Free Christmas Photo Card Giveaway!

WINNER  - HEATHER!  Thanks for entering!

Have you started thinking about Christmas cards yet?  Do you have your cards picked out?  How would you like to get the design for FREE?  Well, we're giving one away from Luxe Party Supply!

You can win a free Holiday Photocard!  You'll be able to choose your favorite design from the Luxe Party Supply shop and email your pictures to be inserted.  The final image will be emailed to you as a high quality jpg file that you can print anywhere you want!

To enter this giveaway you just have to:

1- Favorite or heart the Luxe Party Supply shop or products, or join their circle, and leave a comment here letting me know you did.

2- Follow Luxe Party Supply on twitter, and leave a separate comment about that one.

3- Like the Green Jello with Carrots facebook page, follow our blog, or sign up for our newsletter, and let me know in a separate comment that you did.

4- Blog about, tweet, pin, or share this giveaway on facebook (including a link to this post), and leave a separate comment for that.


That gives you four chances to win!  We'll be randomly choosing a winner on Monday, November 26th at noon MT.

Tongue of Fire book review and GIVEAWAY!

David McKnight gave us a copy of his book "Tongue of Fire" to review and another copy to give away to you guys!  YAY!  The book showed up at a time when I was moving so I had my mom (Melanie) read it.  Here's here review:

I was excited to get David McKnight’s new book “Tongue of Fire” in the mail! He was nice enough to provide me with a copy so I could read it and let you know my thoughts. First of all I have to tell you that I am glad to live in “Happy Valley” after reading his book. I grew up outside of Utah and have always longed to move back outside of the Mormon culture. Now I am not so sure.  

David’s book is about a young family that is driven from town after town because of their Mormon beliefs and standing up for them. This newest move is suppose to be different. John, the main character has promised his wife and family that he will not be outspoken in this new town and that they can lay low and keep their faith unknown. Instead they will focus on service to others. Well it is short lived for poor David. Almost as soon as he hits town, he is asked to preach in the new mega church. 

The character of John is amazing to me. He knows how hard it will be for his family if he found to be a Mormon, but following the promptings of the spirit, he goes against his family’s wishes and preaches at this large church for several weeks. What is also awesome in this story is that the congregation feels the spirit of John’s sermons and each week more and more people are showing up. The spirit of Christ and his teachings is something that the people of this town are yearning to hear. 

I really like that this book doesn’t focus on just our Mormon faith, but it is about Christian beliefs. John helps a struggling young preacher learn how to deliver a meaningful sermon. He also helps widows in the town when he is at his breaking point. I think there is something that all of us can learn about what it means to be a true follower of Christ.  

Your heart will break for this family who is struggling to stay together as their lives fall apart. You will be inspired by John and how he keeps following the promptings of the spirit, even in his lowest point. Also in this book you will see how the adversary works against the teachings of Christ. How hearts can be hardened and anger can change people. But also how the spirit can come and change a hardened heart, and forgiveness and love can follow. 

I hope you enjoy reading this book as much as I did. I found so many it be a message of faith, service, forgiveness, and love in times of real trial. Hopefully we all can find the strength to do what is right as John does in this book.

If you'd like to win a free copy of "Tongue of Fire" all you have to do is:

1- Like the "Tongue of Fire" facebook page and leave a comment letting me know you did. 

2- Recommend the book "Tongue of Fire" to your friends or family and leave a separate comment letting me know you did that too.

3- Follow our blog, or like our Green Jello with Carrots facebook page and leave a separate comment about it.

We'll randomly choose a winner on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12th at noon.  Good luck!

Giveaway Winners!

We have some winners for the new Katherine Nelson CD, Born Brave!  Congrats to:

Janeil

Tammy Evans

and

Heidi

If you guys could email me your mailing address I will get your CDs sent to you right away!  melissa AT greenjellowithcarrots.com

Giveaway: Katherine Nelson's Born Brave CD

Katherine Nelson is amazing and her music is so inspirational.  Her new "Born Brave" CD is devoted to women everywhere - ALL women, not just LDS women.  Because, as she says, "I truly believe that when we strengthen women, we strengthen the world."

We have THREE BORN BRAVE CDs to give away!  (And I'll even announce the winners on time and everything!)

To enter this giveaway:

1- Leave a comment telling us how much you love Katherine Nelson's music.

2- Visit Katherine Nelson's website or like her facebook page.  (Leave me a comment and let me know you did that too.)

3- Follow our blog/facebook/twitter or sign up for our newsletter.  (And let me know that you did that as well.)

We'll be announcing THREE winners on the morning of Tuesday August 7th!  (for real this time.)

Giveaway Winners!

I totally spaced announcing the winners of the EFY CDs!  Where is my head?  The 3 winners are:

LeAndra Grinder
Becca
and
Mombrud

Congrats!!   Just email me your mailing address and I'll get your CD's sent right away!  You can email me at melissa AT greenjellowithcarrots.com

Giveaway: EFY 2012 Music

Especially For Youth always has the best music, don't you think?  This year's theme was Arise and Shine Forth (just like the 2012 YW theme) and the whole album is full of awesome.

My favorite song on the CD is by Kaity Whitcomb and called "My Story".  It's my fave because it was written by one of my bestest friends, Stephanie Mabey.  (In my mind we're total buds and hang out in my imaginary world all the time.  We even have identical twin pegasus unicorns with orange glittery horns. Mine is named Starla.)

We have THREE 2012 EFY CD's to give away and you could win one RIGHT NOW!  yay.

To enter this giveaway:

1- Leave a comment telling us how much you love EFY music.

2- Subscribe to the yourLDSradio blog or facebook page.  (Leave me a comment and let me know you did that too.)

3- Follow our blog/facebook/twitter or sign up for our newsletter.  (And let me know that you did that too.  Too.)

We'll be announcing THREE winners on the morning of Saturday July 28th!

Giveaway Winner!

The winner of our awesome chocolate giveaway is CAROLINE!  Congrats and enjoy your free gourmet chocolate.

Giveaway: Free Gourmet Chocolate

Last week I had a super great time at a fine chocolate tasting class.  It was seriously the best, because, you know, THE CHOCOLATE.  yum.

The class was held at Tony Caputo's Market & Deli in downtown Salt Lake City which was kind of cool by itself, because that place is awesome and I've never been there before, and when I got there it really made me wonder why I had never been their before.  (I'm totally going back.  and soon.)

We learned about cacao beans and the processes they go through to become chocolate.  REAL chocolate.  Real GOURMET chocolate.  (Did you know that grocery store chocolate has way more vanilla beans in it that cacao beans?  As in there's only about 4-14% of chocolate in chocolate.  Crazy, I know.)  And then we got to taste a bunch of really super delicious fantastic chocolate made from beans around the world.

Also, we got to eat this chocolate cake.  I died a little because it was so good.

AND THEN

They gave us a special chocolate offer that we get to share with one lucky reader!  yaaaaay!  The special offer is that if you go to the Caputo's Chocolate website (which, by the way, carries one of the world's biggest selection of fine chocolate) and spend $25, then can you get $15 WORTH OF FREE CHOCOLATE!

And if you're wondering, "What am I going to do with that much chocolate?" let me tell you - - you will float on fluffy clouds of cacao and happiness, while simultaneously ingesting antioxidants.  Because, remember, chocolate is GOOD FOR YOU.  (for reals.)

Here's how to enter this giveaway:

1- Visit Caputo's Chocolate and/or Tony Caputo's Market & Deli websites, and behold their awesomeness for two points.

2- Like/follow/etc. Tony Caputo's Market and Deli on facekbook, twitter, or google+ for one point each.

3-  Tell me how you can possibly hear the word "cacao" and not thing about Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, for one point.

4- Or the usual - like/follow/sign up for/etc. the Green Jello with Carrots blog, facebook, twitter, newsletter, blah blah blah, for one point each.

Just leave a comment letting me know how many points you have!  We'll be picking a winner Saturday June 23rd!  And, trust me, you REEEEEALLY want the winner to be YOU!  (because chocolate is the bestest of all prizes EVER.)

Giveaway Winner!

The winner of the book "I Believe in Jesus Too" was randomly chosen:

Congrats KATY, you won!

If you could email me your mailing address, I can get your prize sent ASAP!  Just email me at: melissa@greenjellowithcarrots.com

Giveaway: I Believe in Jesus Too

My kids love the book "I Believe in Jesus Too".  The concept is great and the illustrations are amazing.  We used the story in a Family Home Evening last week, and it fit in perfectly.  Plus, we had to look at the book a few more times just because we loved the pictures so much.

The best part of this book was that it sparked a really good conversation about how children go to church and worship all over the world.  My kids were surprised to see church buildings that look so unlike the one we attend.  It was a great topic that I think we'll revisit sometime.

If you'd like a copy of "I Believe in Jesus Too" you can win one RIGHT NOW!  yay.

To enter this giveaway do the following:

1- Visit the author, Mark S. Nielsen's, blog, and leave a comment - worth 2 points

2- Like Mark S. Nielsen's facebook page - worth 2 points

3- Follow the Green Jello with Carrots blog - worth 1 point

4- Sign up for the Green Jello with Carrots newsletter - worth 1 point

5- Leave a comment on this post letting us know how many points you have.

We'll be announcing a winner on Saturday, June 16, 2012, so you have until then to enter.  Good luck - this book is really awesome!  And if you don't win and would like to buy a copy, you can get it at Deseret Book.

______________________________________________________

Green Jello with Carrots was compensated for this review and giveaway with a free copy of "I Believe in Jesus Too" by Mark S. Nielsen.

Giveaway: Alphabet File Folder Games

A new feature to our updated site is that you can comment on individual products on facebook without ever having to leave our site!  Pretty awesome, right?  You can also share products on LinkedIn, Google Plus, or Twitter.  (And as soon as the smart techy people build a Pinterest extension for Joomla, we'll have that too.)

So here's what we're going to do.  You can win our alphabet file folder games - THE ENTIRE A to Z SET - just by using our new sharing features!

Which means you get ALL of these printable file folder games (a $50 value):

And all you have to do to enter is:

1- Browse our shop and like, comment, tweet, and plus 1 any and all the products you like.

2- Keep track of how many times you've shared something - each single like, comment, tweet, or plus 1 will earn you 1 point.  So just count them all.

3- Leave a comment on this post letting us know how many points you got, also include an email address that we can use to contact you if you win.

4- You have until THURSDAY, MAY 31st, 11:59 PM MST to enter.

5- We will announce our winner when we post about our freebie this friday - the more points you have the more chances you have to win the Alphabet File Folder Games!

Giveaway: Free Conference Ticket!

Rembmer that awesome conference I was telling you about? This one?

Well, guess what?!

You can WIN A FREE TICKET! 

Enjoy the Story at Home conference for FREE (a $79 value).  And choose your track: Blogging, Storytelling, or Geneology.  It's going to be loads of awesome, and it's open to anyone who will be in Salt Lake City March 9-10th.


To Enter this giveaway, you do this:

1- Follow Story at Home on facebook and leave a comment letting me know that you did.

2- Blog/facebook/tweet/pin about this giveaway and leave a separate comment about it here.

3- Like Green Jello with Carrots on facebook, follow our blog, or sign up for our newsletter and leave separate comments for each task.

IMPORTANT: Make sure you include your email address with ALL comments so that I know how to contact you.

A winner will be chosen via random.org on Friday February 3rd at 11:59 PM MT and announced the following day.

 ***********************************

And I forgot to announce on saturday that MELANIE D. won the In a Pikle handbag!!  Congrats Melanie!!!

Giveaway: In a Pikle Handbag

Have you ever had to dig through your purse or diaper bag for something vitally important, that you KNOW is in there, but is being as elusive as a striped unicorn?  You know it always happens when you're in a rush, or someone's bleeding, or you don't have space to dump the contents of your entire bag to locate whatever it is you're looking for, right?

SOLUTION: In a Pikle

These little handbags are AMAZING.  And I'm not a girl who gets excited about bags.  I've been anti-purse for pretty much my whole life.  I used to carry a diaper bag out of pure necessity.  And now I only leave the house with whatever I can fit in my pocket.  Which is fine, until something happens and I'm left with only a drivers license and half a mint.

And then I got an In a Pikle handbag, and now I'm thinking: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE?

The bags are super cute and they hold everything you're ever going to need - tissues, bandaids, small sewing kit, mirror, pen and paper, hand sanitizer, etc, etc.  And the best part is that you can throw it in a purse, or diaper bag, or luggage, or backpack, and you will NEVER AGAIN have to search for that elusive vital thing that you KNOW is in your bag, because all the vital stuff is organized and ready for when you're In a Pikle.

You can win a brown/polka dotted In a Pikle handbag!

To Enter this giveaway, you do this:

1- Follow In a Pikle on facebook or twitter and leave a comment letting me know that you did (leave two comments if you did both).

2- Blog/facebook/tweet/pin about this giveaway and leave a separate comment about it here.

3- Like Green Jello with Carrots on facebook, follow our blog, or sign up for our newsletter and leave separate comments for each task.

IMPORTANT: Make sure you include your email address with ALL comments so that I know how to contact you.

A winner will be chosen via random.org on Friday January 27th at 11:59 PM MT and announced the following day.