National Hug a Sheep Day! {contest}

Crazy Sheep Lady has coined National Hug a Sheep Day and I am loving it.

This year, National Hug a Sheep Day will be on October 29th and you better believe I am celebrating it!

So, here's how we are celebrating at City Life to Ranching Wife.

No, we aren't strangling sheep despite what the picture above looks like.

We are {hugging} sheep!

All you have to do is email me a picture of you hugging a sheep (it can be any kind of sheep – a doll, a picture. Get creative!) before October 29th and you’ll be entered in my little giveaway. That's it!

What will you win?

The winner of this contest will win this sheep picture frame.

How will I pick the winner? 

I will pick the winner at random, using a random number generator like this.

So, get to hugging and send me the picture! That's it! It's simple. 

By entering you are giving consent to have your picture posted on the ever so scary internet! I don't mind linking your picture to your blog or website, either. (Just a little more incentive to enter.) ;)

Email your pictures to citylifetoranchingwife(at)(gmail)(dot)(com) on or before Friday, October 28th.
 
The winner will be announced on October 29th.

Can't wait to see the entries (and crossing my fingers that I have at least one participant)!

{Blogiversary Giveaway #3} Keep Calm and Count Sheep

The third giveaway item I have for ya'll is one of my favorites because it's fun and quite unique. I am in love with Stay Gold Media's prints and can't wait to get one for our place.

So all of ya'll that didn't win this giveaway last week, here is another chance!

This Keep Calm and Count Sheep 8x10 print is from Stay Gold Media.

When I first started chatting with Josh and Danielle at Stay Gold Media I learned that they live in the exact town in which I grew up! Small freakin' world, right?! Here's a bit from Josh and Danielle.

"We have all seen these propaganda posters before but not quite like this. We wanted to refresh the over-saturated use of the old poster with some new witty ideas. We hope you have a sense of humor and enjoy these prints as much as we do."  - Stay Gold Media

Here is how you enter. 

Please leave one comment for each entry for multiple chances to win. 

Mandatory Entry – head on over to Stay Gold Media and come back and tell me what item is your favorite. This entry is mandatory and no others will count if this is not completed.

Additional Entries –
1.  Be a follower of this blog. 
2.  Like Stay Gold Media on  Facebook. 
3.  Follow Stay Gold Media on Tumblr.

Winners will be announced on my one year blogiversary - Monday, August 8th.
psst! Don't forget to enter Monday and Tuesday's giveaway! ;)
THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED.

{Blogiversary Giveaway #2} Sheep Soap

Happy Tuesday!

Let's get right to it!

So...remember the time I had the grand plan to milk the goats and make goat cheese? Yeah, well after I failed miserably I lost all motivation or desire to try it again. I have however, since tried Goat's Milk Soap (I admit, I bought some at a farmer's market) and was totally impressed. Knowing that it is super rich in vitamins and minerals was comforting too. I could tell my skin felt moisturized which says a lot because I have seriously dry skin. 

The second item to give away this week is from Cedar Tree Farms.

This adorable curly sheep soap comes with a 100% hand knit bath cloth.

Char is the owner behind Cedar Tree Farms and I love her story. She's a fellow county-girl!
I can call myself that now, right?

"I was fortunate enough to be able to purchase the farm that I grew up on from my parents 17 years ago.  I was born on this farm and lived here until I graduated high school. Growing up we basically lived off this land with a large garden for vegetables, fruit trees and bushes, and a father who loved to hunt and fish.

Since retiring my husband and I have both started online businesses. I make all natural goat milk soap and hand knit clothing; my husband makes beautiful wooden items mostly from wood we have reclaimed from our farm, or from wood that washes up on the local beaches. We raise a few cattle and have a garden and fruit trees. My husband is also an avid hunter and fisherman.

We truly feel blessed to have this beautiful piece of property and were recently given permission to name the creek that flows through the pasture after my father who passed away 8 years ago."

{Thanks Char!}

Here is how you enter. 

Please leave one comment for each entry for multiple chances to win. 

Mandatory Entry – head on over to Cedar Tree Farms and come back and tell me what item is your favorite. This entry is mandatory and no others will count if this is not completed.

Additional Entries –
1. Be a follower of this blog. 
2. Add Cedar Tree Farms to your Etsy favorites.
3. Tell me - If you can raise a hundred of any one animal, what would it be? 

Winners will be announced on my one year blogiversary - Monday, August 8th.

Don't forget to enter yesterday's Border Collie card set giveaway!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED.

Our Senior and a Winner!

Today is the 4th day our senior, Morgan has been with us and let me tell you - we LOVE this kid.

I'll be sharing more about Morgan and his time with us on the ranch, but for now here is a picture.

Also, thank you to everyone that participated in my first giveaway and thank you to Little Bird Crochet for the adorable Easter Egg Lamb Cozy. 

The winner is Amy and Jeff! Congratulations. Contact me and I will have your Easter Egg Lamb Cozy shipped out to you!!

A Purdy Exciting Giveaway!

There is a lot going on at the ranch this week. 


Our senior arrived yesterday, shearing begins today and most important - everyone made it home safely on Tuesday from the winter range!

You know you are a rancher's wife when you take a 30 minute break at work to help with traffic as the sheep come through town! 

Here are some photos from this week's trailing through town.

Here they come!!

It was my job to stop traffic. Luckily the first car I stopped was a nice man that even gave me a smile. It's as if he knew I so desperately hoped for his cooperation since once the first car is stopped the rest is cake.

The sheep made it through the intersection with no major hiccups. 

One mama was a bit too tired to make it the rest of the way (about 7 miles) so she got a lift in the truck!

I don't think she minded much. 
A few minutes later the view was nothing but woolly rear ends and everyone was closer to being home.

In honor of all the excitement and the safe arrival of our sheep I'm so happy to host my first giveaway!

Here is what you'll win...
an Easter Egg Lamb Cozy from Little Bird Crochet just in time for Easter!

I came across Little Bird Crochet on the wonderful, fabulous world of Etsy.
 
A few things I love about this shop is that it is run by two sisters in North Carolina, Joy and Paige (I would love to work with my sister, wouldn’t you?), each item melts my heart and the item we are giving away today reminds me of my favorite little lamb, Purdy. 

This is Purdy.

I asked Paige to tell me a little about herself and Little Bird Crochet and here is what she had to say:

"I learned how to crochet a couple of years ago and taught Joy soon after. We have three nieces, two nephews (and a niece on the way!) and were initially making things for them as birthday and Christmas gifts, and whatever else their parents asked for.

My husband and I live in Greensboro, North Carolina with our two kitties and are currently watching through the entire series of X-Files. I'm a vegetarian, wannabe minimalist, I'm constantly annoying people I know (and some I barely know) about eating healthier and perhaps best of all, really goofy and I’m sure to never take myself too seriously.

Joy and her husband also live in Greensboro with their fluffy little dog Norma. She's a graphic designer by day and a crochet princess by night.

To me, the best thing about crocheting is reminding people to see the creativity in others and themselves. I love when something I've made inspires someone to take up crocheting. It means so much to me when they can see themselves as a creative person, something I believe we all are."

I think Paige is right. When I saw this little gem I thought, I must learn how to crochet! 
Thanks for the inspiration Paige! 


So here is how you enter. 

Please leave one comment for each entry for multiple chances to win. 

Mandatory Entry – head on over to Little Bird Crochet and come back and tell me what item is your favorite. This entry is mandatory and no others will count if this is not completed.
Additional Entries –
1. “Follow” my blog. You are already here so why not?!
2. Add Little Bird Crochet to your Etsy favorites.
3. Answer the following question: How do you use your creative talent?

This giveaway will run through 11:59pm MST April 15, 2011.