100 Pancakes and My 100th Post Giveaway

Wow 100 posts! (actually 104) I can't believe I have posted that many times!  I have really enjoyed meeting new people and connecting with others in a way I never expected.  So in honor of my 100th post I believe a giveaway is in order!

But first...a true life story honoring the number 100!

When I was in kindergarten we lived in a teeny tiny town called Montesano, Washington.  I used to walk a couple of miles to school each day. We were busy learning our numbers and our teacher had assigned us to bring in 100 of something.  I have always liked the quirky and oddball...so I brought in 100 pancakes!

 

My mom and I made them together...they looked so fun all stacked up tidy on a cookie sheet.  I was so proud of my 100 pancakes!  No one else had 100 pancakes, only me!  My classmates were impressed by the teetering stacks!  As I strolled home that afternoon giddy with the success of my day I ate cold pancakes.  One after another, happy as a five year old can be! (I did not eat them all either!)

So in honor of my 100th post I promise NOT to give away 100 pancakes...but these goodies.

 

 

Let me describe this incredible prize! 

A tiny floral tin tray in honor of my tray collection in my studio.

A Gurley brand vintage angel candle - an Estate Sale Friday find.

A wonderful pink Christmas corsage (I like to wear them during the holidays).

One of the flags that I make and sell bearing the greeting "Merry Christmas".  The newspaper is from 1936.  I stick these flags in cupcakes, attach to a bottle of wine as a gift etc etc.  Endless possibilities.

5 vintage bookplates with great graphic of some friends in a rowboat

2 old floral handkerchiefs.

Adorable little figure I created using one of my found heads.  She is perched on an chair created from an old tin mold and a toy plate.  One of a kind and sure to bring a smile as she sits on your windowsill or shelf.

Some shiny vintage holiday doo-dads in honor of the magpie in me.

One of my Halloween cones I make.  Perfect to add to your haunted Halloween decor!

The rules for the giveaway are these:  Please leave a comment telling me what you would bring 100 of if your were in my kindergarten class.  Since I haven't a clue about the number generator that is talked about on giveaways I will have one of my kids draw a name out of a hat on Thursday evening...winner will be posted on Friday.  Throw your name in the comment jar...you may get lucky! 

And also please note my new and improved banner.  My sister in law created it for me.  Totally perfect timing to gussy up my blog for my 100th post!

And don't worry about those 100 pancakes I cooked up for the photo going to waste...fortunately I have a 16 year old son!

Comments

[Kim G.]

Hmmm. Well I think maybe 100 of those little umbrella's you put in your drink, or 100 of my mom's mother of pearl buttons, or maybe 100 flower seed packets to share, or 100 chocolate cupcakes with tons of frosting...I can't decide. I think you eating cold pancakes on your walk home from school is very funny indeed! Congratulations Laurie! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the banner by the way,I wish I had a computer whiz sister in law! No fair! XO

[Jennifer H.]

Perhaps 100 googly eyes or 100 beautiful fall leaves or 100 swedish fish candies...so many choices. This is a good challenge and will be dinner conversation for the fam. Perhaps we will have pancakes! Anyway, congrats! I have been reading for a bit and thought I would say hello.

[Sarah]

Jack says he would take 100 roly poly bugs. LOL

I love that your mother made a 100 pancakes for/with you.

[Linda@ Restyled Home]

Let's see, at that age, I would have likely brought in 100 stones, or something. We didn't have a whole lot in those days, so I would never have been able to bring in anything edible like that!

Your mum was obviously one of the cool mums!!

Linda

[Elizabeth Holcombe]

First off your new banner is FAB-U-LOUS!~~~Congrats on post number 100!~~I went to a funny little kindergarten back in 1965 called Cedar Crest Kindergarten. I love that place, and if you were a good napper you got to take your nap on top of the work table the next day! My favorite thing to do back then was color. So I would have happily brought 100 coloring books or 100 crayons!~~~XXOO, Beth

[myshabbyroses]

What a fun giveaway! We still do the 100 things in 1st grade. The kids love it! No one has ever brought in 100 pancakes though! Pretty clever! I guess I know what I would bring in as I did it already, 100 safety pins, pinned all over my shirt.

[Dot]

Wonderful post Ethel! Congratulations on your 100th.
I would have brought 100 strawberries to kindergarten. My hometown (Garden Grove) was the strawberry capital of southern California. Or maybe 100 corn tortillas since that was the only thing Sallie could get me to eat at the time!
xo

[Debbie Heckert]

Please, please pick me! If I was putting this in a drawing you would see it all crunched up so you would draw my name out first! I love your blog and am truly disappointed when there are no new posts!

I would probably have brought in 100 gum wrappers to fold into my long, long gum wrapper chain! Why did they quit making those cute wrapper we could make something with, although being a magpie, you probably like the shiney tin foil they use now!

Congratulations on your 100th post!
Debbie

[Barbara]

Congratulations on your 100th post - and what a wonderful story. My mother would not have sent me with 100 pancakes, despite her love of cooking. I am jealous. I would love to bring 100 ladybugs, as impractical as that would be. My grandmother loved ladybugs, and it would be fun to set them free.

[twinkle beverages]

Congratulations to you. Please count me in. When I was in kindergarten, my teacher asked the class what we could use to decorate our drawings with. I raised my hand and said eggshells. My mother had to hard cook a bunch of eggs so I could bring eggshells to class. I would bring one hundred speckled eggs.

[theresa]

I just found you on etsy and hopped right on over! I love collecting spun cotton heads too! Can't wait to see all the things you've been up to over here!

[Crystal]

I know I'm too late for the giveaway, but if were to bring 100 of something into class, it would probably be 100 baby chicks! I grew up on a farm and we were always bringing livestock to school. In second grade it was a baby calf...in college it was a pygmy goat! :)

[Meghan]

I made pancakes for 12 people and I have never bee into making them again...

[jenny holiday]

oooh Booo hOOOOO hoooo hooo HOOO!! I was buried under pieces of wood, glitter and paint!! So sorry I missed your 100th!!

Congrats though!! I am soooo Happy that you have a blog!! I soo look forward to the next 100!! I LOVE all that you do, collect and ARE!

I only wish we lived closer!!

Best Wishes!! Happy Creating!! Happy Collecting!!

LOVE ya!!
xoxo Jenny Holiday

ps...I woulda brought 100 stickers. I was ADDICTED to stickers then! And my dad brought home this INSANELY HUGE industrial roll of blank stickers...I would sit for HOURS making my own with my markers! So yeah..As much as I'd like to say 100 cupcakes, or 100 Ginny dolls...It woulda been stickers!

You bringing pancakes..is a RIOT! I woulda raised an eyeborw at you....and then asked to be best friends! :)