the lucky, caffeinated winner!

as promised, i have a winner for the keurig portion pack giveaway...

3carnations 

congratulations! a box of donut shop cinnamon roll plus the barista prima sampler will arrive on your doorstep very soon! 

thank you to all who entered & be on the lookout for the next keurig-related giveaway. unfortunately, i won't be giving away more coffee, but i will be reviewing the cafe escapes line AND the next giveaway may or may not have something to do with a year-long subscription to birchbox. hint, hint.

psst...i used random.org to generate the giveaway winner. 

who won?

i don't normally post on the weekends, but i'm sure you're all dying to know who won the 50 free photo cards from tiny prints, right?

no? well, shame on you for not entering.

there were 17 comments, but 15 entries. make sense?

i entered each name, in order of comment, into excel & used handy, dandy random.org to generate the winning entry number...

and the winner??

jayme from the little baby blog

congratulations, jayme! i will give your email to my contact at tiny prints who will then email you about how to redeem your 50 free cards. basically, you'll place an order, but alison from tiny prints will pull your order by your email. make sense? probably not. but, just know that alison & the rest of the tiny prints staff will take good care of you.

thank you to all who entered! i wish i could give all of you free cards this holiday season. definitely keep tiny prints in mind...their customer service is superb {and what other company will mail your cards for you??}.

WINNERS: shutterfly holiday cards

it's getting to be that time of year...again.  i know today is halloween and we all have kit-kats, sweettarts & almond joys on our mind {or maybe that's just me}, but we kind of have to start thinking about the holidays, too.

not long ago, i wrote about photo cards from shutterfly. i also mentioned a pretty sweet giveaway. as promised, here are the THREE winners of 25 cards {of their choice} from shutterfly:

JulesInTheNo

Preppy Girl Meets World

Melanie

thank you to all who entered & a big congratulations to the winners!! 

winners, please be on the lookout for an email {from me} containing your shutterfly code.

oh, at some point last week i passed the 900th blog post mark. yeah, 900 posts. so, i guess i should have another giveaway in honor of that, right?? 

psst...as per usual, the winners were picked using random.org

WINNER: someone's gettin' her nails did...

first of all, THANK YOU to all of the entries for the orly polish giveaway!

i wish i could give ALL of you some pretty polish for your fingertips, but today there is only one winner...


before i reveal who the winner is, i just want to let you know how i chose the winner. i typed out each entry into excel. if you lumped your entries into one comment, that's cool. i just typed your name however many times you "entered." for this giveaway, you had the possibility of entering up to six times. there were 53 comments on the giveaway post, but when i typed everything out the number jumped to 58 {make sense?}. then, i used the random number generator at random.org to pick a winning number.

now that all of that mumbo-jumbo is out of the way...

CONGRATULATIONS TO KASEY!!

{go check out her blog, domesticated hygienist}

kasey, please email your mailing address to me: shell {at} stutteringshell {dot} com

again, thank you to everyone who entered. don't forget i have a shutterfly giveaway that's about to end...don't y'all want a chance to win 25 FREE photo cards?!

winner, winner, chicken dinner!

ok, not really.  

but the winner WILL be the hottest sand-free gal leaving the beach this summer!

thank you to all who entered.  i'm pleased to announce the winner of the sand-off giveaway...

heidi from fighting with food!!
{check out her blog...for reals. it's full of yummy goodness & she is so inspiring!} 

congratulations!  email me your address & i'll get your sand-off mitt out to you.

psst...i used random.org to choose the winner.  out of the twenty-five entries, random.org picked entry number ten.

winner, winner!

first of all, thank you to lis for allowing me to not only review a scentsy warmer, but host a giveaway as well!  remember, the winner will receive her choice of scentsy plug-in and scent bar.

my favorite plug-in...i have got to have it!
{source}

as promised, i chose the winner this morning with the help of my buddy, random.org, and i'd like to send a big ole congratulations shout out to:

kandy
{check out her blog}

email me at michellechissler {at} gmail {dot} com and we'll go from there.  thank you to everyone who entered!!

DUH! my giveaway winner...

leave it to me to be that schmuck who forgets about her own giveaway. yeah, i'm that girl.

anyways, i'd like to announce the winner of my tabletopics giveaway...

I am Lee-Ann...

congrats, girl! just email me where you'd like me to mail your tabletopics & it's on your way! and, thank you to all who entered.

keep calm...we have a winner!

it excites me very much to announce the winner of my "keep calm & blog on" giveaway...

brittany ann
{a.k.a. my sista from another mista!}
check out her blog by clicking here...

congrats, girl!!

email me with your preferences {color choice & "blog on" poster size} & mailing addy so that i may get this lovely item to your doorstep a.s.a.p.!!

thank you, thank you to all who entered and welcome to some new faces/followers!!

we have a GIVEAWAY winner!

thirty-six of you entered to win some pink & green organizational goodness and random.org chose the 32nd entry as the winner.

i'm quite happy to tell y'all that the winner is...

Lisa
of Don and Lisa Osborn

congratulations!! please send an email with your mailing address to me: shell {at} stutteringshell {dot} com

thank you to all of you who entered to win and hello & welcome to some new faces who came over to see what the giveaway was all about!

if all goes well, i just might hold another giveaway next month {and maybe i'll have a small giveaway every month in 2010...who knows}. oh, and keep your eyes peeled because i will be getting my future etsy shop in order this weekend.

We have a winner!

Hello, friends! Happy Monday to you all...I must apologize for NOT posting the giveaway winner on Friday as promised. Friday afternoon got the best of me...and so did the rest of the weekend.

So, without making you all wait any longer, I am tickled pink to announce the winner of a $50 gift certificate to Sephora. She is probably super busy with school since she's busy living Life as a Florida Gator....congratulations goes out to:

cMs

Please e-mail me at shell {at} stutteringshell {dot} com to let me know if you prefer an e-gift certificate or an actual gift card from the store. I suppose it all depends on how soon you want to splurge at Sephora!! *wink*

Thank you to everyone who entered & left me very kind birthday wishes. So far, 32 isn't so bad!

I do have another giveaway & product review to post this week so keep your eyes open for that.

I'm a WEEEEENER!

The muy fabuloso Mrs. Potts at Experiments in a Galley Kitchen had a little birthday giveaway last month. OK, maybe it wasn't little...to me, it was a BIG deal. Why? Because, I won!

What did I win?

{picture from Made by Stella}

Yep, I won those gems {pun intended!} - absolutely beautiful & stunning garnet cluster earrings from Made By Stella. Please go check out her etsy shop by clicking here.

I also won an item of my choice from the personalized stationery line at Molly Lou Gifts! I am having a hard time choosing just one item, but I've narrowed it down to these choices {all pictures are from Molly Lou Gifts, by the way}:

{the Style Your Stationery personalized set}

{the Dots Monogram note set}

{the Family Birdie folded notes}

I am thinking that I may have to get all three...stationery is always good to have. I even keep a set of note cards in my desk drawer at work because you just never know!

I'm so excited that I won this giveaway -- thank you, Mrs. Potts!! And, I owe a huge thanks to RNJenn, too! She told Mrs. Potts that I referred her which earned me my winning entry. Thanks, Jenn!

Please...go check out everyone {Mrs. Potts, Made by Stella, Molly Lou Gifts, RNJenn} mentioned in this post. You won't be disappointed.

Let's get BAREFOOT {again!}

Earlier today I announced the winner of the Barefoot Wine giveaway - Miss Sweet Tea from Sweet Tea Diaries. I was so happy & excited for her...because she also won the very same giveaway at Chic & Pink today! My dear Angela - this is a sign! Go out & buy a lotto ticket because how often do you win - on the same day - the very same giveaway at two different blogs?!

Of course, being the gracious, sweet gal that she is, Miss Sweet Tea contacted me & thanked me profusely, but asked that I choose another winner because it just wouldn't be right to win the same thing twice. Isn't she fab?

So, my dear friends, I am here to let you know that I have chosen another winner for the Barefoot Wine giveaway & the lucky gal is:

Mrs. McB
{please visit her lovely blog}

Please contact me at shell {at} stutteringshell {dot} com - I will need your mailing address so the great folks at Barefoot Wine can send you your goodies! Congrats!

Gettin' Barefoot - We have a winner!

Thank you all so much for the great entries!

This was a fun giveaway...I wish we could ALL get together & sip on some Barefoot Wine!

As promised, I have chosen the winner {thanks to random.org - I assigned all of your entries a number...in order they were left & random.org chose the winning number at, well, random!}...

Miss Sweet Tea

Congratulations on winning the really awesome Barefoot Wine set...you'll soon be watching your favorite television programs while sippin' wine from your new Barefoot Wine stemless wine glass {just ONE of the goodies included in the set}!

Please email me at shell {at} stutteringshell {dot} com to give me permission to send your mailing address along to the great folks at Barefoot Wine...because they will be sending your goodies directly to you!

There's a sweet surprise in store for...

Chelle!

Chelle at Creative Momma is the lucky recipient of a surprise from moi. You know, a little something special I've put together as a way to say thank you for being one of my 105 followers!

I carefully & methodically chose a winner last night while watching "Top Chef Masters" (I'm rooting for Rick Bayless!!!).

{OK, OK, so I printed out everyone's names, cut them out into little rectangles, folded them up, put the names in a bowl and drew a name.}

I wish I had something for everyone, but I do have a few tricks up my sleeve so don't fret.

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Chelle...email me at shell {at} stutteringshell {dot} com with your snail mail address and I'll get your surprise in the mail!

I totally love how it's a Chelle-Shell thing!!

Starting the week on a SWEET note...

Remember that product review/giveaway from last week? Yeah...the one about cake?! Well, we have a winner, folks, and I believe this person will be very happy to find out that she will receive a sweet treat this week.

As usual, I put the entries into an Excel spreadsheet and used Random.org to determine the winner of a Triple Chocolate Enrobed Brownie Cake from Bake Me A Wish. And, the winner is...

amanda!!

She said...
The peanut butter mousse cake sounds phenomenal!

Mmm...the peanut butter mousse cake DOES sound phenomenal, but I think you'll be happy, too, with this sinfully delicious brownie cake {trust me}.

Please email your mailing address to shell {at} stutteringshell {dot} com so I can get your information to the kind folks at Bake Me A Wish. Congratulations & enjoy!!

We Have A Winner!

I'm sad that my blog's birthday bash has come to an end...can you believe that today is the LAST day of June already?! Where does the time go??

Anyways, as promised, I have a winner for the last of the blog birthday bash giveaways - a few of my favorites from Kiehl's. I used random.org to choose the winner...

LovesPINKandPEARLS

Congratulations on your win and email me at shell {at} stutteringshell {dot} com with your mailing address and I'll get your goodies out to you soon!!

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And a big, huge, special THANK YOU to all of you who participated all month long! Thank you for making my blog's birthday month special. I'm glad to have been fortunate enough to connect with you all!

I'm kind of sad...now it's back to my regular blog antics...but, like I keep telling ya, I have a few tricks up my sleeve!!

I Should Buy a Lotto Ticket

I am on a roll and I'm feeling lucky - and absolutely blessed! In the last few days I have managed to win three different giveaways. THREE! I am so excited!

I won a blog makeover courtesy of The Design Girl. I love, love, L♥VE my current layout which was created by the lovely Melanie at Sassy Chic Designs, but I am excited to see what Danielle from The Design Girl comes up with! I have a feeling I'll be switching back & forth between my current layout and my new layout from time to time!Definitely check both gals out and see what kind of fabulousness they can do for your blogs...tell 'em I sent ya! Danielle also creates some awesome stationery...you can check that out by clicking here.

I won a personalized cakeplate from Fancy Schmancy Designs. I can't wait to receive the cakeplate in all of it's monogrammed and polka-dotted glory! It will be displayed proudly on my kitchen counter and will be home to a Black Magic cake as soon as I feel like baking one. Ha! In the meantime, be sure to check out Amy's Etsy shop by clicking here.

And...

I won LuLu's follower giveaway over at Life With LuLu and Pete. It's a package chock full of goodies like note cards, Bath & Body Works, Vera Bradley, kitchen/cupcake things (did she know I won a cakeplate...perfect!!) and a few surprises. I cannot wait to receive that package in the mail!

I know it's not lady-like to brag, but I wanted to share my extraordinarily good luck with you all because I'm never this lucky. Never, ever.

Thank you to Danielle, Amy & LuLu...I am a truly happy (yet wide-awake at the moment) girl!

BLOG B'DAY BASH - Bare Escentuals WINNER!

Hello friends! Sorry for the delay in this post...but I am pleased to announce the winner for week 3 of my blog's birthday bash...

BroncoMom!!

Congratulations!

I used random.org to choose the winner...and this is what BroncoMom said:

And finally my comment for your post on today's giveaway.My favorite Bare Escentuals product is the Foiled Eye kit. My makeup artist genes are telling me this kit would be tons of fun!

Enjoy your Bare Escentuals Siren of the Sea Collection - it's a really great gift set. Email me your mailing address and I'll get your gift out to you this week!

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Thank you to all who entered & participated! I have another giveaway up my sleeve...maybe two...as a way to wrap up my blog's birthday month.

Also, stay tuned...I know I keep promising some fun things for those of us with kids and those fun things will really happen this week! There is also another giveaway up my sleeve - it's all still in the works - but if you love mommy juice like I do, then you're going to love what I'm working on. *hint, hint*

And the WINNER of the Vera Bradley Morgan in Peacock is...

Lis from Lis Loves!


Congratulations!


Just so you all know, I made a spreadsheet of all the names in order of comment & then I used Random.Org to generate a number between 1 & 125 (there were 125 entries...wahoo!).














Lis - email me at shell {at} stutteringshell {dot} com and we can discuss how you would like to handle the delivery of your brand new & oh, so fabulous Vera Bradley Morgan in Peacock!

Best All Around

I'm such a proud mama!

My sweet girl, Malia, won an award today! We spent a few hours at a local high school where 104 youth (grades Kindergarten through 12th grade) and 20 adults were honored for being "the best all around." The awards program & ceremony was sponsored by our city's Parks & Recreation department and the Youth Opportunities Office and it was such an amazing production! They had a carnival and all sorts of fun, food & games for the kids to enjoy.

Best of all, the Mayor and many special people took time out of their day to honor the children & adults who make a difference in our communities and my daughter was one of them...so special! Malia was tickled pink that she got to "meet" the Mayor and shake his hand!

From the nomination form:
The criteria for Virginia Beach’s Best All Around awards are based on the 40 Developmental Assets®, which are positive experiences and personal qualities that help young people grow up to be healthy, principled and caring adults. A list of the Assets can be found on the nominations form and a more detailed description at: www.search-institute.org