Heartfelt Gifts For Your Special Mom From Hallmark and A Giveaway

I'm having a hard time realizing how fast this year has been going for me. It's May already and soon to be Mother's Day. That being said, this is going to be a tough Mother's Day for me this year. It will be the first one for me without my Mom. She passed away last October 23rd, so celebrating this year is a bitter sweet thing for me as a mom.

But it does not stop me from celebrating some of the other women in my life who are moms and who I love dearly for the impact they have had in my life. So many sweet women have been special and have provided me guidance, advice, examples and an abundance of love, and I want to thank them in special ways for it.

That's why I love these products from Hallmark. They are a part of the heartfelt Ken Sheldon Collection. Each of these products reminds me of how special these women have been to me and will continue to be. Each piece features a beautiful and touching sketch done by Ken between a mom and her child. The tender moments are so sweet and evoke memories for me of my Mom and being a mom.

Honestly it is hard for me to pick which of the items I love the most. Each one reminds me of several women. The mug is so sweet with the image of a mom gazing into the eyes of her sweet baby. It says, "All the love a heart can hold".  I remember moments like that looking at my new borns and being amazed at how much I loved them.

"Some things we hold on to forever" is a statement I can completely agree with. This is stitched on the small throw pillow with a mom hugging her child. As a mom of two grown boys I know I will hold on to a part of them forever. They will always be my babies, much to their chagrin.

But the one thing I lean to a little more than the others is the print of a mom cuddling her child in rest. Ken wrote on this one "And the love only grows".  That statement could not be more true. With each passing year I have loved my kids more and more.

I love how Hallmark has a way of capturing special feelings in a moment. They have some of the most beautiful gifts and sentiments you could wish for, and they have been kind enough to offer this special bundle of gifts to one of my readers. Just use the Rafflecopter below to enter.

You can find these products featuring sketches by Ken Sheldon in your local Hallmark store or HERE!

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Hallmark #KeepsakeIt Ornament Giveaway

Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love everything about Christmas. Celebrating the birth of Jesus, trimming the tree, family, friends and just the wonderful atmosphere it has.

Every year I try to make a special ornament and buy one or two that are special. Some of our favorite ornaments over the years have come from Hallmark! We have quite a few now and it's hard to pick just one that is THE favorite.

One of my favorite things to do before each Christmas is to find out the new ornaments released by Hallmark and perusing the Dreambook! This year was no exception!! There are so many wonderful ornaments to look at and so many would look wonderful in my home and on my trees! (Yep I usually put up several.)

Here is an ornament that Hallmark generously sent me to try out. I was thrilled to get it and can't wait to hang it on my tree! in fact my whole tree will be of Noah's Arks this year, and many of them are from Hallmark.

I have a thing about Noah's Ark. It is one of my favorite lessons from the Bible and I have been collecting them for years now. Every time I see one it reminds me of how much God loves us and all of His creation! My boys have fond memories of us reading the story from the Bible and helping me hang ornaments on the tree year after year. This little ornament will be an awesome addition to my collection of Noah's Ark ornaments.

There are lots of other ornaments that I really like this year and I wanted to share just a couple more of them with you.

Birch Log Snowman ~ This may sound crazy, but I love snow! My family thinks I'm kind of loopy when it comes to winter, but I like getting snowed in. As a child I have vivid memories of building snowman after snowman and getting cold playing in the snow. We lived in the country and so much of what we had in our home was from our farm and that included birch log decoration. This little guy captures some very special memories of helping my Mom make decorations for our home for the holidays!

The Grinch In Disguise ~ How The Grinch Stole Christmas is my husband's favorite secular Christmas story! He loves reading that story and has every year with our kids. Even now we have to watch the DVD of it each Christmas Eve without fail. He has Grinch t-shirts, several stuffed images and even a fun mug that he keeps out all year long. When I saw this ornament in the Dreambook I knew it would be one I'd have to pick up!

Those are only three of the ornaments I found that would be special to my family. Believe me there are a lot more!! You can pick up your own copy of the 2014 Dreambook at your local Hallmark store or you can click HERE to view it online.

And Hallmark is having an awesome sweepstakes now where you can win a weekly prize or a $3000 family vacation. Just enter at #KeepsakeIt for your chance to win!!

Thanks to Hallmark, one of you, my awesome readers, will be able to win your own Hallmark ornament. They will be selecting one to send just to you!

Use the Rafflecopter form below to enter!! Thanks Hallmark!!

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