Contest Giveaway

Giveaway rules revised.

I can’t help but notice all of the blog giveaways. It’s always exciting, isn’t it? Well, I want to join into the excitement.

I needed to come up with an idea for a giveaway and so after dusting it off I put on the old thinking cap. At first, there was nothing so I strained and I strained and then POOF! The cap turned into dust leaving me in need of a good shampooing.

Since the cap was gone and hadn’t been working very well in recent times I had to try to come up with something on my own and I think I may have come up with an idea.

I’ve been working on a Santa that I’m going to show you in a moment, and he is going to be the prize in this giveaway. Now as you see from the title of this post it is not just a giveaway, but a contest.

I've decided the rules for entering the contest/giveaway needed to be revised as the last two on the first list may have seemed heavy handed to some of you. That was not my intention. This contest/giveaway is here not to promote more followers as I'm happy with those of you who already follow this blog. It is my way of saying thanks to all of you for your support and to allow one of you to win a Santa.

Here are the revised rules for entering the contest.

     1. You must be visibly following this blog.

     2. Leave a comment on this post saying you want to be entered into the contest.

     3. Make a guess as to what Santa is going to be holding in his hands.

The rules are fairly simple, right? If you do want to copy my giveaway button and put it on the side bar of your blog, that's up to you but not necessary to enter the giveaway. For those of you who did this prior to the revised post, thank you, and if you wish to do so feel free to remove it as it makes no difference on your chances of winning.


All entries with the correct guess will be eligible for the drawing which will be held on  Sunday July 24, 2011.

There will be a second drawing for those who entered but guessed incorrectly about what Santa is holding. The winner of that drawing will receive a prize to be announced at the time of the drawing.

Here is the Santa that will be awarded to the contest winner. Obviously he isn’t completed and won’t be until we have a winner. The reason for this is the winner is going to get a choice of picking the colors he is to be painted with or leaving the choice of colors up to me. Also, since there is no painting done yet, if there is a pattern choice for the coat that is also an option the winner can choose.

So, what do you think? Is this a contest you would like to enter? If so, good luck.

Okay, here's a clue:

It is not a bear or a doll or a bird. It is not cocoa and cookies but that's the closest guess yet.  Does that help?

 As always, thanks for stopping by.