Eeeeeeee! Whooopeee!!

As I mentioned a couple of blog postings ago, I won the March challenge at Etsy for Charity. Today, another of my winnings arrived.

First of all, do you know what this is?

If you answered "standard brown paper lunch bag" you're right. I nearly had to grab one and breathe into it when I saw this:

This bears explaining. When I won, I was invited by Valerie over at Valerie's Gallery to select an item from her shop. "An" ... meaning "one". But ... why were there two packages??

Begin extreme squeal sequence.

"Squeeeaaaaaall!!!"

When I unwrapped both packages, I discovered that the very wonderfully sweet Valerie included a bonus pair of hand knitted hand warmer muffy things - deliciously soft fingerless gloves that match perfectly to the beautiful pale pink scarf I selected as my prize.

Valerie?? How did you know?? I have been looking (drooling uncontrollably) for a pair of these for so long! I work on the computer A LOT and my hands are always cold. I think I love you. You are my new B.F.F.

How do they look? Fabulous, you say? Yes, I think so too!

In all seriousness, I want to send a great big hug to my new friend Valerie all the way in New York. You have seriously made my day and I couldn't be more thrilled with this lovely surprise in the mail today. Your work is *beautiful*!

If you happen to be surfing around and doing some virtual shopping, please make a point to stop by Valerie's Gallery - in addition to hand knitted items she has beautiful felted bowls and vases in a variety of colors. She's got clever iPod and knitting needle covers too!

Hugs,
Layla

The Skin I'm In

The Challenge

I'm always amazed by the textures of various living/organic things. Can you guess what all of these are?

The Rules

The challenge ends at 7pm PST on April 3rd. The first person to post the correct answer for every photo in order, in one posting will win. If multiple individuals get the right answer, the individual who posts first will win. You may post multiple times until you feel you have the correct sequence. Please be sure to either leave a way for me to get in touch with you if you win OR come back on April 3rd to see if you've won!

The Prize

The winner of this week's challenge will receive their choice of any two bath bombs or 1/4 pound of tea from my shop!

Have fun and remember to share this with your friends!

Layla

A Loaded Word - WINNER: IT'S MEOW OR NEVER!

Update: It's Meow or Never is the winner!

This week's contest is pure evil. Tee-hee!

The Challenge
There is a word in the English language that contains ten different words without rearranging any of its letters. What's the word and the ten words it contains?

The Rules
The challenge ends at 7pm PST on March 13th. The first person to post the correct word *and* the ten words it contains will win. If multiple individuals get the right answer, the individual who posts first will win. Please be sure to either leave a way for me to get in touch with you if you win OR come back on March 13th to see if you've won!

The Prize
The winner will receive my new Lemon-Verbena candle!

Share the love - tell your friends about this fun giveaway contest too!

Hugs,
Layla

What's in a Word? WINNER: STEPHANIE!

Update: Stephanie is the winner!

The winning entry was "exophthalmoses" which is a protrusion of the eyeballs. I imagine we have a few more people with the condition after all the hard work on this challenge!

Congratulations Stephanie! Please visit my shop to choose your prize - a bar of vegan soap or two bath bombs - go ahead and check out but don't pay!

Stay tuned for another fun puzzler ... coming soon!

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This week's contest is a definite melon-scratcher. I hope you have fun with it!

The Challenge
Find the biggest point value word in the Scrabble letters below and post your winning answer via a comment to *this* blog posting.

The Rules
The challenge ends at 7pm PST on March 6th. The word with the largest point value will win. The word must be a real word and come up in a search result at Dictionary.com. If multiple individuals post the same word or words that are equal in value, the individual who posts first will win. Please be sure to either leave a way for me to get in touch with you if you win OR come back on March 6 to see if you've won!

The Prize
The winner will have their choice of any one bar of Vegan soap or 2 bath bombs from my Etsy shop!

Share the love - tell your friends about this fun giveaway contest too!

Hugs,
Layla

Name That Fruit! WINNER: DAVID!!

Update: David is the winner!

The winning entry was:

Apple (green, granny smith), Mango, Plum, Lemon, Kiwi, Grapes, Honeydew Mellon, Peach, Currant, Banana, Pomegranate, Cantaloupe, Blackberry, Lime

David - have fun shopping at www.floweringtreebotanicals.com - when you check out, simply enter "Tutti Fruity" and I'll adjust your bill to reflect your $10 spree!

Stay tuned for another fun puzzler ... coming soon!

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I love fruit. All different kinds. I'm constantly amazed by how many different varieties of fruit there are!

For this week's giveaway, correctly post the names of every single fruit in the photo collage below in a single comment on *this* blog posting.

(Click the image to enlarge)

The first person to post the correct names of every fruit will win a $10 shopping spree in my Etsy shop! Contest ends at 7pm on February 27th and the winner will be announced shortly after!

I'm off to have an orange while you sort this one out.

Have fun!
Layla

http://www.floweringtreebotanicals.com

How Many? # 1 -- WINNER: CLEOPATRA!

Update: Cleopatra is the winner! There were 617 buttons in the pile!

I just can't help myself .. I thought of this new contest today and was going to wait til Monday to post it but ... here it is, a few days early:

Take a guess at how many buttons are in the pile! Note: I added a green arrow in the lower right corner - that gray button is about the size of a quarter.

For a closer look, click on the picture to see a bit larger version.

Here are the rules:

1) You may only post five times with one guess in each posting so make them count!

2) First guess closest to the actual number without going over wins (and yes, I counted every single button! Whew!) .

3) Contest ends on February 20th at 7pm Pacific Standard Time. Entries after this time will not be posted/eligible.

What you'll win:
- a bar of oatmeal, milk and honey vegan soap
- a lavender scented sachet
- a sample of rooibos loose leaf tea!

Good luck, have fun and tell your friends!

Hugs,
Layla

http://www.floweringtreebotanicals.com

What is it? # 2 -- Winner: "Jenny"!

The first person to leave a comment on *this* blog posting correctly guessing what the item is will win a trial size of loose leaf mango tea from my shop!


Please guess as many times as you like! Good luck and have fun!! The first person to post the right answer will be proclaimed the winner. The contest runs Monday through Friday!

Have fun!
Layla

Update: Jenny is the winner! It's a paperweight!

Jenny, please contact me at layla_colegrove@yahoo.com so I can get your mailing address for the tea! Congratulations!

One World, One Heart Giveaway - CLOSED AND WINNER ANNOUNCED!

** ** ** THE WINNER OF MY OWOH GIVEAWAY IS "LADYBUG" FROM www.thelightifind.blogspot.com! ** ** **

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I just learned about the most amazing blog called "One World, One Heart". A woman named Lisa Swifka is the author of this blog, as well as the host of this worldwide blogging event that is taking place January 19-February 12. Rather than me trying to explain it all to you, I'll share an excerpt from Lisa, the creator of One World-One Heart:

"The original idea behind this giveaway event was to bring bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. It closes the gap of the blog community and enables us to interact, discover new and wonderful people, and in the process possibly win a prize or many prizes along the way...This is more than wanting to win something.......that is only the means.......in the end it's about finding kindred spirits."


I am participating in this event (OWOH) and this drawing is open to ANYONE and EVERYONE!!!

HOW TO ENTER TO WIN:
All you need to do is leave me a comment ON THIS POST some time before February 12th and be sure to include your name and email so I have a way to get a hold of you if you are the winner! It's that easy! On February 12th, I'll pick a winner and post their name right here on my blog!

THE PRIZE:
The winner will receive *all* of the following items:

One bar of Vegan Key Lime Soap


One Fragrant Rose Garden Scented Sachet


A sample of our delicious Black Currant tea


Good luck and have fun!
Layla