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Christmas Countdown Chalkboard – GIVEAWAY and DIY video by Megan Lenhardt

Posted by Carolyn on November 19, 2015 7 Comments
Christmas Countdown Chalkboard - GIVEAWAY and DIY video by Megan Lenhardt

Happy Thursday!  Today is something a little different.  You all know of my love for Megan Lenhardt.  She’s a fantastic singer, but that’s not all!  She’s also a creative artist with her own shop – Always Create Co.!  If you think these chalkboards are cute, you should seriously go check out her shop.  It is full of amazing hand lettered signs and other decor.  Her birthday signs are incredible.

andthenthey alwayscreateco chalkboard signShe graciously agreed to do one of the tutorials for my 5 Days of Christmas Giveaways here on And Then They.  She is sharing how to make your own Christmas countdown on her YouTube channel.  And she’s giving away one of these awesome boards!  Aren’t they perfect?

So, go watch her video HERE, subscribe to her channel, then come back here to enter to win this Christmas Countdown Chalkboard!

There are SIX ways to enter this giveaway!

To enter to win the Chalkboard, do any or all of the following:

  1. Answer this question in the comment section of my blog: What’s your absolute favorite thing to do at Christmastime?
  2. Follow me on Instagram (carolynfwilliams), then comment on this blog post telling me you’re following me on Instagram.
  3. Comment again telling me you’re following Megan’s shop on Instagram (alwayscreateco).
  4. Comment again telling me you’re following Katrina on Instagram (katrinalhenry).
  5. Subscribe to Megan’s channel on YouTube.
  6. Comment on Megan’s video on YouTube.

*** ENTER by SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd 9pm Pacific Time – All five winners (one for each day this week) will be announced on Andthenthey.com on Monday, the 23rd ***

Here are the other giveaways-

Monday, Quilted Christmas Table Runner
Tuesday, Drawstring Gift Bag
Wednesday, Wood Burned Ornament by Katrina Henry

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Posted in: art, created., DIY, gave thanks., giveaway, holidays | Tagged: Christmas, create, creating, decorating, holiday, megan lenhardt

Five Days of Christmas – DIY Projects and Giveaways

Posted by Carolyn on November 13, 2015 1 Comment
Five Days of Christmas - DIY Projects and Giveaways

I am so excited to tell you all about this!  Next week, I will be hosting five different giveaways here on the blog.  I am extremely lucky to be surrounded by many, many talented people.  I am working with two of my friends to offer some fun ideas for holiday crafts and decor.  We will teach you how to make things, and we’ll even be giving some things away.

There will be many more details each day next week, but if you want to get ready for the entries, go ahead and follow all of us!andthenthey Christmas DIY and GiveawaysNext week, if you want to enter the giveaways, you’ll have (at least) five ways to do it.

  1. First, you’ll comment on the blog post about the giveaway.  I’ll be asking a fun question that will inspire creativity, or boost your holiday spirit.
  2. Make sure you’re following me on Instagram (carolynfwilliams) then comment on the blog post telling me you’re following me on Instagram.
  3. Comment again telling me you’re following Megan’s shop on Instagram (alwayscreateco).
  4. Comment again telling me you’re following Katrina on Instagram (katrinalhenry).
  5. Subscribe to Megan’s channel on YouTube (which you should totally do anyway because she’s hilarious and talented and has an adorable family).  You’ll also get a bonus entry for her giveaway by commenting on her vlog!

That’s at least five entries for each giveaway!

EDIT:  Here are the giveaways-

Monday, Quilted Christmas Table Runner

Tuesday, Drawstring Gift Bag

Wednesday, Wood Burned Ornament by Katrina Henry

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Posted in: CaroMade, created., decorating, DIY, gave thanks., giveaway, sewing, sewing | Tagged: Christmas, diy crafts, giveaway, katrina henry, megan lenhardt

New Blog Design, New Perspectives

Posted by Carolyn on September 3, 2015 6 Comments

I know, I know, I’m totally jumping the gun on the whole Autumn 2015 header on my blog.  (If you’re reading this on a reader, you will have to actually go to the blog to see the new design.)

I just couldn’t help myself.  See, here’s what happened.  I’m going to make a short story long right now… hold on tight.

All during August, I was following my friend Megan Lenhardt (more like acquaintance, but let’s just say friend) as she committed to doing a vlog a day and calling it Vlaugust.  There were some vlogs that I just skimmed (can you say that when it’s a video?  what’s the correct term for that?), and some that I watched in its entirety.

I learned a few things about the internet by watching Megan.  The first is follow-through.  She did it, she posted 31 videos.  Another thing was that it’s okay to ask for help – there were a couple vlogs where her husband jumped in and took the lead.  Another thing I learned was that content doesn’t matter as much as actually getting it out there.  I hope this doesn’t offend her, but there were some vlogs that just didn’t capture my interest.

That’s okay.  Not everything she posts will be perfect for her viewers.  But she did it, she put it out there.  Maybe she knew that some of the videos weren’t going to have many views.  Maybe it took her the whole month of posting her vlogs to build up the courage to post the last video.

She ended the month with the most amazing video of all – her first music video on YouTube.   I am not going to lie, I’ve been listening to it on repeat all day, and the whole time I’ve been writing this post.  It’s one of those songs that just gets into me, stirs something, and makes me want to create and grow and think and share.   I think it’s a sign of artistic genius when something inspires someone to create their own kind of art in response.  In this case, the genius obviously goes to Sara Bareilles who wrote the song, but also to Megan who sings it beautifully and truthfully.

So, back to me.  Short story long and all that.

After watching Megan’s vlogs and thinking about their impact on me, and listening to “Manhattan” over and over and over again, I was inspired to redesign my blog and get back into it.  The song is beautiful and melancholy.  So is Autumn.  Beauty and melancholy always make me want to create, which is probably why Autumn is my favorite and so inspiring to me.

I also thought about what this blog is for, and why I do it.  I put most of those thoughts in my newly written About Me section, so please go read that if you’d like to.

20150903_100059I had a couple hours to myself today while my car was having some work done, and I actually planned out a whole month of blog posts that I’m really excited about.  So, here I am, inspired once again.  Ready to create and share!

Another random thought to add to the end of this already jumbled, unorganized blog post:  Today as I was walking to my car, I felt the crisp chill of Autumn sunlight on my face and it was magic.  My favorite time is coming and I’ve never been more ready.  I know that seasons are generic nouns and don’t need to be capitalized, but let me just say that Autumn deserves to have a capital A.

That is all…

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Posted in: created., writing | Tagged: art, autumn, create, creating, grateful, inspiration, megan lenhardt, music, writing
If God said, ‘Rumi pay homage to everything that has helped you enter my arms,’ there would not be one experience of my life, not one thought, not one feeling, nor any act, I would not bow to. -Rumi

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