The "Something" is here!!

HERE IT IS!!!

OK! This is my first official giveaway! (doing a happy dance)

I am quite excited to be doing this! I have been itching for something pretty and unique for myself for some time, and my dear friend of 23 years has the goods on her Etsy site!

I love it all so much, I wanted to do a giveaway! And so, this giveaway comes courtesy of her site, Avalee!

Joni Marie is a certified "Made in Alaska" artist. Born and raised in the Last Frontier (such as I), her work is sold and featured in many local shops and shows. She creates beautiful pieces such as wired necklaces, earrings, and pendants fashioned from recycled scrabble tiles, like this one!!

This piece was made especially for this giveaway! Isn’t it lovely? I LOVE scrabble and I love that the image is from a vintage postcard from Fort Bliss, Texas. (any Texans out there??) And, of course, it has the word BLISS on it!! How fantastic is that??? (happy happy dance!) The pendant comes on an 18 inch sterling silver chain and will come packaged with an official Made in Alaska seal! (not a REAL seal, a sticker, ya know?)

I am sure most of you are familiar with how you enter, but, here are the “official” ways to enter, each one you decide to do will give you an entry (or more) into the giveaway!

1. Visit the site, and get back to me, commenting on what you found most unique. (worth 1)

OR

2. Blog about it, linking back to me, explaining why you hope the random number generator picks you. (worth 2!)

OR

3. Buy something between now and January 15th, and let me know you did so! (I will confirm this with her, also worth 2!)

4. You must leave me a safe way to contact you in order to win
5. You will have 5 days to respond if you are the winner!

So, as you can see, you have up to FIVE chances to win this pendant and chain! I promise I won't enter...but I want to! (doing jealousy dance!) There will be a link at top of my blog for easy access.

The giveaway will run for 10 days, ending January 15th at midnight, Alaskan time, because I know how annoying it is to live somewhere and be 4 hours behind on everything. So, for us on the East coast, I suppose that is 4 am on January 15th. I like to complicate things!

I will then use a random number generator to pick the winner!

I am sure doing a happy dance will help! Well, maybe not, but it feels good! Have fun!!

THE GIVEAWAY STARTS NOW! (January 4th, 10:30 am)