Saturday 14 January 2012

Giveaway ...

Oops.  Edited to add that  I also wanted to say that there is no Christmas Quiltalong day in January.  The first one for 2012 will be on 11February, and our hostess will be Hazel from Hazel's Quilts, so don't forget to pay her a visit on that day.
... cos it's my birthday (well, it was yesterday) I decided last night that I should have a giveaway.  I bet you can't guess what you could win?  Yes, an autographed copy of my book is the prize.
All my life I have disliked having a birthday close to Christmas, and envied my sister, who has hers in June.  I've often thought I should be like the Queen, and have 2 birthdays.  She has a real one, and an official one.  Her official one is when all the ceremonial parades etc are held- and I guess that's when she has her ceremonial party, presents and cake too.  So, all you have to do is tell me when you think I should have my Official birthday.  

Here's the small print.  The giveaway will close on Friday 20 January and I will ask Mr Random Generator to pick the winner on Saturday 21 January.  The giveaway is open to anyone, but followers will have an additional entry, as long as you tell me you are one. Finally, if you are a no-reply blogger, you will have to leave me an email address, so that I can contact you if you win.

75 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday Sue!!
    Of course your official birthday should be June 25th (actually my son's!!) because it's halfway between one Christmas and the next!

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  2. Happy Birthday! I am partial to Nov 1 since that is my birthday and it has worked out pretty well for me so far.

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  3. Gefeliciteerd, wordt volger
    wil graag meedoen
    Djoekie.witteveen@gmail.com

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  4. I am a follower of your wonderful blog.

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  5. Happy birthday! I have your wonderful book all nicely signed, so please leave me out of the drawing. I simply wanted to send birthday wishes.

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  6. Happy Birthday! My birthday is next weekend and it does seem like everyone is just partied out in January, doesn't it? If you want to celebrate another day, how about picking a day that you like? My former manager had a son that was born on Christmas Eve. They always celebrated his birthday on June 24th instead with a big BBQ and pool party.

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  7. Your official birthday should definitely be in July! You can have fireworks and a huge BBQ party! everyone will remember presents in July! Mine is in November and that is too close to Christmas too! I would love to have a copy of your book! Happy Birthday and thanks for the chance! I am also a follower.

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  8. How about a birthday in May when all the lovely flowers are blooming? I'll say May 6. Happy belated birthday to you!

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  9. My cousin and two of her children have late December birthdays. They celebrated "Half Birthday" In June or July on the same date as their birthday, they celebrated. For instance, you could celebrate your half birthday on June 13th!!!! Go out for a meal! Make a cake! Treat yourself extra special!

    Hope you have a fabulous week, month, year!!! Happy Birthday!

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  10. I am a happy follower of your blog and would love an autograph copy of your book! Happy Day!

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  11. I knew it was your birthday all year long and just neglected to say something yesterday! Bad friend, I am. Hope you had a good day yesterday. Remember I am in the same boat.....mine is today! I like the half birthday idea!

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  12. I think May 1st should be the day you celebrate your birthday, in the lovely springtime when all the flowers are abloom. You're a May Day gal, aren't you? I am excited at the prospect of winning your book! I've got it on my wishlist, for the next time I'm out at a quilt shop. And since I follow, I get an extra chance!


    My b-day is the 15th (tomorrow), but I never thought to do a giveaway. You always have the best ideas.

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  13. I think that yout official birthday should be April 18th- that way we can share the SAME birthday!! Spring is the perfect time for a party...all the flowers are out and the sun is shining!! I hope you have a wonderful 'real' birthday!! (please take me out of the GA..I have my own copy of this wonderful book!! :o) Many happy returns!
    Pxo

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  14. 1st July smack bang in the middle of the year, which is why I picked that date to get married!! This year it's our 40th anniversary so it must be a good date!!! Would so love to win your book, thanks for the chance. Hugs

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  15. Well...I will say that I don't need this book but I did want to come and wish you a belated birthday!!! Wonderful book....someone is going to be a lucky winner!

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  16. Happy Birthday! (I'm a new follower!)

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  17. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
    THANKS FOR SHARING!

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  18. HAPPY TO FOLLOW YOU!
    LOVE YOUR BLOG!

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  19. Happy Birthday! I'm a follower and would love to own your book. Thanks for the opportunity to win.

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  20. Oh I would love to win an autographed copy of your book!! Crossing my fingers here! :-) Our youngest son's birthday is right before Christmas and when he was young he wanted to have an outside water guns and balloons party~ in December? LOL So one year we celebrated his 'un-birthday' in July. He loved it. :-)

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  21. Happy Birthday!! I think you should have a birthday in April...no reason just the first month that popped into my head. You don't need to enter me in the giveaway...since Santa was good to me and already brought me a copy!!! :)

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  22. 13th July - exactly half way!

    It's on my calendar

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  23. Opps nearly missed telling you I am a follower. x

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  24. I hear you! I planned my babies for mid year arrival for exactly the same purpose...then realised that they would have Australian winter (indoor) birthday parties for the next ? years until its too uncool to have parties at home and we have to outsource...bring it on!
    I would love a SIGNED copy of your book, thanks for the oppportunity...I am a follower!
    PS at least post Christmas you get stuff on sale? Well thats what just happened to me....I took back the pot plant holder DH brought me and he got me a really great printer at a bargin price...I was going to buy a new patchwork book with the money...but now I want my cake and to eat it to!

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  25. I am a follower and enjoy your blog

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  26. I would love a copy of your book. Another book add to my collection of favorite books

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  27. Hi Sue! I think you should celebrate your real birthday! We are along in life for enough years to celebrate the Real Me! Not made up, not the one who makes everyone else happy!
    On the day you were born, your family celebrated and shared the love of a new person in their family!
    This is what you should celebrate!
    Not your years but the welcoming you with LOTSA LOVE!
    Thanks for the giveaway!
    Take care, Leslie

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  28. I think that your official birthday should be March 27th- that way we can share the SAME birthday!! Spring is the perfect time for a party...all the flowers are out and the sun is shining!! I hope you had a wonderful 'real' birthday!! I would love a copy of this wonderful book!! :o) May you have a very happy 2012!
    I am a follower, thanks for such a generous giveaway.

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  29. Happy Birthday. I wanted to have half birthdays for my sons, born between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It never happened. Your half birthday would be July 13th. What fun that would be.

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  30. Happy Birthday Sue! I wouldn't mind sharing Oct. 17th with you. It's during the fall season (the bestest season) and it's right before the holiday time so everyone should have some money saved up to get you a cool present...lol! Thanks for having such an awesome giveaway!

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  31. I enjoy your blog & have been following for some time now.

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  32. I want a June birth too! I SO HEAR YA!

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  33. How about April 19th, which is my birthday and has been good for me lo' these past 48 years. I'm happy to share.
    Thanks for a chance as your signed book...I am a follower too.

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  34. Obviously it should be March 10th! You can share with me, and it's close enough after Christmas that everyone can buy you the gifts that they forgot to get for Christmas, yet Christmas is long past. Until you decide, Happy Birthday yesterday!!

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  35. I asked Harvey and he's happy to share so I think April 3rd would suit you. You. Could even celebrate from your actual birthday all the way through to the ceremonial one!
    Abbe :-)

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  36. Hope you have a Happy and exciting Birthday! ;->

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  37. I'm a new follower. My vote for when you should celebrate your Birthday is, June 18. it's my son's birthday, it's almost 6 mths. from Christmas. It works out great for him. You'd have a celebration every 6 mths. Happy Birthday! ;->

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  38. I always hated that my birthday is Mar. 2nd. My twin brothers birthday is in August and the other brother's birthday is in June. They got to have parties at the park and have lots of fun. Not me. It was always too cold. Oh well, it is what it is. I would choose some time in June if I could have another day to celebrate. That way it is warm, but usually not too hot. Happy birthday to you. I am a follower.

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  39. Hey, you could do like my nephew who was born on Christmas day-- we always had a small celebration on his actual day, but we had a BIG party on his HALF-birthday-- so you could have your official celebration on July 13! :-) Happy belated birthday! And thank you for the chance to win! That book looks wonderful and I LOVE autographed books!! :-)

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  40. I am a follower-- so, thank you for the extra chance to win! :-)

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  42. Happy birthday! Thanks for the giveaway chance. :)

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  43. Happy birthday! I vote for any Friday the 13th for your new official birthday, because I think that's a lucky day. My mom and dad met on a blind date on a Friday the 13th :D

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  44. Happy Birthday! How about a June birthday....it will be summer, it's half way til Christmas and is a good month to have a party!

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  45. Happy Birthday! If you're changing the date, go back a year and make yourself a year younger. I say May 9th.

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  46. Happy Birthday!!
    How about August?? Cause mine is August :)

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  47. Yes - a birthday close to Christmas makes you feel "left out". Our son's birthday is on Christmas day (we celebrated his 27th this year with his new wife on a trip to Washington D.C.)
    What we did is this - beginning at 6 months on June 25th - we celebrated his birthday - or should I say half birthday every year. This worked wonderfully for him and us.
    Happy Birthday and I hope I win your book :)
    Smiles ;)
    Cathy Byrd
    byrd at gulftel.com

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  48. Oh - and I am a follower too :)
    Cathy Byrd
    byrd at gulftel.com

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  49. Happy Birthday Sue!! I'm a follower :)

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  50. I'm a follower, thanx for the chances.

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  51. Happy Birthday Sue (Queen Sue) hope you had a good one - Love from Nat

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  52. Happy Birthday Sue. Just dropped by for the wishes and since I already have your lovely book, let my number just go to the next one commenting or however you do that! It's been so fun getting to know you through blogging and sharing and reading each others blogs. Many happy returns for each year of your life!

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  53. Happy birthday.....hope you had a good one.
    I like May which is my birthday month.

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  54. I am a follower....I have been one for quite a while.....

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  55. Posting on behalf of Ann, who said:

    Happy (belated!)Birthday to you and your grandson. I did try to leave a comment on the actual day but for some reason the comments page kept freezing on me

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  56. Posting on behalf of Joanna, who said:

    I have been trying since yesterday to post a comment on your blog, but blogger won't let me. I've been able to post on other blogs,

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  57. Belated Happy Birthday wishes to you Sue. My brother in law had his just the day before yours and we celebrated it on Sunday with a surprise lunch for him(it was his 50th) with a gathering of friends and family. It might be nice to have an official birthday, but on the other hand it's nice to have something to celebrate post Christmas. Best wishes Sue

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  58. Belated Happy Birthday wishes.

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  59. Happy belated birthday wishes from Sunny Skipton [well, not sunny at all - more overcast and murky!] Ps - i am already a follower of your blog

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  60. Posting on behalf of Mary Beth, who said:

    Hi Sue, I've tried to post several times, so thanks for the message to email you. My hubby's birthday is Dec 20, so yours isn't so bad. You could always have "birthday in July", like "Christmas in July". And yes, I am a follower. Thanks, MBLittle

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  61. Hi, I am now a follower. Thanks for the chance to win. Do what my daughter does, she picks a date every year (a different one each year) to celebrate her birthday...Hers is on January 8th. We all get a note letting us know on January 8th when her birthdate for the year is...is quite comical. Thanks.

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  62. Happy birthday to you Sue! May this year be the best year ever for you!! I am a follower :)

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  63. Posting on behalf of Linda A, who said:
    Hi, Sue, yes, please enter me in your drawing and I'm a follower too. I would love to have a signed book. I already have your book but I would share mine with some lucky friend if I was to win a signed copy!

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    Happy belated birthday! I think you should have you official birhtday on May 30th. Then your birthday comes months away from Christmas. My birthday is in november and I have always wanted to have my birthday in late spring or early summer. Some time like May 30th.
    I would love to win your book with an autograph even if I have one before (- without an autograph). I'm a follower.

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  65. Love your blog, will be following you. I am adding you to my bookmark list. Great book!
    Thank you for a supper blog and a chance to win.

    Happy birthday,

    Deborah Hall

    Quiltingathome@earthlink.ne

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  66. Love your blog, will be following you. I am adding you to my bookmark list. Great book!
    Thank you for a supper blog and a chance to win.

    Happy birthday,

    Deborah Hall

    Quiltingathome@earthlink.ne

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