Lauren Darlings intro and giveaway!

Hello friends! You've seen me here before and a lot has changed since then. I am now a proud wife to my husband Brandon. I am a stay at home wife and he is a professional baseball player in the Cardinals organization.

Although Mal's husband is a musician, I can relate to her in so many ways as we share similar roles for our husbands. We are by their sides in the adventure of helping their dreams come true and document the ups, downs, and lessons we learn along the way.

This is the sign she made for Dave and I...we couldn't love it more!

My schedule is often unknown and I've always wanted to work for myself in some sort of creative way to make sure we can be together no matter what city or state we are in. I have dabbled in online store ownership a few times selling hair accessories and paper crafts being unsuccessful. In late October I decided to open an online store selling hand painted signs. Yes it was a 180. My store evolved out of a last minute wedding gift for a friend.

I believe in gifts that are personalized, unique, and exactly what you can't find in any store. I enjoy being crafty. I adore handmade gifts. I believe in talent and that we all have one or more. Finding it on the other hand is not always so easy.

 Here are some of my favorite signs.

Today I'm giving away a late Christmas gift to ONE lucky reader.

**To enter to win a sign of your very own (trust me you will LOVE it) here's what to do...

Mandatory entries~

Follow my blog via Google Friend Connect (the join this site button on the right under our picture)

...leave a comment saying you do/did.

Follow Lauren's blog here...leave a comment saying you do. 

Extra entries~

 Like my facebook page here...leave a comment saying you do.

Go to Lauren Darlings here and leave a comment telling me your favorite thing in her shop.

Follow me on twitter here...leave a comment saying you do.

Follow Lauren on twitter here...leave a comment saying you do.

Tweet about this giveaway...leave a comment telling me you did.

(EX: Go enter @mallorieowens giveaway for a hand painted wooden sign from @larnlevy! http://mallorieowens.blogspot.com/2011/12/lauren-darlings-intro-and-giveaway.html)

You can also follow me on bloglovin, google+, and share our facebook pages...comment for each

...so many ways to win! Good luck and I will be posting the winner next week!