Sunday, November 28, 2010

announcing - my first ["100 followers"] giveaway!


Celebrating. . .

100 followers!

~*~

Thank you, dear friends. =) 
In all seriousness:
tinywhitedaisies:

via Secrets of a Butterfly
In honor of my 100 followers~
I am holding my first blogspot giveaway!!!!!!


...this darling tote bag, made by me...
with a lil' help from mom - my sewing knowledge is still evolving... =)




How to Enter:
  • 1. leave a comment on this post sharing your 5 favorite things about winter.
  • 2. OR: become a blog follower, and leave a comment telling me so, that way I'll know you've entered.
for extra entries:
         - Facebook a link to this giveaway
         - Tweet a link to this giveaway
         - Blog about this giveaway

(Make sure you leave a separate comment for each thing you do, otherwise they won't all count as extra entries!)

This giveaway ends December 7th, 2010, at midnight EST. Winner will than be selected and announced here at Oooooh la la.


Blessings-

69 comments:

Johanna said...

I follow your blog! What a lovely giveaway! Hmmmm....my favorite thing about winter is sitting by the fire while it rains outside!

Camille said...

What a lovely bag! I follow you!

Camille said...

I blogged about this on my giveaway page! :)

Trisha said...

What an adorable bag! <3

My five favorite things about winter:
1. Snow (and snowball fights and snowmen!)

2. Hot Chocolate (with marshmallows or whipped cream, yummmm)

3. I get to bring out the fuzzy blankets and put them all over the living room :P

4. It's finally cold enough to wear hoodies

5. Holidays

Trisha said...

I posted it on FB :)

Trisha said...

... and I blogged it on HSA =D

Lilybee said...

Cute tote. :)

My favorite things about winter:

1. Allergies go away.

2. Pollen disappears.

3. I sneeze less.

4. I enjoy life more.

5. People enjoy me more!

:D

Emily said...

LOVE the bag!!

Five Favorite Wintry Things:
1. Hot chocolate!

2. Christmas!

3. Snow! (when we get it down here :-P)

4. Winter Break!

5. Cute sweaters and matching gloves and scarves!

Atlanta said...

Cutest tote ever!

Alexandra! said...

Cold weather
hot chocolate
Christmas music
Fudge!
Christmas movies!

those are my 5 favorite things! :D

Atlanta said...

I follow!

Lindsay said...

How ADORABLE, Anna! I would *love* to enter. I follow you, of course! :-)

Anonymous said...

What a cute tote!

My 5 favorite things about winter:

1. Christmas

2. Snow

3.Hot Chocolate and Coffee tastes so much better :)

4. Wrapping up in blankets by the fire

5. Ice Skating

Julianne

3.

Anonymous said...

What a cute tote!

My 5 favorite things about winter:

1. Christmas

2. Snow

3.Hot Chocolate and Coffee tastes so much better :)

4. Wrapping up in blankets by the fire

5. Ice Skating

Julianne

3.

Lady Rose said...

Anna,

What a cute bag!

Five favorite things about winter:

1. I get to drink hot chocolate to warm my throat.
2. Snuggling under warm flannel blankets at night.
3. Baking cookies for the holidays.
4. I get to wear my fuzzy warm red house coat.
5. My wedding anniversary is during the winter time (in January).

Blessings,

-Lady Rose

Lady Rose said...

Anna,

I follow your blog.

-Lady Rose

Miss Laurie said...

What a lovely giveaway! Congrats on 100 followers! I follow your blog already so I guess that's one entry.

-Miss Laurie

Miss Laurie said...

You said follow -or- 5 favorite winter things so I wasn't sure if this will count as a separate entry. But I'll just put my 5 favorite things about winter in this separate comment.

1. Twinkly Christmas lights.
2. Hearing the snowflakes falling gently outside.
3. Waking up in the morning to trees, fences and cars covered in a blanket of pure white snow!
4. The smell of balsam, fir and pine!
5. Bundling up with hats, gloves, scarves and boots against the bitter cold!

-Miss Laurie

~Miss Raquel said...

Oh, oh, too fun!! :)
Five favorite things...

1. Warm wood-stove fires

2. Hot chocolate

3. Roasted marshmallows

4. Snowflakes

5. Baking cookies

~Miss Raquel said...

I follow :)

~Miss Raquel said...

Blogged about the giveaway ;) (on Giveaways Galore)

~Miss Raquel said...

I FB-ed about it ;) (on God's Daughter page)

Rachel said...

I follow you!!! Hmmmm... five favorite things about winter... Easy!

1) Celebrating Christ's birth.

2) Snowflakes

3) Hot Chocolate!

4) Christmas music!

5) Snuggling up by a warm fire with a fuzzy blanket and a good book.

God bless!
Rachel

~lily said...

I follow you!!!!

1. Christ's birth
2. Hot cocoa and marshmallows
3. SNOW
4. Fuzzy socks
5. Christmas music

Samantha said...

What a lovely bag!

My favorite things about winter are:
snow! =)
decorating for Christmas
baking
Christmas carols

~Samantha

Samantha said...

I blogged about your giveaway here:
http://simpledelights-samantha.blogspot.com/2010/11/giveaways.html

Polka Dot said...

I'm a follower!

Miss Toria said...

Five favs....

1) Snow
2) Hot chocolate
3) Books
4) Winter hats
5) Candles

Emily said...

I posted it to Facebook ^_^

Jenna said...

I would love to enter your lovely giveaway!
Five of my favorite things about winter are:
1. Christmas.
2. Sitting by the fireplace with a good book.
3. The delightful, cool weather.
4. The warm clothes... Long skirts, mittens, and scarves.
5. A delicious cup of tea.

Thank you for hosting this giveaway!

Blessings,
Jenna

Jocelyn Tzahala said...

I follow your blog ;)

Jocelyn Tzahala said...

You know I don't like winter too much... :P but I do like the beauty of the snow right after it falls. That's about it. lol

Hannah M. said...

Adorable bag, Anna!! :)

Let's see...5 favorite things? Hmm...
1. the fireplace...to keep warm by.
2. getting to wear cute coats, hats and scarves.
3. Christmas!!
4. okay, yeah, snow is pretty...
5. Tea!!!

:)

Miss Nicole said...

I follow your blog! and because I love winter, here are my favorite things about winter:
1. Holiday decorations on houses
2. Decorating the Christmas tree with my family
3. Baking chocolate cookies
4. Pepperment tea
5. No more allergies
God Bless, Miss Nicole

Mylena said...

I followed your blog!!! Please enter me in this generous giveaway!!!

Thanks,
Mylena

Lauren E. said...

I would love to enter :-)

My 5 favorite things about winter are:
1. Celebrating Christ's Birth
2. Scarves
3. Long fuzzy Coats
4. Snow
5. Hats

B and J said...

Hi! I just became a follower! The Comstock Family.

- Jenny

B and J said...

My Favorite 5...
1. Going over to friend's houses for Christmas parties.
2. Finding fun things to give to my family.
3. Decorating our Christmas tree.
4. Making decorations for my room.
5. Eating the awesome Christmas food.

B and J said...

My 5...
1. Going to friend's houses
2. Decorating the tree!
3. Eating the awesome Christmas food.
4. Getting fun gifts for family.
5. Making decorations for my room!

- Jennifer Comstock

Alexandra said...

You know me, right? Right?! ;-) I follow you!!!

My 5 favorite things...
1. Celebrating the miracle of Christ's Birth and everything in the Christmas season (carols, movies, cookies, Dad's fudge...)
2. Scarves/Jackets/Tights-n-boots/Hats
3. Snow...during Christmas time
4. The smell of pine!!!
5. Crackling fires in the fireplace and drinkng hot chocolate...with marshmallows! :-P

Janet said...

that's really pretty!
I'm following you. I guess you don't have to have your own blog to follow other people's. that's nice :)

Janet said...

and my 5 favorite things...um...
1. Celebrating Christ's Birth
2. Snow!!!
3. family gatherings, visiting & getting company :)
4. shopping
5. baking christmas cookies / treats
etc.....

Janet said...

FB'd it :)

Ashley Nicole said...

I follow you. :)

Ashley Nicole said...

My 5 favorite things about winter:

1. The Celebration of Christ's birth.
2. Peppermint Hot Chocolate from Starbucks. So yummy.
3. Fun tights and leggings.
4. Snowflakes.
5. Making Christmas cookies.

Ashley Nicole said...

I tweeted.

Hockey Fanatic said...

yes,lovely blog=) (it looks like you have 109 followers now!)lol you are one famous girl!

Grace said...

If comments make you happy, you must be extremely happy right now, because you have almost 50 on this post alone. =)

My 5 favoritest things about winter are...
-Christmas music
-The coldness (which hardly ever gets under 20 down here...)
-Christmas lights =P
-A clearer atmosphere
-Winter coats, boots, gloves... teehee.

Lauren Nicole said...

I follow you and would love to enter! :)

Emily N. said...

I would love to enter! This is what I love about winter:

1. Beautiful snow...
2. Scarves to brighten up an outfit...
3. Warm boots...
4. Christmas...
5. Making homemade gingersnaps with my family...

Thanks, Anna! :)

Emily N. said...

I follow your blog too.

~Emily
(emmylou520@gmail.com)

Libbi H. said...

5 favorite things...
1: I can pull out my Sweaters
2: marshmallow cream on hot chocolate,Nuff said
3:Herbal Tea
4: Snow!
5: Christmas!

Libbi H. said...

I follow your blog :)
libbilogs@gmail.com

Seven Sisters said...

I love the bag!

I would like to enter! I have become a follower!


Anna

Seven Sisters said...

I also posted about the giveaway here!

http://homeschoolblogger.com/sevensisters/

Anna

notone2mny said...

I'm so glad comments make you happy, those are easy people to be around.
okay, my 5 favorite things about winter
1. sharing it with my wonderful husband and 12 kids
2.homemade hot chocolate~making it and sharing it with the above.
3.snow...if we have to have cold, why not have snow and lots of it...which leads into #4
4. sledding...taking 14 people sledding, complete with hot cocoa and marshmallows is nothing short of a party
5.soup..chili, broccoli cheese,you name it

~Heather www.notone2mny.blogspot.com

A Work In Progress said...

Congrats on 100 followers! Now you have 112 followers, because I just became a follower! Thanks!

A Work In Progress said...

I posted about this contest on my blog: http://aprojectinprogress.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-countdown.html

Sveta said...

I love that bag! hmmm...5 favorite things about winter??...
1) Hot Chocolate
2) Christmas (and Christmas eve!)
3) Blankets
4) Cute Scarfs
5) New years eve!!

~Sveta

Sveta said...

I blogged about it too. http://onlinewithsveta.blogspot.com/2010/12/another-giveaway.html

Charity U said...

My five favorite winter things: Christmas. Hot drinks. The Christmas story. My warm bed on cold nights. Sledding. Presents. And in case the Christmas story is to close to Christmas here's a bonus one: great winter outfits.

Ashley said...

My 5 most favorites about winter are (I love everything, these are just my 5 most faves)
1~driking hot cocoa
2~The colors
3~the waking up to frost on the ground
4~The feeling of coming out of bitter cold into toatsy warmth when entering a home.
and 5~ Nice warm bed.

That purse is awesome, BTW.

Ashley said...

I posted about your giveaway on my blogie.

Rachel Irene said...

Hello ! This is a sweet giveaway. Please enter me ! :D

I follow you!!! :)

Rachel Irene said...

5 favorite things about winter ...

1. Christmas !!!
2. Snow, and everything connected with snow :D
3. All the goodies thatt come with Christmas :D
4. Sitting with my family by the fireplace with Hot Chocolate in one hand and pocorn in the other :)
5. My warm bed :) I love sleeping like a hibernating bear :)

Fruitful Harvest said...

My five favorite things about winter are:

1.The smell of a large pot of hot cocoa on the first snow fall for all 6 of my kiddos and their friends!

2. Long hot baths on a cold evening...while sipping herbal tea and reading a good book!

3. Taking an evening walk around the block with my hubby and kiddos to see the Christmas lights.

4. The teasing of the sun at the end of winter....when I very much antisipate spring! :)

5. The smell of dinner in the crock pot
(many soup nights) and warm bread cooking in the bread machine!

What a fun giveaway and cute bag, thanks for the chance to win!

Warmly,
Georgiann

GladysMP said...

My favorite wintetime things:

1. Sharing hot chocolate and cookies with friends, especially with neighborhood children.

2. Driving around and viewing Christmas decorations in yards.

3. Attending church services with the altar beautifully decorated with seasonal flowers.

4. Live manger scenes at local churches.

5. Listening to Christmas carols while addressing Christmas cards to send to friends, relatives and those in the service.

Lucia Marie said...

Ohhhh no!!!! I MISSED it!!! How COULD I???!! Well, I’ll do an entry anyways, just incase you decide to have mercy….I am only ten hours late! =) *sad eyes* ;)

Five favorite things about Winter. Hmm.

1.The snow (when we get it)
2.Apple cider
3.Christmas trees
4.Fluffy socks
5.The wood stove

*hopes* :)

~Lucia

Lucia Marie said...

P.S. (I am also a follower. :)

~Lucia

P.P.S. (BTW, you totally don't have to enter me, of course! :) <3