Monday, December 15, 2014

H is for Holiday Happiness and a Giveaway!!

I just returned from a glorious trip to Interlaken, NY to visit my Son and his family for the Thanksgiving holiday, and the entire thing was gifted to me by my very generous son!! I had such a marvelous time that I, myself am in a very happy, generous mood and want to spread some of that happiness around to the rest of the world. I've been thinking a lot lately about different ways that I can pay things forward to return some of the goodness that has been bestowed upon me, and for me, this giveaway is the first step in that journey.

What do you get?

A new copy of Kelly Angeley's book, Explorations in Beadweaving, Techniques for an improvisational approach, and all the beads and components that you see pictured in the photo below. Its kind of a mixed media spread with a little of this and a little of that; Super Duos, Rivoili's, peanut beads, some delicas, triangles, a cameo, some cabs, and a few seedies, among other goodies!!

The Official Rules:

While I think it would be a super awesome sign of your appreciation for my having this giveaway, if you would follow my blog and/or share this post on your FB page, I won't require you to do that in order to be entered into the giveaway. (If you are already following my blog, I thank you for your support!) The only requirement for entering is to leave a comment following this post and tell me how you will pay things forward in your life in  2015. Put your thinking caps on and be creative! (The most creative response may win something special!)

The giveaway will run from December 14, 2015 until 9pm on December 19th, PST. One lucky person will be drawn by random number and announced on Saturday, December 20th at 1pm, PST.

Best of luck to everyone!!






I don't usually do this sort of thing, but due to some extenuating circumstances and posting issues, I am extending the giveaway through this weekend to give everyone a chance to participate. The lucky person will be announced on Monday, December 22, 2015, at 1pm, PST. Thank you to everyone for your understanding and your participation!! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

12 comments:

  1. In 2015, I would like to pay it forward with random acts of kindness. It is always a special surprise when someone pays for my drink at a Starbucks or my meal at a drive thru. I am going to do this once and awhile in 2015. Just for fun.

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    1. Thank you Sue for participating in my giveaway and I love your idea!! Random acts of kindness always leave me feeling very warm and fuzzy inside!

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  2. My plan, which I'm starting this Christmas, is to wrap up little presents (bookmarks, embroidered/beaded Christmas ornaments and whatever else I can think of) and leave them scattered around local libraries (and perhaps other places) for people to find. They will be labelled "If you find this, it is yours." In 2015 I'll be making ornaments throughout the year ... Now I've just got to get wrapping so I can distribute them at the beginning of next week.

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    1. Thank you Itene for participating in my giveaway. I love your idea!! I would love to find one of your ornaments or bookmarks!

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  3. I try really hard to give out my knowledge as much as I can year round. :) I love it when people ask beady questions, some of them make me really think about what it is you have to engineer to make things work, so I learn in the process, too. I am hoping to be able to put up one, maybe two, free tutorials on my blog this coming year, as another way to pay it forward. I have a LOT of paying it forward to do, since everyone in the bead world has been so very generous to me. And speaking of that, this is a mega generous giveaway, thank you for doing it, and making us think of what we can do for others. I really love Irene's plan, too!!

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    1. Nancy thank you for participating in my giveaway! I love your ideas and everyone would be very blessed to have some free tuts from you as you are a very talented beady lady! :)

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  4. First of all, give your son a big hug from your cyber friends for such an awesome gift! The older I get, the more I value the things that don't have a price...the relationships with family and friends. I am a chatty cathy, and I hope that my friendliness helps people to come together more easily. That is one of the best ways I have to make a positive impact for people. And, of course, if they appreciate my kind of jewelry, a gift in that area as well! Like Nancy, I have been so incredibly blessed by the jewelry community, largely in an online way, that I will be deliberately looking for ways to pass that blessing on to others.
    Thank you for helping me to take time to stop and deliberate about all my blessings! And for your fabulous giveaway!

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    1. Thank you Shirley for participating in my giveaway! Next time I see my son I will definitely give him a big hug from all my cyber friends and one from me too. :) I love your thoughts on paying it forward, and like you, think it's really important we take time to take stock and count our blessings.

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  5. i plan on having a drawing for free bridal jewelry at my daughter-in-laws bridal shop

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    1. Thank you anonymous for participating in my giveaway. :)
      If I were a bride, I'd be thrilled to win some free jewelry.

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  6. What a lovely idea your giveaway is Twyla! I'm on your blog list now (I hope I did it right!) and will come back tomorrow to read more. I've just contacted another beader, got her address, am sending her some cabs, just because she does beautiful work -- you're right, giveaways are fun! In 2015 I hope to be able to organize my old stash of unsold bead stringing projects and donate them to our local hospital's gift shop. I don't do stringing any longer, but the pieces are quite acceptable and should sell well in the shop. They can ask reasonable prices for them as they will get the lot for no cost. Merry Christmas, Happy 2015 to you! Jeanne Evans

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  7. Thank you Jeanne, for participating in my giveaway! I love your idea of donating your projects to a hospital gift shop ... That's so cool!

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