Efeet Giveaway: And the winner is…
Hello friends! A big thank you to everyone who entered this week’s giveaway. I won’t keep you in suspense. The winner of the Efeet vase courtesy of Dylan Kendall Home Accessories was selected by a random number generator (random.org) from the total number of blog comments (entries):
And the winner is:
Congratulations Andrea! I’ll be in touch to get you your new vase asap! Did I mention how jealous I am that I can’t keep this?? But don’t feel too bad for me. I just pledged my support to Dylan’s Kickstarter campaign and selected two Efeet coffee mugs as my reward for doing so. Yay!
As I mentioned in the original post, when you pledge to support the campaign, you are rewarded with sweet prizes. I plan to give one mug a home on my kitchen windowsill, and the other shall hold rubber bands or some other office essential at my desk. Perfect!
SOOOO… if you are feeling disappointed that you didn’t get to take home this awesome vase, click right here to visit the campaign so you can support the production of these adorable feets and get your own prizes for doing so. You still have 7 days to pledge! Thanks again to everyone who participated! Have a great Friday!
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Twin Tuesday: Half Crazy
Dania here.
Time for another running update. Last Sunday was the big day! I had been training for about 10 months to run in my first half marathon, and last week I checked it off my bucket list! The entire night before the race, I was anxious and did not sleep well. I tried to go to bed early, but ended up tossing and turning until around midnight. The race started at 7:00AM in Lincoln, NE. Since this is an hour away from my house, and since we were required to check in early, and since there were 10,000 people in this race, it was an early morning.
My friend Akanksha and I got up around 4:15 AM, ate peanut butter toast (for the energy, duh) and drove in a LIGHTNING STORM to Lincoln. The entire way we debated the level of crazy we were. Akanksha firmly stated that if it was even sprinkling when the race started she would wait in the car, drive home later, run 13.1 miles on her own, and call it good. I also did not want to run in the rain. However, this was my first time and I had been training forever. So I did not want to back out.
Luckily, the rain and lightning stopped right as we drove into Lincoln. Despite the threatening clouds, the morning turned out beautiful. It was the perfect morning for a nice long run. Wading through 10,000 people, we found our way to the starting line. The anthem played, the starting gun went off… and we then proceeded to wait for 30 minutes for the sea of people to slowly pass the start line. Once again, Akanksha asked how crazy a person has to be to stand in line for 30 minutes to run a half marathon.
Finally, it was our turn to start, and so we took off. From there on out, it went by in a blur. I do have to say, I have never seen such support for a race! It was amazing to see all the people who came out to support the runners. I wish I had a camera along with me (not sure how that would work) to capture the support, signs, and cheers from the crowds. There were literally people cheering along the ENTIRE race. Everyone had signs. Some were motivational… “You are stronger than you think, keep going!” Some supportive… “I don’t know you but I’m proud of you!” And some were just plain hilarious (and those were my favorite)…
Along with the supportive and entertaining signs, there were several bands, church choirs, and drum lines along the way. There was ever one guy holding a boombox, and an Elvis impersonator. Supporters had even pulled their cars over along the highway to cheer us on as we ran past. It was pretty amazing, and I think all the support really did help!
In the end, we ran into Memorial Football Stadium and crossed the finish line at the 50 yard line, with our pictures up on the big screen. Chad and Thaddaeus, (the husbands) were there to support us and take photos. They yelled from above as we ran into the stadium. Akanksha finished the race in 2 hour 7 minutes (she’s a speedster!).
I finished in 2 hours 16 minutes! I was really happy with that. It was my first time, and I was going for distance and not time. However, I was still really happy with my time!
In the end, I was so glad I did this run. I worked really hard to get to this point, and I was very proud to finish the race and be able to say I have done a half marathon. It was so much fun and such a great experience, that I think I will definitely have to sign up again next year! But I can’t say I have any desire to do the full marathon, only half crazy.
~ Dania
GIVEAWAY: The Efeet Collection
If you have been following my blog for a while now, you may remember the name Dylan Kendall and her amazing Efeet Collection from a ‘randoms’ post I did last October.
The first time I saw Dylan’s collection, I fell in love. It is fun and whimsical and has just the right amount of unexpectedness about it. LOVE. So when they contacted me to help spread the word that Dylan is in the midst of a new Kickstarter campaign to expand the Efeet line, I could not say no! If you’re not familiar with Kickstarter, it’s a funding platform for creative projects. You can learn more on the Kickstarter site, but essentially anyone who has a project that needs funding can submit it, and if you think it’s worth backing, you can contribute towards making it happen. How awesome is that? I love the idea of supporting someone’s dream and being a part of bringing it to life.
But back to Dylan, a few weeks ago she launched a Kickstarter campaign to help her fill bowl orders. After the success of that campaign (yay!), she just launched a second Kickstarter campaign to introduce new items: salt and pepper shakers, coffee mugs, and candle holders. I seriously want them all. So this is my effort to help Dylan get them produced.
The Giveaway:
I am so (so so so) excited to announce that today I am partnering with Dylan to give you the chance to win a vase from the Efeet collection!! (Guys you really have no idea how jealous I am that I can’t win/keep this.) Here it is:
Really now, who doesn’t want that pudgy little guy holding flowers for them? And all you have to do to enter is help spread the word about the campaign. (This isn’t a bribe to get you to pledge. Pledging will not increase your chances of winning, however if you feel so inclined, I definitely think you should!! – Oh, did I mention you DO get gifts from Dylan for pledging?? Visit the KS page for details on that.)
Here’s how to enter:
Just click the recommend button below to share Dylan’s Kickstarter link with your Facebook friends. Then leave a comment on this post, telling me you did it.
It’s that simple. BUT, if you’re feeling extra ambitious and/or want to increase your odds of winning, I’m offering a few ways to gain ‘bonus’ entries. You can chose as many of the following as you would like.
1) Follow Dylan on Facebook – and then come back and leave another comment telling me you did it
2) Follow Dylan on Twitter - and leave another comment
3) Follow Designing Dawn on Facebook – and leave one more comment
There you have it! Easy peasy. (Oh and if you’re already a follower of any of those, just leave a comment. I’ll still count it!) Entries will close Thursday at midnight and I’ll announce the winner right here on Friday morning. Good luck and tell your friends. It’s awesome to win, but in this case, the bigger goal is to get the word out so that we can help get this line produced. Then we all win! :)
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Awarded
This past week I found out that my virtual bff, Erica of Touch of Embellishment, gave me an award. I usually don’t participate too much in these, for the same reason I don’t participate in chain letters (because I’m lazy), but since Erica did such a nice write up of my blog, I feel I should return the favor. :) So hop over and visit her. You won’t regret it. Unless you are trying to read it somewhere where laughing out loud is discouraged. Like in a library. Don’t read Erica’s blog in a library.
I don’t want to pick out other blogs to nominate though (laziness), so instead please visit my ‘Links I love‘ page and check out a few of my favorite blogs. (I finally got that page working again!!! Yay!)
Thanks Erica! :)
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