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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My favorite thing about this May specifically is that our baby will be born in just a few days! For a couple that dealt with 4+ years of infertility and had one miracle baby only 18 months ago, this is icing on the cake! His life verse will be Habakkuk 1:5 because it’s so incredible we wouldn’t have believed it, even if someone had told me two years ago.
May is a good month for me because it is when my miracle baby was born. I was 43 and tried for 10 years to get pregnant, IVF and all, and on May 26th he was born healthy. That’s miraculous!
I love the bright flame-red burst of blooms when our 40-foot Royal Poinciana tree dresses up in its gorgeous blossoms each May!
Hmmm… with 5 kids, May can be exhausting and crazy, but I think it’s also a month of celebrations and milestones. It’s always May when i get a true sense of the passage of time…
Thanks for hosting, Layla… I’m a HUGE fan of Red Letter Words!
xo Heidi
school is almost out!!
I love May because it’s my birthday month. I was born May 14, 1948. My name is Sharon. The flower for May is the Lily of the Valley. In the bible it talks about “The Rose of Sharon, the Lily of the Valley”. Also, on May 14, 1948 Israel declared Independence.
I feel so blessed.
May Day…leaving flowers on a neighbors door 🙂
May marks the beginning of 2 1/2 glorious months with my teenagers. The older they get, the more treasured the summers become.
I love May because it signifies God’s promise of making all things new. New flowers, grass, freshly painted house, kids playing outside, etc. I love it.
All the sheep on the property down the road have babies each spring and they are SO CUTE!!
Two of my three favorite offspring were born in May. Also May weather is near perfect in my neck of the woods!
This year, my favorite thing about May is that I will be moving into my first home! What a perfect prize to win 😉
Sunshine, Flowers & New Beginnings!
May…the end of school and beginning of a fun summer break!
we would always leave anonymous may day flowers on friends and families door steps! from ‘the may day munchkins’. one of my favorite traditions as a kid 🙂
The month of May reminds me of my sweet and funny Gramma. May 1st was her birthday.
I became a mom (the first time!) in May. This month always brings back those tender feelings and how much of a miracle it is to have a precious little one.
I love May. It is the end of all the cold dreary months and the beginning of new life and much warmer weather! :0)
May is late spring here in Florida and the new blooms have blossomed and really come alive. I love that we usually get afternoon showers as well.
I love spring and May to me means flower blooming. May in southern Nevada (where I live) means temperatures are starting to creep up to triple digits but then there are the days where it’s in the 80s with a cool breeze. Like today! Loving this weather. 🙂
May is the month my baby girl was born! Turns one this May!
I love May because the snow has usually melted here in South Dakota (except today we got 3 inches!) and that means we can start planting our flowers and gardens!
I would love to say that my favorite thing about May is the warm spring weather but this year I will have to say it is the unexpected weather. Yesterday was 100 degrees, today is 50 with high winds and tomorrow the forecast is snow. That is May in the Texas panhandle.
Birthdays & celebrations! This month has the most birthdays of my immediate and extended family, including my own. It is always such a joy to celebrate with others and the sweet memories of years gone by and loved ones who are no longer here. Giving birth to my first, sweet son; watching the greatest spectical in racing and then celebrating my own birthday!
May is a favorite for me because it contains Mother’s Day, my wedding anniversary and the Gotcha Day for the oldest of our two daughters adopted from China!
This May we’re trying to rescue our lawn. Our plantings are fine. The lawn? Not so much. It seems to have yellow polka dots. Thank you, dogs, but we’d prefer basic green. P.S. We love you anyway.
May brings the promise of summer. <3
I love Red Letter Words!! May is full of beautiful flowers and fun occasions!!
I love the first appearance of flowers in the yard and the arrival of baby squirrels and lizards in the yard.
I like that it is finally getting warm outside. I love that school gets out soon and that I will get to spend some quality time with my son!
I love the hymns that I grew up with as a child and I love how they are incorporating them into modern worship songs.
The thing I am loving about May so far is learning more about Hope Clinic for Women in Nashville, TN and the services they offer to women, men and families. I am so thankful there is a place like that available to people that need it. A true blessing!
May snowfalls in Colorado, budding trees and singing birds! 🙂
I LOVE the smell of freshly tilled soil in May!
Love those May flowers!
I am totally in love with my crabapple right now. I love it when it’s full of gorgeous blossoms and it smells sooo good!
May is usually when it really starts feeling like spring and I totally love that! Warm weather, blooming flowers, & sunshine! 🙂
I love the 1st of May because it’s my birthday!
What beautiful reminders to pray and give thanks for all of our blessings. Sometimes it’s easy to forget! I love all of May’s springy days but May Day is the best. I love to fix up tiny flower arrangements and hang them on my neighbors doorknobs.
It’s my birthday in May! Love May!
I love the beauty of nature! Everything is green and blooming, and I can start planting my garden!
My favorite thing about May, is my wedding anniversary.
Oh, I would LOVE to win!! My favorite thing about THIS May, is that we will meet our son!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!After 2.5 years in the adoption process, we are leaving a week from today to get our boy!! Best Month EVER!!!
May FLOWERS!!! Love these wall quotes!
One of my favorite things about May is the excitement that’s in the air – from Spring itself, to Mother’s Day, to end of the school year celebrations, to weddings, to graduation, and looking forward to long summer days that are around the corner.
Getting out in the yard and just checking things out! New growth, new beginnings. And family reunions.
Bursts of bright colors in our landscapes and unpredictable weather. This is May!
I like May because it is a time to anticipate all that summer will bring.
Month of May: When I was a little girl, since the age of 4, I prayed and prayed that God would give me a baby sister. My parents encouraged me to stop praying that. :o) On May 10, of the year I turned 8, which was Mother’s Day that year, my baby sister was born. This was my first answer to long-term prayer!
May flowers, cool breezes, and all the cute little ferns unfurling by our creek:)
May marks the beginning of long Summer days to come and BBQ’s in the backyard