My New Shop, and a GIVEAWAY!

I'm so excited to tell you all that I've opened up an etsy shop!!!

I've received LOTS of emails about the tote bags I made a few years ago, thanks to Pinterest I'm sure :) 

So anyhoo...I decided to make up a batch of them and offer them for sale for those of you who don't like to sew! 

And as a sort of Grand Opening celebration, I'm going to give away one of these tote bags to one of you, my lovely peeps! The prize will be one of these floral and gingham totes as pictured below. But there are many other styles for sale in the shop. 

All you have to do to enter is visit my etsy shop,

The Parsonage Queen

and leave a comment here on the blog telling me which bag is your favorite! 

There are quite a few to pick from...

There are some shabby chic bags...

There are some fallish bags...

 There are several chevron bags...

And there are even some striped ones, too!

All of the flower pins are removable, so you can wear them on your jacket, sweater, or on another purse if you'd like! 

The giveaway starts now, and will close in one week - on Friday October 5th at midnight. I will announce the winner on Saturday morning (October 6th). The giveaway is open to anybody in the US or Canada, but if you do not have a blog, please be sure to leave your email address in the comment so I can contact you! 

Good luck, and I'll see ya at the Shop! :)

Giveaway Winner!

Thanks to all of you who participated in the giveaway! And let me tell you, I thoroughly enjoyed reading all of your wonderful, and hilarious suggestions! You guys sooo crack me up.

Some of my favorites...

*Redoing the Rectory (good one, Karen!)

*One Can at a Time...and it Only Cost Me a Dime! (June, you know me too well...)

*The Krylon Kottage (very clever.)

And I just have to share an emailed suggestion from my Mom:

*Brushstrokes and Little Folks. 

Is that not clever?! So cute. Now why did I not get some of her smarts...

There seemed to be quite a large consensus voting for The Painted Parsonage, so that's what I finally decided on. And I think it suits this blog pretty well :) So, for the very first time...

WELCOME TO THE PAINTED PARSONAGE!

And now without further ado...

Mr Random Number Generator has selected.....

***drum roll please***

Number 17,

Brenda Stevenson! 

Congratulations, Brenda! I'll get the prize to you a.s.a.p. 

There were 22 valid entries, I had to delete a few who left duplicate comments, just to be fair to everybody!

Thanks again for participating, and for making it fun!

It's a GIVEAWAY kind of day!

Let's have some giveaway fun today! 

I happened to come across a jack pot the other day, and I thought of all of you. (sniff, sniff...)

So...today, I'm going to giveaway something I love.

One winner will receive 4 cans of Oil Rubbed Bronze Spray Paint!

I realize that it's been getting harder and harder to find, and I found a place locally that had a whole bunch of it. This stuff is just so awesome. I cannot even begin to tell you. 

BUT...there's a catch :) Because I'm sneaky like that.

You have to help me rename my blog! 

I realize that "The Fogleman Family" just isn't the best choice to sum up all that this blog is about. Not all posts are about family. Besides, I'm not overly fond of my name. My husband is a real sweetie, and he's just the cutest thing....but I did NOT marry him for his name. 

Or his money.

Back to the point...

I've had a few ideas floating around in my head, like...

The Painted Parsonage

The Cottage Parsonage

I'm certain I had a few other ideas, but they've left me. Anyway, get where I'm headed?

 So all you have to do to enter this giveaway, is to leave me ONE comment telling me what you think I should name this blog! Give me some new ideas! But be nice. Please. 

Now for da rules:

Open to US and Canada residents only.

You can enter until midnight (central) Monday night. 

Winner will be chosen by random number generator, not necessarily by the best name submitted. 

Winner will be announced Tuesday morning. 

I don't really care whether you're a follower or not - everybody gets the same chance.

If you leave an annon comment, please leave your name and an email address. 

That's it! Now go forth and NAME THAT BLOG!!