Giveaway winners

You think I forgot about my Bead Crochet Giveaway, but I promise you that I haven't.

After much deliberation, in the spirit of the Acts of Kindness Giveaway, everyone wins!

So Joanne, Julie, Kat, Vikki, and Nicolette, send me an email (or reply to my comment on your blog) letting me know your first couple choices from the pictures posted, and I will do my best to make sure everyone gets one of their top choices. If you're not certain, you can always choose a headband or other item from our PF Creations ArtFire Shop.

Also, send me your address so that I can send you your prize! Thanks for entering!

Mini-quilt Giveaway!

My friend Rachel at The Life of Riley is having a giveaway for a beautiful mini-quilt she made. I can't even imagine working with such tiny pieces of fabric!!

This finished mini-quilt (NOT a potholder!) measures about 7.5" square.

Hop on over there to tell her what you love about the Christmas season, and she'll enter you to win this beauty! Become her follower, too. You'll love her projects. She's even willing to ship internationally, so go enter now. You'll thank me later.

Must-see Giveaways!

Rachel at The Life of Riley has some wonderful giveaways going this week!

You need to pop over there for your chance to win... right now! Do not pass Go, do not collect $200, go now!

You'll thank me later. =)

Rope and Results

If you're paying attention, you're probably wondering why I haven't announced the winner of my G is for Giveaway yet.

Wait no longer.

...not much anyway.

As stated, I prepared a new Bead Crochet Necklace as one of the prize options. Here (for R=Rope) it is in all its turquoise and pink glory:

What do you think of the color combo? The orange is an interesting addition, isn't it?

Well, moving on with the important matter (R=Results): the winner is Marie Anne, and she picked vinyl wall art for her prize!

Congratulations, Marie Anne!

If you haven't had the pleasure of checking out one of Marie Anne's blog, you need to do it!
Just read her profile, and you'll want to know her better.
Her crocheting blog, Every Day Crochet
Various thoughts blog, Marie Anne's Missives
Gardening blog, In the Garden With Sow-n-Sow
Writing blog, Write, Wrong or Indifferent

I'll be contacting you shortly to find out what you'd like, Marie Anne.

If you're terribly disappointed that you didn't win, feel free to stop by our ArtFire shop anytime!

Hair Coverings Review and Giveaway Winner!

And the winner of the Hair Coverings Giveaway is...

Comment number 5!

Jenn at Sweet T Makes Three!!! Congratulations!

We can't wait to see your prize. =)

Giveaway!

G is for Giveaway, of course!

Since we're not even halfway through this crazy A to Z Challenge, and some of you have stuck with me thus far, here's a little fun way to celebrate!

It's a giveaway of your choice.

Option #1: I have a Bead Crochet Necklace in the works for this giveaway, and I'm vacillating on whether or not I want to keep the colors a secret. It's a little fun and different, and I like it!

Option #2: Vinyl Wall Art of your choice within dimensions of 12 x 36". It can be a word, verse, name, quote, graphic, or a combination of those. If you're looking for ideas, check our PF Creations ArtFire Shop. Color options are black, brown, white, red, orange, orange-red, silver-gray, dark green, or dark blue.

Unfortunately, because of the possible crazy dimensions of shipping packages, this will have to be available in US only. Sorry to the rest of you, I really love you all dearly!!!

Mandatory entry:
Tell me which option you would pick: Mystery Bead Crochet Necklace or Vinyl Wall Art. Please leave an email address in your comment entry.

Extra entries:
- Become a public follower of my blog; leave a comment! If you're already a follower, let me know in your comment.
- Blog about this giveaway and leave me a comment with a link where I can find it (2 entries).

Please leave a separate comment for each entry.

This giveaway will end on Sunday, April 17 at noon, CST.

Hair Coverings Review and Giveaway

I'm taking a little break from the A to Z Challenge on Sundays, so this was a great time to post my next giveaway!

Hair Coverings contacted me to do a review and giveaway for them, and I was pretty excited! It's always fun to try something new for hair, right? They have a huge variety of headbands, bandannas, scarves, hats, hair clips, accessories, etc.

They sent me two great items: An Untied Headband and a Beret. I know that I'm about to open myself up to all kinds of jokes here, but there is something wrong with the shape of my head. I don't always have good luck with scarves or ribbons tied around my head. They always seem to slip off. But they're just so pretty, I like trying them anyway!

Their Untied Headband worked very well! I tied it on when my hair was still slightly damp in the morning, and it stayed all day long. (My only problem is the horrible frizzies that have a mind of their own...ignore those.)

And the Beret? Ahhhhh...you had me at "Argyle." I'm such a fan! A couple years ago, I crocheted myself a beret, and I really love it. The one sent to me by Hair Coverings is great because it is just a little bit thinner yarn, so it's great for stylish fun without extra bulk. Such versatile colors, too!

Here's where you come in: Hair Coverings is offering one of my readers a box with $25 worth of surprise hair accessories! The rules are pretty simple, and the giveaway is open world wide!

Mandatory Entry:
Visit www.HairCoverings.com and comment here which items you would love to have.

For additional entries:
1) Add "http://www.HairCoverings.com" to your blogroll.

2) Join them through Google Friend Connect: Go to http://www.haircoverings.com/blog Click "Join This Site" in the Google Friend Connect box.

3) Follow them on Networked Blogs, Go to http://www.haircoverings.com/blog and click "Follow This Blog" on the Networked Blog box.

4) Add "http://www.hairproductblog.com/" to your blogroll.

5) Bookmark on Delicious: http://delicious.com/save?url=http://www.haircoverings.com

6) Follow them on twitter: Click http://twitter.com/haircoverings

7) Subscribe to their Blog feed. Click http://feeds.feedburner.com/haircoverings

8) Fan them on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/hairaccessory

9) Follow me at In the Loop publicly through Google Friend Connect (2 entries).

Comment separately for each entry and leave a valid email address!

This Giveaway ends on Sunday, April 10 at noon.

Fellow blogger giveaways!

Notes from a Crazy Mothering Chick is having a fun crochet giveaway in celebration of reaching 50 followers! Go check it out and enter! Look at her amazing projects while you're there!

Also, Rachel from The Life of Riley is having a CSN giveaway over at her blog. You'll be amazed at her many talents when you browse her blog!

Go, now!! What are you waiting for?!!

Wild Olive Hoodie

Have you ever checked out Wild Olive Tees? They have great shirts to "get your verse on." It's an amazing company run by some amazing women supporting their families.

They are currently having a giveaway for 5 hoodies! Go check it out to find out how you can enter.

HWLWG Winner!!!

The Handmade with Love Winter Giveaway ended last night!

 

And the winner is.... #11:

♥Yaya's Mommy ♥

I sent you an email, please reply and we will get you your prize!

Handmade with Love Winter Giveaway

If you're a new visitor, welcome to In the Loop and the Handmade with Love Winter Giveaway. 

If you're a regular visitor, here's the scoop. Hundreds of blogs are participating in the Handmade with Love Winter Giveaway Hop! Each one is offering a themed giveaway - all the prizes are handmade treasures or gift certificates to shops that sell handmade items (there is a linky at the end of this post).  After you've entered here, hop on over to the next blog on the list and keep going as long as you'd like!  The more you enter, the more likely you are to win.  Good luck!

The Prize:

$25 Gift Certificate toward any item(s) in our ArtFire Shop. We have a wide selection of bead jewelry, crocheted items, and vinyl wall decorations, with custom designs available for many items.

Main Entry:

Take a look at our ArtFire Shop and tell us your favorite item or something you'd like to see. 

Bonus Entries:

1. Follow me through Google Friend Connect on the right sidebar.
2. Blog about this giveaway.

Open to US only.

Leave one comment (with your email address) for each entry. Giveaway ends February 6, 2011 at 11:59PM EST. There will be one winner chosen. The winner will be selected by random.org and notified by email to the email address provided in the winning comments. The winners must respond within 48 hours of the notification email, or another winner will be chosen.

Here is the linky for more Handmade With Love Winter Hop blogs!

Bead Crochet Giveaway Winner!

The winner of the Metallic Bead Crochet Necklace giveaway is...

gill!

Congratulations!

(ps--if you didn't win, don't worry, there's another giveaway coming very soon!)

New Yarn and Patterns

Remember to enter my giveaway this week!

Anyone else out there get stuck in a rut for a while? I find projects I enjoy, and I make them to death! I constantly go back to yarn textures that I'm comfortable using. My color choices become predictable.

The good news is that I know what types of yarn I want for certain projects, and I get pretty fast at those patterns, right?! Currently, I have several "go-to" projects, and thankfully, that helps keep me from getting bored by any one of them in particular.

Just the same, it's nice to get new inspiration!

Ring, ring: MAIL TIME!
A couple weeks ago, I told you about Paula's giveaways on her blog. She was having a huge birthday celebration by sharing tons of goodies with her readers. It was such a blast! I was fortunate enough to win several skeins of yarn. They arrived in the mail yesterday! Super fun. Paula, being the VERY generous sweetie that she is, threw in a TON of fun patterns for me, too!

The tip of the iceberg:

And the new skeins of yarn:

In the busyness of Thanksgiving, I neglected to post this that Tamara from Crochet with Tamara sent to me:

So much new inspiration at my fingertips, now! I can take the hint: Get off that computer and start making something new! =D

A Bead Crochet Giveaway!

Celebration!!

I'm giving away this metallic frosted bead crocheted necklace.

It is 18.75" long with a toggle clasp.

Mandatory entry:
Check out our ArtFire Shop. Tell me you favorite item or what items you'd like to see us feature. Please leave an email address in your comment entry.

Extra entries:
Become a public follower of my blog; leave a comment! If you're already a follower, let me know in your comment.
Blog about this giveaway and leave me a comment with a link where I can find it.

You can leave a separate comment for each entry.

This giveaway is open internationally and ends on Sunday, January 30 at midnight, CST.

A Milestone

Wow! I never thought I'd see the day! I've hit the 100 Followers mark. I think in Blog-world, that translates to, "It's time for a giveaway!" right?