so many chances to win!

help celebrate these two lovely birthday ladies and enter to win shop credit from craftee mcgee's!

do you read food, wine & mod podge? if not you should! you will come away feeling inspired and probably hungry! for katie's birthday you can win a $20 shop credit! the giveaway runs all the way through march 7th! 

hannah is the sweet & talented lady behind peggy ann design. she has a fabulous shop and a wonderful blog that always makes me smile! for hannah's birthday you can win a $25 store credit! the giveaway ends this wednesday night {march 2nd} at midnight CST!

make a donation to help the miller family adopt from south korea!

alissa from rags to stitches has put together this wonderful week long event to raise money for the miller family's adoption. read their story here. there are three prize packages to be won! for each $5 donation you receive one entry. the raffle runs from today through friday! i designed this custom necklace for the paxton project which is featured in package number 3: "for the fabulous woman"! 

white and honeysuckle glass pearls

wait there's more! 

you can still enter the giveaway over at yes teacher for a $20 store credit! that giveaway runs all week. entries close on march 4th and the winner will be announced on saturday, march 5th! {and includes a coupon code good for one week after the winner is announced!!}

wanna win?

want to win a $20 gift certificate to craftee mcgee's? 

head on over to yes teacher crafts to enter to win the gift certificate and learn more about little old me :)

PLUS there's a coupon code for 20% off just in case you don't win. 

it's good all week! 

big coverage of a huge small town hockey tournament

two weeks ago eagle river hosted the usa hockey pond hockey championships. 250 teams. 1700 people. 24 rinks on one lake! this is a big deal for our little town and was made even bigger by the presence of nbc sports! the following segment aired nationally before & after the blackhawks game on sunday as part of nbc's hockey day in america. since local coverage of events around here is often anything but professional {i'm sorry but it's true!}, this video and its olympic feel are something really special!



seriously...tell me that music didn't give you the chills. nbc sports can make anything feel magical! also they make me want the olympics to be on tv. right. now.

funny they didn't mention that the tournament was sponsored by labatt blue and that each team received a 24 pack of beer for each game played :)

missing him

sorry i've been mia this week. it's been a year and i'm not handling things as well as i expected. i have so much to say about papa and about what we were all going through this time last year, but i can't seem to get any of it out right now. so instead here's the video i created for papa's wake. it's a little on the long side. only watch it if you feel like hearing some great oldies and seeing adorable photos of my sweet papa {plus a few of little jacqui. i'm the first grandbaby to show up on the scene!} 



papa from craftee mcgee on Vimeo.

i miss you papa and love you dearly.