Saturday, February 26, 2011

My First Giveaway




I've been wanting to have a giveaway for awhile now. It appears to be customary to have a giveaway when one reaches one hundred followers. I got a few things together for the giveaway last week but apparently I overestimated how quickly I would reach one hundred followers :) No matter, I have little patience and simply don't want to wait any longer. Perhaps the giveaway will help me reach one hundred followers. At any rate, having a giveaway has just always sounded like so much fun. So here are the rules:

1. You must be a follower and leave a comment in this post, that's one entry.

2. You get a second entry if you post about this giveaway in your blog. If you don't have a blog don't worry just tell a friend. You have to let me know either way so I know to give you two entries.

3. You get a third entry if you've purchased one of my patterns. It can either be directly through me or through Etsy and it doesn't matter if it's a printed pattern or an e-pattern. If you haven't had a chance to purchase one yet just let me know which one you like best.

4. Finally, you get yet another entry if you've stitched any of my patterns (including free patterns) and have sent me a picture of your finish. You can also simply send me a link to your blog if you've posted a picture there.

Enough chances to enter? I have to admit that last one I threw in for perfectly selfish reasons. I love seeing finishes!!! I'll post the winner on March 20th; hopefully that gives everyone enough time. I'll ship to anywhere in the continential US and for my international followers we can each pay half of the shipping to your home.

Now onto the prizes. These are a few antique linens I've had in my collection for awhile now. For years they came out in the spring and graced my hanging rack but haven't made it out of their box in quite some time. Two of them look to be table linens with the most beautiful hand embroidery on them. One has pink flowers with green leaves which seem to be done in feather stitch and french knots. The other has tiny pink flowers of french knots, green lazy daisy stitches for the leaves and an undulating border or pink and blue french knots. Both have delicate crocheted borders. The final is a hand crocheted piece. I know nothing about crochet; to my eyes they are simply tiny rings sewn together in a diamond shape. They all have the most wonderful age to them, the embroidery is perfect for Spring, and they smell of honey and orange (the scent of the sachet I had them stored with).
It's a shame to have them sitting in a box in my craft room. Hopefully they can grace someone else's home and I hope everyone has some fun with the giveaway.


xoxo

Jennie Lynn

11 comments:

~*Sharee*~ said...

Please enter me in your drawing hun; I'd sure love to display these in our home; their beautiful.

Hugs,Shar

Lee Hill Primitives said...

Hi I found your blog today and I'm now a follower. Please, enter my name in your giveaway.

Nancy said...

What a beautiful giveaway! Please enter my name. I love finding vintage linens at estate sales, and these would be a beautiful addition to my collection. I am a follower of your blog, and I recently purchased my first pattern from you.

Unknown said...

Oh my...I would love to be considered for this giveaway!! You know that I am one of your devoted followers...as well as a lover of your beautiful patterns!! I was thrilled to post about your blog and giveaway on my blog...and hope that it brings you some new foot traffic.

Those linens are absolutely gorgeous...I, too, love finding little treasures such as these in my local antique and thrift shops! These would be the perfect fit for my collection...and, my daddy's birthday is March 20th...maybe that will be a lucky thing for me...well in addition to my daddy, of course, LOL!

Best of Luck to all!! Thank you Jennie Lynn, for being so generous with your talents as well!

Happy Stitchin'
Terri

paula said...

Terri, at Dixie Sampler Designs, lead me to you . . . and you know have another follower more "room at the Inn" as they say.

I SO WISH I could enter your give-Away, but, alas, I have no more "room at the Inn" as they say.

BUT I shall post your link in my Giveaways posting for other blogs. AND . . your reindeer jumping over the
two-toned Christmas Tree will be on my TO DO list ASAP!

Paula
he C & XS Pattern Slut

Robin said...

Wow! Just found you. I became a follower immediately and posted a link on my site about your give-a-way.
red1974@hotmail.com

Kim Reid said...

I am a new follower and I'd love a chance to enter your wonderful giveaway for the beautiful vintage linens!
Thanks :)

rosek1870 said...

I am a new follower and I love vintage linens. Please enter me in your giveaway! I look forward to seeing more of your work.

Babs in Alabama said...

I only found you one "comment" ago, but I have three of your freebies popping up on my screen saver to remind me to slow down and stitch one of them. Am going over to your Etsy shop now. I am a follower and will post your giveaway on my blog. I love vintage anything and I think I'm about the age of vintage now :)
Babs

Sherry said...

What a lovely give away! Please count me in.

Sherry

Angie Berry ~ Berry Homespun Primitives said...

How very nice of you Jennie! Please enter me! I posted about your giveaway on the sidebar of my blog, hope to help you round up some followers. I have quite a few blog friends that love cross stitching!

Congrats on reaching over 100 friends!