. i certainly owe her the same sometime soon!

[Sara @ It's Good to be Queen]

oh I really want to win this!!!

last night my husband (who doesn't cook anything besides pancakes and grilled cheese) made 4 dozen cookies that I had to bring somewhere today so that I could go out with girlfriends last night. :)

[Tracy]

Love that print!!!
My sister-in-law is throwing me a baby shower for our third child....very unexpected but very grateful considering we got rid of everything last year.

[Corinne]

One of my co-workers came in one day with lunch for the whole group, picnic style. It was so adorable, and fun, and brought us together during the chaos of the day.

[Amanda Jo]

Recently my husband has been surprising me with treats that he picks up for me on his way home from work. They are nothing fancy but he's always so thoughtful! For example, he knows how much I love Diet Sunkist and that it's hard to find in our area. Well, he found a gas station not far from where he works that carries it and brought home two 20 oz bottles for me!!

[Stephanie]

I love that print!
A friend just passed along some jars to me, for canning applesauce in the fall.

[Ayelet]

I had an insanely busy day the other day and my husband offered to do the weekly grocery shopping on the way home. I emailed him the list and he did it all :) He even brought me a bottle of wine. Love him!

[virginia]

my husband surprised me with a giant pack of new crayons and chocolate for no reason.:0)

[carmela hershey]

LOVE it...hubby braved walmart to pick up diapers for me...yea!! and then stopped at my amish neighbors to pick up a lilac bush they were selling..Love him!

[Diana]

I'm fairly new to your blog, but am really enjoying it. I found out about it from my daughter, the lovely Keri at Forever Folding Laundry. I always trust her taste. Anyway, I have so many things to consider, but the thing that stands out the most in the last week or so, was the two day trip I took last week to Shasta, CA with two researchers from our unit. They wanted me to see first hand the results of field research we've all worked so hard on for the last five years. I'm retiring soon, so they took two days out of their very busy schedules to give a wonderful tour, history lesson, educational experience, and the time to get to know them a little better. I loved it.

[mrjasperson]

funny that this is the question for the day....my friend Jen just called to check on me...knowing I was a stay-at-home mom for the first time with a preemie in my lap! She just called to make sure I was okay. She always makes me smile.

[Connie]

My daughter left a note on my pillow that said" Dear Mom, thank you for all the stuff you did and yummy cake..love the A-cafe(American Girl Cafe)It was the best Birthday ever.
It's so nice when your children appreciate the efforts we mom's put into their birthdays...or everyday for that matter!!
Also, my dad has been taking my children's bureau drawers, one at a time and re-finishing the fronts for me...I bought new drawer pulls to replace the broken ones and he thought they needed more than new pulls...I am truely blessed...Love the print!!

[kari Kim]

My parents drove 10 hours to spend the weekend with me and my three children. My husband is in the military and away most of the time and they thought I needed a break. I was able to see a movie with a friend and sleep in. Ah, the joy of simple things.....

[Jill]

I really hope I win this one, it's so pretty!

Something kind: My friend left a voicemail for me this morning telling me that if I ever needed to talk to someone, she is there for me.

[J.]

Love that print so much. A dear friend recently made me ANOTHER whole batch of homemade granola after I accidentally spilled the entire first batch into my purse. Sweet!

[Annette]

such a cute print! Our neighbor was nice enought to give us a trailer to use behind our lawn mower, we were going to buy it, but he said we could just have it! how nice was that?

[Jenn]

My kindness was bestowed to me just yesterday. I was flying from Washington Dulles to Ottawa Int. with my 2 kids, they are 19 mos. and 3 and while they are awesome kids I had 100 million pounds of carry on with me. I'm talking big purse, laptop bag, and giant diaper bag stuffed to the gills. I had gate checked my double stroller so when we landed I could easily get to the baggage claim. Well when my stroller came off the plane (with all the other gate checked items) it was on the highest of high platforms and there I am with all my stuff and kids who have just spent the last 5 hours doing nothing. Well this man came right over to me, dressed in a REALLY expensive 3 pc suit ~ fancy laptop bag, nice shoes and everything and just grabbed down my stoller and set it up for me without any prompting! I was so thankful to this man, what a nice thing to do for a mom traveling with little ones. It made my day!

[Annie]

This print is great!

Our book club just finished reading the book "29 Gifts." The author gave a gift every day for 29 days and challenged her readers to do the same. A few members of our book club decided to try our hand at 29 days of giving and had a blast! As part of her 29 days, a friend gave me a tub of icing. I realize this doesn't sound like much, but I can never find the rainbow chip funfetti icing (you know, the one with the little circls of flavor?). I talk about that stuff like it's incredible... mainly because it is. Anyway, she had found it at Walmart, and picked it up, "just because."

Aren't those gifts always the best? She's inspired me to give more gifts, "just because."

[Emily]

My mom cleaned my fridge and microwave, now that is kind, because they were gross. Love the sign, great reminder!

[cheryl @ a pretty cool life.]

I love my pic of those gumballs!

My husband was on a business trip for several days last week, so my next door neighbor dropped by with sushi and a bottle of wine so I could have some adult conversation. It was great!

[meghan]

we just moved to a tiny little town. we finally have some space and room to breath outside of the city. our new neighbors bought us raspberry and blueberry bushes for our first home garden.

[sarah bendel]

A few nights ago my husband got up with the baby and let me sleep. It was blissful! First real night of sleep in well over a month now.

[aprilmwalker]

oh i just LOVE her stuff & absoultely LOVE this print! recently my parent's were kind enough to give me the camera of my dreams, the Canon 5D Mark II, for me to pursue my dream of becoming a professional photographer! if that's not major love & kindness, i'm not sure what is. happy thursday!

[Brandi Hendrix]

A week or two ago I was really sick, running a fever, etc. My boyfriend held my hair back as I was getting sick all night long, took the day off of work the next day to take care of me, made me soup and watched chick movies with me, and took my dog on a log walk, even though he's not the dog-walking type. :) He's a keeper.

[Terri]

That is so beautiful!!

I am lucky to have so much kindness around me! Recently I have lost 42lbs (and still going down!!) and I have had lots of wonderful and encouraging comments on how good I look and how well I am doing. It has meant so much to me during my struggles to lose weight and I so appreciate this not so small act of kindness :-)

[Jenn S]

My old boss is my surrogate/fairy-god mother. She has always looked after me like I was a sister, especially since my mother passed away. We were out at dinner and I told her that I had found a used jogging stroller on craigslist and would have loved to have bought it, but we were short on cash lately. She pulled out her wallet and handed me cash and told me to go get the next one I could find. My hubby can't justify spending the money, but she understands my desire to get fit again and wanted to help. I love her so much.

[Charity Palmer]

I have such a sweet husband. He packs my lunch for school every day (I am a teacher). It's a wonderful, kind thing he does for me to take a little bit of the load off ;)

[Anna Marie]

I had a garage sale this past Saturday and a 15 year old neighborhood boy came and offered to help us take the tables down and pack stuff up. How nice was that?!? You don't hear of that very much from the younger generation.

[sarah]

my husband and I are getting ready ("shopping") to buy our first home...we're so excited...we have practically nothing to fill a house and when we were at church, a couple offered us their furniture from their home that they were selling. WOW...what a treat! We now have a bed for guests when they arrive :)...now to just find a house!

[Natalie (The Sweets Life)]

On Monday, my husband folded & put away laundry, put away groceries, and then massaged the knots in my shoulders...and he's making dinner tonight. Love him! :)

[Amy]

My husband packed me a cucumber and rye sandwich this morning for lunch! I don't know if i am more excited to eat it or to think about him thoughtfully making it for me.

[Megan]

I love that print. LOVE it. Last night my husband made delicious potato chowder for dinner. I don't love making supper, so this was a nice break.

P.S. I feel really bad about not entering your last giveaway....we are just on a SUPER tight budget right now.....I still feel bad though.

[Julie Weaver]

My husband is out of work (work toward his teaching certificate) and our little family has been living with my parents since December. It has not been easy. My husband is very quiet, and tends to leave the room when either of my parents enter it. Two weeks ago I had an aunt come and visit. My quiet (kinda grumpy) husband made breakfast for all of us. Just because. It's such a small thing, but it was soooo sweet.

[Tanya B]

I received a card (not an email!) from a friend saying that she was thinking of me and hoping that I was having a good week. It made my day!

[Andria Koehler]

My sister and brother in law sent me some really beautiful roses for Valentine's Day just to let me know how much they love and appreciate me. It was really sweet and totally unexpected!

[Kelsey]

I went scrapbooking at a local scrapbook store a few weeks ago for their late night crop. When I got there I was handed a $50 gift certificate to use that night. My husband had stopped in that morning to buy the gift certificate as a surprise.

All of the other ladies who were scrapbooking were jealous. I felt like I had the best husband in the world.

[Toni :O)]

Awesome! I love the Bless This House one too. My coworker who I'm very close with just gave me an awesome smelling candle-a scent that she loves and now I do too. She's so sweet and I'm blessed to have her friendship. Oh, and I also received a lovely vase of tulips (my FAV!) yesterday for Admin. Professional's Day! :O) tonidreist@yahoo.com

[FeFe]

A couple of weeks ago I had a very busy day. We're fairly new to the area and I haven't made too many friends yet. We're 11 hours from family. I had chatted with a mom from my daughter's skating class the week before so, she knew amid the hustle and bustle that we were getting ready to leave for Spring Break. The morning of the crazy day she called and offered to help me out. I had actually got it worked out with my husband to be home and help but I cried when I hung up the phone. That was the first time someone has offered to help me - the first act of personal kindness since we moved here almost 2 years ago. ~ I guess I've made a friend after all!

[Lindsey]

I have had an enormous amount of kindness shown to me lately! I have had three baby showers in the last four weeks thrown for my husband and I in preparation of our first baby! The kindness of our friends and family is so overwhelming and humbling!

[Terri]

My friends coming over to cheer me up when I have had a bad day... without even asking, just them knowing.

[Jamie]

I love the print! Just last night my husband and I were out to frozen yogurt and our total came to a little more money than we had with us. So the KIND cashier offered to cover the difference. We were touched:)

[Leigh]

Gorgeous! I love that print -- and you can't beat the message. As for a kind act someone did for me (our family) lately was when our neighbor (Monica, age 12) loaned us her unused hamster cage because our two hamsters were starting to tear each to shreds. She came over out of the blue and said she thought we might need this. What a relief -- I was about to head out to Petsmart at 6:00 on a Sunday evening and wasn't sure I'd be able to come up with a plan b in case they weren't open. It's the little things. My little girl and I were so relived.

[Wendy B]

I love it!!!

A few days ago I was feeling a little down so my husband surprised me with flowers when he got home from work. It instantly brightened my day! :)

[julie]

i just celebrated my 30th birthday, we had to travel all day that day...when we got home, my mother had put flowers in a vase on my mantel and balloons attached to our garden flag...it was so happy!

[Liz]

This is a lovely print! Well, just last Saturday I went to a 14 hour crop that my husband encouraged me to sign up for so that I could just hang with the girls. He not only kept our 2 and 4 year old all day, but I came home to a "semi" clean house. He's such a keeper!

[Marisol Avila]

The nurses at the NICU took extra special care of my baby boy...they were always so sweet and encouraging and loved on him when I couldn't be there with him. They are now all his honorary "aunties." It was great to have people that love their job taking extra special care of my bebe! :)

[Courtney]

WOW, I love that. Well, my hubby is a church planter and a year ago we moved to the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri to start a church. We had a really hard time finding a bank to accept our offer on houses because we had an FHA loan, all the houses we were bidding on were foreclosures, and flippers were coming in with a cash offer (quick, simple, no paperwork) and we were getting turned down. We ended up with three kids in a tiny two-bedroom rental, asking God to help us get a house where our dining room table would fit. It has been a hard year, but I'm also so grateful for lessons in contentment, growing close (literally) with my kids and husband and more.

So a friend of a friend who doesn't even KNOW us, but believes in what we're doing, and flips houses for a living, put in a cash offer on the house we wanted, got it, is fixing it up for us and is making a small fraction of the profit he would on a normal deal he puts together, because he's selling it to us so cheap. I keep thinking, "This guy doesn't even know us! Why would he help?" I know it is not for our sake, but to serve God, but seriously... talk about kindness!

This would be a great reminder in our new house of the kindness of God and others! We move in about a month. :)

[Karla]

I LOVE this shop! My kids have been taking turns being sick this week, so two of my neighbors have been taking turns picking up and dropping off the healthy ones to school. It's been such a help!

[BriBedell]

My girlfriend gave me a giftcard to my favorite store in the mall! Love that girl :)

[Dawn]

Being Kind daily is one of my favorite things to do. My kindness for today is taking care of my almost 1 year old nephew for a week while his mama and daddy go to a wedding in another country...he is a doll!

[Sarah]

I love that print. Perfect for a playroom - decoration and a helpful reminder! Love it!
My husband cleaned out the fridge for me. It was mad stinky (whoops) and I just couldn't take it. What a sweetheart.

[kim]

So many kind things lately ... a favorite was a note from a friend of my mother. She wrote me following my grandfather's funeral to say that she thought what I shared about my grandfather (a few life lessons) during the service was not only a great honor to him, but evidenced in my own life. That was certainly a great kindness.

[Mother Runner]

I love her stuff...even if it's a bit girly.

Recently my friends all stepped up and helped out when my step-dad was in an accident...bringing food, coffee, quarters, tooth-brushes, etc.

My friends are the world's best. wink, wink

[Jana]

I have a super fantastic friend who offered to plant flowers for me to brighten my birthday! :) Because I work ALL the time but I still want a happy, pretty porch to come home to. And she gets that. Thanks Friend.

[Laura]

The painting is beautiful.

My sister has been very kind to me lately. I'm taking a literature class, and she has helped me understand my work, and has put a lot of time and effort into helping me succeed.

[Erica]

Love the beautiful, happy print!
At Chuck E Cheese the other day, my daughter shared her tokens with me so that I could play skee ball. Her kindness just about brought tears to my eyes.

[Elizabeth McDonald]

My kids did the dishes...without being told!!!! And then they asked if there was anything else that needed to be done around the house! I love them!

[Joanna Peck]

Wow! Such a lovely print! Would love it in my home. Yesterday, My hubby brought me home 2 dozen yellow roses with a touch of pink. I keep looking at them and loving him for them, and loving HIM for giving me my hubby almost 16 years ago! Your blog is awesome and inspiring!

[Suzanne Gallagher]

This just happened this morning. I had just left the gym after doing a great workout and decided to treat myself to a nice cup of coffee. I entered the Starbucks and stood in line behind a Mom with a newborn and a toddler. This poor woman really had her hands full anyways, when it was my turn at the register, I realized that my kids had taken all my bills out of my wallet this morning for school so, this amazing Mom stops what she is doing with her children and not only buys my coffee but with a beautiful smile at that. I told her that I would be thinking of her for a long time. And she confirmed to me that there are alot of kind people still around!

[Kara Tait]

I had a girl from my small group leave me a balloon and card on my door knob yesterday because I have been dealing with some depression and anxiety. That's a good friend to have.....

[Staci]

There are two ladies at our church that have been teaching my almost 8 yr old religious education classes and getting him ready for his FIRST COMMUNION!!!! We just go to a public school and not a Catholic school, so this has just been incredibly invaluable to us!!!!! His big day is at this Saturday's 5:00 Mass!!!! Sooooo exciting! I'm making him your rainbow cake! He's going to be super excited when he cuts into it!!!!! Thanks for this opportunity Meg!!!!!

[Bethany]

I had a baby a few months ago and my church provided dinner for my family for almost 2 months! What a blessing!

[Art Cant Hurt]

my little brother just moved to colorado from indiana....like A WEEK AGO...and even in the midst of his moving chaos he called me (knowing it would be a particularly rough day for me) to make sure i was ok.
it made this big sis so proud of the man he's become!

[Kate]

Oh how beautiful!

I love getting mail and my friend suprised me with a care package of magazines, ribbons and scrapbook paper!

[Becca Fort]

I just bought 3 of Katie Daisy's things! I have them framed and ready to put in my newly re-done "craft" room. Its a room that was in need of TLC off of our garage and when my mother-in-law let me borrow her Bernina sewing machine to learn how to be crafty, I decided that room would be perfect for all my lovely junk. So obviously a 4th print would be PERFECT in my room. With that being said, I will have to say that my hubby always does nice things for me.....most recently a TRUE SURPRISE 30th birthday party with all my family and friends there. Not to mention he pulled the carpet out of the craft room and painted the concrete floors while I was gone for work (I'm a gymnastics coach and am gone most weekends this time of year for competitions). So, needless to say, he's great and I'm lucky.

[meredith]

LOVE this print!

our boss is off today, but she stopped by and brought us donuts for being such hard workers :)

[Mindy]

Doing random act of kindness is on my 40 things to do before I turn 40. On Sunday I made the Pioneer Woman's breakfast burritoes but it made a million and my little ones are too picky so my hubby took the rest down the street to the crew who were roofing a house. We didn't know them or who lives in the house that they were working on. They were taking a break and said "sure, they'd love a snack."

[Shawna]

My mom took my little girl for night and the next day so I did not have to find a babysitter. My mom is GREAT! Oh and Megan gave me a cake necklace. Thanks!

[Amber P]

Ooh, i love this!
My coworker brought me a piece of lemon cake. It was delicious!

[Jenn]

Ummmmmm......lets see- I cant think of anything recently, but the kindess thing someone has done for me was when my son was on chemo, a woman who had cancer herself dropped off 2 loaves of bread. She knew I was a young mother dealing with something terrible, and did what she could. I find comfort in knowing my son is in Heaven with her!! She was a sweet woman!!

[Diana G]

My 8-year old son told me I was prettier than Lady GaGa. Not sure if that's being kind or not - but I'll take it!

[Jenn]

Offered their washing machine for the day since mine has been broken for a week :)

Jenn

[Michelle Whitlow]

Those are just beautiful!!! Such color. I would *love* one of those :)

Something kind...when I was walking out of my kids' school yesterday the lady in front of me thought she let the door slam on me (which she didn't because I was further back than she thought) and she turned around to say sorry. Seems silly but it seems that more and more people these days forget (or choose not to be) polite. It's refreshing when you see just the opposite! Have a great day :)