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you're gonna likey this contest...

we have serious green thumbs here at sassafras. just last week hayley's desert rose sprouted an unusually beautiful flower. today, we came to work and discovered the tree out front had ripe, luscious pears ready to be picked. we likey-ed the looks of these sweet fruits. 

we picked the pears and took our little treasures upstairs, only to realize we had more than enough to share with you!

you likey? five lucky readers will get a perfectly ripe pear pal and the entire me likey collection. the two prizes combine to make the sweetest pair ever!

all you need to do for a chance to win is leave a comment at the end of this post. we want you to tell us about the stores in your area. be sure to include your name, and the stores' names and locations in your comment.  do you shop at a store where you can have your pick of everything sassafras has to offer? tell us! does your lss carry some sassafras, but you wish it had even more? tell us! or is there a store that is still waiting to be introduced to sassafras and you just know we'll make a great pair? introduce us! 

five random winners will be chosen after this holiday weekend. so comment away!!! 

sassafras and prism papers are teaming up and giving it away!

hello hello!! 

we have a giveaway for you today!

jamie at prism papers taught a class in utah for the memory works retreat. her fast-paced class combined dreamy prism cardstock with sassafras paper to create a two page layout and two different cards. she just happened to have a few extra kits so we are gonna give them away here. jing-jing nickel designed the following pages for jamie's class which you can recreate with the kit.

we are giving away three kits. just leave a comment at the end of this post and tell us what you have been listening to this summer. ( lately i can't get enough of the black eyed peas new song i gotta feeling and knock you down by keri hilson featuring kanye and ne-yo. poppy top 40 hip-hop. perfect for the hot hot heat.) what is new on your playlist?

we will pick three random winners after the holiday weekend. so comment away!!

xo

sandy

war of the desert roses.

hello friends. it's me sandy.

welcome to the weekend!

our focus on flowers has hit close to home this week. my two sisters have been engaging in a war of the roses. they both purchased a desert rose which, according to the internet,  is the hot new houseplant because of its bizarre shape, beautiful flowers, and tolerance to occasional neglect. perfect!

my older sister hayley's plant was the first to show promise. she bragged about the long green leaves and how luscious they were. shortly thereafter, all the leaves fell off and her plant has looked like this for quite some time (note the now brown leaves at the bottom. they are pretty long. ) :

a desert stick.

my younger sister mindy had nothing to show when hayley was bragging about her green leaves, but finally had a breakthrough. she made sure to notify everyone about it. she texted pictures and sent back-up images just in case to boast that not only did her desert rose have long luscious leaves... her desert rose had a desert rose! 

hayley wondered where she had gone so wrong. had she exceeded the amount of occasional neglect her plant could tolerate? was her desert rose just a dud? she watered her plant and checked for signs of life. nothing. ... 

nothing. until today.

gasp! it's beautiful!

and so are these layouts by marie. she is this week's blinkie winner! congratulations!!

thank you for joining us in the sassafras garden this week. keep your projects growing! and we'll see you next week.

xo

sandy

flowers for who? flowers for you!

oh lilibee. 

she has a way of making sassafras magical. she has posted a video tutorial here to make this project called flowers for you. check it out!!!

what do you think???

we love it!

keep sending us your stuff.

how does your garden grow?

thank you for showing off the projects blooming in your gardens.

simona shows us how flowers can be perfectly girly in her first layout yet masculine in her second. 

kim shared two layouts from her garden. she loves our blossoms and thinks they are great to use on boy pages too. we think she's right!

megan shared this pretty page with us

dee made this basket that can carry picks from a real garden

joanie used flowers to make this fun layout blossom

and jen shared this layout she grew in her garden

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keep sharing your projects with us. we will share some of our awesome-y blossom-y projects with you tomorrow!

june showers bring june flowers...

summer is finally here (today for some of you, yesterday for us... oh science and nature!) ... with all the rain we have been getting, we didn't even see summer coming! the days have been getting longer but the hot hot heat has stayed at bay.

until probably now. 

we're gonna heat things up this week by showering you with flowers.  sassafras has a bouquet of flowery options: in a stitch blossom, paper whimsies blossoms, layered blossoms and our paper and stickers. 

martha made us these floral dreams:

and kay grew these beauties in her scrapbooking garden:

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now it's your turn to show us how your projects are blooming with sassafras blossoms. 

ready, set, grow!

friday's big winner

hello!!!

amy, you are the big winner of the week! thank you for having a sassafras hippo on your blog!

we want to show off some of amy's work. she has created some real little lovelies. look -->

and here are some cards she made. if you just change up the message, these would be perfect for father's day.  amy used the hog heaven paper pad from michaels and some vintage yummy. cute!

awesome! so get those blinkies on your blogs and you could be next week's winner. also, keep those projects and comments coming our way. 

have a dream weekend!

Deer Dads........

This is the weekend to take a little extra special time to tell and show our dads how much we love and appreciate them. Here are a few ideas to inspire any last minute projects (i am in the last minuter category myself).

Vicki Boutin made these manly cards....

These are great examples of cards you could make in a flash! Thank you Vicki!

Marla made this awesome wallet. A handmade gift that dad can use everyday...... perfect!

love the photo's on the paper whimsies cards idea.... thanks Marla!

Thank you for all of the fabulous replies you left for us on Monday!! We are so happy you are in lovey with ME LIKEY! It will be shipping soon, and when it does we will make an announcement right here on the blog, with a few GIVEAWAYS =) =) 

Have a very happy fathers day weekend =)

because WE LIKEY YOU......

we have a sweet little monday morning surprise for you......    

a *BRAND NEW* fantastically fun and vibrant collection that will put a smile on your face. If you are feeling silly, fruity, giggly, wiggly, happy, bright, cheerful, giddy, witty, sweety, singy songy, and wanna scrappy then ME LIKEY is just the pick for you!

introducing..... happy tunes,

dig in, 

fresh pick,

sweetest pair,

angular,

refreshed,

alpha stickers...... 

journal tag stickers,

sweet treats, 

all of the above in a collection kit,

so happy monday =) 

you likey????

golden oldies and the latest hits.

wow wow wow. your mix of sassafras oldies and the latest and greatest are sure to climb to the top of the charts. 

tracie hudson mixed and matched a little bit of robotics, vintage yummy, anthem, life at the pole, sweet treats stickers, paper whimsies blossoms, and our layered blossoms. a little bit of everything for a whole lot of awesome. 

jill had some sassafras fun while mixing up hog heaven, happy place, bungle jungle, anthem and some paper whimsies blossoms. 

 

diana mixed up her sunshine lollipop wee bundle with vintage yummy to make this oh so pretty card. 

lynn dug deep and mixed up some of our earliest papers with bungle jungle and some of our clear stamps. 

lucy was inspired to pull out her stash of paper that she has been hoarding. we're glad that she did. look at this gorgeous layout she mixed up.

soooooo pretty.

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thank you for helping us mix it up this week. keep em coming if you got em...  and start thinking about that card you're gonna make for father's day. next week we'll be focusing on father's day cards so get yours made and show them off to us!

keep reading the post below for friday's winner and links to giveaways!