I have chosen the winners, and I also wanted to send a couple more to people I knew, so long story short I rounded up and had a few extras so I picked fifteen instead of eight, and here they are:
Heather
2016/11/28 at 2:16 pm
Kristin H
2016/11/28 at 10:44 am
Seaside
Lorraine
2016/11/27 at 12:26 pm
Grace
2016/11/28 at 6:14 am
Seaside
CourtneyinFL
2016/11/28 at 8:36 am
Judith
2016/11/27 at 7:10 pm
Victorian
Nancy
2016/11/27 at 7:06 pm
Victorian
Trudee
2016/11/27 at 3:26 pm
either Victorian or Seaside
Charlotte
2016/11/28 at 6:12 am
Victorian
Jill
2016/11/28 at 12:05 am
Deanna
2016/11/27 at 12:59 pm
Seaside
Marlene
2016/11/28 at 9:53 pm
Seaside
Tess
2016/11/29 at 1:06 pm
Erin D
2016/11/27 at 6:28 pm
Dr Pusey
2016/11/27 at 4:34 pm
Seaside
I’m going to start working through the list now, emailing to make sure I’ve got the right email addresses and also to find out whether people want Victorian or Seaside.
Oh! I was so excited I won! Then I remembered I was dithering about which to choose and never did pick one. Congrats to the other Grace! :)
What a fun giveaway! I don’t have a bog or Facebook account, but if I did I’d copy you.
Swistle, do you know if the 2016 Victorian calendar is essentially a duplication of the 2015 one, or is it new scenes and activities?
(Although I would happily play the ornament-smashing game from last year for hours on end.)
I don’t know, but from context my guess is that it’s a duplicate.
After entering the contest, I decided that I really wanted the calendar, and I wanted my nephews to have it too, so I went ahead and bought three copies of it and sent one to each of my sisters and one to myself. I got the Seaside version, and it is so fun! I love the tree decorating and wreath-making activities. I really love that there are both traditional and nautical themed ornaments for decorating. I’m so glad you told us about this calendar, Swistle, because this is the kind of thing I would never find on my own.
Thanks again so much for the calendar! It is adorable. And I love it so much that I promptly went and bought some for my sister and some dear friends as well.
I hope you don’t think now that it was wasted to give a calendar to someone who then goes and buys more herself. It really is not. Spending money on not-really-necessary things for myself is something I have a hard time with, and I appreciate it all the more for being gifted one. The people I bought codes for are all ones who can currently do with something lighthearted and adorable in their life, as I noticed receiving one did cheer me up quite a bit.
Thanks Swistle! Last night I put up some Christmas decorations and tried out the Advent calendar, and felt properly into the Christmas spirit.