And the Winner is NancyTex! Mr. T said that your Tweet made him laugh!
It’s giveaway time here at Did That Just Happen Blog! I have a $5 Best Buy gift card that was “free with purchase” that I’ve failed to use the last two times I’ve been back to Best Buy – so I figure it’s a sign that it is time to pass it on! Since I’ve never done this before, the rules and contest will be simple!
The first rule is that I have to be able to mail this to you.
It’s no secret that I’m in love with all of you and the community that has been created in my computer! Just yesterday, I was talking to Ort of Sorts on WP about clean eating, and I mentioned that she had probably seen on Pinterest that I’ve recently decided to try a homemade pizza (which is a nice way of stating that I flooded my feed with about a dozen different pizza and pizza dough recipes!) and she offered to re-post her homemade pizza dough recipe for me!
Score! I can’t wait to try this – and I highly recommend you check out her blog! She provides such great food inspiration!
The second rule of the give away is that you have to pick a post of mine and tweet it – and – this is the best part – hashtag it ILoveKate. Yeah, totally self-centered, I know, but Mr. T and I were in the car trying to come up with a contest, and we decided on Twitter, and then needed a hashtag so that we would be able to go back and find your lovely tweets. Thus, #ILoveKate was born. You can go one step further and tweet me @KateandMrT, but it won’t win you any bonus points!
But look what I won! I opened the mail box this week and I had a package! I had won this eye shadow kit from My Hole in the Head, and while I’m a make up fiend, it was also the inspiration to host my own giveaway!
I love getting things in the mail, and now I want to share that joy with you!
The third rule is that Mr. T gets to pick the winner. I know that I would have a hard time being fair and objective because I love you all so much! So, Mr. T will search the hashtag and since he doesn’t know you guys, he’ll pick the winning tweet.
Let’s recap:
- I have to be able to send you a letter
- Pick a favorite post of mine and tweet it using the #ILoveKate identifier.
- Mr. T will pick the winning tweet.
- Contest ends August 2nd and a winner will be selected around August 3rd.
You’ll see that there is no limit to the amount of times you can enter – Mr. T will go through every post with the #ILoveKate hashtag and make sure it has a link back to a blog post.
Good luck to you all!
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Awesome idea! 🙂
Such a cool thing for you to do! I’d be all over it, ‘cept I don’t have a twitter account and signing up for something else is the last thing I need. hahaha
With as many bloggers as I’ve seen using Twitter, I’m so surprised at how many of my blog friends don’t use it! I have it, but I’m not any good at it! 😀
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Don’t forget to enter the contest! 🙂 It’s free and easy!
I am so joining this giveaway! Hah! You just wait! I’m composing my tweet right now! 😀
LOL! And it was a great tweet! 🙂 That is one of my favorites, too!
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Good luck with the giveaway. I like your idea – smart marketing. I hope it it leads to another surge in readership.
Thanks! I really thought it would be easy for people to do, too! Apparently I thought wrong! I’ve had 1 tweet! LOL.
It’s early still. Personally, I don’t have a Twitter account…yet.
Whatever happens, I like the idea. Keep being creative and trying new things.
Is the give-away also open to those who don’t live in the States like ehrm… moi? 😉
It is! I know that I can mail stuff to you! 🙂
Yay! I’m joining after I put little T to bed! 😉
Don’t do it, Kate! It’s a trap! I sent twinkies to England, and it cost me 20 bucks.
LOL!!!
I laughed out really loud when I read your comment! Not a trap at all 😉 Seriously though, wouldn’t want Kate to spend that much … Then again, it’s not as if Mr. T will pick me! 😉
I’m just surprised that England doesn’t have Twinkies… I haven’t finished processing that information yet!
Yeah, so was I. I sent some over there because some Brits I know thought twinkies were candy bars. I hope the chemicals don’t kill them… They are used to organic non-life-threatening-pesticide-free food. Twinkies will be what the survivors of the nuclear holocaust eat.
I have so many questions… Maybe you can help. What, exactly, is a hashtag? And why do they call it Hashtag? It’s a pound sign. And why do people use it all the time, like when they’re talking, or on Facebook? I don’t twitter (quite obviously, or, maybe it’s “I don’t Twit”?) How do you put a whole post up on twitter? I thought twitter comments had to be short, like, 100 characters or something, for the ADHD set.
Oh, no it’s tweet. I knew that.
Okay, yes the pound sign has become a hashtag. And the original purpose was to help you search for a word or phrase on Twitter. “Here is my new blog post #DIY #artsandcrafts”. So when I did a search for “DIY”, that post would come up. It really is just a way to help search for a term or phase.
Sadly, our culture can’t leave well enough alone and it’s been perverted! Now people are using is every where (Including Facebook which does drive me a little bit nuts!) and using it to emphasize words and phrases. “This kid won’t sleep #mommyneedsanap #imightnotsurvive #whydidihavekids”
And, you can’t put a whole post up – you can just link to it! Clicking the Twitter button on most sites will pop up a preset tweet that you can publish. Yes, you are limited to like 140 characters!
OMG that was the funniest clip I have ever seen. #JimmyFallonRocks #WillNeverUseHashtagAgain.
Yeah, that clip is my life blood!!!
And, I really don’t use Twitter much except when I’m entering a contest (House Party, for free goods, is a good example), but I noticed a lot of bloggers do use it – so I thought this would be an excellent way to get them participating…
I’ve had one person enter. One. Single. Tweet. Not gonna lie, I thought more of my followers used Twitter! 🙂 I’m doing a Pinterest contest next time!!
Yeeeeeah, I don’t know Pinterest either. Sorry about that. Tons of people do, though, right?
Tons of people do! I really resisted Pinterest, for a long time – but now? My life wouldn’t be complete without it!
Of course, I resisted Facebook, too…
And, I really only have Twitter to see what my son is up to – cause he and his friends use that instead of FB b/c so many parents don’t tweet!
2 Broke Girls- which as it turns out is really funny-
“Twitter is for stupid people, and Instagram is for people who can’t read.”
I saw that episode and died laughing!! It’s so true!!!!
You are awesome! I will tweet out this post, just because I like you a bunch! 🙂 Mr T can exclude me from the contest as I’m sure even if I won, Murphy’s Law would dictate that just as you mail the card to Vegas, I’d be leaving for Toronto… 🙂
LOL! It’s funny because it’s true! 🙂
I think my next contest will be Pinterest centered… I spend way too much time playing around over there!
I have to smile at this- I love that you provided a “recap” at the end. I am not sure of your career- but is it somehow related to teaching? because this has “teacher” written all over it 🙂
Lol, I manage a small business and I’m a technical writer. I’m also the oldest child. And a type A control freak. I’m pretty sure if you combine all of that then I should be grateful it didn’t come across as condescending! 🙂
as if you, with your kind heart, could ever be condescending…although I have noted a wicked sense of humor from you 🙂
Thank you so much for the kind words! You are such a gift! Good luck on the pizza!
I stopped and picked up some feta and spinach so I can make pizza Monday! 🙂 Can’t wait!