Memorial Day WEEKEND Give Away Party

Getting Geared Up
for my good friend Jamie's (The Riplet's Mommy)

Memorial Day Blog Party starting Friday May 27th.
This is a great chance to win awesome products AND link up your very own give aways too! Get more exposure to your blog by offering a give away this weekend!

Keep your eyes open for the new products that AprilAccents has to offer! My blog will be featured on the Riplets Reviews & GiveAways this weekend!



PS. Thanks to everyone for your thoughts for my family. I will be giving an update on what has progressed soon. We appreciate your prayers!

A New View / A GIVEAWAY

So we finally decided to just get rid of all the trees in our back yard. Neighbors told us they were jealous of the shade we have, living in a new subdivision - mature trees are pretty scarce. However! Our trees were the byproduct of an old farm field's tree line. So not only were they messy and mangey - half of them were dying and dropping huge branches every time the rain came. The other half the trees were Box Elder Maple and with those - come the box elder bugs... horribly ugly - juicy red colonizing pests that infested our backyard. We don't have a deck built yet and I knew we never would if it meant we were sharing our relaxation time with the bugs. No Thanks!

So we finally got them torn down. Our neighbors will be taking their share of firewood and I am pretty share they will be set for about 5 years!

I love the openness of our yard now! These trees literally cut our yard in half (our lot line extends to the electrical box) which made the it very difficult for us to visualize how we were going to design our deck and landscaping.

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Yes and Yes - Rummage Saleing AGAIN!

Here's the GIVEAWAY

(finally, another one right?!)

Here are my deals/finds from the citywide sale

then guess how much I spent!! I will give a few helpful hints...

I am pretty set for Jackson on summer clothes this year and am collecting some clearance items for fall already. So today I decided on our new comer.

... what can I say? The two on the left = $1.00. The tennies have never been worn = $3.00

Guess who will be a LADYBUG this Halloween?!? - $2.00

A MaryKay consultant was getting rid of her old packaging and discontinued products. Each for $1.00

 Yes, it is in serious need of ironing :)

So, can you guess who much I spent?

5 - 2 or 3 piece outfits

2 - blanket sleepers

5 - play and sleepers

3 - sweater / zip ups

1 - Baby Gap jacket

1 - demin skirt jumper with bloomers

3 - pair of tights

1 - pair of jeans

3 - pairs of shorts

2 - tops

3 - pairs of shoes

1 - Halloween Costume

1 - mascara

2 - eye shadows

1 - maternity top

The person who guesses the closest to my total

will receive this!

Beaded and linking chained necklace with a aqua marble/stone pendant.

Good Luck!! I will be in Chicago visiting my brother and sister in law - baby free! So you have until Monday evening to place your guesses!

Side Note: It's my goal to have April Accents back open for business by the END OF MAY!

End Of Summer Blog Party - GIVE AWAY!!

Welcome to Desires of the Heart!

My Name is April
I have been asked by my good friend Jamie, mommy to adorable triplets, to participate in the End Of Summer Blog Party, hosted by Multiples and More.

While many of you have visited my boutique April Accents, there are many of you who are unfamilar. This is the Grand Opening Week of my boutique store. What better way to celebrate than with a Give Away?!? Please visit my shop and have a good look around.

And now... on the to the Give Away! One of you lucky contestants will win a custom made children's hat. Girl's hat? Boy's hat? Doesn't matter! You can have the choice of any hat you would like. Have a newborn on the way? Does your niece have her 3rd birthday coming up? Trying to plan ahead for Christmas?

See my store for designs available. Below are just a few examples

Give Away Details: This event will last two days, Thursday & Friday. It will conclude at 3pm on Friday afternoon.

Give Away Item: Hat must be one of the sizes available for sale in the store.


How To Enter:

For Desires of the Heart Followers: (you will receive one entry for each of the following actions)

• Become a follower of AprilAccents (you will get credit if you already are!)
• Leave a comment on Desires of the Heart blog telling me which of the hat designs is your favorite style and why
• Post a link on your blog telling your followers about the End of Summer Blog Party
• Post a link on your blog telling your followers about AprilAccents, featuring the store button

For New Visitors: (you will receive one entry for each of the following actions)

• Become a follower of Desires of the Heart (my personal blog)
• Become a follower of AprilAccents (my boutique)
• Leave a comment on Desires of the Heart blog (this blog) telling me which of the hat designs is your favorite style and why
• Leave a comment on Desires of the Heart blog (this blog) giving me a suggestion for my store. Suggestion examples: new hat style; fun color combo; web design feature; a place I can feature or promote April Accents .... you get the idea :)

Thank you for participanting... if you do not have a google account where I can locate you (if you win), please leave me an email address in your comment.

Give Away Time!!

YAY!! It's Give Away Time!!

MckLinky Blog has begun the giveaway contests this friday HOWEVER, I did not get my act together in time to participate. SO, I decided to host a give away on my own for all you lovely people~

I have a number of things to celebrate

and a number of reasons to host this give away

1. Thank you to Veronica, she became my 30th follower. That is a big deal for me!

2. I have decided to start selling my handmade crochet hats and jewelry online. I have been discussing it with a number of people. I really enjoy making them, and thought I would share that with anyone who wanted a part of it.

3. Operation PUJ has been in effect for a few weeks now and we are starting to see improvements! Yay Jax!! I will be writing a full update analysis in a few days!

4. It's summertime, the sun is shining,

I am forgiven,

I am loved,

I am a happy woman!

Here is what you could win!

What else screams "The Beach" more than bright flashy colors of green and blue? This hand made bracelet is designed with large glass hand painted (not by me) beads and accented with clear blue square beads, and translucent pearl shaped beads. It is a standard 6.5 inches long fastened with a toggle clasp.

All you have to do is leave me a comment and tell me if you would help promote my to-be boutique online by featuring a button on your blog. I don't yet have a button created, so if you're looking for it on this blog - you won't find me :) YET! I would really like to create a blog store for my products, however that includes me obtaining a business license. I want to make sure that there are people actually interested in my products before going as far as getting a tax code.

Here are some of the products

(including something similar to the bracelet up for grabs!)

Mind you, these are just rough shots!!

No, this isn't a garter :) It's a little girl's head band.

Please don't judge me, I don't make a habit of this...

I just had get an idea of what it looked like on a baby.
My 9 month old son with a 78% head for weight class was the only model I would find at last minute.
Thanks for being a Good Sport, Jackson :(

I promise to have a more appropriate model display the handband on the blog store!!

Thanks again and remember - if you leave me a comment saying "YES April, I would love to promote your products to my friends and family" - you will be entered to win the bracelet!

MckLinky - Recipe & MY GIVE AWAY!!

Yum Yum - This week, Tuesday July 21st for MckLinky Blog Hop is

Our Favorite Recipes!!

This is very easy for me. The recipe was given to me by my Aunt Jean, thanks!

Snicker Apple Salad

1 small package of instant vanilla pudding (not sugar free)

1 - 8oz tube of cool whip

4-5 chopped Granny Smith Apples

4-5 chopped Snicker Bars

1. Mix pudding as instructed on the package

2. Fold in cool whip

3. Mix in Snicker bars and Apple

4. Chill before serving.

Works great as a dessert, or as a side dish for a cook out!

Many may have heard of this recipe, but not everyone uses in the pudding - that's the key to keeping the consistency whipped & creamy!

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My Give Away

This is my first give away and I would like to invite you to participate. It's real easy!

To Enter The Give Away:

1. Post a comment on my post!

THAT'S IT!

You must either be registered with a google account, or

leave me another form of contact information. Thanks!!

The Winner is receive this handmade bracelet.

It is a standard 6.5 inches not including the clasp. Large circular black translucent beads are centered by complimenting warm amethyst colored solid beads and enlongated silver spacers.

The Winner will be announced here on Wednesday morning, please check back to see who won!

GOOD LUCK!