This is the hat I chose to pull the name out of, of the winner of the cottage garden print. No , it is not my birthday...but it is bright and colorful. I wanted to thank all the bloggers who entered the contest :
Gary - A Day in The Life
Shirley-The Gardening Life
Desiree-Driftwood Ramblings
Darla-More Family and Flowers
Sandy aka Doris-the-Great-Aging Disgracefully
Joji-The Art of joji roper todd
Robur- Robur d'Amour
Ria- It's me
Jeri Landers- Hopalong Hollow Gazette
Donna-Sugar, Spice, & Southern Life
Catherine- A Gardener in Progress
Rebecca-Life & Godliness
laxmi prasad shahi- stamps_coin_banknote of Nepal
TZel
CeeKay-Getting There Now- My Two Cents
Peeokee- One Plant at a Time
And the winner is, after much swishing in the hat by a 9 year old swisher... darn, flash keeps hitting the paper. Let me get a better shot ( I know who the winner is because I can see and you can't yet ! )
Hold on, better shot coming up...
Nope, still too much flash...let's go outside.
Now we're getting some where...coming into focus...suspense mounts...
TA-DA !!! As my son is showing above, I want to wish sweet Shirley of the Gardening Life congrats and please leave me a comment ( leave me two, one with your mailing address that I will not publish ) , so I can ship your print to you. My final words will be Shirley's and what she wanted to be when she grew up :
CeeKay-Getting There Now- My Two Cents
Swishing time. shaking and swishing..
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| Those dots on my finger are red glitter from this crazy hat--got all over the place |
Hold on, better shot coming up...
- Gina, like you I dreamt of being a writer. The love of books drew me in and I often wrote as a favorite pastime as a child. To this day, I still want to be a writer. If I could be anything, other than a wife and mother, it would be a writer.
I say go for your dreams, and if you already have....be proud of yourself. Branch out-- Reach High-- Keep growing--
Thank you all for entering, I do wish I could give everyone something still. many warm blessings ,Gina
Congratulations to Shirley !!......love for you Gina......xxxxxx.......
ReplyDeleteCongrats Shirley....You are one lucky girl.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the winner!
ReplyDeleteI'm usually good about catching all your posts Gina. I'm bummed this one slipped by me. This was a great giveaway.
blessings,
Terri
Congrats to Shirley! It is a beautiful garden print.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Donna
Congratulations, Shirley!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, if writing is what you always wanted to do, why aren't you doing it, then? I read that you just have to start writing, from your heart, and it will all come together. So, GO FOR IT!
Gina, you clearly had a lot of fun doing this! Loved all the suspense you created with the draw...loved the shiny hat...loved that your little boy took part so enthusiastically!
Thank you so much for bringing us all together to join in the fun and excitement with you!
Big hug,
Des. xo
This is taking gift draws to new levels of honesty and transparency; not to mention glitzy presentation.
ReplyDeleteNice one Shirley, congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks to you Gina for doing this. As a consolation prize, do the rest of us get to see a picture of you in that hat?... ;-)
Good for you Shirley! of course, I wish it was me, but I am not a sore loser.
ReplyDeleteHow's about we do this again sometime!
Looks like it was fun.
ReplyDeleteGina, the print (the prize awarded me for your contest) arrived today and I love it!! Thank you so much!!! I am fascinated with the old postcard you enclosed.
ReplyDeleteGod bless!
Shirley