Winner Winner

Hey you guys! I'm out of town so I'm not doing a post, but I wanted to announce the winner of the Unlock Hope giveaway. Congratulations Hailey Ham! Thank you for entering!  Hope you all have a safe and fantastic Easter Holiday. Lots of love!

Unlock Hope

Hey guys, I'm sorry it's been a week since I have last posted anything!  It has been crazy busy.  April is like a second Christmas at our house.  Triston, Lilah, and I all have birthdays in April.  We are also moving in a few weeks.  (Fingers crossed that this buyer works out), and I have a lot of different projects I've been working on in my personal life.  So I apologize for being absent.

Let's move on to today's post.  I'm featuring Unlock Hope on the blog today!  They are a phenomenal company that helps girls in Uganda have a better life.  They are also sponsoring a giveaway!!!  Let me explain a little about Unlock Hope before I talk about the giveaway.

 Uganda can be a hard place to live.  If you are a female who doesn't have an education, you can expect to marry young, have a large family making it hard to make ends meet, and you would have to do many hard and laboring jobs which pay very small amounts.  Unlock Hope provides many opportunities for females.  They've teamed up with Think Humanity which is an organization that runs a hostel in Hoima, Uganda.  This hostel provides health care, food, safety, and helps with education for many refugee girls which sadly most of them are orphaned.

When you purchase a product from Unlock Hope, you are helping cover a multitude of expenses that these girls are unable to provide.  Things like transportation, uniforms, health care, toiletries, books, and many other expenses.

The key shaped necklace is a great way to connect to a child in Uganda.  Most of the children in Uganda have a lock box of belongings that they keep locked up.  The key that unlocks everything they own is tied on a string around their necks. Thus the reason for the key shaped necklace.  Unlock Hope also has inventories of shirts, and one of their shirt designs is based off of one of the children's uniform patch.  The patch on the uniform is a design of crest which shows the school they attend.

I think this is a great company that really focuses not only on education for girls, but they help give them hope by offering so many things we take for granted everyday: Friends, safety, shelter, food, water, and the list continues.  Please check out their website and take a look at their clothing inventory and necklaces.

*Giveaway Rules*

National Giveaway only

Please follow Unlock Hope on Instagram or Facebook

Please subscribe/follow my blog or follow me on Instagram

Come back to this post and leave a comment telling me you did all the above.  I've heard from some people that sometimes they aren't able to leave a comment.  If that happens please inform me on Instagram under the post talking about Unlock Hope that you were unable to leave a comment on my blog and leave the comment there instead.

For an extra entry tag at least two friends on instagram.

The giveaway will close on Thursday April 17 11pm MST.  Winner will be announced on Friday's post!

Good Luck to you all and please spread the word about this giveaway.  

Lots of Love
                   Jaimey

A trail of glitter

First things first:  Congratulations to Hailey Ham!  You are the lucky

owner of the beautiful Stag pendent necklace from Red Earth Trading Co.

THANK YOU to everyone who entered.  If you didn't win you'll have a chance

to win something in a few weeks! 

Have you ever met a person who is just so amazing?  They just have this "wow factor" and you can't help but be drawn to them?  They just have this glow to them which makes you want to become their best friend?  I try to be that type of person every day.  That is A LOT of pressure to put on myself I know.  Don't get me wrong, some days I'm worse than the meanest, most evil person you can think of... I am only human so that is expected to happen.  And on those days where I constantly yell at my kids, dog, and hubs, and slam doors, and act younger than my children I think to myself, "Would I seriously want to be my friend at this moment?"  Uh Nooo!  I feel awful when I'm in those moods, and depressed, and I've found that the people around me feel my energy and it brings them down as well.  So I try my hardest to get out of those moods fast.  Here's what I do to lift my mood and be that glittery, glowing girl again.

1. Recognize the mood I'm in
2. Think about why I'm in that mood... Can I change the situation?  Or is it out of my control?  
3. Think of all the things I have been blessed with
4. Go outside for some fresh air and now that it's warming up, walk barefoot in the grass.
5. Put a sincere smile on my face... I'm always surprised that this makes me feel better
6. YOGA- not P90X yoga, but a calm restorative yoga
7. Giving and exchanging hugs with my Hubs and my kids
8. Dancing crazy with my kids
9. Jumping up and down for joy.  Please do this one.  I always look so silly doing this which then makes me laugh and helps change my mood.
10. Taking time for myself, whether it's going for a drive, window shopping, reading a book, a nice warm bubble bath, or putting a movie on for the kids and locking myself in my closet.  (Come on moms, we've all done this at some point) 
11. I find that I am such a happier person when I am doing acts of service for others
12. Positive thinking, and finding that silver lining in awful situations

"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words.  Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior.  Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits.  Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.  Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny." 

                                               -- Mahatma Ghandi

In order to be that glittery, happy girl you've got to shine from the inside out.  Like I said some days are much easier than others, but if you make a conscience effort to leave that glittery trail everywhere you go then you'll succeed.  I hope you find my mood lifters inspirational and you try some of them.  What are some ways you guys get out of your nasty moods?  What do you do to leave your trail of glitter?

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!  Lots of hugs and loves Xoxoxo

                                                                                                           Jaimey
(Glitter quote from pinterest & Ghandi quote googled)