*UPDATE* We have a winner, people. Mr. Random chose a man (my hubby will be proud)! Congrats to Dave HomeSchool Dad!
While I’m bonding with my hubby this week, I thought y’all might enjoy a giveaway from one of my favorite Etsy stores!
Y’all know I love my hubby (even when he takes pictures of me sleeping with my mouth open).
How could I not? Especially when he comes up with stuff like this:
He contacted The Vintage Pearl and had her create this necklace for me:
You’re what works for me
(as in WFMW)
I’m glad I work for him. And I’m assuming he’s not referring to the laundry.
Erin did a fabulous job. I absolutely love her hand-stamped jewelry!
Today, she’s offering a reader a custom piece. Winner’s choice ($50 value)!
Visit her shop, tell me what you’d put on a custom piece, or even better, what your hubby would engrave on a necklace!!
This giveaway will end on Friday.
Oh, I love the dainty hearts, and I would put my kids names on them….she has remarkable things!!!
Enjoy your time away~!
Suzanne
i love her shop…so many cute things! if i won this, i'd definitely ask my husband to come up with something to engrave. i'm wanting a necklace that represents our family somehow, so i'd do initials or names or something.
thanks!
My husband would definitely engrave "to my sweet baboo, you know". Since we were teenagers and he couldn't tell me he loved me over the phone in front of his family
he's said 'you know', even on the anniversary (34th) card he gave me yesterday! The sweet baboo is from the Peanuts comic strip, which we love.
My hubby would say "Can I keep you?" It's our thing…
Cup of Love is one of my favorites.
Let's see….what could my husband have engraved for me…
You are my everything
or..do you think this will fit…
i'm sorry i have been so crabby while we are moving
or
love of my life
or
thanks for all you do
Love all her things! She has wonderful ideas! I'd love the kids names..but it would be interesting to see what my hubs would write!
~Nancy
Love all her things! She has wonderful ideas! I'd love the kids names..but it would be interesting to see what my hubs would write!
~Nancy
Love all her things! She has wonderful ideas! I'd love the kids names..but it would be interesting to see what my hubs would write!
~Nancy
I would engrave my daughter's confirmation verse. . . MKW
I really like names around my heart, and I would have my kids names put on it. Not sure what hubby wouls put.
Amber
amber070911@yahoo.com
Oh, that is GORGEOUS!!! I just asked my husband what he would engrave and I thought I knew what he would say…and I was right.
His immediate response: "you are my forever love".
This is a special phrase in our family b/c I wrote a poem for him before we were married and this is the final line.
She has so many beautiful things! If my husband had a necklace engraved for me, it would probably have a line from one of my favorite Shakespeare sonnets. He knows I value sentiment, but not too much cheese.
I really like "Mother of Pearl on a disc" with my daughters' names – these are gorgeous!
slwilkins05@yahoo.com
you have an awesome hubby!
Great giveaway – this jewelry is beautiful!
Thanks!
Jen
I really like the names around my heart necklace. Wow, she has so many nice things!
happy summer!
I shudder to think what my hubby would have engraved. He goes between very romantic and very off color sense of humor at the drop of a hat. I would hate to catch him at the wrong time. I think I would do some sort of metal and pearl necklace that simply said "Blessed"
what beautiful work. I'd have her write "HARMONY"- the same thing that's engraved inside our wedding rings.
Great giveaway!
My hubby would say "come waste your time with me" from the first song we danced to at our wedding. I would put the names of my sons on it.
How fun! My husband and I have been married 15 years also. I'd have engraved
never
leave
never
forsake
Love your blog!
i would give it to my mom and have twisted family and then the family letters (RRNL) for my mom. its our family thing and she does a lot for us , so we usually try to get her engraved stuff because she likes that and it makes her smile.
I'd love the peace dove necklace.
Thanks.
My hubby would get me the Dainty names on a chain with my two boys names on it. I would tell him to get me the Names around my heart chain with all of my guys names on it. I love her work! The prices are great too!
My hubby would get "SHMILY"
Which stands for "See How Much I Love You"
i would love to get my kids names on a names around my heart necklace
what your husband did was really sweet maybe he could teach mine a thing or two.
Oh, another good site!! I love her stuff! I've "added to my favorites". Hmmm *thinking*… I'm thinking my DH would prolly put "I could not ask for more" (Sara Evans song). I had it engraved on his wedding band and it was "our song" at the wedding.
on a disc going around the edges, my hubby would put
"the journey continues…"
On our first date, he gave me a rose with a card "A journey begins with a single step"
I love the "starlet"–I still wish on stars.
But also, I saw a necklace once that I wanted very much. It had two flaps. The outer one said nothing but had a cut-out square in the middle. Behind it you could see the word "be". If you lifted the flap, you can see that the flap hides the word "just." So the rear flap says "just be", and the front one means all you can see is "be".
I have got to say that your husband is super sweet for that one! Now, if I won….. I would love one with a heart and my kids names around it ~ if my husband ordered it he'd probably put something absolutely crazy that would make me laugh… which is why I love him!
I SO love them all. My fave is the mother of pearl on a disc. I'd put my kids names on them.
i would ABSOLUTELY get the chunky daisy chain bracelet. AAGH, Love it! and i'm pretty sure that if my husband chose the engraving he would pick "silly romantic boy".
He would pick out the "names around my heart" and put "Imzadi forever" because that's what he had engraved in our wedding bands.
Oh I love Erin's shop and reading her blog. I love the fused flower necklace. I would put my daughter's initial on it and let her wear it.
LOL I have no idea what my hubby would put on it, but I would love the dainty hearts with my girls initials on it.
love that shop!!! definitely would get the eclectic necklace!! my favorite!!
Her things are beautiful! I think having my kiddos names or if my hubby were to have something engraved it would definately say I love you more times infinite…It's been our thing since the first I love you.
Thanks for the Chance to win!
LOOOVE this shop–her work is great!!
you ladies have some creative husbands..or maybe it is you….I need to steal the simple engraving of "Blessed."
Lovely stuff
My dh may suggest – "Welcome to my world" which I say all the time, and is the name of my blog.
My kids might say "Is your room tidy?" because I say that all the time too!
I would chose "Blessed"
I am quite impressed with your hubby too- that is a great gift with a very creative personalization.
I think I would choose "I have found the one whom my soul loves" from the Old Testament.
Thanks for a fun giveaway!
Wow – these necklaces are so lovely, because they are so simple. AND I love silver! I would probably choose a disc with mine and hubby's names, and then the first initial of our 9 children's names separated by dots – no way to fit full names!
As to what my hubby would write: Probably "Marry me?" since he keeps asking
– we'll be celebrating our 15th anniversary 7/2. Or "Lava" which has become our "I love you" when we text.
oh my! your husband is too sweet!
i love "cup of love"!!!!
wow- that's a hard one! i guess i'd put my kids' name on smething- maybe the dainty hearts on a chain… can she do 6 names? hope so, if i win!
I love the names around my heart necklace, with all 4 of my kids' names engraved. If my hubby got that, I would be thrilled!
First your husband did an awesome job! I am pretty sure he figured out my love of Etsy for my birthday this year (yippee! 2 more weeks!). I am in love with the dainty hearts though, just too cute! With an M and a B it would be perfect for me!
How cool! I'd have to go with "Vous et Nul Autre" – it was on the promise ring my hubby gave me. OR "A Kiss for Later" – that's our thing. Ooh – or maybe my kids' names…
What a great necklace! My husband would put "I swear by the moon and the stars…". I Swear by John Michael Montgomery has been 'our' song since very early in our relationship (15 years ago!)- we used it at our wedding, and it's now our ring tones for each other. Would LOVE to have a necklace like that!
I love this! Your husband rocks for secretly getting you one. I would like one with my girls names on it.
How about …."Laundry is My Life"–Yeah- that was my mountain man's suggestion. I know. I am one lucky gal!
I would pick the mother of pearl disc with 'Can't help falling in love with you' on it.
Aww, so sweet.
I would choose…I don't know. I would have to think about it. Her work is so beautiful.
I love the "names around my heart" and I would put my husband and sons names on it.
I would put my kid's names on names around my heart.
pscole3467 at gmail dot com
Her jewelry is beautiful. I would probably get a necklace with my hubby and son's names on it.
What an awesome shop! I love everything… how bout one of each! My favorite is the ecletic.
jeskline at hotmail . com
Oh, I love the "names around my heart" pendant with, of course, my kids names on it. So precious.
Beautiful! I would totally dig the mother of pearl with a stamped "The greatest of these is love"…or possibly my son's name. Thanks for the giveaway!
Stunning! I would choose my children's names.
What a beautiful shop!! I would probably pick a bible verse to go on one!
I love the names around the heart necklace. That's beautiful!
My husband would probably engrave something silly like "What's for dinner?" or "You're the best cooker I know." But that's just him.
I love the mother of pearl on the disk and I am having a hard time thinking what to put on it. Maybe "Harmony" It has a special meaning to us.
I have visited this shop more than once. LOVE this stuff! The cup of love necklaces are just lovely, but I think I would let my hubby decide what he would put on a necklace.
Yours is just beautiful!!!
Mrs. Nurse Boy
The dainty hearts one. However I would need six of them so each child could have a heart. I just love those hearts.
My husband might engrave the 'mother of pearl disc' that said "you're my favorite" or we'd just get our 3 boys' names on a disc.
Thanks so much!
mrshawkinson@gmail.com
That is the sweetest thing! Love it. If my hubby could create a necklace it would say "Hey babe, it is babe isn't it?" A saying he's said to me all of our 23 years together. It might not mean much to anyone else, but to me it's very sentimental!
Blessings,
Marie
http://emmacallsmemama.com
Doris said:
I love the mother of pearl. My husband would engrave. I Love You.
Doris said:
I love the mother of pearl. My husband would engrave. I Love You.
Doris said:
I love the mother of pearl. My husband would engrave. I Love You.
For my wife I would engrave "sure" as that's what she responded when I proposed.
"Crazy in love"
That's what I'd have engraved…I sometimes say, "I love you like crazy!" Dh responds…"you must be crazy to love me." It's kind of a joke b/w us:)
He would probably do "SPHB" which is our secret code name for eachother (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, from the song… which we cheesily used to sing to eachother when we were dating in high school)…
What a sweet dh.
I love those necklaces and am torn. I love simply faith or eclectic. I would have to add more moola to get the eclectic but it is so worth it to have the names of my 5 kids. Perfect!
She has some great stuff!
I would have engraved "Everything happens for a reason." my motto!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I like the fused flower necklace with a "W" on it. Thanks!
Cup of Love inscribed with "Megan"..my first grandchild. She's 3 months old.
Fused heart on a square inscribed with the word dance
How beautiful! I think if there was room I would have it say "my children are angels in disguise" because they have truly saved me.
Um, everything? I especially love the kids' initials on the necklace charms.
Anything with hearts and my baby's name/initials would "work for me"!
cjkilgore2004@yahoo.com
http://www.whattowatchtoday.blogspot.com
If my husband were to engrave something it would likely be cheesey…he's a cheesey romance kind of guy. I love him, but he's got more cheese than Velveeta.
I like so many of her things. I think I change my mind every time I visit her store! Today I like the names around my heart necklace.
I adore her unique work! What a great find! I'm partial to the simple little 'Cup of Love' necklace. I would do it with my family's last name. Have a great week and thank you for the giveaway opportunity!
I love the Faith pieces…I would put "A page is turned…" which was our wedding song, but also every hurdle we face we talk about another page being turned. I asked him, he said "Yes Dear".
I would put my kids names on the rectangle charm bracelet, but I would love to see what my husband would pick…he's extremely thoughtful and really good at the mushy stuff!
sylviarj at yahoo dot com
I would get the "names around my heart" necklace and ask that it say "Love is all you need" on the front, and maybe our names on the back, if that is possible?! LOVE her shop! Thanks!
jadensmail at gmail dot com
I like cup of love. I'd like je t'aime inscribed on it. I love you in french.
What a sweet thing your husnabd did! I love the things in this store, especially the names around my heart necklace. I would definitely have my husband and kids' names.
I love all her pieces. I would pick one and have my kids names put on it.
My sweetie would say "Always Kiss Me Goodnight!"
Love the necklace. Hope you two are having fun!
I love the Names Around My Heart necklace
I love the one your hubby picked out – that's the one I'd choose.
However, my darling husband would probably choose a different engraving.
Brother in law made a joking comment the other day, and hubby's response was "Dude, that's my wife. Hands off. Just like my tools and my truck. Don't touch."
Uhm… Thanks? I think? He clarified last night by telling me "You're higher on the list than my tools, honey". Do you think that would fit?
I would pick the dainty hearts on a chain with mine and my husband's initials. If my hubby got to choose engraving he would probably say something like "do you know where my _____ is?"
Enjoy your vacation with hubs.
I'd get the Mother of Pearl on a disc for my mom and engrave the names of her kids {me, my sister and my husband}. She was so happy when a son was added to the mix
Its hard to say what my hubby would have engraved on there. That is a beautiful necklace. He would probably have the words Love Always, McDaddy engraved on it because that is how he signs each and every card he has ever given me. I would love to win that or anything else featured on her site.
I love the dainty hearts on the chain and would put our initials on them.
I really like the faith charm with the cross.
i love the simply faith and also the flower shape…I'd love even more for my hubby to create his own for me. you're hubby is so thoughtful for what he gifted to you, it is gorgeous!
I really am having a hard time with this one- im thinking CHristmas gifts!! I love the faith and eclectic…i think my husband would put wonder woman on there…..cause he thinks I am…lol LOVE this site!!!! Looking forward to ordering from it….
I don't have kids but I would really like the dainty hearts on a chain with and L and J for my husband and I.
I am torn. I would either like the dainty hearts with my and my husbands initials and the date of our marriage. Other than that would like the fused heart square with 063000 on it (the date I married)
How sweet! My hubby got me a ring from Nelle & Lizzy with my boys' names on it and I adore it, so I would probably get a necklace like yours with my boys' names.
I'd get "Happy to you!", its our family motto inspired by my 1-yr old who started saying it all the time to everyone when we tried to teach him the birthday song. Now we say it to each other daily, and any family or friends who visit. It "works for us!"
I like the single pearl on yours too.
I just love, love, love, the eclectic necklace. With such a large family, I can't ever find any necklace that will fit all of my children's names. That would be a dream come true for a mega family mom…lol
If my hubby were to engrave one, he'd put "you're not perfect, but you're perfect for me!" He tells me that all the time…awww He's so sweet!!
How pretty! My hubby would probably put his name, my name and my daughter's name. Thanks for a great giveaway!
jsmreed at new.rr.com
What a sweet gift from your husband! I love the little birdie necklace.
I like the cup of love (oh, i think that's what it was called…so many to choose from!) My husband would probably put our initials in it.
I love Etsy, Jennifer Jason Lee mentioned it on Weeds last night!
I love these necklaces, have been thinking about getting them for my niece's for Christmas.
My husband would put "Love Mark"
on the necklace for me. See I would want it to say "Love Always Mark" When we got married in '72 that is what he put in my ring and I put the Love Always in his. So we split up after 11 years, divorced for six, and have been back together for 20 years now. Actually come to think of it our Anniversary is tomorrow the 24th.
So he still won't do "Love Always" on anything, can't even sign a card that way but I do believe he will always love me!
How sweet and thoughtful! It's beautiful
I would have it engraved with my boys' names!:)
My hubby would put "Love That Lasts Forever" from our song "That's All"
our last name is valentine, so i'd have to do something with a play on words, like… "always your valentine"
Easy! I have been visiting her shop for a while and am wanting "names around my heart". If you pick me, I could stop going to her shop and actually do the laundry!
I love the simple love with a copper heart necklace. I would think that my husband would not only put our three children's names, but ours as well. That would be amazing and I would have a hard time taking it off!
I'd have to talk to my husband about what to pick on a necklace. But, I'm thinking I'd like "zusammen" which means "together" in German. We have it engraved on our wedding bands.
I love the mother of pearl necklace.
So Beautiful.
I love the vintage pearl!
I would choose the rectangle bracelet and get Jesus Freak stamped on it! <3
I asked my hubby and he said the exact thing I would put myself.
Either "Love me all your life, never let me go. Til the stars no longer shine"
OR the shortened:
"Til the stars no longer shine…"
Its a line from our wedding song, Todd Naff, I will (look him up on youtube, hes not famous YET)
love the "simply faith" necklace – beautiful
Beautiful work! I would put my children's names on a necklace
I love her shop, she's creative! I'd love to see what my hubby would engrave! I'd probably pick "Families are Forever".
Etsy is great – and takes a lot of effort. My wife also has an etsy shop (sofyaswords.etsy.com) so is familiar with all the ups and downs of selling there.
The Vintage Pearl is great though. Very cool shop.
Anyway, I would engrave "That's all I ask of you" from the Phantom of the Opera. Its a favourite show of ours.
I love the circle-square "faith" piece she has.
My favorite is the names around my heart one. Since I'm expecting my second child, I would wait until we positively know what we're having and have my kids names on it.
If my hubby were to write something, it would say "With Warmest Regards". He wrote that in a card for me back when we were first dating, not knowing what else to say. We said the "I love yous" very shortly after, but that's alwayws been our thing.
Everyhting she makes is so pretty though!
I would choose Cup of Love with my daughter's name engraved on it. I would wear it now and give it to her when she got old enough to appreciate it!
I would put "my heart is in Afghanistan" for my deployed husband.
Laura K
laurazig@yahoo.com
I LOVE the names around my heart necklace. How special! Thanks for a great giveaway!
Ooh her work is so beautiful.
I'm split between two things: my hubby would either put our names and marriage date OR our nicknames ____ loves _____. I'm guessing since it's a piece of jewelry (more permanent) he'd go with the first.
But I'd love to find out!
I love her jewelry, and I would be tickled to win! I would put my kids name on the necklace.
Thanks for the chance!
I love the mother of pearl on a disc or cup of love. My husband is a loving man, but definitely not the romantically inclined. I would either have my kids names inscribed or the reference of my life verse, or Blessed Momma….. oh, there's too many decisions to make:)
After spending a day home with the kids my husband always says, "You're more sane than you have a right to be."
I could see him having that put on a necklace for me. He keeps me laughing!
I would have her put either "your a rainy day in June" based on a song I wrote for my wife "You, I knew from before" based on a Mad About You" Quote.
As Dory said in Finding Nemo, "Pick me, Pick me!
Not sure what hubby would write but I would like "love always" That seems to cover it all for us!
My hubby would say "I love your face", which is totally our pet phrase at the moment, said in a childish, cheesy voice.
How sweet! I would put my kid's names on it. I think they would just barely fit. I have no idea what my husband would write. I think he would have to think about it for a while.
I am thinking circle with sons name and three little hearts with my girls names. Sigh, so dang sweet.
My husband would probably engrave MTY~LTT. It stands for: More Than Yesterday ~ Less Than Tomorrow.
Meaning ~ He loves me more than yesterday and he'll love me even more tomorrow! If I don't win I'll have to order me one! :0)
I love these! I would definitely would do a names around the heart one.
I would love the charm bracelet with my son's name on it!! Thanks for the chance!
"Names around my heart," definitely! And my husband would have "I will never leave you" engraved on something if he purchased it for me.
Yeah, I'm blessed like that.
Her shop is wonderful. All day I have been thinking about one of my daughters that is struggling a bit. All I can keep repeating to myself is that she is a Pearl of Great Price — and that is the necklace I would have made for her.
I love the dainty names on a chain I would love to have our kids names on it! Erin does lovely work!
Thank you Kristen and Erin!
I love the starlet and since Morgan is too long to fit on it, I like the example in the picture with wish.
I LOVE the Faith necklaces….I would get either a circle or heart with my girls' names on it.
Hmm, well i had my hubby get me something similar for my birthday, but I really like the variety of shapes, and I would like the flower one with my initial.
I love the hearts! I'd put my husband's initial and the initials of our sons. coordinatedchaos@yahoo.com
I don't have a hubby, nor a boyfriend for that matter…
Still I find it very heart warming to see so many people very much in love throughout their lives
I'd have the "petite flower" with "Sabiá" engraved on it, it's both a bird and a song
Her shop is beautiful! What a perfect keepsake. I LOVE what your husband engraved.
You're a lucky wife. I also like the design that you have (I like the heart one too though…). I would want to engrave the number 1610 on one. It has been my husband and mine special thing since we've been married. Long story….BUT 1610 is our number! My husband even has it tattooed on him, lol.
My husband is an amazing man, but he would never think to do something like your necklace. Unless I strongly "hinted" at it, and that takes away a lot of the meaningfulness.
I ordered baby spoons for my twin nephews a couple months ago, and they were so pretty!
If I won, I'd probably get something with my kids' names.
I love her jewelry-my husband would pick a pearl necklace for me like yours with our childrens names engraved-Jaythan and Savannah. Savannah is with Jesus now. This would mean so much to me.
Such a sweet husband you have there.
My husband would select the peace dove with "Hope" engraved on it. A powerful massage in one simple word as we continue to struggle with infertility issues. I may not be able to say "engrave the names of my children" but I can say I believe in "hope."
Thanks for all you do. Your blog is a daily treat.
I'm not a huge jewelry person, but when I wear something it has to have meaning! That's why I love these customized pieces! I'd love one that says "My heart's at home."
Oh, how could I choose?! these are great. I don't know what my husband would choose, but if I was writing it would have two names, his and our sons.
Very cool what your husband wrote. Good job Mr. Family!
My husband would put both our first names and our wedding date – 32 years ago! – on the Eternity Heart.
Nancy
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