Last weeks winner for the Susan Branch Book is Kim. She has a lovely blog called Home Is Where the Heart Is. Thank you all for entering.
Matthew Mead Giveaway!
We’re not actually giving away Matthew, although he would be a fabulous prize! But we are giving away a bundle of his publications!
The lucky winner will receive:
HOLIDAY with Matthew Mead
I actually have a project highlighted in this beautiful publication. I about fell over when he asked me to submit.
SUMMER with Matthew Mead
Believe it or not, I’m in this one too. Only a quote, but I’m in it and that’s good enough for me.
Entertaining Simple (his new book)
So there you have it. One winner will receive this amazing bundle of Matthew Mead goodness. Add a couple of our own publications and you’ve got yourself the best pile of summertime reading of all time.
We are thrilled to have Matthew Mead be a part of THE CREATIVE CONNECTION. Matthew will be teaching 2 classes for us in our TCC Handmade options!
Decoupage Plate and Halloween Paper Wreath. 
I hope I’m able to make it to those classes.
More about Matthew-
“Matthew Mead is a stylist, writer, author, photographer, lifestyle editor, and noted style expert. The former style editor of Country Home magazine and co-editor in chief of Flea Market Style magazine (2010), Matthew is the official food photographer for the Associated Press and is a regular contributor to Better Homes and Gardens and Victoria magazine. Matthew has also written several books and produced countless magazine spreads and ad campaigns for noted companies such as Pottery Barn, Dove Chocolate, Target, and Stonewall Kitchen.
Matthew is known for styling beautiful spaces using vintage treasures, nature’s offerings and what is at hand; guiding others to entertain with ease in a stylish way; and inspiring home-owners to create beautiful food and living spaces which they can proudly share with family and friends. To view Matthew’s portfolio, visit him at his website, Matthew Mead Style.com”
Enter by leaving us a comment! We’d LOVE to hear about any summer entertaining you’re doing or plan to.
Deadline is June 28th 5pm. Winner will be announced June 29th.
Written by Kim Demmon ~ Today’s Creative Blog
I’m trying to do a lot of impromptu entertaining this summer–not thinking too much about perfection but more about hospitality and friendship. Most friends care more about the connection than the details. I’m trying to learn that lesson myself.
Will help with my sister’s 4th of July celebration!
Thanks!
kmassmanATgmailDOTcom
Matthew Mead is an amazing talent. What a great giveaway package!
http://www.1wingheART.com
I would love the chance to win! This summer we’ll be hosting a party for our daughter’s 5th birthday as well as a back to school pool party for my children and their friends.
I think that Michael is the most creative guy and he makes things that you just want to treasure always! I am creating a balcony garden this summer using Vintage flower pots and older large plant saucers with succulents. Also enjoying summer in the park concerts.
I’m planning on doing lots of outdoor dining, crossing my fingers that the weather is beautiful.
Love the table setting in the picture!
What a fabulous give-a-way!! I love Matthew Mead!! He is so talented and creative and I would love to win these publications.
Hugs XX
Barbara
We plan to be entertaining our new baby due to arrive any day now. We’ll be celebrating with a dinner and of course birthday cake with Grandpa & Grammy. Yea!
Oh what a great giveaway! My sister is getting married this Summer and I am having a craft party at the end of July!
What a wonderful giveaway. Items for all season. Help when needed. Hope I win…
another great giveaway! congratulations to kim for winning the susan branch one, now i need to win this one! i need some new summer reading! this summer will be lots of artwork and staying in. i live in boulder city, nevada and let me tell you, it is HOT here in the summer. there will still be bbq’s and parties on the patio, though. thank you! carlanda
Hopefully my festive feista! If not that, my birthday is always a good occasion! I’m just going to mention my love for Matthew Mead – oh so talented!
Amanda
http://frillsandfrolic.blogspot.com
I love to entertain, but, I do a lot of catering too! Weddings this summer, 4th of July, Something in August!! Lots of stuff, need good ideas!
I’m hosting a baby shower for my cousin who is having TRIPLETS! Should be so much fun. I would love this prize to give me some entertaining inspiration.
Wow, great give away, I’d be thrilled to win, thanks!
My newly -graduated-from-college son just took a job 700 miles away. I think I am going to have a going-away party for him, and once he leaves, a cheer up the mom he’s leaving behind party for me! Any ideas from Matthew would be most welcome. Pick me!
This summer I am helping organize a week-long family reunion for 100. It’s a whole lot of logistics and a whole lot of fun.
These books look amazing! Thanks for the chance.
What fun books and ideas as I continue to hae events at work and with painting group – such fun topics
Love Matthews books, soooo inspiring! Having neighbors over in July to help celebrate my husbands 70th birthday! Matthew’s book would be awesome to have on hand for some great party ideas!
I plan on having lots of friends over for backyard pool parties!
Love all the fun ideas, I am working on a patriotic displays!
We live on a lake so we are having our annual Fourth of July picnic on the deck and will be watching the water ski and boat parade!
Love Matthew Mead’s books and would love to win!
Here in Texas it gets pretty hot in the summer but we still love to entertain outside………keeping my fingers crossed………
I am the Queen of a local Red Hat chapter and we are always looking for ideas for our gatherings. We love to party and entertain–I’m sure there are tons of ideas we could use!!
Fabulous! I love Matthews style and his publications. We entertain by grilling and sitting around the fire after dinner. Free summer concerts in the park with a picnic are fun too!
We are moving into our new house next week, we are planning a 4th of July /moving party. (the slash part may be a surprise lol), so I would love to win this prize, I need all the help I can get
My brother & sister-inlaw will be here from South Carolina this weekend and I am having a family party on Sunday…..We will be so happy to see them……….Thanks for the chance to win……..
Would love to WIN this giveaway. I love Matthew Mead!
We have family over for dinner regularly. It would be great to have some new ideas to spice up our entertaining.
I would be evermore grateful to own a bundle
Of Matthew Mead- even if he doesn’t come with these
Fab publications – I’ll take a bundle of Matthew any way
I can get It! :-)
I would love to win Mathew Mead’s books. ALready have done more entertaining this summer than usual, had a graduation party for my daughter and a first birthday party for our little son. More to come! Thank you.
Three of my female cousins are coming up for the Fourth of July festivities. Hopefully we will have lots of fun!
I love Matthew! He’s inspiring in his simplicity and his approach to decorating and entertaining which I appreciate. Most of the entertaining we’ll be doing this summer will be very informally as a family in our own backyard….my favorite kind of entertaining.
I had a birthday party for my daughter who loves art/crafts/projects. I had a couple of crafty projects for the girls to do and they each decorated their own mini birthday cakes. They all had so much fun, and I loved seeing them express their creativity in their own unique ways!
Love Matthew Mead! So many projects, so little time…..
Wow-these books are beautiful and would be such an inspiration. I’m hoping to do some big July 4th entertaining complete with BBQ, grilled corn, sweet biscuits to be served with fresh whipped cream and raspberries, strawberries and blueberries for dessert! It would be amazing to see Matthew’s ideas!
Just recieved the summer book very very nice looking forward to meeting in Sep.
such a neat giveaway……….will be hosting a summer bridal shower & a July 4th celebration
I’m glad to be introduced to Matthew Mead and his work. I had not heard of him before. Thanks for the opportunity.
no entertaining being planned — redoing my landscaping so making my house a little messy. What a wonderful giveaway!
I do love Matthew Mead’s simple, wonderful style and hope to pieces to win!
-Amy B
Like the first comment I too am planning my 6 year old’s birthday party. He’s decided to go with, GODZILLA! I don’t know, I think I could have some fun with a mutant lizard theme.
Gosh we entertain all the time. Backyard bar-b-que, swimming, water balloon wars, flashlight tag, horseshoe tournaments, croquet battles, soft ball match offs, volleyball war, and so much more as well as so much fun. Thanks for the op to win these goodies. :))))
Love Matthew’s cre8tivity and ideas!! I am planning a large family gathering for mid August, about 50 people in the back yard/homestead garden….where nature cre8tes with a a little inspiration from me. My theme is nature.
More imporant….I want to infuse this beauty into my everyday daily living, whether it’s setting a simple table for my family, it at a community picnic or transforming a busisness email into a work of art by adding a little bling*! Raise the bar on everything you do by adding a touch natural beauty !! Good luck to everyone!!
what a lovely giveaway! thanks for the opportunity. we are planning on doing something for our parents 60th wedding anniversary. probably just family and very close friends. we had a bigger function for their 50th and feel that this needs to be more intimate. they both have some dementia and we think this will be easier on them. any suggestions?
I love Matthew Mead and have always been a big fan of his. I don’t enter a lot of giveaways and this would be great to win! I am throwing a very un-birthday Mad Hatter tea party for my 8 year old next week. I am really excited!
We own a small, family run restaurant/bakery/gift shoppe in PA…entertaining is part of our job description every day!!! I have been a fan of Matthew Mead for years…what a great giveaway!!!
I love Matthew Mead’s style & creativity…refreshing simplicity.
Currently drooling at the paper wreath. ..there is something about papercrafts from when I was a kid with a pair of scissors, paper, tape and glue. And no worries about creating a project with a purpose or anyone else’s opinion. Hmmm.
We always have holiday parties and one of my children’s birthdays is in Aug. We try to do a fun theme with them each year.
this year my summer entertaining seems to be on the road! family gatherings along the west coast celebrating engagements and birthdays! very difficult to take all my goodies with me so I collect new supplies along the way – what a great summer!!
I plan to take my grandsons to one of the parks for the day and have a family picnic while we are there.
A 4th of july party/weekend is what we’re doing. We want to keep it simple yet patriotic.
Hi, thanks for offering the fantastic giveaway! I’m entertaining two teenagers daily, and girls am I busy!!!
Would love to have an end of the summer party..need some fun ideas.
We are planning to do our annual Summer Barbeque Bash this year. It’s a great excuse to just get all of our family and friends together and a chance to use great fresh produce from the garden and have some fun decorating. Thanks for offering this chance!
Decoupage that is personalized – love it! About entertaining – “no one will notice your clean house when you invite them over, but they will notice the bad mood you’re in when you open the door (from cleaning all day!)”
We recently entertained guests from New York – and introduced them to some delicious southern food/recipes from North Carolina.
What a great giveaway. Thank you for offering it.
I would love these! We just moved across the country so a fun little dinner party would be a great way to meet the neighbors.
I’ve never won a giveaway, and this is THE one that I’d love to win! Matthew Mead is so talented!
Oh, I so want to be brave enough to begin my own blog — perhaps very son. Now, in the meantime, I wish I would win the give-away!
More Mead 4 me! Please!
Can never have enough ideas for classy, simple entertaining! Would LOVE to have them!
LOVE your giveaway!!! Summer is to hot in AZ . We did a couple of parties last week on my sisters house in Claremont, ca. Family reunion are the best…no rules apply and everybody helps.
best regards,
Wanda
The everyday around here is always open for the opportunity to entertain. Summer is one of my most favorite times with impromptu picnics and parties. I love how our home fills to the brim with the laughter of children and good conversation. The laziest day at the pool with my three children has been known to quite quickly turn into an afternoon of 10 children racing about the home and four adults enjoying delectable treats and the joys of life. As far as scheduled entertaining, I have a few grown up parties up my sleeve.
LOVE YOUR GIVEAWAY!!! AZ is to hot in the summer for entertaining but when fall comes more opportunities appear.
best regards,
Wanda
I love Matthew’s work and I’m looking forward to meeting him at TCC!
Every month of the summer 6 of my closest friends and I get together for ” Crafternoon Tea Parties”. We each contribute a fingerfood item and one of us teaches the others a new craft. It’s a blast!
What a fabulous giveaway!! I’d be tickled pink to win this!!
How could I not know about Matthew Mead!?!?!? I do events for a living – clearly need to pull my head out of the Washington rain! I turn 50 next week and this would MAKE MY DAY!!! I will spread the word as well! Either way, I am a winner since I know NOW!!!!
OOOh those look soo neat! I would love to get these. :) Great giveaway!!
Ally
http://www.allyrosedesigns.blogspot.com
I don’t have any events planned this summer…. we’ve been busy with family visits, summer activities and planning our 3 week camping vacation in the mountains…. so maybe I will have to just do up a few camping tables in pretty camp gear.
Lovely giveaway.
Cheers~Ivy
Would love to win Matthew! (or his publications…)
I would be over the moon HAPPY to win these wonderful gifts from Matthew Mead. I’d even blog about it and post links to his site and to WWC :) :) :)
My plans this summer are to turn my home(apartment) into a real, true haven. I want it to be a place where people feel good when they come over…and when they leave, they are happier then when they arrived…and feel encouraged etc. I love the idea of hospitality :) :)
Love and hugs from Oregon, Heather :)
Matthew ALWAYS has the best decorating ideas! I am always amazed at his creativity!!! What an inspiration it would be to win this collection!!!
The Summer Cool looks appealing since we have long Summers in Southern California. However , Entertaining Simple would be just the book I could use. Great giveaway!
I don’t have any plans for entertaining myself but I will be helping my mom out with their annual 4th of July celebration they have. We have been doing something for the fourth since I have been a kid and I missed it for 7 years when I moved away. I am so glad I live close again so I can participate with my family and friends.
What a GREAT giveaway! I’d sooo love to win this fabulous bundle of summer reading goodness! Love Matthew Mead!
Summer entertaining just happened at our house….and “delayed” Father’s Day BBQ, and “mini-family reunion”. Good old fashioned hot dogs and hamburgers, and just being with family! It was the best!
My daughter’s birthday party -d that will be all dora, but I need a little touch here and there to appeal to the parents who will be there with their littles. Looks like there are no shortage of ideas with MM around!
Just hosted a girl’s night out, wine and dessert party! Also planning a couple of BBQ”S!
what a great collection of books! i am planning a summer tea.
I just completed a year of entertaining since my son was married two months ago. I find entertaining in like a muscle…you can build it by using it. I am more comfortable entertaining now and plan to do more of it. I am hosting a bridal shower at the end of July for a close friend’s daughter. Fun!
Thanks for the chance.
Well i just had major surgery a few weeks back so my summer entertaining is limited BUT we are having a big family deal at our house for the 4th. What i am most excited about is that i get to use this great harvest table that i bought for a song at an auction and can’t wait to display our rustic and festive wares on it!
It would totally make my day if I were to win…cancel that, it would make my entire month!! Not to beg, but pllllleeeeaaaassseeee pick me :)
My summer always starts with a bang, both my boys’ birthdays are a week apart and we celebrate in early June before everyone flees on vacation! About mid July is our Annual Ice Cream Social, and we close the summer and welcome back school with our Back To School Bash.
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