Friday, January 29, 2010

a new url, giveaway winner's announced & january's mother lode giveaway



first of all,
we have a new url around here
(which means we are official)

cjaneanswers.com

go ahead and use it
(dearcjane.blogspot.com works too)

secondly, we have winners from our
three giveways this week
the ewillow winner is announced here.
the vintage pearl is announced here
the cbc'10 is announced here.

thanks everyone for entering!
and thanks to the sponsors for giving away!

third,
this month has been so huge for this blog
what with a new url
and new sponsors
and giveaways
i decided to celebrate by putting together
a virtual "gift basket"
of some of the products i blogged about this month
and give it away all to one lucky reader.

so
here is goes . . .

january's gift basket:



1. zurchers party supplies has generously donated
the balloon pumper i blogged about here.

2. kelly mccaleb threw in a couple of her
cool knitted bangles
that i have deemed
"wrist warmers"
and wear almost daily.

3. ann dee knight has pledge a signed copy
of her book
everything is fine
--a novel i describe as a
masterpiece
.

4. amy schilling-busch
knitted a cat hat
just for this occasion.

5. the good people at redmond clay
sent me a box full of
products
for you
including the clay
and salt products as well
(dreamy stuff).

6. amanda at halftees
wants you to try one on
so she's tossing one in the basket
(i am wearing mine this second).


you want to win this basket
or what?

you have from right now
until next thursday night
feb. 4th
midnight mst.
to enter.

the winner will be chosen
at random
so no pressure.


thanks for a great month!

love,
c jane


this post is brought to you by these awesome sponsors:





the vintage pearl
is offering 10% off
to dear c jane readers
this week!
use the code CJANE10

1,254 comments:

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Eve said...

It would be so, so random if you randomly chose me. Do it.

e. said...

I dare you to choose me! Don't be a chicken.

aiketa said...

I would love to win that awesome pack!
Please randomness choose me!

Tara said...

Tara Dodge - and I'm only up at this insane hour because I'm nursing a newborn.

Jessalee said...

It would be fantastic to win that pack! Fingers crossed. :)

Martha said...

I'd love if it you picked me! Randomly of course ;)

Silvy said...

WOW!!!

Jen said...

Randomly choose me.

Lorna, a girl in London said...

Too exciting!!! My first comment too! I love your site CJane - you rock! Love Lorna, a girl in London.

Jamie said...

What an awesome set of prizes

Sus & co said...

crossing my fingers....sus

CANDACE said...

me, me, me! i would LOVE to win!

Why......... said...

Why not me??????

Abbey said...

awesome stuff.

Danielle said...

Winning this would lift me from the winter doldrums!

Mary said...

Yay! What a fun gift!

Evie said...

Fun!

Janssen said...

Wow, that is indeed the mother lode. I would be more than happy to take it off your hands.

Jess said...

Yay! Who doesn't love a giveaway? Pick me randomeness machine!

DM said...

Perfect bunch of stuff to brighten up a VERY cold morning! I'm sure I should just go back to bed and dream about winning!

kelly said...

too cool for words!!

Anonymous said...

THANK YOU for this opportunity, CJane. And have a great day.
Birder

Jumpin J's Mom said...

Wow, that's a wicked awesome gift basket and I would love to be the random winner!

Monkey Business said...

I think this package has my name written all over it!

Katie said...

I'd love a gift basket

Sufoot said...

Pick me...don't worry - I'll act surprised.

Heidi G said...

Congrats on the new URL and being official and all that. Love to read your blogs and enjoy your humor, sarcasm and insight.

Lauren said...

I enjoy reading your blog so much, cjane! Thank you!

Linda said...

A wonderful set of gifts which, should I be randomly chosen, I will gift to my daughter in Seattle. She's blue - missing her boyfriend, who just deployed to Haiti with the Coast Guard.

ltomanovich said...

pick me! pick me! pick me!

Caitlin @ A Galway Girl (in Chicago) said...

crossing my fingers...pretty please pick me!

diana banana said...

love half tees......i need more!

Elizabeth said...

I hope I win. I just woke up from a dream where I had won $20,000 in a giveaway. This would be even better, since it's real and all.

karen t said...

I have my own little Chief who would look so cute in that...:)

shannon said...

What a wonderful surprise it would be if I was chosen!

David and Shalynna said...

I'd love to win! I thought the picture of The Chief meant that he was part of the giveaway too.

karenh said...

Come on, Come on, Me, Me, Me :)

snicketyone said...

wowsers! what a wonderful giveaway!

kandra said...

Fantastic giveaway....*crosses fingers* Pick me!

Karrie said...

Me! Me! Pick me!!! :)

Whitney said...

I'm in...

Mrs. Doctor Jackson said...

i've never won anything before! except one time on ebay. choose me!!

Katie H said...

Ooh, ooh, pick me! What an awesome prize pack. :)

Shepherd Family ACAL said...

Love the stash! Book looks fun, it has been forever since I have read a book! (feels that way at least!) And honestly I love the rest of the presents too! Great giveaway!

andrea said...

Looks like a fabulous gift basket!

Caitie said...

I want to win:)

just jen said...

that looks like the best basket ever.

MiaKatia said...

Such a fun collection of stuff.

Karen said...

Please may I have some? Please, please, please?!

jennmcd@att.net said...

I would love to have those great products, so pick me!

SandyM said...

Love it!

Marla said...

Awesome! Great winter pick-me-up!aonsedul

Meredith said...

Oh, it all cools so fun. I'd love to be picked!

Angie said...

Would love it!

Aubstar said...

I love Random! (And I love books!) So, if fate would so kind, I'd also LOVE to win!

Brittney said...

I would LOVE this!

Melinda said...

Great stuff!!! Oh please oh please....

Lauren said...

Nothing like some great prizes to pick me up on a cold day!

Helen said...

I would love this! (But I'm from the UK so not sure I'm allowed to enter?)

KG said...

Everything is so amazing! Pick me :)

Rideout Family said...

I feel lucky today.

Cami said...

I'm ready to win!

LauraH3807 said...

I must be leprechaun...Because I feel lucky!!! I'm diggin' the giveaway :)

ginnbelle said...

Love your blog please let the randomness pull my name

Samantha said...

I hope I win! I hope I win!!!!

Denise said...

A wonderful giveaway. Thanks for sharing!

Monica said...

Oh Cjane! I love, love, love your blogs. I find myself checking multiple times a day...just in case you had nothing else to do except blog, blog, blog.
Thank you for your take on things!
Does flattery get me extra points?

Sallie said...

I love this!

Laurasamps said...

A random winning would be fabulous!

Keri Beth Mason said...

I just got to work and realized that the armpits of my favorite white shirt were pink.

Not sure how I missed that during the getting ready process, but alas.

Here I sit with pink armpits.

kaethe811 said...

I love your blogs and I would love to win your gift basket!!

Bonnie said...

What a lovely basket that my big ol' basket would love to have sitting by its side!

Anonymous said...

I'm a poor college kid, I think I need this. Plus I have a little nephew that would look precious in that hat:]]-Maureen

Shawna said...

Ohhh FUN!! Choose me (please!).

la-la land said...

Wow, awesome stuff! My place would truely make a good home for that basket of greatness.

Heather said...

What a great group of goodies! Of course I'd like to win!

Nanette said...

Please enter me in the giveaway. Thank you very much. :)

emily said...

i want it all. (does that remind you of charlie and the chocolate factory? it does me.)

KristyWes said...

Sweeeeet stuff!

Dena said...

A truly awesome giveaway! I hope I get lucky.

melissa said...

Phalanges crossed :)

Midge said...

Please randomly choose me. That would be awesome.

beth Brehob said...

looks great. sign me up!

J said...

What a great giveaway. Thans for the chance to win!

LaurenT said...

The motherlode!

Cameron said...

So fun! This is great stuff!

annie said...

If you randomly pick me, guess what? You'll be randomly giving me a birthday gift. Now wouldn't that be a nice surprise?

The LeVangie Family said...

Me please. I love everything on that list!

Carly Jane said...

I'm in! I most of all want the book. And the hat. And the balloon pump. Ok, I'd take the whole shebang.

Lori said...

Well I don't know what number I am; just hope that I am an even number, since that's what I like. Any ways . . . . . please pick me!

pam said...

Wow it is indeed the mother lode. Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway.

Meg said...

Oohhh....I would love to win this awesomeness. It would cheer up my cold, cold January!

Brandi said...

I ordered one of the bracelets! LOVE IT!! Would love to win the gift basket! Thanks for all you do!!

Cathy said...

I want it. I need it. I gotta have it. Pick me!

gardeniagirl said...

Please? I need some validation here. Thanks.

hoxtonmarket said...

Pick me, pick me! :)

Mia said...

I would love this basket! I keep trying to convince my budget that I need some the clay, but it won't listen.-

Kim said...

Enter me for this one too - but weren't there supposed to be two vintage pearl winners?

Julie said...

Awesome giveaway!! Pick me! Pick me!!

erin j bailey said...

Me me!! Me me!!

Paula said...

I never win anything! Even on the radio. I am always the 8th caller when I'm supposed to be the 9th. Please change my luck :)

it's just lisa said...

count me in cjane :)

SWENSON FAMILY said...

I would love to win that adorable hat for my little girl! EyES, tOEs AND fInGERs CROSSED!!

Mary said...

I really think you have the best giveaways. And I love your blogs {except I don't read your guide to Provo, because I live in North Carolina, and I want to stay happy living here, instead of being jealous of all the cool things that people in Utah get to do}.


<a href="http://www.maryslastchance.blogspot.com>www.maryslastchance.blogspot.com</a>

The Chrissy Herself said...

I want to win! And thanks for always brightening my day :-)

pray.trust.live said...

Ooh ooh pick me, pick me! I'd love to win this great gift pack!! : )

amandanbo said...

such a fabulous prize set!!! everything looks incredible!

Robyn said...

Oh, oh, I would love that gift basket. Count me in.

Brooke said...

I would like to win please :) By the way, I LOVE your new banner on cjane. Awesome!

cbo said...

I would like to win!

Genevieve said...

Courtney! Courtney!
Pick me! Pick me! :)
Thanks for blogging--you bring a smile to my sometimes grumpy face!
XOXO

katherine said...

My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.
Hey I'm pretty serious I wanna win the mother lode.

Mandy said...

WOW what a fun gift basket! Would love to win
mandykirk@hotmail.com

Robin said...

Love it! Robin Rogers

Anonymous said...

What a fantabulous give-away...May I win, please? Teresa in CA

marzi said...

please let the random gods choose me!

Jen said...

Oooh, I hope it's me, I hope I'm the winner! Thank you for such a lovely giveaway!!!

The Hall said...

Oh, wow. This would make my dreary winter.

kathee said...

Nice!!

Katie B. said...

Oh, goodie!

CheekyChic said...

I'm so happy for you that this part of your blogging life has become successful! It's well deserved. You find some pretty cool stuff to talk about here. Thanks!

JeCaThRe said...

Oh, what a gorgeous and generous mother lode, only fitting as you are a gorgeous and generous mother.

Mamabee said...

Please pick me!

Lisa in Fort Worth said...

I love checking in with you everyday. Makes coming to work fun, and gives me something to look forward to. Thanks for sharing! What a gift basket!!!

Lisa in Fort Worth

Anonymous said...

I was the one who suggested the Electric Cat for your son, so you should definetly pick me! ;)

carole said...

Cool new banner. You Provonians have it going on!

A said...

This motha is in need of a motha-lode.

tawnya said...

Yes please!

Erin Lemons said...

I wanna win!

melissa ( : said...

I can hardly stand the suspense!

Suzanne said...

Love reading your blog each day. Love the new look. Love, love, love Nutella. Love the mother lode giveaway - please pick me!

laurak118 said...

I would love to win it would add some brightness to this otherwise gloomy week!

Erin said...

After hearing how great all this stuff is, how could I not need it all?!

Gerb said...

I saw that picture of the Chief and thought... WHAT DID HE DO? I was excited to win such an adorable child in a giveaway that I was not going to question. And then I read the descriptions. But the hat is awesome, too, and so is everything else. So SIGN ME UP!

(Or, rather... fingers crossed.)

kelly said...

what a lovely basket of goodies

spyderette said...

randomly choose me! i could use something good this january, cause so far, it's been pretty horrible.

Rikards said...

Oooh Oooohh me, pick me please! Random way please find me!

Meg said...

Ohhhh choose me! I will love each prize as if it were my only prize!

Lisa said...

Good stuff!

kim said...

Do I get extra points cause the 4th is my birthday? Hows that for Random :)

Kristi said...

Wonderful basket selection! I can only hope to win =o)

Kristen said...

Pick me Pick me! I love it all!

james and bess said...

sweet giveaway!!

bess :)

Lizzytish said...

I never win anything, but I keep on tryin'! Really love those knitted bangles and the half tee, especially! Thanks for the opportunity!

Anonymous said...

Yes, I would like to win!
cathyv

Heather said...

Dear Randomness Machine,
What kind of bribes will you except to pick me?!

Brook Ann ( the Great ) said...

I would like to be the winner. I know I am far away, but my mother is coming right after this give away to see me, so she could bring me the goods. PICK ME.

Sarah said...

Pick me! Pick me!

Robyn said...

Looks like I am not the only one who'd like a piece of this basket (well the whole thing, really, but you know what I mean.)

ko said...

so fun! here's to life's randomness...

Sarah said...

Oh yeah...what a great giveaway.

Chelsea said...

Yay! Thanks CJane. I do love you and your ponderings. You make my day!

Chrissy Jo said...

Look at you, making the blogging world work!! I surely wouldn't mind being chosen at random.

Stefanie said...

would like to win

Anonymous said...

I love reading your blogs.
The gift basket looks very nice - hopefully the hat can be knit in a bigger size for my son if I would be so lucky to win!! :)
aislinn in ohio

blythe said...

wow! so much fun stuff!

Bethany said...

Do I want to win? Yes, of course!

B said...

WOO HOO!!! Pick me, pick me!

Anne said...

Ooh, fabulous! My fingers are crossed that if I win, those awesome bracelets fit over my very substantial wrists!

PS. The photo at the top of this post is beautiful!

nikki said...

Very cool stuff! I would love to be chosen!

Lynne said...

I'd love to be chosen -- it would be a first! (and probably a last!)

The Jackson Three said...

I definitely, definitely want to win!

J said...

ooooh Fun!!! I have been seriously considering a few of those.

Marianne said...

Pick me!

Annie said...

I believe my number is the most randomness.

Deb said...

Awesome stuff. Choose me because I choose the right!

Hil said...

I'm the most random person you could choose... Pick me!! Not my nose! As the Winner Silly!!

Alexis said...

Oooh! What a fun bunch of stuff - choose me!!

Matt and Elaina said...

I would be so happy to win!

rameelin said...

Sweeeeeeeet ♥ Loves it!

Michele said...

Pick me, pick me!

Jamie Wilhelm said...

If you randomly pick me, I will take an entertaining photograph of me using all of these FAB items at once. Imagine the comedy!

{ella} said...

Great stuff! I'm dying for some wrist warmers!

Heather said...

It's my birthday. Please let it be my turn. Fingers crossed.

Angela said...

The only thing that could make this virtual basket any better would be actual Nutella.
Hurray for January!

kendall said...

When I first saw the picture, I thought your son was included in the giveaway! Oh well, it's still a great gift, even without the additional of an adorable child! ;o)Also, you might find this comment creepy.

megan said...

oh I would love it all!!

jesmac1010 said...

I love your blog, and thanks for the opportunity to win such amazing stuff!

Muzzymom86 said...

Pick me...Pick me... (raises and waves hand high while jumping up and down).

Micah C said...

I love random winners - I am very random!! Love all the great stuff!

Shannon said...

I'd be overjoyed if I randomly won this very-lovely basket!

YellowMutt said...

I am Random's biggest fan! please choose me Mr. Random! You won't be sorry! :0)

marcie said...

Anything that Cjane loves, I love! Pick me (not to be selfish or anything), ha!

the tortise said...

So, I think I should be rewarded as a new follower...=) It will keep me coming back for more...even though I will anyway...but a girl has to try!

Jen said...

Wow! That is truly an amazing gift basket! I would be so very grateful if you picked me.

Jessica E. said...

I'm random, your selection is random - we're a perfect match! This pack looks awesome and I sure would love to try the products you love. Thanks!!

jeanine said...

Oh I hope I win!

kimmy b said...

CJANE- I think your the coolest!

Kimberly said...

My January has been quite blah. I think I need a present! Thanks!

PJ Kim said...

I would love to win those fabulous gifts!

amy said...

congrats on the URL and the gift basket is amazing. Great idea to give what you've praised.

Jessica said...

me! thank you, donors & sponsors!

Sarah said...

I think I can find a use for every single item in that virtual gift basket!

Please, randomness...be on my side this time... :-)

jess said...

Wow! What a basket full of goodness!

Annette said...

Me! pick me!

Sarah said...

Such a giveaway! Entering please. :) Love the new upgrades!

Amber aka: AmBam, Amborghini, Ambular, BerBer, and Bambi said...

Very nice...I really want some of the half tees

Alyse Burt said...

Crossing my fingers, and I would crosee my toes if I could. Pick me!

Mrs. Alston said...

Ohhh, it all looks fabulous! My the force be with me!

ddrussel said...

I would love to win! I NEED to get some of that red clay from Redmond in wonderful Sevier County!

Thanks!

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