Giveaway has now closed.  Congratulations to the winner, Leslie, who said, “Crossing my fingers!” and is rad because she joined the email posse (woot!). Let’s plan our trip to Thanksgiving Point soon, Leslie!

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Last week I had the rad opportunity to attend a Blogger night at Thanksgiving Point.  We sat in on a cooking class from the Chef of their Harvest Restaurant, made a cute little paper white bulb planter from a tin can to show us their horticulture side and got an exclusive tour of the store and the basement.  Afterward, we hopped on the trolley for the Holiday Lights tour with a cup of scrumptious hot chocolate.  We really got a taste for all the fabulous things Thanksgiving Point has to experience.

This is a little taste of what we sampled from the cooking class (thanks, Emily, for letting me borrow your camera for these!  My iPhone just wouldn’t cut it for food pics *wink*):

- shrimp taco -

- butternut squash soup served in an adorable lil’ bread bowl -

Here are a few things I found in Thanksgiving Point’s Emporium that I am in love with:

Have you heard how gray is the new brown?  Regardless of the trends, I am a BIG gray fan, thus why this bedding set immediately caught my eye.  I’m also a fanatic about decorating with typography, so the pillows with “peace” and “love” sealed the deal.  Look closely on the walls behind and you’ll see that they’re covered in pages from an old book!  The pages were just stapled on the wall and it gave this showroom a really eclectic, anthro kind of look.  I’m pondering where I could copy this decorating idea in my house… hmmm.. maybe with maps in our homeschool room?  Could be fun!

I’ve been stumped on what kind of living room set I’d like someday & this gray (again with my love of this color) velvet sofa opened up a world of possibilities!!!  I love everything about it and someday when I get it you can come visit me in my living room and we’ll sit on it together.  Won’t that be lovely?

The clothes!!  Oh, the clothes!!  Seriously, Thanksgiving Point has the BEST taste in clothing.  I had so much fun dreaming over all the fantastic clothing in the Emporium.  This outfit caught my eye.  Take out the hat and the big ol’ flower & I love it.  The dress looks like something that would be so comfy, but look really fun and chic.  Tres adore.

Thanksgiving Point’s basement is just as big as the emporium.  It’s ginormous (in the words of Buddy the Elf).  Rows upon rows full of trinkets, goodies and furniture are all waiting for their moment to shine for eager customers in the Emporium.  I found a little treasure in the basement that stole my heart:

Isn’t this teal table gorgeous?!!  It would make such a fun accent piece in a room or entry way.

Bottom line: I’m a fan of Thanksgiving Point.  I always have been.  My kids beg to go to the “Dinosaur Museum” (Museum of Ancient Life) on at least a weekly basis.

And now, after hearing me oooh and aaah, you have the chance to share in the Thanksgiving Point love, too:

Thanksgiving Point is giving one lucky The Artistic Mom reader a Family Membership, valid for 1 full year {value $175}!

What’s included in the Family Membership?

• Free Admission to Thanksgiving Point Gardens, Museum of Ancient Life and Farm Country
• 10% Discount on Retail & Food Property Wide
• Monthly Thanksgiving Point Gazette
• E-Mail Blast
• Personalized Membership Card
• 50% off Admissions for accompanied guests
• Early Admission to Thanksgiving Point Gardens
• Mammoth Screen Movies $5 per person/per movie

For participating in this night and writing about my Thanksgiving Point experience I was given a Family Membership for personal use and I am SO excited about it!  My kids and I will be taking many home school field-trips to Thanksgiving Point during the upcoming year (& trips purely for fun, too).

All you have to do to win is leave a comment below.

If you’re interested in putting the odds more in your favor, here’s some extra entry options:

• (1 extra entry) Subscribe to TheArtisticMom.com & leave a comment telling me you did so
• (2 extra entries) Tweet about this giveaway leaving a link to your tweet in the comments – feel free to use the handy “re-tweet” green button at the top of this post (if you click on the time attached in your tweet, it will take you to a page with just that tweet, giving you the “link” to your tweet… some of you asked about this last giveaway)
• (3 extra entries) “Like” Thanksgiving Point on Facebook & tell your Facebook pals about this giveaway, leaving a comment telling me you spread the word
• (5 extra entries) Enter your name & email into my email posse list in the sidebar. Then leave a comment telling me you’re rad now because of joining in the fun (SUCH exciting things are coming up for all Artistic Mom email posse members; you won’t want to miss out! Will be unveiling in the next few weeks)

Wishing you the BEST of luck!!  If you win, let’s plan a day to meet-up & go together.  I’d LOVE that!!! If you wouldn’t love that, leave a comment telling me so & I’ll subtract 200 points from your chances of winning this *wink*.

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