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Cue the confetti and balloons! DIY news and a giveaway!-

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Do you remember me telling you guys that I won the Purdy grand prize at the Haven Conference earlier this summer? Well, my prize arrived! Inside the box was this..

Purdy

$1000 worth of Purdy products!

OH MY GOODNESS! I’m the luckiest DIY girl in the world today. I won’t have to buy paint supplies for quite awhile. Awesome!

Want to see what $1000 worth of Purdy looks like?

Purdy paint products

It looks Purdy awesome. Imagine the projects I can complete with this stash of goodies!

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And if that wasn’t exciting enough? I have more fun news. Some of you have noticed and have sent me tweets, FB notes and comments. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Seriously…I’m on cloud 9! And your thoughtfulness has made me feel so special the last couple of days. Thanks for noticing, thanks for taking the time to tell me you’ve seen it!

It’s no secret that I use FrogTape a lot. A LOT a lot. (with the apartment renovation: almost every day!) Well, I recently had a dream come true opportunity to promote FrogTape, a product I do believe in and use in real life – in an advertisement! Woo hoo! You can see an ad in…

Country Living, September 2012

DIY Show Off FrogTape ad

House Beautiful, September 2012

DIY Show Off FrogTape ad

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Thanks so much to FrogTape and Purdy for making my DIY and painting projects so much easier. Amen, right?

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DIY SHOW OFF favorite product giveaway…

Prize: So, what’s the giveaway? NOT $1000 worth of Purdy but, well, two of my most favorite DIY tools in the whole wide world, of course. I’ll share a bit of my duplicate Purdy products and stash of FrogTape with one DIY Show Off friend. It’ll be just like it’s your birthday too! 

How to win? Winner is open to US residents only. Giveaway runs today through midnight EST Sunday, August 12th, 2012. Good luck! Simply leave a comment for each of the following:

  • Just leave me a note in the comments below. Maybe about when/how we met or what your working on or what DIY has inspired you lately or what makes you happiest or just “hi”. 😛
  • Share this news/giveaway link on Facebook.
  • Share this link to this post on G+.
  • Share this link on Twitter.
  • Pin this post.
  • “Like” Purdy on Facebook.
  • “Like” FrogTape on Facebook.

Thanks for sharing my excitement, thanks for letting me share my excitement! Thanks for tolerating me while I ‘show off’ on my online journal. 🙂 

Disclosure: I did not get paid to write this post. I’m sharing two products that I truly do love and personally use. 

Supporting Habitat for Humanity {summer contest} – One Project Closer’s The Better Half

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Supporting Habitat for Humanity

I apologize! I’ve been so busy with working on the demo in the dirty dinky apartment that I’m a little behind in sharing updates on the Before and After Series – Habitat for Humanity going on at One Project Closer’s The Better Half. Forgive me? Awe, c’mon – I’m covered in grime here and so sore! So here are some updates:

If you haven’t already, you’ll want to check out the winner chosen by Traci from Beneath My Heart:

Bathroom Transformation by Tenth Avenue South

bathroom makeover

The winner chosen by Michelle at Ten June Blog:

Rustic Country Kitchen Makeover from Buckets of Burlap

farmhouse kitchen

and finally, be on the look out! This week’s winner will be chosen by Rhoda at Southern Hospitality.

southern hospitality

There’s still time! I’ll be judging the week of August 19th and I want to see your before and after projects there!

How can YOU help and win? Submit your pictures and a before/after story from a home improvement project you worked (no contracted jobs) sometime in the past year. Every week of the summer until September 21, a winner is selected and their story is published online. Each winner gets a $50 gift card to either Lowes, Home Depot, or Amazon, and a donation of $100 to Habitat for Humanity in the winner’s honor! There’s more! At the end of the Summer, the best submission, as voted on by readers, wins a bonus $150 gift card to one of the three stores above. You can enter your home improvement project and see who’s hosting each week HERE.
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DIY Project Parade & DIY Highlights

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The DIY Project Parade is a linky party for bloggers to show off their hard work and DIY and a place to share do-it-yourself creativity and inspiration.

Here are some favorites from last week. You ladies are amazing!

WOW! ::whistle:: The kitchen before and after makeover at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia is a beautiful site to see!

kitchen before and after

The front door and entry makeover at First Home Love Life is unbelievable with a clever DIY you’ll want to read about…

front entry makeover

Everything Kelly from Eclectically Vintage does is inspiring and her foyer before/after is no exception. Loving every detail…

foyer reveal

Have an old framed print (rescue one from thrift stores or yard sales) and give it a new look {DIY eye chart tutorial} like Design: Dining + Diapers…

DIY eye chart art

This creative Harry Potter script wall at Concrete Cottage was well worth the effort. So creative!

harry potter script wall

The tween girl room reveal at A Sunday Afternoon has so many fun and colorful DIY projects…

tween girl room makeover

One lucky little guy has a fun new room with a transportation theme. See the boy bedroom reveal at The Consigner Designer.

boys room makeover

Loving the color scheme and DIY accents in the big boy room reveal at Adventures in Creating…

big boy room reveal

There’s a cute little boy and his room makeover filled with DIY accents at ReMade Simple Blog…

vintage eclectic boys room makeover

Let’s see what you’ve been up to!

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1. Please use the button above or text and link to this post to share the linky love. Here is the link: https://diyshowoff.com/category/other/diy-project-parade/.
2. Your post must be recent, shared at one DIY Project Parade only (not continuously) and be DIY related.
3. Include your name or blog name and project title. Add your permalink (not your blog url, but your DIY project post url).
4. Or email your link to thediyshowoff@gmail.com and I will add it for you.
5. This blog linky party is for DIY projects only. Links not related to DIY will be deleted. Please share your link one week only.  Please do not link recipes, giveaways, linky parties, promotions or a collection of inspiration. 
6.  NOW you can “like” the links!  What a fun idea!  Most liked links may be included in a post of DIY Project Parade highlights later in the week, featured on DIY Show Off Facebook or Pinterest.
7.  Visit a few other links to make some friends and to collect some creative inspiration!

Who could use some color and cottage inspiration? Enter to win Better Homes and Gardens decorating books!

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