Tuesday, August 30, 2011

fantasy (third giveaway)

item no. 1
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

i love books. i love being able to dream. 

i love the concoction of new worlds which i never could have touched before. i love having a new world to enter every time i close my eyes and open the rustling pages of a brand-new portal. 

hogwarts
alagasia
narnia
wonderland
never-never land
mossflower wood 

these are the places of magic. these are the places that have inspired this third giveaway. 

three beautiful shops have volunteered their stunning workmanship to this giveaway out of the sheer goodness of their hearts, and their own love of printed magic. 

this is also the giveaway that will celebrate my twenty-first year of life. twenty-one years of dreaming. of wishing. of imagining. all culminating on the 23rd of september. 

item no. 2
my greatest and most beautiful thanks to anafiassa (Jenny), Bramblewood Fashion (Ashley), and PrettyLittleCharmsUK (Leigh) for their own taste of the printed realms. 

Item No. 1: the Ice-Fruit necklace from anafiassa

Item No. 2: "Lucy" -- Narnian-inspired earrings from Bramblewood Fashion.

Item No. 3: Harry Potter Snape & Patronus Charm necklace from PrettyLittleCharmsUK

Item No. 4: Harry Potter snitch locket from PrettyLittleCharmsUK

Here is how to enter to win one of these three beautiful items (leave a separate comment PER ENTRY, please. Also, please include your email or blog link in at least one of the entry comments).


(IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are one of my lovely international readers...i.e. not from the United States...please comment as such in one of your entry comments. This giveaway is certainly open to you, as well, but one of these shops is not an international shipper. Many lovely thanks!)

Entry No. 1 (mandatory): if you could step into the pages of any book, any magical world, any place that dwells not on this plane of existance, where would it be? where does it come from? and why would you chose that place? (+1)

Entry No. 2 (mandatory): follow this blog and put the new and improved button on your sidebar. (+1)

item no. 3
Entry No. 3: blog/tweet/Facebook about the giveaway, and leave a link to your post/tweet/blog post in the comment. (+3, one entry per and one comment per, please)

Entry No. 4: go to Jenny's shop, heart it (if you have an Etsy), and comment with your favourite item from her shop. (+2)

Entry No. 5: go to Ashley's shop, heart it (if you have an Etsy), and comment with your favourite item from her shop. (+2)

Entry No. 6: go to Leigh's shop, heart it (if you have an Etsy), and comment with your favourite item from her shop. (+2)
item no. 4

this world is full of other worlds. foreign and sweet. dangerous and full of adventure. 

places where fauns leap
mice and badgers lead human-esque lives
young wizards find their place under four banners
where riding dragons is a legacy of warriors
and fairy dust leads you home again. 

you're never too old to dream. 

i'm about to turn 21. the age of "growing up." 

i refuse to grow up if it means i have to stop dreaming

if i have stop looking in wardrobes

or cheering for Gryffindor

or tumbling down the rabbit hole.

so when i am old, they will say, "after all this time?"

and i will say

always

This giveaway closes on October 4th at midnight CST. Winners will be drawn that night using Random, and announced the following day. Winners will have 48 hours to claim their gifts, or new names will be drawn. 

62 comments:

  1. Q. 1: if you could step into the pages of any book, any magical world, any place that dwells not on this plane of existence, where would it be? where does it come from? and why would you chose that place?

    A. I would go to the lake in the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. Because I want to be trained as a warrior, and to protect my clan. ;)

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  2. I already follow your blog. :)

    Does it count if I have your blog link on my blog list? If not, then I'll just put the blog button on my blog sidebar.

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  3. I would without a doubt go to Narnia. <3

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  4. I follow and put the button in my sidebar!

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  5. I hearted Jenny's shop. My fav item is the lime hairstick! :)

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  6. I hearted Jenny's shop, and here's a link to my favorite item there.

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/69782602/winds-of-change-earrings

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  7. I hearted Ashley's shop. My favorite item is the Orange Crush A-line skirt.

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  8. I hearted Leigh's shop and my favorite item is all of them!!!!! Okay, okay, if I have to pick one of them, I'll pick the golden snitch locket. :) It's amazing.

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  9. I hearted Ashley's shop, and here's a link to my favorite item there.

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/79600449/country-girl-flowy-knit-vest-olive-drab

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  10. I hearted Leigh's ship and my favorite item there is this:

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/75966102/golden-snitch-locket-harry-edition

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  11. if you could step into the pages of any book, any magical world, any place that dwells not on this plane of existence, where would it be? where does it come from? and why would you chose that place?

    I would most definitely go to Hogwarts. (I'm still waiting for my letter :D)

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  12. I follow and I put the button on my sidebar :)

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  13. I hearted Jenny's shop and my favorite item is the Sunset on the Sea earrings.

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  14. I hearted Ashley's shop and this was my favorite item: Gabrielle - Flowy Knit Vest - Olive Drab Green.

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  15. I would fly into Narnia! With Edmund;-)

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  16. I hearted ashley's shop and I love her flowy knitted vest!

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  17. I think I would go to Wonderland. Why?
    1) I love the Mad Hatter
    2) It is utterly nonsense...just like my own imagination!

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  18. I follow you, and put up the button.

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  19. I ♥ Anafiassa, and I love her Falcon crest necklace.

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  20. I ♥ Ashley's shop, and this is my fave: http://www.etsy.com/listing/79600449/country-girl-flowy-knit-vest-olive-drab

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  21. I ♥ Leigh's shop, and this is my favorite: http://www.etsy.com/listing/79947332/alice-in-wonderland-were-all-mad-here

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  22. {Q} If you could step into the pages of any book, any magical world, any place that dwells not on this plane of existance, where would it be? Where does it come from? And why would you choose that place?

    {A} I would love the chance to travel through Alagaesia (as a dragon rider/elve of course) on the back of Saphira.

    my e-mail addy is: EvenstarHeart{at}gmail{dot}com

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  23. I'm a new follower to your corner of bloggy-land, and I've also placed your finely crafted button on my blog's sidebar!

    EvenstarHeart{at}gmail{dot}com

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  24. I think that if I was to enter any magical place, it would be Alagasia. Or Amara. the first comes from the book Eragon, the second from the book DragonSpell. I would choose those places because they have Dragons.

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  25. I 'hearted' Jenny's shop on Etsy. My fave item is the: Treasure of Yunn Ku'al - Earrings

    EvenstarHeart{at}gmail{dot}com

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  26. I follow your blog, and I love your button! It's on my blog :)

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  27. I've 'hearted' Ashley's shop on Etsy. I adore the Lucy earrings! Those are my favorite thing!!

    EvenstarHeart{at}gmail{dot}com

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  28. I 'hearted' Leigh's shop on Etsy. I love all of her items! They are so lovely! So I guess if I had to pick just one it would be...uh...the Edward Cullen 'Edward' Handwriting Charm Necklace

    EvenstarHeart{at}gmail{dot}com

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  29. If I could step into any book it would be Peter Pan. Oh how I would love to visit Neverland!

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  30. I follow you and updated your button in my Lovely Prose Visits Page.

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  31. I posted on Twitter about your giveaway! I have no clue how to post a link to my Tweets though?? I follow you on Twitter if that helps??

    P.S. Happy 21st birthday!! =))

    EvenstarHeart{at}gmail{dot}com

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  32. If you could step into the pages of any book, any magical world, any place that dwells not on this plane of existance, where would it be? where does it come from? and why would you chose that place?

    Oh, Narnia. Hands down. The mystery, the wonder and the beauty that exists in that world appeal to me in all ways imaginable. To see Aslan...

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  33. I already follow you and i just put your button on my side bar!

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  35. blogged about it!
    http://purpleish247.blogspot.com/2011/08/another-giveway-oh-im-so-happy.html

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  36. dont have an etsy, otherwise I would do more!
    Pee ess I LOVVEEEE LOOVEEEEE LOVVEEE the snitch locket!! Harry Potter is BY FAR my MOST FAVORITE book(and place) ever...I am just not sure I would step into it as God goes against witchcraft, if it werent for that, I would do it in a heart-beat!!! <3

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  37. I would want to go to Narnia; created by C. S. Lewis. That is the only book I have read that I can recall a beautiful magical land I would desire to visit.

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  38. I follow you; and I placed your pretty button on my sidebar.

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  39. I hearted Jenny's shop on etsy and really like the Desert Silver Earrings!

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  40. I hearted Ashley's shop on etsy and really love the Lucy inspired Narnia earrings! So happy they're in the giveaway! :D

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  41. I hearted Leigh's shop on etsy and love the Day at the Fair Neckalce! Too cute.

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  42. Seems I have forgotten No. 1!!
    I would definatly want to step into Neverland! It is just so magical and fun! I mean, Neverland has everything! Faries, mermaids, pirates, lost boys, etc! Who would NOT want to be there! Plus, I would never have to grow up

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  43. Well, I would definitely say I would go to Narnia! I wish I could meet Tumnus. :D

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  44. I would step into the world of Harry Potter. XD

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  45. I follow your blog and shall put the new button up.

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  46. I blogged about it!

    http://amaranthineforever.blogspot.com/2011/09/haha.html

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  47. I would have to say Lothlorien in Middle Earth. Why? Because I have always wanted to be an elf! ;)

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  48. I think that I would love to go to Narnia if I could go to any place. I love those books!
    ~Emma

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  49. Ooohh, I would go to Neverland if I could. The mermaids, the indians all sound so exciting!
    ~Kaydee

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  50. We follow your blog and have your awesome button on our blog!
    ~Emma & Kaydee

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  51. We posted about your giveaway on our blog! #1
    ~Emma & Kaydee

    http://twinmaidens.blogspot.com/2011/08/giveaway.html

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  52. We posted about your giveaway on our blog! #2
    ~Emma & Kaydee

    http://twinmaidens.blogspot.com/2011/08/giveaway.html

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  53. We posted about your giveaway on our blog! #3
    ~Emma & Kaydee

    http://twinmaidens.blogspot.com/2011/08/giveaway.html

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  54. Sorry, I was just now able to post your blog button on my blog... I was having issues with the layout. :P I put it on my sidebar now! :D

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  55. Blogged about this! :) (Under Giveaways Galore)

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  56. There are so many fantastical worlds that I would love to visit, but I'm pretty sure that when it came right down to it, I would choose C.S. Lewis's Narnia. Narnia speaks to me.

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  57. I follow you, of course, and have your button with all of my good reads.

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  58. From anafiassa, these are lovely:

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/81345075/lady-of-the-noble-court-house-kreasa

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  59. I really like these from Bramblewood Fashion:

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/69721085/aurora-dangle-earrings

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  60. PrettyLittleCharmsUK has some gorgeous stuff! I love this (my friends and I quote "We're all mad here" from Alice in Wonderland sporadically):

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/79947332/alice-in-wonderland-were-all-mad-here

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