Magpie Ethel

We Have A Winner and Dreaded Easter Candy

Thank you to all that entered the 1000 post/sale celebration.  I loved reading all your comments about the Easter candy you liked least. 

Okay, drum-roll please.....names are in the hat..eeerr... enamel bowl.

The winner is ELLEN.  She is not a fan of Cadbury eggs. 

I decided to draw a second name for a smaller prize.  That would be YVONNE who does not like cheap chocolate bunnies.

Congratulations girls!  I will be contacting you for your addresses and getting Easter goodies off to you (or leave me a comment so I can contact you).

And as for all that dreaded Easter candy....I tallied up the results and the clear winner for the most despised candy is PEEPS.  I did like the comment that one reader liked Peeps, but not the eyeballs and picked them off.

Followed by Cadbury Eggs.  It was fairly close between these two. The filling was often mentioned in the dislike of this treat.

Third place were those hard candy eggs with a marshmallow center.  I found them in the candy aisle and they are called Hide And Seek eggs.  I remember liking them as a kid. I tried one and they are nasty.  I don't know why they say that they have a marshmallow filling as the filling is no where close to a marshmallow texture.

Honorable mention.  Candies that got a few votes were jelly beans (especially in specific flavors), black jelly beans and cheap hollow chocolate bunnies.  There were a few other candies mentioned, but most did not have multiple votes.

Thank you again to all that entered.  I hope you follow me along for the next 1000 posts. I cerainly have enjoyed the first 1000! Congrats to ELLEN and YVONNE!

Happy Day.

1000 Celebration - Etsy Sale and Giveaway

I passed 1000 blog posts earlier this year (this is actually my 1032nd).  I am up over 1000 sales in my Etsy shop. I think it is high time for some sort of celebration for those 1000 milestones.

In that celebratory spirit. I am knocking 20% off in my Magpie Ethel shop. This is the first time I have EVER done a sale, but I so appreciate all of you who have supported my Etsy store and my crafts. Thank You.  To take advantage of this offer you MUST enter the code BIG1000 (all caps) in the space provided at checkout. This will give you your discount. Remember BIG1000. Sale ends on Monday, the 18th. This code does not apply to my E is for Ethel shop.

As for that giveaway I mentioned.  As a fan of all holidays I decided to do a Easter giveaway since that bunny is headed our way soon.  Here are a few snippets of what you could win.  Things I have crafted and some fun vintage goodies too.

Easter treats with an adorable vintage lollipop holder.

Vintage goodies...bunny ribbon, foil bunny stickers and some of my treasured plastic doilies.

Nothing is better than old cardboard cutouts. These chicks are darling.

Of course there will be unexpected surprises as well, since everyone loves surprises.  I am making this easy peasy...leave a comment and tell me your LEAST favorite Easter candy. (I did a giveaway asking for people to tell me what candy they liked best in the past and found it interesting). So, leave a comment with what Easter candy you DISLIKE the most. (I am not a Whopper Eggs fan) I will take entries until Monday evening.  Winner announced on Tuesday as that will give me enough time to get your Easter goodies mailed off to you including this pair of honeycomb spring birds.

1000.  Thank you for being my friend in blogland with your comments and support.  Thank you for supporting my Etsy shops. Let me add....

Double Luck

A couple of weeks ago I got double lucky in one week.  First I won a giveaway on Jenny's blog from Everyday is a Holiday.  It was a swag bag from the Creative Connection event in Minnesota.  It arrived this week and was worth the wait. 

A little gift from Jenny and Aaron.

And lots of fun stuff from sponsors and vendors at the Creative Connection event. (this event is on my bucket list someday)

A couple of tote bags and magazines.

And a whole bunch of crafting stuff... scissors, paintbrushes, glitter, embellishments, paper, jewelery makings, cards, journals and lots of other fun items. It really was an amazing assortment of goodies.

A couple of days after winning this giveaway, I won a givewaway on Crystal's blog, Vintage by Crystal.  With this giveaway, I won a dress from the Shabby Apple website.

The dress is really cute on and fits well. I had no one home to take my picture if I tried it on...and did not feel like doing one of those photo shoots of myself in a mirror. 

I love, love  the color and all the ruffles around the neck. It has a bright purple zipper down the back. It is a little different than I would usually wear, but I was thrilled with how it fit and makes me look so young and hip!

Thank you Jenny, Aaron and Crystal...what a doubly good week that was!

Giveaway...Drum Roll Please

I did not mean to do this post so late this evening. I have had one of those days of scrambling about. Estate sales, lunch with my mom, post office, haircut and two trips to the local antique mall.

I decided I had to pick a name in true Easter fashion.  I printed all the comments out and cut them up into strips.  I added a second chance for my google followers.

I got out my stash of plastic Easter eggs and put one comment in each egg. I had alot of eggs to fill..thanks to everyone that entered!

And the winner is LISA W! No blog, just a long-time commenter and blogland friend! Her favorite candy was one that was no longer made - a Fannie Farmer dark chocolate butter-cream egg.  I offered to hunt one down in estate sale land (since people save everything), but after all these years am sure the quality of that treat would be compromised.  Peeps were her second choice.

I also found it interesting that so many people that loved Peeps mentioned that they let them get stale before eating them!

Congrats Lisa.  I will drop you a note to get your address. Thanks to all who entered and to all my blogland friends.

Happy day!

p.s. estate sale Friday post coming soon..

Easter Etsy and A Giveaway

My stash of vintage chicks is all used up.  These are the last of them headed to Etsy on Monday, April 4th at 5:30 p.m. (pacific time).

A few spun heads and other goodies will be tagging along to Etsy as well.

On another note, in the world of Magpie Ethel I have been very blessed.  I have done over 600 blog posts and made lots of wonderful friends. My Etsy shop has done very well as well. Life is good.

It is time to have a little Easter themed giveaway. A pastel colored world of Easter fun will be headed your way.  Handcrafted goodies and some vintage ones as well.

A little bunny gal.

Ducks and chicks.

Cute vintage Easter paper items. You have heard me go on and on about graphics!

And of course there will be some surprise treats as well...surprises are good.

If you want to participate in this Easter giveaway, leave me a comment and tell me your favorite Easter candy.  I personally am a jelly bean gal. If you follow me on google you get a second chance (so sign up if you aren't a follower already). I will draw a name on Friday.

Good luck and happy day! 

 

Reminder and the Pancake Story

Just a reminder that i will be drawing a winner tomorrow for my 403 post giveaway...you can enter here.

If you have read my blog for awhile you will remember the pancake story.  If you are a newer reader here is the pancake story from my 100th post giveaway. (Sept 16, 2008).

A true life story honoring the number 100!

When I was in kindergarten we lived in a teeny tiny town in Washington called Montesano.  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!)

This was my child hood story that I tied into for the 100th giveaway.  I love this little memory, but did not want to make 400 pancakes for a photo for my 400th post!  Good luck if you entered the giveaway...I'll be posting the winner tomorrow.

I may make pancakes for breakfast....