Online Poster Printing Giveaway

How would you like to have a free 16x20" Gallery or Museum Wrapped Canvas Print? Online Poster Printing is offering a free poster to me and to one Simply Sweet Home reader. (If you win, all you have to do is pick out a photo you'd like to have printed and pay the shipping costs.)

About Online Poster Printing
Online Poster Printing specializes in printing high-quality posters using premium materials. We offer a money back guarantee on all our products, such as photo canvas prints, vinyl banners, wall stickers, and rolled or mounted poster prints.

In the email I received about the giveaway, I was told to choose a summer time/fun in the sun picture that I'd like to have a poster made of. As I'm more of an indoor person, I don't really have any "fun in the sun pictures" other than some pictures from our canoe trip (but those aren't exactly poster worthy photos), so I'll share a couple of pictures that were taken last summer instead. As my husband said, "it was fun in the sun for us at least...."

When we were still living in Mobile, my mom and stepdad came down for vacation. Here's my mom and I sitting down for a picnic lunch:

And here's a picture that was at least taken outdoors. Two summers ago my husband and I visited Gettysburg, PA. This is a picture of a monument dedicated to the soldiers from Alabama that tried to take the Little Round Top. My husband would love a poster of this to go up on his side of our office:

To enter to win a free poster, just leave a comment telling us what summer photo you would have printed. You have until 7PM EST on Thursday, July 30 to enter. Good luck!

Other Rules, Restrictions, and Additional Entries:

-This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents ONLY.

-The winner of the giveaway is required to pay shipping for the prizes.

-Don't forget, if you don't have a blog or a profile with a visible email address, please include your email address in your comment so that I can contact you if you win. (Can't stress this enough!)

-All products will be awarded by coupon code by Friday July 31, 2009.

-For extra entries, you can follow me on blogger and/or twitter and facebook, or subscribe to my mailing list. Just leave additional comments, and please leave a user name or something so that I can verify. Thanks!

-Jerri

New Poll: An "Age Old" Question

I've added a new poll to the site. Sorry the question's not too creative. I thought of a bunch of summer-themed questions I could ask, but then I decided it would be helpful for me to do a series of polls on the blog's demographics, so that I can make the site as enjoyable to you guys as possible.

So the first question, I'm asking is: How old are you?

Here are your choices:

Under 18

19-25

26-35

36-45

46-55

56-65

66+

You'll find the poll in the right-hand sidebar. Thanks for your participation!

-Jerri

Blog Hoppin' Tuesday

I've decided to participate in the Mcklinky blog hop. I've seen a few blogs that I visit participating, and I thought it would be fun to try it out. If I enjoy it, I may even make it a permanant weekly feature here.

For this week's blog hop, the theme is "3 Things You Didn't Know About Me." Here are my 3:

1. I started making my own beaded jewelry a few months ago, and I plan on opening my own Etsy shop in the next few weeks. (More details to come soon...)

2. I'm a huge fan of the Harry Potter book series and the movies. (Can't wait to see The Half-Blood Prince!)

3. I love collecting things! Some of the things I collect are mice figurines/ornaments, Hallmark ornaments, dolls, bears/animals (especially Beanie Babies), and antiques. I also have a China cabinet filled with figurines and other little treasures that I've collected over the years.

-Jerri

Millie's Place

I've found another wonderful etsy shop to visit. It's called Millie's Place, and it's your place for all things baked and sewed!

Donna of Millie's Place sells a yummy assortment of baked goods that are made fresh when you order them. And you'll definitely be hungry after you see what she has to offer! You'll find brownies, oatmeal raisin cookies, lemon glazed shortbread cookies, jumbo chocolate chip cookies with walnuts, and even low-fat chocolate chip cookies. And how would like to try some ginger bars or ginger whoopie pies like the ones pictured here? Yum!


And if you've got a massive sweet tooth, you can try some homemade fudge. Millie's Place offers chocolate fudge and peanut butter fudge with or without walnuts. And if you like coconut as much as my husband does, you'll definitely want to try some chocolate covered macaroons.

But Millie's Place isn't just a shop for baked goods. It also features some lovely items that Donna sews. You'll find handmade dresses and adorable preemie sized clothes, such as the 3-piece set pictured below. There's also a Kitty Appliqued Bib and Kitty Doll that would make a great gift.

You'll also find some cute items for your kitchen like vintage tablecloth napkins and vintage tablecloth grocery bag holders, and much more!

The baked items at Millie's Place are baked fresh when you order them and are carefully packaged and shipped Priority Mail to ensure that you receive them in 1-3 days.

Go visit Millie's Place today!

http://milliesplace.etsy.com/

-Jerri

Barbecue Chicken Pizza

I've never really been into pizzas that you make yourself. I remember getting frozen pizzas when I was a kid, and sometimes we'd also buy the pizzas that are refrigerated and just need to be baked. They're usually found in or around the store's deli. But I always loved restaurant pizzas much better.

Now we usually order take out when we want pizza, or we go to the Cici's Buffet, and sometimes we get "take and bake" pizzas from Papa Murphy's. (Their 5 meat stuffed is awesome!)

But occasionally I will make a pizza at home. Red Baron's are really good, and sometimes I'll throw my own combination together. For an example, today I'm sharing the barbecue chicken pizza that I made recently.


Recipe for Barbecue Chicken Pizza:

Ingredients:
1 Pizza crust (homemade or refrigerated)
1 bottle barbecue sauce
1 bag cheddar cheese (or other cheese combination)
1 lb chicken (2-4 chicken breasts)
bacon (as many pieces as you desire) or bacon bits
1 onion, diced (optional)

Directions: First cook your chicken. I just boiled mine on the stove, but you can however you prefer. I like to boil it, because this makes it nice and tender; the crock pot would also work well. You can also bake or grill it, but I'd recommend brushing the chicken with some sauce beforehand, to ensure that it's not to dry. After your chicken is cooked, chop or shred it.

Next preheat the oven. The directions on the crust I used called for 400 degrees. Next prepare crust. If using a refrigerated crust, unroll the crust onto a pizza pan or cookie sheet. (I actually used an 11X7 casserole dish for mine). For a large pizza, you could use 2 crusts and put them together. Next pour the barbecue sauce on the crust; use as much as you desire, and spread it with a spoon, spatula, or brush. Next sprinkle your onion, if using. Then sprinkle on your chicken, bacon, and top with plenty of cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-18 minutes, use whatever baking instructions you have for the crust recipe you are using.

(before baking)

(after baking)

-Jerri

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Uprinting Custom Sticker Giveaway

I'm happy to announce the start of a new giveaway sponsored by our friends at Uprinting.

Uprinting is an online printing company that provides high quality prints for a number of different items including brochures, company letterhead and business cards, vinyl banners, window clings, menus, greeting cards, catalogs, and more!

The company also provides sticker printing. Stickers are a great tool for bloggers and business owners. You can use them to advertise and hand out to customers like business cards. Or you can use them to label your products or spruce up your product's packaging.

They can also be used in your personal life. You could use them to label your bakeware or label your child's school supplies. Or you can create address labels or letter seals for the back of your envelopes.

Uprinting is offering 250 custom stickers to one Simply Sweet Home reader. You can choose a design from the Uprinting website, or you can upload your own design.

For my own custom sticker, I'm using my blog button. I think a sticker like this would be great for promoting my blog. Don't you?

To enter to win, just leave a comment telling us how you would use your free 250 custom stickers. You have until 7PM EST on Thursday, July 16 to enter. Good luck!

Other Rules, Restrictions, and Additional Entries:

-This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents ONLY.

-The winner of the giveaway is required to pay shipping for the prizes.

-Don't forget, if you don't have a blog or a profile with a visible email address, please include your email address in your comment so that I can contact you if you win. (Can't stress this enough!)

-All products will be awarded by coupon code by Friday July 17, 2009.

-For extra entries, you can follow me on blogger and/or twitter and facebook, or subscribe to my mailing list. Just leave additional comments, and please leave a user name or something so that I can verify. Thanks!

-Jerri

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