Shepherd's Daughter GIVEAWAY!

*EDIT* Rachel would like to keep the shipping for this giveaway U.S. based, sorry!

Hey guys! Guess what I have for you today? Oh yeah, you probably *cough* saw the title of this uh, post... Anywho, today you have a chance to win this pair of earrings:

This giveaway is to celebrate having 400 posts! Wowza! Anyway, the talented Rachel from Shepherd's Daughter (who is also having a giveaway on her blog!!) has crafted these earrings for one of you! Exciting right? Here's a little bit about Rachel:

My name is Rachel, I blog over at Shepherd's Daughter about growing up in the Philippines, living in California, and pursuing my dreams of saving the world. Well, my way. ;) I also babble about my day-to-day passions and creative inspirations for my little jewelry shop. 

I started selling hand-made jewelry on Ebay in 2007 after I signed up for sponsoring a World-Vision child. I had my heart set on this beautiful 7-year old Filipina, but didn't have the funds to support her. Today, profit from the shop go to  an impoverished town called Guimaras where young children are in constant need of daily amenities. Come by and hang out for a while. I love making new friends!

Rachel was such a pleasure to work with and is super sweet, as you can probably tell from her short bio :)

So go ahead and start entering this awesome giveaway!
a Rafflecopter giveaway





Happy entering!


-hannah
p.s. Once I hit 50 followers on my makeup blog I'm going to be having a giveaway over there! Go check it out :)

all i want for christmas (etsy edition)

After browsing etsy, I have accumulated a handful of pretties that I've put together a Christmas list with. Let's begin, shall we?

1. Chickadee Pendant


Is this not adorable? I would love to wear this, wouldn't you?

2. Glamorous Gray Necklace Scarf


oooh, this is so pretty! Perfect to spice up any outfit :)

3. Heather Eyeshadow

This is from an etsy makeup shop I found. Their products look so pretty, and this one is one of my favorites!

4. Five Printed Cards

Wouldn't you love to write a letter with this?

5. navy blue flower headband

Okay, this is seriously gorgeous. I would wear it pretty much every single day.

6. red melting heart love t-shirt

How cute is this?! Don't you love it?

7. Cable Beret Hat in Wood Brown


Love. This. To. Death. Too bad its like $60 :(

Well, I hope you enjoyed this spout of greed on my part ;) Happy shopping!

-hannah

H~inspired~ is now selling more jewelry!

Yay! I love selling photography, but my love for making jewelry was so overwhelming I just had to share the stuff I made:

These are only two of the jewelry products I'm planning to add to my shop. Feel free to stop by! And maybe you'll find something you like ;)

~hannah

Don't take your blessings for granted (help others)

So last night I was lying in my bed, just thinking and dreaming, like I do every night before I go to sleep, and I suddenly, randomly thought: I'm lying here in this comfortable bed with a nice soft pillow with a fan blowing on me and I take it all for granted. There are kids starving to death all over the world. There are kids who have to sleep on the ground every night in the blazing heat.

And I felt an overwhelming sense of emotion, knowing how blessed I was and wondering why God chose   me to be this blessed.
So I started to daydream, or rather "night-dream" :) and I thought of what I could do to help. Just to help a little bit.
I thought of bake sales, lemonade stands, selling my photography and my jewelry.
Because every penny counts.
I was imagining every tiny detail of the sale and decided to myself: I am going to do this soon.

And I know I'll get support. My family will be behind me 100% and my  friends will too I'm pretty sure.
Especially my two close friends. I have a friend who's mom has breast cancer so she'll be all for it and my other friend will definitely help.
I really have such great friends :)

So if you want to join me in this fundraising phase, here are some rules that I think are necessary

1. Keep your prices relatively low.
Usually if you sell lemonade for 25 cents people just throw an extra buck or two at you, but if you sell it for like, $1.50 they will either a) pay for it without tipping or b) drive right past you.

2. Make sure you're on a busy street.
Chances are that if your on a dead-end street you'll only make a couple sales :) Luckily I live on a good street and there's even a triangular island thing where three roads meet so I could even set up there.

3. Make sure your products/food is worth buying!
Don't sell bad stuff. No one wants sour lemonade or stale cookies or a bracelet that will break in an hour. Enough said.

4. Make your stand look pretty.
Umbrellas, signs and other brightly colored things will help with this. Also, make sure you have a big enough table. I once drove past two girls who put their lemonade and cups on the ground. Um, ew. :P

5. Make it clear that all the proceeds will be going to charity.
That way the customers will be more generous :)

6. Have fun!!

So get to it! And let me know how it turns out!

It's my 100th post and you know what that means!

Photo contest!! And a giveaway! Yes, I am hosting a photo contest and a giveaway in honor of my 100th post. The category is, drumroll please.............. I said DRUMROLL PLEASE!! Thank you. The category is.................................................................... Summer fun! You can enter any photo that has your favorite thing about summer in it, with a small description saying why you love that about summer.
There will be a grand prize and and a runner-up prize and some honorable mentions. The grand prize will be:
A blog makeover by Olive Tree! Thanks so much Olive Tree! An award featuring your photo and any this necklace in my etsy shop (if you need me to make the necklace a little longer thats fine)!

The runner up prize: An award featuring your photo, a blog button made by moi :) and these earings from my etsy shop. (If you don't have your ears pierced thats fine because I have something set aside just in case!)

The honorable mentions will receive an award featuring their photo. Only one photo per person!!! Please leave me a comment with the URL of the post that has your photo in it.

Now for the giveaway! I will be giving away this necklace:

Here's how to enter:

Leave a comment saying you want to enter: 1 entry

Follow my blog and leave  comment letting me know that you do: 1 entry

Put my button on your blog and leave a comment: 1 entry

Follow my other blog "Find That Creative Spark" and leave a comment: 1 entry

Post about the giveaway on your blog and leave me a comment putting the URL of the blog post into it: 2 entries

Post about the photo contest on your blog and leave me a comment putting the URL of the blog post into it: 2 entries

Post about my followers fest and leave me a comment saying you did: 2 entries

That adds up to 10 entries total. You have until July 25th to enter and then I will put all the entries into a hat and pick one out. Good luck to all of you! Sorry I will only ship inside the U.S. :(