Saturday was my birthday! It was a great day! The hubs took me out to breakfast and we did some shopping together, which we hardly ever do! And, then I did some Christmas decorating and listened to Christmas music. In the evening, the kids had us over and surprised me with a trip to NYC later this week and tickets to Radio City Music Hall to see the Christmas Spectacular! So, all in all, it was a pretty great birthday! Last year I had a birthday giveaway and decided that I’d like to do this every year on my birthday! It’s a way for me to “celebrate you” on my birthday! I don’t say this often enough, so I will say it today – I’m so thankful for each and every person who visits my blog, signs up for my emails, leaves a comment, makes a DIY project or recipe I’ve shared . . . It means the world to me! Since my birthday fell on a Saturday this year, I decided to wait until today to share the birthday giveaway! If you read my Thanksgiving tablescape post, then you have a pretty good idea of what I’m giving away! It’s a set of six Teal Gratitude Salad Plates.
The stoneware plates have a pretty scalloped and beaded edge and say “Begin with giving thanks” in a gray print and then the “gratitude” lettering is embossed. These pretty plates are from Mary and Martha, but sadly they are discontinued – so you won’t be able to add to this set if you do win. But, a set of six is a good number for a small gathering.
These plates retailed for $18 each, so the value of this giveaway is $108! Given the sentiment on the plates, they are perfect for Thanksgiving!
There are two ways to enter the giveaway!
- Leave a comment telling me something you are grateful for!
- Follow me on Instagram by using the link below and leave a separate comment saying you follow me on Instagram.
This birthday giveaway will end this Friday, November 16, so I can get the plates shipped for the winner to have them in time for Thanksgiving!!!
I have another great giveaway from Mary and Martha scheduled for Black Friday that you don’t want to miss! This one is a new Christmas product with a value of $199! So stay tuned for that one!!!
Carol Hearns
I am thankful for God’s Grace!
maeleen cunningham
Grateful and blessed if I live until November 16, I will be 77 years young, in good health and nearly normal mind:) Have wonderful family and God truly has watched over me.
Sally Christiansen
I am thankful for my wonderful family!
Leanne
I am grateful for my family.
Sally Christiansen
I follow you on Instagram.
Lynn shaffer
I am thankful for a ever present, loving Savior and His never ending grace and protection. My husband just returned home from a successful liver transplant, just in time for Thanksgiving! Praising God!
Diane Hendrix
I am so thankful for God, Family and Friends!
Jill Pepple
I am thankful for God’s gift of salvation and for the blessing of family!
Sherry Mortison
I am thankful for God’s promises. His love and faithfulness are never ending.
Suzanne
I am thankful for a loving God who grants me grace and forgiveness and for my husband who believes the same.
Michelle
Very thankful to God for my husband. He works so hard to provide for us. I was able to stay home to homeschool our kids and continue to be a stay at home mom after that. It hasn’t been an easy journey but it has been a blessed one!! Thanks for your blog & the giveaway. Happy Happy Belated Birthday to you!! 🙂
Eva
What a great giveaway! And it sounds like you had a great birthday! I’m very thankful for your fabulous blog.
Lynn Shaffer
I am grateful for an ever present, loving God and His protection and grace everyday. My husband just returned home from a successful liver transplant, just in time for Thanksgiving! Praising God!
JIll
I’m so grateful for the amazing love of God!
Dawn K
Thankful for family and health! Happy Birthday!
Dee
I am thankful for God’s endearing grace and the multitude of blessings that he bestows on my family and myself each and every day. ( especially when I’m not aware!) . GOD IS GOOD.
Laura Harrie
Doreen,
I admired those gratitude plates I saw on your blog, I liked the table setting very much. I remember you said that they were no longer made, which was too bad.
I am grateful for my husband, Matt. God sure gave me a wonderful man!
Thanks for the opportunity to win the plates!
Dawn K
I am following you on Instagram!
Kimberly - KKABSHERWRITES
Grateful for family. Thanks for the opportunity!
Kimberly - KKABSHERWRITES
I follow you on Instagram.
Linda kringen
I am thankful for God’s grace which is available “new” every morning! Also, for my husband who has pastored the same church for 37 years. God has been and IS GOOD!
Linda Fox
There are so many things I am grateful for! Grateful to God to be able to serve and volunteer. Grateful to receive your wonderful, inspiring website. Glad you had a great birthday!
Marcia
So thankful for a God that pursues me, even in my weakness and failures. He never stops loving me.
Elizabeth
I follow you on Instagram!
Rita
Grateful for God’s mercy and grace. Grateful for His provision. Grateful for this opportunity to win such a generous gift.
Jennie Smith
I am thankful for a warm house, limitless food and a family to share this with. And pray that others have the same.
Mary C. Wickham
I am thankful I can see and appreciate the numerous blessings God has given us. I am thankful I can see the good in God’s timing and that I am faithful enough to trust his timing is good.
Carol
I’m grateful for safe water. It’s such a luxury to be able to turn on a faucet and have a refreshing drink or a relaxing bath.
Shirley p Whitley
I am so very grateful for my family,my daughter and family recently moved to Georga from S.California fires. Very grateful to be 82 and have great health,to be sharing my life with a wonderful husband,to celebrate our 60th Anniversary this month and we will all be to gather this Thanksgiving for the first time in 6 years.Happy Birthday!
Shirley Whitley
Also I follow you on Instagram
Merry Hatley
I am Thankful every day for Gods Grace and good people everywhere.
Jennie Smith
I’m now following you on Instagram 🙂
Leona jaeger
Thankful and grateful for so many things and ways God has blessed me. I am thankful for the ability to read and share and encourage reading to my grandkids and children I volunteer with.
Candy
So very thankful for our Lord and Savior Jesus and that he gave me a wonderful husband, children and now grandbabies!
Happy Birthday Blessings to you,
Candy
Candy
Following on IG
Christy Roppel
Happy Belated Birthday!
Your blog is such an inspiration to me. I am grateful for God’s grace during this difficult time for me.
TinaMarie Glover
I am so very thankful for my Salvation and for the gift of my life. Every three years I undergo an MRI for one of the worse types of brain tumors, Anaplastic Astrocytoma grade 3. My golf ball sized tumor was removed in 1984 and has not returned. I would meet my Savior seven years later. According to nearly every Md I meet, I should not still be alive as the statistics for this tumor remain grim. But here I am, blessed beyond words with a God who loves and cares for me, a husband I prayed fervently for and two sons I was not supposed to have either after a long bout with infertility(from radiation therapy to the brain)l. As a result of God’s kindness, mercy and grace, literally, thousands of blessings have poured into my life to overflowing. May you and all those who post have a most wonderful Thanksgiving season with your loved ones! Blessings, TinaMarie
Shelly
I am thankful to live in America, for my family, and for the love of fellow Christians and the sacrifice Jesus made to save those who believe.
The plates are lovely and would be a blessing for our table this year.
Thank you!
Bonnie
I am grateful for beauty and the satisfaction it gives.
LaNae
I’m thankful that we have an eternal hope in Christ
Lynn shaffer
I am grateful for an ever present, loving and faithful God whose Grace is never ending. My husband just returned home from a successful liver transplant. Praising God!
JoAnn Woods
I am grateful for my family who ceases to amaze me every day with their kindness toward others.
Loryl
I am most grateful for my son celebrating another birthday on the same day as you! You see he had a terrible motorcycle accident the end of July and was in the hospital for 2 weeks. But through God’s grace, prayers and patience he went back to work the first part of October. So for him to be here for this birthday is a true miracle. He is my one and only. Praise God!! So gratitude is not only a word to me but a lifestyle.🙏🏻
Irene
I am thankful for God’s greatest gift of salvation – through his Son, Jesus Christ. Birthday Blessings to you!
Nancy Rolinger
I am thankful am thankful that the “Grace of God has appeared!” What an amazing God! And thank YOU for your blog! Blessings!
ann gardner
i am thankful for each day and my wonderful family!
Marsha Mundy
I am thankful this Veteran’s Day for all the men and women who have fought or are fighting for our freedom.
Cat mcdowell
I’m grateful for God’s Grace I do not deserve it yet he willing extends it to me. I’m also grateful for my husband he works extremely hard for our family and supports me whole heartedly on all my adventures. Lastly I’m grateful for my son who is the most amazing young man. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for him.
ann gardner
Iam following you on instagram,and i also love black and white checked.
ann gardner
ps todays my birthday.
Cat mcdowell
I follow you on Instagram
Cara Black
Thankful for every trial God has brought me safely through, so I could know HIM better. Thankful for everything He is!
Maureen
I am grateful for the loves in my life–my husband and family. I am grateful for being able to get out of bed and to live each day as it comes.
Shirley Ruggles
Thankful for God’s sustaining comfort and grace during these past couple of rough years. And for you, Doreen, and the time you take to share your sweet heart and knowledge with all of us readers. Blessings!
Dana
I am grateful for family. Far and near coming together at Thanksgiving. How appropriate and celebratory!
Thanks to you too!
Merle
I am grateful for my faith and family!
Keri Dobberstein
I’m so thankful for God’s unconditional grace and love!
Lisa
I’m so thankful for eternal life and all that it means for living anpurposeful life.
Brenda
I’m grateful for many things but my freedom to worship my Lord is by far the greatest. Happy Birthday, I too have a birthday coming up.
Kimberly
I am grateful for my health, family and a Savior who loves me!
Sharon
I am thankful that each day is a new beginning.
Veronica V.
I am so grateful for my daughter and grandaughter!
The plates are beautiful Doreen!
Jenny Young
I am thankful to be strong enough to take care of my grandson every workday. This time last year I was very sick & wasn’t sure I’d be able to do it but I am so grateful to be well & strong again.
I’m actually heading to the Dayspring warehouse sale this week in our town! They sell lots of beautiful Mary & Martha things steeply discounted.
Liberty
I’m thankful to be well enough to homeschool today. I missed a week and am still on the mend. Such a beautiful color of plates!
Liberty
I already follow you on Instagram! Tis the season for giveaways! : )
angela
I am thankful for God making a way for us to be reconciled to him through Jesus. And for the blog for which He gives you such a talent to encourage me and others. I LOVE your printables with beautiful words such as Great is Thy Faithfulness. It is so refreshing to click on the printables and see the beautiful prints. thank you
Judy
Happiest of Birthday Wishes Doreen… I am so grateful for each breath, and every day that I have had with my wonderful husband of over 60 years! We have had a beautiful family and Trusting in The Lord truly says it all for me!
Michelle wahlquist
Happy Birthday! It’s my birthday in the 17tg as well!
I am thankful for this beautiful world and for talented, creative people like you! I love your blog and have been very inspired! I go back each year just to look at your past Christmas home tours … I love your decorating style!
Joann
I am so very grateful for my loving Christian husband & our wonderful Pastor and wife who help us grow in our faith.
Donna Justice
I am thankful for you and your inspiring website.
Debbie Rhoades
I can tell you than I am so thankful that God loves me and watches over me, that I have a wonderful husband and grown children that love me. Thankful for friends, America the Beautiful, and the freedom to worship God. Thank you for this chance, and Happy Birthday to you, Doreen!
Vickie
I am thankful for a new church plant in our little town and seeing God’s working. What a huge joy!
Tea is my favorite color, and these plates are beautiful!!!
Blessings on your new year ahead and belated Happy Birthday!
Debbie Rhoades
I’m following on Instagram!
Katie
Thankful for salvation through our savior Jesus! My family, our country and those who serve our country to protect our freedom.
Melissa
Grateful for good health.
Ann Austin
I am grateful for rest and quiet peace during a horrendous and very turbulent time in my life. I believe in the goodness of the Lord, and that He will provide what I so badly need. It is a humbling thing to be so needy, but He has been faithful to help me.
Carol Thomas
I’m most grateful for the freedom given by our Savior.
Cheryl
I am grateful for my family.
Nicole
Happy Belated Birthday! I am so grateful for God’s blessings, and His mercy tops the list!
Cynthia Lucarotti
I am thankful for those who love me, both family and friends. I am thankful that teal is my favorite color and I might win these plates🙃
Cynthia Lucarotti
I am following you on instagram.
Vontreva Gammel
I am grateful for my life, my family, and for my relationship with my savior Jesus Christ!
Wendy Jenkins
I’m thankful for forgiveness and for my precious family.
Wendy jenkins
I follow you on Instagram. Love your style!
Jana
The Lord is so generous to create beautiful things for our enjoyment, such as this set of lovely teal dishes! I’m grateful that our creator God crafts such beautiful items for our pleasure.
Gwen
Happy Birthday!!! I hope your celebration was wonderful! We seem to find it harder to all get together anymore so my hubby and I plan to have a nice meal to celebrate his birthday! How time flies, right?
I’m thankful that my husband is doing better. I’m thankful two friends in two separate fires are safe. It smells like burnt toast and the Sky is so Smokey. My eyes water all day. I’m thankful that firefighters face this discomfort to keep us safe. On a daily basis. Lord keep people safe and comfort them in this time of great great tragedy. PS I don’t need to win.
dana
I’m thankful for family, near and far, and the chance to celebrate together at Thanksgiving.
Thank you too!
Alycia
I’m thankful for God’s provision and protection throughout a lot of loss and trials. He’s been so faithful to our family!
Anne Marie
Happy Birthday – I am thankful for my family – especially the grand kids – they help keep me young.
Anne Marie
I follow you on instagram!
Veronica Vazquez
Happy Belated Birthday, Doreen!
I am now following you on Instagram too!
susan
Today, being Veteran’s Day, I am so appreciative of our Armed Forces who have and continue to protect our great America!
Mary Evans
I am very thankful for the LORDS grace and mercy. I recently moved to be closer to my family. I am very thankful for all their love in action helping me move and setting up my cute little house. I am thankful for this blog for all the great ideas to help me decorate my house. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
Becky
I am thankful for my Savior and that He gave His life that I might live. I am thankful for my loving family that the Lord has blessed me with. I am thankful to be an American and privileged to live in this great country the United States of America.
Nancy Walden
I am always thankful for a loving Savior who is always with me. I’m especially thankful today for my granddaughter’s acceptance to graduate school.
Sue
To God be the glory for the gift of Hus Son our Savior. I’m thankful for the gift of salvation that He’s given to me. Thankful for my calling into the ministry to do full time service for Him.
Stacye Hixson
I am thankful that God, my husband and my 3 boys
Stacye Hixson
I follow you on Instagram.
Rhonda
I am thankful for God’s grace, and a close loving family.
Patricia Cash
I thankful for my husband, who is my high school boyfriend and husband for 54 years.
Rhonda Copeland
I’m thankful for a Faithful God whose word is true and never changing! With the Lord by our side– there is always, always, something to be thankful for!,
Donna Long
I am thankful for God’s grace and mercy and the wonderful family He blessed me with.
Ginny
There’s so much I’m grateful for…salvation by grace through faith, my two beautiful daughters, and two wonderful grandchildren.
Ginny
I follow you on Instagram. I’m stitchstampsewrepeat.
Peggy Forney
I am thankful for Jesus as my Saviour & also for you as a friend. I sent for the Mary & Martha Announcement Board (when you told us it was on sale) and am well pleased with it. Thank you for your beautiful and down to earth posts.
Sharon H
I am thankful for God giving me eternal life, my family and health.
Thank you for the opportunity to win these beautiful plates!
Barbara
I am so greatful to all those who serve to protect the freedom we enjoy in this great country❤️
Sherri
I am grateful that God has always supplied all of my needs. Most of all that he saved this sinner.
Barbara
I am so grateful to all those who serve to protect the freedom we enjoy in this great country❤️
Ann C
Belated happy birthday wishes! I’m grateful for my friends. And my faith, nonot necessarily in that order.
DESTINy
I’m thankful for grandparents who are willing to spend time with their grandson so my husband and I can get away occasionally!
These plates are gorgeous!
And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Destiny
I follow you on Instagram.
Angela Hamby
I am thankful for my faith and family!
Karen F
I am thankful for 6 wonderful, lovely grandchildren and one on the way! God is so good to me!
KAREN
I am grateful for so many things but most recently my health.I had a stroke in 2011 and carotid surgery.Thankfully I have scans and had to have the same surgery again two weeks ago.Doing great and I give all the praise to my Lord and Savior.
Carolyn
I’m so thankful for each of my 8 grand children! The youngest is 3 months old and I will see her for the first time this Thanksging holiday!!!
deborah
I am following you on instagram.
Alice
I am grateful that you had a birthday and are so generous in giving away the gorgeous plates. Bless you!
Kristi
I am so grateful for good health care, that I am able to walk, and that we serve a God who is so gracious to us.
Maria
I am grateful for God’s loving kindness and ever merciful grace.
Maria
I am following you on instagram.
Cheryl Good
I am thankful for my little family and very Grateful that the Lord lead my husband to a job that is allowing all of us to be together as a family again after being apart for 2 years. It was hard on my and my 2 girls but I believe the Lord allowed this to occur so that we could see how much we need and love each other. Our God is truly amazing when we allow Him to lead us instead of trying to do it on our own. May God continue to bless you Doreen and your wonderful blog that supplies some calm amid life’s chaos.
Katherines Corner
Happy belated birthday wishes, mine was on the 1st. Thank you for the giveaway opportunity. I have so many wonderful things to be grateful for, my amazing husband, our 5 grandchildren, our daughter our amazing family, and those we love like family, friends near and far and bloggy friends too. Each new day brings my gratitude. Hugs! P.S. I invite you to stop by and enter my giveaway too.
Katherines Corner
I do follow you on Instagram, my Instagram name is katherinescorner1 🙂
Annette
These are so pretty and in my favorite color!
This year has been exceptionally hard with my mom passing away in January and my dad having multiple strokes not long afterwards; he now requires 24 hour care. During this we had family problems and am so thankful for my cousin who has been there for me. Without her I might have lost my mind.
Annette
I follow you on IG
Ellie Wright
This year I am so very thankful for my 7 week old granddaughter. After nearly 20 years of hoping and praying to have a baby, my son and daughter-in-law are the happiest adoptive parents of the sweetest baby girl.
Ellie Wright
I’m an Instagram follower @eswright18
Sara
I’m grateful for Gods grace and my family.
Moriah
Following on Instagram
Moriah
Thank you for the giveaway and Happy Birthday! I’m thankful that my husband chose me to love. And hasn’t stopped loving me. 💕
Ela Mailm
I am grateful for a God who loves me; my Saviour, Jesus, Who gave His life for me; and God’s Holy Spirit Who lives in me, not because I am worthy but because He is.
Robin
I’m thankful for a warm house on this snowy morning! So glad I found your blog recently.
Heather S
I am grateful for family, health and happiness! Also for great blogs 😉
Liz
My teenaged son. So, so grateful. ❤️
LindaSonia
I follow you on Instagram.
LindaSonia
I am grateful for God’s love.
BWH
I am grateful for God and the gift of eternal life through His son Jesus Christ; for having been raised by Christian parents who made sure that all their children were raised to be responsible, respectful, caring, patriotic citizens; and for the wonderful man I married 40+ years ago, I am blessed beyond measure.
With all the chaos in the world, I am grateful for blogs like yours where I can find ideas on decorating my “nest”, kind words of inspiration & encouragement, and where God and His Grace is always praised.
I am so excited to be in the drawing for the Grateful plates!
Kim Harkey
I am grateful for Christ’s forgiveness!!
Kim Harkey
I follow you on Instagram as @graysattic.
Gloria
I am thankful to God every day for giving life to my husband while he battles cancer.
Bobbi Campbell
I am grateful for the season of fall and Thanksgiving. It reminds me of the Godly values of love for family and friends taught to me by my heavenly parents. PS — My birthday was on Friday.
Gloria
I follow you on Instagram.
Bobbi Campbell
Happy Birthday!! I follow you on Instagram.
Glenda
I am grateful that God has not taken my mother. My mom turned 80 on October 26,2018. I love her with ALL of my heart! I will be 59 in December and I still need her as much as a teen. We lost my middle brother when I was in my early 20’s, we lost my father just shortly after I was diagnosed with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis in 2011 ( the rarest form of MS). Then two years ago we lost my oldest brother. We only have each other now. She is my living example of love, courage and the ability to keep moving forward while trusting that God is by your side. I would love to make her a beautiful dinner with these to gift her afterwards for all she has done and been for me.
Pat
I am grateful for God’s unchanging love and mercy.
Also, we share a birthday if yours was Saturday the 10th. Pat
Margie dautrich
I am grateful for my family. I just love your blog so much and it inspires me to keep a nice home for my family. We are from your area but live in Arizona now. We cannot wait to retire back in our beloved Pennsylvania!
Karen Gatschene
I’m so grateful for my family, my church, my job, my Savior Jesus Christ, for health and the Christmas season coming!!! Oh and it’s warmer out here in Canada today!!! LOL! Also following you on Instagram.
Carol Thompson
I am grateful for so many of God’s blessings, but especially a wonderful husband of 53 years, three children, five grandchildren, and our many friends. I enjoy your blog very much and wish you a very happy birthday.
Kim
Grateful for my wonderful husband who does so much for our family every single day.
Lisa
I am grateful for God’s continual patience with me, for my husband who works so hard, and for my girls.
Sherry
Grateful for another day.
Winifred (Winnie) Michael
Every time your blog pops up in my email, I can hardly wait to read it and see what creative ideas you’re going to share. AND, Happy Birthday week to you!
I was 76 on my BD in October, and I’m grateful for God’s gifts of good health, a wonderful family and being granted this special life all these years. I’ve been able to be a part of my 3 grandchildren’s lives. (10,14, 17) Now I’m hoping to live long enough to see great grandchildren, which is in the realm of possibility.
Special Blessings to you, Doreen, and your loved ones during the Thanksgiving/Christmas Seasons and beyond.
Janice Davis
I am grateful that I woke up this morning. A year ago,my sweet husband didnt. I miss him every day and never take a minute for granted. Lovely plates. And my favorite color too. Thanks for the opportunity to win them. Blessin gs, Janice
Tracie Cooper
I am so thankful for my hubby’s support and love through all of my health challenges! My instagram is traciemcooper05