Hello friends!  I just wanted to say that I am so thankful for everyone’s support of my blog and want to give a special shout out to all my sponsors!  They are over there on the right side of my blog… please go visit their websites/blogs/shops when you get the chance!  You will thank me, trust you me.  🙂  And today, I am super excited to bring you my first Sponsor Love + Giveaway post!  There’s tons more planned through the end of the year, so make sure to check back often!

I’m not sure how I first met Ms. Megan from moonbeamwishes, it quite possibly was from seeing her leave comments on other blogs or through twitter, but either way, I am SOOO glad that I did.  Not only does Ms. Megan make these magical cards, but she blogs about things that inspire her and you can tell she is a sweetheart just by her blog comments/tweets!  I’ve asked her to answer a few questions so we could all get to know her better!  And I just ADORE all her answers, seriously, they made me smile!!  😀

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{SPONSOR INTERVIEW}

1) What inspired you to start making cards?

When I was in High School whenever one of my friends birthdays arrived, I would always make up cards that reflected them or my relationship with them. In one case, my friend really loved to read so I made a card that resembled a book, complete with a spine and cover/back cover art. Inside I wrote a story that involved us going on an overseas adventure with pirate attacks and a happy ending, of course. Other cards were filled with movie quotes from their favorite movies or bit and pieces of lyrics from their favorite song. As life went on I started making cards for, not only my close friends, but my relatives and my mum’s friends ((instead of buying cards, as we used to do)) and one day my friend told me how much she loved my cards and how I could sell them, I thought she was joking or just being nice, but she told me about Etsy and encouraged me to start a shop and the rest, is history!

I have always believed in magic, wishing on shooting stars, the man on the moon, fairies, elves and magicians. Some of my favorite books as a child involved damsels in distress, fire-breathing dragons and frog kissing princesses.  As I got older, it is no wonder that I still read other worldly tales involving creatures that keep humans safe from monsters and beasts. Stories of creatures that shape shift, tales of vampires, dragons and nymphs.  Most of these stories have a common ground. These adventures usually took place in the dead of night, when the world is asleep, unknown to the magic and wonder that is happening outside of their windows. The moon must wield some magic that the sun does not posses. Perhaps it is the moonbeams that drift off the moon that hold the magic that turns these creatures into extraordinary beings. I wish that I possessed some of that magic. I wish on moonbeams. Those are my moonbeamwishes.

I love to read, obviously. 🙂 I also love to watch movies, listen to music, play cards with my family, play with my five cats, ((Patches, Anastasia, Tiger, James Dean and Twee)) taking pictures, taking walks, going shopping, writing on my blog, meeting new people ((like the lovely Sandy)) eating pop tarts, picking daises, cruising Etsy, and wishing on moonbeams. 🙂

Yosemite. It is one of those perfect spots at any time of the year. I remember having snowball fights in the winter, building snowmen and hot cocoa filled nights, in the Winter. In the summer days were filled with hiking, river rafting and lunches on the patio overlooking the majestic mountains.  I loved the atmosphere, the friendly people that I met and seeing all the beautiful wildlife.

Vanilla cake with cream cheese frosting. I love the cupcakes at our local Torrance Bakery, they make the cutest little eatibles in the shapes of darling little animals that are *almost* too cute to eat! 🙂

{GIVEAWAY}

Speaking of cupcakes… Ms. Megan hand made three sets of cards just for this giveaway!  Isn’t she soo sweet??  And I might add that they are soo soo adorable!  Why oh why can I never enter my own giveaways? 😉

{1} The larger cards are a pack of (6). With a vintage Ice Cream Parlor stamped image in the background with a cupcake (( adhered with foam for a three dimensional feel)) Above is a strip of a light teal glittered cardstock for the valance of the candy shop.
{2} Also included in the giveaway is a set of (2) mini cards. Each with (10) cards each. The first set has a pink cupcake in a yellow wrapper with the word sweet stamped above.
{3} The second set has a little vintage cupid gazing at a single purple heart.

{HOW TO ENTER}

Would you like to win these three adorable sets of cards?  There’s tons of ways to get your entries in so please remember to leave a separate comment for every entry.

1. (Mandatory entry) Visit moonbeamwishes and leave a comment on this blog post with the name of your favorite item from her shop!
2. (For an additional entry) Heart (add to favorites) moonbeamwishes on etsy and let me know you did so. If you already do heart her, you can still enter.
2. (For an additional entry) Blog about this giveaway and leave a comment with the link.
3. (For an additional entry) Follow moonbeamwishes blog through google friend connect. If you already do, you can still enter.
4. (For an additional entry) Follow moonbeamwishes on twitter. If you already do, you can still enter.
5. (For an additional entry) Tweet about this giveaway and leave a separate comment with the link.  If you Twitter, please make sure to use @moonbeamwishes and @sandyalamode in your tweet.  And to make things extra easy, feel free to use this tweet:

I just entered myself in @sandyalamode’s #GIVEAWAY for 3 sets of cupcake and cupid cards made by @moonbeamwishes! http://bit.ly/bpgS93

This giveaway is only open to U.S. readers and ends on Tuesday, October 12 at 5:00PM CST. The winner will be chosen by random.org and will be announced on this blog on Wednesday, October 13.  Thank you SO much Ms. Megan and good luck everyone!

Entries for this giveaway have been closed.  Thanks!