Today’s giveaway is from Tonya of The Vermont Branch Company. You might know Tonya from her blog, Plain and Joyful Living. It’s a lovely chronicle of her family’s days, living simply and with gratitude.
The Vermont Branch Company is a small family business, and I asked Tonya to share a bit about her family and their shop here today:
I’m so excited to be offering a giveaway here at Small Things! Our family – Mom, Dad, and seven children (the oldest of which is in his first year of college and the youngest is 15 months old) work, learn, and play together on our small homestead in northern Vermont. After living in Massachusetts our family felt that we were called to live more simply, work with our hands if possible, and be as family centered and community involved as we could.We feel blessed to have found our little rustic cottage on 3.5 acres in a small town with just 600 people. Although we live 4 miles down a gravel road, we know most of our neighbors within a mile radius.
Our business has evolved over the years from making simple waldof style toys to rustic home decor and now we also offer a wedding line.
Most of our items are made of birch, maple or ash. Our family gathers branches from neighbors’ lands. One neighbor wants their field expanded. Sometimes we gather branches after the power company clears the lines.
Today we are offering to one winner:
a set of 2 large hooks, a set of 3 medium size hooks, and a set of 5 small hooks, all pictured above.
These hooks are made of birch and are amazingly strong. We use them for our coats, aprons, brooms, towels, and play silks for example.
Thank you and blessings,
Tonya, Mike and Family
The Vermont Branch Company is offering 20% off all orders placed between now and February 2nd. Use the code “smallthings” at checkout. For your chance to win all three sets of hooks, simply leave a comment on this post. Comments will close on Monday January 28, and a winner chosen via random number generator will be announced within this post. Comments are closed. The winner is Sabrina: “Love these hooks! I’ve been searching for the perfect rustic hooks for my entry area. These would be fantastic!
New England charm!
So lovely! Thanks for the giveaway!
Simply beautiful. I would love to have these.
I would love to have these hanging in my home, thank you for such a thoughtful giveaway.
I love that the family makes these products together. Beautiful hooks…I would be honored to have them in my home.
so pretty!
I love stories like these. What a great idea!
Oh, they are lovely!! What beautiful products!
those are such lovely hooks. thanks for the chance!
These are wonderful! Such a great idea! Thank you for sharing
I had been eyeing up those children’s blocks for some time now. Beautiful products and beautiful family story.
Oh I love them! Thank you for the generous giveaway!! 🙂
These are lovely! What an awesome company!
These look wonderful! Thanks for the chance to win.
Oh my goodness, I want these. The selfish part hopes I win, the realist in me knows I am a single lady in a tiny one bedroom apartment, someone else should win! I’m still commenting anyways.
Hi,
Would love to be entered in the give away. I love Tonya’s blog…it was the first one I started following when I entered the “blogasphere.” She is such an inspiration. Love your blog too. Thanks for hosting this!
Thank you for the opportunity:) These look wonderul!
Our family of 5 could really use some hooks 🙂 Thanks for the introduction to her blog!
These are lovely. I’m a big fan of her blog, Vermont and simple living so these would be a meaningful addition to our home.
Wonderful story.
We need hooks here!
Hi Ginny! I’m not writing to enter the giveaway (not sure what I’d do with the hooks!) but I wanted to let you know that I ordered the candle holder for my husband for Valentine’s Day. With our initials, it reminds me of The Giving Tree (one of my all-time favorite books that my husband also loves). I think the candleholder is so sweet and will make a very nice Valentine’s gift. So happy I could purchase from one of your sponsors as I read your blog daily and get so many great ideas from you. Hope you have a lovely weekend!
Wow…thanks for the introduction! Very unique! Would love to try the hooks!
What an lovely story and beautiful products. I would love a chance to win these hooks.
Thanks for the introduction to Tonya, her family, and The Vermont Branch Company. Can’t wait to learn more from her blog. Would love some of their birch hooks!
I love reading Tonya’s blog and would love to own something made by their hands. Thanks!
Such beautiful hooks. They look perfect for heavy winter coats!
Very interesting and beautiful
Would love to display these at my home. The car they make is awesome! Thank you!
Those are awesome! I’d use some of them for my girls to hang their coats up on so I wouldn’t have to put them away in the high up cupboard all the time! And loads of other things, and share them with friends!
I love the hooks…and your way of life!
Melanie in Idaho
My husband grew up in Vermont and it is so lovely out there. Those hooks are just beautiful.
These would be perfect for my bathroom! That’s even enough to share with my sister. Thank you for introducing me to a lovely new blog.
These would be wonderful in my bathroom! That is even enough to share with my sister. Count me in, and thank you for the introduction to a lovely new to me blog.
We love their stuff!!
What unique creations! Hooks? Did someone say hooks? I need hooks! I never seem to have enough hooks to keep up with all the stuff that goes along with our family of 9!
I love the children’s building blocks. Such lovely creations from this family!
Beautiful!
These are beautiful and would look great in my home.
Love these beautiful hooks – could use them for so many things. Thanks for sharing your life and
inspiration. Your location looks so beautiful! Love the rural life!
Beautiful 🙂
These hooks are beautiful! I would love to hang jackets and aprons from them!
Beautiful! Would love to win! Thanks for the chance!
Woul d be perfent in our rustic bathroom thanks!
Such beautiful products! Thank you for posting a giveaway!
I am heading over to their blog right now. And those hooks are simply beautiful.
I love the things that Tonya and her family create. Such a simply beautiful inventory! And they are such an inspiration in how they have followed their calling.
Thanks for the chance!
Thank you for this excellent giveaway! I would love these 🙂
I love Tonya’s blog and read it every day. She is amazing. And I love the things they make. I owuld love to entered in this give away. Thank you!
This sounds like a wonderful giveaway! We are re-arranging our entryway, and I have been looking for coat hooks!
We log cabin plans in the making and these would be perfect. How wonderful you were able to follow your hearts!