Potential GIVEAWAY: Happy Haul-idays from Chronicle Books

For me, the holidays are the BEST time of year. These days, the “holiday” season starts earlier and earlier, with Christmas decorations coming up before the pumpkins are ready for the compost. No complaints here.. I love the look, smell, and sound of Christmas. Keeping on with something they started last year, Chronical Books is holding their 2nd Annual Happy Haul-idays Giveaway. This year, in addition to giving away a $500 “haul” of books to one lucky blogger and one lucky commenter on that blog, Chronicle Books is also giving the haul to a charity chosen by the winning blogger. So.. first.. here’s my list…

Rustica by Frank Camorra and Richard Cornish
Ruhlman’s Twenty by Michael Ruhlman
Poulet by Cree LeFavour
Big Vegan by Robin Asbell
Fed Up With Lunch by Sarah Wu
A Shade of Red by Alyson Fox
Miette by Meg Ray with Leslie Jonath
Milk & Cookies by Tina Casaceli
Flour by Joanne Chang with Christie Matheson
Chicken & Egg by Janice Cole
The Liberty Book of Home Sewing
Let’s Bring Back by Lesley M. M. Blume
Dead Inside: Do Not Enter
Paper + Craft by Minhee and Truman Cho With Randi Brookman Harris
This is NPR
Farm Together Now by Amy Franceschini,and Daniel Tucker
Famous Frocks by Sara Alm and Hannah McDevitt
Tartine by Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson

Secondly, and probably most importantly, if I win, I would like this haul of books to go to Thomas House Temporary Shelter for Homeless Families. I used to go to the Thomas House with my church to help wrap gifts, serve food, and sing carols during the holiday season. It’s very sad to know that so many families (especially these days) are homeless and hungry, but it’s also a huge joy to see the smiles on their faces when they get a warm meal and a good time singing Christmas carols and playing games.

If you’re interested in trying your luck at winning your own “haul” of goodies from Chronicle Books, here’s what you need to do:

1. Write a blog post with up to $500 worth of Chronicle Books publications that you would like to haul in. Please also include your charity of choice in your post.
2. Remind your readers that if you win, you get to choose one lucky commenter on your entry post to win the same haul of books. (Consider yourself reminded.)
3. Fill out the entry form HERE.
4. Increase your chances by tweeting the giveaway with hashtag #happyhaulidays. Each day is another entry.

GOOD LUCK to all.. but I really hope I win this year!

The Great $1 Push and a Silhouette Giveaway

Want to help out this little guy?

Life Rearranged is raising money to help Cliff - an orphaned boy with Down Syndrome in Eastern Europe… ONE DOLLAR AT A TIME…

Everyone can spare a dollar during this time… Skip the soda with lunch and donate it to a good cause.

While you’re over there reading Cliff’s story, check-out this awesome, unrelated giveaway for a new Silhouette .

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Giveaway: The HUGE and FABULOUS Holiday Giveaway from Laura Winslow Photography

All you moms and crafters and people who generally like cool things need to check out this AWE-MAZING giveaway from Laura Winslow Photography… $2000+ worth of goods/services from 59 amazing vendors and ONLY ONE lucky winner!!!

Check out ALL the contest details HERE! and GOOD LUCK!

Giveaway: Win a Silhouette SD from Curbly

Pretty sweet giveaway going on over at Curbly today. They’re giving away a NEW Silhouette SD Digital Cutting Machine.

Win a Silhouette SD Digital Cutting Machine from Curbly

This product would be awesome for all sorts of projects: papercrafts, scrapbooking, sticker cutting, fabric transfers… the possibilities really are endless. You can check out the Sillhouette Blog for inspirations, tutorials, and some free downloads. I especially like this glass etching tutorial:

Hurry over to Curbly and leave a comment to enter their giveaway. Entries due by Tuesday, November 23.

Contest: Happy Haulidays from Chronical Books

Question: If you had $500 dollars to spend at Chronical Books (one of my FAVORITE publishing houses), what would you get?

Now’s your chance to win my picks listed below during Chronical Book’s Happy Haulidays contest. One lucky blogger (hopefully me) will win their own “haul” of books up to $500 and one lucky commenter on that blog (hopefully one of you) will win the same “haul”. It’s a bit of a complicated contest, but the winning blog will be chosen at random, as will the winning commenter. You can check out a list of all bloggers participating here.

So.. what would I get? (in no particular order)

The Exquisite Book – $29.95
I Love Macaroons – $14.95
Farm Together Now – $27.50
Chicken and Egg – $24.95
From Seed to Skillet – $30
Flour – $35
Lobel’s Meat Bible – $40
Blackbird Bakery Gluten-Free – $35
Tartine – $35
Whoopie Pies – $16.95
All Cakes Considered – $24.95
Field Guide to Candy – $15.95
Tartine Bread – $40
Paper + Craft – $19.95
Little Book of Letterpress – $24.95
The Sock Monkey and Friends Kit – $17.99
Paper Doll Parade Notecards – $14.95
Animal Greetings Mix & Match Stationery – $8.95
Animal Parade Notecards – $12.95
Masha & Friends Notecards – $12.95
Old School Letter Set - $15.95

Be sure to leave a comment if you’d like to try to win my list of books. If you’d like to enter your own list into the contest, just post a list on your own blog and submit it to the contest website. All entries due by December 10, and winners will be announced on December 13!

DC Rainmaker GIVEAWAY: Garmin Forerunner 210

Nice giveaway going on over at DC Rainmaker‘s blog. Expect his usual in depth review soon, but in the mean time, head over there and enter his giveaway for the new Garmin Forerunner 210.

Garmin Forerunner 210 Running GPS

Maximize your chance of winning with THREE entires:

1. (1) post a comment on the giveaway post HERE
2. (2) retweet or post on Facebook this message:
   I’ve just entered the Forerunner 210 #giveaway from @DCRainmakerBlog – http://bit.ly/cXA5cu
3. (3) post about the giveaway on your blog (like I did).

Make sure your comment includes every entry you’ve done.

GOOD LUCK!!

Giveaway: Timex Global Trainer Giveaway by DC Rainmaker

This is not a contest sponsored by me. Someday, I may have the goods to raffle off, but for now, I can only shamelessly promote other people’s giveaways in the hopes that I’m the one that actually wins.

Timex Global Trainer (taken from DC Rainmaker Blog)

A great giveaway for a Timex Global Trainer is going on over at DC Rainmaker’s Blog. Read the in depth review here and sign up for the contest here. The contest will run until Thursday October 14th, 2010 at 11:59PM Eastern Time.