It has been a little over a month now since I started blogging. It has been an amazing experience. I can't tell you how blessed I feel to be a part of this amazing blogging community. I am so grateful for how you have all treated me. I have felt like you have all welcomed me with open arms into your blogging community. It is funny how things happen.
I think about how I came across Lori's blog (that I Love) 6 weeks ago, and because of Lori, I have discovered the world of blogging. Thank you Lori for giving me the confidence to start blogging. I wouldn't have ever done this if it hadn't been for YOU. Which by the way Lori has a great farmhouse stool giveaway, so be sure and check out her blog, Frugal Farmhouse Design for that!
I can't believe the women I have had the opportunity to come into contact with because of blogging. You are the most talented and gracious group of women I have ever met. To think only a month ago I had no idea this even existed. I thought only people like Martha Stewart had blogs. I can't believe how many women are stay at home moms like me and have a blog. I have to admit sometimes it is a little intimidating to blog after visiting some of my favorite blogs. I am so amazed at so many of your talents. And do I wish I could take pictures like Mimi Charmante, (and have her kitchen) or write like Flower Patch Farmgirl (who also takes amazing photos & makes me laugh). Or there is this blog that I most recently discovered (thanks to Morning T) ...Lola B's, that got me in trouble with my husband because he thinks I am following Paul Walker's blog. This girl has such a fun and amazing blog!
I would like to thank all of you for what you have done for me this past month! Blogging has been a life changing experience for me. You have all touched my heart. You truly do make me smile!
So to thank you I would like to giveaway a set of spice jars from Anthropologie, to one of my lucky readers. All you have to do is leave me a comment letting me know that you want to be entered into the drawing (You don't have to have your own blog to enter). Also if you wouldn't mind sharing (if it has) how blogging has had an impact on your own life. Let me know if you are a follower and I will put your name in twice, and if you post about my giveaway I will put your name in the drawing again as well.
I thought I would share another way to use these other than for spice jars.
Yes, those are camellias, sorry. I did receive a lot of requests to use camellias again. I think peonies would be a better choice, but they aren't in season. I can't wait for them to come into season. I am sure I will overuse those as well.
I think this would look great as a display at a wedding!
The numbers on the spice jars that will be included in the giveaway are 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, there will be one of each!
It is only the spice jars that are in the giveaway.
I will throw in an extra #1 spice jar so you can have your jars read 1~10 if you would like
There will be a total of 11 jars in the giveaway!
Entries will close February 26th at 9:00 p.m. pacific standard time. I will announce the winner Saturday the 27th.
I want to say THANK YOU to the most recent bloggers who have linked their readers to my blog, you are so kind!
Thank you Federica from Sweet as a Candy. If you haven't been to her beautiful blog yet, you should check her blog out. She is from Italy and is the sweetest person (& beautiful). Not only do I love her blog, but I enjoy her friendship.
Thank you Morning T, for sharing a link to my blog with your readers. Your blog is so much fun, and you are very talented. I have also found some great blogs (like ..Lola B's) through your blog! Thank You!
Thank you Tina from Rubie's Place. Tina is from Australia and has such a cute house! I love Tina's kitchen redo. Tina is such a sweet person! She has a fun blog and is very talented!
I also want to say THANK YOU to Anne Reagan from the Apartment Therapy for including a link to my blog on one of your posts! I feel so honored! I just checked my email before publishing this, and was quite surprised and excited to see an email from Anne Reagan! Thanks Anne you have really made my weekend! To be honest I can't believe you read my blog! I am really honored!!!!!!
I hope you all have a great weekend! I hope you have a chance to check out all these inspiring blogs. You won't be sorry you took the time to do so! I know that I get so excited when I find a new inspiring blog and I don't want YOU to miss out! Everything that is highlighted in pink will take you somewhere fabulous and fun!
Don't forget to leave a comment if you want to be included on the giveaway drawing, and also if you wouldn't mind sharing how blogging has impacted your life! I would love to hear your story! Don't forget to check out Lori's giveaway, (Frugal Farmhouse Design giveaway)!
Please take a minute to visit Chania from Razmataz. She has a new blog also, and is an interior designer. She was nice enough to want to do an interview with me. You can find a little more about me & Chania if you head over for a visit. Thanks Chania!
Take Care,
Maria
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Hi, my name is Linda C. and I always feel a bit foolish posting on a blog when I don't have one myself. Anonymous seemed the only way to post it since I am also a bit technologically challenged!! I did want you to know that I have very much enjoyed reading your blog, it is like a breath of fresh air!! Absolutely love your style. I am a follower in the sense that I check in every day to see if you have posted anything new.
Thanks for all the inspiration. God Bless You.
I love your blog! Beautiful and inspiring... I would love the chance to win the spice jars!
I stumbled across your blog a few times and I'm now a new follower!
Thanks for the giveaway and i would LOVE to win ... they're so adorable ... definitely something I can find a good use for!
YAY!! A giveaway! I am a follower of your blog and love it. :)
I have been blogging for more than a year now and am definitely not consistent. :) I love to blog about my novice seasonal decorating, living in the country, baking and my amazing baby boy. It's a lot of fun for me when I get to updating my blog. :)
The spice jars are great. Thanks for the giveaway!
I am enjoying your blog so much! And it's been fun to see how welcoming and friendly the other bloggers have been! What a great group of people! I can't decide whether to jump in to the pool or just keep sticking my toe in! I try to keep a little update for my family going, but I'd love to get a fire lit under me to get this house where I want it to be! Thanks for sharing!
Oh, and I AM a follower!
I just wanted to say that I love your blog and I can't remember how I even found it and I don't even remember when I found it but I do know that I started following you right then. I love it and I love how you decorate. I love the music on your playlist too. Beautiful music. I have been blogging since 2008 and I love it. I blog mostly about my family because we all live spread out and I want us to all keep close. I like to do posts about thrifting, and painting furniture, too. Blogging inspires me to get more done around my little cottage. There is so much inspiration and talent out there and I have met so many sweet friends.
I would love to be entered in your giveaway. Those little jars are so cute. I've never seen any like that before.
Hugs,
Lee Laurie
P.S. Stop by my blog sometimes. Nice to meet you!
Oh how wonderful your blog is...I am already a follower...and blogging has been so wonderful in all the great people I have met...in person, e-mail, comments, etc. and has allowed me to open up in ways I never knew possible:)
I'd be thrilled to win this set. I hopped over to buy them after your post but they only had a few numbers left.
I started my blog in May of last year, and it has helped me in many ways. I've also learned that there is just so much talent out there! It's awesome to see so much creativity and beauty. Your home is lovely!
I'm a follower, as well.
What an amazing give away!!! I love, love, love your blog and I am a follower! Blogging has opened up a new world for me. It has really helped me to try new things in my home and get my creative juices flowing : ) I will post on my blog about your amazing giveaway @ http://ajaleesweetlife.blogspot.com/. Thanks for sharing your home with us it has given me so much inspiration! Aja
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE those jars, please enter my name in your drawing. I do not have a blog but I have been checking in with your blog daily since you started blogging! I love your style and what you have done with your home. I am grateful to Lori for getting you started and eagerly await to see what you have in store for your future posts.
piahurley@bellsouth.net
Of course, I tried to find these jars online a few days ago after reading your post...and they were gone! Thanks for the offer of a gift. Your blog is a gift! I check it out almost daily for inspiration. Thank you!
Such a sweet giveaway....LOVE it. Blogging has been a way for me to journal, to connect with other bloggers, and to expand my mind and my heart. It has been a huge blessing in my life.
What a wonderful giveaway. I am a follower and I will mention your giveaway on my new blog as well. www.pelicandesign.blogspot.com
I have only been blogging for a few weeks. Thanks for all the inspiration.
Hi! I'm a follower and big fan of your style! The world of decorating blogs has filled the void left by so many of my fave magazines going under! Keep up the beautiful work!
I follow your blog & enjoy it so much. Your photos are so beautiful! I love the jars and think it's a fabulous giveaway! (I'm also a follower. ;) Sue
Love the jars and your blog even more! Your blog is so inspirational and I have been thinking/dreaming of starting a blog of my own one day when my life slows down a bit. I definitely keep up and follow your amazing blog! Keep blogging and keeping us stay at home moms inspired!
What a generous giveaway and great post. I know most of those mentioned but can't wait to meet some new friends listed. Thanks for the introduction as well as the opportunity to win! I love those little spice jars.
I love blogging. I'm so inspired by all of the amazing creativity, touching stories, faith and 'real people'. I love making new friends and have "met" some awesome ladies. Welcome to blogging! I look forward to seeing more! I stumbled across your blog the other day and became a follower. It's nice to "meet" you! :)
Roeshel
I love your blog. I am new to the blogging world and someday would like to have my own blog. I enjoy reading and looking at the pictures and getting inspiration from blogs such as yours. Thank you for the time you put into it. Love it! I would love to be entered into your drawing for the jars. I am also one of your followers.
Oh Maria, what a wonderfully generous giveaway~ Your pictures are so delightful, I just have to ask! What lens do you use?
Thanks again for the giveaway!
thanks for the giveaway! your decorating style is beautiful and i look forward to checking your posts everyday! i have a blog but i only use it to journal my son's growth for my family that lives out of town...however, i do have a knack for decorating and refinishing and repurposing old pieces...i enjoy the process and maybe someday will post about it!
I Love love love your blog!!! I am a follower and read your blog daily... I would love a chance to win your spice jars! Thank you
Jami
I to am new to the blogging world. I Love yours. Please enter me in your wonderful contest.
I would love to win! You have a beautiful blog.
i love your beautiful house and style -- and you take awesome pictures!
I started blogging because i live literally half a world away from my family. With the birth of my child, I realized that the majority of my close family members will not have a chance to meet her until she's 2 years old, so keeping a blog has enabled me to share my baby girl's antics and life.
Oh goodness 226 comments already?!! Well I'm not surprised at all! I love your blog and so glad u have joined us! I started blogging for myself really, not expecting anyone to read it but me. It's a place that I fill with my likes and all things positive to me. I'm a faithful follower :-) AND I will post your giveaway on my blog thereby limiting my chances to win but knowing I'm sharing many great friends with you and your charming blog! -Kristen
I have really enjoy your blog and I love the jars, hope I win.
Hi Maria, such a lovely pictures in those sweet, soft colors. Your blog is truly Eyecandy! Enjoy your gorgeous giveaway!
Happy Thoughts!
Saskia
Dear Maria,
just came cross ur site and love it. I also started blogging a few weeks ago. And I also was inspired by a wonderful blog: mamas kram. Its in German though. It´s amazing to meet so many talented women.
I´d really love to win ur giveaway and of course I´ll link it on my page :)
lots of love from germany
Sabrina
Wow, I hope you're a fast reader with all these comments! I am a new follower and I thoroughly enjoy your blog and think your photos are beautiful. I think blogging makes me feel connected to some pretty wonderful people that I wouldn't have otherwise had the opportunity to come in contact with. I feel inspired by seeing what other bloggers are up to. It's very positive : )
I just ran across your blog and it is dreamy! Of course, I must follow you! These jars are FAB! I woudl probably use them for flowers too! I love using unusual or expected items for flowers.
I started blogging in 9/09 and have had my eyes opened to a wonderful world of women. Blogging has also opened me to to exploring life, my feelings, working on my writing, and reinvigorating my creative spirit.
Holly
504main.blogspot.com
hipweddings.blogspot.com
I love the jars, and love your blog.
Inspiring.
You are really taking the blogging world by storm aren't you! Well by the looks of it it is well deserved. I hope you will allow me to enter the giveaway even if I live in Europe.
I have subscribed!
Die weisse Komme auf 1-tem Foto ist toll ! Super kombienirt mit Gläser und Blumen, geffält es mir sehr gut. BR from Austria, margaretha
Dear Maria, I'm not commenting because I have I'm so excited that I have found your blog. I was so surprised to read that you have been blogging for only ONE month now! Impossible, your blog is so perfect and you are way too modest: You have PERFECT pictures with perfect text! I'm so in love with your pink flowers and your style.
Love, Chani from Paris
Since I found your blog I couldn't help following it, you have such a success I am so inspired by you... I started blogging a month ago because I needed a space for me and my creativity and hoped it could change my life somehow....well, in a certain way it has because I grabbed courage to realize my dreams (part of them) and it gave me fortune since I've found a house in a very short time of research. Maybe, I will be able to make my other dreams come true. I have many drawers full of them...Now I can dream also about your fabtastic spice jars from ANTHROPOLOGIE (we don't have it in Italy) Hugs, Zaira
What a wonderful Giveaway.... I have to tell you that I too love your Blog, I always enjoy how relaxing and interesting your pictures are, and also gives an open door to create new and unthinkable ideas... I have not created a blog for myself yet, but have been thrilled to discover how much talent and creativity is out in the Blog world, so I know very soon, I will create my own, but for now I will be very content stalking you and others everyday!!!! : ) Again, I LOVEEEE your Blog, you are so Amazing, and thank you so much for the chance to win these adorable jars.... I have wanted them for awhile now.... Have a Lovely Day!
Michelle Torres
cingulwasme@aol.com
Dear Maria, this is dedicated to you and your beautiful blog
http://maisoncharmante.blogspot.com/2010/02/dreamy-whites-un-blog-davvero-speciale.html
Good sunday
Michela
Amazing, a month into blogging and already 239 (240 now!) comments on one post! Your blog is beautiful and I look forward to every new post.
Reading the blogs of other talented women such as yourself has provided me with incredible amounts of inspiration for my first new home. As a new mum, it has also helped me feel connected to so many other wonderful, stay-at-home, very intelligent and creative mothers.
I would love those beautiful jars if I was lucky enough to win them. I am in Australia and I am regularly teased in my blog reading about the lovely bargains available from Anthropologie!
Thanks Maria :)
My name is Karen and I found your blog through Frugal Farmhouse. I follow blogs that use white as their decorating scheme. The pictures like yours are so soothing after a day of working in a hospital. Talking with people who are so sick or are dying is heartbreaking. When I go to your site and sites like Belle Blanc and White Living I can let go of the sadness and remember the beauty in our world. I am a follower of your site. Your are an inspiration to me. I do not have a blog and want to grow up to be like the big girls in blogland! Love you!
Hi Maria, I discovered your beautiful blog a little while back through Tina of Rubie's Place and instantly became a follower. I too have not been blogging for a long length of time but am so grateful of the positive impact it has had on my life - it has been so lovely to have met some wonderful like-minded, 'kindred spirits' whose comments and feedback always make my day and whose posts always inspire me. Love the jars in your giveaway - hope someone who lives closer to you than here in Australia (where postage would be too much) wins them and they find a lovely home x
hello from sunny Australia! Have just found your blog and have enjoyed browsing. Will become a follower as I will love checking back too!
Alicia
time worn style
Thank you for this glorious giveaway!!! I am truly excited. Not oly are these spice jars UBER cute...but they match the numbers on my pillows so perfectly. I can just see them in my entertainment system. :)
As for blogging...I have wanted to have one for so long...just never the courage. I also have an antique digital camera so I knew my pictures would not even say 10 words let alone 1000. But..I am meeting people and relishing in the experience. As I go thru school, it is wonderful to have this "secret garden" that I can run to when I need the perfect escape.
Cheers~
e
How beautiful!!! I love your blog!
And also I love your giveaway.
All the best to you and your family!
Niina
Ps. I will tell about the giveaway in my blog. :)
Niina
I love following your blog! It is charming with lovely photos. Thank you for the generous giveaway!
All the best to you.
Great giveaway! I would love to enter!
Thank you.
Oh, and I'm also a follower of your gorgeous new blog- love your photos!
I just found your blog {Thanks to Morning T}. I love, love, love it. Can't wait to go back and read every single entry. I love the creative use of these little spice jars. Adorable! Thanks for offering such a fun giveaway!!!
Wish to get one of those jars, it's lovely but no need to put me into the drawing cause I live too far .... I live in Jakarta, Indonesia.
I just want to say you have a great blog and yes blogging is fun, I wish I have more time for reading my fave blogs. I've just started blogging this year too. Keep posting, will be visiting you regularly.
While I'm not a blogger, it's changed my life through all the inspiration I find! I follow your blog, and congrats on your anniversary! Here's hoping for a win ;)
I just recently stumbled upon your blog and had no idea you were such a new blogger! I am new too, and while I don't have nearly the creativity that you and so many other women bloggers have, I have the desire! I love these canisters and am excited to be a part of your giveaway...thank you! http://babyblev.blogspot.com
I am more than impressed. You have only been at this for about a month and you have the give away thing mastered. i still haven't tried that but I know I should. You inspire me. PLus you have over 200 comments. Go girl.
Love those Anthropologie vases. I would so heart one.
What beautiful photos and a wonderful giveaway! Reading blogs gives me so much inspiration and it is also encouraging that there are so many others 'out there' who enjoy similar interests as mine.
This is very generous. I was blogging because I was trying to vent on life. Then in November we lost our home. I read so many stories of courageous people out there and so many wrote to me giving me hope. I never knew so many people could care about what's happening to complete strangers but I was proven wrong. I could be very goofy and nutty at times, but it really touched me that so many people out there care about us.
I love those jars!! and I love reading your blog.
Kristen
Hello! Wow Miss Lady, do you see how many comments you have received??? Good for you! I am still awaiting more pics of your house for submission...if you are interested, no pressure. About blogging, well, it has brought me great friendships - I have met Kim from Mimi Charmante in person and now consider Kasey from Lola B's as great friend! Blogging has allowed me to express my creativity and connect with many fabulous women...like you!
xo, Jill
WOW!!! This is really some wonderful candy.. Thanks for a chance to win..
saluti dall'italia public tomorrow the post on http://blogcandymania.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-candy-di-dreamy-whites.html
Hugs, rosa
i am new follower
I absolutely love these jars, and would be honored to be entered in your giveaway. I do not have my own blog, however, after just discovering some many wonderful blogs (including yours!) within the past three months, I have been so inspired. I mentioned to my mom and sister, that I feel as if these blogs validate me. I have always changed my homes furnishings and decorations around frequently--I love going to flea markets, garage sales, thrift stores, my mom has always thought it was funny how I always am moving furniture and knick-knacks around, but I feel I have reached out to my soul mates in decorating with all these wonderful blogs that I follow. I am VALIDATED and I do not have to explain to others how I am not weird I have a whole group of people who love re-decorating, re-purposing, and the thrill of the hunt as much as I do!! Thank you for sharing your great blog with all of us.
Jeanette
Let's try!
i just love your blog! I love the jars too! You have been such an inspiration on living with whites and grays! thank you for showing it can be done with kids in the home.
WOW!
I have to say, lady, Ive been around this blogosphere for a long time, have to say you have taken off like wildfire!!
Congratulations, and theres a reason for that..
your suaveness and effortless decorating are addicting..
Welcome to the wonderland of blogland..
Lisa
coastal nest
I am a new follower, lovely blog. Blogging has impacted my life in many positive ways, I get all kinds of great inspiration for my life, wardrobe, and home, and new friends in the bargain.
I also am a new follower, and love, love the spice jars. I've become addicted to all these wonderful blogs. Keep up the good work
What a fabulous giveaway! Your blog is simply beautiful! I have enjoyed tagging along your journey! For me, blogging is an inspirational experience. I love to learn from others! I have connected with some truly wonderful kindred spirits across the country!
Thanks again for offering this giveaway!
Polly
www.sassafrasstuff.blogspot.com
oh, what a lovely give away! i have been a follower of yours for awhile, and would like to say you have some wonderful inspiration! i do have a blog of my own, but can't seem to post as often as i would like. thanks for all you post. keep them coming!
I am new to the blogging world. A good friend just created her blog and I found you through her. Megan Ayers, Living the Dream Take 35. I love your site and will continue to check in often.
Thanks for the entry. I'd love to win the jars for sure!!!
I get so many GREAT ideas from blogs; you have a great blog!! I would love to have those spice jars for my house.
Erin from Colorado
I look forward to reading your blog every time you post something new. You've inspired me to take a second look at my home and do things that I've been wanting to do for so long, just haven't had the courage. I don't have a blog yet but I just might have to try it out. Love the Anthro jars! Adorable. :)
You have a beautiful blog, and a fantastic home.
I hope it is ok thatI linked you to my blog.
I'd love to have my name entered in your giveaway, please.
I'm a follower, too! :)
Since I began blogging, I have "met" so many kind and thoughtful people, and I've even met some of them in person!
I LOVE these jars and am so excited to have stumbled over here today - I've been missing my white kitchen from years ago and am working on painting this kitchen white and getting my clean/white/cheerful groove back on.
I just signed up to be a follower - looking forward to sharing your journey - blogging is great - a place to share and vent and connect with others - this stay-at-home mom is super grateful for this outlet!
Hi Maria,
I absolutely love your blog! I love all of your photos. And your giveaway is amazing. I have only been blogging myself for a few months, but I am so inspired by women like you, I just love it!
:) Kerri
You take *BEAUTIFUL* photographs. I just started blogging, but with school, its hard to keep up with. But I love your blog and your links to others, you all have given me so much inspiration. I always look forward to seeing your new posts.
Thanks again :)
I've been blogging for a few months, and just recently became addicted to it on a whole new level. I love discovering blogs like yours that inspire me to decorate. My husband and I just bought our first house, so I think about decorating pretty much all the time! I would love to be entered into this drawing, and I'm following your blog as well. Looking forward to your future posts. :-)
Your blog is refreshing, inspiring and breathtaking. I look forward to your posts!
Hey Maria, I just found your blog Friday night and HAD to bookmark it immediately! It is such a happy and inspiring blog...not to mention beautiful. You have made me a regular reader! Good luck with your blog, it's a hit already.
Take Care,
heather
This blog world is an amazing little phenom. connecting people across the world with shared interests and beautiful photography. I have met some lovely people through this world who I am happy to call friends. Best wishes...please enter me in your giveaway.
Cindy
Hi Maria what a wonderful giveaway. Please enter me in your draw. I a follower and I enjoy your blog like you wouldn't believe.
Sandy x
As Mr. Darcy would say,
"you have bewitched me body and soul and I am in love, love, love with your blog" and all the white....I have been following your blog since you started and would love to be entered twice. I also mentioned your giveaway on my blog.
I love blogging and all the inspiration that I get from blogs, whether its, spiritual, home decorating, or just following a blog because of something I have read and feel a connection.
Hi Maria! WOW, look at all the entries!!! I would be happy to blog about your giveaway, but no need to enter me in this wonderful giveaway, as I have long since owned the spice jars :) I just wanted to let you know that your photos are aaammmaaazzziiinnnggg!!!!!! So pretty!
Hope you are enjoying your weekend ~
:) T
Great blog! Your giveaway is a wonderful idea, I'm happy to have a chance to win :)
Your blog is great. I've added it to my favorites. I have been blogging for about a year and a half and use my blog to focus on all the positive aspects of life in small town Iowa.
Love the jars.
Happy blogging,
Brenda
I love these jars! I think the thing I like the best about blogland is being able to express myself and find my voice.
I also am a follower of your blog in google reader!
Maria,
I posted before, but just wanted to send a link to a happy blog award I'm linking you to. Your blog sends smiles of happiness to my little world.
Cheers!
Julie
www.juliejohnsonblog.blogspot.com
You're doing a great job so far, keep it up!!
awesome (at) howtobeawesome (dot) org
My goodness. You've been blogging for a month and you have 650 followers? Well, with this giveaway - I can see why! This is wonderful! I would love to be entered.
Girl, your good times have only just begun!!!! Blogging is the best!
Welcome!
Karen @ Some days are diamonds
I don't have a blog (yet) but reading blogs has definately changed my life. Seeing all the DIY projects that bloggers have completed has inspired me and given me the confidence to try projects I never would have before!
Wow wee!! I love your blog. I am some what new.
It just seems to take me forever to catch on to computer stuff! Maybe 'cause I turned 60 this year! lol. My children would no it's just you! I love following your blog!
smiles, alice
I LOVE your gorgeous home and enjoy reading your posts. You have an amazing ability to makes things beautiful and I appreciate the inspiration you have given me.
You know how so many people want to go "green"? Well, I want to go "white"!! Ha!
I NEED those adorable jars!!!
Keep up the great work!!
I love blogging too! I blog more to journal my families' year and then get it published... but I dabble in decorating and find wonderful inspiration from talented gals like you! I missed out on buying my own spice jars when they went on sale, so here's to hope, hope, hoping... I can be blessed enough to win these, grin!!!
Hello Maria,
One look at your blog and I am in love! I'm also now a follower because there is no way that I am going to lose sight of you. I love everything I see. And, you have such a kind heart.
Lovely giveaway too.
hugs
Sissie
What wonderful jars! I love them. I am a follower, and really enjoy your blog, along with a few other favorites. Blogs can mean so much more than just "fun", I've learned. For years, I've lived with and taken care of my elderly mother, who has dementia. I can't leave her alone, and she isn't up to going out much... she sleeps most of the time. Visiting beautiful blogs not only helps to offset the isolation these situations can involve, but it's almost like a (much needed) vacation, losing myself in the beautiful, serene images. So thank YOU for making ME smile, too!
I've only just opened a blog page of my own, though I'm not sure when I'll find the time and energy to start building on it. But your blog is definitely an inspiration to help motivate me! Thank you!
Hi ! Like others have said, I am shocked that you have been blogging for a month and have so many followers. You are very talented. I have been blogging since last year and I LOVE IT!But I only have a few followers..ouch..LOL.. I'll get there too....It is such a nice way to express myself & It's almost as rewarding as if I wrote a book! Thanks for sharing your world. I hope you and others will visit mine.
Please enter me for the contest too!
great jars!
i think you have found your calling!
i blog for fun, for myself, for posterity. started as a way to keep friends updated when we moved three states away and has progressed a bit. for a time it was my place to write about having a child with down syndrome. now, it's a pretty hodge podge place - which i know breaks all the blogger rules. i have no focus. :)
What a great, great giveaway! Maria, your blog is *beautiful*. Blogging is such a lifeline for me, an outlet, a place to tune into my own life and celebrate it. I cannot imagine life without my blog.
What a great giveaway! Beautiful blog. I cannot imagine NOT seeing the world through the eyes of a blogger. I would blog even if no one ever read!
Oooh LaLa! Gorgeous blog! I adore it and I love this giveaway, just beautiful. Blogging has also changed my life and the incredible people I have met have inspired me in more ways than I can count.
xoxo
Judith~
I'm so happy to have discovered your blog...it is beautiful and inspiring! I am currently hosting a give-a-way as well as a 'thank you' to all of my followers:) I never imagined that in blogging I would make the deepest friendships around and I am so grateful to have discovered the world of blogging. Thank you so much for the chance to win...I look forward to visiting here often:)
Oh I love these!!! I love blogging too, takes me places I could never afford to go to and I meet people that have the same interest as me!
I love your blog. I do not have a blog of my own, but I am so inspired by blogs such as yours. These jars are so cute!!
~ Jessica
The spice jars are lovely and so is your blog!
Just became a follower! Thanks for the giveaway and I love your blog!
Welcome to the blogging world. These jars are adorable. Please enter me in your generous giveaway.
Oh, and I am a follower! I get very excited when a new post from you lights up in my reader!
I lurked around blogs for several months before starting my blog last November. Everyone seemed so nice and I found so many ladies with similar decorating taste I just had to join the fun.
I am now your newest follower!
I would love to be entered into the drawing. I love blogging as well. It has made me so much more aware of the "little" things in my life.
maria....i've loved your blog and have been a follower from the moment i saw those white sofas and i knew you had lots of kiddos! :) :) my inspiration and motivation to go white with my five kids!
i love blogging for so many reasons but in the past year it has been soooo helpful for me to find and solidify my 'design' style. we're building a home and because of blogging and perusing other's blogs i have been able to make fairly big decisions quickly because i now know what i like and what i don't. :) no more wishy washy! :)
Your life is beautiful...thank you for sharing it with the world. Great giveaway!
Please enter my name in the drawing. I dont have a blog, but am "addicted" to several blogs now. It seems I am glued to my computer following your posts. Thanks for sharing everything with us!
I would love to win your giveaway !
Blogging is my favorite hobby. I really do feel close to people I don't even know. It just reminds me that it really is a small world.
Kristen Smith
searchforgod@yahoo.com
I became a follower !
Kristen Smith
searchforgod@yahoo.com
I am absolutely in love with your blog! It's so calming in the crazy {but wonderful} life I live in! Blogging has made me more patient- more forgiving- and more ready to laugh at life's mishaps. Cuz we all know it makes awesome blogging material. ;)
I am TOTALLY a follower and would LOVE to have these adorable jars adorn my kitchen! Thnx for the chance!
My sister sent me a link to your blog last week and I have thoroughly enjoyed perusing it! I also found Home and Harmony through your blog and have added her blog, as well as yours to my reader for every day inspiration.
Dear Maria,
Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging! I am so glad I discovered your blog this evening - I love it! I added you to my blog's Beautiful Spaces links section as Create With Joy and your candy to my sidebar. I hope you'll stop by and say hello when you have a moment - I'd be delighted if you became a Kindred Spirit as well!
I have only been blogging for a few months myself and it has opened up a whole new world of friendships, connectivity, and creativity for me! Because of where I am in life, these connections are particularly significant to me. It is amazing how technology allows us to connect with those we may never other wise meet - and how, through those connections, we find how similar we are, no matter where we reside!
Looking forward to following your blog and getting to know you better!
Hugs
Ramona
http://create-with-joy.blogspot.com
For someone who has only been blogging a month, you have done amazingly well. Wow! Well done :)
Hi Maria,
What a beautiful blog site you have created! I'm new to blogging a well, and I'm quite addicted to it already. I just love your site and your home is amazing! I am now a faithful follower! Please enter me in your giveaway, I would so appreciate it and please stop by my blog and say hi!
Sincerely,
Melinda
Alabaster Rose Designs & 15 Bella Vie
Please enter me in your contest, these jars are fantastic! I am an avid follower of your blog and love it! Always love your pictures for inspiration!
Maria! I'm dumbfounded! How in the world did you start a blog a month ago and have 650 followers and 320 comments on this post? Yes, your blog is amazing and you are beautiful, but still I can't wrap my mind around it!
Moving on...love Anthropologie! The spice jars are great!What a sweet giveaway. I would love to win them! I am now a follower, and will post about it right now, on my blog! I'm also go to list you under my Blogs that Inspire!
Hug!
What a great blog, beautiful, no wonder that it's catching on so fast!!!
I love the jars in the giveaway, and will follow this site.
Lisa Jones
inspiration garden
Thank you for the giveaway! I began blogging to record our family life, which quickly introduced me into homeschooling blogs--incredible women--so now I have two blogs...one about our family life plus schooling my three year old man, and one for decorating, diy tips, our attic renovation (which I am finally getting an all white room-yay!) and behind the scenes of being a stay at home mom. You're right; it's incredible! How wonderful for you to have so much success--your home is beautiful and i love seeing how you warm up all that white-so very inspiring!
Thank you so much for the chance to win! I love those spice jars and I think they would be really cool for organizing office supplies too! Or scrapbooking supplies.
I just found your blog today and wow do I feel blessed....must be fate...or least I'm going to tell myself that.
These jars are SO cute! Thank you for this giveaway! Blogging has been such a wonderful thing for my creative side as well as a personal journal in a way! LOVE IT! Thanks so much!
Oh and I am a follower :)
Hi Maria,
Congrats on your great blog. What a wonderful give away! Please enter me.
I'm new to Blogland and uncertain as to how to become a follower. Your blog is in my daily read list. Does "following" mean that one signs up someplace to follow? And, I'd be happy to put something on my blog about your give away, but it wouldn't be seen by anyone except me! =)
Reading blogs has given me so many great ideas to implement in my own home. What amazes me the most is everyone's creativity. As a result of that it seems that my own creativity is coming out of dormancy. That is exciting! My idea file has over 300 pages and it is such fun to scroll through to look at all of the yummy things that make my heart go pitter-patter.
One day it is my desire to be a giving part of the blog community. Right now I'm a taker and not a giver. But that's ok. What I've been given by other bloggers could never be repaid. I'm learning and stretching myself and that is so rewarding. It's getting a bit easier for me to leave comments. I'm certainly not at a loss for words as you can tell! LOL!
I enjoy reading your blog. Thanks for sharing your life and home with us.
Paula
Thank you, your blog has been a pleasure to peruse, it does take me away...so yes please add me to your long list. I already follow, which we were all taught not to do, but I think we would all follow you anywhere!
Lisa
Hello. I would love to be entered into the contest.
I just found your blog last week and I have now added it to my google reader. Thanks for sharing!
What a BEE-YOO-TIFUL blog you have! My whole life it's been colour, colour, colour, and I've grown to appreciate the beauty and serenity and perfection of white over just the last couple of years. I don't have my own blog, but follow many and get so much inspiration! Don't know how we all ever did without them. :o)
LOVE the spice jars. They'd go great in my new white kitchen, in my new white house (which I'm moving into in 3 weeks!)
Karyn
karyno@shaw.ca
Hi Maria, you're really lovely and it looks like your family is too. I am just one of many that has fallen in love with your blog...I only "check in" with a couple every day and yours is one of them...best wishes and much happiness with your blog, it looks like you are a big success-your photos really look like you are a stylist by trade! Gina
You have such a natural talent for making one feel as though they are seeing very ordinary things in a most extraordinary way!!! Thanks for sharing your time and talents..they so calm my chaotic world. I follow...Blessings! Gale
Have been reading your lovely blog for a while ... now I'm compelled to send you a note, though I've thought of doing it before! I'd love to win the jars, but even if that's not to be I'm glad to be here in your comments column!
Merry (merrybe@comcast.net)
Hello and welcome to the wonderful world of blogging! I`ve done this now for 2 years and I love it...hope you will stay on for a long time, I like your blog and I am now a follower.
You are welcome to visit my blog Sköna Rum.
Kind regards
Maria
Sweden
Hi Maria :-)
I'm new with blog too!!.. You have a beautiful house and family... so happy for you!!
kisses
Etta
I started blogging last year after we settled down from military life. Time is always an issue as we have six kids that keep us very busy, but it is nice to sit down when I have a moment and share my thoughts, etc even if I don't have a huge following. Your blog is so beautiful and inspirational. I mentioned to my my husband that you have kids too and somehow manage to decorate with white....which in my dream world my house would be!
Keep up the awesome job of inspiring us all....
You have such a Beautiful Blog Maria!& What a very Generous giveaway! These jars are adorable! I've met so many Beautiful people from all over the world blogging!
I'm a follower! Thanks so much!
Big Hugs ~ Teresa
I love these jars. What a great gift!! I am a follower and LOVE following you.
Barbara
ricettebarbare at gmail dot com
Love the spice jars. I can't wait to catch up on your blogs!!
Hi Maria,
I follow you since I've found your blog from the post on Federica's Sweet as a Candy.
I like both of you a lot.
I blog since 1 year, when I've opened my own on february 2009: I discovered a world and it makes me happy.
I'm going to link your Special Giveaway on my homepage, and then I'll go to look around the blog you've suggested.
Have a good day!
I was at Anthropologie yesterday trying to get these jars and they were sold out!!! You displayed them beautifully! Blogging has changed my life! I have been inspired to do things that I only thought other people could do! I have been making things with paper,redecorating and just having fun seeing what all the talented ladies are doing!
Thank for the giveaway!
Gretchen
just stunning! Would love, love, love to display them in our little cottage!
I am not a blogger but follow several that I enjoy. I love yours and got it from Cottagenest blog.
I love the jars
WOW- just one month. I love your blog, love the colros. We just moved into a 100 year old farmhouse that hasn't been updated since the 1980s, maybe even '70s. It's great to look around and get ideas! I originally started blogging, because we thought we were moving to NJ. When that didn't happen, I kept it up. Since then it has afforded me an outlet for feelings and creativity. I have met many great women online, and will be having one come to do an art weekend at my farm in the fall!! How cool is that?? I hope to win those lovely jars- with some much to do in this hosue, every little bit helps.
Your blog is so inspirational! I love the serene, fresh feeling decorating with white creates. (Now to find a way to keep it all serene & fresh with 3 kids and big furry dog!)Fabulous photos...I don't have a blog but follow you on Google and always look forward to your newest posts!! What a fun giveaway...thanks for offering it!
Awe, Thank you Maria for your comment! I just was reading your profile, we have a lot in common...besides our age! :) I married my HS sweetheart too! Lots of the same interests...anyway, thank you again and I am looking forward to many more inspiring posts from you!
Jamie
Wow! These jars caught my eye and I LOVVVE them! I have a blog that I recently started and it's a great way for me to "scrapbook" our life as a family...kinda like a diary, kinda like a scrapbook, but a convenient way to remember the good times...
What a sweet and generous giveaway! I was so excited when I read on your blog that they were on sale, but there were hardly any numbers left to choose from, so the opportunity to win the whole set is just amazing! I am a follower of your blog, and find it so inspiring and the photography is so calming. :)
You have beautiful style and even though you have just started blogging, I have already been inspired many time by your blog. I was so upset last week when I tried to order these jars after seeing them on your blog and they were sold out. Keep up the amazing job you are doing on your blog!
Congratulations on blogging for one month!
I have enjoyed your blog! I attempted to blog, but couldn't get into to me actually keeping up a blog. But, I LOVE to read other's blogs; I read blogs every day!
I also follow you via Google Reader.
Absolutely love your blog. Dawn at "The Feathered Nest" suggested your new blog it is fabulous and very dreamy.
The spice jars are scrumptious would love them.
Anthropologie is sold out of course. I will be a regular follower.
Thank You for your inspiration
Debbie @ Patina Nest
I just started following your blog and love it! You have such amazing pictures! Love the spice jars what a great giveaway!
What a great giveaway, I LOVE these jars!!
I'm so happy to have found your blog...it's truly inspirational. Your style is amazing...so glad that you've taken the leap into blogging so that you can share it with us. And as for what blogging has done for me...it just makes me happy...the women you "meet" are so welcoming and encouraging. Thank you so much for offering such a beautiful giveaway...so generous of you...and yep...I'm a follower.
congrats on your amazing success. I honestly don't think I have seen a blog grow as fast as you and am thrilled for you. Your authentic heart just shines through.
I did a post on those pompoms a few months ago and they have just revolutionized so many of our family occasions. Such a blast. :)
I love your blog and have been unofficially following it for a couple of weeks, but today I made things official and I am now one of your followers. :)
I just love those spice jars...and, like you, I could think of a million different ways to use them!
Personally, I have found that blogging has opened my mind to new ways of doing things and has also become my go-to source for inspiration when it comes to life, love, religion, health, decorating and living.
I am so excited to enter! I am a follower and I will post about it today! Woohoo 3 entries, please let me be the lucky winner.
And blogging is just a fun escape it's better than window shopping at decorating/furniture stores because I can be in pajamas and on the couch:)
Maria-My most sincere congrats on a terrific blog-your photos are amazing, and I am definitely a follower!
I love your blog and I love these jars! I tried to get them on Anthropologie.com, but they were sold out of most of the numbers :( I am in the process of launching my own blog and I can't wait to see how rewarding it will be. Thanks!
Rachel
Dear Maria,
Thank you so much for following me too! I've been doing this for a month only but sure I am having lots of fun. I just Loooooove your blog! You sure are a wonderful person. All the best for you and your lovely family!
XoXo, Li
I am in LOVE with your blog. Your style and photography are just lovely!
I recently started my own blog, it's a form of destressing and calm for me. I'm a follower of yours and I'll be posting about your giveaway (to my two followers...heehee.)
Hi! I am just married and in love with the decorating tips on your blog. We have a tiny two room apartment, but I try to make it as pretty as possible, and, inspired by your blog I am decorating the bedroom with dreamy whites. After seeing some of your beautiful repainted flea market finds on Frugal Farmhouse, I am even trying to refinish a dresser I found on craigslist - wish me luck! The light colors really opened up the space which felt so crowded before. My husband and I are expecting our first child, and when we find out the sex I am sure some appropriately colored Martha Stewart pom-poms are going to find their way over the new (to me) white bassinet in our room. I will post about your give away on my blog this week!
LOVE your blog. Keep up the good work! I've really enjoyed my own blog, it's encouraged me to be more creative.I'm a follower and will post in my own blog too!
The spice jars are adorable and I love all your suggestions for displaying them!
I've been a foodie blogger for almost three years. I have met so many lovely people, gotten so many wonderful suggestions for my home and recipes for my kitchen!
Yes please to the competition. Blogging for me is a way to keep in touch with my readers, to keep writing and to meet the most talented and creative people. I don't know what I did before!! xv
I love your blog so glad I found it. I was so disappointed when I went straight from your blog to Anthropologie and the spice jars were sold out. (The #'s I wanted anyway) I guess the 369 people that commented ahead of me beat me to Anthropologie as well. I don't have a blog but reading other blogs and seeing their creative endeavors has opened up a world of creativity.
Thanks for your generosity to one lucky girl!Fingers crossed it's me.
Nancy N.
I love the way you styled the spice jars! I don't use spices much so finding beautiful alternatives for their use is great.
I've found so many new people ever since I started blogging. We share so much and I find inspiration in all of them. It's a great community.
Thanks!
I have to say, your house is beautiful! Just started following your blog last week, and I am inspired!
I am a new blogger myself - just started a few months ago. I love the community I get from reading other's blogs and being able to share from my own life. I feel like I know these women, even in different countries! So amazing!
Love these spice jars - so cute!
Great inspiration you have added here...and those jars are just darling, add in the gorgeous flowers and the photogrphy and I am swooning...over here~!
Hi Maria!
What a lovely blog. Everything is just stunning. I don't have a blog, but am inspired daily by you and others who do. I am a follower and would love to be entered.
Hugs,
Wendy Ü
swoon....sigh....your blog is so beautiful! I love your creative talent. I'm so glad you started blogging so I can bask in your talents! Keep it up! Can't wait to see what awaits on your blog.
Oh yeah, I am also a follower! :-) How could I not be!
Found your blog from Lori, and I am loving it!
Blogging made me realise that I needed to change my major from Art History to English, which I did. I'm pretty sure that it was a life-changing decision.
Thanks for hosting the giveaway! You've done amazing things online already. I'm so impressed with how fast your blog has grown. Congratulations!
Oh my word, Maria...your blog is exploding! Thanks for the giveaway and I would love to win these jars. I am already a follower. Fingers are crossed!
Gracious, those jars are DREAMY! I can think of a million and one ways to use them in our house!
I am so grateful for your beautiful blog!
Please enter me, I'm a follower too! I do not have a blog, but have been so inspired by many blogs, including yours! Thank you!
I love these jars and your blog. Thanks for this giveaway and your inspiring blog.
I'm a follower too.
I'm brand new to your blog via French Larkspur's link! Your giveaway is so cute and I'd love to be entered in your darling giveaway.
Blessings,
LMM
From a fellow lover of all things white
Thank you
love your blog. i check it every day now. :) i would love to win these jars. we don't have an anthropologie around here. they are lovely.
i can't wait to see more and more of your house/design/style. i am so inspired!
by the way i linked to you on this post:
http://queen-of-the-house.blogspot.com/2010/02/in-which-i-ramble.html
:)
I'm posting not because of the giveaway, but just to tell you how awesome you are!
I starred that post of Lori's where you were first featured as I LOVE your style!!!! And now that you've started your own blog, it's one of my favs that I check every morning. I love that you're going a little "viral" as even on the interantional sites I follow I'm now seeing Dreamy Whites pop up!
Love your posts ... they are always so beautfifully presented. I feel like I'm reading a favorite magazine. You've got great style, AND are an amazing photographer. Girl, you are seriously talented!!!
Now, if only I could figure out how to grow Camillas and peony's in So Cal without them frying so I could be more like you ... ;)
Love your giveaway, so cute! I am definitely a follower of your blog and have been since your first post. Love all of your photographs - it makes it really fun to read. Keep up the amazing work and I look forward to see what you come up with next!
What a lovely give-away. I love anthropologie but we don't have one in this state. I always visit, though, when I discover one in our travels.
Your blog is lovely and its hard to believe you are already having a give-away after such a short time. I love visiting your site for inspiration. I don't blog myself, but spend an awful lot of time checking out the blogs of all you creative people out there!
I would love to be entered in this giveaway! I follow many blogs (including yours) and have been so impacted by all the wonderfully creative and giving ladies out there. I am inspired daily by what I see.
What a great blog! You rock!! Love the jars. Hope I win. Thanks for all the inspiration
I enjoy your blog....your home is lovely! i wish I was brave enough to go white! With 4 kids and Virginia red mud, I am intimidated! I don't have a blog, and I'm new to discovering them. Even though I am viewing from the shadows, I can't believe how seeing other peoples homes has inspired me to get up and do something! Please enter me for the jars. I found them only a day before they went on sale and before I had a chance to purchase them they were all gone!
Patty email me at lachniet at msn dot com
thanks!!
Maria, I was browsing a friends blog and saw that she followed this cute blog named dreamy whites. I have yet to finish reading other entries...but love this one and will definately follow it!
I have been blogging for 2years. At first, I was just going to do the highlights of my life, but have decided of late (the last 6months) to post more things, favorite quotes, journal thoughts, ideas and more! It is really very fun...I wish I knew more about how to create a very cute blog, but for now, mine is what it is.
I will repost your link/article on my blog for others to come check you out!
THANKS for sharing.
First, LOVE your blog! Doing great...keep the beautiful pics coming! Blogging, as you know, is a great outlet for a stay at home mom...newer to the world of mommy hood, I have 2 little people and blogging has given me such an outlet in the midst of raising little people! I'm a follower and mentioned you in a post so I'm hoping that 3 will be a good number for me as I'd love to be the recipient of your giveaway!
Congratulations! You've come so far in only one month! I'd love to win these pretty little jars for my beach cottage kitchen! xo
I'd love to win them!!! I love READING blogs ... they are an amazing escape for me. I get all kind of ideas for things to do with my kids, decorating ideas, etc. They are just fun!! Thanks for the giveaway!
And I'm now a follower!! :o)
Please enter me in your giveaway.The jars are so lovely.I just started blogging 2 weeks ago.
I think it is wonderful to meet so many kindred
spirits. Your blog is peacefully dreamy.
Dottie
Yes! Please enter me in the drawing.
I just found your blog, and I can't believe you've only been doing this for such a short time. You take wonderful photos and your home is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your creativity. I've been hesitant to start a blog, as it feels like being the last one to the party, glad to know there are other newbies out there.
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