I'm still out of town but promised I'd do the drawing for the Giveaway May Week 4 Cupcake package before I return home. Oh great and powerful Random Integer Generator, what do you have to say tonight?
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:22
Timestamp: 2008-06-02 04:30:46 UTC
And commenter #22 is...April B!!! Congratulations April--I'll email you to get your mailing address!
I do want to thank all of you who read my blog and entered the contests during May. I have discovered so many new bloggers that I'm excited to read more about. I truly do appreciate each and every comment that you all leave here. Thank you so, so very much. :) I had such fun putting together the giveaway packages and still have a few things I'd like to send to a new home, so I'll be doing those periodically over the summer.
And now, to bed. We're leaving for home in the morning and for some reason Maren has decided to wake up at ridiculous hours while we've been here--today she was up at 5:34 a.m. Ugh. I've had a lovely weekend and have some fun things to post about this week!
Showing posts with label giveaway May. Show all posts
Showing posts with label giveaway May. Show all posts
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Giveaway May Week 4--the Grand Finale
Happy Memorial Day, everyone! Hope you're all enjoying a day off. I'm afraid it's not much of a holiday for us--Quin is gone and the weather is bad. (Uh-oh, she's going to complain about the weather again...) It's a chilly 55 degrees, overcast with rain showers. The neighborhood pool opened for the season on Saturday but obviously that's out of the question. I told Maren that we'd go to the park today if the weather was nice but it looks like that's out too. Blah.
To brighten things up, how about a giveaway? Drumroll please....
Ta-da! Here is the prize for Giveaway May Week 4--I believe I've saved the best for last. :) The lucky winner will receive a thrifted-but-brand-new cupcake stand, a spool of cute pink and brown cupcake ribbon, a fun cupcake iron-on, the most adorable little cupcake lip gloss, a box of cupcake mix (in my favorite--chocolate!), cute pink & green cupcake papers and pink sugar sprinkles. You can whip up a batch of cupcakes and decorate them, then display them on your new stand! You could even do so while wearing cupcake lip gloss, cupcake ribbon tied in your hair, and a cupcake shirt made with the iron-on. :) As always, leave a comment on this post sometime between now and Friday at noon. Note: due to the size of the box needed for shipping, I'm going to have to limit this giveaway to US folks only. Sorry! Good luck!
To brighten things up, how about a giveaway? Drumroll please....
Ta-da! Here is the prize for Giveaway May Week 4--I believe I've saved the best for last. :) The lucky winner will receive a thrifted-but-brand-new cupcake stand, a spool of cute pink and brown cupcake ribbon, a fun cupcake iron-on, the most adorable little cupcake lip gloss, a box of cupcake mix (in my favorite--chocolate!), cute pink & green cupcake papers and pink sugar sprinkles. You can whip up a batch of cupcakes and decorate them, then display them on your new stand! You could even do so while wearing cupcake lip gloss, cupcake ribbon tied in your hair, and a cupcake shirt made with the iron-on. :) As always, leave a comment on this post sometime between now and Friday at noon. Note: due to the size of the box needed for shipping, I'm going to have to limit this giveaway to US folks only. Sorry! Good luck!
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Giveaway May Week 3 Winner!
So, ya wanna see what I made for this week's giveaway?
I've had this stamp set for a while but have never used it, even though I think it's darling. What better reason to dust it off and make a few cards than a sewing-themed giveaway? I think they turned out really cute and the lucky giveaway winner will get a set of four cards (two of each design) and envelopes.
Speaking of that winner, it's time to consult the Random Integer Generator:
Commenter #4 is bunny b! Congratulations! I'll be in touch so that I can get your mailing address.
It's shaping up to be a quiet weekend here. Quin is gone and the weather's not great so it doesn't seem like a holiday weekend. I did a bit of garage saling today with Maren but found nothing more than a couple of books. Total spent: 50¢. I did find a few fun things at the church rummage sale yesterday but even that had far less stuff for sale than when I went last year. Oh well, I'm planning on a bit of small-town junking next weekend so I'll just save my pennies until then.
Hope you're all having a lovely weekend and be sure to check back for the final Giveaway May package on Monday. I think I've saved the best for last!
I've had this stamp set for a while but have never used it, even though I think it's darling. What better reason to dust it off and make a few cards than a sewing-themed giveaway? I think they turned out really cute and the lucky giveaway winner will get a set of four cards (two of each design) and envelopes.
Speaking of that winner, it's time to consult the Random Integer Generator:
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
4
Timestamp: 2008-05-24 23:46:22 UTC
Commenter #4 is bunny b! Congratulations! I'll be in touch so that I can get your mailing address.
It's shaping up to be a quiet weekend here. Quin is gone and the weather's not great so it doesn't seem like a holiday weekend. I did a bit of garage saling today with Maren but found nothing more than a couple of books. Total spent: 50¢. I did find a few fun things at the church rummage sale yesterday but even that had far less stuff for sale than when I went last year. Oh well, I'm planning on a bit of small-town junking next weekend so I'll just save my pennies until then.
Hope you're all having a lovely weekend and be sure to check back for the final Giveaway May package on Monday. I think I've saved the best for last!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Giveaway May Week 3!
Sorry for the delay in getting this week's giveaway package announced. Quin was gone all weekend for work and then leaves again on Wednesday for 2.5 weeks so it's going to be a long while until I get any Maren-free time and I had things to do. Things which may or may not have included shoe shopping. :)
Without further delay, here is this week's giveaway package:
This week's giveaway has a sewing theme! It includes a brand-new copy of this fun book about sewing all different kinds of purses and bags. The book has so many cute ideas but I must admit that the very idea of sewing a purse with the lining and the handles and the clasp and all? It skeers me, I tell ya! Sewing a purse and climbing Mt. Everest are about equal in my mind as far as Things I Will Never Be Able To Do. I know there are far braver folk than I out there in blogland, so I'm happy to pass this book along to one of you for whom the idea of making your own purse is a totally realistic goal.
In addition to the book, this package includes a cute embellished bottle full of vintage cream & white buttons and this fun quilted wall pocket organizer-thingie. The consignment thrift where I purchased it labeled it as being purchased originally at Anthropologie. It would be a perfect place to tuck letters, patterns, trims--anything, really! And as with the previous packages, there will also be a handmade goodie to be shown later. You know the drill--if you want to be included in the drawing, simply leave a comment on this post between now and Friday, May 23 at noon MDT.
So...this weekend's garage sale. Whoa. Friday evening was the preview sale, so that afternoon at about 5 pm we laid down tarps on my driveway and grass and dumped all of those giant bags of clothing out onto them. I personally hate looking through piles of clothing on the ground at a garage sale--I simply refuse to do it--but in this case there were just SO MANY that it was really the only option. After my house was ready I walked over to Alice's house to help and to shop. Over the course of the sale I picked up a few fun things that I'll share later in the week. There was lots of traffic on Friday night, even though we didn't pull everything out (because it had to put all put back in the garage that night). By the time we ended things and I got Maren to bed it was 8:30 pm and I was worn out!
Friday night I didn't sleep well again. I was up at 5:45 am Saturday morning because I just couldn't sleep, so I got up and glittered the rosettes for the giveaway package. Sometime after 7 am I went and helped at Alice's house. I couldn't believe how much stuff there was! Tons of furniture, lots of knick-knacks and picture frames and such. Alice's yard was absolutely covered, and she has a big corner lot. We opened up shop in my driveway around 8:00 am for the clothing. The day was warm and sunny and there was an incredible amount of traffic for the sale and people were buying things left and right.
After things got started, I came home and decided to make some cupcakes to sell. Any excuse to make cupcakes is good enough for me! I broke out the jumbo pans I bought last summer but hadn't yet used. They make cupcakes or muffins the same size as the big ones you get at Costco or Sam's and they are yummy! The first batch of seven were gobbled up almost immediately so I sent the other four over (a cake mix makes 12 jumbo cakes--Maren and I split the last one) and I got to making more. The next batch I did six jumbo and 12 regular-sized cakes, with homemade chocolate buttercream frosting--YUM! They all sold as well.
By about 3 pm the traffic had pretty much stopped and I think that everyone had just had enough, so they packed up all the remainders. There were four truckloads of leftovers sent to Goodwill--really enough for another good yardsale. Even though there was so much unsold, they really did sell a ton! We finally got everything cleaned up by 5:00 pm and then at 6:00 pm Maren and went over to Alice's again, this time for dinner. We visited until past 8:30 pm and by the time I got Maren to bed again, all I could do was lay on the couch with the massager on my extremely sore back before falling into bed.
In all, it was a great success! The girls raised over $2000, so they met their goal and were thrilled. I was reminded of why I far prefer going to garage sales to actually running them--it's just so darn much work! I really wish I had taken a photo of Alice's yard when we brought everything out that morning--it was astonishing! I was glad that I was able to help, but I know I'm not alone in saying that I'm really glad it's over!
Without further delay, here is this week's giveaway package:
This week's giveaway has a sewing theme! It includes a brand-new copy of this fun book about sewing all different kinds of purses and bags. The book has so many cute ideas but I must admit that the very idea of sewing a purse with the lining and the handles and the clasp and all? It skeers me, I tell ya! Sewing a purse and climbing Mt. Everest are about equal in my mind as far as Things I Will Never Be Able To Do. I know there are far braver folk than I out there in blogland, so I'm happy to pass this book along to one of you for whom the idea of making your own purse is a totally realistic goal.In addition to the book, this package includes a cute embellished bottle full of vintage cream & white buttons and this fun quilted wall pocket organizer-thingie. The consignment thrift where I purchased it labeled it as being purchased originally at Anthropologie. It would be a perfect place to tuck letters, patterns, trims--anything, really! And as with the previous packages, there will also be a handmade goodie to be shown later. You know the drill--if you want to be included in the drawing, simply leave a comment on this post between now and Friday, May 23 at noon MDT.
So...this weekend's garage sale. Whoa. Friday evening was the preview sale, so that afternoon at about 5 pm we laid down tarps on my driveway and grass and dumped all of those giant bags of clothing out onto them. I personally hate looking through piles of clothing on the ground at a garage sale--I simply refuse to do it--but in this case there were just SO MANY that it was really the only option. After my house was ready I walked over to Alice's house to help and to shop. Over the course of the sale I picked up a few fun things that I'll share later in the week. There was lots of traffic on Friday night, even though we didn't pull everything out (because it had to put all put back in the garage that night). By the time we ended things and I got Maren to bed it was 8:30 pm and I was worn out!
Friday night I didn't sleep well again. I was up at 5:45 am Saturday morning because I just couldn't sleep, so I got up and glittered the rosettes for the giveaway package. Sometime after 7 am I went and helped at Alice's house. I couldn't believe how much stuff there was! Tons of furniture, lots of knick-knacks and picture frames and such. Alice's yard was absolutely covered, and she has a big corner lot. We opened up shop in my driveway around 8:00 am for the clothing. The day was warm and sunny and there was an incredible amount of traffic for the sale and people were buying things left and right.
After things got started, I came home and decided to make some cupcakes to sell. Any excuse to make cupcakes is good enough for me! I broke out the jumbo pans I bought last summer but hadn't yet used. They make cupcakes or muffins the same size as the big ones you get at Costco or Sam's and they are yummy! The first batch of seven were gobbled up almost immediately so I sent the other four over (a cake mix makes 12 jumbo cakes--Maren and I split the last one) and I got to making more. The next batch I did six jumbo and 12 regular-sized cakes, with homemade chocolate buttercream frosting--YUM! They all sold as well.
By about 3 pm the traffic had pretty much stopped and I think that everyone had just had enough, so they packed up all the remainders. There were four truckloads of leftovers sent to Goodwill--really enough for another good yardsale. Even though there was so much unsold, they really did sell a ton! We finally got everything cleaned up by 5:00 pm and then at 6:00 pm Maren and went over to Alice's again, this time for dinner. We visited until past 8:30 pm and by the time I got Maren to bed again, all I could do was lay on the couch with the massager on my extremely sore back before falling into bed.
In all, it was a great success! The girls raised over $2000, so they met their goal and were thrilled. I was reminded of why I far prefer going to garage sales to actually running them--it's just so darn much work! I really wish I had taken a photo of Alice's yard when we brought everything out that morning--it was astonishing! I was glad that I was able to help, but I know I'm not alone in saying that I'm really glad it's over!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Giveaway May Week 2
The windows are open all over the house and a wonderful cool breeze is blowing through. It's so nice to get some fresh air in here! We'd better get our fill of it today because tonight a storm blows in and tomorrow's high temp might make it to 50 degrees. If we're lucky. Seriously, there's a Winter Storm Warning for much of the state tonight and snow is predicted. Let me just remind you all that it is May 12, not March 12, and I live in Colorado--not Alaska, for pete's sake! I don't mean this to turn into a Complain-About-the-Weather blog, but this is honestly the lousiest excuse for a Spring that I can even remember and I'm just about fed up! I want so badly to get out and plant some flowers and some veggies in my new garden area but I can't for fear that they'll be frozen at best or snowed on at worst. In mid-May, mind you. On the plains of Colorado. Pffffft.
Moving on....what's black and white and red all over?
Why, it's this week's Giveaway May prize! This package includes cute damask-patterned sticky notes and a picture frame, polka-dot note cards, fun ribbon and felt rick-rack, and my new favorite black and white birthday candles. It will all be packed into a sweet velvet vintage-looking handbag. There may also be a few other black and white surprise goodies included! As before, if you'd like to win this Happy Mail, just leave a comment on this post sometime before Friday, May 16 at noon MDT.
My sweet husband made sure I had a wonderful Mother's Day. On Saturday morning he arranged for a babysitter for Maren and took me on a surprise date to the Colorado Chocolate Festival! We had such fun sampling chocolate goodies from the different vendors. Free chocolate--does it get better than that? Then he and Maren gave me a gift of the softest, fluffiest bathrobe. It feels like being wrapped in a fleece baby blanket! I love it and I'm feeling properly spoiled now.
Back tomorrow with a fun yardsale find!
Moving on....what's black and white and red all over?
Why, it's this week's Giveaway May prize! This package includes cute damask-patterned sticky notes and a picture frame, polka-dot note cards, fun ribbon and felt rick-rack, and my new favorite black and white birthday candles. It will all be packed into a sweet velvet vintage-looking handbag. There may also be a few other black and white surprise goodies included! As before, if you'd like to win this Happy Mail, just leave a comment on this post sometime before Friday, May 16 at noon MDT.My sweet husband made sure I had a wonderful Mother's Day. On Saturday morning he arranged for a babysitter for Maren and took me on a surprise date to the Colorado Chocolate Festival! We had such fun sampling chocolate goodies from the different vendors. Free chocolate--does it get better than that? Then he and Maren gave me a gift of the softest, fluffiest bathrobe. It feels like being wrapped in a fleece baby blanket! I love it and I'm feeling properly spoiled now.
Back tomorrow with a fun yardsale find!
Friday, May 09, 2008
Giveaway May Week 1 Winner!
Thank you all so much for your comments and for entering the giveaway for this week! I had my little helper draw a name for the winner (out of my new Shawnee aqua-colored planter that I LOVE):
And the name that she drew was:
Congratulations, Wendy! Email me at fraulein_h AT hotmail with your address and I'll get it in the mail to you on Monday! Here's a little peek at some fun tags I made today to include with the other items:
If you didn't win but can't get enough of chandeliers, may I suggest:
And the name that she drew was:
Congratulations, Wendy! Email me at fraulein_h AT hotmail with your address and I'll get it in the mail to you on Monday! Here's a little peek at some fun tags I made today to include with the other items:
If you didn't win but can't get enough of chandeliers, may I suggest:- this super-cool vinyl wall decal from Blik
- this fun set of pillowcases from Urban Outfitters
- rub-ons and transparency overlays in several colors from Hambly
- the rubber stamp I used on the tags from Impress Rubber Stamps
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Announcing Giveaway May!
I mentioned in my last post that I would be holding a giveaway today and that's true, but there's more! I've decided to do Giveaway May on the ol' blog here, which means that every Monday in May (today is the exception since I didn't get home from UT until late last night) I'm going to announce a different giveaway for the week. You'll have all week to enter by leaving a comment on that post and then on Friday at noon MDT I'll pick a winner! Now, we're not talking about crazy Pioneer Woman-esque prizes here--just little packages of happy mail to brighten up your mailbox.
The giveaway for this week is a nod to my obsession with anything that has a chandelier motif. When I saw these I went a little crazy and bought more than I can ever use, so I am passing them along to some other lucky person. You'll get the journal, the notecards, the felt chandelier, and a few other surprises that I have in mind. To enter, just leave a comment on this post sometime between now and Friday at noon MDT!
The giveaway for this week is a nod to my obsession with anything that has a chandelier motif. When I saw these I went a little crazy and bought more than I can ever use, so I am passing them along to some other lucky person. You'll get the journal, the notecards, the felt chandelier, and a few other surprises that I have in mind. To enter, just leave a comment on this post sometime between now and Friday at noon MDT!
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