Annette, Terri Sue, Jennifer Bogart, Debbie, Smock Lady, and Stephanie! Congratulations!!!

Twisted Silver is introducing three new items on June 24 and I am really excited to be hosting a giveaway for one of them! The contest will run from Tuesday, June 24, to Saturday, June 28, and there will also be a coupon code for purchases through their website.

This contest is open to both bloggers and non-bloggers, but bloggers will have a chance for a second entry if they post about the contest on their blog.

I first heard about Twisted Silver through a blog contest giveaway and I’ve been a customer ever since (click the link at the bottom of their left sidebar to receive email updates about sale items - that’s when I shop!). I updated my profile picture yesterday, but I was wearing their Raw Bauble necklace in both the picture taken last year and the recent one, too. I practically live in this necklace and I’m getting a little nervous about it being in their Outlet section - I may have to get another one in case anything happens to mine!

Leave me a comment if you want a reminder email sent to you in time for the contest next week!

I am not usually an authority on everything going on in my little corner of the blogosphere. I tend to spend a lot of time on the computer working and less visiting than I’d prefer. Those wee hours that span the bridge between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning tend to be the exception to the rule, because I love my Wordless Wednesdays!

Here are a few things that I’ve discovered along the way:

My pal Carrie the Gremlin Wrangler is hosting a giveaway for Volumes 1 & 2 of Letters from Your Friendly Cashier. If you’ve never read posts from this series, go there now!!! Just click on the button to read the contest post and enter the giveaway.

Hallie is starting a new photography workshop entitled Through the Lens: Digital Photography 101. We get photo assignments, people! How cool is that? Just go to this post to read about it. There’s even a Yahoo group you can join to keep track of it.

5 Minutes for Mom is hosting something called Creative Summer Days. Click here for a chance to win Yum-o! The Family Cookbook by Rachel Ray.

Last, but not least is a contest that will be hosted right here on my own blog in two weeks. I’m a big fan of Twisted Silver jewelry. Although you can’t see much of it in the profile shot in my sidebar, I was wearing one of their necklaces.

Twisted Silver will be introducing three new items on June 24, and one will be given away to a lucky winner drawn from comments right here at My Home Sweet Home! Stop by to participate that week, and if you’d like me to shoot you an email reminder, leave a request in comments.

Also, I’m attending Proverbs 31 Ministries She Speaks Conference next weekend. Let me know if you’ll be there, too!

I was flattered when my sweet friend Jocelyn from the Homeschool Blog Awards asked if she could use some of my pictures for this week’s Homesteading Carnival. I also submitted a post for the first time!

Please join me at the Homeschool Blog Awards site today for an amazing interview with Donna Boucher aka Miz Booshay of www.booshay.blogspot.com and Pioneer Woman Photography.

If you want to join me in real life, I’ll be at the GHEA conference this weekend.

Have you noticed that this is in serious danger of becoming a photoblog now that I have my new digital SLR? I just can’t stop taking pictures, and then I want to do something with them. With that in mind, I’ve started a new blog where I can post my photos bigger and better than ever! It’s got the catchy title of - now get this - “photoblog.” I knew you’d be impressed. The URL is only slightly different: http://photoblog.myhomesweethomeonline.net. I’ll make a button and put it in the sidebar for a handy link. Stop by and please be sure and leave a comment (link at top of post) to let me know you’ve visited.

A big factor in my lack of recent blog activity has been the site design I’ve been working on for the Homeschool Blog Awards. This is an exciting time for us, as we’ve added 5 new authors, too! Please stop by and visit, and grab the code for this button out of our sidebar to help spread the word about the HSBA on your site.