Today we are featuring the
Holiday Traditions
and
great GIVEAWAYS
of
Gussy
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Jenni Bowlin
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Rebecca Smith
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Gussy shares …
Zack and I have only been married a couple years (awww :] ) and since we're currently living in Minnesota and our families are in Michigan, we haven't had the chance to start our own traditions. However, our moms have given us some of our childhood ornaments, along with some family ornaments, and so our tree is decorated with these memories. We really love decorating the house at night with Christmas music playing — it's something we both get excited about! This year we have a little pup, Bauer, and he's making things so much more merry & bright. Merry Christmas! xoxo
Gussy is giving a $40.00 shop credit to her shop. Please visit her at:
www.shopgussy.com
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Jenni shares …
The holiday season is always full of traditions
what wonderful women with a fun background of traditions. Thanks so much for sharing. We have the Polar express as a favorite too..Santa left big silver bells for the kids 1 year when they were small & the book signed by the author when I met him almost 30 yr ago with my oldest. Love the contest..what fun
YES !! Another great giveaway. Thank you ladies for your genorosity. QUEENIE
Chris Gerke
Rebecca – LOVED your story!!!! So fun! My family also has a secret santa gift giving idea, but the handmade vessel or way of wrapping is just awesome! Thanks to everyone for such great giveaways!
Have tweeted about this!
I’ve put the WWC 12 Days image on my blog sidebar too :)
Rebecca that sounds like you have a wonderful and fun family. What a great tradition.
Gussy, I love you puppy and I know you will create your own traditions, heck you come from Michigan and we know how creative you have to be coming from there.
Thanks so much for sharing ladies.
I can completely relate with Gussy’s Christmas memory! We too live in Minnesota, have been married for a year and a half which means our parents have been passing along Christmas ornaments, books, and stuffed animals. This year…we are setting up the little train around the tree. Very excited. Thanks for sharing ladies! Happy Holidays!
I really want to win those luggage tags specially!!!! Thank you ever so much for sharing so many giveaways and giving so many people a chance to win!
Wonderful ways to enjoy the holiday, gals! Would love to win these treasures!
The mercantile style of supplies for paper art, is so inspiring! I am diffidently going to add those to my stock. I love that look, and actually collect vintage advertising that I have displayed in my home. Thanks for the opportunity to perhaps win some!
The WWC 12 days button is on my sidebar!
I love the Secret Santa tradition. All the Christmas memories are so fun to read…as well as the anticipation of making traditions.
Wonderful giveaway.
I am loving all these traditions and stories – how fun!
These are great! I LOVE the Secret Stocking Santa idea!
Everyday is a new treat, thank you for sharing and for your giveaways!
oh will you look at those plaid stockngs..this house sorely needs new stockings! love the fabric used in these!
Ohhhhhhh these giveaways are great. I’d love to win – I really would! Merry Christmas
Oh what fun! I love reading about these talented ladies and visiting their stores and blogs.
So impressed with all these creative ladies. Love your site. Thanks so much.
I have been a JBS lover since scrapbooking days. So nice to meet all these new artists as well. Can’t wait until tomorrow.
Gussy, you are starting your own traditions with the family ornaments and decorating. I remember when my hubby and I first started doing Christmas on our own and here we are, 13 years later, and we still do some of the same decorations.
Lovely stories, ladies!
Such fun traditions, some for years, some just starting. Thank you for sharing and for the chance to win such great giveaways.
Love the stories and generous giveaways!!! Thanks for the chance:)
Thanks to all you ladies for sharing your stories. I love hearing about your family tradition. Thanks for the great giveaways too!
These are such lovely giveaways & stories about traditions for Christmas! Thank you for the giveaway opp!
Oh, what fun it is to read other women’s stories! Enjoyed each and every one and your shops!
image is on my blog!
Blogged about the contest!
I’m loving the stories and traditions shared.
~Adrienne~
These are great places to shop. Thanks for the chance to win.
Their work is lovely and inspiring. Thanks for the chance to win!
I am really enjoying the holiday traditions stories. Thanks for another chance to win.
I follow WWC on Twitter.
So many inspiring women and stories! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
More great ladies…with wonderful stories to share! I love learning more about them! Happy holidays to you all! ?
I have your button on my sidebar…and my fingers crossed! Thanks! ?
such amazingly creative women!
How fun to meet some new artists and learn about them. There’s some great prizes offered here!
I posted the button on the sidebar at our blog.
What a great prizes. I love the dogtag, looks like my labrador…..
I posted the button on my blog
I blogged about the event.
I already am a subscriber to your blog
Day 5…and still getting better
thank you
c
Thank you for sharing your Christmas traditions, you all have lovely things!
Wow…the Christmas goodness never ends. Thanks for the giveaways.
Love reading the holiday tradition stories – great giveaways from talented artists…thanks for the chance to win.
Thank you so much for 3 more lovely traditions…each day has brought a smile to my face. :)
Great traditions and as our family grows, I can see us doing the Secret Santa. I love the idea of making your own Stocking Vessel, too. It becomes part of the gift!
I have the Twelve Days of Christmas button on my blog sidebar.
I loved the story about the Christmas boot stocking from Rebecca! What a hoot!
Retweeted today’s giveaway!
I love my WWC badge, it looks great on my blog!
Thanks for introducing us to 3 more inspirational and creative women. Holiday traditions are so important and it is great to hear about others.
I have a WWC Twelve Days button on my sidebar.
These ladies have me COMPLETELY in the holiday mood! Just leaving a quick comment before I head into my crafty nook to start creating!
My favourite Christmas show/movie has to be The Grinch – either Jim Carrey’s version or the original cartoon. Christmas isn’t ‘right’ unless I get to watch each of them at least once! For my husband it’s the Alistair Sim version of A Christmas Carol.
I love reading all these great traditions – makes me want to add another one to my family’s list!
All wonderful traditions, but I particularly enjoyed reading Rebecca’s – Our family is very competitive so I can only imagine what stocking vessels we’d come up with!
Oh I know to just be starting a family traditions are something you want to carry on yet start something new just for us.
I love the stocking story great story showing the christmas spirit by the whole family. WOnderful!
Amy
I look forward to checking my emails for the next day’s blog. Great stories and traditions!
Jenni, I love your kit projects! Darling.
Such creative people! i love the vintage style Christmas crafting kit. :)
So many wonderful giveaways, love the tags, the vintage style Christmas crafts as well as anything from the Gussy shop.
One of my favorite parts of the 12 days of holiday traditions is learning a little bit about all of these designers who work I so admire.
Don’t forget to put your shoes out tonight so St. Nicholas will fill them with surprises!!!
I am loving all of these stories!
I love that secret stocking tradition…I’ll have to think of a way to incorporate that into our traditions…
Hello, I am really enjoying reading about these beautiful artist’s and their wonderful work. What a lovely giveaway. Have a great day. Terri
Hello, I am also a follower, love to visit. Thank you. Terri
Love, love, love, all things ruffled and vintage. Today is a perfect collection of gifted ladies! Thanks for the chance to win!
I also have put your beautiful button on my sidebar, thanks again and have a wonderful day. Terri
What a fun christmas bloggy party! I am going to enjoy it! Thanks! karen….
Another slam dunk…thanks for the opportunity!
Tweeted…
I love the idea of Stocking Secret Santas!
Thank you
Gill
WOW….so generous of you talented ladies!! Love the inspiration that you all share and getting to know you a bit better!! Happy Sunday xOxO Nerina
Sooooo sweet. Very talented artist too, thank you!
Sheila
Enjoyed these wonderful women’s holiday stories. Thanks for the giveaways.
Love the secret Santa idea! These 3 artists are 3 of my favorites!
Button is on my sidebar!
I adore the secret stocking idea…may have to present that to my family!
What lovely prizes — thanks for the chance to win one of them! :)
Button is up! :)
I’m so enjoying all the different Christmas traditions. I have your button on my sidebar.
Sherry @ A Happy Valentine
beautiful and such creative ladies!
thanks for the giveaway.
Shannon
http://www.cascobaysoap.com
http://www.cascobaysoap.blogspot.com
It’s neat to read about others’ Christmas traditions and fascinating to see all of the beautiful things that other women create!
We also have a new puppy this year at Christmas so it will be interesting to say the least to see how what he does with the Christmas Tree! Thanks for the opportunity to participate in this great give-a-way!
Laura T
I love te homemade stocking tradition.
I blogged about day 5 and a button is posted!
Laura T
I tweeted about Day 5!
Laura T
i think the passing down of family decorations is really the best gift. it’s so sweet your hubby likes to decorate with you! he’s a keeper!
these are very talented ladies. What a wonderful givaway! thanks, veronica
Wow, another day and another wonderful giveaways from beautiful talented women. Thank you Happy Holiday
Thanks for these wonderufl stories and give-aways!
Love these ladies!
Thank you for another wonderful day of holiday traditions. We draw names for Christmas presents – one per adult – and it is a secret until the day we have our get together and exchange presents. Thanks also for the giveaway opportunities from these artists.
I love Jenni’s family tradition. I am going to suggest something like that for our family. I think it would be fun to find things at thrift stores and antique stores that we could surprise each other with.
Oops, I mean Rebecca’s tradition. But everyone’s posts were good!
I’d love to win.
More wonderful tradions I am getting stuck already of which new tradition I will be taking up next ;0)
Love Dawn xx
I also have a link on my blog for your 12 days
Love Dawn xx
It is interesting how distinctive Christmas traditions are for many families. They all sound wonderful, but no doubt most prefer our own!
Yay – three more great giveaways!!
Thanks for the stories!
Love these ladies! And they are all just so talented…
I have the Twelve Days button on my blog!
I have loved reading all the stories about everyones traditions! Thanks for sharing!!!
Wonderful give aways. Love the luggage tags!
Lovely giveaways from very talented women!
PS..I’ve posted the WWC badge on my blog
Would love to win this one!
Your traditions are so inspirational. Thanks for the boon to my creativity.
What fantastic giveaways!
Its so fun to hear all these stories. Thanks for sharing.
I love the secret Santa idea.
Love these. Thanks for the chance to win.
I am a new follower.
Fun tradition, Rebecca, with the making of the stocking stuffer “vessels”. It reminds me of a friend’s family who had the rule that among immediate family members gifts must fall into the categories of “Make it, bake it, sew it, or grow it.”
I think I’d like to adopt Jenni’s Christmas Eve movie tradition. Sounds magical!
I’m with Jenni…..it’s all about slowing down and enjoying family together on Christmas Eve.
Love reading them all! ~Heidi
Thanks for these amazing opportunities from these sweet and talented artists!! I appreciate the posts too!
Any of these gifts would be a Christmas treat!
Blessings,Becky
Another day more amazing women. You inspire me!
Wonderful stories. Thank you for the chance to win.
What a wonderful bunch of giveways. Thanks for the chance to win.
I would LOVE an enormous Santa boot stocking! How cool!
I would LOVE to have an enormous Santa boot! Off to tell DH we need a new tradition. ;)
Love the stories!
Maggie(Gussy) is such a sweetie and so is Jenny whom I’ve taken a class from once before. Great ladies and giveaways.
Yes I follow WWC and just tweeted the 5th day: http://twitter.com/#!/rlphilbr13
Yes I have the giveaway button on my sidebar:
http://con-tain-it.typepad.com
Wow! Sign me up!
Keeping my fingers crossed :)
I’m so enjoying everything everyone is sharing!
Your button is posted to my blog sidebar
This is such fun, reading about all the wonderful traditions people enjoy during the holiday season. Thanks for sharing and providing the chance to win such great giveaways.
Tweeted this!
The stocking idea is wonderful fun!
I love all of these artists, thank you for the opportunity to win fun goodies!
love it! I love it! No, really, I love them all!
Love reading everyones traditions
I loved reading all the traditions! thanks everyone !
I love reading these wonderful traditions. Thanks for putting this together!
I tweeted this
Gussy those ornaments from your childhood trees are your first new tradition!
Jenni sitting under the christmas tree lights is so special.
Rebecca as our families have gotten larger we started selecting names and it is so much fun to find out who shopped for you on christmas day.
Another day of great stories and traditions. Thank- you
brilliant! especially the secret santa stockings.
I love hearing about everyones traditions.
wow, LOVED this post
I just love these past few days of posts. All of the tradition stories are so interesting and seeing what all of these talented artist create.
one of the gift giving things we did in my family last year was give a small item or a home-baked treat and then give to a charity like World Vision in their honor…
I can so relate to what Gussy said about decorating the tree. Our tree is full of memories – some of the decorations I made when I was a kid, some my parents made, some were bought, some were gifts, and as I unpack them and hang on them on the tree, every one of them brings back memories.
I’m a follower and tweeted about today’s giveaway @knititall
And I blogged here: http://knittingitall.blogspot.com/2010/12/calling-number-five.html
Great read…and great giveaways. Enjoying this.
I am a huge Jenni Bowlin fan but was unaware of the others. Thanks for introducing me to these two other lovely women and their products.
such wonderful items!
thanks for the chance to win!
many blessings,
danielle muller
http://www.thevintagedragonfly.com
i so love jenni’s style!
The 12 days button is on my sidebar!
Wow! What amazing products!!! Congratulations to the lucky recipients!
love the holiday sentiments. hope i win this one.
thank you for the chance.
I love Jenni Bowlin’s paper, I have been addicted to it for awhile. Rebecca’s tradition is fabulous!
Thanks for sharing & the generous giveaways! The boot sounds hilarious!
When we were little my mother put an ornament on her tree with our name and year on it. When we got our own places, we got that box of ornaments for our first tree. Hanging them brings back such wonderful memories.
I’ve put the “Twelve Days of Christmas” WWC image on my blog. http://knittingitall.blogspot.com/
What a wonderful way to celebrate the holidays.
Such great stuff!
My mom used to buy each of girls our own ornament for Christmas each year. When I moved out and had my first Christmas tree of my own, my mom came over and gave me all my ornaments and helped me put them up. It was great.
Ooh, I love Rebecca’s tradition! That sounds like so much fun. Thanks for the chance to win!
mrsmchappell at gmail dot com
Tweet! http://twitter.com/MrsMChappell/statuses/12668773706235905
mrsmchappell at gmail dot com
Would be thrilled to win any of the prizes! Thank you for sharing these lovely ladies.
I really like Rebbecas stocking idea. Great prizes too!
I have the button up on my blogs sidebar too
Such great ladies and great gifts thanks
Brenda
It is so fun to read about these holiday traditions. I look forward to more.
I have a WWC 12 Days button on my blog. :)
Great idea! Great stories! Happy Holidays! Ana
Great giveaways! Thanks for the chance!
kmassmanATgmailDOTcom
Thank you for sharing a glimpse of these artists with us.
Wonderful! Thank you for the giveaways!
Thanks for such generosity- so talented and generous!
Second Entry “Cover Votes”
Thanks, Chris Gerke
Thanks for the great giveaways!
Wonderful traditions!! Thanks for sharing them with us! Happy Holidays!!!
Yeah, everyone’s points are cool.
Lovely traditions! I love Rebecca’s photo with the little pony – SO sweet!
xo
jeanne
I just love reading all of the traditions from each of these women. It’s funny so many do celebrate Christmas but when really stopping to think, we each celebrate just a little differently than the next bringing into our celebrations parts of our own family. That’s what makes each family special.
This is so much fun:)
Great prizes. Thanks!
wonderful family traditions!
VictorianGypsy
oooh I luv mrs bowlin, she is the sweetest ever!
Thank you so much,
Maggie
http://passionatelyartistic.com
Thank you for the chance to win one of these beautiful gifts……
I love Jenni Bowlin’s style! Thanks for the opportunity to win some great items!
I follow you on twitter
I voted for the Spring Cover
I love Rebecca’s tradition, and have been trying to convince my in-laws family to do this for years…because there are too many folks to buy for!
Thanks for the chance!! Beautiful!
What great memories and traditions!
It’s always fun to learn about others special traditions at the holidays. Two years ago we started having The 4 weeks of Christmas. We get together once a week in December and eat or go to a concert or movie or play a game of monopoly and at each meeting exchange a gift each. This was my idea to get to see more of my kids after they left me with an empty nest. Of course, the gift at each meeting, was the bait for the kids and we have had so much fun doing this. Thanks so much for the giveaway. ms.cheryl
Lovely stories. Traditions are so important to grounding a family. Thanks for sharing and for your generous give-away items.
How wonderful these holiday traditions are! Thanks for sharing them & delighting us with your talents!
I love these giveaways! Thank you for the chance to win!
Please include me in your wonderful giveaway. Thank you!
great giveaway!
Oh, I love the “secret santa stocking” tradition. A great twist on that theme. We may have to give it a try next year. Everyone is so talented. And I love reading about their traditions. Thanks so much for these generous giveaways.
I am gathering so many good ideas for next year!
Luggage tags, kit, and gift certificate. What more could a girl want?
Creative traditions from creative ladies!
Would love to win something from Gussy’s shop!
Love all the goodies.
Thank you for the opportunity to play.
Hugs,
Erin
I love these giveaways! Merry Christmas!
lanzaelizabeth77 at gmail dot com
The Secret Santa game with Rebecca makes me chuckle – her family sounds as silly as mine!
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I have added your button to my blog sidebar
http://www.thefloweringdogwood.com
Fantastic Giveaways!!
I tweeted about the giveaway
http://twitter.com/#!/FlowerinDogwood/status/15849028520517632
Liz
Love all the giveawys and stories. Thank you to all the artist.
I enjoy reading about your varied and amazing
traditions. Our family looks forward to the
Christmas tree and stockings, also, but Santa
filled ours with more mundane gifts1
These contests are well written and I enjoyed reading all the stories. Beautiful. Thank you and god bless.
xo
I love reading all these stories and traditions!
Great stories and great giveaways! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
So wonderful to read all these traditions….
A favorite holiday tradition of mine is enjoying all the bouyant secrecy surrounding buying just the right gifts and wrapping them, all undiscovered, with a few from “Santa”.
Added your button to my blog!
I <3 Jenni Bowlin. Another awesome day of inspiration and giveaways!
Crystal McC
I hope I’m not too late! Happy Holidays!