Winner Announced!!!

Today's the day...the winner is announced for my Birthday Giveaway!!! The winner will receive a $28 gift certificate to my Etsy Shop!

I was shocked at the amount of entries...135!!! Thank you to everyone that entered! I had never done such a large giveaway and was so hoping it would be a success, and because of all of you, it was :)

Congratulations to Kady!!! She was entry #45 and thanks to random.org, her # was selected!

I'll be doing a post soon on what I learned from doing this giveaway, what I'll do in the past and tips I have for others thinking of doing giveaways :)

Thanks again to everyone who entered!!!

Giveaway-Last Day to Enter

Just a quick reminder that today is the last day to enter my Birthday Giveaway! You have a chance to win a $28 gift certificate to my Etsy Shop!!!

See all the details here! Winner will be announced tomorrow!

Giveaway Reminder!!!

Just a happy reminder that my giveaway is still going on until April 30th :)

For your chance to win $28 to my shop...enter the Giveaway HERE!

Birthday Giveaway

Today is my birthday!!! And instead of receiving gifts...I'm giving one away! My biggest giveaway EVER!!! In honor of my 28th birthday today, one winner will receive a $28 gift certificate to my Etsy Shop!!!

Here's how to enter:

1. Visit my Etsy Shop and leave a comment telling me your favorite item...and why. (mandatory entry, all others voluntary)

2. Visit my Etsy Shop and leave a comment telling me your least favorite item...and why.

3. Tell me about your most memorable birthday :)

4. Follow my blog and comment that you've done so.

5. Blog, Tweet or Facebook about this giveaway and come back and leave a comment with the link.

The giveaway will run from now through April 30th. A winner will be announced on May 1st. Please leave a way to contact you in each of your comments (email, blog profile, etsy shop, etc.) Giveaway is open worldwide.

I'm so excited about this giveaway!!! Good luck to all who enter :)

Another Holiday Tip

Last week I shared how I stay organized around the holidays by using a day planner and keeping all of my information in one spot. Today I thought I'd share another holiday tip I have for you: Gift Certificates.

I do a lot of custom work, especially around the holidays. Each year there comes a point where I have to decide that I have enough orders and that I will have to deactivate all of my Custom Listings until after the first of the year. This year I have decided to take a different approach. I plan to put a note in each of my Custom Listings saying: I am no longer taking orders for Christmas and all orders placed between now and Dec. 31st will be processed on Jan. 1st. If you would still like to give a Custom Album for a holiday gift, you can purchase one of my Gift Certificates for gift giving instead :) Even if you don't do custom work, you could still add a note in your listings about gift certificates. There are always late shoppers who want to buy on Dec. 23rd and still receive their gift on time! A gift certificate is the perfect gift. You can email them a file and have them print it themselves! I'd love to hear your holiday tips as well :)

OWOH Giveaway Winner!!!

This wonderful magic carpet ride called One World One Heart has been an amazing trip! I have enjoyed visiting so many blogs and getting to know so many new bloggers!

A big thanks to everyone who stopped by and entered my giveaway! Each comment means so much :)

Okay...without further ado...the winner is:

#147 Jamaise

And for anyone else who is interested, I did put my Gift Certificates in my Etsy shop :)

Now I'm keeping my own fingers crossed that I might win a giveaway or two!!!

Gift Certificates Now in Stock!!!

After the overwhelming response I have gotten from my OWOH Giveaway, there was no question as to whether I should add my gift certificates to my Etsy Shop or not! I want to thank everyone who has entered my giveaway and left me wonderful comments! And don't forget there is still time to enter the giveaway!!!

I decided to add gift certificates in $10, $25 and $50 values. What do you think...good values? Should I add others? I can also make custom listings for specific amounts as well.

I also fixed the web address so it is more legible as well :) Stop by my OWOH Giveaway and let me know what you think!!!

One World One Heart Giveaway

I have watched in years past as others have so generously participated in the One World One Heart Giveaway and this year I have decided to join them :)

Here is a little blurb from the founders blog so you know what One World One Heart is all about:

I created this event in 2007. The original idea behind this giveaway event was to bring bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. It closes the gap of the blog community and enables us to interact, discover new and wonderful people, and in the process possibly win a prize or many prizes along the way. 2007 had roughly 85-90 participants and many connections were made because of it......friendships that are still going strong.We had a strong showing the first year for sure, and then in 2008 we had just about tripled that number. In 2009 there were 911 participants, to say I was amazed is an understatement. 28 countries were represented in the 2009 event as well.This is more than wanting to win something.......that is only the means.......in the end it's about finding kindred spirits. Someone who may be fairly new to blogging, not sure how to navigate, find others and have others find them....Some are long time bloggers and in some cases well known in the blogging community. Whatever the case it brings all of them together. This is an INTERNATIONAL event that has and had participants from the US, Canada, France, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Malaysia, Brazil, The Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Ireland, England,Wales, Slovenia and more. It transcends geographical location, socio economics, political affiliation, religious beliefs......it's a coming together like the giant community we are on this planet. If only it took a simple giveaway to create PEACE everywhere, in the mean time here we give from our hearts. We are not solving the worlds problems nor are we curing anything nor are we changing the world. We are merely generating a closer community between humans through blogging. What more could I ask for, my little idea has surpassed my wildest dreams of what it could become.

So what do you win you ask? I'm giving away my first ever Gift Certificate :)

The contest will run from today January 25, 2010 and will end on February 15, 2010 when the winner will be announced!

All you have to do to enter is leave me a comment letting me know what you think of my new gift certificates and whether I should add them to my Etsy shop or not.

Please leave a way to contact you along with your comment.

Good luck to all who enter :)