What's that Smell? Get Serious. Giveaway.

Get Serious Odor, Stain and Pheromone Extractor for Dogs and Cats.

Little Ricky Pickles has a dirty little secret. He gets called "Mister Pee Pee Pants" sometimes. If he were human, he would be called a "bed-wetter".
Because he would not be walking around at night peeing on things. He would be in the bed peeing on things. But he's not human, so our fan stand got branded and Larry's boots got an endorsement also.

Larrys' boots got the Heeve Ho... they were old and he can stand to get a new pair anyway. The floor fan got wiped down, but Ricky Pickles gets it confused with a tree I suppose. Maybe because Larry made the base out of a scrap piece of OSB that was outside for awhile. Perhaps Ricky thinks he IS peeing outside when he cocks his short little leg and waters it.

Seems no amount of "RICKY NO NO" works. This is said in a loud stern voice. But it's not when he is in the act. He does the act at night, when he can sniff at his leisure, walk around it in circles, take his time, savor the moment. Everyone's asleep, it's his tree. Private tree. He marks it and it works. No one else has dared to challenge his essence. He OWNS that tree.

So I was so happy when my sample of Get Serious arrived for me to try. Get Serious removes odor, stains and pheromones, the nifty stuff that stays around when your pet "marks".
A virtual "calling card". This is what makes them come back again and again to the same spot.

We needed this to stop because we use the fan to circulate warm air from our wood stove. Larry screwed it to a wood base because these three Jack Russells are nuts when they play and we did not want it to fall over on them.
I cleaned the stand and the base really well, let it dry then applied the Get Serious straight from the bottle with a damp cloth. Working into the wood with a squishing motion. Then wiping dry.
We all went to bed. Got up and YAY ! No midnight "tree" tagging. I still was not ready to call it a success though. Ricky Pickles has had other nights when he did nothing but dream puppy dreams, waiting till the morning to go outside and pee. I put some Get Serious in a spray bottle and each night for a week sprayed, scrubbed and blotted. And each morning woke up to a dry fan.

Moving on to the carpet. We have wall to wall carpet in our living room/Larry's studio. It is a beige color and it has some spots. Pee spots. Because no matter how diligent you are, when you have pups and they pee, it stains. We have a carpet steamer and we have tried to steam the stains out to no avail. It looks good when its wet, but then it dries and lo and behold...it's a stain.

I applied the Get Serious full strength to the stains,I microwaved it for 30 seconds first, stepped on the rag to mush it in, and scrubbed a bit. I then took a dry rag and stepped on it to blot. YAY ! When it dried, the stains were gone. Whooo Hooo. Enzyme cleaners can cause mold and mildew to form under carpets and padding. Get Serious has no enzymes and virtually "lifts" the stain out.
This product does the job of 2 of those other cleaners and you only have to use half as much (no need to saturate like those enzyme based cleaners). It has also saved people money on many occasions by not having to replace their carpets after really bad pet accidents
Maybe we won't have to replace the carpet this coming year.

Now Get Serious states on their site that they have not tested it in steam machines, but they have customers who have good results. So I am doing the whole carpet this weekend. Now that it is warm enough to open windows and have the fans running. They even had one customer use it with success on her husbands pants, on a beet stain.
I also treated an oil stain on Larry's parka before washing and it lifted that out...wow. Larry is so sensitive to cleaners and I had to give away some laundry stain remover because he could not handle the chemicals in it.
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I am proud to report that Ricky Pickles is doing so much better. He no longer has accidents on the carpet. And the fan/tree has been totally dry since the applications of Get Serious.

Win Some ! :

The generous folks over at Get Serious have offered a sample pack to one of my readers.

MANDATORY ENTRY: Please do this one first before any of the Extra Entries.

• Go to the Get Serious Website and come back to tell something you found interesting.

Extra Entries: PLEASE DO THE MANDATORY ENTRY ABOVE FIRST.

• Tell about a tip or trick you used to get rid of a stain or a funny story about your pet and a stain. (or a funny one about your husband/wife/partner/friend and a stain) 2 entries

• Follow my blog over on the sidebar through Google...PUBLICLY. - 2 entries

• Stick my little button of the pigs on your sidebar- 3 entries

• Tweet about this giveaway...daily tweet = 2 extras each day, leave me the link to your tweets

• Blog about this here giveaway with a link back to this post - 5 entries

• Produce a one minute youtube video talking about this giveaway, my blog and Get Serious, leave me the link - 15 entries

Giveaway open to US residents. 18+ Ends Midnight April 19th.
Get Serious will mail the winner their package.
(I received a bottle of Get Serious for Dogs and one for Cats for review purposes. All opinions are mine. I liked this product, so I wrote about it.)

ZEVIA - All Natural Soda Giveaway

CLOSED- Winners are Jade, cdziuba and Jamie. All have been notified.
Thank you all who entered. More Giveaways coming soon.
I stopped drinking most soda years ago unless it was home made. Home made being Larry and I buying carbonated water and adding it to juice. Usually grape. Larry is hypoglycemic and he really has to be careful with anything he puts in his mouth.
I did buy the occasional ginger ale for mixing purposes or lemon lime if ginger ale was not available.

And diet soda? Forgetaboudit....I have never met a diet soda I liked or ingredients in one I could agree with.
That is until NOW.
NOW I have met and drank ZEVIA..oh yeah baby...It's sweetened with Stevia. ZEVIA is what all the cool kids are drinking. And hey, I'm cool....right? I'm still cool?....*crickets chirping*

Anyway, Zevia is a "diet" soda I guess, but to me it's just smart thirst quenching.
I mean come on peeps, we all know the high fructose corn syrup ain't cutting it. And sugar comes in many guises....that we are all trying to step back from, especially in drinks as there can be so much in them. Plus I really am one who reads labels, and if I can't pronounce something or I don't know what something is, I do not ingest it. (please do your research on ALL artificial sweeteners before thinking about using them).

The kind generous people over at ZEVIA sent me a great selection of all their flavors. And I like every one of them. I tell you, I do not drink cola any longer. When I was a kid, cola had a lot of flavor and over the years, it just lost any appeal to me, plus all the stuff I mentioned above happened, so I just do not drink it.
So when I opened a ZEVIA Cola I was apprehensive. I poured it into a glass of ice and had it with a plate of nachos. Oh my Gosh, I actually enjoyed it. I yelled out to Larry that I had a cola one and it was good.
I had a "Twist" in a mixed drink and that was really good too. I had a "Dr. Zevia" today and that is my favorite. Larry likes the Root Beer the best.
These guys have hit on the perfect formula.

Zevia has an interesting website. Read about the history of their company, their struggle to get Zevia marketed as "soda", a blog, and locations where you can get your Zevia.

Also here's some great news they received earlier this month : "We received big news. In the natural food channel, ZEVIA® Cola is now the #1 selling beverage item in the United States!
The rankings come from SPINS, which collects and reports actual retail purchase data from natural food stores across the country. Spins® to natural food products is like Nielson® to television, or Arbitron® to radio." (taken from the Zevia Blog.)

All in all, I just like this company. I like their spunk. I like that when they ran into road blocks they stood their ground because they knew they had a great healthy product. I like that they recognize that their customers make them what they are in the retail world. And I like that Larry has a soda he can drink. Thanks Guys, you've done a good thing. Oh and I like that they have a frog as one of their logo's.

And now you can try Zevia and taste what all my kuddos are about.

WIN IT!

One lucky commenter will be known as the Grand Prize Winner and have a whole case of ZEVIA delivered right to your door. Yep, a whole mixed case.
BUT WAIT! thats not all!
Two more winners will each get a mixed 6-pack delivered to them. YAY!

Mandatory entry:
Go to Zevia and tell me the most interesting thing you found on their site, their blog, or a link that you followed from there to another site.

Extra Entries:

• Go to Zevia and tell me what flavor you think your kids or yourself would like. 1 extra

• Tweet about this giveaway and leave me the link. 2 extra per day that you tweet.

• Follow this blog 3 extra

• Blog about this giveaway on your blog and leave me the link. 5 extra

• Make a 1 minute video on youtube about my blog and this giveaway and leave the link 15 extra (no one has ever done this on my blog...be the first!)
  

Ends March 24th at midnight.
Winners will be notified by email.
Winners have 48 hours to get back to me with shipping info.
Zevia will be sending prizes to winners.

(I received no monetary compensation for this review. I did receive a case of ZEVIA to try out. I like it. So I wrote about it.)

Giveaway Addition. Somerset Studio Mag +

Please enter the giveaway on the original giveaway post. The link is ---->
On the sidebar on the right.

There is a Somerset Studio Magazine. Corrugated cardboard, a vintage pattern with all the pieces there, a childrens book to alter, Italian book pages, an old art pamphlet 2 collage sheets from Lisa'a Altered Art, various cutouts from magazines and books, mulberry paper, oragami paper, an original vintage song lyric magazine from 1944, a piece of a cicuit board, some silk yarn from an Indian Sari, a switchplate to alter and 3 vintage wooden blocks.


I could not get on here to add stuff for yesterday to the giveaway.
I had the Dish network guys here in the morning, Larry finally got his Big Screen TV...YAY...for him. I could give a crap. HAHAHAHA It's true. I really could live without the TV. I have a few shows I like to watch and I like Fox News, but other than that....phhstttt.
But they had to put in a new dish, and that meant they were here for awhile.
And with three dogs who go apeshit when anyone new comes around, well I had to keep them in the room with me and I cannot lay stuff out to photograph very well. Ricky Pickles just dumped coffee all over me this morning, so that goes to show.
Then after the Dish guys left it started storming here. Lightening and pouring. We turn off the PC's when that happens even though we have great surge protectors we worry, so off it all goes.
It rained most of the day. And last night I started feeling bad, as in sore throat variety bad, I'm better now. Seems my sinuses are acting up.
So without further ado....go enter the giveaway. There are close up pics on the Giveaway Post.

GIVEAWAY! Louisiana's Mossy Bayou Gift Pack.

Closed- Winner is #11 Bombastic Belle

I have had the pleasure this week of trying Louisiana Swamp Scum Hot Sauce, Bayou Blend Seasoning and Louisiana Popcorn Rice from an award winning company in Louisiana named Mossy Bayou Foods.

The Louisiana Popcorn Rice:
Let me tell you, I love this stuff. And those who know me, know, I am not an eater of rice not brown.
But THIS RICE rocks!
When it is cooking you get the aroma of popcorn in your kitchen, plus it cooks up perfectly.
I usually season my rice with something pertaining to the dish I am cooking, but I left this alone, just to see if it lived up to its name. And it does. Delicate kernels (is rice kernels?) not sticky at all. With a nice, not overbearing taste of popcorn. I did sauté it a bit in a little butter before adding the water.

The Bayou Blend seasoning:
It is spicy and hot. A little goes a long way. Very smokey ( I love smokey) and different layers of flavor and heat. Start out sparingly till you find your comfort zone. But you will delight in the flavor it adds. I tossed it with the chicken chunks in my recipe.
This seasoning would also be great on shrimp, pork, steak, or fish. Used in Gumbo,paella, on a slab of ribs. Plain or with other herbs in a dry rub. Loads of dishes would be great with this sprinkled in. Next time I make cornbread I'm adding a good sprinkle of this to the recipe.

As for the Louisiana Swamp Scum Hot Sauce:
It looks like swamp scum. But it tastes far better than any swamp scum I've ever tasted. Don't ask me how I know this, just trust me...it does.
Must be a Louisiana thing.
It is green...well actually a grayish/blackish green. And there's a thickness to it...perhaps tiny things floating around in it.
This stuff is Mmmm Mmmm GOOD!

I don't even care what's in it. I just know I like it. I had it on my omelette this morning. And it just added so much flavor. It is a little smokey too. And while it has some heat, it is not really that hot. So you get the flavor without your taste buds crying.


And now that you Dear Readers have read and seen how good this stuff is you can....TASTE how good it is.

WIN SOME !

Thats right one lucky reader will win a gift pack of Louisiana Popcorn Rice, Bayou Blend Seasoning and Louisiana Swamp Scum Hot Sauce.

Mandatory entry: Head over to Mossy Bayou and tell me another product they have.
(This comment will not show up until the end of the giveaway to prevent copying.)

Extra Entries:

• Follow this here blog then tell me. If you already do...tell me. 2 extras

• Grab my button on the sidebar with the 2 piggies and leave a link to where you post it. 2 extras

• Tweet about this giveaway and leave me the link to the tweet. 2 extras

• Blog about this giveaway with a link back to this blog AND a link to Mossy Bayou, come back and tell me the link to your blog.. 5 extras

This giveaway will end March 21st. At Midnight est.
Prize will be sent by Mossy Bayou to winner.
Winner will be notified via email.
Winner has 72 hours to send me their shipping info.
I received gift pack from Mossy Bayou Foods to try out for review purposes. All opinions are from my own taste buds.

But, my oh my, swamp guys....there are no recipes on your site....
Okay, here's one I made up.


Down on the Bayou Chicken and Rice with Beans

1 1/2 c. of the Louisiana Popcorn Rice
2 tsp. butter or olive oil
2 cups of water
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1 can of pinto beans
1/2 tsp.Bayou Blend Seasoning
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2 chicken breasts cut into chunks
1 tsp. Bayou Blend Seasoning
1/2 tsp oregano
Couple of grinds of black pepper
2 tsp. olive oil or canola oil
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1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1/2 cup chopped celery
2 tsp. olive oil or canola oil
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1/2 cup chopped green onions (optional)

In medium bowl, toss chicken with Bayou Blend Seasoning, oregano,pepper and oil, let sit while you start rice.


In a saucepan, melt butter or heat oil, add Louisiana Popcorn Rice and stir to coat.
Sauté for about 4 minutes on medium.
Add water and bring to boil, turn down heat till just simmering and cover. Set timer for 6 minutes and then check, add water if needed, set timer for 6 more minutes. It should be done in 12 minutes all together from boiling point.


In small pan or microwave bowl, heat pinto beans. Season with 1/2 tsp. Of Bayou Blend Seasoning.

Sauté vegetables in 2 tsp. of oil till opaque, push to one side of skillet and add chicken. Cook till no longer pink. stir into vegetables, turn down heat and cook an additional 3 minutes.


Fluff the rice. Stir the beans.
Place rice on each plate, place beans on top, put chicken over beans and sprinkle with green onions.
Serve with Louisiana Swamp Scum Hot Sauce.
Serves 4

Giveaway adds Hummingbird Feeder, Rubber Stamps and Books

I have been adding new stuff to the Giveaway every day.
Don't forget to enter. Scroll down to see all the goodies.

Plus there is more to come.
There will be 3 winners.
Grand Prize wins everything listed plus a jewelry item from my shop.
2 other winners win jewelry too.

There really are some great items here.

Please enter, there are so many ways to get extra entries.
Plus fun questions of the day so you get to go look around.

I love my followers and really want to show it.
Plus there is CANDY ! yes, a cool star shaped tin with some CHOCOLATE in it!

Big 100+ Follower Giveaway .

CLOSED. Winners have been notified.Thank you to all who follow this here Blog. More giveaways coming up.


In order to be entered please scroll to the bottom of this post and do the mandatory entry first.

"Tinkerbell" Jewelry Box added for March 13th. I bet there's a little surprise inside....



Ephemera....
This is added to the box for March 12th. I will add todays addition tonight.











Added March 11th- Flower Seeds and AQUA Rocks. AQUA Rocks absorb 400x their weight so you do not have to water plants as much.


Great Books Added March 10th




Hummingbird Feeder added March 9th.

These stamps have been added to the box March 8th.
11 stamps. 2 slightly used.














Since this IS a giveaway celebrating my followers, your just gonna have to buck up and follow. Promise I won't lead you astray. And no matter what they may say about me...I AM NOT a bad influence. (well not anymore anyway).
I have included all kinds of goodies. Like a pair of Martha Stewart Suede Garden Gloves.


And a Shawn Colvin (Of the "Sonny Came Home" and torched the place fame) CD.There is more to come. Daily goodies will be added.

There's already a cool wooden box to alter, a Shawn Colvin CD, Martha Stewart garden gloves, adhesive, vintage photos, beaded trim, material, paper flowers, wooden birdhouse ornaments to paint, a star tin full of candy, silk flowers, glass water can buttons, glass tiles, flavored tea bags, tiny buttons, and more.




Grand prize follower will receive everything pictured PLUS any one item from my Etsy Shop.
2 Other Followers will win their choice of any one item from my Etsy shop.


Mandatory entry : Follow and leave a comment. This entry will show up here as soon as I okay it. Just leave any comment and also say you are a follower of this here blog. If you are already a follower, just tell me.
( You do know how to sign up to follow right? "No", you say? Well just look over there on the right sidebar and see the button that says "follow". Press that and it will show you what to do.)


Extra Entries, Just leave only one entry saying you did it (with the link) and I will count the extra points.

• Grab my button and stick it on your blog - 3 extra entries.

• Blog about this giveaway with a link back to this blog- 6 extra entries.

• Go to the Alexa link at the top of the sidebar and write a review of this blog- 4 extra entries.

----------------This madness will end at Midnight on March 14th. Thats a Sunday.
Open to USA and Canada. Winners (there will be 3) notified by email. 72 hours to get back to me.
Make sure your stuff to contact you with is on your blog or in your comments.------------------


I am going to be asking DAILY QUESTIONS for 3 extra entries besides the extra ways listed above. So come back everyday and read the question, and comment with the answer. These comments will not be showing up until the end of the giveaway so no one can copy.


You can do any or all of the DAILY QUESTIONS. At ANY time till its all over.



QUESTION OF THE DAY- worth 3 more entries. Please do the MANDATORY entry First.

March 8 - How many water barrels for our rainwater catch system are behind the shed?
(hint: on the post about this, there is a picture of the barrels...check posts in May 2009)

March 9 - We have 3 Jack Russell Terriers. What are 2 of their names?
(hint: They are sprinkled throughout this blog, I will accept any variation of their names as we call them all kinds of different names)

March 10 - Back in Dec 2009 I won a big box of crunchy snacks from what company and blog?
(hint:go to the archives in the sidebar and find the right month then go there)

March 11 - Last year, I mentioned AQUA Rocks in a post with a link to the company that sells them. What is the name of the company.
(hint: find the post talking about the virtues of plastic. Then click on the link in that post that says "Aqua Rocks")

March 12 - Last January I talked about Ricky Pickles enjoying his first snow. I also talked about his favorite way to play. What does he love to play?
(extra bonus entry- What is the answer to this, What goes Up a chimney Down, but not Down a chimney Up?)

March 13 - I stated two things I have never done with a cell phone. Name one of those things. (hint; the answer is at the beginning of one of last Decembers posts. There are only 7 posts)


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I had a Blast on the Magic Carpet Ride.

Lisa Swifka's done it again, pulled off a rip roaring blogger party that ended up with 1,088 blogs signed up and 40 countries being represented.
Lisa is the Top Hatted Whimsical Bohemian , who had us all on Magic Carpets whizzing around the blogasphere visiting, chatting, commenting, eyeballing and just enjoying one heck of a trip.
Thank you so much Lisa.
During the One World One Heart Blog Event I had the pleasure of winning a few prizes.
However, that was not the reason behind the wonderful event.

It was a chance to travel through the blogosphere and meet other bloggers who otherwise you may never have come across.
I had a great time meeting other people who are wonderful writers, talented artists, great cooks, organic gardeners, jewelry designers, breathtaking photographers, sweet knitters, quirky seamstresses and just a bunch of great people who let me enter their little piece of the planet for a peek into their lives and what they love to do.
Alas, it is over now. But do not despair...I hear tell we will be doing it again next year!!!

I ended up with over 200 comments on my giveaway and a bunch of new followers to my blog...*waves at followers*...
(stay tuned for a totally sweet blog candy giveaway celebrating over 100 followers).

I visited over 150 blogs and I looked at each blog and left a comment having to do with what I saw on their blog. I did not feel it fair to just enter the giveaway and leave.
I had a blast and will be participating next year.


I had the pleasure of winning an autographed copy of Tierra Red by K.P Vorenberg
I can't wait to read this. The reviews and comments I have read about this book make me very excited to start. And seeing how we keep getting buried by snow, I should have time to finish before the weather warms up and I have to start planting. Which is good because a common thread in those reviews was that once started this book is very hard to put down. Please stop by Kathy's blog and check out her memory books, this woman can bead.
And then follow the link on her blog over to her website and check out her necklaces...WOW.
She also sent me the most gorgeous bookmark. A mermaid. I collect mermaids. I love this.


I also won a most endearing four-leaf clover. Now I've been thinking it over and I could use a little more luck, oh yeah. This is also book related, as the sweet Barbara Olivo Cagle who sent me the clover is also an author. She has written a book about being one of sixteen children. The books title is 16 x Mom. A story about her mother raising sixteen children.
Barbara is lucky number 13.


I love my earrings from Shibori Girl. Kate does the most amazing things with polymer clay. Some of her pendants look as though there is a light inside them. Check out her blog. And her Etsy. She is very sweet also. And is encouraging me to roll out my clay (been putting it off) and play. Plus she is pretty funny and we are like sisters in our fear of all things dentistal. She is planning on kicking that Dental Dragons ass though. And she will.

One World One Heart Blog Event and a Giveaway- Deadline EXTENDED

True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max:260 Result: 204 Powered by RANDOM.ORG
Winner is Electra
I will be emailing Electra and telling her the grand news.
If I do not hear back by Friday at midnight I will redo a winner.
Closed- winner to be announced as soon as I can.
DEADLINE EXTENDED TILL Monday Feb. 15th 8:30 PM, EST. I am still visiting blogs and I feel like as long as I am, you should be able to visit mine and enter.

There is a big blog happening you may not be aware of. The 4th Annual One World One Heart. Created in 2007 One World One Heart brings bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. It's kind of a blog hop. There is a list of blogs entered, you go, visit, learn about each other, make connections, friends and in the process maybe win a treasure. Last I checked there were almost 900 wonderful and talented bloggers signed up. I have been to a few and I am blown away by the beauty and talent these bloggers possess.

So in honor of this wonderful community event I want to welcome all bloggers to my site....you have no blog you say ? Well sign up. It's fun and it's a fantastic way to meet new friends, share and learn all kinds of new stuff. Comments, are the new hugs you know.(if you need help figuring out how to sign up and get started blogging, email me through the addy in my profile) There is a wealth of knowledge and friendship in the blogosphere.

This years theme is "Ride the Magic Carpet" so to enter my giveaway I'd like you to do the following:

Leave me a couple lines in a comment. Make sure you leave a link to your blog. And your email addy in your comment or make sure I can find it on your blog profile. Then go to the Magic Carpet list and visit as many blogs as you can. Remember, it's a world wide event. (you may have to scroll to the right side of the page as its so big it would not fit on my monitor)

Okay here is the item you can win on my blog ;



Watermelon Evening - Earrings
A pair of wire wrapped pink faceted glass crystals with a chunk of watermelon abalone over top. On surgical steel ear wires.

New cutoff at 8:30 PM Feb. 15th.
Contest ends at 12:01 a.m. February 15th and the winner will be announced later that day.
Make sure I have your email in your comment or on your blog profile.

Progresso Soup Mug Set Giveaway !

Yum mm Fiber...No REALLY, yum mm. CLOSED (come back soon for another giveaway, or sign up to follow and find me on your blogger dashboard)

Fiber = bad rap for years. Jokes about eating cardboard come to mind.
But then we all started educating ourselves, and realized there were plenty of great ways to fit more fiber into our diets. Keep those pipes in good working order. Fiber is also essential to losing weight.

But WAIT ! Now there's even more fiber to be had... in soup.
That's right, in your soup bowl.



Progresso soup has added more fiber to four of their soups. Now you can get 28% of your daily fiber in one serving of : Creamy Tomato Basil , Chicken Tuscany, Hearty Vegetable & Noodle and Homestyle Minestrone.

I usually make soup from scratch, but I do keep cans in the cupboard for times when there is major cold weather activities going on outside and a nice hot bowl of soup is the only thing that will do.

Progresso sent me a can of their Homestyle Minestrone to try out, and even sent two huge cobalt blue soup mugs and spoons so I could open the can, eat soup, and not have to wash a soup bowl first to do it in.



Tasty soup, although Minestrone is not my favorite, I'm more of a Creamy Tomato Basil kinda gal.

But hey, they sent it, I ate it and I ended up with almost one third of my daily fiber in that one bowl of soup.

AND WAIT ....they are offering you dear peeps, a chance to have your own mugs and spoons so you can eat soup.
Snazzy cobalt mugs. Silvery spoons. Fiber in your soup. Sounds good.

ENTER

Just leave a comment saying how you add more fiber to your families meals. Or a good high fiber recipe would be nice too if you have one. Make sure to leave your email in your comment or make sure its on your blogger profile if you are a member of blogger.

EXTRA ENTERS-( do the one above first please.)

*Follow this here blog publicly- 2 extra entries- leave 2 extra comments for these. Like "follow #1"then "follow#2" if you already follow just do the same.

**Follow in google reader- 2 extra entries. Tell me you do.

**Blog about this giveaway-3 extra entries- yep, leave 3 separate "I blogged #1"...Blogged #2...Blogged #3

This will run until Sunday January 17th at midnight EST. Winner will be announced on Monday January 18th.

Progresso Soup and MyBlogSpark provided soup, mugs and spoons so we could try the soup out and provide my opinion here on this blog.
All opinions are mine alone. Nobody dares put words in my mouth.

A Winner is Picked ! YAY!

Kristyanna is the winner of the 15.00 gift certificate to my Etsy Shop.
Congratulations on winning, I will be emailing you shortly.

And Thank You to everyone who entered.
I will be posting another giveaway tomorrow - Saturday for something that is not jewelry.

Random Number Generator
This page simply picks a random number, within a range you specify.
For example, to pick a number between 1 and 100, set the Lowest Number to be 1, and the Highest Number to be 100.
Then click on Pick a Number to pick the number. That's it. Have fun!

If you found this useful, consider visiting the main Violet Cottage website. Thanks for visiting!

The randomly picked number is: 65

Lowest Number : 1
Highest Number: 87

CELEBRATING MY FIRST SALE...GIVEAWAY! - CLOSED

This Giveaway is Now CLOSED- Come back for more soon, and in the meantime...take a look around.

That's right Peeps, Little Purple Room is officially in business. And now that I have made not ONE but TWO sales...I'm all riled up to give something away.

A 15.00 GC to use in my shop.
By the time this giveaway ends,there will be even more in there to choose from.





So in order to enter, you must complete the Mandatory entry...
Then AFTER that is all done, you can pick and choose whatever else you may want to do to have extra chances.

Mandatory : Go to Little Purple Room and let me know what you might choose if you win. This is not written in stone and you can change your mind if you win.

Extra Entries: *Follow this here blog- 2 extra entries- leave 2 extra comments for these. Like "follow #1" then "follow#2" If you already follow, leave 2 posts saying the same.

**Blog about this giveaway-5 extra entries- yep, leave 5 separate "I blogged #1"...Blogged #2...Blogged #3 and leave your link to the blog post.

Giveaway ends at Midnight est on Thursday Jan 7th. Open to US and Canada. Age 18+

We have a WINNER !!

Winner of the earring giveaway is 409cope. Congratulations, I will be contacting you in a few minutes. Because of the date, winner will have 1 week to get back to me.

Thank you to everyone who entered. I will be having my next one very soon, because I made A SALE !!!!!


Random Numbers*
11
* This table of 1 random numbers was produced according to the following specifications: Numbers were randomly selected from within the range of 1 to 68. Duplicate numbers were not allowed.

Number was chosen by this Random Number Generator.

Closed-A New Shop on the Block GIVEAWAY !

(This giveaway is now closed. Winner will be announced Wedensday Dec. 23. Come back soon for another chance to win.)

Well I threatened to, and that eye infection tried to keep me from it, but "It" has happened Internet....I opened "Little Purple Room". So see it's NOT just ALL in my head.

Sooo what? Another shop on Etsy, you've seen a million of them you say?
Well how many have These....to give away?



And there's only 8 items in the shop (I have more to list though)it's madness.
I am so not overly dramatic in real life so I get off on it here...

These earrings consist of Amethyst Czech glass rondelles with silver vines and surgical steel ear wires. They are about 2" long.

Ok I know you want to go have a peek, so do it. And come back and....

Mandatory entry:
Tell me if you like anything in the shop so far and leave a link to your shop if you have one.

Extra entries:
--Follow this here blog. Leave 2 additional comments saying you follow.
--Post about this giveaway on your facebook, leave me a link,2 additional entries
--leave a comment on another post of mine and comment on which one you left it on. 2 additional entries.

This giveaway will end at midnight est on Dec. 22nd. US and Canada 18+ I figure it might be pretty great to get a little gift in the mail after all the Christmas celebrating is over.
(I made these earrings myself and received no outside compensation from anyone or myself for posting this giveaway)

And to give you a little Holiday cheer...just look at this face.

And the WINNER IS....

"If you found this useful, consider visiting the main Violet Cottage website. Thanks for visiting!

The randomly picked number is: 7

Lowest Number 1
Highest Number 21"

Yep, 7 AGAIN. hahaha
Well, you know what they say about "7".

Tami, I am emailing you now for your info.
Thanks everyone for joining in.
Another giveaway will happen this coming weekend.

Giveaway. Sterling and Chalcedony Earrings

I love these earrings and made myself a pair almost like these.
On French sterling silver ear wires, which I hammered a little for strength,
I wrapped chalcedony pear briolettes with sterling silver wire until satisfied.....ahhhhhh. The color of these just looks dreamy. Kind of opalescent.

Then I took them outside and photoed them on a little pile of limestone. I take so-so pics inside but the light outside is more on my side.
I will be having Giveaways a couple times a month hoping you will enter and perhaps follow my blog. I will be opening my own little Etsy shop and look forward to you visiting me there also.

To Enter:
Please leave a comment on the type of jewelry you enjoy wearing. ie:Natural stone, pearl, silver, large, delicate, funky, vintage...whatever you like.
Or let me know about your favorite piece of jewelry.
PLEASE make sure your email is in your comment or available on your blogger profile page.
It would make me sad if you won and I could not let you know.


EXTRA ENTERS-( do the one above first please.)

*Tweet about this and leave me the link- 1 entry per day,per tweet,leave the daily link.
*Follow this here blog (over on the right side bar,sign up)- 2 extra entries- leave 2 extra comments for these. Like "follow #1"then "follow#2"
**Blog about this giveaway-3 extra entries- yep, leave 3 separate "I blogged #1"...Blogged #2...Blogged #3

This Giveaway ends at Midnight EST on Oct. 25th.
Open to US and Canada.