The Banner Sisters {review + giveaway}

Feast your eyes on this!

What is it, you may wonder? It is the creation of two lovely sisters who enjoy paper crafts and working together. They opened up this wonderful little shop, The Banner Sisters, to connect with their customers and be able to create, which is a favorite! Check out a sampling of their banners:

These would be great for any birthday party, bridal shower, baby shower, or holiday party, but they also offer banners you can leave up all year round! Better yet, everything is customizable! Personalize it with your family name, a special saying, or a theme! You can most definitely choose your own, but these ladies are pros. They create exactly what you have in mind, and even send you a photo of your finished product before they ship, just to make sure you love it!

Check out the detail in this awesome wedding sign! Perfect little personal touch for those bride-to-bes! It seems to me like everything in their shop has a special little touch that makes it unique and very much yours. Check out thebannersisters.com and see even more pics of what they are capable of. (their "all we need is love" banner?!?!?!)

Here is my beautiful "thankful" sign. It was meant to be for us. I love what Shelly said about her 2010 theme: "to try to be more grateful...grateful for friends, family, our home, our daily life. This sounds so cliche, but it really is about all the little things that happen everyday. The more I consciously try to be grateful, the more I realize how many things there are to be grateful for, and of course that I need to simplify, simplify, simplify! " Amen sister!

Shelly and Maggie (THE Banner sisters :)) are both so great to work with! Not to overkill their thankfulness, but they truly are so appreciative of their etsy shoppers, and take it as an extreme compliment that someone likes their stuff! They love etsy because they think of it as supporting the seller instead of a faceless company. How's that for "A Thankful Heart" Month?

These lovely sisters have offered up a custom banner from The Banner Sisters to a lucky reader of The Ivy Twines! Wow! You get to pick!!!

To qualify: Check out The Banner Sisters shop on etsy and drool over their beautiful work! Come back here and leave a comment with your favorite banner!

**Please leave a valid email address so we have a way of contacting you if you win!**

And if one entry is not nearly enough. . .


Earn one additional entry:

• Favorite a product from The Banner Sisters on Etsy
• Become a fan of The Banner Sisters on Facebook!
• Follow The Ivy Twines (publicly) using Google Friend
• Follow The Ivy Twines on Twitter and leave twitter name
• Fan Ivy Twines on Facebook
• Tweet about this giveaway and leave link

Earn two additional entries: (please leave a separate comment for each extra entry)

• Blog about this giveaway (link to here and to The Banner Sisters) Leave the url!

Earn TEN additional entries:

• Make a purchase from The Banner Sisters! Let them know you came from Ivy Twines!

Your GIVE BACK Entry:

1. Participate in our Give Back "A Thankful Heart" Week 2 Challenge! (Head over to this post for the details, check out the weekly challenges, and leave a comment on that post telling us what you did!)



2. Brighten someone's day, and enter 10 extra entries here! Wahoo!

Good luck and enjoy the creative and beautiful banners ove at The Banner Sisters!!

Giveaway will end March 24th at 11:59 CST. Winner will be chosen by random.org and contacted via email. The winner will have 48 hours to respond. Must be 18 to enter, US entries only. Many thanks to Shelly and Maggie and to The Banner Sisters for hosting this fabulous giveaway, and for my beautiful thankful banner! I love it!!