St. Patricks Day Giveaway & A Question Answered
The winners from the interview with Kylie Bisutti are:
Winning a copy of Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad:
Su@TheIntentionalHome ย and Terri
Winning a copy of Fashioned by Faith:
Heidi Jย andย Krystal De Leeuw
My assistant Kim will be sending the winners an email at the address they entered when they commented. Congrats!
Back on this post, I did a blog survey. I wanted to find out who you were and what you did and didn’t like about this blog.
In the survey, there were also many places to leave a comment or ask a question. One question that popped up often was: How do you afford to do all these giveaways?
Glad you asked. Here is how:
My sweet mom taught me to be a bargain hunter. She finds amazing deals (and is one of those gals who finds Christmas gifts in July). She and I often, when going in a store, will say “Let’s visit our friend Clarence” (our code for the clearance section.)
Often now when I visit Clarence, I find great mark downs that would go perfect in a giveaway (one of the items today I got the week after Christmas at 75% off and another I got in the middle of the summer at nearly 90% off!)
While out at stores, I look for items that might fit a theme. Then, I stash them in my office closet (that also houses books that other authors want me to giveaway and my mailing supplies) until I need them on my blog.
Also, remember that often my giveaways feature someone else (who is actually giving away the book or prize) Those giveaways cost me only my time as I craft and post the interview.
Oh yeah, and there is a special someone ย I know who has a little side business. That person gives a tithe of their profits to me each month to help pay for my personal giveaways, like today’s.
Speaking of giveaways. Here is a just-for-fun St. Pats one for you. It includes:
~ A tote bag from Target
~ A “Pot of Gold” box of chocolate (I found it at the end of the clearance rainbow!)
~ A rainbow of eye shadows in neutral tones
~ A single pot package of Hazelnut creme decaf coffee (it was supposed to be Irish Cream but my small town’s grocery store was out of that flavor!)
You have til 7 am Monday to leave a comment to be entered to win.
Tell us this: What is your favorite green thing? Pistachio pudding? Fresh cut grass? ย (If you can’t think of something, just say “Pinch me!”)
I’ll go first—my husband’s eyes!
Have a great weekend!
my momma and youngest sons green eyes
My favorite green thing is Kermit the Frog. I just adore him.
emeralds, sour apple candy.
I love the green grass that starts to come up during March. But my most favorite green thing is key lime pie.
The GREEN Girl Scout Box…gotta love Thin Mints from the freezer! Happy Friday!
I love the Blue Ridge Parkway in the warmer months. They are nice and green, and certain stops that is all you see for miles! Take a drive on it and you’ll see what I mean. :)
Springtime! green grass poking thru the ground & new green leaves coming out! Yes, I love spring!
Four leaf clover.
I think it’s called watergate salad. At our house it’s referred to as the “fluffy green stuff with marshmallows.” Yum!
I like my husbands green eyes too! Also, anything pretty & green in spring time!
Blessings,
Janet W.
My favorite green is our school (university) colors. They are green and gold. And we just happen to be in Oklahoma for a basketball tournament.. The men’s and women’s teams were the number one seed. The Wonder boys won last night and the Golden Suns play tonight. So proud of our teams and we do enjoy supporting them. Go Tech Go.
my mom’s pistachio nut cake!
First I must say- that is a cute bag…
Anyway… My favorite green thing is when my son gets ‘green’ on his behavior chart at school… Because this means he was helpful and not disruptive at school!!
My favorite green has got to be broccoli. Yum!
I love just about everything green, trees, shrubs, flowers, grass, mint, green apples, even Green Eggs and Ham!
Blessings,
I love anything to do with St Patty’s day (my middle baby was born that day). She will turn 19 this month and I love how creative she gets every year by dressing fashionably & including her green accessories!
Let’s see… my favorite green thing would have to be… our brilliantly green alfalfa fields, thick and lush just before being cut for hay. Then, my second favorite green thing would be all of the nice deep green bales of alfalfa stacked in the big long stacks my hubby puts up. It looks soooo nice and uniform and also smells soooo good! I also love green mint chocolate chip ice cream! YUMMY!
shamrock shakes. Haven’t had one yet but I think today is the day. Going to introduce little one to the wonder.
As you no doubt may recall, I make and give away larger cloth dolls to children with devestating illness’s. I usually use a dark or light blue, or two shades of brown, but there are times when green is just the right color for these special dolls. (91 to current date) 82 have found homes, mostly with a child with cancer.
Oh Wow so many beautiful things in Spring to choose from, I will have to say I love the spring green trees….I loved that color of crayon in my 64 color box…green, reminds me of my childhood…fun color.
The trees in Seattle against a BRIGHT blue sky…. nothing could be MORE beautiful than the Emerald City in the summer!
I love Kiwi’s I had never eaten them before I went to Germany. But the favorite Green thing is when the leaves and grass turn green in the spring, that is what makes spring so very special to me. Soon after that the flowers begin to bloom.
My favorite green thing would have to be plants. Don’t do well with flowering ones, but have a window full (table & hanging). Due to health problems don’t get out much, but when do check out the plants along the way.
Shamrock shakes from McDonald’s! I wish they had them year-round, but maybe they are even better because you can only get them for a limited time!
I’m not green with envy, but I love the color green. I go to my green bedroom to relax. Here in the south the grass is turning green, the flowers are popping up in the garden along with the green vegetables I will be planting in the next couple of weeks in my garden. All of the green things that I see in my life are leading me to the Easter season and the cross.