A Note from the Winner

Thank you to all of you who left comments for chances to win our gift basket giveaway.   I wish that we could have given something to everyone.  Before I sent the winner her gift, I did take some photos  so that I could post what was actually in the basket, but Sherri Stone did a much better job of photographing the contents than I did, so here is a link to her blog post where she posted all the goodies that were in the basket.

Erin included a note with her rationale for including the things that she did.  

1. Mocha Marble Crunch - this is one of my mama's favorite snacks (and mine, too!). We both share a LOVE of chocolate and this one satisfies my sweet & salty tooth all in one bite! 

2. Memory Card Holder - if your desk is anything like my mama's, you've got memory cards for your camera sitting all over. Now you can keep them all in one place :)

3. Lens Cap Camera Strap Clip - "Where did I put my lens cap?" is a question I've heard one too many times...supposedly, you can attach this thing to your camera strap and keep track of your lens cap.

4. Grocery list notepad - so you can remember all the ingredients you need for Mom and Tracey's yummy recipes!

5. Screen Doors and Sweet Tea - an ode to my Southern roots. I actually received this cookbook for Christmas one year and I love it. My favorites are the three day slaw (pg 65) and sweet potato biscuits (pg 176).

6. Large Sketchpad - Mom is always looking for blank page notebooks for journaling. This one with a happy cover made me smile. Whether you use it as a journal, a sketchbook, or scrap paper for lists and ideas, I hope it at least makes you smile!

7. Photobook America Gift Card - The past two years, I have started what I hope will be a tradition (sorry to spoil the surprise, Mom) of making a photobook for my mom each year with her CY365 photos. I love when she posts them on her blog, but I think that sometimes they look totally different (even more beautiful!) on the printed page. It's fun to kind of "curate" the book and figure out themes among her photos to try and group them on the pages. I hope that you will make a photobook for yourself and enjoy those printed versions of your photos.

8. A lunch box! Because you've gotta have somewhere to put all those yummy recipes from Pixels, Plates, and Lols when you go to work or play! And also lunch boxes make me happy :) my mama always packed my lunch for me (though I had to use a brown bag then because I kept losing my lunch boxes. Now I wouldn't dare leave my beloved lunchboxes at work!) 

Make sure that you check out Sherri's blog.  And, I hope you all will keep visiting us here.  You never know when we might have something else to give away!