Makin' It To The Mailbox Mondays #17 {MITTMM17}

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 Welcome to the 17th Post for 

Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays!

I fell a bit behind on posting
the weekly installments with
all of the celebrations that have
been taking place.
But I wouldn't dream on stopping these posts as they are
a way for me to show
my SINCERE appreciation
and THANKS! 

You are the people involved in 

Magic of Making My Day!!!

I want to take this opportunity to shout a huge

 

 to all of you who have shown me your kindness and  your generosity.

I hope you will take the opportunity to visit
all of the wonderful and talented bloggers
that I mention with each MITTMM Post,
to see their beautiful creations,
wonderful generosity,
and fabulous inspiration.
Those of you who know me,
know I wouldn't steer you in the wrong direction.

There is so much to see and all of these fine ARTISTS are just a click away!!!

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First up,  I would like to say THANK YOU to my sweet Blend
Jessica Esch of Chick-n-Scrap
Since she and I connected, we refer to each other as Jessica and the Other Jessica
and I am so Happy to have met her.
She is super uber talented and
always fun to talk to.
She is a regular visitor at my blog and FB page

and a DT sister on the 3 Girl JAM Design Team.

Well, she was shopping online after a fun win she had and
took it upon herself to order me some Itty Bitty stamps by Unity because
she knows how fanatical I am about their products.
This was a "Just Because" gesture
and I was so emotional over her kindness and generosity
that I cried!

THANK YOU SO MUCH "The Other Jessica"
I LOVE that little birdie...so glittery and cute!!!
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Next Up, I would like to offer a sincere THANK YOU to
Teresa Collins and Xyron
Back in March, Teresa was having a fabulous giveaway at her blog

and 8 lucky winners were offered a Teresa Collins Xyron Sticker Maker.
I was ecstatic, over the moon excited to be a winner.

THANK YOU Teresa and Xyron !

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For the next shout out, I say THANK YOU to the
entire Team at My Craft Channel

They have tons of fun videos, tips, featured buys, and more
to feast your eyes upon every day.
I participated in the Sweeps Week Contests
back in March
and was happy to be a winner
of some fabulous Glitz Design Products

 THANK YOU My Craft Channel and Glitz Design!
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I love to play in challenges as often as possible, there's a SHIOCKER, huh...LOL
I participated in the March Card Challenge
at Get Hippity with Ippity at The Crafters Cafe
and was chosen as
the random March Winner.

I won some random UNITY stamps!  WOOT WOOT!
We all know how happy that made me  :O)


THANK YOU SO SO MUCH goes to Aletha Jane and TCC!!!
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A sweet new friend I made in Blog Land,
Kathy of Kathy's Double K Krafts
was having a wonderful April Blog Candy Giveaway
for reaching 135 followers at her blog.
Kathy has amazing projects, and I highly recommend
stopping by to view her talent.



THANK YOU Kathy!!!
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I won this fabulous handmade box to keep some goodies in

 and a great assortment of fabulous goodies.
Love those Lilies!!!

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A sweet friend of mine from High School
here in Ohio, Billie Hackett, is a
very talented jewelry designer.
She and I reconnected on Facebook a few years ago
and her skills have continued to grow over the last few years.
She was having a fabulous giveaway at her FB Fan Page
for her Jewelry Designs at Amayeli.

I was happy to help refer some friends her way, and in turn, I won
this beautiful set of earrings.

THANK YOU Billie @ Amayeli!!
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If you are new to my blog, you may not have ever heard of
me speak about Mark Montano.
I found his Awesome Blog and FB page
a short while ago, and WOW, I MEAN WOW!
Now I have to visit daily for tons of eye candy.

Every couple of weeks, Mark joins efforts with Krylon Crafts
on his blog and on FB
for a giveaway called
GLITTER BLAST TUESDAY!

THANK YOU Mark Montano and Krylon Crafts!!!
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I WON this fabulous array of Glitter Spray Paint
by Krylon

and

this fabulous Vision Box Idea book
by
Mark Montano

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My last sincere THANK YOU  this week goes out to the wonderful
Erica of Erica's Craft Room
and
My Cricut Craft Room Blog

Erica and the DT at the blog offer amazing
projects and fun themes for cards.  They also
help you to understand your Cricut a little by
sharing projects using specific features each week.

For the month of April, Erica was hosting a fabulous giveaway to
win a Cricut Cake Machine.

I WON!  I WON!! I WON!!!

I was so happy I cried for about an hour.  I couldn't believe it.

My BFF, Teresa of skybluepinkcreations and I,
have discussed going into Cake Making and Party Planning
and this machine will help us on our new venture.


THANK YOU Erica!!
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I hope that if I have inadvertently left anyone out of this gracious THANK YOU, that you all know you are all included in my thoughts, past and present.  Please, if you wish for me to do a shout out to you in a future Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday, don't hesitate to remind me of a prize you sent my way, and I will do my best to give you the credit you so rightfully deserve!!!

Also, if you would like to show off your own winnings, just title your post Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday and if I am your follower, I will gladly stop by to read it once I see it at my dashboard.  Or, if you'd like, you can leave a link with your comment below.  I would love to see the happiness that greets others in their Monday Mailboxes :O)

DON'T FORGET TO:

Happy Crafting
and
Until Next Time

:O)

Jessica

Makin' It To The Mailbox Monday #16 (MITTMM)

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 Welcome to the 16th week of  

Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays!

I started this installment series to showcase the generosity that floods our Crafty Blogging Community.  So many times we receive a very generous prize from a dear friend and this is where we can shout out "THANK YOU" to those who really deserved it.

You are the people behind the

Magic of Making My Day!!!

I want to take this opportunity to shout a huge

 

 to all of you who have shown me your kindness and  your generosity.

Every week (if time allows and if it applies), on Monday I will be posting a new installment of  
Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays,
where I will give a proper shout out to the generosity I have experienced first hand each and every week!  I hope you will take the opportunity to visit all of the wonderful and talented bloggers that I mention each week, to see their beautiful creations.

Those of you who know me, know I wouldn't steer you in the wrong direction.

There is so much to see and all of these fine ARTISTS are just a click away!!!

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First up, I would like to offer a sincere THANK YOU to
the fabulous people
at Ella Publishing!

I played along in the fun contests during the March Stamping Month activities.
I was OVER THE MOON
Happy to find out I was chosen as the winner of the grand prize:
7 stamp sets by different manufactures.

THANK YOU ELLA PUBLISHING!

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For the next shout out, I say THANK YOU to the lovely Heather D. at Heather's Coffee Break.  Heather is the  artist behind the wonderful images at Fresh Brewed Designs.

I was chosen as the random winner for sharing their Release Hop Badge back in February and
won an awesome new FBD Rubber Stamp.  I asked Heather to surprise me!

 THANK YOU Heather and FBD!
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Last Month, I stumbled upon a fabulous blog, Homeketeers, full of inspiration, fun challenges, contests and wonderful tutorials.  They also have a great forum site called WeScrap.  I now am a daily visitor!

Back in March, they hosted an event called 10 for 10 on their facebook page.  I was happy to have been chosen as a winner of some fabulous scrapbooking kits.

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH Homeketeers!!!
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Now, it is no big secret how much I Love Unity Stamp and the Ippity Line.  I have found

an amazing group of fellow crafters who have the same passion for this

company and their products and

follow them on their blogs and their facebook pages.

One person in particular is the FABULOUS Heather Flaherty of I Heart {ippity}.

She is one of Unity's Fantastic Ippity Chicks and is delightful to chat with.

Her projects are amazing as well as her customer service skills as an Ippity Chick.

If you love Unity and don't have an Ippity Chick....go see Heather!!!

She is currently holding a Guest Designer Call RIGHT NOW!

Heather has some fun contests every so often, and I was happy to be chosen as a winner during her FB Fan Giveaway.  I was happy to win the New Be Brave, Branch Out

THANK YOU Heather!!!
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My last sincere THANK YOU  this week goes out to the wonderful group at Whisker Graphics!

Their products are A*Dorable with a Capital A!

I joined in the fun for the FB 2000 Fan Giveaway and was the random winner
of their cute Honeycomb Bitty Bags.

THANK YOU Whisker Graphics!!!
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I chose to pick the Pink and Gray colors!!!!

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I hope that if I have inadvertently left anyone out of this gracious THANK YOU, that you all know you are all included in my thoughts, past and present.  Please, if you wish for me to do a shout out to you in a future Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday, don't hesitate to remind me of a prize you sent my way, and I will do my best to give you the credit you so rightfully deserve!!!

Also, if you would like to show off your own winnings, just title your post Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday and if I am your follower, I will gladly stop by to read it once I see it at my dashboard.  Or, if you'd like, you can leave a link with your comment below.  I would love to see the happiness that greets others in their Monday Mailboxes :O)

DON'T FORGET TO:

Happy Crafting and Until Next Time

:O)

Jessica

Makin' It To The Mailbox Monday #15 (MITTMM)

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 Welcome to the 15th week of  

Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays!

I started this installment series to showcase the generosity that floods our Crafty Blogging Community.  So many times we receive a very generous prize from a dear friend and this is where we can shout out "THANK YOU" to those who really deserved it.

You are the people behind the

Magic of Making My Day!!!

I want to take this opportunity to shout a huge

 

 to all of you who have shown me your kindness and  your generosity.

Every week (if time allows and if it applies), on Monday I will be posting a new installment of  
Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays,
where I will give a proper shout out to the generosity I have experienced first hand each and every week!  I hope you will take the opportunity to visit all of the wonderful and talented bloggers that I mention each week, to see their beautiful creations.

Those of you who know me, know I wouldn't steer you in the wrong direction.

There is so much to see and all of these fine ARTISTS are just a click away!!!

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First up, I would like to offer a sincere THANK YOU to All of the great Chicks
at Chick Challenges
for the wonderful inspiration Day after Day!

I played along in the #18 Sketch by Kim challenge and was chosen as the random winner.
I was so happy to share my winnings with my BFF Teresa from skybluepinkcreations.
She and I have been friends for 30+ years and she just recently started her own
blog, after I enabled her a weeee bit....LOL!
When I told her to go shopping for her Kit of Choice, she was super excited and had a lot of trouble deciding!  We have all been there, right?  She ultimately chose to go with the kit you see shown below!

THANK YOU SO MUCH to all the Chicks who keep us inspired at the Challenges
and to Kim Bell, Ippity Chick, for her generous sponsored prize!!!

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You can order it HERE

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For the next shout out, I say THANK YOU to the lovely Kimberly at Kimberly's Paper Munch and Michelle at Scrappin' for Kenzie.   Michelle was hosting a fun Blog Hop to celebrate her blogaversary and Kimberly was one of the Hop Stops.
I was chosen as the random winner for Kim's giveaway and won this delightful pack of Bo Bunny papers and a set of adorable flowers!

 THANK YOU Kimberly!
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It is with great pleasure, that I get to shout THANK YOU to all the wonderful people at  Scor-Pal .  They were hosting a 2,500 FB fan giveaway on th  ScorPal FB Fan Page , and I was
amazed that I was chosen as the winner.  I have been dreaming of getting one of their cutting boards for a long time now.  I also won a self healing cutting mat...SCOR-E (pun intended)!

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH Scor Pal!!!

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Have you had the opportunity to view some of the fabulous images at Fresh Brewed Designs, yet?  If not, head there now and show Heather and the fabulous DT some love.

They had a Release Blog Hop March 17, 18, and 19th and added some really fun images to their already adorable collection.  There was a fun Trivia game along the way, and just for playing along, I won some cute digi images!!!


THANK YOU Fresh Brewed Designs ! ! ! !

Here are a few of the digi images I get to play with:
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Daisy's Cupcake ~ purchase HERE~

Grace Lollipop ~ purchase HERE~

Happy Easter Eggs ~ purchase HERE ~

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My last sincere THANK YOU  this week goes out to the wonderful group at Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog and Sweet Stamps Shop.    I love hopping over and peeking it at their wonderful talent and gorgeous inspiration.  Their stamps are TREMENDOUS and their Customer Service is TOP-NOTCH!

I was happy to play along in the #56 Monochromatic Challenge and even happier when I found out I was chosen as the winner of the $20 Gift Certificate to their store.  WOO HOO!
I shopped around and just knew that I would have to get one of the Medallion stamps I had been eyeballing and had on my wish list.  I also had an Irish sentiment in mind seeing as I didn't have many to play with around St. Patrick's Day!

THANK YOU SO MUCH Sweet Stamps!
Here are the stamps I chose:

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 You can order Tropical Fish Silhouette HERE

You can order Irish Flourish DUO HERE

You can order Six Sided Medallion #1 HERE

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I hope that if I have inadvertently left anyone out of this gracious THANK YOU, that you all know you are all included in my thoughts, past and present.  Please, if you wish for me to do a shout out to you in a future Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday, don't hesitate to remind me of a prize you sent my way, and I will do my best to give you the credit you so rightfully deserve!!!

Also, if you would like to show off your own winnings, just title your post Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday and if I am your follower, I will gladly stop by to read it once I see it at my dashboard.  Or, if you'd like, you can leave a link with your comment below.  I would love to see the happiness that greets others in their Monday Mailboxes :O)

DON'T FORGET TO:

Happy Crafting and Until Next Time

:O)

Jessica

Makin' It To The Mailbox Monday #14 (MITTMM)

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 Welcome to the 14th week of  

Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays!

I started this installment series to showcase the generosity that floods our Crafty Blogging Community.  So many times we receive a very generous prize from a dear friend and this is where we can shout out "THANK YOU" to those who really deserved it.

You are the people behind the

Magic of Making My Day!!!

I want to take this opportunity to shout a huge

 

 to all of you who have shown me your kindness and  your generosity.

Every week (if time allows and if it applies), on Monday I will be posting a new installment of  
Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays,
where I will give a proper shout out to the generosity I have experienced first hand each and every week!  I hope you will take the opportunity to visit all of the wonderful and talented bloggers that I mention each week, to see their beautiful creations. 

Those of you who know me, know I wouldn't steer you in the wrong direction. 

There is so much to see and all of these fine ARTISTS are just a click away!!!

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First up, I would like to offer a sincere THANK YOU to All of the great Ippity Chicks and Peeps at Unity Opportunity Challenge Blog.  I love their stamps, and try diligently to enter their challenges regularly.  There is so much inspiration at their blogs and wonderful stamps to make creating easy and fun all at the same time!!!

I was happy to be selected as the Random Winner for the Ippity CAS Challenge and got
to pick 2 wonderful Itty Bitty stamps to add to my collection.

THANK YOU SO MUCH to all the Ippity Chicks who keep us inspired at the Ippity Challenges!!!

Here are the funny Itty Bitty stamps I chose . . . 

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"Bee" Better Together

You can order it HERE

and

fabulous girl

You can order it HERE

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For the next shout out, I say THANK YOU to the wonderful group at Neat Things Boutique.  They were hosting a wonderful giveaway and I was fortunate to be chosen as the winner of a set of fabulous Inkadinkado Stamps

 THANK YOU Neat Things Boutique
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Floral Flourishes

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It is with great pleasure, that I get to shout THANK YOU to all the wonderful people at  The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog and Shop.  I have been following this blog and shop for quite some time, hoping to get my little paws on some of their adorable images.

I was so happy when I saw my name listed as the winner for Challenge #52-Add a Sentiment and couldn't wait to shop for 3 images at the store.

THANK YOU Paper Shelter!!!

Here are the darling images I chose to receive. . .
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Little Red Riding Hood

 You can purchase this cutie HERE

Sharing a Rainy Day

You can purchase this adorable digi HERE

and 

Quiet Moment

You can purchase it HERE
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Have you had the opportunity to view some of the fabulous images at Fresh Brewed Designs, yet?  If not, head there now and show Heather and the fabulous DT some love.
They had a Release Blog Hop in February with some darling images.  I was excited to be chosen as a winner at DT Sheryl's blog @  Ink and Lace with Sheryl.

THANK YOU Fresh Brewed Designs and Sheryl ! ! ! !
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Here is the fabulous prize I won . . .

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I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT . . . 
FBD is celebrating their new March Release with a blog Hop that ends today. 
So head over to the FBD Blog now and Hop Along.

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My last sincere THANK YOU  this week goes out to the wonderful Whimsy Stamps Team.  I always enjoy hopping during their new releases.  Their stamps are TREMENDOUS and the team always has beautiful creations to be seen.  During their last Whimsy Release Hop in February, I was chosen as a winner from the Hop.

I gladly chose to have the prize delivered to my BFF since her first stamp purchase ever, was a Whimsy Stamp called Wee Snippet.  She texted me to let me know when her new prize arrived and it was the adorable stamp pictured below.

THANK YOU SO MUCH Whimsy Stamps (this comes from Teresa, my BFF, too)!

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Gus the Bunny by artist, Crissy Armstrong

You can ORDER GUS HERE

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I hope that if I have inadvertently left anyone out of this gracious THANK YOU, that you all know you are all included in my thoughts, past and present.  Please, if you wish for me to do a shout out to you in a future Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday, don't hesitate to remind me of a prize you sent my way, and I will do my best to give you the credit you so rightfully deserve!!!

Also, if you would like to show off your own winnings, just title your post Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday and if I am your follower, I will gladly stop by to read it once I see it at my dashboard.  Or, if you'd like, you can leave a link with your comment below.  I would love to see the happiness that greets others in their Monday Mailboxes :O)

DON'T FORGET TO:

Happy Crafting and Until Next Time

:O)

Jessica

Makin' It To The Mailbox Mondays (MITTMM) #13

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 Welcome to the 13th week of  

Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays!

I started this installment series to showcase the generosity that floods our Crafty Blogging Community.  So many times we receive a very generous prize from a dear friend and this is where we can shout out "THANK YOU" to those who really deserved it.

You are the people behind the

Magic of Making My Day!!!

I want to take this opportunity to shout a huge

 

 to all of you who have shown me your kindness and  your generosity.

Every week (if time allows and if it applies), on Monday I will be posting a new installment of Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays, where I will give a proper shout out to the generosity I have experienced first hand each and every week!  I hope you will take the opportunity to visit all of the wonderful and talented bloggers that I mention each week, to see their beautiful creations.  Those of you who know me, know I wouldn't steer you in the wrong direction.  There is so much to see and all of these fine ARTISTS are just a click away!!!

First up, I would like to offer a sincere THANK YOU to Everyone at
Celebrate The Occasion

I was fortunate to be sleelcted as a winner for their  #43 challenge and was chosen as
the proud and thankful winner of
a wonderful Gift Card to Micheal's

THANK YOU SO MUCH  CTO!!!

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My next sincere announcement of GRATITUDE goes to the entire Team
at Cooking With Cricut.
They hosted an awesome celebration called the 25 Days of Christmas.
It was truly amazing to stop by each and every day to see their wonderful projects that
followed a new theme for each of the 25 days leading up to Christmas.

I was fortunate to win an awesome prize pack of Quick Quotes Cherry Truffle Papers
and fabulous extras (sentiments, ink, & bling)!

THANK YOU Cooking with Cricut
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For the next shout out, I say THANK YOU to Crafty Sentiments.

They were hosting a really fun FB giveaway and I won some fabulous digital images.

 THANK YOU Crafty Sentiments
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Flora
Rose and Roxy
Violet
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My last sincere THANK YOU  this week goes out to the wonderful group at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog.  Their photo inspiration each week is so "Mouth Watering" and their DT inspiration is PHENOMENAL.

I was the random winner of Challenge #144 and now the proud owner of some fabulous images from Fresh Brewed Designs.

THANK YOU SO MUCH Cupcake Inspirations and FBD!!

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Coffee Talk - Full Length

Desert Fiesta

Tommy In Space

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I hope that if I have inadvertently left anyone out of this gracious THANK YOU, that you all know you are all included in my thoughts, past and present.  Please, if you wish for me to do a shout out to you in a future Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday, don't hesitate to remind me of a prize you sent my way, and I will do my best to give you the credit you so rightfully deserve!!!

Also, if you would like to show off your own winnings, just title your post Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday and if I am your follower, I will gladly stop by to read it once I see it at my dashboard.  Or, if you'd like, you can leave a link with your comment below.  I would love to see the happiness that greets others in their Monday Mailboxes :O)

DON'T FORGET TO:

Happy Crafting and Until Next Time

:O)

Jessica