shutterfly holiday card giveaway

Last year I got Shutterfly Christmas cards and madly loved them, the printing was amazing as was the quality of the card stock. I was thrilled last week when I was invited to participate in their 2011 promotion where I will get to host a giveaway where three readers will win 25 free holiday cards! The card shown in the beginning of this post is the Initial Wreath Christmas Card which I added a photo of Auden to [but not the one we'll be using on our real cards]. Here are a couple of my other favorites from their new Christmas card lineup:

Retro Stripe Frame Christmas Card

Sparkle Joy Holiday Card

My favorite designs are the photo Christmas cards with a strong focus on the photograph so I'm leaning really hard towards the Initial Wreath Christmas Card, hopefully Trey can agree with me on a design again this year. Since our Christmas card experience was so positive last year, we have ordered multiple photo books as gifts for other holidays and probably will do the same for Christmas.

Anyway, I'm sure you are more excited about the giveaway than what I would do with the free card credits...

Rules:

• US only
• One entry per person [please be fair, after all there will be 3 winners!]
• Fill out the form below
• Contest ends November 6, winners will be notified via e-mail with the code to collect your free cards!
  

And if you have any desire to see our Christmas card from last year, you can view last year's post here, we choose the first design!

bout of books readathon | book giveaway

witch craft: wicked accessories, creepy-cute toys, magical treats, and more!

this is a ONE DAY ONLY giveaway so don't procrastinate! i'm a particihosting with joli from actin' up with books [so go check out her page, she is doing a giveaway too!]

rules:

• you must be signed up for the read-a-thon [it isn't too late, you can sign up here]
• shipping to the US only

how to enter:

• leave a comment with your e-mail address or some other form of contact information

winner will be notified via e-mail on thursday, ideally i will get your address back from you immediately so the book will reach you in time for halloween so keep your eyes peeled!

summer reading giveaway | the almost moon by alice sebold

"When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily."

So begins The Almost Moon, Alice Sebold's astonishing, brilliant, and daring new novel. A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this unforgettable work by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky.

For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children. When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined.

Unfolding over the next twenty-four hours, this searing, fast-paced novel explores the complex ties between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers; the meaning of devotion; and the line between love and hate. It is a challenging, moving, gripping story, written with the fluidity and strength of voice that only Alice Sebold can bring to the page.

this week i'm participating in the splash into summer giveaway hop [click for the full list of over 300 blogs participating in this giveaway - all book related]. the winner gets a hardcover copy of the almost moon by alice sebold. open to u.s. residents only. you must be a follower to enter.

how to enter:

leave a comment letting me know where you follow my blog [google, bloglovin, etc] and your e-mail address.

the winner will be announced on june 1!

splash into summer giveaway hop

much love monday | happy valentine's day!

i hope you checked out my list of 12 cheap valentine's day date ideas. even if you haven't yet, there are some good last minute suggestions on there that don't require planning or much effort! or if you don't have a valentine you could read up on how to celebrate an anti-valentine's day. and check out 2011 pre-valentine's day celebrity break ups while you are off reading all these lovely valentine's day related articles that i have written.

also... it is time to announce the winner of the valentine's day book and print giveaway! the winner is:

Andrea I

thanks to everyone who entered!

today i am much love mondaying my valentine's day flowers, my little man, and the weight watcher's recipe brownies that i'm bringing to work with me!

valentine's day book and photo print giveaway

the winner will get a 4x6 print of the top two photos by me and a copy of "daughter of fortune" by isabel allende.

an orphan raised in valparaiso, chile, by a victorian spinster and her rigid brother, young, vivacious eliza sommers follows her lover to california during the gold rush of 1849. she enters a rough-and-tumble world whose newly arrived inhabitants are driven mad by gold fever. a society of single men and prostitutes among whom elize moves-with the help of her good friend and savior, the chinese doctor tao chi'en-california opens the door to a new life of freedom and independence for the young chilean. her search for the elusive lover gradually turns into another kind of journey, and by the time she finally hears news of him, eliza must decide who her true love really is.

fill out the form below to enter

(+1) must be a follower to enter - i don't care where you follow google/bloglovin

(+1) tell me what your favorite date idea is from my article 12 cheap valentine's date ideas

(+1 - up to 4 times) share this contest or the link to the valentine's date ideas article



this giveaway is part of the follower love giveaway hop... visit the site to see a list over 200 more giveaways!

book and print giveaway winner

[image by erin kennedy]

there were 65 entries... and the winner of this past weekend's book and print giveaway was Kjovus - My Life with Books

book and print giveaway

hey you guys, it is time for my second giveaway here on penny laine. this time up for grabs are 4x6 prints of each of the top two photos and a paperback copy of women of the silk: a novel by gail tsukiyama.

how to enter:

• leave a comment with your e-mail address

how to get extra entries [make sure you include +whatever with your comment]

• become a follower [or already be one]
  
• blog/tweet/share somewhere about this giveaway [provide a link(s), you can share multiple ways and get an entry for each]
• tell me what your favorite item is on my list of 50+ photography theme ideas
• next time i do a book and print giveaway [around valentine's day], what would you like me to giveaway prints of? something you would actually hang up in your house/office/whatever?
  

this giveaway is part of the dreaming of books giveaway hop. the winner will be chosen on january 18. check out the giveaway hop homepage for links to 181 more giveaways to enter this weekend - we all know you are snowed in anyways!

giveaway winner!

thank you so much to everyone who entered my first giveaway! i will be participating in another one in a few weeks so keep your eyes peeled.

the random number generator picked #12 out of 29 which was benita!

midwinter's eve book and print giveaway

alright... it is time for my first giveaway on penny laine! up for grabs is a couple of my prints and "brief encounters with che guevara" by ben fountain.

the well-meaning protagonists of brief encounters with che guevara are caught-to both disastrous and hilarious effect-in the maelstrom of political and social upheaval surrounding them. ben fountain's prize-winning debut speaks to the intimate connection between the foreign, the familiar, and the inescapably human.

there are six options for your print choices, you can see them HERE

how to enter:

leave a comment on this post with your e-mail address and the two print numbers that you like from these choices.

if you are the winner i will e-mail you to get your mailing address! also, ho ho ho christmas spirit - if there are enough people who enter i might giveaway the rest of the photos as well :]

want an extra entry? become a follower!

this giveaway is part of the midwinter's eve giveaway hop... go there to see the other 115 blogs that are also hosting book-related giveaways from december 21-december 22!

[this giveaway has ended... no longer accepting entries, but come back in a few weeks for another one!]