This has been so fun! Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments on the last post. We are privileged to be a part of your lives!

Eric and I were trying to decide what to give away when he said something about a shopping spree. I said, “Yes, that’s it!” So here we go again.  We’re giving two “blessed” participants a $50.00 shopping spree each on Remembrance Press products, plus we’re giving away four more “Comfort and Joy” Christmas Issues.

The contest starts  12/17/2009,  ends midnight 12/20/2009.

Here are the rules:

Leave  a comment here about a favorite Christmas experience you’ve had (past or more recent) and tell a friend about this giveaway.

Blessings one and all,
Jill and Eric

Remember, leave us a way to get a hold of you if you don’t have a blog.

Dear Mothers and Daughters,

Contest number four was such a blessing to us personally. We have been overwhelmed by your comments – 166 of them –  about what The Girlhood Home Companion means to you! Thank you for your sweet spirits and thank you for taking the time to express what’s on your hearts. It means more than you will ever know. We are thankful that the Lord continues to touch your lives in such a profound way and on such an individual basis – Praise God!

We gave away four copies of the Christmas Girlhood – Comfort and Joy and two holiday bundles with all our current CDs.

The blessed winners are Robin, Lori, Jennifer, Jenny, Karen and Terri.

You said,

“Your magazines are beautiful and glorify God. They are wonderful resources my daughter can turn to and learn from. Thank you!” – Terri

“Hi! I receive your emails and would love to win your Girlhood Giveaway!” – Karen

“We love the Girlhood Home Companion, as it helps to bring my 11 & 13 old daughters together. My mom bought our first issue and we enjoy learning new skills as well as what it means to be a true lady. I’m not on facebook, but we have loaned out our issues to our friends and family, who all truly enjoy!
Thanks for our entry” – Jenny

“I am a subscriber and customer and I enjoy all your products. I am impressed with the beauty and simplicity of the magazine and would love to win a bundle.” – Jennifer

I had received your magazine awhile back and really enjoyed it, I do plan on ordering a subscription but am waiting for are finances to grow a little. – Robin

I am an email subscriber and a fan on Facebook! I did try to write this up the day I got the email, but for some reason I don’t think it went through. Anyways, I think your magazine is great, I’ve seen a friend’s. I would love to be able to share them with my daughter. We talk about how God desires us to be beautiful women for him. The key verses for the two of us (and the ones I tell the boys to look for in a future wife) are Proverbs 31 and Titus 2. I love how your items celebrate that! – Lori

Robin, Jenny, Karen and Terri will be receiving a Comfort and Joy issue.

Lori and Jennifer will be receiving the holiday bundle and CD’s.

Blessings,
Jill and Eric Novak

Hello ladies,
It’s time for another giveaway. I think gift giving is just about everyone’s love language in our family and it brings us great joy to be able to bless you all, especially at Christmastime. We so appreciate your comments. You always give us a new perspective on how much The Girlhood means to you. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day, children gathered around, to tell us what’s on your hearts.

Well, this time, we are giving away two holiday bundles with companion CD’s and four Christmas issues, so here are the rules.

To recieve1 entry: Let us know if you are a subscriber or customer or Facebook fan.

To receive 2 entries: Let us know what the Girlhood means to you.

To receive 3 entries : Tell your friends on a blog or Facebook about this giveaway.

God bless you,
Jill and Eric Novak

Please let us know how to contact you if you don’t have a blog.

Wrapping up week three is a tad late but it gave y’all a bit more time to actually enter the contest. I’m sure you had to take time out of baking sugar cookies or singing Christmas carols to post a comment. To add a little more Christmas cheer to the holiday lets get right on to the winners, because we’re still giving away two issues of the Girlhood Home Companion Magazine and their companion workshop CD’ s for mothers and daughters, each and every week until Christmas!

Congratulations to Sue and Mary! You said,

“What a deal, I can’t afford a sub yet so this maybe my chance! I’ll be blogging about it and posting it on my facebook too! Thanks!” – Sue

“I have never read “Girlhood Home Companion” but it looks delightful. Count me in on your drawing!” – Mary

You’re both getting Girlhood Magazines and CDs in the mail!

We don’t want to leave anyone out though, so everyone who participated in the contest gets a private link to the November Tea Cozy Club download and MP3 audio conversation!

Blessings,
Eric and Jill Novak

On Thanksgiving day, my father wanted to carve the turkey, so Robert and Eric stood behind him and held him up while he gave it a valiant attempt. My father used to be a butcher. In fact, that’s where my mother met him, behind the butcher’s counter at the local grocery store in Chicago, in the 1940’s.

Robert and Eric spent about 15 minutes helping him get a sliver off the poor old bird.

We had a lovely time at my sister’s house. I treasure that moment in time.

Sunday, when we went to my dad’s for our second Thanksgiving, I was sitting next to him when he asked me for more cranberry sauce. “You  already have seven pieces on your plate,” I said. I turned his plate so he could get a better look.  He wasn’t convinced he had enough, though. The nursing home dining hall still lingers in his mind. Since we brought dad home, he can pretty much have what he wants, whenever he wants – within reason.

“Here, dad,” I said, “you can have another piece. Now you have eight.”

He looked at me with those big brown eyes and said, “They used to call me Cranberry Kid.”

“Right dad,” I said. “What they do? Name you that last week?”

Oh, Grandpa is a creative storyteller, for sure.

Our beautiful Christmas issue “Tidings of Comfort and Joy” is here, so this giveaway includes “four” free issues. Yes, to celebrate the joys of the season, we are giving away four free issues of The Girlhood Home Companion! Not only that, we are including the opportunity to win a beautiful ornament designed by our dear friend and resident artisan,  Heather Wombacher.  Heather wrote a lovely tribute about her grandmother and included step by step directions for making her jewel encrusted ornaments, so after entering our giveaway hop over to Heather’s blog and enter hers, too.

Here are the rules:

1. Post  a comment here and receive 1 entry.

2. Tell a friend, post a blog, or tell your facebook friends and receive another entry.
Hop over to Heather’s blog and enter her drawing, too.

http://thepatchworkheartcom.blogspot.com/2009/11/first-blog-give-away-ever.html

Remember, if you don’t have a blog, include your contact information.

Blessings to one and all,
Jill and Eric Novak

We have the “Two For You” giveaway results and even though the giveaway for Linda Stubbs tea cozy is still open for entries until December 1st, we still have many more issues of the Girlhood Home Companion Magazine to giveaway. Remember, we’re giving away two issues of the Girlhood Home Companion Magazine and their companion workshop CD’ s for mothers and daughters, each and every week until Christmas!

To make the contest roll a little smoother, we’ve switched to the electronic drawing method of drawing the winners. Instead of cutting out the entries by hand (which I will concede is a more nostalgic way to do things), we punched some buttons on the Internet and got the results…

Congratulations to Ann Shannon and Tami Lewis! You said,

“I love your publication! I haven’t been able to afford it for a little while but I am saving up again!” – Ann

“I would love to win! Thank you for the giveaway!” – Tami

You’re both getting Girlhood Magazines and CD’s in the mail!

We don’t want to leave anyone out though, so everyone who participated in the contest gets a private link to the November Tea Cozy Club download and MP3 audio conversation!

Don’t forget that you can still enter for the tea cozy giveaway over at Linda Stubb’s site. Check back here soon for your chance to win The Girlhood Home Companion Magazine!

Blessings,
Eric and Jill Novak

Hello Ladies,

Well, our first week of giveaways was very successful. Besides blessing our two winners, everyone who participated received a special gift. This week we are excited to do something a little different. I’m calling this the “Two for You” giveaway. Our seasonal craft editor, Linda Stubbs, is giving away the beautiful tea cozy she designed for this issue of The Girlhood Home Companion.

And we are giving away two more issues of the Between Friends edition, featuring Anne with an “e” of Green Gables, along with the companion workshops on audio CD!

Here’s how to enter:

Leave a comment here and get 1 point.

Tell your friends about the Girlhood Home Companion “Two for You” giveaway on your blog or Facebook to receive another point.

To Enter Linda’s giveaway for the tea cozy:

Leave a comment on  her blog and let her know you are a Girlhood fan or subscriber.

http://prairieflowerfarm.blogspot.com/2009/11/okay-we-are-just-having-good-time-come.html#comments

Let us know how to get in contact with you if you don’t keep a blog!

We will draw our winners Monday morning!

Jill & Eric Novak

As you know by now we’re giving away two issues of the Girlhood Home Companion Magazine and their companion CDs each and every week until Christmas. That’s 8 more issues that you have a chance to win! Today we cut out the names of the people who entered the first giveaway and put them in a jar. Lil’ Anna reached in and pulled out two names…

Congratulations to Amy Houston and Charity Wittenburg! You said,

“I love this web site and want to learn more about the Horse club. I will be making a purchase for the Daughters of His-Story paper dolls very soon. I am a fan on Facebook and I am making this comment. Thanks for offering a contest! I will be posting and telling others on FB.” – Amy Houston

“As a mom of 4 girls, I was so excited to find you all (via Jasmine Bauchum’s blog). I just placed my first order and became a fan on FB. I sent a link to my sister… does that count?” – Charity Wittenburg

You’re both getting Girlhood Magazines and CDs in the mail!

We don’t want to leave anyone out though, so everyone who participated in the contest gets a private link to the November Tea Cozy Club download and MP3 audio conversation!

Check back here on Saturday for your chance to win The Girlhood Home Companion Magazine!