Saturday 26 February 2011

Blighty Boutique's 1st Birthday Giveaway

Yesterday was my blog’s first birthday and I had said on my previous post that I’d be doing a giveaway. Well here it is, a day late as my mum and I had a charity shopping day yesterday and I was all out of energy after our many purchases. Most of the goodies I bought yesterday are headed for my stall at The Northampton Vintage Fair on March 19th and I’ll post some pics of my haul in the next few days.



So, back to the giveaway. I’ve decided to make this giveaway different to the usual format for giveaways. No need to advertise my giveaway on your blog or to comment on this post. I’ve decided that since I’ve already got lots of lovely and loyal followers to enter into my giveaway, there’s no need to use a ‘I’m having a giveaway’ button to pull in lots more bloggers. Not that I don’t love to have new followers you understand, it’s just that I’d like them to follow me because they like my blog, not just because I’m having a giveaway.

So here’s the loot…

I decided to put a parcel together on the topic of things that I like;

1. I love vintage Ladybird books and am forever writing lists = A Ladybird Book of Things To Make notebook.
2. I love cakes and afternoon tea = a retro styled oven glove covered in cake stands, cakes and yummy ice-cream scoops.

3) I love vintage annuals and transforming them into envelopes so that the illustrations aren’t just sat on a shelf but are in everyday use = A mixed set of 5 of my handmade envelopes made from vintage annuals and maps.

4) I love pampering myself and particularly love Soap and Glory = Soap and Glory handbag sized hand cream.

5) I love crafting and although I’m not great at it, I like doing basic embroidery = A Sublime Stiching Craftopia embroidery transfer. These are so easy to use and the embroidery illustrations are always super cool.

To be entered into the giveaway you don’t need to do anything at all. Just sit back and eat chocolate whilst watching Take Me Out or Casualty, or whatever takes your fancy, and I’ll throw all of my current followers into a hat and draw them in the morning. I’ll then contact the winner.

Since I now have lost of lovely followers (I’d never have thought so many people would be interested in my babblings) I’ll also be drawing second and third giveaway winners who will receive this book full of beautiful pictures and interesting facts from the War years (2nd place)


and this Rose and Co. Apothecary mini mirror and Milk and Roses bath soak (3rd place).


xxx

37 comments:

  1. Wow this is a very generous and lovely giveaway, thank you x

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  2. That is an extremely generous giveaway, bless you xx

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  3. Wow what a fab giveaway!! All 3 prizes are gorgeous!!!

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  4. Happy blog-birthday Amy :) You've selected such lovely things for your giveaway. I really need to do one myself, I have some things lined up but never seem to find the time to sort it out and take photos. xx

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  5. That giveaway will be mine....i love all things vintage x Lovely

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  6. Fab idea, how lovely! Happy Bloggiversary and loads of luck for the fair. Love your little envelopes.
    Kandi x

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  7. Amy I love the idea for the envelopes, what a great idea/ Im gonna pinch that one!!
    Congrats on your first bloggy birthday xx

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  8. What a generous and lovely giveaway Linda xx

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  9. What a lovely giveaway,Amy. Glad you found lots of bits yesterday.

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  10. What generosity and such lovely things! Happy birthday, Blighty Boutique. xxx

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  11. A lovely giveaway Amy. I was thinking about you and your mum when I was in Matalan. They had gorgeous Scottie and Westie cushions and a lovely scottie door stop.

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  12. Happy Bloggin' Birthday Amy! Very handsome prizes (-;

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  13. WOW this is quite possibly the nicest giveaway I've ever seen. Love the ladybird notebook and your envelopes are fab lovely!

    B xxx

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  14. A really good idea Amy, lovely pressies too.

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  15. What a great giveaway and a lovely idea :o) Scarlett x

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  16. Happy Blogday to you!!!! Keep up the good work and its a wonderful giveaway!!! xxx

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  17. this is a lovely way to do a give away, sometimes i think people have giveaways to attract new followers, but this is just a perfect way to hold one!
    you seem so lovely and generous.
    happy birthday to your lovely little blog.
    lots of love, roza. <3

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  18. Happy Birthday, great giveaway Love your blog.
    Luv Sophie xxx

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  19. Fantastic giveaway! :) Good luck peeps!

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  20. Hello Hello!
    Happy Birthday to You...Happy Birthday to yooooouu
    xxx

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  21. I may not need to comment, but I will anyway! Happy (blog) Birthday! This is a very generous giveaway, good luck everybody x

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  22. What a great way of doing a giveaway :)

    Happy Bloggy Birthday xx

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  23. Wow!! That's a generous giveaway. Happy Blog Birthday :)

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  24. Congratulations on your first blogaversary hun, how kind to give away 3 lots of booty thanks for giving us all a chance to win, Lucey xx

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  25. That's lovely Amy, they all sound like fab prizes :) (I'm a 'Take Me Out' kind of girl!) x

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  26. I know what you mean about drawing in new people who may not be interested in your blog, I think I may follow your idea next time I do a giveaway :-) x

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  27. Happy Blogiversary! What a wonderful giveaway. xxx

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  28. awww happy birthday, its a lovely give away, i have to say im loving the pink candlewick bedspread its layed out on...a girl after my own heart ;-)) enjoy the rest of your weekend, dee x

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  29. Happy Blogiversary!!!! I love your giveaway pieces and regularly drool over Sublime stitches.

    BTW - Take me out is definatly the way forward!!!

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  30. Lovely post Amy - we missed you and your mum at the BBB today! x

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  31. eeap, how lovely, and the thing is, not sure if I would prefer 1st 2nd or 3rd place as they are all so lovely.

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  32. Ah, what a sweet giveaway!!! happy blog anniversary! :-) x

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  33. Oh what a lovely giveaway - if there is still time to join in would love to win the second prize of the book please - everything is very desirable but the book would be so useful. Thanks for commenting on my birthday and popping over to see my ramblings. Betty

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  34. Awwww what a lovely giveaway! Everything looks so fab!
    Happy Blog birthday!
    Sophie
    x

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  35. Congratulations on your 1st Anniversary.
    What a great way to do a giveaway, quite a change and very generous as well.

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I really appreciate all of your comments even if I don't always get chance to reply to them all x