today is a day that i have been planning for a long time. a day that has been prayed over, people that have been lifted up to the Lord with thanksgiving for their hearts to donate for this fundraiser.
i think i have been pretty clear that we have taken a big leap of faith financially with moving forward with our adoption. we could have easily been a family who had a heart for adoption but never had those extra thousands of dollars to take that next step. we didn’t want to be caught there. caleb and i were both pretty sure that we might ever have those extra thousands of dollars. but that didn’t change our hearts. it didn’t change what we have been called to do. it didn’t change the amount of money needed. it just reminded us that this is big. but HE is bigger.
i debated for a while what i would call this little fundraiser here. i tossed some things around but i kept coming back to this:
when i pray for this baby, not knowing what gender he or she will be, not knowing what their birth story will be, not knowing about their precious birth mother, i just always pray for our sweet little love. our heart aches for knowing this child and calling them our own. our hope is in Christ that He will bring our baby to us sooner than later. that He will be our comfort in the waiting and that He will show himself faithful as the great provider.
packages have rolled in throughout the summer, every time i opened one i wanted to keep it for myself. wait, that’s not what i was supposed to say. for real, every time i opened one i swelled with gratitude. THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts to each of you who gave. to each of you who is playing this part in brining our baby home.
and now to each of you, i ask that you would consider giving.
give a little, give a lot. give what you can. give in Jesus name.
the fine print:
all of these items were donated by the shops and persons listed. these giveaways are open to US residents only. please feel free to give and donate no matter where you live but prize bundles will be shipped to US winners only. everyone can enter this giveaway once by leaving a comment here. please leave your name as this comment. after that? $10 per comment/entry. click on over on my sidebar on the “donate” button and donate through paypal. donate $20 leave 2 comments. donate $100 leave 10 comments. got it? ***please leave your email address with at least one of your donation comments so i can contact you if you win*** each winner will be chosen using random.org and announced on thursday, september 22nd.
also, if you want to donate $50, for example, you can leave a comment on each post for one chance to enter to win. or leave 5 comments on one. mix it up however you please.
now, prepared to be blown away by these bundles. mmmkay.
here is bundle number one:
items included in lovely bundle #1:
rose camera bag in moss: jo totes
$50 shop credit: wild olive
complete blog design makeover: life made lovely designs
whatever print: in His grace
don’t hold back print: nan lawson
macaroon print: dear machine
tote bag and zippered pouch: hanmade things
camera canvas painting: paint me a picture
bird cage necklace and 2 flower bobby pins: like the rain
by your side (two chairs) print: michelle maule
rejoice framed art: name your joy
doily and pennat bunting: a cottage life
not pictured above but included in this giveaway is:
“The winner will get to make all the other photographers jealous as they break the land speed record with their lighting quick editing skill using the product of his or her choice from the Totally Rad! store.”
come back throughout the day today. there will be a new bundle posted every couple hours. a total of five bundles of fabulousness.
these giveaways will be open until wednesday, september 21st at midnight.
that’s ten days. ten days of giving. ten days of praying. ten days of thankfulness.
THANK YOU.
and one more thing…
please share this with others!
tweet it, blog it, facebook, email.
grab the button and spread the word.
catch ya in a couple hours. you won’t wanna miss these.
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April
I follow your blog and will post your button friend!
xoxo
Mindy Harris
the "one sweet love" title just makes my heart swell. so so so so cool to see people band together to support your heart's calling. oh, Lord, divide and multiply as you did the loaves and fishes.
Erika @ rouge + whimsy
i follow you & am praying for you 🙂
erika
rougeandwhimsy.blogspot.com
rougeandwhimsy[at]gmail.com
Breeann
What a wonderful idea to raise money! And, what a blessing for all of the beautiful things that were donated!! Love you!!
xoxo
kaylee@life chasers
And this is why I love this blogging community…
Praying for major increase and favor on your family, my friend.
keely
keely steger.
awesome giveaway for an awesome cause!
Marie
Love this!
Love being a part of this!
Love your sweet family!
Unknown
I follow your blog and just posted the button
sarah
sarah
sbchamp15[at]yahoo.com
and i love this idea! i hope your family is blessed in great ways through this!
kelly
what a great bundle! best wishes – i hope this giveaway brings in a lot of donations for you!
Dana
This is so exciting!!! I follow you1r blog of course.
DanaLKRoh[at]gmail.com
http://nestofkrohs.blogspot.com
kari
How exciting! Good luck to you!
Unknown
I follow you & I'm praying this will be a huge blessing!
Kara @ Sweet Baby Cakies
Kara Croniser
yeah!!
Laura
Your family is in my prayers.
Tracy J
Love it!! Good luck!!
tracyjablonski[at]gmail.com
thetwistedruffle
tiffany kraght
congrats to your family, what a blessing!
Rebecca Reddig
this is awesome and a great cause! 🙂
becca reddig
Zoe
good luck to you and your family! praying for you guys! i hope you raise lots of money! 🙂
xoxo,
Zoe Procknow
http://www.shopsealedwithakiss.blogspot.com
Kaylee
kaylee hanson
Anonymous
In honor of my beautiful daughter Sarah Lee Sprague's birthday.
Katiekathrynann
I will drool over that camara bag for days! 🙂
katie phillips
katiekathrynann[at]gmail.com
Rachel
Such a great idea!
Rachel Whitten
colorfulnestproject[at]gmail.com
Wifecon
Love this giveaway!
Jessica Thomas
wifecon@uncon.net
ally
love how the LORD is going to use all this goodness to bring a sweet baby to your home!
xo,
Ally
Anonymous
this is awesome 🙂 i cant wait to adopt!!
rebekahhavens@davisny.edu
stephanie joy
this is wonderful…. absolutely wonderful!
praying for your sweet little one!!!
xoxoxox
stephanie w
A jo tote?! yes! So excited you are able to have such support during this journey!
stephanie@walshfam.org
AmbreRose
I am so excited for your family! ambrerose at(aol) dot(com)
Megan
would LOVE this!
Megan B
mboden@kc.rr.com
Bee
Brooke Ellis
Aimee
Crazy giveaways!!
May God bless your family on this amazing journey of adoption. You guys are a living testament to putting all trust in God and taking a leap of faith.
Myriah Mae
Praying for you and your family as you are on this journey! myriahmae[at]yahoo.com
Ellen
I love that “whatever” print so so much!
Julia
Well this is just plain old awesome.
Praying for y'alls adoption!
Maria
thorpe.maria[at]gmail.com
beautiful!
Amanda
I love how the Lord is going to use all of this wonderfulness to bring a sweet little baby into your family!
Amanda
ohmandie7[at]yahoo.com
Kristin
sending lots of thoughts and prayers for that special baby!
Jenny
Praying with you and your family for your newest little. GREAT give-a-way! I hope I win!
Megan Tetter
AwEsOmE!
Megan T.
Tetterm[at]gmail.com
nicole
babies are a gift.
nicole
so with a donation you get to enter again, right?
Jessica
What an awesome giveaway! Now I have to decide which bundle to try for! Thanks!
Leslie @ top of the page
you know me. leslie. wow, danielle. it must have taken you hours to assemble and list all this wonderful stuff. what generous contributors you have! amazing. already.
tonpia
This is a great bundle. I'm happy for your decision to open up and get help from others.
tonpia
Second post for donation.
jdhweir[at]yahoo.com
Andrea @ The Worley House
Many blessings to you my friend!!! I pray that lots and lots of people donate including myself. So honored to be a small little part of this for your family.
I'm pretty excited about this bundle!! Excited!!
andreaworley[at]live.com
sam, elias, atticus
Lovely giveaway!!
mosherclan[at]gmail.com
Tina
I think this one is my favorite! Very sweet!
Alima
Wow, great bundles! So many awesome donations!
Alima
atd527[at]gmail.com
Alima
2nd post for donation. my paypal email is different than the one above (vanillabeanbakeshop[at]gmail.com) just in case you are matching the donations with the comments.
Alima
hard to decide where to put my last comment, but i cant stop looking at this one 🙂
melissa
this is all so great.
melissa
mslink89 @ gmail
Cindy
Really cool! I worked my way 'backwards' through your giveaway bundles. They are AWESOME! Your sponsers are awesome. ~Cindy~
Aly Allen
aly allen 🙂 let's bring your precious little one home!!
alysonrallen[at]gmail.com
Aly Allen
and here's to one more
alysonrallen[at]gmail.com
Aly Allen
and another!
alysonrallen[at]gmail.com
~
I love reading your beautiful blog!
Allyson
dayne.urban[at]gmail.com
thechattymommy
I love the color scheme on this one!
Rachel Andersen
thechattymommy@optonline.net
thechattymommy
I made a donation and am committed to praying for your family.
Rachel Andersen
rachelandersen@optonline.net -my paypal account.
thechattymommy@optonline.net– the account I use with my blog.
I made a comment on one of the other giveaways and forgot to write my name- but The Chatty Mommy is me!
Anonymous
Everything is so, so pretty!! Always praying for your beautiful family!
Becky
wvmommyoftwo@aol.com
Anonymous
megcotroneo[at]gmail.com
Sarah B
Praying!
sarahharr2[at]gmail.com
Jamie@OwlReally.com
i have a huge heart for adoption as well! praying for your future child!
jamie
jamie@owlreally.com
Candice @ Made With Love
Praying for your family and your sweet baby!
squirmywormstudio(at)gmail(dot)com
Rebekah
Love the green bag! 🙂
Kelli Blinn
Kelli Blinn
kellisblinn at gmail dot com
gail@My Repurposed Life
My daughter will be adopting someday, so I wish you all the best!
gail
Mrs. Brightful
Ana Brightful
anabrightful at yahoo dot com
Sam
I've adopted twicw, and friends are everything.
Corey and Sharon Harthoorn
Ali
Good luck!
aliholcomb[at]gmail.com
Mindy Harris
i donated $40 and this is comment 1 of 4. love u!
B.D.Bronco
Luann Habecker
Christy
Beautiful!!!!!
Christine Stanton
christine.noel.stanton[at]gmail.com
Tara @ Beautiful Blendings
Oh goodness. I read these in reverse order and now I am SWOONING over this first one. Eep!
Anonymous
I love it all, and adoption! We are in the middle of it too 🙂
allison merwin
allisonlovesflowers[at]gmail.com
Anonymous
I love it all, and adoption! We are in the middle of it too 🙂
allison merwin
allisonlovesflowers[at]gmail.com
Emily Tucker
love this!
mrs.emtucker[at]gmail.com
Shannon :: The Scribble Pad
This is an incredible bundle!
Melissa
Aww.. I love the title. Best wishes!
Melissa Huie
Melissa
I think this one's my favorite. 🙂
melissahuie[at]gmail.com
allie k reid
Allie Reid! This is an amazing way to earn money for your adoption! I pray that you will get enough!
allie.reid96[at]gmail.com
Tracie
I am breaking my comments for my donation into two of the giveaways. Hope that's okay. This one is awesome!
Tracie
I so love that camera tote!
Tracie
Forgot this.
bonfire07@mac.com
Nat
I love this… 🙂
seeks
Good luck! Your packages are immense and amazing! I hope you raise a lot of money for these! I'll share it with others as well. sneakfuzz[at]hotmail.com
ALINNA
i'll start sharing these giveaways on facebook. can't wait to see your baby! 🙂
jen
LOVE that green bag!
Cerrisse
This button is now on my blog 🙂
Cerrisse Wood
kirstie@bonhomiejewelry
making my donation! (and drooling over that camera bag!
Tammy
Wow, thanks, this is great!
Tammy Johnson
Gretchen
Going to post about your fundraiser on my blog soon – thatmamagretchen.blogspot.com, you're in my prayers!
Gretchen
thatmamagretchen[at]gmail.com
Natasha
Love this giveaway and I'll post about your fundraiser soon! I hope you get lots of donations! BTW I've been wanting that camera bag FOREVER!
xoxo
aidensmom112[at]gmail.com
Kim Hartmann
What an amazing giveaway! I have donated and spread the news on facebook.
kah12905@ymail.com
Kim Hartmann
I donated $20 so here is my 2nd comment. I will be making this journey myself in a few years so I can't help but support yours. God Bless sweetie!
Kelly
donated. i am excited to watch this all play out. God is Good!
xxO
kelly
flywithmeblog[at]gmail.com
Sierra
Wow. Just….wow! What an amazing giveaway….a what great big hearts these other bloggers have! 🙂
Tara
amazing prizes! i hope you meet your goal!
taraz9 at excite dot com
Anonymous
i so, so, so want to get this one… Jo Totes?? YES PLEASE! 🙂 xoxo
kate
this is my favorite bundle!
Anonymous
I just donated under: invitingmoments[at]hotmail.com, but can be best reached at aleigh0626[at]gmail.com.
This is a great bundle!
Thank you!
Anonymous
amazing bundle. 🙂 love how people have come through for YOUR soon to be bundle!!
Jennifer
mrsmurray16[at]hotmail.com
Jessi Russo
Love this bundle!
Jessi Russo
Seriously, love that camera bag.
jessi7303[at]yahoo.com
amanda
meep! amazing!
amanda
donation done and done. (i mean, duh.)
Allison
I die at all the fabulous in this bundle!
allisongarrett8[at]gmail.com
Anonymous
What a wonderful bundle! So excited for you all!
Renee Vielleux
Anonymous
Debra Lee
Praying for you and your family!
Rebekah
Praying for your journey!
In Christ, Rebekah
Brhea
Love this blog, love your adorable family and I really freaking love that camera bag lol
xoxo
brhea
brhea.koneman[at]gmail.com
Brhea
I am posting all of my comments on bundle 1 because I LOVE the camera bag and all of the other awesome goodies.
xoxo
brhea
brhea.koneman[at]gmail.com
Brhea
I hope you get LOTS of donations 🙂
xoxo
brhea.koneman[at]gmail.com
Brhea
Last one 😉 Goooo One Sweet Love!
xoxo
brhea.koneman[at]gmail.com
julie
Hope you're able to raise LOTS of baby-lovin' money from this, girl! 🙂 so wonderful.
Caroline E
I love reading your blog and pray that this will be a huge success!
caroline_eenigenburg[at]yahoo.com
Caroline E
Just donated. Blessings!
caroline_eenigenburg[at]yahoo.com
Heather Irene @ Rambling Rose
Again, thank you for your obedience to God's call on your life. Wish I could do more.
Barbara
Hello, I love this blog, and your smile is contagious!
Barbara
Hello,
I donated $10 to your adoption fund. Please let me know if you do not see a payment from this email address: beforeverlovely{at}gmail.com. Thanks!
Bethany
You have such a beautiful heart. Best to you all.
Alyssa
I found you randomly and have been reading ever since. Good luck!!
Alyssa
winkphotobooths@me.com
Alyssa
I donated to your adoption fund. I hope you reach your goal! This was a great idea! Good things happen to good people!
Alyssa
winkphotobooths@me.com
Laura M
Can't wait to meet the little one (s)!!
Lindsay Conner
This is my favorite bundle! I'm loving all these though and hope you've had a great response in donations!
Lindsay Conner
I've donated $10. It's under the email lindsaygirl[at]gmail.com, but you can actually contact me at lindsay.conner[at]gmail.com. Yeay! Best to you 🙂
Anonymous
i love this bundle!!! the colors are my fav!! 🙂
Victoria
Came over from Flower Patch Farmgirl and so glad I did. Praying for your family as you go onward in this journey to bring your One Sweet Love home.
canooten[at]hotmail.com