2010: May 21
Comments: (1)
Category: CRAFTY GOODNESS
Keywords: giveaway
I had Boy work his magic with the sql database to come up with the winners so i wouldnt have to count my way through the comments. Thanks for being so smart, Boy! :)
The printed results are ugly strings of characters so Ill shorten them for you:
mysql> select * from wp_comments where comment_post_ID = 1345 order by rand() limit 5;
| comment_author | comment_date_gmt | comment_content
| Sara | 2010-05-19 21:56:07 | I love Harry Potter and The Good Earth.
| Beth | 2010-05-18 08:06:44 | Beautiful! My favorite book of all time is The Stand by Stephen King. Thank you for the giveaway!
| Caroline | 2010-05-17 19:29:05 | Oh they’re gorgeous! I would love the chance to offer you feedback ;-)My favourite author would have to be Roald Dahl. I re-read Matilda so many times as a kid.
| Nadescha| 2010-05-17 09:04:44 | my absolutely favourite author is diana gabaldon – i am currently on book 7 (an echo in the bone) of her epic historical love story between jamie and claire fraser. i wish they could live forever… :-)
| Sarah | 2010-05-17 10:23:26 | Love the butterfly cover. My favourite book for a long time was Bridge to Terabithia {long before it was a movie!} For my adult life I would say Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje.{anything by Michael is worth reading more than once, in my humble opinion} Also Alice Munro! Thanks for the chance.
Congratulations you guys! Im so excited that my covers are being shipped all over the world – that amazes me. Yay!
And again, thank you ALL for participating. Considering it seems you really liked the idea of a bookcover, I am definitely going to experiment more with them. Ive had quite a few sketches drawn up for a while and its time i get to work!
Huzzah!
2010: May 21
Comments: (0)
Category: CRAFTY GOODNESS
Keywords: giveaway
Well, gosh golly gees!
I had no idea how resounding the turn out would be; you all made me blush:) I want to thank Sew Mama Sew for this opportunity and a HUGE Thank You So Very Much to you all for leaving me so many comments!
I was given around 400 different favorites which will really help me choose new books! If you were wondering who the most popular choice is (yes, i have a spreadsheet going like any proper dork would), Jane Austen tops the charts, and Pride and Prejudice is her most favored.
I suggest to you guys my own favorite author: Guy Gavriel Kay. The Fionavar Tapestry is my all time favorite, but I also recommend Tigana, A Song for Arbonne, or The Lions of Al-Rassan. But hes not for everyone, and this I know (although i dont quite understand;).
I also added you guys to my RSS feed so i can check out your sites when I have the time – count me as a follower!
Good luck on all the contests you entered, and I will announce the five winners sometime today:)
2010: May 17
Comments: (479)
Category: CRAFTY GOODNESS, Fabric Craft
Keywords: bookcovers, giveaway
I felt compelled to participate in Sew Mama Sew’s May Giveaway Day this year. You may remember me mentioning it once upon a time when i randomly stumbled upon the glory that is is. I urge you all to check out the other bloggers participating this round, after commenting for your chance to win here, of course;)
For those of you just joining me, one of the things I enjoy making is bookcovers. So far, they are only sized for the average softcover novel (for your reference, I used the same book in all of these photos and it has 814 pages – works great on shorter novels too!). You can see some of the other ones I made here. I would love to post my pattern but after much thought I have decided that I need to work out all the kinks and I am hoping that this opportunity provided by Sew Mama Sew will allow that.
Therefore, I have decided to take a different approach to this giveaway. Continue reading… »