Friday 24 August 2012

Celebrate Back to School Days-Blog Hop Party!!!

Are you ready to party 'til your purple ?
I couldn't wait so I'm starting a wee bit early!!!
Are you ready to meet some wonderful people  with some amazing blogs?
Blogs that are filled with stunning eye candy, invaluable information, tutorials & tips?
Blogs that are having  GIVEAWAYS?
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I'm Carolyn and I'm so glad you dropped in for a visit today
and
I'm happy that you are navigating through the
AUGUST 26TH ~ SEPTEMBER 3RD

Please feel free to have a look around while you're here, my door is always open.
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Thank you Michele of The Quilting Gallery for being the "Hostess with the Mostess"
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Now for the reason you're here
*the giveaway*

For your approval,
a box pouch,
needlebook
and
a fridge magnet oven mitt!
{here's a close up}
Yep! all 3 to one lucky winner!!

Here's whatcha have to do to be entered
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(1)You need to be a follower or become a new follower
leave me a comment letting me know you are (I'll be checking that you are)
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 (2)  Leave a comment about....you!
It can be anything your favourite colour, where you live, what kind of pet you have,
anything!
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Please make sure I can email you,
no-reply = no winning
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I will mail this giveaway internationally.
I will have my trusty Bullet choose the winner on September 4th.





97 comments:

  1. I have 2 dogs. A golden retriever "Max", and a papillon, "Zoey" :) ......Thanks for the giveaway

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  2. I love giveaway parties! Of course I am a follower. Thanks for stopping by to visit me, too!

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  3. Keeping with the dog theme, I have a Newfoundland dog named Buster. I am head over heels for him. Bullet looks very lovable, too!!! :)

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  4. Great giveaway and I'm a follower! About me......I love dogs and Buster is so cute.......are you reading this Buster??

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  5. I live in the country in Ky and love every minute of it! I have the best neighbors that any one could ever want!

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  6. I love handmade items and that is what inspired me to take up sewing and quilting last year. Now I make my own things and sometime make things for others because I still quite critical of my work.

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  7. I'm a new follower and I have five lovely kitties!

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  8. Wow, what a nice prize! Thank you, Carolyn.
    I am a new follower of your great blog. About me? Hmmm, well I share my sewing space with a darling little kitty Missy and we both love RED!

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  9. About me, my name is Richard and I started quilting last December. I am a guy that quilts. I started blogging as well as quilting and if you have not been to my blog stop by (also having a giveaway, oh and look back 2 days posts there is 2 giveaways to win at my blog) Oh come visit my blog http://richardquilts.blogspot.com Other then that I am a programmer. Hum I could go on lets see I have 4 kids youngest is a baby which is why I started to quilt. I could write a whole essay. I hope to get to know you better and I am a new blog follower.

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  10. I love to sew and have since I was 10 years old. I didn't start quilting until about 7 years ago. I now wonder why I waited so long! Thanks for the giveaway.

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  11. Comment about me... hmmm... I was just at a family reunion in Moose Jaw and Mossbank... where are you located?

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  12. I am a new follower, thanks for sharing.

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  13. I'm a new follower. Thanks for the great giveaway.

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  14. I'm a cat lover (dog lover too). We have 2 cats right now. I'm not fully dressed until I'm wearing a few cat hairs & a few threads.

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  15. I'm a new follower of yours now! And I love to sew and quilt....home decorating and remodeling........Love God and my Family! Thanks for the nice giveaway!

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  16. Great giveaway! Thank you!
    My favourite colour is green

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  17. I'm a happy new follower number 34, hope that is a lucky number.

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  18. Thanks for the give away. Very nice. I live in Kansas, we have 2 pets both are Cavalier King Charles dogs, I have way to many favorite colors but mostly tend to pick out earth tones.

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  19. I'm following you!!! Cute Cute blog :)

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  20. I'm from minnesota :) I'm a wife and puppy mother. My favorite color is Blue (hence why I have so much of it) I'm a baker by day and a quilter by night.

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  21. I love to quilt and design quilt patterns.... someday I hope to be able to do it full time and quit my day job :)

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  22. I'm a new follower of your blog! :)

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  23. Hmmm, something about me... I have a sweet little puggle (pug/beagle mix) puppy who I adopted from the Humane Society about a year ago. Her name is Weasley (after Fred and George, not Ron). That is where I got my blogger name from! I love my pup :)

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  24. I'm a happy new follower to your blog -- from the looks so far, I'm gonna love keeping up with you!! :)

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  25. Something about me ... I'm a soon to be one-eyed quilting who lives up in Whitehorse, Yukon ... :) :) (a happy one at that!!)

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  26. following

    Deborah
    homemakerhoney @gmail .com

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  27. something about me - my dinner is cooking in the slow cooker right now

    Deborah
    homemakerhoney @gmail .com

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  28. Thank you for the nice giveaway. I'm a new follower. I found you through the blog hop and I'm looking forward to your posts.

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  29. Something about me....It's late, but I refuse to stop blog hopping until I've made it through the list!

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  30. I am a new follower. :)

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  31. My favorite color is red. I use to have closet full of red shirts until I decided to venture out and see what other colors looked good on me.

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  32. I love Pink and I'm from Malaysia

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  33. I am from Pennsylvania, have been quilting for about 20 years. My favorite color is red and we have a 7 month old kitten that makes us laugh every day.

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  34. I so lucky to live with my wonderful dear husband on a hobby farm with two dogs and my quarterhorse Tucker.

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  35. I am a follower and what can I tell you that you don't already know? I am totally musically inept. Couldn't even play the ukulele in school. Useless!

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  36. I just became a follower. I am a seasoned (with fabric) quilter living in Saskatchewan. Nice to meet you.

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  37. I can use those delightful items you are giving away. Love the pot holder!

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  38. gfc follower

    love pink


    ABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com

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  39. I have an awesome Husky cross girl named Sage, who decides to live with me .... she is a bit of a princess, 45 pound husky who thinks she is a lapdog :)

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  40. I am a new follower, and looking forward to reading your blog! Thank you for the giveaway!! :-)

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  41. I have 2 shelties-- Mandy and Kolby, and 2 cats-- Mr. Fat and Newt-- and they bring me so much joy! They always have a way of brightening my day and making me smile.. and I am very thankful that they are in my life! Pets make the world a much better place! :-) Thank you, again, for the giveaway!

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  42. I am from Washington state. I am a teacher at a local MS.

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  43. I'm a new Follower! Love your Blog already! How fun!

    Thanks for chance to win! :)

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  44. I live in Ohio...we have 260 Peach trees! We sell some at Farm Mkts, and have faithful buyers that drop by & buy too. I can them, make Jam, and using my Husband's Gma's recipe...make a mighty tasty Cobbler with em too! lol

    We have 7 kiddo's, and 6 Grandkiddo's.....& 5 ol' Barn cats! :)

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  45. I am a new follower. Greetings from northern British Columbia, Canada

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  46. I am follower from Italy

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  47. I have 3 english setter and love your Bullet. hugs Alessandra

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  48. What a sweet giveaway! I follow you in GFC. I'm definitely a dog person and even have a dog named Bullet (but we spell it with two tts Bullett)! He's small and fat and red/white and of unknown breed and we love him to bits.

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  49. I'm a new follower via GFC as VettekLisa.
    I live in rural Missouri on 3 acres and have about 70 chickens.

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  50. I have 6 furbabies, they are pomeranians, one is only 3 lbs...

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  51. I am a new follower in GFC Thanks for the chance to win.

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  52. I have 2 little dogs. They are so much fun.

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  53. I'm a GFC follower as Szappanbubi

    porcukorborso at gmail dot com

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  54. Well, lot to tell about our pets actually we have 3 plushy cats, 2 dogs :) and sad to say but now just 1 bunny -the other one passed away a few weeks ago.

    thanks for the chance!

    porcukorborso at gmail dot com

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  55. I'm a new follower. Great giveaway. Thanks for the opportunity and good luck to all the particpants
    bonnielarson58@gmail.com

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  56. Thanks for the opportunity to win your great giveaway! I went crazy when I began quilting a little over 4 years ago and bought a longarm 9 months after I pieced my first quilt! My pets are: 1 horse, 1 Labrador, 1 Chihuahua and 3 cats - thank goodness I live on a farm!!

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  57. I love quilting and fabric

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  58. I love bullet, he is so cute. i have two house dogs missy is a terrier mix and weighs around five pounds. i found her on the side of the road. shehad so many ticks and fleas, the vet said he was surprised she was still alive. my other dog, heidi is a box-pit bull mix. she was used as a bait dog in dog fights. she is so sweet, but dumber than a sack of hammers. she will go outsside and try to catch birds flying overhead. she weighs 80 pounds. missy keeps her in line. babscorbitt@gmail.com

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  59. I am a new follower babscorbitt@gmail.com

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  60. I'm a new follower NTZASQRL2@MSN.COM

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  61. I live in Florida...& yes it gets cold enough to use quilts here. Thanks for the giveaway! NTZASQRL2@MSN.COM

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  62. I live in a little mountain town in Wyoming. Thanks for the chance!

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  63. Whew I can follow now.... I had to go back to older post in order to use the "Follow Me" button. But I'm Follower #70.

    Thank You for the chance to win such a great prize.

    Sincerely,
    Tricia

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  64. I am a newbie quilter who like making doll quilts so I can have something that is finished and have a sense of accomplishment.

    Thanks for the chance to win such a great prize.
    Sincerely,
    Tricia

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  65. I am new follower. Had some fun looking aroound your blog. I really enjoy it when the prize is something someone has mad3.

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  66. The only thing I enjoy more than sewing/quilting/fabric shoping, is....riding my motorcycle.

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  67. I have started following you.

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  68. I live in Greece :) and we don't have any good fabric shops here :(

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  69. I'm a new follower

    dfne at peterjh dot wanadoo dot co dot uk

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  70. I have such a large fabric stash that I now have to hide some in the boot of my car!
    dfne at peterjh dot wanadoo dot co dot uk

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  71. I'm a new follower. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  72. I am owned by 2 Doberman Pinschers, one black and one red.

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  73. Hi I am Sandi and I have become anew follower.

    Sandi T.
    sandit1@sbcglobal.net

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  74. Hi - my name is Sandi and I am from Sonora, CA where people say is it the foothill in Northern California. I took a quilting class and now I quilt for the fun of it. I am married and have been for 25 years to the same onery man. I am now retired and quilt in my spare time. My husband has had 4 cancer operations so my spare time is devoted to stash quilts for now. Thank you for joining in the Blog Hop and giving all of your new friends and followers a chance to win all those wonderful goodies.

    Sandi T.
    sandit1@sbcglobal.net

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  75. I'm from Newfoundland, Canada. Please check out my blog. Thanks for the giveaways.

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  76. New follower. My hubby just brought home a little kitten and one yorkie is not happy and the other..well he kitty sitter..lol

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  77. Just became a follower and I live across the country from you in Nova Scotia.Drove through your beautiful province several times.

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  78. Hi I now am a follower, I'm from Holland and love white and blue, hence the nickname.... I collect blue and white porcelain and love to quilt...

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  79. I have a flame point siamese cat I adopted.

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  80. I have 3 Siamese, and a tuxedo
    New follower

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  81. New follower, love blue, and live in Ontario Canada

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  82. I am a new follower and am from your neighbouring province of sunny Alberta. I am a kindergarten teacher in my professional life so that means that I am returning to the classroom tomorrow. Thanks for participating in the blog hop.It has been fun to meet some new to me blogs.
    Regards from Edmonton,
    Anna

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  83. I am following your blog, I can't wait to see what is waiting for me to discover!

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  84. I have been quilting for about 12 years now, each quilt I have made was for someone I loved and given with as much love. I have yet to make something for myself, I have decided to make either a Wedding Ring or Baltimore Album or both. I have started to pick out the fabrics and can't wait to start piecing them together.

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  85. I am a new follower! I have 3 boys that keep me busy, but are all in school now! Yeah!

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