Join My 5-year Blog Birthday Giveaway!

To help me celebrate my blog's fifth year, these five lovely ladies are contributing the following prizes:

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Maggie of Gussy Sews makes fantastic handmade bags and accessories. Gussy is a colorful line of ruffled accessories. Each ruffle is machine sewn free-hand style, making each ruffle unique. Don't you just love this gorgeous ruffled laptop bag?

Maggie is giving one lucky winner a $30 gift certificate for the Gussy store, offering zipped pouches of all sizes, laptop bags, tote/diaper bags, headbands, and wristlet/clutches (all with my signature ruffle) to those that love a little flair. (The gift certificate is good for anything except baby blankets.)

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Beki Hastings, of The Rusted Chain,  began making custom jewelry in 2003.Her designs feature the best of rustic elegance and trendy looks,  with the end result being quality jewelry that will look as new and  fresh years from now as it does today. Each piece is custom made using  sterling silver, natural stones, and the finest components. I can hardly wait to receive my Family Monogram necklace - it will have all six of our family's name on it, which means a lot to me.

Beki has generously donated a $25 gift certificate to The Rusted Chain, where you can select from a variety of necklaces, bracelets, and earrings.

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Sarah Bee Creations is a beautiful Etsy store of handmade candles, soaps, and accessories. She uses soy and beeswax in her products, and loves to make custom candles for any special occasion: wedding, birthday, baby shower. Wouldn't these baby girl soaps make an adorable gift?

Sarah has donated a $10 gift certificate to the Sarah Bee Creations Etsy store!

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Beverly is an independent beauty consultant for Mary Kay. I am busy, but still like to avoid the "I just rolled out of bed" look... most days. I've been really happy with Mary Kay products - they are high quality and easy to apply. I have one of these lip glosses in my purse, my work bag, and my gym bag - they are a great way to look presentable without taking too much time.

Beverly will give one lucky winner $20 towards any Mary Kay product on her website.

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Tricia is a registered nurse and an independent distributor of Shaklee. Shaklee is a company based on real science with the goal of  improving health, working  without compromise, all while remaining gentle on the planet. I really like their simple and safe household products, especially in light of the recent research showing that many of the plastics and chemicals  used in grocery-store cleaners and air fresheners increase your risks of cancer by significant amounts. Their Basic H(2) Organic Super-cleaning concentrate is not only a great value but also my new favorite product.

Tricia is  offering $25 for one lucky winner to use for Shaklee products!

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So, how do you win won of these great giveaways? Entering is EASY!

1. Visit each of these ladies' websites, then come back and tell  me in a comment which items are your favorite. Make sure you leave me your email address, Twitter name, or website so I can get in touch with you. (If I have no way to contact you, I can't give you the prize and I'll have to draw a new name. That would be very sad.)

2. For an optional extra entries: tweet or share this on Facebook, and leave me a separate comment that you did. You can copy the following and paste it into your status if you like.
I'm helping @WritingJoy celebrate 5 years of blogging this week! Visit her blog to enter her birthday giveaways! http://ow.ly/2ktCo

You can enter for these giveaways until Friday, August 6, at 9pm EDT. At that time, I will draw five winners using a random number generator and I'll be in touch with you.