Sign Up for the Cottage Charm Give Away Day - May 26
(Click here or scroll down to view the "Cottage Charm Give Away" Participant List - Updated Daily Until May 25th)
Wouldn't it be be delightful to have a 'blogwide' cottage themed giveaway?! I've been wanting to do my own little blog giveaway for quite a while now, but I thought others might enjoy doing the same...so let's do it! How about a "Cottage Charm Give Away Day" on May 26, 2007?!!!
It's simple. You have until Friday, May 25th, 2007 to post your "Cottage Charm" giveaway offering on your site. Then let me know so that I can link to your giveaway right here in this entry. Remember, people respond well to photos and good item descriptions. Others are encouraged to enter their names (on your site) for a drawing (by you) to win your charming cottage themed giveaway. To keep things simple, you choose your own sign up and drawing methods, how many cottage charm giveaways to offer, shipping details, etc., ...I'm just getting the ball rolling here:)
Use your own definition of "Cottage Charm" for this giveaway- the possibilities are endless! You can give away books, your own crafts, thrift store finds, new items, yummy treats, recipes, vintage goodies...goodness, I could go on forever! Just have fun with it!
At some point on Saturday, May 26, everyone participating will hopefully be able to post the winners of their giveaways. So the more participants (givers and receivers!), the better! I know May 26th seems forever away, but I wanted to give plenty of time for everyone to hear about this special "Cottage Charm Give Away Day" and to come up with something special to give to their readers. Also, this allows plenty of time for everyone to enter their names in the giveaways of their choosing.
How to Participate:
All that I ask is that you:
(1)let me know when your giveaway item is listed on your site by posting a comment with your giveaway link right under this post. You are encouraged to describe your giveaway and post photos if at all possible (more folks tend to sign up when they can see what they may be winning).
and
(2)link back to this post so that others may have an opportunity to learn about and participate in this giveaway. You can just copy and paste the coding (below) to your giveaway post or preferably somewhere on the side of your blog. If you prefer a text link, that's ok, too:)
After you've created your giveaway offering post and have added a link back to this page, I'll add your giveaway link right here in this entry so that more folks will find you and your fabulous giveaway. If you know you're going to participate but aren't yet ready to write about or post photos of your giveaway, please feel free to first go ahead and add the Cottage Charm banner code or link to your blog so that we can quickly get the word out. Thanks so much!
By the way, I will add links to this page right up until noon, Central time on May 25th. But hopefully you'll have your item(s) listed well before then.
<a href="http://owcl.blogspot.com/2007/04/sign-up-for-cottage-charm-give-away-day.html"><img border="0" src="http://www.onewomanslife.com/cg.gif"></a>
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
I would like to only add the link to your actual giveaway post containing instructions, descriptions and/or photos of what you are giving away. This will cut down on confusion when readers are looking for what you are offering.
You might be interested in perusing a little "catalog" (below) of all the give away items being offered. If you see something you like but haven't signed up for as of yet, just click on the item to be taken to the individual site where you'll sign up. Remember, some bloggers are offering multiple items but request that you only sign up once, so be sure you follow their participation rules. See the list below the catalog for all the sites participating...
"Cottage Charm Give Away" Participant List - To Be Updated until May 25th
1) Midwest Neurotica
2) Rags to Riches
3) Hearth and Home
4) Like Merchant Ships
5) Hidden Haven Homestead
6) Niesz Vintage Home
7) Ivy and Lace Cottage
8) One Woman's Cottage Life
9) Home Made Simplicity
10) Nonie Mae's Shabby Shack
11) My Indulgences
12) Princess Nimble-Thimble
13) Bella-Enchanted
14) Mother and Child
15) Trinkets and Treasures
16) Casa Amada
17) Ric Rac
18) From the Pines
19) Little Penpen
20) Artistic Creations
21) Karla's Cottage
22) The Bunnies' Bungalow
23) Serious Mumbo Jumbo
24) Ancient One's Place
25) Coasting Along
26) Cottage Magpie
27) Petit Pois
28) Life at Number 17
29) Lallee's Cottage
30) Creativity in Progress
31) Digi Scribbles
32) Day in the Life
33) Pretty Petals
34) Paintin Patti
35) I♥Upstate
36) Simply Me
37)Honeysuckle Lane
38) Nestled in the Singing Woods
39) Painter of the Past
40) A Day in the Country with Farmer Di
63 comments:
Count me in! I have a great book and an odd floral plate or two I'd love to pass along to a kindred spirit : )
What an awesome idea! My 'vibe' is kind of rustic, wabi sabi, but I might have some 'cottage' here and there. I'll get back to yo! ;)
Midwest Neurotica will be joining the giveaway! This is super-exciting.
Hey Kim! Great idea! I thought I would go ahead and join in on the fun! =)
Ive been scanning in all my old and vintage books/almanacs, ect. So I'll be giving away a special colorized edition of a vintage clabber girl cookbook in ebook form.
Here is the link:
Hearth & Home. Ta Ta for now! ~ Jessica
i love this giveaway idea! I have to come up with some ideas of things to give away. I'm not sure if I even have enough people coming to my blog to even warrant having a give away, but it's worth a try! I'll get back to you on if I'm taking part! Thanks so much for the great idea! :D
Great! I'm so happy you all are as excited as I am! Everyone's items look great so far! I know what I'm going to be giving away already - but I need a few days to put it all together. This is so fun! Thanks for joining!
Oh, and Kelly - don't worry about how many visitors you have...when I add your name to the giveaway list, you'll have plenty of people stopping by!
I may give it a go too! Sounds like fun and plenty of time between now and then to come up with some great give away goodies! I get back to you soon.
How wonderful! Willzmom, I'll look forward to hearing from you, and Peggy, you've been added!
Keep them coming! I'm still working on mine (a little painting involved!)
sounds really fun....so little time these days.
Oh I am going to try and come up with something fun to give away.
Please count me in!
Take care,
Connie
Oh My, I'm so HTML challenged. What a fun idea, Kim! I would love to participate, my blog is so new I'm afraid I'm only talking to myself over there, though. But, I've got a package together of vintage fabric, buttons, trim, and a paper item. If no one signs up, I'll just mail it off to a friend. :)
Here's my link:
http://nieszvintagefabric.blogspot.com/2007/04/cottage-give-away.html
hmmm let me think on this and see if I can swing it honey bunch! sounds like a fun one! I'll let you know;)
iME ADDING YOU TO MY LINKS,WONT TO SWAP?
This looks lovely for Spring!! I will be playing with you ladies!!
Peggy over at Home Made Simplicity
Straight in from Peggy's. How fun. I think I may just have to go out today and look for something cottagy to give away. Nice to meet you!
OOh yes plese count me in in in!!!
I love your giveaway. Put my name in.
Hey Kim, I would love to take part, please and thanks. What a lovely little assemblage! :)
oh my goodness, is this actually true? I feel sure i must be mistaken that i am allowed to enter in a draw or sorts to win that darling little tray and all that it contains?!?!
I just bought a cottage and was googling "cottage decor" for unique, diy decorating ideas and hit upon your cutest of cute blogs. will be bookmarking it for sure.
if i do indeed qualify for a shot at the giveaway for no reason at all, please sign me up! it would look great in the kitchen settled on the old 1920s stove that is inoperable but too amazing to chuck.
taniajennifer@sympatico.ca
well thanks. something for nothing seems kinda fishy ... but i do wholeheartedly believe in karma so I'll throw my hat in, come what may.
cheers
Tania
Hehe, Tania, yes, this is indeed "something for nothing" - just giving for the sake of giving...and it's so much fun! If you read blogs long enough (I have tons listed in my sidebar) you'll see this happens from time to time. One of the last group giveaways that I know of was in February hosted by this blogger. A ton of people participated, giving away their own things through drawings like this one. I found out about it a bit too late, so I decided to just have another, only with a cottage theme:)
I'll put your name in the hat - thanks for popping in!
Sounds like fun to me-I'm in! I think I have the "link thing" right, but you may want to double check.
http://erstwhileindulgences.blogspot.com/search/label/giveaway
Can't wait to start creating!
Lora
Please count me in. I am sure I can come up with some good stuffs to share with someone. This is exciting ... although I may have to learn some computer tricks re links, etc. You see, I am not too computer savvy.
I thought I signed up. I must have just read about it:)
Please sign me up:)
Lizzie
I'm in!! :-)
Here's the link to my giveaway post:
http://danniellesartyparty.blogspot.com/2007/04/cottage-charm-giveaway.html
Great idea!!
Oh please, do sign me up for your giveaway! I love your blog and read it every day! So fun to follow along!!
Yowzers this sounds fun. Count me in. I'm new to blogging, just getting started, but I want to do this. Too much fun. I feel a little HTML impaired, but I will give it a try. I'll be thinking about my give away. Have a candle holder in mind right now that my Special Needs students are making for vocational training. I'm planning to open a Etsy account with their stuff in it next year, so they can eat out, shop etc.
What a lovely idea and pretty blog. Thank you for adding me :0
Such a great idea! So many winners in such a short time!Yeah!
I am offering a Vintage white mirror.All the details and a Picture are here:
http://bella-enchanted.blogspot.com/2007/04/so-here-it-is-folks-my-first-attempt-at.html
Thank you for inviting us all to join in!
Please sign me in! I just love your blog and look forward to reading all about your projects! You have such great ideas and are such an inspiration. I just bought my first home and am looking forward to starting my own cottage projects! The book sounds extremely interesting!
count me in!!!! I just started blogging and don't even remember how I found you! but so glad I did. We are moving to an older quad level house and it needs help, on a budget, of course. You are just the inspiration I was looking for. The spoon and fork would look great in my new cottage kitchen! Andrea
andreaw123.typepad.com
AndeM1@hotmail.com
Kim I am officially signing up for your giveaway. I love those little bottles and the book looks so interesting.
Candee at eucalyptuscottage@juno.com
Hi, please enter me into your drawing and I have my give away posted on my blog. It's an altered "Watermelon" Jar, and backyard party prizes. Thank you, what a wonderful idea!!
Hi Kim ,
This is a great idea. I hope my giveaway is "cottagey" enough. I have just posted it now on my blog.
here is the link http://vintagericrac.blogspot.com/2007/05/cottage-charm-giveaway.html
This is such a great thing to suggest and it will be nice to give things away to appreciative people.
Thanks
jodie
I've got a giveaway going on right now, with a prize today and one on the 15th. but as I mentioned in my rules, taht I make up my own rules and can change them! I'll just add another prize so I can be included in your giveaway and extend mine out for a 3rd date!
http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/2277862/17754640
Here is the link to my drawing on May 15, I will send another when I have more photos of the additions for the later drawing. Is everyone doing the same date, or is it scattered?
Great idea to link these, thanks for doing it. How do you have time during all the remodelling??
Kim,
I am finally getting my entry up!! It is at fromthepines.blogspot.com. It is called Cottage Charm Giveaway and dated May 7th. It isnt giving me a HTML code?
Thanks!
Cheryl
Cheryl, I have you up and running - thanks so much for joining us! Oh, and to get an individual post address, just click the post time of any entry and then the address your taken to is the individual post address:) Thanks again!
Karla, thanks for your interest in signing up - that's great! Can't wait to see you what you've got!
love the concept! & i love love love anything cottage
pls. add me to your drawing...
i'd love to join in on the blog-wide cottage charm giveaways...but at the moment, i've got my plate full (work, upcoming craft fair, finishing up a swap i recently hosted, involved in other swaps, family, etc. etc.)...
i'm happy to spread the word on my blog & post your link tho!
:) mary ann
Count me in too! I will be giving away a card kit, ribbon, and lotion. Here is my link:
http://littlepenpen.blogspot.com/2007/05/may-26-cottage-charm-give-away.html
Hi Kim,
Great idea!!! I would love to join in, my link is here and it's all up and ready to go!
http://natashaburns.blogspot.com/2007/05/cottage-charm-giveaway.html
Thanks,
Natasha
Ok, I have chosen a prize and written about it and here is the link to it. Thanks again for doing this, such a great idea!!
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Hi Kim,
Jodie of ric-rac here again.
I just wanted to say a huge thankyou for this great experience. Of course it is nice to have lots of visitors to our blogs but even better is the great blogs I have visited as part of this giveaway. I have found some great people and blogs that i will revisit regularly as well as an old friend.
Thankyou for organising this great giveaway - I hope you win wonderful things for yourself and your beautiful cottage.
Ah, Jodie - that was so sweet! I'm so excited that so many are participating...it couldn't be done without everyone's giving spirit. So thank you and everyone that is joining up!
Hey Kim! I finally picked out what I want to give away for this super-cool cottage charm fest! I've posted it here: http://www.cottagemagpie.com/blog/collecting/0705-giveaway.html
Let me know if you have questions!
I decided to play!
I've listed my give-away
and here is a link to my post
http://lifeatnumber17.blogspot.com/2007/05/nuthin-like-waiting-until.html
Thanks for hosting :)
Kim, I am joining the give-away. My gifts can be found here.
Count me in too. I've listed my items. Here is my link
http://joyfordecor.blogspot.com/
Thanks,
Blanca
Kim this is such a wonderful idea. I have my give-away posted but I don't have a clue how to send you a link to only that post. Help!! xoxo
Fun idea! Count me in...better late than never, right?
Here's my link: http://carrie224.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/cottage-charm-give-away-may-26/
Hi Kim,
I would like to join the giveaway by hosting a giveaway at my site. Please add me. Hugs, Patti (paintinpatti.typepad.com
Hello! I have added a giveaway to my site so I would love to be added to your list. Thank you!Heather
Here is the link to the post itself.
http://prettypetalsboutique.blogspot.com/2007/05/pretty-petals-giveaway.html
Kim, Thank you for doing this. this is my first give away. I am very excited. I posted and put a link to your site. I hope I did everything Correctly. Please Excuse me if i did anything wrong. Im learning. Thanks again, please add me at my site is http://simplymeart.blogspot.com/
Count me in, I just posted a link and picture of my loot on my site. iloveupstate.com
--Jean
So I am participating in the giveaway too! What a great idea! I have posted on my blog my giveaway information! CHak it out there!
Hugs
Diana aka Farmer Di
I'm in! I just posted about it and will get photos up shortly...
http://honeysucklelane.blogspot.com/2007/05/cottage-charm-giveaway.html
thanks for this wonderful idea!
Lana
I've got my box posted..this is so FUN!!
thanks , Deena
http://sweetannee.blogspot.com/
I am so glad to have a chance to enter your give away! What a generous and kind idea...and what a great way to inspire and encourage others! Please put my name in the 'hat'. Thanks so much.
I'm in ..giving away ALSO
Check my blog for a picture
of my "give away"
Deena
I'll check to see if I have something cottage-like...
I'll be back.
What a wonderful idea. I can't wait to see what everyone is giving away.
Cheers Linda
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