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By on May 17, 2012 in giveaways, HA! ☺, IRLOMashup

normally I would stay at a girls’ night until the last people are leaving to make sure that I don’t miss anything FUNNY, but I made sure to come home tonight to try to finish this post up before my midnight – because I really try to stick to my word! I had a lot of great laughs mixed in with the deep conversation tonight, though, so it’s ok :) from insecurities to predestination to blind spots in relationships… we cover a lot of ground, let me tell you, lol.

ANYway, we’ve been LOVING the creativity you guys have been putting into your pictures for the IRLO Mashup! YOU are what makes this such a fun process. I regret that I haven’t been able to be as active in visiting all of your blogs and doing more faster as I had very much HOPED, but that is for another post titled “Blogging #FAIL!” (which I’ve been wanting to write for a while now…) (and I feel like Kelly from Houtz House Party with all my capitalized words today! hehe)

we all have a lot on our plates and we do what we can, right? hopefully we can all extend grace to each other in the light of that, too :) (in this case, me, lol)

I have been super impressed with Katlyn of the Dreamy Meadow and her initiative and networking ability. she kinda came outta nowhere and made a big splash, hey? but she’s not afraid to reach out to people, and that’s a quality I’m attracted to! she’s done an awesome job rallying her team. we didn’t even originally intend for people to have to make their whole team themselves, but Katlyn saw that it seemed to be easier to get people on board that way and took initiative. LOVE initiative! Team Mr. Hottie has their own facebook group for team spirit and communication, guys… yep, that’s what I would have done :) and they are seriously killing it with social media building initiatives – have you checked out the blog angels program yet? good stuff!

the team named after Mr. D is not the only one of interest this week, either. Team Menagerie/Playground almost had an arrest on their hands when Brooke from Covered in Grace tried to take some apparently illegal pictures…???

yeah, I really want to know WHAT this is about, too
let’s stalk her blog until she posts the story, k?

we’ve got some great characters in this race, people. makes me laugh!

ok, on to part of what you’ve been waiting to find out. I mean, we mainly want to emphasize the fun and networking aspect of this race, but what would it be without a little incentive? not that bragging rights aren’t sorta cool… :) so, some of the other things up for grabs include:

(sorry, the frame is not included with the print and the shirt won’t look exactly like that, since they’re not printed yet, but I’m pretty sure the cards will be a new batch from some of our Costa Rica adventures!)

AND

something from the shop of our very own, the lovely,
Mariah of Thee Fire Wife, mud running beauty queen

one of her ahmahzing bags! {clickety-click the pic to visit her shop!}

and this is the part where I let you know that anyone is welcome to sponsor part of this big prize giveaway!

prize sponsors for teams (that means 10 of the same prize, since teams have 10 people) will get dedicated posts to introduce their product, blog, or site, as well as a code for a free medium (or large rotating) ad here on our site and your info listed on a prize sponsor page. of course we’ll personally follow and help promote you also.

obviously this sounds a little daunting at first, providing TEN prizes?!
but if you really think about it, it’s pretty doable.

what we would suggest is that ad space, shop credits, small digital gift cards to places like Amazon or Target (so you don’t have the shipping cost), etc. are great options that add value to the prize pool and don’t break your bank in the meantime. you could even go together with another blog or shop and each pay in a little bit to share the cost as well as the spotlight. do you pick up what I’m laying down?

don’t forget there is also the individual creativity prize,
so individual items are welcome as well!
individual prize sponsors will be part of a group post and we’ll also follow and help promote you, obviously!

I don’t know, this is all a bit of an experiment and you guys are some very lucky guinea pigs :) woot!
(so feel free to make a suggestion if you’re feeling smart and stuff)

above all, we are very much enjoying getting to know everyone, so thank you!!!

don’t forget to go check out the IRLO Mashup info page to see the map updated every week!

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sometimes karma really knows what’s up

By on May 3, 2012 in giveaways, God and stuff, Musings, ☞ Truth, yo

do you believe in karma? we do.

Source: Uploaded by user via tico♥tina on Pinterest

surprised? didn’t think karma was a Christian thing? ok, we don’t believe IN karma, and probably not by its semantic definition, though even that is a little negligible in conclusiveness. but I bet you actually believe in it, too.

the point is that we do believe karma is the secular term and understanding of a spiritual  principle. and a spiritual principle is a spiritual principle, whatever you choose to call it.

I just got done spinning the proverbial little wheel on the latest giveaway winner, and wouldn’t you know it, the initial “winning” individual did not do what they said they did in order to enter – of course we check, because it wouldn’t really be fair to the other entries if we didn’t. and it turns out that the second, REAL winner, is someone who REALLY deserves to win!

KELLY, my dear, yes, YOU, are the winner :) I only wish it was a bigger and better prize.

as previously mentioned, I have dubbed Kelly a cheerleader because she is so encouraging. and not only that, but it is really because of her that we won the things we have won recently! so I sincerely hope you enjoy these little Costa Rican souvenirs, Kelly, and I already have your address because you’re currently partying it up with the IRLO Mashup :)

back to spiritual truths, God is the one who creates, so any principles that work? his idea. you may not realize it on the surface, but if you follow it back to the basic principle you’ll find him there.

of course satan tries to twist all of God’s truths around to something that makes people think they don’t need God. like the whole positive thought thing? God told us about it first:

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. -Phillippians 4:8

as a man thinks in his heart, so is he -Proverbs 23:7a

spiritual principles work because they are something God set in motion. but for a real long term “peace that passes all understanding”, we have to recognize the One behind the principle.

that’s my thought for today. what do you think about spiritual principles?

Elf House Chronicles

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winning!

By on April 26, 2012 in Costa Rica, giveaways

I have never in my life won anything that I can recall… UNTIL RECENTLY!!!

I was browsing Houtz House Party (always a good pastime, obviously) and discovered this thing called Ultimate Blog Party. on a whim I decided to join up. I don’t think I’ve had such helpful “whims” ever, to date.

I hopped on the twitter party that night and it was actually the first twitter party I had been with as well. I couldn’t BEGIN to keep up. I’m not quite sure I’ll ever really get the point of those things unless they are small, which this one definitely was not. in any case, I made a few comments here and there and I still have no faint clue how, but I WON $100!!! (to Target)

so we were pretty happy about that, obviously, and just went about our regularly scheduled lives until yesterday when I discovered that we’d WON something else!

Time Dog is a personal virtual assistant, and you KNOW we could use one of those!!!
WOOF!

definitely feeling so, so blessed!

I’ve been wanting to do one of our Costa Rica giveaways, so I figured in celebration of winning, we’re going to give you a chance to win something :)
it’s not $100, but it IS fairly cool.

(it’s kinda like the color of the year)

since I don’t have my lobes pierced I’m not the best model for these, but I tried.
now that I think about it, I should have had Mr. D do it, LOL!

so there are actually 2 bracelets (the other one is the pink on my arm) and 1 set of coffee bean earrings to be won, all straight from Costa Rica!
winner takes all. love you guys!

side note: I wish I was eating cereal right now.


a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Get your race on!!! AKA Happy Anniversary to us :)

By on April 10, 2012 in giveaways, IRLOMashup, sponsored

happy anniversary to me and Mr. D!!!

we’ve been experiencing wedded bliss for 8 whole years now, and in honor of our happiness we are introducing

if you want to be a part of this innovative little promotion for your blog, shop, or site,
get your read on!
(we’re coining this term especially for this type of event
an IRLO [InRealLife/Online] Mashup, use at will ;) )

here’s how it will work:
the first 10 people to sign up will receive an email letting them know that they are in, and requesting their snail mail address. to each of these 10 addresses we will send one of our BlankCanvas™ cards, along with an instruction letter for how to proceed.

//there will be prizes!//

each card will become a team of 10 people, who will work together strategically to meet new friends and fans, and score prizes. there will be three team prizes (divided evenly with each person on each of the the winning teams) and one individual prize available.

team prizes will be awarded for the first card that makes it back to us, the card that travels the most miles, and the card that combines the most social media/blog followers. the individual prize will be for the most creative picture taken with the team card.

//there will be pictures!//

as you receive your card you will follow the instructions and email back to us with your information, which we will then post on the Tico♥Tina IRLO Mashup Race gallery page with all your links. we’ll also be introducing the members of the teams via twitter and group posts as they come in.

//there will be tweets!//

we’re going to be using the hashtag #IRLOMashup, so if you miss the first ten spots of the signup, you might want to think about tweeting at those who make it in to volunteer for their team :) (we’ll help you)

//there will be collaboration!//

prizes will be announced and added to as we go along, and you will be welcome to add your product to the prize pool (contact us for details if you are interested), but the biggest set of prizes will be awarded to the card with the most combined followers – because we won’t count these until the last card is in, so you will have the opportunity to help your team grow its combined followers up until the last second!

//most of all, there will be FUN!//

this will be such a great way to meet new people and promote each other’s blogs/shops/sites, we hope you’ll join us! (we may come up with other ways for you to be a part of the process as we go along, so stay tuned!)

comment below with any questions!

the signup will open on Friday, so don’t miss it!

grab a button now to join in the fun :)

Tico♥Tina IRLO Mashup

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life is a blank canvas – paint an adventure!

By on March 18, 2012 in Costa Rica, giveaways, stuff we do, traveling, ♬ music & art ✎

so a while ago we started this little line of multi-use cards. we’ve been having a lot of fun and adventures carting around our Costa Rican blank canvas model, Blanca, with us all over the place. right now there is a giveaway happening over at Kelly’s awesome blogging birthday celebration, wherein you could be inspired to get your own creative juices flowing with your very own set of BlankCanvas™ Cards! visit Living Apockylypse and have a go at winning!

in case you’ve missed the videos we’ve started putting up over at the Beauty of One’s youtube channel, here they are! (and there are a bunch more in the hopper :) )

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