PHOTOSHOOT WINNER

THANK YOU to everyone 

who took the time to enter!!

*winner chosen using random.org

photoshoot giveaway.

Next month my sweet friend Sara is moving here from Denver, Colorado. A transition that's been in the making for quite some time.  

A new season for her, her husband and their three lovely boys! 

She has a thriving photography business out there, travels internationally and now will be in our own backyard, 

(quite literally....we're going to be neighbors)!!!

To welcome them "home" we're celebrating with a fabulous PHOTOSHOOT GIVEAWAY....

just for YOU!  

*family portraits
*senior pictures
*engagement shoots
*maternity photoshoots
*newborn pictures

Here's what you'll get:

Custom Session planned with Outfit Ideas.

A session inspiration board.

Location that best fits your family dynamic.

60 minute photo session.

30-50 edited digital images.

Copy Write and a release form.

Your family will be a featured Family on Lazio Images Site

Sara is a gifted photographer with hundreds of satisfied customers so this is 

quite the treat for her to offer this giveaway here at our blog!!!  

You can enter several ways:

*LEAVE a comment here at Three Men and Their Ladies.

*GO to Lazio Images on Facebook and "like" their page.

*SHARE this giveaway on Facebook. 

{LEAVE A COMMENT HERE FOR EACH OPTION COMPLETED}

The giveaway recipient will be announced this Wednesday so get the word out and enter for your chance to win! 

Let's show them some "welcome home" love....
 check out this precious video of their family.
It's beautiful.

(Open to NORTH EAST residents only please: 

PA, NY, NJ, CT, MD, DE, and DC)

*GIVEAWAY CLOSED*

AND THE WINNER IS.......

  

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED.  It was truly so heart-warming, (for myself and for others) to read about your childhood Christmas memories.  And not surprising, most of them had nothing to do with some extravagant, expensive gift.  On the other hand, it was TOGETHERNESS that stayed with us most.  

Our winner* Sarah shares her memory: 

"Growing up in Montana, Christmas Eve was a favorite time to ski as a family. I remember in particular how I'd watch the silent snow-covered forests pass below my feet as I rode the chair lift. Shifting my skis so that the powder would drop sparkling into the quiet below. Magic was thick in the air and my contented breath came out in billowing clouds."

So delighted for you Sarah! 
We'll be in touch and see that this giveaway gets to you safe and sound before Christmas morning! 

"It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air."  ~W.T. Ellis~

*winner chosen by using the random number generator at random.org. 

600th BLOG POST GIFT-AWAY!!

It's giveaway time at 
Three Men and Their Ladies! 

Somehow 600 posts have been published over the past 5 years! Thank you for journeying along with us...
here's our small way of celebrating!!! 

It's a cozy time of year, so all these little gifts will hopefully help you stay that way!  
 
Let's start by spreading out your beautiful new burlap and lace table runner so lovingly created by Lauren over at
Paper Heart Studios.   
She is quite the talented event stylist and I'm sure you'll enjoy her website, her inspirations and her products.  Here is a better look at the details of her runner and it's LONG!  It's stunning!

Here's your little birdie mug to be filled with hot drinks.

Maybe you'd like a cup of Starbuck's....

or perhaps you're a hot chocolate lover.

Enjoy your cozy drink while listening to this equally cozy cd by

JJ Heller and her husband, (autographed copy).  
Here's a little taste of their music.
Soothes the soul.

And don't forget to wipe that hot chocolate mustache away, with your new paper napkins, before heading out the door!

Put on your new African handmade necklace and grab your new colorful "hobo" bag and you're out the door.....

These beautiful items are brought to you all the way from Africa by Mosaic Designs, featured under their NEEMA PROJECT. If you're looking for a unique way to give a gift this year, please check out their etsy shop  Their store only has a small fraction of what they have to offer, so if you are interested in other purchases please do contact Faith. 

To enter our giveaway please leave a comment with    

ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS!  

If you'd like to enter TWICE you could share this giveaway and let me know with another comment how you did so,(either via your own blog, facebook, twitter, etc.).  

One of my favorite Christmas memories is when my parents told me I get to go with them to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  It was to be my first time on an airplane and we were going to visit my oldest sister Fan and her husband.  They were living down there at the time and I missed them so much.  I remember sitting on my Dad's lap when they told me. I just put my fingers in my mouth and laughed. 

I was seven.

ENJOY REMINISCING....

we can't wait to read them!

All comments, 

from near and afar are welcome..... 

The winner will be picked on

Monday, December 19th. 

Spring Giveaway Winner

Good Spring Morning Friends~~

just a very quick visit today
to announce the winner of our
SPRING GIVEAWAY!

All those lovely comments warmed my heart right up
and made me want to get my hands in the dirt,
my laundry on the line
and my face in the sun!!

As chosen by random.org, #82 is our winner,

MRS. ARENDA SMUCKER.

Thanks again to everyone who took the time to enter!

First a howling blizzard woke us,
Then the rain came down to soak us,
And now before the eye can focus - Crocus.
~Lilja Rogers~

SpRiNg GiVeAwAy!!

five days!!!!! FIVE DAYS!!

I just couldn't help myself. During the past few months as I've been out and about I've picked up some little dandies! This giveaway is for no other purpose then to say, (SHOUT) that

SPRING
IS
HERE!!!

~~GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED~~

box o' spring!

my newest favorite cleaner.
smells so good. cleans even better.

because every woman could use
a little polka dot glam when cleaning.

so you can assure your husband, (if you're married)

that you did not move his screwdriver somewhere
because alas, you have your own pair of PINK ones!

the cutest napkins.
ever.

"thanks a latte" and some of the others say
"thank you very mocha"~seriously!? too cute!

these darlings were just too sweet to pass up.
and they smell so pretty too.
practical beauty can't be beat.

take a break
and eat chocolate.
from Europe!
*wooden box and lemons not included in giveaway!*

Leave a comment with your
favorite thing to do when
it finally gets warm outside!

If you want to enter twice you can:

*click "like" on the facebook sidebar and add another comment telling me you did so.

*Share this giveaway on your blog and leave a comment telling me you did so.

And of course I'll pick the winner on the

FIRST DAY OF SPRING!!!

"It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is.
And when you've got it, you want -
oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want,
but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!"
~Mark Twain~

Vintage Photoshoot~~sneak peek!!

OH MY GOODNESS~~~~
today was a DREAM!!


Remember that little giveaway I WON a few weeks ago??
Well, today was the PHOTOSHOOT and boy was it F-U-N!!!!

My friend Jena came to help me get *ready*.

I DID MY HAIR IN CURLERS and it was only 9am!!

I LISTENED TO RAY CHARLES ALL MORNING LONG!

I PAINTED MY FINGERNAILS BRIGHT RED!

I GOT READY WITHOUT ANY LITTLE CHILDREN AROUND ME!!

(that alone was a treat)!!

Here's a sneak peek.....JUST WAIT til you see the rest!!!!

JOLYN IS AMAZING!! So laid back and easy to work with!
She set me right at ease and just did her thing while I fiddled around in my favorite room WITH ALL MY FAVORITE THINGS!

DID I MENTION HOW MUCH FUN I HAD!!!!???

THANK YOU JOLYN FOR THE SPECIAL DAY!!!!

I felt so.............YOUNG!!!!!!!!

"Wherever you go,
go with all your heart."
~Confucius

THE WINNER......

THANKS TO EVERYONE
who entered our 500th giveaway!!!

It was fun for me to put together and anyone that knows me knows I like me some fun!
In an awesome, wealthy world I would have sent EACH ONE of you this prize...I wanted to.

Every time someone else would enter, "oooh, I hope they win, that would be so sweet!" I would think.....especially when I could picture your homes and your children all snuggled in that cozy blanket! But alas, there can be only one!!

So here's how the winner was chosen:
random.org. I used "true random number generator."
entered number 1-84.

RANDOM NUMBER 62 WAS PICKED....

and the 62nd comment was from:

TERRI over at Consume Me from the Inside Out!!!
She also use to have a darling little store in town THAT IS MISSED SO MUCH called "Lulu and Tutz"!!

She lives HERE~~~

before I knew the person who lived here I did a post about this DREAM COTTAGE, because I would drive by it so often....just to find out it was Terri's parent's house!!!
SMALL LITTLE WORLD!!! Her parents have sinced downsized so her childhood home is now her adult home! So sweet!!!

SOOOO HAPPY FOR YOUR TERRI~~~
I'll deliver it to your home later this week!!!
(or if you drive by and see my car, just stop on in)!!!!

"Winter is the time for comfort,
for good food and warmth,
for the touch of a friendly hand
and for a talk beside the fire:
it is the time for home."

~Edith Sitwell~

{{{500th POST GIVEAWAY}}}

~~THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED~~

It's hard to believe I started blogging about 3 years ago.

and it's even harder to believe
THIS
IS
MY
500th
POST....

(man, I *talk* alot....AND YOU READ ALOT)!!!!

It has become one of my favorite hobbies blending some of the things that are most special to me; writing, pictures, creativity, music, people, inner thoughts,
and THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE.....

all in one place!!!

SO TO CELEBRATE,
maybe YOU

could make some of this~~~

or perhaps some of this if you prefer~~~








pour it into this darling teacup~~~

with a few of these~~~

and a couple of these~~~

cozy up in this beautiful, huge cable knit blanket~~~

and read this inspiring magazine~~~

LEAVE A COMMENT,
any comment, (just be nice)
to be entered to win this cozy giveaway,
(if you become a NEW *follower* or share this post you can enter a second time)!!

THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED
ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH

so check back then!!!!

"The best things in life are FREE!"

1950's

WOW!! First of all, thanks to everyone who took the time to leave a little comment on Fridays post.....it's so interesting reading about who YOU are, (and I wasn't expecting all the kind words about this blog, so thanks for that TOO)!! Also, I've got some great new ideas of songs to download onto my ipod....thanks for sharing your favorite songs with all of us!!!!

So, a couple weeks ago I entered a contest here. Just one of those things you do on a whim, never thinking you'll actually win!!!! But, ALAS~~~I was the winner!!!!

Part of entering was sending the photographer a favorite picture of yourself, just YOU....and you won't believe it, (as much as we love to take pics around here)....I couldn't find a picture of JUST MYSELF that I liked, (they were all with Jake or with the children, or both).

THE PRIZE for this giveaway was a photoshoot with JUST YOURSELF and YOU have to come up with an outfit, a location and any props for the photoshoot.

Do you want to know my ideas?

I'm in my vintage kitchen on a beautiful sunny day,

with my favorite apron on and my big ol' mixing bowl in hand, vintage looking containers strewn about, or maybe I'm putting on a record on my new little record player or reading an old vintage magazine while drinking a cup of coffee at my kitchen table, then my vintage phone rings and I'm talking to my friend....
all the while, I'm wearing something like this~~~

or perhaps this beauty??

OOOOR, maybe this one.....

and I have on a string of pearls and high heels

and my hair looks like this....

and my lips look like these....

I don't know....maybe this is all a perfectly good waste of a perfectly good prize!!?? Maybe I should just be *practical* and not play dress up or pretend I'm something I'm not......

WHAT DO YOU THINK??

If you were in my black heels what would you do?

Remember, I get to pick~~~

1.)wardrobe.
2.) location.
3.) props.

"She glances at the photo,
and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes."
~Frank Deford~

Little cabin in the woods

We had a delightful time earlier this Summer with some dear friends of ours....friends that are cooler then the flip side of our pillow!
They have a beautiful cabin in the woods....perhaps it shouldn't be called that though,
because it's more like a HOME away from home.

We're not talkin' deer heads on the wall here....MaryJo works for Ethan Allen so that may give you a little idea as to what it looks like!! This is a yearly tradition so here's a glimpse of the place from last years post. And here's a post about a more "fancy" night we had together with our oldest children! Let's do it again MJ!!!
This particular day we went for a walk together when suddenly, from over the hill comes this Amish woman, probably mid 60's just running....fast!! As in, I'm out for a run to get some exercise, in her dress and all, big smile on her face, keeping great pace. You go girl!!!!
We were all a bit shocked.
Watch Out!!
It's HOT!! ;)
Making a HUGE dinner over the fire pit is a highlight of our time there!

doing what we do best~~

RELAXING AND LAUGHING
and letting the kids make a mess!!

Caught red handed!!!

Looking forward to enjoying this yearly tradition until we're not 'cool' anymore and our kids want to stay at home while we go! :(

"It is one of the blessings of old friends
that you can afford to be stupid with them." (and that we are!!)
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

OH, ONE MORE THING~~~THE 500TH POST FOR THREE MEN & THEIR LADIES IS AROUND THE CORNER SO IT'S GIVEAWAY TIME AGAIN,
CHECK BACK IN ABOUT A WEEK!!! FUN TIMES AHEAD!!!!