A Giveaway

Boring blog banner got ya down? Do you feel uninspired to write new blog posts because your blog has that 'ol humdrum look? Want to start a new business but not sure where to begin? Do you have a business but you can't seem to land on the perfect logo? Would you describe the look of your blog as unexciting, uninteresting, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, garden variety, plain-vanilla, ho-hum?

CHEER UP!!!

After a nice, long summer sabbatical Lark Créatif is back in business with a brand new look, new (more affordable) pricing, and a new fall schedule. 

And in honor of all the "newness" I am hosting another BLOG BANNER GIVEAWAY!!! The winner of this giveaway will have a custom blog banner designed just for their blog....FOR FREE!

To enter all you have to do is leave a comment telling me your biggest/best blessing of the summer. For example you could talk about your husband getting a new job, having a baby, going on a trip, making a new friend....the possibilities are endless!

To increase your chances of winning you can announce this giveaway on Facebook, Twitter, your own blog or shout it from the rooftops and let me know about it in another comment. 

Comments

[Adrianna from A Cozy Kitchen]

I've been so grateful for the moderate heat in LA. I know it might sound silly but heat really bothers me and the weather this summer has been absolutely beautiful!

[summer]

my biggest blessing of this summer was found in proverbs. i committed to reading it every single day, and it did not disappoint. so many lessons learned. so many new things no matter how many times i've read the same verses. God's Word is truly amazing! thanks for offering this lovely giveaway, Coco!

[Melissa]

Baby Beck, of course!

Yay for a new giveaway!

[Missy E]

I think the biggest blessing this summer was that my husband and I were able to buy our first home. We've moved around a whole lot since we got married last year and it's so wonderful being able to come home to an actual home that I know we'll be living in for more than the usual 3 months :)

[Zom G.]

Enjoying summer at a 2 year old's pace. Hello parks, sprinklers, peaches, tomatoes straight off the vine, bubbles, and tricycles. Too wonderful. It really was a beautiful summer.

[Stephanie]

Our biggest blessing this summer was moving into our new house. We poured time and work into it, making it our home and a warm place to spend our days together.

[Shannon]

We were finally able to get the extra help in our home for our son with autism. Having staff to help meet his needs has reduced the stress in the family tremendously and we are all feeling refreshed and balanced....and blessed.

[Lillian]

My biggest blessing(s) - 1. Taking my kids to the beach for the first time. 2. Figuring out work/scheduling that's allowing me to be home with my children during the day and work in the evenings/weekends.

[Rachel]

On July 1st my husband and I returned from a year of doing missions in China. Our biggest blessing this summer has been the graciousness of my sweet parents. We lived with them for nearly seven weeks while we've been trying to get settled again in Birmingham and look for work and a new home. They've also provided us with lots of free meals! Really can't imagine moving back to America and getting our feet on the ground again without their help!

[Rebecca]

My biggest blessing was getting engaged to the man of my dreams! We've been having too much fun planning the wedding, so I've been neglecting my blog. Would love to have a reason to get excited about it again!!

[Melissa]

Our biggest blessing of the summer was my family buying a cabin in Niobrara, NE and spending loads of wonderful summer days there creating memories together.

[sally]

A wonderful vacation in China with my husband!

[Miriam/The Winter Guest]

This summer we went to the Netherlands and stopped by some good old friends'... it was wonderful to spend quality time with them, only it felt too short a time!

[Lindsay]

Having all my kids home for the summer and all the fun we had!!!!

[Gobbie]

The joys, blessings, and love of serving. I volunteered at Camp Barnabas (camp for special needs children) for a week this summer. I chose to cook along with the staff. 3 meals a day for over 500 people each meal. Wow-labor intensive but so loving and encouraging one another as each days meal settled on the plate it was time to start the next. Seeing the campers, volunteers and staff enjoy the food and hearing the cheers for the cooks... Yes, God truly fills you with joy when you serve the "least of His". (campbarnabas.org)
I have a huge new respect for anyone who cooks for their career along with undaunting amazement for the parents of special needs children. This experience was uncontested in the "greatest summer memory"!

[Abby Maddox]

My biggest blessing of the summer was on our trip out here to Seattle. The adventure in itself was a beautiful once-in-a-lifetime experience, but there was a moment, in a little town outside Bozeman, when I looked at my husband and I knew that I would, not just follow, but be happy anywhere in the world he decided to lead our family. I had always hoped in my heart it was true, but I got to see, as my faith had to grow legs and walk, that it was truth.

I enjoyed yesterday so much! Thank you.

[Katie B.]

My biggest blessing of the summer was seeing a lifelong passion and calling realized - my husband and I now live in Southeast Asia! We are THRILLED for this chapter of our life to begin - we have waited and prayed much for these moments!

[Lizzy]

After years of trying to pursue my passion of starting a high end luxury business and failing, I scaled back to basics. I started a newsletter site, Citizette.com, that is written in my voice but reaches out to young women to encourage them to be their best self. It cost me next to nothing and I get the greatest joy from working on it each and every day. The most rewarding part is that so many people, men and women have reached out to me to tell me what the site means to them and my readership grows daily. This summer in particular, I've grown in leaps and bounds. I Couldn't be more blessed! The only thing that would complement the success of my site would be winning this giveaway!

[Rachel]

Just tweeted about your giveaway! rwknowlton: Coco @ roostblog.com is doing a Free Blog Banner Giveaway!! Enter to win! http://www.roostblog.com/roost/a-giveaway-1.html

[angie]

i had the most home just being home with my kiddos..we played all summer!!

[Alyson]

Getting to quit my bank job and work from home as a photographer full time!

[heather]

getting a new kitty -- even if she's only the neighbor's cat who spends her time lounging on our patio.

cheers,

*heather*

[Sissy Austin]

Best blessing of the summer (and my life thus far) was the birth of my daughter, Kate. She is pure joy and I live to nurture her. I would relive this summer 1000 times if I could...

[Ashley]

I am thankful for another little baby blessing on the way :) And I am also thankful for my other two sweet kiddos...AND their daddy :) Just plain old thankful all around!

[Delishhh]

My biggest blessing of the summer is that we finally found a house on our favorite street and got it. We moved and i am so excited to start our life in this house.

[susan w]

wow: 2010 has been a doozy! the biggest blessing (in disguise) was getting laid off from my interior design job earlier this year. immediately upon this happening, i became a yoga teacher and also a health coach. as soon as i got certified in both, my boyfriend (another HUGE blessing!), our new dog (huge HUGE blessing) and I got in our little subaru, moved out of new york, and drove across the country and landed in san francisco, ca where we now live... blessings upon blessings, coco.. and now, here i am, blessed to leave you a comment on a most outrageously beautiful and inspiring blog, one that i aspire mine to live up to... sigh.. now if only i can get a redo of my blog's look, or part of it. i'd be the happiest duckling ever. this sounds crazy but i love you! thanks for offering such a generous and game-changing deal... if i can be so lucky...
xoxoxxxS

[susan w]

@_pranawellness_ via twitter:
"best giveaway ever: blog banner designed by COCO from Roost blog & Lark Creatif! http://www.roostblog.com/roost/a-giveaway-1.html"

[Tiffany]

I had a few blessings this summer...we moved into a new house, I fulfilled a dream to visit CA, and I started a blog!
To have my simple little blog designed by you would be the icing on the cake! Crossing my fingers & toes! xoxo

[susan]

I am just so darn wrapped up in blessings ... I don't think I could pick just one.
But I guess if I "had" to pick just one it would be that my best gal pal, my partner in crime,
my game-for-anything, always smiling dog Miss Winnie Dixon, a black rescued terrier mix (in her
12th summer of life) is healthy, happy and goin' strong. I love her more than words can say. Susan

[Alexa @ Sohdalex]

My biggest blessing this past summer was landing an internship in my major about 4 hours from home. It was such a good learning experience for me to get out for a few months before graduation and see what working in my majored field would be like. I gained a lot of experience and met so many great people along the way ;)

[Shaheen {The Purple Foodie}]

YAY another blog banner design giveaway! :)

This summer brought a lot of things that I never expected would come to me this soon. What started out as friends encouraging me sell my bakes to a few turned out to be so well received by the people and the local press. It's been fun! Plus I became independent - the thrill of working for myself is like nothing else.Fingers crossed for what the future hold, and for the giveaway!

Btw, I'm thoroughly enjoying my new camera! Had a question: what settings do you normally use for the greyish tint in your photos. Or do you post-process them?

[*holly.]

hi coco...a sweet blessing i experienced this summer was seeing the heartbeat of my soon-to-be little niece... i went with my sister-in-law to her appointment when she found out it was a girl... wow... what a blessing it is to experience this (i have no kiddos yet so it's the closest i've been to seeing life in its earliest form). all the more blessings will shower upon us once she is born come november!

*ps...shared your blog post on 'oneness' on my facebook profile. i will be celebrating two years in nearly two weeks, and it was so beautiful and encouraging to read that so i had to share with others... thank you! i love your blog and all you share. xoxo.

[lissa]

My biggest blessing this summer was a special trip to Disneyland with my husband and my girls.

[Teresa Savage]

I've been spending most of my summer weekends helping my elderly grandparents get organized and get some rental property fixed up and rented. I've been blessed to hear old stories talk about antique treasures and pictures. I love my grandparents! They are a gift!

[Jayme]

OHHH! This is exactly what I need! I was just thinking the other day how my blog header feels so...well, I feel I've outgrown it and I'm not quite knowledgeable enough to make one the way I want it.

My biggest blessing this summer has to be our evening family bike rides. Nearly every night we head out and usually catch the sunset. We discovered new places and had a lot of fun as a family. Such good, (free!) wholesome family fun :)

[Steph]

The best blessing of the summer is sharing the best of summer with my family

[Coco]

OH ladies!!! All of these wonderful summer blessings are warming my heart! Thank you so much for sharing...keep'em comin!

[Jessie]

My best friend (who has been unable to have children) was chosen to adopt a beautiful baby boy. Now she's a mother! That was by far the best moment of my summer.

[Nicole]

Ah, the biggest blessing of this summer was my brother's wedding. So full of love! Wonderful giveaway :)

[Nicole]

I also tweeted the great giveaway!

[Liz]

We took a family vacation to Italy with all 3 children...a glorious time!

[Liz]

I tweeted your give away!

[Liz]

I also shared on facebook!

[Jennifer]

Celebrating 9 years of wedded bliss!

[Stacy Marie]

My dear sister and brother-in-law returned from a year of mission work in Uganda, a wonderful fellow unexpectedly stepped into my life and I settled more comfortably into a community of lovely people in my city. Blessed.

[Lucy]

My biggest blessing this summer was every moment of the three month long road trip I went on across the US. I met the most wonderful people, saw beautiful national parks and did such exciting things!

[Nancy]

I feel blessed every day! This summer: time spent with my husband, college-age son, family and friends. Especially friends from afar whom I rarely get to see.

[Nancy]

I just shared your giveaway on Twitter.

[Amber]

My biggest blessing of the summer has been to make a bunch of new friends where before I had none in the area where I live (we live far away from where I was born).

[Aubrey]

Well, this may not sound very much like a blessing, but many times they do come in disguise. This has been the year of hard lessons for our family. We made the decision to leave behind our home which we built and only lived in for 3 years, to put an end to our financial stress and simplify. We moved into a tiny 1600 sq. ft. home with our three little birds and sold everything we could to pay off debt and downsize our life. It has been the biggest blessing I have ever received (other than my family) to realize what is really important and what really matters to us in this life. Really, we are happiest when we are just together. We have learned that if we can't pay cash for it, we don't buy it. It has been very hard, especially adding a new fussy babe to the mix of things. But we did it!!!! and I am so thankful to God... we are truly blessed!