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My husband recently reminded me that he likes it when I look like a girl. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like I wear combat boots – but I do have the “mom style” going most days. You know the look – the jeans, t-shirt, and flip flops. All day, every day.
Since his reminder, I’ve made a point to wear more skirts, which in all honesty, I prefer anyway. I think they’re cooler than shorts, and much more flattering when they hit the knee at the right spot. And I’m pretty sure my husband likes them.
I’ve also made more of a point to wear a bit more jewelry, style my hair, and put on a smidge of make-up – even when my day’s agenda only involves being at home. And you know what? It really does help a little. I feel more put together, so I have more energy, and I’m in a better mood.
You already know I love me some Lisa Leonard jewelry. I wear my “tiny squares” necklace almost daily – they’re adorned with my two children’s names, And I get compliments on them every time.
I love her jewelry’s handcrafted look, that she hammers the design just-so, giving each piece its originality.
I love that it’s feminine without being cutesy.
I love that so much of her work honors family.
And I love that one of you will win her latest necklace!
Lisa is giving away one “sweet and simple bird necklace.” I absolutely love it. It could go with anything – from t-shirts to dresses. Perfect for a busy mom. Also good for an upcoming Christmas gift!
Here’s how you can enter:
1. Simply leave a comment on this post, answering this question – “What’s one thing on your Christmas wish list?”
2. To get a second bonus entry, subscribe to Simple Mom’s feed and email me the secret code to simplemomblog {at} gmail {dot} com. You will find the code at the bottom of all posts when you look in your reader or via email (not directly on the site). Just keep looking – scroll to the bottom – it will be the last line on each post. IMPORTANT – simply write the secret code in the subject of your email, and don’t write anything in the body. If you write anything in the body, I won’t see it.
3. To get a third bonus entry, write about this giveaway on your blog and let me know about it.
This giveaway will end next Monday, September 22 at midnight CST.
I hope you win!
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One thing I’d love for Christmas is a digital keychain. It would be great to have photos of my girls to share and to enjoy myself
A Wii Fit is at the top of my list!
I love these necklaces, but I always wonder if they would look as pretty with five kids on them.
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Since Christmas is also my birthday, my #1 wish is a big one. I want a Mac Book! IF only my wish could come true…
flip camera
Can’t say I have thought about my own Christmas wish list yet…the practical side of me (which is usually the side in charge) says something in the house that would help complete the home remodel that began 4 years ago and stopped after our first child 2 1/2 years ago; the bedroom add-on, finish the kitchen cabinets, baseboards…but I would also love to receive some cute new underwear (to help with the girly/feminine/feel good about myself thing). I realize that having two kids does not mean I should be wearing ‘mom’ underwear
, but when there is extra money in the clothing budget there are just too many “practical” things to buy.
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I’m hoping for a camera tripod.
I’d love some quilting supplies as well a few pieces of clothing.
. . .and of course, a Lisa Leonard Necklace!
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That’s a really cute necklace! One item on my Christmas list is, sadly enough, a gym membership.
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On my wish list? A new iPod. My very old one is getting really, really wonky…
For Christmas, I am easy to please, anything made by my 3 year-old will make me the happiest mommy.
The only thing I need for Christmas is my husband to be home from Iraq. I think I could handle the holidays easier if it wasn’t so close to the end of his deployment. He will be home 2 weeks after Christmas if it all goes as planned….but to have him home for Christmas with me and our 14 month old son would mean the world. We don’t have much money to get big gifts anyway and through this deployment I have learned that the only thing we TRULY need is each other.
Thank you!
i’m hoping for a new lens for my camera… ooo and some tall brown boots.
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A new BED!!
I’m hoping for some new board games for me and the family.
My camera is driving me crazy, I’d love a new one.
AND I love this necklace!
One item on my Christmas wish list is new stationery! I love, love it and always run out!
I want a blocking set to use with my knit/crochet items.
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Sounds funny, but I keep hinting to my husband that I need a new, larger cooking pot.
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If we’re shooting for the moon, I’d really like a buyer for our house. We just put it up for sale because we’ve outgrown it (4 growing boys in a small 3 bedroom house!)
An iPhone!
I’m going to ask for some cute shoes!
I love this post! I would love to get some feminine nightgowns for Christmas!
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I want a digital camara!!!
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I am hoping for a sewing machine! (and maybe even a bonus room to make into a sewing/craft room) ha!
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On my Christmas List this year are some games for our new Wii – I may be a dork, but I love video games!
Sending you an e-mail…
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I would love a new laptop for Christmas. It would make blogging so much easier, I could do it anywhere!
On my list for this Christmas is the grater attachement for my kitchen aid mixer! Lasagna and pizza would be much easier with this tool!
BTW I just started reading your blog and I am in love with it! The daily docket has given me a jumpstart back to getting my stuff done around here. I have four kids and the youngest is just 2 months and I needed some encouragement to keep going on this mess!
I had a simple silver necklace on my wish list – I had not seen Lisa’s jewelry before but I love it now!
My Christmas wish list consists of hoping to get a little sleep and that my kids will be satisfied with their presents.
My biggest Christmas wish is actually for a dumpster to be placed outside my front door so I can get rid of all the clutter and stuff around here! And a baby that sleeps through the night. A girl can dream, right?
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My wish is to have been to China and back to adopt our child. Or at least have a photograph by Christmas and travel shortly after.
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For Christmas I would love a Kitchen Aid Mixer!
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I would like to have a basic sewing machine for Christmas.
Just yesterday I decided I wanted to add some cute fridge magnets to my Christmas list. Now that my 2 year old is making “crafts” I need something to display them with!
Okay, two things.
1. I want a new president, but it needs to be the one I’m voting for.
2. I want the discipline to implement all the great and achievable steps in the book Spring Cleaning for Normal People. Not that it will take a lot of discipline, but I could use any extra that anyone could send my way.
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i really want an alice the maid but i’ll settle for a new lens for my camera.
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My wish is for a nice cupcake carrier. It would really come in handy.
Hmmm… that’s a tough question. You know how when you have to actually list something you want it’s so hard to come up with it, but if I were to just wander around a few stores I’d feel overwhelmed with all of the wants? Yeah, that’s me.
I’d have to say I’d love a Nikon D40 and a lense to go with it. I dream of the pictures I could take with it!
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ski lift tickets!
I haven’t even thought about what I want for Christmas. I have thought about what to get my husband and daughter but haven’t thought of what I would like myself. All I can think of that I really want is a day to relax!
I would really like a piece of created gemstone jewelry for Christmas, and I’ve already told my husband so. I just think the science behind created gems is amazing, and the jewelry is pretty spectacular, too.
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i’m asking for a new iPod b/c mine has mysteriously disappeared. i’m hoping i’ll find it somewhere but fear it was flushed or thrown away by little hands.
An ipod!
I am thinking a Wii with the Wii fit would be an excellent Christmas gift.
I would LOVE a new lens for my camera … a zoom lens for football games would be so treasured!
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On my wishlist is a new lens or a stand mixer. I’m dreaming big this year.
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I would love an iPod. But also a nice piece of jewelry.
Boring, but on my wish list is a “water hog” mat from LL Bean for inside my front door. Need something to catch all that snow!
That my baby would not be born at Christmas, but would wait another couple weeks before making his/her debut.
I have my eye on a bread machine or sewing machine!
I would love hardwood floors in my house, but I’d also like a Cannon or Nikon digital slr camera. My husband comments on one weekly and I’d love to see the pictures he takes of the kids with it.
Me! Me! Pick me!
“world peace” – and I am not kidding.
~Mad(elyn) in Alabama
~Mad’s last blog post…A Little Shaky Here
New digital camera
Oops! I was so excited, I forgot to tell you my Christmas wish…duh! I am like others, wishing for a Wii fit. In fact, we have pretty simple Christmases and are contemplating just getting one big family present–that is Wii. It is a one size fits all sort of thing since I have kids ranging from 6-19. The major hold back is that hubby is hesitant cause he hates video games. That, and the expense…yikes!
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I would really like some new knee high brown boots for winter. It’s cold in Alaska!
I would love to have a massage.
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I am really wanting a new digital camera. The one I have now is several years old and has the slowest shutter speed. All the pics of my active 3 year old come back blurry.
I want a big ‘ole seed starting center for Christmas. So I don’t have seed flats all over my house in odd places like the back of the toliet. :>
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Today I posted on the importance of self care and included the giveway!
On my Christmas list are a few how-to books on: canning and speaking German
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Peace, love and happiness? Oh, those are givens! I have been drooling over this necklace for a long time, and it’s on the top of my very small christmas wish list!
I would love winter boots, hats, and gloves!
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I actually don’t have anything on my Christmas list yet – shocking isn’t it? But if pressed, I would love to have a new sewing machine. That will likely fall behind the new carport though!
I’d kill for a MacBook. And a Wii.
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I want to get pregnant with my second and final child to complete our little family. This would be the best Christmas gift for all of us.
I want unlimited internet.
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I subscribe to Lisa’s blog too….love it…for Christmas this year? I would like a printer that works so I don’t have to go to the library every time I want a copy of something!
A new pair of house slippers
On my wishlist? A new bookshelf.
It’s the simple things really….
I asked my husband for ONE thing for Christmas this year: shelves! I don’t care if he does it himself or hires someone, but I want shelves put up in our basement. I’ve wanted/needed shelves for over a year!
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I have a list of craft books on amazon and I would love to see a few under the tree. I’m also hoping for some help in the kitchen and a nice quiet family Christmas.
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A new rice maker that doesn’t make a mess of my counter!
What a terrific giveaway! I love Lisa Leonard’s designs, too. Great gift idea for new moms, grandmothers, sisters, etc. Any woman, really.
On my Christmas list this year is a Master Bedroom Makeover. My husband and I are giving ourselves new bedding, new bedside tables, new lamps, and new curtains. Or at least new bedding. 
Thanks again for a fun post!
Robin
I am not into material things, and would rather give than receive, but I could really use a small deep-freeze for Christmas. It sounds silly, doesn’t it? Thank you for offering this beautiful giveaway!
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a dutch oven….that’s number one….or the complete set of Paula Deen cookbooks. I heart her completely
)
I really want to add a puppy to our family. I keep hinting to my husband and showing him the want ads. I highly doubt I’ll get one though.
Hee, I’ll enter. I need a food processor/blender for the kitchen. I want to make hummus and smoothies at home!
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Before I even saw there was a give-away, I was already adding this to my Christmas wish list! How funny!!! My heart skipped a beat when I saw that necklace, I am in LOVE!!!!
So beside the necklace being on my wish list, a weekend get-away with my hubby would the other thing on my list. Thanks so much for the chance to win! I sure hope I do!!
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I’m wishing for a garden bench.
Dh and I this year have a joint-wish…. we’re hoping for an LCD big-screen tv. Those necklaces look great – would love to win! Thanks so much!
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Oh, I have too many things on my Christmas list already. But the #1 thing is a Canon slr camera. I want one so bad!
I am wishing for a garden cart to haul all my tools around the yard while I garden. My second choice is an ipod
One thing on my Christmas wishlist: A Lisa Leonard necklace, of course! It really is…I keep browsing her site and casually showing my husband various pieces that I especially like. “Isn’t this one cool? Oh, look, we could put both girls’ names on it! She makes these all by hand. Don’t you think we should buy handmade for Christmas this year?” and so on. Yeah, I’m subtle.
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I’d love some new linens…for the bedroom, master bath and even the kitchen. Nice crisp and white linens.
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On my Christmas List is lots of winter clothes since we moved to a very cold area!
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SNOW…living here in Texas that is rare, but I am placing it at the top of my Christmas wish list this year…OH and HOMEMADE CINNAMON ROLLS via my mom! Other than that, I really don’t need or want anything else money can buy…I feel blessed to have healthy, happy kids, a funny husband, and an awesome church! I love watching my son’s eyes as he walks in to see what Santa brought on Christmas morning…those are my gifts!
Blessings to you!
I really want to learn to machine quilt, and my current machine just won’t do the trick . . . so, I guess the thing I would like most this Christmas would be a sewing machine with a darning foot.
I would love a food saver, I am trying to buy more bulk foods and this sure would come in handy!
I’ve been thinking about treating myself to one of Lisa’s necklaces for my 40th birthday. As for Christmas, I’d love a warm pair of cycling boots for my winter commute.
Hmmmm…. I haven’t thought about Christmas yet, BUT…. I would BIG PUFFY HEART a long black fitted winter coat, and if I may be so BOLD — Cashmere would make me soooooo happy : P
A Wii. But I would really be happy with 1 hour just by myself.
I’d like a Whirley-Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper. I’m done with microwave popcorn, and I’d like a theater taste again. Besides, I think my kids would get a kick out of it on movie nights.
I would really *love* a weekend alone to reconnect with my husband… sometimes it is just so hard to stop and make sure that we have our together time.
I just love Lisa’s stuff. I bought this necklace for my mother-in-law for her birthday, and almost kept it for myself.
I’m a huge collector of tv on dvd so I just want to add to my collection.
Thank you!
I want a breadmaker!!
I would love to remodel my entire kitchen for christmas… but since i doubt santa can fit that in his sleigh, I will be happy with some fun yarn for knitting socks!
I would love to have an SLR camera. I think my dh has noticed all the hints.
Rustic white dinnerware from Crate and Barrel is what i’ve been eyeing for a while now…:)
Hmmm, I really want Photoshop or some other decent photo editing software.
A house would be nice, but I’ll settle for Photoshop
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For my husband to stay safe over in Afghanistan.
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