12 Days of Joy - Day 8 | The Clutch Guide Goodies

Welcome to Day 8 of the 12 Days of Joy! It has been so much fun teaming up with local businesses to offer these giveaways to my blog readers!! Of course I wanted to connect with The Clutch Guide for a giveaway because they are currently in the middle of their Buy 5 Local campaign! Jennifer talks more about it below, but I do want to mention how much I love supporting the Clutch Guide and Hill City Bride because they offer so much support to other local businesses. I consider it an opportunity to be a part of anything HCB or Clutch and this is definitely no different!

Okay... so today's giveaway is a Five Stocking Stuffers!

Here is what Jennifer, the owner of The Clutch Guide and Hill City Bride, has to say about her giveaway goods:

Buying local is always fun! You never know what you are going to find, and getting to know the store owners makes the experience all that much better. Clutch is encouraging their "Buy 5 Local" campaign where you take 5 people from your list and shop for their gifts locally. A perfect way to start is with stocking stuffers! So, continuing with the "5" theme, we have 5 stocking stuffers for $5 or less each from 5 locally owned businesses. Fun!

Enchanted Beautiful mercury glass ornament - $4 - This would make a great decoration for the outside of a gift!

Farm Basket Delicious Raspberry Honey Mustard Pretzel Dip from Robert Rothschild Farm - $4 - Perfect for a foodie or any man, especially when paired with the pretzels!

Magnolia Foods Chocolate covered espresso beans - $3.39 Fun for the coffee lover or that one with a sweet tooth!

Steger Creek Aromatique "The Smell of Christmas" candle - $4.75 A fragrant way to remember the holidays!

Urban Merchant Notepad block - $4.50 - Pretty enough to carry around in your purse to jot everything down!

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----------- UPDATE: The WINNER is Veronica DePrato!! Congratulations!! -----------

12 Days of Joy - Day 7 | Two FREE digital files

Day 7 of 12... only a few days of specials and giveaways left!! This has been so. much. fun!!!

Day 7 offers 2 FREE digital files with the purchase of a Mni Session. A mini session comes with 5 digital files. If you book a 2013 mini session TODAY, you will receive a total of 7 digital files at no extra cost! This is a value of $100 offered to you for FREE!

To book your Mini Session, contact liz right now!

Offer expires at midnight tonight.

Don't forget about the fun giveaway going on right now!

Gratituesday: Normalcy

As the events of last Friday swirl around each of us, we are all getting a new perspective and reaching a different level of gratitude for the regular things in life. The worst nightmare of those families has come true and if I'm honest, I have a load of guilt hanging over me because my life is still normal. Sunday still cries out for me too early in the morning and she still nurses herself to sleep. What can I do at this time except stop to appreciate every waking moment I have with my baby girl and pray for those who can no longer experience these moments with their kids?

Today I am grateful for the toys on the living room floor, because they mean I have a happy baby who enjoys playing with them. I am grateful for the dirty dishes in the sink because it means I have a family to eat dinner with. I am grateful for the diaper pail of dirty diapers because it means my girl is healthy. I am grateful for loads of laundry with mixed colors because it means I have a husband who is here to help do laundry. I am grateful for the sound of Christmas carols and sparkly lights because they still carry a happy memory for me, unlike many people.

I am very blessed. I am very, very grateful. And I am praying every day for those families living their worst nightmare right now. I am praying that they know God and will lean on Him in this time. He is bigger and stronger than anything in this world and His comfort can bring peace. <3

Join us for Gratituesday at heavenly homemakers!

12 Days of Joy - Day 6 | Custom Reclaimed Wood Art Sign

Ahhh I am REALLY jealous of the winner of today's giveaway - whomever that may be. :) When I approached Robin of Robin's Sweet Confessions about being a part of the giveaway she immediately went into how she wanted to offer something GOOD that people would WANT to win. A girl after my own heart!! Robin is a local business owner and I am honored to team up with her for this giveaway!

So this is what's up for grabs: A CUSTOM Designed Reclaimed Wood Art Sign. (You get to pick the quote!)

Is this not the coolest gift ever?! There are two things you MUST do to enter this giveaway:

1. Like BOTH of us on Facebook. (Click the Like buttons below!)

2. Pin your favorite Sincerely, Liz: Photography picture to Pinterest and tag @sincerelylizinc in the comments.

You can gain an additional entry by following us on Pinterest (@sincerelylizinc) AND by sharing about this giveaway on Facebook (MAKE SURE you tag Sincerely, Liz, Inc. in your Facebook post!!)

This giveaway will be open for TWO days - until Thursday at 12:01am. The winner will be announced Thursday morning!!

-------------- UPDATE! The WINNER is: Allison Earl!! --------------

12 Days of Joy - Day 5 | Free Accordion Albums

For TODAY ONLY, when you book a Classic Session you will receive a FREE set of two accordion mini albums. These are super popular with my clients! They are perfect as little brag books full of images from your session to keep with you at all times!

To book your Classic Session, contact liz right now!

Offer expires at midnight tonight.

Come back tomorrow for another great giveaway!