Turning over a new leaf

For everyone who reads my blog on a regular basis I would like to THANK YOU! I have checked my stats and I cannot believe that every month it gets on average 700+ views. The response has been more than I could ever imagined and hoped for. 

So with that being said I am "turning over a new leaf". 

I know a lot of my fellow military wive friends are entrepreneurs and I am definitely planning on taking that route after our big move as well. So I had this idea to partner up with many of these ladies for a monthly giveaway. One that would promote their business and my blog. A little old fashioned marketing if you will. So if you have a business and would like to partner with me in promoting it with a giveaway, let me know :)

So here is how it's gonna work:
-Every month on the 2nd Wednesday I will be posting a new blog promoting a fellow Military Wives business and doing a giveaway. 
-The first 40 people to comment on the blog and like the businesses page on Facebook (if one is provided) will be entered into a random drawing using http://www.random.org/integers/.
-The winner will be announced on Friday via Facebook! (and/or email)
-The winner must notify me via Facebook or email-agrisham2183@gmail.com with all shipping info. 

Now lets get to the fun part............let me introduce you to Sarah Alvarado-Owner of Dreaming of Dandelions
Go to her Facebook page here and "like" it Facebook.com/dreamingofdandelions
and visit her store on Etsy www.dreamingofdandelions.etsy.com

Sarah and I went to high school and played soccer together. Her husband Anthony played baseball. Anthony enlisted in the Marine Corps...here is her story :)

 "Looking back, the history of Dreaming of Dandelions is based largely around our experiences as a Marine Corps Family. While I was attending The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, my husband was deployed to Iraq twice. I finished my classes two weeks before he returned from his second deployment. At this time I was also 9 months pregnant. I spent the next few years enjoying being a mom and wife. My husband spent his last year in the Marine Corps stationed in Okinawa, unaccompanied. Major bummer. However, while he was gone it gave me lots of free time to explore my creativity again. I began to sew again and completed lots of projects around the house. I always wanted to start my own handmade business but couldn't quite pinpoint what I wanted to focus on. Well, the time approached for my husband to finally come home. Of course, I needed the perfect outfit. I had the dress but I gave up on finding the perfect clutch to go with it...so I made one myself. That was the beginning of Dreaming of Dandelions. The perfect combination of my love for fashion and handmade."

What an awesome and inspiring story! Her stuff is super cute too :)

So here's what we have for you! The give away will be this handmade zipper pouch. Isn't it cute? Well get your "like" on and comment below for your chance to win it :)