Announcing Our March Giveaway!

Special thanks to team member Kellibeans for hosting our February giveaway. Our lucky winner was Jama Watts of ThesePreciousThings. Congrats to our winner!

We have another wonderful giveaway lined up for the month of March! This beautiful necklace was created by the husband and wife team of Kelly and Joey Graves, also known as WhimsyBeading.


Created with our fantastic team member Paulena in mind, Paulena's Pearls are great for those who love to sport the red, white and blue all year long! This 18" necklace is made with 8mm white glass pearls and 4mm Swarovski crystals in brilliant Siam Ruby and Cobalt, with sterling silver findings.

The value of this giveaway is $25.00.You can see more creations from WhimsyBeading at their etsy shop.

Note:

"Whimsy Beading is donating 50% of the proceeds from the first three sales in March to Cheyenne Wright, the fantastic colorist for Girl Genius (www.girlgeniusonline.com), to help offset the costs of his medical bills. After that, 20% of the proceeds from our sales in March will go to Cheyenne."

How to Enter:

1. Visit the Whimsy Beading etsy shop and leave a comment here about an item you like or ask a question of Kelly and Joey. (one chance to win)

2. Follow the Bluegrass etsy team blog if you are not already a follower. Let us know you are following by commenting below. (one chance to win)

3. Subscribe to the Bluegrass etsy emails from this blog if you are not already a subscriber. Let us know you have subscribed in a comment below. (one chance to win)

4. Post about this contest on your own blog and leave us the link below for your blog. (one chance to win)

5. Tweet about this contest from your twitter account and leave us your twitter name. (one chance to win)

6. Make a purchase from WhimsyBeading for 3 chances to win. List the transaction ID in three separate comments below.

Kelly and Joey will draw a random winner on Wednesday, March 31. Stay tuned and good luck!

Our November Giveaway from 3 Magpies!

It's time again for another Bluegrass Etsy team giveaway!! Our giveaways have been going strong for a year now. We started doing this in November of 2008. Hard to believe it has been a year already!

Our winner for the 2nd half of October was Vicki W. of Fargo, North Dakota. Vicki is the winner of the custom bib and burp cloth set created by our very own Angela Latham of Spool of Plenty. Angela is also on Feature Friday so check out her shop if you haven't already.

Our November giveaway comes to us from Denise Johnson of 3 Magpies.

Here is Denise's description:

This is a beautiful mother of pearl gogo pendant measuring 50mm strung on a waxed cotton cord. Very versatile, may be worn every day or dressed up for those special holiday occasions.

This beautiful necklace is valued at $13.



Want to win? Here's what you need to do. Visit the 3 Magpies etsy shop here. Come back to this blog post and leave a comment on something in Denise's shop. Give Denise ideas about what you like or ask a question of her. For additional chances to win, subscribe to this blog, become a follower, tweet about the contest or put the contest on your blog. Be sure to let us know with a separate comment so you get an additional chance to win.

We'll draw a random winner on November 30 and will post the first week of December.

Good luck to all!

October Team Giveaway: Part 1

The winner of our September giveaway, donated by Tina Mackin of Smackinart is "haptree" of the UK. Congrats haptree, we will be in touch with you to get your address so we can send out your cards and 'zine.

Being that October is the beginning of the fall season, we will be hosting TWO giveaways this month!

The first giveaway for October was generously donated by Joey and Kelly Graves, the beading team behind Whimsy Beading.


Boo To You! October is here, and it's time to trick or treat with a fun necklace from Joey and Kelly Graves of Whimsy Beading! This 20" necklace of fiber optic glass beads in orange and grey, silver spacers and Swarovski crystals spells out every ghost's favorite word and will be a fun addition to anyone's holiday jewelry wardrobe. Valued at $25.00, it's sure to be a sweet treat to the lucky winner!



How to Enter?
To enter, please visit Kelly and Joey's Whimsy Beading shop. Come back here to leave a comment and tell us what you like about their shop. If you tweet about the contest let us know for another chance to win. If you post this contest at your blog, leave a comment with the link for yet another chance to win. Finally, if you are not already a subscriber to our blog, enter your email in the subscribe box for another chance to win. Just let us know that you have become a subscriber.

This contest ends on October 14. We'll post the winner here and then announce the second part of our giveaway.

Good luck to all and thanks for playing!!