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Destash Giveaway!!!!!!!

kalurah — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:49:00 +0000

NOTE :: Destash Giveaway is now OVER!!!!
Winner to be announced Saturday April 4th, 6am PDT

This week has been a rough one. Last week involved Bronchitis, antibiotics and cough medicine…..this week entailed a day and a half of excruciating tooth pain and a 3 hour Root Canal on Wednesday. Or……was it Thursday?????? ‘Errrrr……anyway, needless to say, I have been going stir crazy at home and thought it was about time for a little excitement around here (on my blog).

How about a Giveaway????!!!!!!!

I recently discovered that I have an allergy to Acrylic. I pick up the yarn, begin crocheting and all of a sudden, my nose is running and I am sneezing my brains out. It took a short while before I realized……..perhaps it’s the acrylic fiber. It never happens when I’m using wool, angora, cashmere.

Now that I’ve stopped using it, I haven’t had any problems since. Perfect! Problem solved. But that leaves me with a dilemma.

WHAT to do with all that acrylic and acrylic blend yarn in my stash?????

Well, dear readers…..I think you’ve figured out where I’m going with this. I will be giving away my ENTIRE stash, along with a spiffy Rattan Yarn Bag to hold it all in!

You will receive ::

(1) 6oz skein Lion Brand Homespun in Apple Green [worth $5.99]
(2) 3oz skeins Lion Brand Jiffy in Country Green [worth $5.98]
(1) 3oz skein Lion Brand Jiffy in White [worth $2.99]
(1) 3oz skein Lion Brand Jiffy in Violet [worth $2.99]
(1) 3oz skein Lion Brand Jiffy in Grape [worth $2.99]
(1) 7oz skein Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice in Mustard [worth $5.99]
(2) 3.5oz skein Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice in Brick [worth $6.58]
(1) 3.5oz skein Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice in Linen [worth $3.29]
(1) 2.5oz skein Lion Brand Wool-Ease in White/Multi [worth $2.99]
(1) 3.5oz skein Sensations Angel Hair in Solid White [worth $5.99]
(3) 5oz skeins Caron Simply Soft ECO (20% recycled plastic bottles) in Forest Floor [worth $9.57]
(1) Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in Fisherman [worth $6.49]
(1) 2.5oz skein Lion Brand Micro Spun in Ebony [worth $3.49]
(1) 2.5oz skein Lion Brand Micro Spun in French Vanilla [worth $3.49]
(1) Rattan Yarn Bag [$15]

Over $65 worth of goodies!!!!

Just leave your email address in the comments and let me know what you plan to use the stash for. Next years X-mas gifts? A cute little baby dress for a friend whose expecting? Or just planning to stash it!

Entries will be accepted until next Friday, April 3rd @ Midnight (PDT). I will draw a winner randomly on Saturday, April 4th.

As always, if you blog about the Giveaway, you will receive TWO additional entries!!! Just be sure to let me know you have blogged about it.

This Giveaway is open to INTERNATIONAL Yarnaholics, as well!!!

And DON’T FORGET TO INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS!!! If you do not leave me a way of contacting you, I will not enter you in the drawing. Sorry!!

Hoping that you all have a fabulous weekend!

~Kalurah

Winner!!!!!

kalurah — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:14:00 +0000

I put all of the entries into the Random Name Generator and……

Congratulations, Green Girl in Wisconsin!!!

The adorable Love Letters Set will be mailed out to you TODAY!
(Luckily, I already have your address from when you won the last Giveaway that you won!)
Boy, you sure have a knack for winning things.

Thanks to everyone who entered!

And the Winners are….

kalurah — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:10:00 +0000

Since I kept you all waiting for far too long to hear who the $50 whiletheyplay gift certificate winners are, I decided to select a THIRD winner!

Click below to find out if you’re one of them…..
brought to you by my little “munchkins“.

Thanks so much to all of you who entered and also to those of you who blogged about the Giveaway. You do a Blog~Girl proud!

P.S.
I will be emailing each winner their $50 Gift Certificate by tomorrow morning!

and the winner is…

kalurah — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:33:00 +0000

Oh my stars, you ladies are persistent when there is free beauty accessories involved!
I think my email browser suffered a coronary embolism due to all the comments that flooded in.

I have to thank Mrs. G and Apples on a Stick for putting the “word” out. What a couple of stand-up gals!

I had the kids pull a name this morning and the official Lucky Duck is…..

Richelle @The Westons Files.

Thanks again to everyone that dropped by to throw your hat into the ring. I am thrilled to have met some wonderful new Bloggers and look forward to visiting all of them regularly.

Have a fabulous weekend and Winter Break!

p.s. Richelle, I will be contacting you regarding the delivery of your fabulous prize!

(*knock, knock* “Avon calling!”)

"why CAN’T I hang this on the fridge, honey?"…

kalurah — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:38:00 +0000

sharing pieces of myself and giving one away…

kalurah — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:05:00 +0000

it’s been a long time coming. I was actually beginning to think it would never happen.

my new shop is finally up! while they play‘s World Premiere!
I am so giddy right now, it’s just not even funny. I am brimming, head to toe!

when I finally finished setting up shop (literally!), I sat back and looked at the projects that I so lovingly labored away on.
and it’s almost too hard to let them go. but that would defeat the whole purpose of this thing, now wouldn’t it!

I have about 6 Work’s In Progress at the moment and as soon as I finish them up I will have an update over at the shop and I ‘ll give you a heads-up here.

to celebrate this momentous occasion, I’m offering all of you, my faithful readers, a 20% discount on anything in my shop!
just enter the code: CELEBRATE in the “message to seller” box and wait for a revised invoice with the discounted price before paying.
**this special discount will expire at the first of the year!

and as promised, I am also giving away one of my bags to celebrate the shop opening!

just tell me you want your name thrown into the “hat”, by commenting on this post and I will enter you in a drawing.
I will draw one name on Thursday and the second name I draw will get a “boobie” prize! you can comment and tell your friends to comment until Wednesday the 7th @midnight PT.
and just like the last drawing I had, if you blog about the giveaway, you not only get an extra entry~you get TWO extra entries. so three total! (just let me know once you have blogged about it.) Contest is now over. winner to be announced on Friday!

now, I want you all to know that of all the bags I have ever made, this one is my absolute favorite and I am pretty teary-eyed over letting it go.
so please let it be understood, I am giving away a little piece of myself, here.

and, “Your welcome!”

blog, part deux…

kalurah — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:08:00 +0000

for a week now, I have been mischievously cheating on my little blog here.
when it wasn’t looking, I created a new blog.
behind it’s back.

I know, it’s risky.
and daring and bold.

but I wanted a separate space for all of my treasured photographs.
a place where I can let my nerdy tendencies flow freely.

my camera is with me all the time.
ask my poor sister, who has to stop alongside me every 5 minutes while we’re out for a walk, so I can shoot something.

I rarely go a single day without photographing something and it takes every last bit of strength inside my bower to keep from posting at least one photo on my blog.
each
and
every
day.

but I don’t.
because I like you people. and I don’t want you all to feel like this is just a breeding ground for photography addicts.

but this is!

my new Photography Blog.
head over and tell me what you all think.
either here, or at “An open-shutter case”.
I love hearing from all of you!

in fact, those of you who do leave a comment at open-shutter, will be entered in a drawing to win one of my prints.
and you get to choose which one you’d like!

so comment away and spread the word.
if you blog about it, you’ll get an extra drawing entry!
and if it’s your very FIRST comment on both of my blogs, you get another entry!
the deadline will be the 20th at 8pm PT and I’ll announce the winner on the 22nd.

hope to hear from you all soon at my new digs!