Today we are giving away two stone carvings a little under a foot in height - one of a family and one of a couple. There will be two winners - one for each carving.
Mommy says these carvings remind her that all the statistics about Zimbabwe are not just numbers. There are faces behind the numbers. They represent mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters. They are loved and in need of love. Their value is not measured by their life expectancy or their average annual salary.
To Enter: All you have to do is leave a comment on this post. Easy peasy! Please make sure you include an email so I can contact you if you win.
You can get up to two extra entries if you (1) post about Operation Love Zimbabwe on your blog, and/or (2) put the Operation Love Zimbabwe button on your blogsite. Please leave a separate comment for each entry.
Because of the weight of these carvings, the contest is limited to US shipping addresses.
Entries must be made by 11:59 p.m. PST on February 14, 2009. The winner will be selected using http://www.random.org/ and will be contacted by email.
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These are beautiful. I've admired this type of carving for a while since I first saw them at a Go Fish store. They would make a nice prayer reminder for the real people who are living in Zimbabwe.
And of course... I shared about OLZ on my blog!
it's very hard to put faces with statistics when we are so far from zimbabwe, esme. thank you and your mom for reminding us:)
i'm putting the olz on my blog right now!!!
love,
dani
These are so beautiful!
ToOdLeS.ShEiLa
[nevada(_)kings(@)hotmail(.)com]
I just love these carvings.
Thanks for contacting me of this giveaway!
I put the Operation Zimbabwe button on my blog http://www.giveawaycity.blogspot.com
I have blogged about this giveaway at http://www.giveawaycity.blogspot.com
will keep my fingers crossed, I just love these.
Zimbabwe is a great cause - thanks for all you are doing. I love the carvings. Please enter me.
Such beautiful carvings. I am new to this site but I think I will continue to drop by and see how you all are. Thanks for the chance. brewerchickey78(at)yahoo.com
Beautiful Esme!
My email is mercuryd2@yahoo.com
Happy Monday, my sweet friend.
Lovely! Are they soapstone? Let me know if you'd like to do a UK based give-away. I'm sure I have some suitable fairly traded items, should you need them!
Esme looking very cute!
I love it! I know just where I would hang it on my wall!!
Those are gorgeous. Please enter me.
I would love one of these! Please enter me.
eric.dickey @ gmail.com
Please, please enter me; the one of the family makes tears come into my eyes. they are so lovely!
THose are stunningly beautiful!! I can see them crying out to come to my house!! :o)
I also added your button to my blog. My pleasure!
I have also added your button to my blog; what a wonderful mission you are taking part in!
Wow those are beautiful! Either one would look great in my newly finished bathroom.
I love the carvings, they are beautiful. Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks for such precious giveaways.
I added the Operation Love Zimbabwe button to my blog
vdeliz.blogspot.com
I added the Operation Love Zimbabwe button to my blog
vdeliz.blogspot.com
These are so cool! It's amazing to think someone made these by hand.
I have rarely put in to "win" something but those are amazing and I love what they represent. I am on typepad. I would love to put the button on there, any idea how?
Both are truly amazing and beautiful. Thank you so much for the opportunity and thank you for the wonderful work that you are doing.
dbkagrayson2002 [at] gmail [dot] com
These stones are unique and very beautiful!
espressogurl(at)hotmail(dot)com
Wow, those are very beautiful!
I would treasure one of these! Thanks for the chance.
These are beautiful and I'd love to display them in my home!
lelou2@ymail.com
these are lovely and so is your commitment!
melanieinaz2003 at yahoo.com
I've added the button.
i have the operation love button on my blog
melanieinaz2003 at yahoo.com
I've posted about this great giveaway Here
Those are beautiful!
these are amazing
thank you
addeviant006 at gmail dot com
I love these. They remind me of the wood carvings my parents brought back from South Africa when I was a little girl and they were looking to move there. My Grandmother was born there and we still have many relatives there.
These are beautiful!
What beautiful carvings. I might just have to buy one if I don't win one!
Thanks for entering me! Visit my blog to enter my contest!!
Janna
These are beautiful!! I love the meaning behind them as well!!
missblondie919 at gmail dot com
I added the Operation Love Zimbabwe button!
missblondie919 at gmail dot com
These are beautiful- thankyou.
yellyjohnsen@yahoo.com
These are awesome.....count me in!
I love the post you did about the blanket...your camera is waaay better than mine! :)
This OLZ looks to be going great!!! I'm going to post about it this weekend - I'll be back to let you know when that's up!
The OLZ button is on my blog too!!! :)
Just gorgeous!
jen62728@aol.com
Wow.. these are indeed very beautiful. Love to be entered.
I think anything handmade is wonderful! Very beautiful.
These r ever so cooool!
God bless artistic ability
tsslug7@yahoo.com
Very nice, count me in.
bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com
These are just beautiful! My SIL just loves this kind of stuff and I would love to win the "couple" one for her.
mandee220(at)aol(dot)com
Oh my STARS!!!! Esmé, these are beautiful! Not only would I like to win one, but I might even be willing to buy one if I knew where to go...I'll email your mommy to see if she'll tell me where to go.
OHHHHH I love these, thank you so much!
mcginnisfamily5(at)gmail(dot)com
They are awesome !!! :)
Those are really nice. Thanks!
These are absolutely beautiful and I know just where I would put one!
These are simply lovely. Thanks for the info and giveaway.
I got your button.
www.myveryeducatedmother.
blogspot.com
They are gorgeous!! I would be thrilled to display one of those in my home!And you are awesome for doing the work that you do!! The world would be such a better place if there were more people like you helping others!!
beautiful words and beautiful carvings
these are beautiful - i especially like the family one!
Those are gorgeous!
kelli at pfrog dot net
These are just stunning, especially the family carving. I'm in awe over the beauty of these.
I put the OZL badge on my blog :)
http://erinstar.blogspot.com/
These are amazing - I would love to have one
These are spectacular and I would love to receive one. If I got the family carving, I would gift it to my stepson and daughter-in-law and granddaughter. I have to admit that if I received the couple, I would keep it my husband and myself.
Thank you for this contest, and your heartfelt posts!
I have posted your badge/button on my blog at http://www.feathermaye.com.
These are so gorgeous ! You are doing a wonderful thing. I'll help spread the word.
apeak AT hotmail . com
I would love one of these! Please enter me!
Love african art
dr_dave7@hotmail.com
A good friend of ours who collects African art just had a baby!! That family would be a perfect present for their family.
Wow! What a great giveaway. These are beautiful carvings!
cool
I just finished When the Crocodile Eats the Sun, by Peter Godwin. If you haven't read it, it's a memoir of growing up in Zimbabwe. Powerful stuff, and such a sad, sad story! Thanks for raising our awareness!
these are just beautiful.
Those are absolutely beautiful!
doot65{at}comcast[dot]net
These are striking!
These are beautiful.
lkziegler[at]gmail[dot]com
I have your button
lkziegler[at]gmail[dot]com
I have posted about this and the other giveaways. I have also put up your button. Here is the link to the: http://www.quiskaeya.com/2009/02/pause-for-cause-operation-love-zimbabwe.html
These are really neat...what a great cause
I have your button
Gorgeous! Please add my name. :o)
autumnsensation@yahoo.com
Beautiful craftsmanship. It would fit in perfectly with my baskets for Sudan and Uganda.
knittingmomof3 (AT) gmail (DOT) com
I most definitely blogged about it!
http://rundpinne.blogspot.com/2009/02/operation-love-zimbabwe.html
knittingmomof3 (AT) gmail (DOT) com
My button is on my blog.
http://www.rundpinne.blogspot.com
knittingmomof3 (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Amazing carvings! I found you all through SITS.
tara@mylifecoachtara.com
I blogged about your giveaway and used your button
http://winningmommys.blogspot.com/2009/02/operation-love-zimbabwe-giveaway.html
i absolutely love the family carving:) thanks!
christinbanda@yahoo.com
Gorgeous! I would be honored to own either of them.
onlycancan ta hotmail dot com
I have your button up!
onlycancan ta hotmail dot com
i would love to win this contest because...my name is shona. i think that a shona stone carving would be just the great thing ever to own...please sign me up for the contest and keeping fingers crossed that i win.......mema103@yahoo.com
Please include me in your giveaway. The carved pieces are lovely.
These are gorgeous and a beautiful reminder of what people have survived.
I linked you on my blog, too!
you are linked on my blog!
These are lovely works of art!
Those carvings are very nice pieces of art. We are blessed to have the chance to have one of these carvings in our home.
steven(DOT)higgins(AT)wright(DOT)edu
Beautiful works of art...please count me in!
Those are amazing, and you are doing an amazing thing.
urchiken at gmail dot com
Good luck getting your message out. The stories are photos are very moving.
scrappylori at gmail dot com
I would love the "couple" one. I'd save it for my guy when we got married! Great piece!
Gah.. Sorry sorry.. here is my e-mail address..
LilithSilvermane(at)gmail(dot)com
These are beautiful; I'd love to enter.
I love these pieces! I have some pieces that would go with it in my living room. thanks jacquecurl@gmail.com
These are lovely! Thanks for all the beautiful giveaways.
These are really beautiful!
I would love to win! Thanks for the great giveaway!
janine at lovegiveaways.com
These carvings are gorgeous.
These are lovely. Will look displayed in my home.
these stautes are beautiful, and they have my name on them also as i am named SHONA. how geat it would be to have one of these in my home and to share the story of the ppl of zimbawa. please enter me...shona...mema103@yahoo.com
Those are very pretty, count me in!
mommyhoodisthankless[AT}gmail.com
These are amazing! I have a perfect spot in my home for one of these!
jinglesells at gmail dot com
absolutely beautiful!
I have a "Spirit of Victoria Falls" living room, and my passion is wood and life. My animals are carved of wood. I have giraffes, zebras, elephants, and more....
This giveaway is very magical, shows the beauty of the people and family, something that is missing from my journey of the land.. The wood is enduring and so beautiful.
My father was a carpenter, and his love of wood continues in my heart..
pumpkinlady430@yahoo.com
The pieces are beautiful. I would love to win one of them. A great way to bring a bit of another culture into the house.
I would love to win one of these to place in our African themed bedroom.
These are beautiful, would love to win, thanks
Wow very cool. Would be proud to display this!
Would be very honor to display these carvings in my home and love what your doing to help another county. Thank you
purplerose32or@gmail.com
Those are beautiful and would be a great reminder of the needs in Zimbabwe.
These are truly magically inspirational!
Thanks so much for this give~away! : )))
leahita[at]gmail[dot]com
These are simply stunning.. I'd love to give them a loving home to live in..
Awesome!!!
Thanks
jasonncaryn at yahoo dot com
Wow! Those are beautiful! I love the groupings too :))
jamaisew@gmail.com
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