Hi, and happy May Day!
To kick off this magnificent month, our friend Dee from Red Letter Words is going to give one lucky Lettered Cottage commenter a pre-made, gallery-wrapped canvas of their choice! I’ve always loved the one Nester used in her living room…
#sigh #dreamy #NesterI’llBeRightOverToTakeANapOnYourCouch
The winner of this week’s giveaway can choose any 12×12, 11×14 or 8×20 gallery wrap canvas. Here are some photos of those sizes so you can get any idea of what they look like…
11×14:
12×12:
8×20:
There are lots and lots of colors and designs to choose from, and you can find them all listed by category here: Red Letter Words.
For a chance to win a canvas, just leave me a comment below about one of your favorite things about the month of May. (Email subscribers will need to click over to TheLetteredCottage.net to leave a comment.) The giveaway will run from today (Wednesday, May 1st) ’til Friday (May 3rd) at 10:00pm CST. I’ll randomly select and announce a winner on Monday, May 6th.
Good luck and thanks for visiting today!
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The flowers!!
I LOVE ALL THE RAIN WE GET HERE IN HOUSTON IN MAY. IT MAKES ME WANT TO CURL UP WITH A GOOD BOOK.
I love the Lettered Cottage and look forward to each one. I love May for many reasons but a special one is my May Day greeting I receive each May Day. When my children were growing up we lived in IL and my two sons and a neighborhood friend would find flowers in the neighborhood to give me for May Day. Now, years later (boys are in their 40’s now) the boy’s friend wishes me a Happy May Day on May 1 along with a flower photo. I feel blessed that he still remembers!!!
I love that May is warmer than spring, but not quite as hot as summer! Perfect weather to get out and have some fun!
May is filled with hope and sunshine! Hope in God’s faithfulness and a new season.
Holly Rist
Usually, it’s the end of snow and beautiful warm days and abundant spring flowers! But since we got at least 6 inches of snow today and my flowers are buried, I’ll just say I hope it’s warm beautiful days by the end of this month! 😉
One of my favorite things of May is “my personal Mother’s Day”. My two children were sent from God through the Adoption Agency to be my children exactly three years apart on May 12. So every year I bask in those feelings remembering how I felt to finally be a mother.
My favorite thing about the month of May? My husband’s birthday on May 3rd, of course! We have been together for 48 years, married 43 (we were high school sweethearts!) and every May 3rd I give thanks once again for another year with my forever sweetheart!
May is closer to the kids being out of school for the summer and the weather is warming up!
…my peonies in bloom
I love the budding trees and the blooming flowers.
May is awesome-warm but not hot…not dry but not humid and filled with beautiful colors! Thanks for this giveaway!
My favorite thing about May is that Spring has finally arrived in northern Ohio!
I love the anticipation of summer as May warms up and grass turns green. God’s glory is so evident everywhere as new life emerges.
May- new growth on trees, flowers emerging, my spirit feeling renewed, winter is finally over, sunshine, sounds of outside laughter, school will be over soon!
I love the warmer weather, the new plants and all the possibilities that May bring.
SUNSHINE and FLOWERS!!!
I love watching flowers begin to bloom and the sound of lawn mowers.
May means new life in the form of budding trees (i live in ND), grass turning green, flowers poking through, and garden planting. I love those signs of spring. May is also my son’s birth month, so one more reason to love it!
I love the month of May because it represents the beginning of the spring baseball season. The traditional baseball & hotdogs, apple pie and the sound of children playing in the field. I especially love May because it also stands for Mothers Day. To all those wonderful moms who give up so much for their loving families.
Enjoy
I love May because it means the kids are almost out of school for the summer!
I love May because the earth is waking up and new life is beginning the weather is just about perfect and everything is fresh and new!
I’m not looking forward to all of the yard maintenance.
I love that May usually means our long, cold winter is over. Except that today is May 2nd and we have snow in the forecast. But we can dream!
Thank you for this giveaway — such gorgeous canvases!
Well, I believe the best thing about the month of May has to be Mother’s Day!
My favorite thing about May? Our precious third child (and second daughter) was born on 5/5/05! She is quite the hilarious ray of sunshine! And her birthdate is super cool and easy to remember!
I love the bluebonnets (state wildflower of Texas) that pop up along all of the highways!
May means schools out! YAY!
One of my very favorite things about the month of May is that it’s the month my Mommy was born! She will celebrate her 63rd birthday this year.
Flowers coming out! Mothers day! May is so pretty!
May is a reminder that life goes on even after the winter and rainy spring, that summer and sunshine are just around the corner, that many have sacrificed their lives for the freedom we all enjoy, and that Mothers make the world go round!
The air in May is so soft and gentle, This is my favorite thing about May. After the biting cold, before the blazing heat, we have this gentleness to enjoy.
I Love May!!! Spring time is the best here in Southern Ca. Love the new baby ducks, Love the sweet sounds of the birds singing away, and the new buds popping up from the ground. Love May!!!!
My birthday!!
My favorite part of May is that it is my daughters birthday month. I always think back to that first time I held her and the overwhelming feeling of LOVE. May is also Memorial Day – my kids and I always go to the Adirondacks to kayak and hike. There is no cell phone service up there, so I get them all to myself for a few glorious days! AND the Adirondacks are so peaceful and quiet and healing! We didn’t get to go last yaer, because I was diagnosed with lung cancer and had to have surgery, chemo, radiation, etc THIS year will be so amazing!
I’m loving all the gorgeous blossoms on our trees and the “coming alive” of garden season! Thanks!
I love May for we get to plant our garden and get ready for a fun spring and summer.
Warm days, cool nights…
i love may b/c it’s my oldest son’s birthday!
We live in CO so May can be a crazy month. We can have a snowstorm at the beginning (like yesterday!) and we’ll have green grass and flowers by the end. It’s a month I look forward to like no other as it means summer is almost here and things will be new and fresh again!! After long brown winters I need this reminder, so maybe that’s it:) May us reminder month…a reminder of what’s coming. Blessings!
I am loving May! Taking the boys outside without the snowsuit -mitts-boots-touque routine is bliss.
My awesome son and amazing husband were both born in May. xoxo
I love to plant the garden and freshen the flowers in the yard this month.
May flowers, budding trees, fresh cut grass and longer daylight hours.
Nice weather. But this year my husband is finishing his last first year at in grad school. Two more years till graduation!
I love May— my first sons birthday is in that month!!! 🙂
My daughter, whom I adopted, has a birthday in May. So May is about new beginnings to me; my life, my family, and in nature too!
My favorite part of May is celebrating my husband’s and my dad’s birthdays. My husband will be 40 this year so we are having a big celebration.
Everything is blooming in the South where I live in May and it is the last month to enjoy eating dinner every night on the porch outside without the sweltering heat of the summer.
Definitely the flowers!