Monday, March 21, 2011

HOT HOT HOT ! (and Hurry !)

Crafty Steals  - is celebrating their new vendor today -- IMAGINISCE ! Go check this out and get your comment in right away - a huge iRock prize pack. You do not want to miss this !! The winner will be chosen on Wednesday morning. They also have some Imaginisce on their steal of the day, so check it out too ! Crafty steals comes up with really low prices for items you know you have to have !

Monday, Monday {and another WIN}

Woke up early this morning and checked FB, to find that I won the Maya Road 11,000 followers ribbon prize ! If you have seen the picture on MR's FB page, it's a BIG pile of ribbon - I can't wait to see exactly what it is ! I feel a little guilty, because I'm not sure I ever posted it for you guys, but if you follow companies on FB, their giveaways show up in your newsfeed too.

I have NO secret weapon to winning - I just make sure I read all the rules, if any, and enter whatever I like. So much of it is random picking anyway. I will rarely enter something that requires more than 2 steps. One thing I've seen from Stamp TV and a couple other companies is that they have you like the post on FB, and they pick from there, or, my favorite, they do a random pick from their fan base, and you do nothing at all. One day, I will post all the things I have won since I started the blog. I'm sure you're tired of reading, so ... here we go !

Moxie Fab World - DimeStore Vogue

Olive Garden - daily entry - trip to Italy

philosophy - daily entry - chance for daily win, plus grand prize of philosophy products

fave crafts - daily entry - Grand Calibur

imaginisce - short hop for iRock prize

Spellbinders - Bunny Hop - 2 prizes a day for 5 days

Friday, March 18, 2011

Finally Friday

It's been one heck of a week. Not alot of sleep, no energy, the only thing I accomplished was driving 125 miles to pick up my new glasses. AND I made it to a couple of craft stores, and still came home with money in my pocket !

Picked up a few things for blog candy too.....

Coffee and Cards at the Java Hut tomorrow - really cute - AGAIN ! I just love getting together with the girls - we have the best time, and we make beautiful cards.

My mother went to the humane society and brought home the cutest little all black kitty - her name is DC, and from the moment she came in, this was HER home, which really depressed Mom's dog, and my cats are none too happy either. DC is a hoot - into everything, goes everywhere, even uses her box like a good girl -

So anyway, I am back, and hope to get back to some sort of normal. What have you been doing ?

Monday, March 14, 2011

Goodnight !

Again, not much except the cricut.MCT/SCAL debate. I've never heard such angry people in my life - and I just don't want to get into a big fuss about it, so I am choosing to stay out of it.

Changing weather the last few days has left me in bed, but tomorrow I'm going to pick up my new glasses, and will get a few new craft things. I recently got my hands on the original Cricut Personal Cutter, and I need a couple of cartridges, anybody care to recommend a good cartridge, or the best place to buy them ?

I suppose I had better pick up a few more things for blog candy - 25 is not that far away !

Talk to you tomorrow night or Wednesday. Leave me some comments !

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Sorry Sunday

I haven't seen a thing for giveaways today.

HOWEVER ---- I am jumping for joy that we have 2 new followers ! Welcome !

More to come after the daily nap. :D

Friday, March 11, 2011

Just the Links

I have a boatload of stuff to do today, so here are the links you need to go and check out for prizes ! I'm rearranging my craft room, so it's not like I'm having any fun !

Helmar

PSA Stamp Camp

Scrapbook &Cards Today

Paper Crafts Connection

Hero Arts

Xyron

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Wednesday's Goodies

Sorry I didn't get back yesterday, but I got caught up in errands, supper, and was in bed at 8 pm. Once I get that go to bed feeling, I'm not much good anyway. I'll try to make up for it today.

One suggestion : before you go to enter a giveaway, create yourself a new email address, and use that address only for giveaways. I'd also suggest you sign up for newsletters, like them on FB, and follow the websites. On your email, you can create folders and filters to shift all email from one place into its own folder.
Now, on to the fun !

Close To My Heart be sure to follow them on Twitter, they are giving away the cutest little bird stamp to 10 of their Twitter followers, old and new - winners announced Friday !

Ayana's Creations  Watch her video about her Scrapbox, and leave a comment to maybe win a ribbon box !

Crafterminds  Not a giveaway, but a source of really good information - today's topic - How to attract readers to your blog. I know I'm going to read this one !

If you have an AC Moore in your neighborhood, you can register to win a pretty big gift card ! Details on the link.

Clearsnap Inc  is announcing winners of a goodie box tomorrow. If you haven't enterd yet, you have up to 3 entries you can submit. (This has been previously posted)

Paper Crafts Connection Blog  The Go-To Girls are nuts about Baker's twine, and if you aren't already, you will be after checking out this blog entry - plus leave a comment and you could win a big ole collection of colorful baker's Twine !

ShopWeR  Not a giveaway, but the online store for We R Memory Keepers products. They have a great deal on the Sew Easy - a package deal for $29.99. If you have tried to get these in stores, you know it's very, very difficult ! They have paper, stamps, the whole 9 yards. Go and look - there's a cute Easter collection in there too.

Spotted Canary  First, you have to login to be able to make a comment, but this is a good site to belong to. Check it out !

Little Yellow Bicycle  Take a look at this post, find the collection you like (see directions) and leave them a comment to win an LYB shopping bag. Wouldn't it be nice if it was full of LYB stuff ? I just hope it isn't one of those plastic bags that I have a ton of from every store I go to !

debbys dares  Debby tells us all about glue dots, and is offering up some Glue Dots® Adhesives Dot 'n Go Removable. Winner announced on Friday.

joyslife.com is having a 1-million-hits-give-away-celebration and giving away a GYPSY ! Winner  announced on March 13

And----that's all I can find so far today ! Have fun checking these giveaways out, and Good luck.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Happy Blogger on the Prairie !

Let me first say that I am very happy to have my original followers, but even happier for all of us, we have gained 2 more followers ! As I have said before, when we get to 25 followers thru Google Friend Connect, there will be blog candy. So, please, spread the word to your crafty friends ! I know that things of late have been pretty slim, but life happens, and we all understand that. So, with that, I am going to start out with two daily entry prizes, one crafty, but one not.

philosophy is a great cosmetics company, and I have been using lots of products from them for many years. They are having a birthday celebration that starts out with a giveaway, with daily entry, and on March 9, they are having another big surprise. See their FB page for details on that.

favecrafts  is having a daily entry to win a Grand Calibur. I've posted this before, but wanted to give you a reminder. Now when I saw this huge thing, I thought it was meant just for the ginormous Nestabilities. Now, I have seen videos, showing it being used to cut and emboss multiple dies at one time. Its plates are 8x12, so think how many less cuts you'd have to make, and a whole lot less plate switching too.

Spotted Canary Make sure you sign up for their newsletter and Like them on FB, they say this is going to be a big prizewinning month. Includes a giveaway and a challenge with prize.

CraftECorner This week's prize is The Cricut Expression Machine A to Z DVD & Cutting Guide and Cricut Bug Plush Bug! Make sure you enter today. There are 3 chances to enter, winner announced on Thursday.

Craft Critique does alot of very useful product reviews. That's where I won my Quick Snippers. ! Now, they may not always be giving a prize in their reviews, but it only takes a second to comment, and you may win something anyway !

ALONG that line, on FB, many of the major craft companies will ask general  or specific questions in your newsfeed. Answer them too, as sometimes good things happen.

Creating Keepsakes Blog has some simple tips for adding die cuts to layouts. 4 lucky winners will get a cool group of prizes.

Roberts Crafts You can have 2 entries in this one, follow the instructions, and you could win a big ole prize of crafts for kids !
Crafty Steals  Two random winners chosen Thursday morning

Glue Arts  scroll down to the mardi gras mask and leave a comment

Okay ladies - that's pretty much everything for the last 5 hours. I'll come back later, check out the newest opportunities, and check back to the early hours as well. Have fun !

Monday, March 7, 2011

Down Days

Sorry kids, I have spent the better part of the last three days in bed. Nothing contagious, just tired and worn thin (thin - oh how I wish).

Some good news, in the last two weeks I won the Quick Snippers from a review in Craft Critique, an Everyday Stories album by anthologie from Xyron, and Friday I won over $50 worth of the Family Keepsake collection from ShopWeR (WeRMemoryKeepers store).

I hope in the next couple of days to list all the FB pages that I follow, so that when I fail to post every day, you can go where I find the goodies.

Made some very pink Easter/spring cards at the CTMH Coffee and cards on Saturday.

And best of all, I got to talk to BOTH my sons last night !

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Sunday, one by one

Going to give you a quick one to get started today, another sleepless night, so it's naptime in a minute.
Imaginisce  Boxes of Goodies up for Grabs !