Instead of a quote or image this week I wanted to share this with you:

a SNAP conference ticket giveaway!!!!
Scroll down to the bottom of this post for all of the fun details.
The Rules:
- Link to a specific post, not your blog in general.
- No links to shops, products or giveaways please. (They will be deleted)
- Be creative- a craft, tutorial, recipe, anything you want!
- To add your post please link to 30days somewhere on your post or grab a Pity Party button- thanks!
- Visit other links and leave them some love.
- Join me on Twitter, Facebook & Pinterest as I share some of my favorites throughout the week.
CRAFT IDEAS
- Shirred Bow Leg Warmers Tutorial from Simply Homemade
- Book of Mental Hugs from the Scrap Shoppe
- Tinfoil Rick Rack from I Gotta Create
CHRISTMAS IDEAS

- Chevron & Ikat printable tags from Nest of Posies
- Matchbook Advent Calendar from Alderberry Hill
- Countdown to Christmas Tree from Creative Juice
- Joy Mantel from 52 Mantels
PARTIES


- Kids Holiday Party Photo Shoot from I Do Invitations
- Pink Party from I Heart Naptimes
- Letter to Santa Party from Uncommon Events
- Vintage Barbie Pajama Party from Crossing the Bugger-Dixon Line
FOOD



- Gooey Chex Mix from Six Sisters’ Stuff
- Chocolate Stirrers from Celebrations at Home
- Apple Parfait from the Seven Year Cottage
- Thin Mint Recipe from Poofy Cheeks via the Crafty Nest
This week’s post with the most views:
Christmas Printable from Today’s Creative Blog
{I’d love for all of you to grab an I’ve Been Featured Button}
Okay 30days friends,
I am SO excited to be able to offer up
ONE SNAP TICKET to give away!! ($299 value)
What is SNAP? It’s a 3 day creative conference at Thanksgiving Point in Utah. Everything from crafting to parties to DIY to handmade business (Jess and I will be doing that one) and more. The location, the speakers, the environment- it is going to rock your socks. I promise. The team behind SNAP is amazing- I feel so lucky to be a part of it. (not just saying that- I love these girls) Has SNAP been on your Christmas list? THIS is your chance!
So how do you win??
One mandatory entry:
Leave me one comment telling me your best Christmas/holiday present you’ve ever given or received.
Extra entries:
- Subscribe to the SNAP blog. Leave one comment letting me know you did. (1 extra entry)
- Everyone who links up today will get an extra entry (one extra per person, not per link)- if you don’t want to win this ticket, please let me know in a comment and it can be gifted to someone else.
I will pick one winner on Wednesday, December 14th.
and pssssssssst…..there will be some other SNAP giveaways over the next couple of weeks.
Keep up with all things SNAPpy- on Facebook and Twitter. I’ve loved being a part of #SNAPchat on Thursday mornings!





ACK!!!!! I would LOVE to go to Snap!! It’s on my Christmas wish list! One of the best presents I ever received was an engagement ring from my now Hubby!!
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I am subscribed!!! Also if u check the Snap fbook event page, I am MAYBE attending…..OH I hope to turn that into a YES!!
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My favorite Christmas gift that I have ever given was a scrapbook of my kids that I gave to my Mom. Lots of work but well worth it!
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I would absolutely LOVE to go to Snap!!! I linked up to your party!
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I subscribed to the Snap blog.
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Wow! Thanks so much for featuring my tinfoil rickrack tutorial! I’ve been having so much fun with it that I linked up a couple more projects I made using that technique. Thanks for such a great party, Mique! I will wear the feature button with pride! <3 Christina
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Thank you very much for featuring my apple parfaits, and for hosting every Friday!
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The best gift I ever gave was to my mother. It was when the Chicken Soup books were super popular. I printed off a bunch of stories and pictures and gave her Homemade Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Well I could be really cheesy and say the best gift I’ve ever given has been myself….I was born on Christmas! But really, hmmm….I think the best gift I’ve ever received has been my husband…we got married 4 days after Christmas. Does that count?
I subscribe to the SNAP blog
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And I linked up today! Felt Makeup
Brittany @ My Decoupaged Life recently posted..Enjoying a Fun Girls Night In
I subscribe to the Snap Blog : )
The best Christmas gift that I have ever received was an iPad last year. I think I’m addicted to that thing!
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I linked up my potato rolls for an extra entry- thanks so much!
Lauren recently posted..Loads Of New Corks!
The best present I received was from my mom the first Christmas after my dad died — it was a book of photos of him and me. Very meaningful!
When my grandmother was still alive, I gave her and my mother tickets to the ballet. She loved it. My mother danced until she was 19, I danced later in life but Nana never did. Christmas is all about miracles, isn’t it?
Winning a SNAP ticket would be a miracle for me
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Thanks so much for featuring my chocolate stirrers! So many great ideas each week!
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The best gift i’ve ever gotten was a piano from my husband!
My best Christmas gift is my oldest son, today is his birthday, 6 years ago we got the best early Christmas gift!! ( I would love to go to the SNAP conference however I already have a conference I will be at that weekend for my business, so I if I win I would love to gift the ticket to another blogger!)
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All time favorite xmas present was a hamster. I could go into the long story that was that magical Christmas morning as a 10 year old, but I’m sure you can imagine it with this next sentence. It was in my stocking.
I follow Snap’s blog. Not sure why I wasn’t already. Problem solved!
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Thanks for hosting! Loving all of the Christmas link ups
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The best Christmas present that I have given is a calendar for my parents with my children’s pictures on it
I’m subscribed to The SNAP blog!
One year I gave my boyfriend (now husband) a “human blanket.” I made a large cutout of my body and sewed it onto a fuzzy blanket. It was a little inside joke. If we were going to be away from eachother for the holidays, I wanted to be “with him.” I wrapped the gift and gave it to him, but he ended up surprising me and flew to Canada for Christmas Day.
Best Friday EVER!! A feature AND a chance to win a SNAP ticket! Thank you so much for featuring my Mental Hugs book, Mique! My favorite holiday gift given is when I have my boys help make something for the grandparents. I love watching their faces as they help, and my parents & in-laws love the gifts they receive!
Michele @ The Scrap Shoppe recently posted..State Love Ornaments {Homemade Christmas Decor}
I would LOVE to go to SNAP! My favorite Christmas present was finding out we were expecting our second child. Thanks for much for the chance to win!
Crystal recently posted..Monogrammed Plate Ornaments
I linked up my monogrammed ornaments and handmade gifts. Thanks for the chance to win!
Crystal recently posted..Monogrammed Plate Ornaments
One of my favorite gifts to give was to my grandpa last year. When my little family went to Disneyland last year, we stopped and visited my great grandma in California. I got my two toddlers to sit and take a picture with their great great grandma. That picture is even more special now, because she passed away in May at almost 90 years old. That picture is a comfort for my grandpa, because this is the first Christmas that we won’t get to talk to her on the phone, or get her homemade peanut brittle.
I subscribe to the Snap Blog.
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I linked up my Flower Crochet iTouch Case:)
Amanda Joy recently posted..{Crochet} Flower iTouch Case
I subscribe to the SNAP blog!
Michele @ The Scrap Shoppe recently posted..State Love Ornaments {Homemade Christmas Decor}
I linked up to the party!
Michele @ The Scrap Shoppe recently posted..State Love Ornaments {Homemade Christmas Decor}
Thanks for the link up party! One year my sister went on etsy and put together the sweetest basket of handmade items that i had marked as favorites and wrote me a letter on a card she had made for me, she is not a sentimental person so for her to give me such a sweet gift was so special.
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I want to go to SNAP so bad and I live so close by. THe best gift I ever received is when my husband surprised me by planning a trip back to Indiana for Christmas to visit my family.
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I subscribe to SNAP in RSS feed.
Leanne recently posted..Drilling Holes in Glass Bottles
I linked up today, #178.
Leanne recently posted..Drilling Holes in Glass Bottles
My best Christmas present I have ever given or received has to be anything from 2006, since it was the last Christmas I had with my grandfather.
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would love to go to Snap!
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OH’ I TOTALLY SUBSCRIBE TO THE SNAP BLOG.
Please make my Christmas wish come true. I would be tickled pink like a little girl in a pink sparkly tutu on Christmas morning if you picked me!!!
Thank you so much for the opportunity. I will be linking up a project too.
xo, jen
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OKIED DOKIE- I LINKED # 190! xo jen
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The best Christmas present I ever given…hmmmm that’s hard!
My favorite is Christmas jammies for the kiddos on Christmas Eve. Christmas jammies are soooo cute! 
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The best gift I ever got was … and let me explain… I am a huge Elvis Presley fan… one year there was this Elvis phone that when you pushed the button he danced and sang. His hips moved too, plus I was a young teenager who loved to talk on the phone, so it was WIN WIN! Christmas morning I opened that big box with the hip moving Elvis Phone and I screamed like a lunatic fan, as if I was at a live concert where Elvis (younger years) came back from the dead and was serenading me. winks, jen
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The best Christmas present I ever received was annual passes to Disney World for our family! My family and my husband’s family all pitched in to make it possible. I LOVED those passes, and miss having them.
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It is so on my bucket list to attend, and i follow via rss feeds!
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i also linked up
Taylor recently posted..Fabric Shoppe Giveaway
Best Christmas Present has to be My Pro Series Red Kitchen Aid Mixer. Not only does it look pretty in my kitchen but I use it ALL the time too! ♥ DavesWife
I Subscribe to the SNAP! Blog!
My favorite Christmas gift I ever received was a homemade barbie house when I was about 5. I can’t wait until my daughter is old enough to play with it!
Erika @ Oops! I Craft My Pants recently posted..Handmade Ornament Roundup
The best gift I have ever received at Christmas was a ticket to fly to Spain to visit my best friend this year!
I linked up!
Erika @ Oops! I Craft My Pants recently posted..Handmade Ornament Roundup
I follow SNAP! RSS
Erika @ Oops! I Craft My Pants recently posted..Handmade Ornament Roundup
I am now subscribed to the SNAP! blog!
My favorite gift I ever got was diamond earring from my husband last Christmas!
Erika @ t.e. and baby recently posted..Random Thoughts
And I linked up to the party! This is my first time – I will be trying to link up every week!
Thanks for hosting the party and the lovely giveaway!
I subscribed to SNAP!
I linked up! #203
Erika @ t.e. and baby recently posted..Random Thoughts
I hope this one counts as a gift… When I asked my 8 year old what she was going to ask Santa for this year, she told me “there’s nothing I really need, so I’m going to tell Santa to give my gifts to other kids who need them more.” Tears! Kisses! I felt so proud and thanked God for blessing me with such a sweet, compassionate little girl. She’s truly a gift. She did go on to add “okay, maybe he could bring me at least one…”
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And I linked up today! So excited for this giveaway!
Sarah recently posted..Feature and Giveaway at Couture Carrie!
Subscribed to SNAP blog!
Sarah recently posted..Feature and Giveaway at Couture Carrie!
My favorite gifts are homemade things by my children and photo gifts, whether it’s an individual picture or a photo book.
Thank you so much for featuring our Letter to Santa Party! How wonderful to be among so many amazing projects! Merry Christmas!
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My favorite Christmas gift ever would have to be a home-video I saw of when I was two and a half. My parents got me a scooter (kind of like those razor scooters but with 2 wheels in the back) that I had apparently either seen or wanted. Anyway, they uncover my eyes and I am in shock and repeat over and over, “My scooter! My scooter!” I love this because I think it was the first real Christmas that I asked for something and now that my daughter is two, I can now feel the joy that my parents must have felt when giving me gifts! I see the look on my daughter’s face and am so excited for her “My scooter!” moment this year!
The best present was my love asking me to marry him.
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I subscribed to them using google reader
Jessica Muoio recently posted..Oh I am lucky
I would DIE to got oSNAP! The best gift I ever gave would have to be a picture/scrapbook I gave to my mom and MIL for christmas of the whole family from the year past! They loved it !
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subscriber to SNAP!!!!
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Monick Sanchez recently posted..{The Bees Knees} Queen Bee Market Fall 2011
The best christmas present I ever received was from my grandfather. I was pretty young and it was a mickey mouse watch. I still have it and keep it tucked away safe.
I subscribe to the Snap blog
oh ma gash i want to win. best christmas present? finding out my third baby was a boy. husband made me wait to open the sex of baby that the tech had written and sealed in a envelope.
I subscribe via google reader to Snap!
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Linked up. #227. Oilcloth wristet tutorial.
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I would LOVE to win this! I follow the Snap! Blog
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I linked up to your party!
{and I accidentally “replied” to someone’s comment as my first entry with my favorite Christmas gift..oops! so sorry!}
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Thank you for featuring my Barbie party today!! I’d *love* that ticket to SNAP! My favorite gift to give was a family tree I had made for my mother in law. Her reaction was priceless!
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Best present given? We give my parents a personalized calendar and a new nativity every year. It’s fun to have that tradition and watch their huge collection of nativities grow!
I’m subscribed to the blog.
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The best, or at least most memorable Christmas was when my mother gave me training bras and made me unwrap them in front of everyone. Awesome, hahaha!
My sweet hubby bought me a sewing machine 2 years ago and I still love it.
two pink lines on a pregnancy test
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The best gift I’ve received…aosh, I have gotten a few that I love but, the most favorite would be the year my hubby surprised me with diamond stud earrings! Love that guy!
The best gift ever was an entire day spent together without any bickering between my three boys – now I call THAT a Christmas miracle lol!
my favorite gift ever was my sweet puppy that my parents surprised us with when I was 8!
I just heard about Snap this year and would LOVE to attend as I LOVE to blog, meet new people and keep in touch and up to date with social media. One of my favorite gifts ever was a laptop my now husband, fixed up for me as I was using my sister’s old slow one and really wanted one of my own. One of the best gifts ever! He never fails to disappoint.
I subscribed to the snap blog!
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I subscribed to the Snap blog!
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The best gift I got was my little girl 4 days after Christmas
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I subscribe to their rad blog!
Kyla @ Funky PolkaDot Giraffe recently posted..Angry Birds Birthday Playdate
I linked up to the party!
I count my two girls born in December as the best Christmas gifts I’ve ever received.
I would love a ticket to SNAP! The best Christmas gift ever was when my boyfriend (now Husband) made and glazed a vase for me and brought it to me filled with flowers! It was amazing and the perfect way to win my heart!
I signed up on the Snap blog!
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The best present I ever received was the first gift my children ever gave me.
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I already subscribe to Snap! I would really love to go!!!
Mandi @Mandibeingcrafty recently posted..40 Pounds Lost, I don’t Plan on Finding Them
The best Christmas gift I ever gave was to my husband a couple of years ago . . . I found a super old vintage Nintendo set with all the classic games like Tetris, Mario, and Duck Hunter. I ended up letting him open it on Christmas Eve and we stayed up until 3 in the morning playing all our favorite games from our childhood. It was seriously one of the best Christmases ever!
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I subscribed to SNAP!!! I would LOVE to go!
Thanks for hosting a great giveaway . . . and thanks for featuring our Chex Mix!! 
Camille recently posted..Strut Your Stuff Saturday Week 23 & Jason Lyle Black Album Giveaway
I would love to attend the snap conference. I am looking for a career change and my web designer/wedding photographer son has been urging me to start a craft blog and open an etsy shop. This chance to learn from these amazingly talented people would be just what I need. Thanks for the chance!
My husband suprised me with a Pfaff seeing machine. He did all the research. I thought I could get by with my grandmother’s old one, but now I couldn’t live without my Pfaff!
I subscribed to SNAP and would love to go. I’m close, here in Orem! Pick me!
The best Christmas gift I’ve ever got was my husband safely home from Afghanistan. Thank you for this awesome giveaway, I’d love to attend!
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The best Christmas present I ever gave was a scrapbook of our family history for each of my 4 siblings. I had never made a scrap book before and I had no idea how much time and $ it would cost to make them. However, my brothers are impossible to please and never use anything they are given as gifts, yet they have often mentioned these scrapbooks I made and have even pulled them out in front of me to look at them so I know they really liked them. It makes me smile to know they value something I made so much. It made it all worth it.
Eldarose
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Also, I am following the snap blog now.
Eldarose recently posted..RE-decorating: Christmas Home Tour
My favorite Christmas gift was one from my brother. He’s always been a “free spirit” and always comes up with really cool things from nature to give us. That particular Christmas, he gave me a pair of real butterfly wings (and somehow attached them together) and then tied a string to it so it would fly when I pull it in the air behind me. It was SO cool! I still have it and bring it out every once in a while to make it fly.
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The best Christmas present I ever got was my engagement ring, on Christmas Eve 1998.
I just subscribed to your blog on Goggle Reader. And I’d LOVE to win a ticket to this conference–I live just up the road in the Salt Lake Valley!!
The best Christmas present will be the one I am buying myself this year! A ticket to SNAP (if I don’t win one first! ;D)
One of the best gifts I’ve received is my favorite book signed by the author from my hubby.
I subscribed to the SNAP blog!
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Ok, I am going to be less sentimental and go with a Sunnydale High School t-shirt that my hubby gave me a few years ago. Yes, I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer even though I am over 30. But don’t worry, I have other redeeming qualities!
Would love to attend the conference!
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The best gift I ever received was when my daughter came home from the NICU in time for Christmas!
I subscribe to the SNAP! blog!
I have two best Christmas presents received…two Christmas babies!
SNAP is on my wish list this year! My favorite gifts to give were letters. One year when I was in college and flat broke, I sat down and wrote a heart felt card to each member of my family. I know they were well received!
I follow the SNAP blog too!
oh dear heavens, i am so behind on comments & linking up. ’tis the season for handmade business, ya know!
first & foremost thank you so much for featuring my gift tags! you are so sweet.
as for the entery to the SNAP giveaway – you better believe i want to win one!
best present, by far was when i was a teenager back in cali & my parents finally got us a VCR (ya, old school VCR). it was the best present & also one of the best childhood memories of christmas growing up with my family & cousins.
thanks for the chance. i’m linking up late for a chance too. i’m so behind.
xoxo
kellie
i follow snap
I really want to win tickets so my best Christmas present was…hair cutting scissors. I’ve used them a lot to save my family money!!!!
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One of my all-time favorite gifts was a rock tumbler when I was about 9. It was awesome!
My best christmas gift ever was Teacher Barbie when I was in second grade. I’m not sure why, but it was the best!!
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kate recently posted..one yard plaid scarf
i linked up!
the best gift I gave was a photo album of photos through the years to my parents. they never knew I snuck the photos out of their house to scan and use
I subscribe to SNAP in my google reader, too!
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Last year my husband bought me the most coveted of all crafters… My very own Silhouette SD. The thing that made it the best Christmas gift was not what it was… even though I LOVE it… But it was that he had NO idea what it was or what it did. He just knew I really wanted one. So he saved and secretly found then ordered one for me online. So awesome he is.
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The best Christmas Present I have ever received would have to be my hand made 3 story Babie Doll house made by my Aunt/Uncle! It was amazing and My parents still have it and are storing it for me in their basement (until I have a little girl to play with it!) I only have boys now!
Cheryl @ That’s What Che Said recently posted..Glitter Styrofoam Christmas Trees
I follow SNAP blog via RSS!
Cheryl @ That’s What Che Said recently posted..Glitter Styrofoam Christmas Trees
I suscribe to the SNAP feed. I would so love to go to this confrence.
My favorite Christmas gift I ever received was my digital camera. A nice one. I love experimenting with it and keeping memories. My husband did a good thing that year.
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I am subscribed! This sounds amazing!
Oh SNAP! I’ve subscribed! Pick me, pick me!
thanks so much for hosting this
i would be SOOOOO excited to win and be able to go!!
my best christmas gift is having my dad home from the hospital. the last two years we’ve had to spent christmas celebrating with him outside of the home and it will be SOOO nice to enjoy a home cooked meal with him at home, on his favorite couch
i subscribed with google reader
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Oh my gosh I would love love love love love love LOVE to win a ticket to SNAP!!!! What an awesome giveaway! I’m a whole hearted lover and subscriber of the SNAP blog.
When my husband and I were newly married {= almost no xtra $$} I took on a job making 800 handmade invitations for a local gala!! He helped me with so much of it and as a big surprise and thank you to him, I was able to get him a table saw {that he still has and uses to build me furniture}. I had my dad put it in the middle of the garage where he normally parks … when we came home from Christmas Eve with his family and the garage door went up … there it was. SO FUN!!
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I follow the Snap Blog too … I’m already planning on buying my ticket SOON, but winning would be AWESOME!!
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