Hello and Welcome to my website, Words & Wisdom Custom Vinyl Lettering. As you can see I am currently doing this in a Blog format. If things go the way I plan eventually I will work my way up to larger website with more bells and whistles than a blog has to offer. My goal is to create custom vinyl creations for you to enjoy. Whether it is in your own home or for a gift for some one special. Creativity is a passion of mine and I hope to share that with you! Check back often as I hope to have a gallery full of great ideas to share with you in hopes of helping you create that perfect something. Thank you for visiting!

-Amy

Monday, September 21, 2009

VINYL GIVEAWAY!!!

Hello Everyone! This is my first official giveaway since I started doing my vinyl business and I'm so excited!
I've always been someone who loves quotes. It's always fun to go into some one's home and see if they have any sort of quotes whether it be vinyl or not, it helps in some ways to give the person or family some sort of definition as to who they are or what they believe. When I was in High School the big thing to do was to add a quote under your Senior picture in the yearbook. Were the people trying to go for a serious approach? Or were they trying to take the more humorous route? Other times it was more of an inside joke that you may or may not have gotten. I liked to take the more humorous route myself. My senior quote read:
"Remember, always follow your dreams; Unless it's the one when you show up to school naked."
You should have seen the look of horror my mother had on her face after reading that! But it was fun and it still makes me laugh to this day when I think of that quote. Would I put it in my house? No, but it's a fun glimpse of what I was like back then. Oh how I loved Deep Thoughts By Jack Handey. :)
Another quote that has stuck with me from back when I was a teenage is more on the serious side and a great motto for how we should live our lives. I got this from one of my Church Teachers when I was a youth it reads:
"Happiness is not a Destination we arrive at; but a manner of Traveling."
That is a quote I would happily display in my home.

Anyway, back to my giveaway! I have three chances for you to be entered into the drawing. And what is that drawing for you might ask? Well it will be for $30 in FREE VINYL of your choice. So, like I said, there are three chances for you to win.
  1. Leave me a comment telling me what your favorite quote is. If you need some help picking a quote, I have a whole list of quotes that can be found on the left side of my blog. There are different categories breaking them down so you aren't quite so overwhelmed with them all.
  2. Become a follower of my blog over on in the column on the right hand side. Leave a comment about doing so as well.
  3. Tell about this giveaway on your blog linking back to this blog and leave a comment again letting me know that you did this as well.

Be sure to leave a comment for each individual entry so you can be counted. I will be using Random.org to determine who the lucky winner is! The winner will be chosen on Thursday October 1, 2009. So be sure to get your entries in soon and check back for the announcement!

Good luck and I can't wait to read all of your quotes. I'll probably add them to my list after this is over with!

-Amy

80 comments:

Jodie said...

My favorite quote is "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain." I am a follower and I have posted about your giveaway and linked it to your blog on my blog. Thanks! Never done this before, should be fun!

Jen V said...

Yahoo! I am a follower:)

Jen V said...

My favorite quote is "Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do or do without" I have it up in my house!

Jen V said...

I blogged on my website about your contest!

Lindsey said...

my favorite is "grow old along with me, the best is yet to be..." We danced to that song at our wedding

Lindsey said...

and I am a follower!

PML said...

Ooh, I like the quote "you can't do everything for everyone everywhere, but you can do something for someone somewhere."

PML said...

I am a private follower now. Maybe this will motivate me to get all my vinyl info together so I can get an order done...

Meghann Claire said...

I would have to choose "In everything give thanks" as my favorite quote, something I usually need to be reminded of!

Meghann Claire said...

I am also now following your blog! Thanks for the chance to enter the giveaway!

Linds said...

NEW FOLLOWER!

Linds said...

I'm redecorating my parent's room (who has NEVER decorated their room and been married for almost 40 years) and I want to put THIS quote on their wall:

"If I could be any person in the world, I'd be me...In love with you."

PaulaDawn said...

My favorite quote is:
The unexamined life is not worth living. By Socrates. I am following your site. I blogged on my site about your giveaway at Http://pshimmel.blogspot.com

Alida B. said...

I am a follower of your blog! :)

Alida B. said...

I have many, many, many favorite quotes but if I had to pick one right now I would say:

"Find Joy in the Journey" by Thomas S. Monson

I must add just one more:

"The grand and the simple. They are equally wonderful."
~Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Alida B. said...

I blogged about your giveaway...I even showed off my adorable blue door with the cute little WELCOME sign you made for me....if only I had my photo wall finished so I could show them how great that came out, too!! I NEED TO TAKE PICS! Anyway...hopefully some people will come over from my blog and enter your giveaway too! :)

Bobbi said...

My favorite quote these days is "Come what may and love it."

Bobbi said...

And now I am a follower :)

Bobbi said...

And I posted an entry on my blog!! 3 entries, wahoo!!

Jennifer said...

I am a special education teacher and the quote that I use at school all the time is my favorite! It is, "If a child cannot learn in the way we teach...we must teach in a way the child can learn." -Dr. O. Ivar Lovaas. I should post that in my classroom! :)

jennifer.powell06@gmail.com

SouthfieldFam said...

I LOVE vinyl! My fave quote is Forever *For Always *No Matter What!

Erin Odom said...

The happiest people don't have the best of everything; they make the most of everything!!
Love the blog.
Erin Odom

Erin Odom said...

I am now a follower/
Erin

Chadster and Brittster said...

Do or do not, there is no try
--Yoda

M said...

Here you go, "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." -Howard Thurman

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." -Herm Albright

And my very favorite...."When you grow up and have children of your own; Do please remember something important. A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child deserves is a parent who is SPARKY!" -Roald Dahl

Those are a few of my faves:)

M said...

And I'll link you...but if I'm family and I win, will that be cool? It is random, right?:)

Jenni said...

My favorite quote is "I love you to the moon and back".

I'll link this to my blog later. :) :)

Teresa said...

I'm a follower!

Teresa said...

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” -Albert Einstien

A*Waite said...

My favorite quote: Live each day as it were your last.

A*Waite said...

Yeah Amy!! I am a follower and posted on my blog.
love ya, Amber

Jenn said...

I love the quote you have on your July 24th post: "To be a child is to know the joy of living... To have a child is to know the beauty of life."

Something like this might actually make me UNPACK the kids' pictures and get them up on the wall! :D

Jenn said...

I'm also now a follower of your blog...

Jenn said...

And, I also linked your blog from mine...

cjknick said...

Oh Amy! I'm not going to enter for blog candy but I must tell you I just read the "I Never Said it Would be Easy; I Only said it Would be Worth it" sign and it is SO APPROPRIATE for Savannah right now gearing up for College! Wowsers. I'd buy that in a heart beat!

MWAH!

Cindy

Lyns said...

Amy--EMAIL ME!!! I tried to email you but my computer is sucking it up! I need to order some stuff (ok I'm HOPING to order some stuff!) EMAIL ME!!!

Meagan said...

I have lots of favorites, but lately I'm really liking, "The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet." --James Oppenheim

Meagan said...

I'm a follower!

Meagan said...

AND I just posted a link on my blog! Pick me! Pick me!

Unknown said...

I quoted the lyrics to Say you'll share with me from Phantom of the Opera - "Say you'll share with me one love one lifetime, Say the word and I will follow you...."

I did 4 lines, I'm totally having a mommy moment where I can't think of the 3rd! ;)

Fords said...

Because of something special my husband just did for our little girl, my favorite quote right now is "Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a daddy" Thank you!

Unknown said...

I followed (On google reader - does this count?)

Fords said...

I'm a follower :)

Fords said...

Posted a link on my blog. I hope I win!

Kathryn said...

Hi,
I just signed up to be one of your followers, and my favorite quote is Hebrews 13:16-
"But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased." I love your site, it's very inspiring!

Melissa said...

My favorite...

A nation will rise no higher than the strength of it's families. -- Gordon B. Hinckley

Melissa said...

I'm a follower now, too!

Kimberly said...

Ok, so I love your kitchen quote about messy kitchens being happy kitchens and this kitchen being delirious! Good stuff. I'm also a new follower. Thanks!

Krystal said...

Other things may change us but we start and end with family!

Krystal said...

I posted on my personal blog about your contest. (It is private but I would be happy to get you a link if you are interested).

Jeff. Nikki. Keizya. Reila. said...

"...and I, I took the one less traveled by...and THAT has made ALL the difference."

Smullin Family said...

I loved looking through all of your quotes.
One of my favorites,that I have by my bed is, "Choose Joy". I believe it's my choice each day. :) Some days I choose it, others I don't.

Smullin Family said...

I am a follower.

Smullin Family said...

I posted it to my blog.

autumn said...

i'm following!

autumn said...

i like "the greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved in return"

Sarah said...

Sarah Sargent: My favorite quote is "I wish a was a glow worm, a glow worm's never glum, how can you be sad when the sun shines out your bum?"

Sarah said...

I'm a follower!

Megan said...

I am a follower! :)

Megan said...

One of my favorite quotes is:
"Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it. -The Cat (from Alice in Wonderland)

Anonymous said...

Just found you're blog.. and now i'm a follower :) yay! hope i win!

Rochelle said...

My favorite quote is: "The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache." -Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Rochelle said...

and I am now a follower. :)

Kimberly said...

I'm just realizing maybe I should leave a *seperate* comment about being a new follower. So here it is!

Celeste said...

"nothing prepared me for your smile." and your blog is more popular than mine. i only had 50 ppl sign up for my giveaway - go amy!

Lyns said...

I'm such a follower!!! LOL!

Lyns said...

Favorite Quote:

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

Lyns said...

And you are linked!! I better win!! LOL!

Chelle said...

I'm following your blog now! :)

Chelle said...

And my current favorite quote (and life motto!) is what Elder Worthlin said in the last General Conference, "Come what may and love it!"

Chelle said...

Going to my blog right now to link you!

I hope I win, I need to decorate our apartment...BAD!!!

Elizabeth said...

I like this quote...

Life is like a piano... what you get out of it depends on how you play it.

I think it would be fun to put above my piano.

Elizabeth said...

I am a follower.

Eric Rogers said...

One of my favorite quotes is: "I am a Child of God."

Megan said...

"If your destination is procrastination you'll never go anywhere."

And you can quote me on that. It's mine.

Kristi M. said...

I have always love the quote "Life is not measured by the breaths we take..." Love that one. My ancestry is Hawaiian so I am actually really wanting a great quote in hawaiian done in vinyl for my kitchen. I hope I win!

Kristi M. said...

I am now a follower to your great blog.

Elizabeth said...

I wrote about your giveaway on my blog.

Brya said...

I am a follower of your blog.

Brya said...

My favorite quote is "Just when the catapillar thought it's world was over, it became a butterfly."