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We write the verse on cards, but then where do you keep the cards?????
…With the pillows kids have a safe place to store their cards and a visual reminder to work on memorizing the verses.“
Great idea, Cha-Cha!!! Right now I have mine on my bed that quotes one of my favorite Bible chapters, Proverbs 31. Photos of my pillow below:
These pillows are not only good for personal use, but would be wonderful to give as special gifts!
How do you win one of these pillows? Well, Cha~Cha and I are giving you several ways to enter: (You do not have to do them all!)
1. Leave me a comment telling me your favorite design from Cha Cha's Treasure
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7. Blog about the giveaway
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You will gain an entry for each of the nine possible ways to enter! Just leave me a separate comment here letting me know each way you entered!
This contest will end on Friday, June 17th and the winner will be announced on Saturday the 18th!
I want to tell you about my trip to Louisville, KY for the GE Momsperience and about the wonderful new friends I made.
Back in April, while lurking around on blogs (like I ususally do), I stumbled across a giveaway at the blog CreativeKristi.com.
I entered...and won!!
The trip began in ATL where I got to fly with my friend Traci from Beneath My Heart. We were able to meet a few months ago and now I had the privilege to fly with her and spend a few days together.
In Louiville, we were greeted at the airport by a GE representative and then we were transported to the 21C Museum Hotel. My room was breathtaking. I had 2 double beds so I slept in a different one each night. (hehe!) When I finished each day, I would return to turned down sheets, dimmed lights, chocolates on my pillow, an ipod playing soft music, and a plush bath robe at the foot of my bed.
Traci ~ Beneath My Heart ~ and me with James P. Campbell, President and CEO of GE Appliances and Lighting.
Monday began with a trip to the GE Monogram Center where we were served breakfast. After breakfast we began our sessions. We went from room to room full of every type of appliance anyone could imagine. They ranged from basic to luxurious. I don't know if you can call an appliance "luxury", but watching the Advantium cook 2 fillets in 13 minutes - well done - and it was tender to cut, that is LUXURY!!
What impressed me the most is that we were invited so they could learn from us! What do we want and need??!! WOW!! THAT is thinking about the customer, huh?!
Here are a few of my favorite things!! (Jeff put these on my wish list!)
Yes!! A fridge that I could put Jeff's headshots on, ELECTRONICALLY!! (www.JeffRose.tv) hehe!
A washing machine that has specific settings to remove even urine/feces (poop)!!
Memorable moments that were only made possible by GE!!!!
A Derby hat that I made (thank you ladies from Dee's), Dinner at Churchill Downs, Chef Joe Castro & Chef Brian Logsdon, Red Penguin at Hotel 21C , my name monogrammed on a GE locker, beautiful SWAG bag, and the Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts.
GE Momsperience 2011 – GE Appliances & Lighting Speakers
Introduction:
Eddie Martin – Chief Marketing Officer
Range:
Ben Cecil – Merchandising Specialist
Susan Gregory – Product Manager, Global Products
Julie Muennich – Senior Marketing Merchandising Specialist
Shawn Stover – Product Manager, Built –in Cooking Products
Refrigeration:
Casie Banquer – Senior Marketing Merchandising Specialist
Rebecca LaRocque – Training Manager
Monogram Experience Center:
Chef Joe Castro
Chef Brian Logsdon
Entertaining made simple:
Wendy Sommers – Team Leader
Industrial Design:
Marc Hottenroth – Industrial Design Manager
Dishwashers:
John Nichols – Senior Marketing Merchandising Specialist
Paul Riley – Marketing Manager
Laundry:
Peter Pepe – Product General Manager, Clothes Care
Jennifer Schoenegge – Product Manager, Clothes Care
Raegen VanBogaert – Product Manager
Lighting:
Dawn Riedel – Brand Manager
And another special thank you to Allison at House of Hepworths ~ who supplied me with this list!
Here are the other bloggers who were in attendance:
Craft/Home/DIY Bloggers:
House of Hepworths
Free Stylin’
Crap I’ve Made
Beneath My Heart
Creative Kristi
Therapy for Roses
High Heels and a Hammer
Where Women Create
Mommy Bloggers:
Just Another Mom of 2
The Mommyhood
Of Such is the Kingdom
Blonde Mom Blog
Things I Can’t Say
Food Bloggers:
Love Feast Table
Broccoli Cupcake
Lifestyle Bloggers:
Loralee’s Looney Tunes
Charlene Chronicles
Photography Bloggers:
Mommy’s Camera
Bon Appetit Hon
Secret Agent Mama
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What a legacy they have left!! I miss them so much.
(My Granddaddy and Mammy in Lakeland, FL at church camp)
My grandparents were my world. I was the first grandchild to Tom and Sarah Martha Chapman and they were my neighbors. I would sometimes sneak over to their house have my Mammy call my mom to see if I could come over. It is so funny -- now, I live ne
I would sell Avon with my Mammy. I wanted to be so much like her. She was a Saint in my eyes. She taught School, was president of the Women's Missionary Society, and a friend to everyone. She taught me how to sew on my Holly Hobbie sewing machine, how to crochet, and how to cross stitch. In the fall she would sit up all night with me when I had bronchitis and nurse me with a honey and lemon concoction and a peppermint stick. She was a prayer warrior. How many times did I hear her call my name while she was on her knees talking to God?
My Grandaddy gave me his love. He also gave me his love of collecting writing pens, coins from his collection, and his ability to carry on a conversation with anybody!
But, 30 years ago my family's lives changed dramatically.
My mom was pregnant with my youngest brother, Thomas. She was with her best friend who was home recovering from surgery when she got the call that her parents and two of her children were involved in a car accident.
Just a little over halfway to our church revival, a woman who had her three children with her in her car, reached to the backseat for her purse and ran a stop sign. She t-boned us on the driver's side.
In 1981, seatbelts were not mandatory. So none of us were wearing one. We were riding in a two-door blue pinto station wagon. It had two bucket seats, a middle row, and at flat bed in the back.
(Me at a wedding with my grandparents, me with my grandaddy and brother Robby - I was always with them.)
I was sitting in the center of the middle row and Marcus was playing with his little cars in the back. When I woke up after the accident, I remember trying to get out of the car. Someone down the road had heard the accident and came running out and gave me a sweater before I passed out again.
When the ambulances finally got to the scene they put me in the front seat beacuse I was not hurt as bad and put my Grandaddy in the back. I think that Marcus was in the back, too. I remember trying to jump out of the ambulance because I could not figure what was going on.
When we arrived at the hospital, I was able to give the doctor my home phone number and they finally got in touch with my Dad. Dad hurried to picked up my Mom and they drove to the hospital.
When my parents arrived they were told that Marcus and I were going to be okay, but that my Grandaddy was in serious condition. My Mom could not find any information on my Mammy. Finally, after much asking, a woman coldly told my mom that she was dead. WOW! What compassion! Such a gentle way to learn your mom had passed away!
My Grandaddy had broken all the major bones in his body but was still alive. Marcus needed some stitches in his head because his head had gone through the side window and the metal rim had wrapped around his neck.
I stayed in the hospital for a few days. I remember crying so much and thinking how my Mammy had been making me an Easter dress. Now, I wouldn't have one for Easter Sunday. But a very sweet lady from our church bought me one and brought it to me at the hospital.
After many tests I was released to go home. Weeks later, it was found that Marcus had glass in his head and was having some bleeding. Thankfully, that issue was addressed and taken care of.
On April 14, seven days after the accident, my Grandaddy went to be with Mammy (and Jesus). My entire world changed in one week. I guess that was some big stuff for a ten year old.
My grandparents were my world.
But, because of that accident, a man that was keeping my cousins so my uncle could be at the hospital, accepted Jesus after seeing how - as a family - we were able to get through the tragedy.
Marcus is now the lead High School teacher at a Christian school, the Associate Pastor and Youth Pastor at our church -- the exact same church we headed to for that revival.
I work the multi-media at the same church.
God welcomed home two saints that week long ago, but also spared two lives...(and four lives in the other car). I even ended up in a highschool class with one of the girls in the wreck and she never knew it.
Here I am now, so much like my Mammy and talking so much like my Grandaddy!
PS... I am so proud of my mom!! She has endured so much heartache! She is the strongest woman I know and I am so blessed to be her daughter.
get them done. My hope for the pillows is that they will be beautiful decoration for your kids (boy versions coming soon) bedrooms, with a pocket to keep Bible verses in. As a mom who is trying to instill the value of memorizing Bible verses in her children I know that it is sometimes hard for them to turn to the verses in the Bible each time they sit to work on memorization. 
Here is the recipe:
Here is six of them that I made. One large circle makes two covers. The flannel inside all six of them is a coordinating brown.
