February 10, 2015 by gn0mel0ver

NOW CLOSED 23rd Blog Giveaway: $25 Urban Outfitters e-Gift Card

This giveaway is now closed. Thank you to all who entered!

I love February. It is a quick month. A month of possibilities. In California you never know what February will look like. It is quite typically cold, but this month has been uncharacteristically warm. I feel for everyone dealing with the cold weather. If it is any consolation, so many of us Californians are getting sick because of the fluctuations in the weather. My daughter is home sick today.

For this month’s giveaway I am giving away a $25 e-gift card to Urban Outfitters. I have been pleasantly surprised by their fun and affordable options this last month. No, the jumpsuit I mentioned in this post that I ordered did not work out, but it resulted in a funny moment with my husband. I like their cheap shoes that are 2 for $20. I had some changes happen in January that led me to explore myself a little more. I am trying a few new things this month. And I am letting go of others. More on this later.

To enter this giveaway for a chance to win a $25 e-gift card, please answer the following question:

What has been the best thing to happen to you so far in this new year? This year has been hard so far but I am trying to look at the positives. Mine would be last Friday night when my family stayed in and watched a movie after going to Slater’s 50/50. It was the most perfect evening. One of those memories that will stay with me forever even though it was so simple. It was just loving and nice.

To enter a second time, please become a registered reader of this blog. There are many ways to do so on the right hand side of this page. Please leave a second comment if you are a subscribed reader. I count the comments at the end and then I enter everyone’s name into random.org to pick a winner. So, to be fair, it has to be a separate comment.

Limit two entries per person in the forms specified. Must be eighteen years old to enter.

The giveaway runs from February 10, 2015 12:00 a.m. PST to February 16, 2015 9:00 p.m. PST. I will be choosing one winner from the comments entered on this post for the gift card using random.org. I will contact the winner on February 17, 2015 and display the winner’s name on this blog on February 18, 2015.

Thank you to all who enter and for your positivity. I very much appreciate it.

By commenting on this post, you are entering this giveaway for a chance to win one $25 e-gift card to Urban Outfitters and agreeing to the rules outlined in this giveaway.

I will attempt to contact the winner three times with the email address provided. If I have not heard from the winner within fourteen days from the first attempt at contact, the prize will be forfeit and a new winner will be drawn.

Past winners are welcome to enter.

* Negative comments (chosen at the discretion of the owner of this blog) will be deleted and that entry will be forfeit.

*this giveaway and post is not sponsored by or affiliated with Urban Outfitters.

September 10, 2014 by gn0mel0ver

CLOSED: 18th Blog Giveaway: $25 Gift Card to Nordstrom Rack

This giveaway is now closed. Future entries will not be counted. Thank you to all who entered! I will contact the winner on 9/17/2014.

I cannot believe it has been eighteen months. And yet, I can. I was going through a blog burnout last week. I found it incredibly difficult to write posts and take pictures. It happens. I did not realize how hard it would hit me to have two kids not in elementary school. It has led to some pretty depressing days, in which it is all I can do to get through the day. Let alone make a funny blog post. I did not remember to mourn the holding of the hands in public, the walking to the school gate, the different types of snacks I can no longer put in lunches. It was a bigger transition than I had initially thought. Harder. And my soul and creativity felt drained.

But enough about that.

Thank you all for seeing me through this last week. Hopefully this sadness will pass. I, myself, am on a clothing shopping ban for September, because of the bounty I purchased in August. But that does not mean you have to be! This month, I decided to giveaway a gift card to one of my favorite stores, Nordstrom Rack.

Nordstrom Rack is the place I go to for most of my Free People items. They always tend to have the clothes I want for cheaper than those online discount shopping sites. And I love them for that. In fact, just Saturday I posted about my new sandals I recently purchased there. This Saturday, my post will cover the bralettes I have found discounted there. My friend got a pair of boots there a few months ago for $1. I am jealous of that one.

To enter for a chance to win the $25 gift card to Nordstrom Rack (also good at regular Nordstrom stores), please leave a comment on this post stating what you are most looking forward to wearing in the fall. I am most looking forward to wearing my Free People’s Miles of Henley Dresses that I feel have not gotten the adequate attention they deserve in seasons passed.

You may earn a second entry simply by being a subscribed reader of this blog (there are many ways to do so on the right hand side of this post) and leaving a comment stating you are a subscribed reader.

Limit two entries per person in the forms specified.

The giveaway runs from September 10, 2014 12:00 a.m. PST to September 16, 2014 9:00 p.m. PST. I will be choosing one winner from the comments entered on this post for the $25 gift card to Nordstrom Rack using random.org. I will contact the winner on September 17, 2014 and display the winner’s name on this blog on September 18, 2014.

Thank you everyone who enters this giveaway! And for stopping by! And for commenting this last month. I really appreciate it!

By commenting on this post, you are entering this giveaway for a chance to win one $25 gift card to Nordstrom Rack and agreeing to the rules outlined in this giveaway.

Past winners are welcome to enter.

* Negative comments (chosen at the discretion of the owner of this blog) will be deleted and that entry will be forfeit.

*this giveaway and post is not sponsored by or affiliated with Nordstrom Rack.

June 10, 2014 by gn0mel0ver

Fifteenth Blog Giveaway: $25 Etsy e-Gift Card/NOW CLOSED

This giveaway is now closed. Thank you to all who entered.

I have been blogging for fifteen months. It has been incredibly rewarding. Thank you to all who continue to stop by to read this blog. I really, really appreciate it. I think as a personal blogger, who blogs daily, it is easy to get burnt out. So, I really mean it when I say, “Thank you.” And I also mean it in the cheesiest and most sincere way, “you complete me.”

This month I am giving away one $25 e-gift card to Etsy.

I love Etsy. I am always finding something new to love. I buy most of my jewelry and vintage clothing from Etsy. I also love to browse it for unique gifts and household ideas. The pictures above are things I am currently loving on Etsy. Source list at bottom of the page.

To enter for a chance to win this month’s giveaway, please answer the following question:

“What are you looking forward to the most this summer?”

Me? Sleep. Glorious, glorious sleep.

If that is too personal, you may leave any comment on this post as long as it is positive.*

You may earn a second entry by subscribing to this blog on the right hand side of the page. There are many ways you can do so. If you are a subscriber, please leave a second comment stating that you are a subscribed reader of this blog.

Limit two comments/entries per person.

This giveaway runs from June 10, 2014 12:00 a.m. PST to June 15, 2014 9:00 p.m. PST. I will be using random.org to choose one winner for the necklace from the comments entered on this post. I will contact the winner on June 16, 2014 via the email address provided in their comment/comments. I will post the winner’s name on this blog on June 17, 2014.

Past winners are welcome to enter this giveaway.

Thank you everyone for entering! And for reading! And for stopping by! And for your support! I love ya to the moon and back! : )

By commenting on this post, you are entering this giveaway for a chance to win one $25 e-gift card to Etsy and agreeing to the rules outlined in this giveaway.

* Negative comments (chosen at the discretion of the owner of this blog) will be deleted and that entry will be forfeit.

*pictures from Etsy. Sources:
Pink Dress from Hellhound Vintage.
Peacock Necklace from Peacock Fairy.
Blue Pillow from ToucheeFeelee1.
Embroidered Wallets from Erica Maree.

March 10, 2014 by gn0mel0ver

Gnome Lover Turns 1 Giveaway! NOW CLOSED!

This giveaway is now closed. Thank you for entering. Any entries received after the time of this writing (9:02 p.m. PST) will be deleted.

This little blog has turned one year old! I don’t even know that I changed one single diaper. In fact, I am not sure my husband did either. That is something to ponder and worry over at another date.

Gnome Lover is still just barely pulling itself up. In fact, I would say it might be in the crawling stage. It has a long way to go before it walks.

It has a lot to say. Most of it is gibberish. I am glad a few of you can understand it. Hopefully, it will become more coherent the older it gets.

I am so excited to watch it grow.

Diapers aside.

Today is a happy day! A goal accomplished! A birthday celebration!

Thank you to all of you readers who stop by everyday. Who encourage this little blog. Who take time to comment.

Thank you!

This blog would still be unable to lift its little head if it were not for you.

I am so excited about today’s giveaway!

I have been collecting stuff for this giveaway for months.

We’ll just call them birthday presents.

Are you ready to see what they are?

I am giving away a group of items: one $25 e-gift card to Anthropologie, one West Elm Favorite Throw in grey stripes, one Clinique Chubby Stick in Richer Raisin, one Benefit’s They’re Real Mascara, one Anthropologie Heirloom necklace, one Anthropologie candle in Pumpkin Spice, and one copy of “The Magician’s Elephant.” All of these items will go to one lucky winner! These are all some of the items that I have shared on this blog over the last year. And I am so thrilled to be able to do such a big giveaway for my blog anniversary!

For such a big giveaway, you will get up to four chances to enter the drawing for the items.

First way to enter is to simply leave a comment stating your favorite birthday memory.* This is a birthday celebration, after all. If you do not celebrate birthdays, feel free to just leave a comment stating a fond childhood memory. My favorite birthday memory is when I turned eight and had my first slumber party. My dad was moving bees out of the state so my mother was all alone with about twelve of us girls in our house. And a mouse ran underneath our feet. And a rattlesnake had curled up in the dog food outside. I can still hear the screaming!…

Second way to enter is to be a follower of this blog. There are many ways to do so on the right hand side of the page. Just be sure to leave a second comment stating you are following on this post!

Third way to enter is to share this post via social media. This could be Facebook, Twitter, via your blog. Any old way will do. Just come back and leave an additional comment stating how you shared it.

Finally, you can pick any of my posts and Pin one to Pinterest. After you have pinned a post, just come back here to let me know which of my post’s you have pinned.

You can choose one of these methods or all of these methods. Just be sure to leave a comment here for each method. If you choose to do all four, then you should have four total comments here. Limit four entries per person. One entry per method per person.

Good luck!

I will be using random.org to pick one winner based on the comments posted here. This giveaway begins on March 10, 2014 at 12:00 a.m. PST and ends March 17, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. PST. I will contact the winner via email provided in the comments here on March 18, 2014. I will post the winner’s name on this blog on March 19, 2014.

Please enter this giveaway with a valid email address. I will attempt to contact the winner three times. If within fourteen days from the first time I have attempted contact, I still have not heard from the winner, the prize will be forfeit and a new winner will be drawn.

Thank you so much for all of your help raising this blog. I could not do it without you. You are the best. Just one more quick thing that has been bugging me since I started this post.

Um, have any of you been changing diapers? This one is gonna haunt me.

P.S. This giveaway is sponsored by me and is in no way affiliated with Anthropologie, West Elm, Benefit, Clinique or Candlewick Publishing.

* edited on March 10, 2014: if you forget to leave a birthday comment and just respond with a comment as your original entry, I am still counting it. As long as the comment left is nice. : )