WELCOME to my "Vera Grateful" Giveaway!

Thank you for the love and kindness
            that you send my way~~

Your comments and emails have shown

 such wonderful support for me

 and my blog.



I am humbled and so

VERY, "VERA GRATEFUL"!

My recent Grow Your Blog event was my gift to all of you--

a way for you to meet new friends and

grow the readership of your blogs. 

Never - EVER--

did I expect that I would receive so much love in return

from all of you!

Over 300 of you

left comments and personal emails

that were so touching --

at times I was truly moved to tears. 

So many of you have stayed

to become a part of MY own blogging family.

THANK YOU~

I love you so much for your incredible support.

I am grateful beyond words~

This is my own special way of saying

THANK YOU

to ALL of you!

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My little chance to show my sincere

appreciation

for all the love and support

that you send my way.

WELCOME

to my

"VERA GRATEFUL"

Giveaway!

All of these Vera Bradley Tote bags

will be gifted to YOU --

my faithful readers and followers.

~~(I love  you!)~~

To enter~

Simply leave a comment here on this post.

(Please -- make sure your email address is available to me.)

This beautiful "Hobo" purse

will be gifted to

one of you who is nice enough to share

my giveaway

with your own friends. 

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Some of your friends may be readers of my blog also .

If you wish to help spread the word about this giveaway --

please leave a second comment here on this post.

Isn't this Vera "Grand Tote" lovely?

This beautiful bag will be gifted to one of my FOLLOWERS.

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If you are a faithful Follower of my blog

please leave another comment here on this post.

These lovely "Tote bags"

will be gifted to four of my readers who leave a comment

on this post.

I'm so happy to be able to host this

beautiful giveaway!

(I've been saving my pennies so that I could make this so very special for  you!)

The contest will run until

May 5.

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I will announce the winners HERE on this post.

One of our precious grandbabies

will draw the winners.

Good luck to everyone~

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Thank you again - from the bottom of my heart

for all the love that you send my way

xoxo

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About the photo shoot~

Our Spring has been so slow to arrive --

actually, I'm still not sure that it is here yet!

~I've been waiting forever

on these silly daffodils to bloom.

You know it's always a big production

when I set off to do a

 photo shoot.

Thankfully -- I have my trusty little red wagon

to help me with my load.

Actually--

I just want to show you my new knitted hat~

(I will have some of these in my etsy shop later this fall!)

~all finished~
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This contest is now closed. 
UPDATE  5/5/2013
and the winners are~
Monica (The Hoopless Stitcher)
Fat DorMouse (Fat DorMouse Getting Thinner) (this one is going to France!!)
Sharon (WildFlower House)
Kathy (Kathy in Ozarks)
~~
Terri (Cache Mire) (winner of the Grand Tote- Follower prize)
Linda Lee-(Cross'N My Stitches) (winner of the Hobo bag - for sharing my giveaway) 

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My heartfelt thanks to all of you for your comments and for all the love that you continually send my way.
I wish that each of you could be a winner~
but
Another wonderful giveaway will be coming soon! 
xoxo 

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Now that you are all here~~ I want to share some blog related news -- a little something that makes my heart sing!

My friend Lynn has returned to her beautiful

 Sea Angels blog.

 Sigh~~

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After an absence of more than a year,

she has quietly tip-toed back

into the world of blogging.

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If you were once a visitor to Lynn's beautiful blog

then I know you share my excitement that

she has returned.

(Those of you who do not know Lynn, will surely want to visit!) 

~~

Her blog is ethereal~

her images are stunning~

she speaks in whispers

and her words leave footprints on your soul.

~ 

Welcome back dear Lynn!

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Coming up next~~ another look at those Shabby Chic nests. They have evolved and are more beautiful than ever~

xoxoxo,

Vicki