Showing posts with label Giveaway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Giveaway. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Durathon Steam Iron Giveaway Winner

According to radnom.org, the winner of Durathon Iron Giveaway from Hamilton Beach is comment number 16. And who is comment 16?
 
What a nice iron
vickie

Congrats Vickie! You should have already received my mail about how to claim your prize. Hope you like your iron (I love mine!).
Thanks to Hamilton Beach for sponsoring the giveaway.


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Monday, September 24, 2012

Durathon Digital Iron by Hamilton Beach: Product Review and a giveaway

Hamilton Beach Durathon Iron Review
Hamilton beahc iron giveaway and product review


Recently Hamilton Beach contacted me to ask if I would be interested in testing out their new iron called Durathon. They thought that it is the best iron in the market till date and wanted to see if I would share their confidence. Since iron is a must have tool in any sewing room, I thought it was a great idea to test their claims about this new iron.

I received my iron about three weeks ago and I tested it right away. Hmm, a bit heavier and sturdier than my earlier iron. My earlier iron used to drip like crazy and I was wondering if there was any truth to Hamilton Beach's claims of Anti Drip iron.
But oops! this one dripped some water too, but before writing them an email about it I decided to check the water level in my iron.."Oops I filled it above the maximum level"...aha! So I tried again a couple of times with water below the "Max" mark and it has never dripped afterwards. Lesson learned.

The representative who contacted me claimed that this iron has a lot of steam ( no pun intended), oh boy was she ever right! It does give out a lot of steam which makes ironing much easier and faster. I also tried it on "No steam" setting and it still heats up well. Here I could clearly see the difference between this iron and my old one. I used them both to fuse vinyl and this one does it much faster than my old iron.

The only thing I would change in the design is its fabric type selection system..I found it kind of counter-intuitive. I prefer the old dial method of fabric type selection. Other than that I love this new iron and use it practically everyday. i haven't compared it to every iron in the market but against my old iron it wins hands down, plus Hamilton Beach gives it a 10 year warranty (10 years!!!!) for its non-stick sole plate that they claim is virtually indestructible.

Now how would you like to win one of these irons? Hamilton Beach graciously offered to giveaway this iron to one of our readers. Here are the simple rules:

  • Giveaway for US residents only.
  • Leave a comment on this post with your email id to enter the giveaway. Comments without email id will be deleted/disregarded.  you could leave email id in the following format [your id]at[gmail/yahoo/hotmail] if you are concerned about spam.
  • Do not leave multiple comments
  • Giveaway closes on Sunday Oct 7, at midnight PST


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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Sewing Room Wall Art Tutorial and Giveaway

sewing machine wall art DIY

I have been thinking about sprucing up my sewing/crafting area for a while now. It's walls have been a random collection of patterns, pictures, completed projects and other miscellaneous things that are there not because I like them, but because I didn't get a chance to remove/update them. However, all that changed when Nathan of Easy Canvas Prints contacted me. He offered to send me a free canvas for review and also one to giveaway to one lucky reader.

I immediately knew that I wanted something made for my crafting area. I looked around for what to make and here's what I came up with.

vintage sewing machine from graphics fairy
I found this vintage sewing machine clipart over at The Graphics Fairy. It was just perfect.

So I downloaded it and modified the color into a rusty red. I used free image editing software called gimp to do it.

image editing with GIMP

Modifying the color was actually pretty easy. Open the file in gimp and then from the menu select Tools -> Color Tools -> Color Balance
The picture above shows my settings for the color:

In "Select Range to Modify" pick "Shadows "
In "Modify Selected Range's color levels" pick
Cyan - Red = 33
Magenta - Green = 6
Yellow - Blue = -59

Easy Canvas PrintsEasy Canvas Prints

Once I had the picture in my preferred color, I simply went to Easy Canvas Print Website and uploaded it to be printed.

sewing room wall art DIY


I received my stretched and ready to hang canvas in about a week. I couldn't have been more pleased with the wall art. I just love it.

Easy canvas prints has a lot of other websites for all your signs and printing needs. Check them out here


Giveaway

Easy canvas prints has generously offered one lucky reader a free printed and stretched canvas of their choice. You could print anything you like on it - travel pics, wedding pics, children's pics or a sewing machine. How does that sound?

The contest is open to only US residents living within the contiguous states. ( Hawaii and Alaska residents not valid)

All you have to do is comment on the post and tell us what you will print on your canvas if you win it, along with a valid email id. You can use spaces or braces to modify your email id if you are worried about spam, but the comments without an email id will be deleted and disregarded.

 Contest is open until August 5th, 2012. I'll pick a winner using random.org and announce it here.

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Giveaway winner and sewing resources

Giveaway winner and Sewing Resources

Here's the Fashion to Figure giveaway found using random number generator from random.org.

Comment #3

The Sweetheart Dot Lace Dress was my favourite

houseofpinheiro(at)hotmail(dot)com

Congratulations House of Pinheiro. Look out for an email from me asking your contact details. Thanks Fashion To Figure for sponsoring the giveaway.

Here's a sewing website that offers a lot of free resources to sewing enthusiasts:
Its is a big treasure trove of all kinds of sewing patterns and tutorials. So check it out. They also offer a free newsletter rounding up some of coolest free tutorials from around the blogosphere so don't forget to sign up for that while you're there

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Mirror Mirror on the wall, Which the fairest blog of all?

JHP Designs Giveaway Winner
JHP Designs on Etsy


Well! At least one person's blog will become fairer, if not fairest :)
With a little help from Jill of JHP Designs

Random.org generated number 19, so who's the contestant number 19?


I tweeted:
https://twitter.com/#!/britibee/status/178184250028343296
britibee@gmail.com

Brittany will have the option to choose Blog header/button design package or Etsy Shop banner/Avatar design package.

Congratulations Brittany! I'll contact you via email with the details on how to claim your prize. Thank you JHP designs for hosting this giveaway at Blooms And Bugs.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Long weekend randomness






No sewing over the long weekend, but tons of cooking. I even tried something new that I wanted to try for a long time. Chocolate Chip Cookies. I have been meaning to try these ever since I read Dana's recipe of best Chocolate Chip cookies ever. Now I don't know if they are best ever, because I have only the store bought things to compare with, but they taste really well, actually too well considering my substantial waistline.





On another unrelated note...I bought these booties for my Diva from Julie of Blue J Crochet. She has super cute stuff for awesome prices over there.
They got delivered this Saturday and they're every bit as cute as they seemed in the pictures.
She also added a matching headband to my order free of charge.




I love them.
By the way, She is having an awesome giveaway on her blog right now. I so want to win it so I feel bad about sharing it with you guys...but hey...friends don't keep the good things a secret. You have until Jan 20 to enter the giveaway.


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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Sodee Naturals Giveaway Winner

Giveaway: Sodee Naturals Giveaway Winner
Photo credit: cohdra from morguefile.com

Thanks a lot to Sodee Naturals for sponsoring this giveaway at Blooms And Bugs. I picked out three winners for a jar of Sodee Naturals Eczema Cream using Random.org. Here're the winning commneters:



#18
Jo said...
I like Sodee on facebook

#23

TracyB said...
Hi, I liked them on Facebook as Tracy Leigh. If I don't win, I'm definitely going to buy some of this and try one of their products out!
#31
pits2love said...
Liked Sodee on Facebook! Ty!
Congratulations to all of you. I'll be contacting you shortly to get your mailing address for your prize. PS: TracyB and pits2love I'm having trouble finding your email id, Could you please email me your address or a way to contact you at bloomsandbugs[at]gmail[dot]com
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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Sodeenaturals: Product review and a giveaway

Giveaway: Sodeenaturals eczema cream

This is not one of those highly popular fabric, notions giveaway but having suffered with eczema myself and having seen my daughter suffer from it I know that these products may be worth more than any fabric, notion, patterns ever. For a parent with kids suffering from eczema this may be the best Christmas present ever.

A couple of months ago I read an announcement on a blog asking for testers for a natural eczema cream. It seemed like a genuine company with good products. Me and my daughter often suffer with eczema, it sometimes gets so severe that we have to resort to heavy steroid medications to get rid of it, the worst part is that there's no 'cure' for it. Whenever the symptoms appear, the doctor prescribes some steroid ointments to treat the affected areas. They work, but as soon as we stop using them the symptoms re-appear. Besides worrying about the long term effects of these medications, It was also frustrating to see our daughter constantly scratching herself. So when I found that this company claims to have a natural remedy I contacted them to be a tester. Britta was very honest and open with me about their products and results. She also gave me a complete list of ingredients of both the products they wanted me to test. I sent across the list to my daughter's pediatrician to get her approval. Once she approved I started applying the products on the areas that were affected by eczema. I used the creams first on myself and then on my daughter we both had almost similar results so I'm just writing mine. Here's how my experience went:

I found that application of these creams relieved itching in all the areas, which was a big relief in itself. After consistently applying for a week ( twice a day) the breakout also seemed to be reduced but it didn't go away completely like it would when I used conventional medications. I tried the original cream first week and then switched to Seabuckthorn Eczema Skin Protectant Cream. I found Seabuckthorn Eczema Skin Protectant Cream more effective than original. I did have to apply some steroids later on to get rid of the red patches that were visible on my skin. So in my experience it doesn't cure the symptom completely but it relieves the itching and it reduces the symptoms considerably so the amount and frequency of steroid medications like hydrocortisone needed is very less. I was a little disappointed that I still had to use hydrocortisone, but having my daughter ( and myself) free of all the itching and having to use hydrocortisone only once in a while made it so worth it. I highly recommend trying it once if someone in your family suffers from eczema. The best part is that these creams don't have steroids so they don't thin the skin like the conventional medications.



Britta also sent me a goodie basket of their other natural products to review. I have been using their Sea Salt Soap, Hair Tamer shampoo bar and they feel really nice on my skin and hair, but the one thing that I absolutely love is their Garden Utopia Body Butter. It has just the right floral scent and my skin is so nice after using it, no dryness or oily residue. I'm definitely going to buy some more of this in future.

Now for those of you who would like to try one of these eczema creams, here's a chance to win one of these:
Sodeenaturals has offered to giveaway three winners one jar each of their natural eczema cream. The winner may choose from among the three creams they offer. This giveaway is open to international readers as well.

To win this you can do any of the following:

1. Like them on Facebook and leave a comment here.
2. Blog about it and leave the link as a comment on this post
3. Tweet about sodeenaturals and post a comment here.
4. Pin your favorite product from their website on to pinterest and leave a comment here.


Note: Please leave a separate comment for each of these activities, you can do any/all of them for one separate entry each.

The giveaway will close on Dec 12, 2011, 9:00 AM PDT. I'll post the winners on Dec 14, 2011 which I'll be choosing by random number generator from random.org.


If you don't want to wait for the giveaway and want to try sodeenaturals products right away, they have offered a discount of 10% with the code bloomsblog. They offer free shipping within US and very reasonable shipping charges for other countries. I hope you will try some of their products with this discount.



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Friday, November 18, 2011

Elastic by the yard giveaway winner

Giveaway Winner: Elastic By the Yard
Photo credit: cohdra from morguefile.com

Thanks a lot to Elastic by the yard for sponsoring a giveaway on Blooms And Bugs and many thanks to all of you who took time to participate in it by commenting here and liking EBTY and tweeting about the giveaway. We had a total of 123 comments and here're the comment numbers that random.org picked out:

#3, #53 and #111

And who are they?

Comment # 3 : Heather said...

I liked Elastic by the yard on FB


Comment # 53 : just jayma said...
I liked Elastic By the Yard on FB! Thanks again for the giveaway, I'm so excited to have been introduced to this company!


Comment # 111 Alyssa said...


This looks so sweet!!


Congratulations to all of you. You will be shortly receiving a mail from me to get your postal address so your prizes could be mailed to you. Don't forget to share your creations with us. I would love to feature them here.


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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Seamingly Giveaway Winner

Seamingly Giveaway winner
Photo credit: cohdra from morguefile.com

So we found the very first Giveaway winner ever at Blooms And Bugs.

It is namdal who left this comment:

"Congrats.I am new to sewing and would love to have them.Thanks for giveaway and love your blog namdal03"

Congratulations! I'll contact you shortly to get your address for the prize.

PS: Just noticed that you didn't leave your full email id...could you please email your full mail id and mailing address at bloomsandbugs [at] gmail.com

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Giveaway courtsey Seamingly.com - Closed

Giveaway: Seamingly.com
Photo credit: cohdra from morguefile.com

This giveaway has been closed now.

Seamingly.com is great content aggregation website. It has a sleek interface and very simple concept - they aggregate the content from best sewing blogs at one place, so you don't have to go check out every blog for
the latest in the world of sewing. I like that I can get all my sewing fix at one place and that I can bookmark the useful blog posts by marking it as "Luv"
Last week, I had shared with you that Seamingly.com added Blooms And Bugs feed to their site and invited me to become a curator for their website. Well, it got better, the awesome people at Seamingly would like to giveaway some fabulous sewing items to one lucky reader here.

Ready to find out what you can win?
Well, One reader will get a package of

One rotary cutter: http://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-95217097-45-Rotary-Cutter/dp/B000B7M8WU/ref=sr_1_4?s=arts-crafts&ie=UTF8&qid=1316552998&sr=1-4


and a self healing cutting mat :http://www.amazon.com/Fiskars-Cutting-Self-Healing-18x24/dp/B000YZASY4/ref=sr_1_17?s=arts-crafts&ie=UTF8&qid=1316658298&sr=1-17

To win, just leave a comment on this post. If you want another entry, check out this post at seamingly.com and "Luv it".  The giveaway will be closed on Thursday night. I'll announce a winner next week.





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