Monday, November 15, 2010

Give Thanks Banner


I'm popping in super quick to share a little banner that I just finished this evening. I'm feeling very prepared with Thanksgiving more than a week away. Normally I would finish something like this the night before, but technically it has been on my To Do List for over a year. Better late than never though, right?


Target didn't have any glitter paper in the color I wanted for this banner, so I had to resort to glitterizing my own letters. I chose to just outline them in glitter because it took forever already. It was not my favorite part.


Plus, it was super messy.


And yes, that's because I'm a disaster when I create, but I don't like to clean as I go. I like to destroy and create side by side. 


I'm not cleaning it up until this weekend either. In fact, I'm going to bed right now.



But first, I wanted to tell you that I made two of these. One for me, and one for one of you lucky readers out there. I'm giving you until Thursday evening at 9:00 p.m. mountain time (as in Idaho), to leave a comment telling me what you are thankful for.

I promise to get it mailed out to you by Saturday at the latest. That way you'll have it in time for the big day. Good luck, Peeps!

59 comments:

  1. LOL, "glitterizing". I'd take that banner off your hands. I had great expectations for decorating for the Thanksgiving holiday but life has gotten in the way this year. I could use something festive!

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  2. Yay, I get to be first :) I am grateful for my crazy bunch of hooligans I get to call my children. They drive me to the brink sometimes, but at the end of the day (usually a really L O N G day) I am so grateful I get to share the world with them. And I'm not trying to be shameless, or score brownie points (though I would not be sad if I won your banner lol), but I have to tell you thanks for all of your amazing ideas and talents you are so willing to share. I'm a better mom because of it, so thanks chica :)

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  3. Seriously so beyond cute! I would love to win it!

    I am thankful for so many things, but I would have to say that tonight I am most thankful for my family. Specifically, my husband! He seriously puts us first ALWAYS! Plus, I wouldn't have my two boys without him! hehe :)

    Thanks for the chance to win the seriously cute banner!

    Pam
    pameladana at gmail dot com

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  4. LOVE LOVE LOVE the banner-was actually looking for one on Etsy yesteray.

    I am thankful for my children, even though they are driving me batty lately, and of course my husband and my parents. I am also very greatful for the lovely fall weather we are having. It's making me feel very seasonal! And last, I am thankful for the internet and the kinship of these blogs. thanks!

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  5. I am thankful for so many things but mostly I am thankful that I have healthy children.

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  6. You are a brave woman with all that glitter...LOVE IT. But I am thankful for my daughter who asks for Oatmeal each morning for breakfast. I am thankful for the giggles in the afternoon when the kids are playing happily together. I am thankful for the Quiet in the evening after everyone has gone to bed & I can hear the waves crashing.

    PS: I am thankful for Creative people that come up with AWESOME ideas, that I can copy...and that I don't have to THINK of the idea in the first place!

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  7. Love the banner! I am thankful for supportive family and friends!

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  8. I love your banner and would love to win one for myself! I have so much to be thankful for! The top one on my list is...I am thankful that we have a God that knows us each and everyone, personally, and He really does care for us. He is with us always in every situation we may find ourselves. All we have to do is simply believe in Him and trust Him with our lives.
    debwhite@suddenlink.net

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  9. I'm thankful to actually live in the same state as the rest of my family for the first time in my adult family, and that my thanksgiving will be loud and crowded, for the first time in 14 years.

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  10. LOVE the banner!!!

    I am thankful for alot of things but mostly that I have a happy healthy family.

    Happy Thanksgiving

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  11. Pretty :)
    I have lots to be thankful for, so today I'll say, I'm thankful for my husband, who works hard, so I don't have to!

    amy

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  12. Love it!!! I am thankful for EVERYTHING in my life....our health, children, home, job, friends, and family!!! And super creative people like you!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!! {crossin' my fingers and piggies}!!

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  13. I feel like I have so much to be thankful for this year. More than anything I'm thankful for my family. I have a phenomenal husband who loves and supports his family. After struggling with infertility, I have a beautiful 14 month old daughter, who we were blessed with before we even got to our fertility appointment. She amazes me daily and makes me a better person. We're expecting a son in March too. I'm blessed beyond words.

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  14. I am thankful for the gift of life! I love being 50!

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  15. I am thankful to God, for my supportive family, for sunshine and for the fact that next week I get to have turkey...I love turkey!

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  16. You always make the cutest stuff! Always! I am thankful for your fun blog that gives me a boost and gets my creative juices flowing!!!

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  17. Wow, there are so so many things I have to be thankful for, I will try and sum it up! I am thankful for my beautiful little daughter who I look at in awe everyday wondering where time has gone! I am thankful for my loving husband who puts up with all my crazy! I'm thankful I have a small humble home that keeps me and my family warm! I'm thankful for my growing belly because it means that I will soon have another little person to be so in love with! I'm thankful for CHOCOLATE :)

    Thanks for doing this giveaway! You ROCK!

    Amanda Wheeler

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  18. Most of all,I am thankful for my 3 healthy children.....and of course creative blogs like yours!

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  19. I am thankful for situations that challenge me to better myself.

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  20. Today I'm thankful my family is over the flu and back to school/work. Thanks for the opportunity! : )

    gwensjunk71@yahoo.com

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  21. That is great!!

    I'm thankful for being employed, health, and the fact that I read awesome blogs of people whom are much more crafty than me.

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  22. I am grateful that there are crafty people like you in this world, so that I don't have to be! haha!

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  23. That would look perfect on my mantle. I, too, have been meaning to make a banner for EVERY holiday. The only one I have accomplished is Valentine's Day!
    bretinsley@hotmail.com

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  24. I'm thankful that I was able to raise 5 healthy children, and am now raising my 8-year-old grandson. (You have GOT to look at the bright side). Empty nests are highly over-rated!

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  25. I am thankful for potato peelers. What would we do without them? :)

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  26. I am thankful for my husband and my two daughters

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  27. I LOVE the banner idea and would love to win it!!!
    There are so many things I am thankful, so just to mention one would be my family~hubby and 3 sons. I am thankful to be able to spend some extra time with them this upcoming holiday week. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. I live in Bristol TN (the other side of America)

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  28. I wish I had seen this post about a month ago! I had to glitter some letters. I never thought about using a paint pan! I am still sweeping up blue glitter!

    I am thankful for the health of my family. Even though my daughter has severe allergies, I am thankful that it isn't anything worse. I remind myself daily that I could have a child much sicker than she is. God never gives us more than we can handle!

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  29. I am thankful for bloggers like you who are willing to share their talents with the rest of the world(is that totally brown nosing?) It really is true and I am grateful for you:)

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  30. I am thankful every day that I get to be a teacher and get to watch as bright young minds grasp new concepts or play creative new practical jokes on their teacher. No better job.

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  31. I'm thankful that after 10 years of marriage and 4 adopted children, I finally was able to get pregnant and give birth to a healthy baby girl to join our eternal family! I'm also thankful for my son's leg surgery that was a success and that I don't have to journey to the hospital anymore. I'm also thankful for talented people willing to share fun things with those of us that aren't that lucky!

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  32. I am thankful for awesome friends, even if I don't keep up my end very well. I am thanful for my family and 2 kids that love to read (FINALLY).

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  33. I am thankful for SO much! But I have to agree with so many others that I am most thankful for family! I'm also thankful for awesome friends... like you! :) Happy Thanksgiving!

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  34. I am thankful to my parents. I would not be the wife, mother or friend that I am today without the love and guidance they have given me. I am so thankful for the example they have set for me and for my children as well. I always know that I have their unconditional love and support which means the world to me. I am proud to call them my parents and I thank Heavenly Father for them everyday.

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  35. I am so very thankful for so many things and people. I'm just feeling so very blessed because our family has a roof over our heads, we are employed and we have food to eat, when so many are going without. I'm blessed to have a wonderful husband and two, healthy, smart, fun children...for that I am thankful.

    Love the banner!

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  36. I am thankful that you post fabulous, creative and funny things on your blog! I am constantly inspired by the things you share! Thank you!

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  37. I am so thankful for my family, friends, freedom, my job, and thankful for a God who loves me! HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you!!! Deanna(dot)franks(at)BXS(dot)com

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  38. Hey there, fellow Idahoan! I am in Pocatello. I just happened upon your blog a while back. I enjoy reading your posts, and all of your fab ideas. If only I was more ambitious. I would love your banner hanging in my house! I am so thankful for all of the things that I have been blessed with, home,family,job,faith, just to name a few.

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  39. At this minute I am thankful for my report cards being finished, for my daughter's homework being done, for my son only getting out of bed 3 times (so far) and for the big glass o' wine calling my name.
    Always I am thankful for the ups and downs of being a wife and a mother. Even a terrible, no good, very bad day with the three of them is better than my best day alone.
    Thanks for your blog too! I am playing with Creative Memories instead of doing school work because of you! =)
    Heather

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  40. I am thankful for friends who can make me laugh when I really want to cry!

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  41. I am thankful for kids who are still young enough to snuggle me.

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  42. I love it. You're so brave with the glitter!

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  43. Love it! I am grateful for trials that help me realize my blessings.

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  44. Love it! I have been wanting to make one myself but i just don't have the time this year!
    I am thankful that my husband and i both have good jobs and three beautiful children!

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  45. as always I love your crafty craft! I loved the Halloween one too! I am thankful for so many things. The number 1 for me is having a God who loves me and gives me everything I need, not always everything I want. This year has been rough on our family for so many reasons, but the one thing we still have through it all is each other. I am more grateful for the blessings I have this year than I probably ever have been in my entire life. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families.

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  46. I'm thankful for so many things...namely my family! I have a wonderful husband and three crazy kids that I can't imagine living without!

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  47. At the top of my list right now is thankfulness for my husband's successful liver donation surgery on Monday and the coordinating successful surgery for the recipient.

    I'm always thankful for God and my family. I'll be glad to get my husband home.

    I'm thankful you did all the glitterizing and not me. There was a reason we didn't do play-doh at our house and we had glitter GLUE for our glittery crafts.

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  48. I am thankful for so many things, but mostly my sweet family(I have three boys so sweet isn't a term I use for them often, but today it is! I am also extremely thankful for your blog and wonderful ideas!

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  49. I am thankful for my wonderful family. and for their patience when I take over the house "crafting".

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  50. I am so thankful for my children who are always with me. They forgive quickly and love continuealy. Something I wish we all did more often.

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  51. I am thinkful for my husband, Peanut and King Con they bring an unmeasurable amount of laughter into my life.

    I am also thankful for wonderful people such as yourself whom are so willing to share ideas with others.

    Thanks,

    Megan R.
    mtschaggeny@hotmail.com

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  52. I'm thankful for creative people like you! :)
    amywood76@msn.com

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  53. I love, love the banner! I am so very blessed... but I'm especially thankful for my wonderful family!!

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  54. Love the cute banner. I am thankful for crafty folks willing to share their fantastic ideas. Thanks for all of your hard work and willingness to share.

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  55. I stumbled upon your awesome blog thanks to Miss Sugardoodle when I was looking for bookmarks to make for my Primary kids in church.
    I am thankful for my 3 wonderful, resilient girls and my strong and courageous husband. This year has been especially hard due to my hubby being diagnosed with a rare cancer in September and we are currently on his 3rd round of chemotherapy. He is only 34 and is a freaking rockstar!! We are thankful for our wonderful friends and family that have come through for us these past couple of months.

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  56. Yes, I'm in time! Beautiful work Jill. You really rocked that banner, especially the glitter work :)

    I am thankful for my husband, children, family and friends. The Lord was so very good to me by placing amazing people in my life!

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  57. Am I too late? I would LOVE to win this for my thanksgiving decor!

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  58. Oh, I see that I missed the deadline--darn that mountain standard time. But, I just wanted to thank you for your fun blog. Keep crafting.

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