**THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED AND NO LONGER ACCEPTING ENTRIES** 

Yay it’s time for another giveaway! With summer just around the corner [that's right, I'm already excited about it now that we've hit 79º here] I’m always on the hunt for the next great book to read for those relaxing afternoons by the pool, or on an airplane setting off on a much needed vacation. Well New York Time bestselling author Jen Lancaster, author or “Bitter is the New Black” has combined by two favorite things in her newest book “If You Were Here”: your favorite John Hughes movies’ setting + DIY. What? I know. It’s awesome.

This witty book is set in the same Chicago suburbs as John Hughes’ 80s movie classics like Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink. ”If You Were Here” follows Amish-zombie-teen-romance author Mia and her husband Mac (and their pets) through the alternately frustrating, exciting, terrifying—but always hilarious—process of buying and renovating their first home.

Jen has so graciously offered up two copies of her new book for two of our lucky readers!

Here are the giveaway deets:

• PRIZE: a copy of  Jen Lancaster’s newest novel “If You Were Here”
• NUMBER OF WINNERS: TWO
• HOW TO ENTER: comment on this post [yep it's that easy!]

EXTRA ENTRY OPPORTUNITIES:

A. If you tweet about this giveaway with a link back to our blog, you get one extra entry. Once you tweet, come back and comment again with your @twitter name.

B. If you facebook about this giveaway with a link back to our blog, you get one extra entry. Once you facebook, come back and comment again.

C. If you like us on facebook, you get one extra entry.

D. If you follow us on twitter, you get one extra entry.

E. If you blog about this giveaway with a link back to our blog, you get two extra entries. Once you blog, come back and comment twice with the link to your post.

Any combination of these can gain you up to 7 entries per giveaway, so spread the word!! However, if you comment saying that you tweeted/facebooked/blogged but didn’t, we have the right to remove your entries. Booya!

• GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Sunday, March 11th at 8pm CST
• NUMBER OF WINNERS: TWO
• WHO CAN ENTER: Anyone in the world!
• THE FINE PRINT: Please use a working e-mail address, otherwise we can’t contact you. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced first thing Monday morning. Good Luck! :)

I know that this is a day behind, but it was a mixture of me being super duper busy and technical difficulties with the interweb. Now that that’s all behind us, let’s get down to the winner of last week’s giveaway! But before we do, let’s ooh and ahh one more time at Adrienne’s knit-mazing products..

And now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for, the WINNER!

Congratulations Becky!! Please send us your mailing address so we can pass it along to Adrienne. And a big Thank You to Miss Adrienne for sponsoring this giveaway, and to everyone else who entered. Better luck next time! That’s right, we have more giveaways up our sleeve so stay tuned! And don’t forget, if you’re interested in having Adrienne knit you something just shoot her an email with your ideas and she’ll be happy to whip something up.

Are you interested in sponsoring a giveaway? Go here to learn more! We would love to have you!

**THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED AND NO LONGER ACCEPTING ENTRIES**

Guess what time it is? It’s giveaway time! Oh.. the title gave it away? That’s cool. Our dear friend Adrienne aka the knitting extraordinaire has offered to giveaway one of her snazzy hand-knitted drink sleeves.

Adorable right? And just in time for the holiday season and tasty warm beverages! This is a hand knit, cabled eco-friendly coffee or tea sleeve. It keeps your drink stylishly warm and protects the environment and your hands. The sleeve will fit a tall, grande, or venti sized drink… perfect for sipping a peppermint mocha whilst oogling at the holiday lights and pretending not to know all the words to Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You”.

Here are the giveaway deets:

• PRIZE: a super cozy coffee/tea sleeve
• HOW TO ENTER: Comment on this post [yep it's that easy!]

EXTRA ENTRY OPPORTUNITIES:

A. If you tweet about this giveaway with a link back to our blog, you get one extra entry. Once you tweet, come back and comment again with your @twitter name.

B. If you facebook about this giveaway with a link back to our blog, you get one extra entry. Once you facebook, come back and comment again.

C. If you blog about this giveaway with a link back to our blog, you get two extra entries. Once you blog, come back and comment twice with the link to your post.

Any combination of these can gain you up to 5 entries per giveaway, so spread the word!! However, if you comment saying that you tweeted/facebooked/blogged but didn’t, we have the right to remove your entries. Booya!

• GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Sunday, December 3rd at 8pm CST
• NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
• WHO CAN ENTER: Anyone in the continental US
• THE FINE PRINT: One entry per working e-mail address, otherwise we can’t contact you. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced first thing Monday morning. Good Luck! :)

PS: Adrienne has loads of other hand-knit wares. She makes things to order, so you can just email her and tell her what you want and she’ll whip it up in no time. Seriously she’s like magic. Here are some of our faves:

Are you interested in sponsoring a giveaway? Go here to learn more! We would love to have you!

We were so excited to see how many people jumped at the chance to win $150 gift card to Bird n’ Bloke for their pick of fun cuff links, belt buckles, money clips,jewelry, hair adornments, and drawer pulls! Before we get to the winner let’s take another moment to ooh and ahh at their great products.

Okay now it’s time for the good stuff! We put each entry into a numbered spreadsheet [in the order they commented] and used random.org to generate the winning number. So here goes!

The winner of a $150 gift card is:

Congratulations Kaitlyn!! Please send us your mailing address so we can pass it along to Bird ‘n Bloke. And a big Thank You to Bird ‘n Bloke and to everyone else who entered. Better luck next time! That’s right, we have more giveaways up our sleeve so stay tuned! And don’t forget, Bird ‘n Bloke is offering 10% off for any of our readers with the code: SMILE10

Are you interested in sponsoring a giveaway? Go here to learn more! We would love to have you!

dc

**THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED AND NO LONGER ACCEPTING ENTRIES**

What’s that? Is it GIVEAWAY time again? You betcha! [said in our finest Michigan accents] And just in time for Valentine’s day I might add. Our friends at Bird ‘n Bloke are showering our lovely readers with some amazing swag!

Bird ‘n Bloke is a fantastic ethical company that handcrafts amazing custom cuff links, belt buckles, money clips, jewelry, hair adornments, drawer pulls, and the list goes on! Bird ‘n Bloke has been featured in many wedding magazines and websites because their one of a kind pieces really do make them stand out. Their products are perfect for groomsmen gifts, brides, and for those who like their accessories to show some personality.

So now for the moment you’ve been waiting for.. Bird ‘n Bloke is giving away a $150 gift card for ONE of our lucky readers! That’s right, one winner will get to peruse their website and order whatever they wish, and yes.. we’re super jealous.

Here are the giveaway deets:

• PRIZE: $150 gift card
• HOW TO ENTER: Comment on this post [yep it's that easy!]

EXTRA ENTRY OPPORTUNITIES:

A. If you tweet about this giveaway with a link back to our blog, you get one extra entry. Once you tweet, come back and comment again with your @twitter name.

B. If you facebook about this giveaway with a link back to our blog, you get one extra entry. Once you facebook, come back and comment again.

C. If you blog about this giveaway with a link back to our blog, you get two extra entries. Once you blog, come back and comment twice with the link to your post.

Any combination of these can gain you up to 5 entries per giveaway, so spread the word!! However, if you comment saying that you tweeted/facebooked/blogged but didn’t, we have the right to remove your entries.

• GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Sunday, February 6th at 8pm CST
• NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
• WHO CAN ENTER: Anyone in the world!
• THE FINE PRINT: One entry per working e-mail address, otherwise we can’t contact you. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced first thing Monday morning. Good Luck! :)

*BONUS* Bird ‘n Bloke is ALSO giving all our lovely readers 10% their entire purchase through the end of February with code: SMILE10

Sidenote: We weren’t perk’d for hosting this giveaway, we genuinely love these products and wanted to reward our lovely readers!

Are you interested in sponsoring a giveaway? Go here to learn more! We would love to have you!

dc