Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Celebrating 100 Blog Followers Giveaway

Well I wanted to celebrate ..Reaching 100 Followers ...with a Wonderful Giveaway filled with Handmade pieces from right here at Sweet Magnolias Farm.

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I am so grateful to all who are followers of my blog ...and those that leave comments always make my heart fill with joy. I am so grateful for all the wonderful Kindred Spirits I have met here in blogland ..and the beautiful Friends I have made.

Thank You so much for making me feel special !!!

So Here is the Free Giveaway I have put together ..I hope you all enjoy ......



The Winner of the giveaway will receive ..one of our newest Farmhouse Romance Garden Seed Ditty bags ...this one being Alyssum ..by the way the back also has the reverse side of the authentic seed packet printed on it too ..

The ditty is filled with a Lovely bunch of our Beexwax Dipped Pepperberries ...they look and smell ever so wonderful ...AND ...
One of our newest pieces not even being offered yet ..our Paper Roses ..layers of vintage paper and vintage sheet music ...make up the petals ..with a long sheet music stem and light green leaves ...This rose is in the faintest blue ...and the petals have been dusted in Silver Glass glitter which in time will patina beautifully.



So Here are the Rules for entering ..don't worry they are easy peasy !!!



1. Leave a comment here on this Free giveaway blog post ....and tell everyone why you love Spring.



2. Get a Second Entry ...by saving one of the Free giveway Pictures and adding to your blog and linking it back to my blog. Be sure if your going to add it to your blog .. to let me know in your comment ...so I know to enter you twice ...



Alrighty ...I think that's it ..told you it would be simple !!!



Oh ...and I will pick the winner of the Giveaway on ......



Tuesday March 23rd ...


that gives you all 2 weeks to enter and spread the news to your friends ...



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Blessings to all of you !!!




81 comments:

  1. Congratulations on your "100" Followers!! WOW....:D
    I was looking the other night at the Garden Ditty bags..(drooling I might add over my key board)...and the lovely paper flower is priceless...Yes please enter me in your giveaway!
    Why do I love Spring....Spring is like being able to breath again..I am in love with flowers and love to garden...I love seeing the bulbs sprout with the tender shoots of tulips and daffodils and the heady fragrance of the hyacinth. Most of all it reminds me of all that we have to be thankful for from our Heavenly Father. Thank you for the opportunity to win! I will post your giveaway on my blog as well.
    Huggs, Susan

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  2. Congratulation Sara and Abbey, make sure if I win to save my gift by that time I will be landing in Sicily!!!!! I will chat about your giveaway. Ciao Rita mammabellarte

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  3. Oh wow! these are so pretty!
    Well, here in the Arizona desert, Spring is the last of the good weather right before it gets scorching hot out. so I just want to get outdoors as much as possible while it is perfect weather, and all the trees are in bloom. Love Spring!

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  4. I am here again!!
    I have your picture and link up now on my blog. You will laugh but it is the first time I did it without my husband's help..Yippee!!
    Haha.. now you can laugh!!
    Ciao and have a great evening!
    Hugsss, Susan

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  5. yippee for you!!!! I will post your giveaway on my sidebar for your gorgeous rose!!!

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  6. Congrats on 100 followers. Love your blog. Please enter my name in your generous giveaway. I love the way my garden looks in the spring. It wakes up from a long winter's nap. We have very hot summers so my garden looks its best in the spring!

    Terri
    fallingleaves58@att.net

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  7. What a great giveaway, such beautiful things!!! Congrats on 100 followers... What I love about Spring is all the beautiful flowers blooming, and the grass turning green, and warmer weather. I would love to be entered in your great giveaway, I'm already a follower, and I will add your giveaway button to my side bar, as soon as my husband can help me. I was reading one of your other comments, I was so glad to hear that someone else has to get their hubby's help to. I still have alot to learn about bloging. Blessings... Daphne

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  8. Congratulations! I'm following also! I love springtime because it's a time of renewal and rebirth. By the time spring rolls around I'm so very sick of winter. I welcome Spring Fever! ladyhightower@live.com

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  9. Button! RT sidebar. http://ladyhightowerscastle.blogspot.com ladyhightower@live.com

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  10. Congratulations!!! What a beautiful giveaway. I love the first robin, even if it just the sound before the sighting!

    Please sign me up for your giveaway. I'm going to go post it on my blog now.

    Thanks,

    Lucy

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  11. Congratulations Sara on reaching your 100th following. That is quite the accomplishment, but can`t say I`m surprised!! I shared your exciting news on my blog.

    A few things I love about spring...

    Birds chirping, the sound of lawn mowers cutting grass, new blooms popping up through the soil,the fact that it stays lighter out a bit later and lastly being able to open up the windows and let the fresh air in!

    Your giveaway is absolutely beautiful!

    Hugs
    Kelly

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  12. For me Spring is the newness of nature and bringing my spirit to the light. I try to pull everything positive I can from the winter months but they really aren't my fav. Spring is my beginning every year of things I love: light, earth, green, nests, eggs, birds, flowers, outdoors. I feel renewed.I love your pussywillows and birds, your blog and your thanks to your friends. I'm now a faithful follower, you're on my blog and I'd love to be entered in the give away. Stop and visit me some time. Jennifer jennsthreegraces

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  13. Lovely ditty bag, hope you have them at the sale March 19th!

    Spring, signals to me a lovely season when I see buds and flowers and know soon we will be able to play in the sun and enjoy it's warmth.

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  14. What a sweet giveaway...Congrats on your 100+ followers...I have been thinking I need to have a giveaway real soon too for my 100+ followers too...Spring is such a sweet time everything is waking up from a long winter...I just love the fresh air and the birds singing and the warm sunshine it is in low 70's here today...
    Going to add your giveaway button to my side bar...
    Thanks and have a Blessed day...
    Sweet Blessings...
    Tonja

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  15. Wonderful Sara! I blogged about your awesome follower achievement and the giveaway on my blog today. Why do I love Spring? Because once this big 'ole bear sees the crocuses popping up, it's time to come out of hibernation, seize the wonder of the season and come alive again! LOL! Congrats to you sweet sister!

    Mary

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  16. What a beautiful Farmhouse Romance Garden Seed Ditty Bag you are offering. You always have a way of making me smile each time I visit your blog. I love Spring becuase of the warm weather, sunshine and all of the signs of life that start showing up. As winter turns to Spring and I hear my first bird chirping I begin to get excited with anticipation of what will all soon follow.

    I'm spreading the word in my blog's sidebar.
    Jody

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  17. Congrats to you!!
    I'm so glad that I found your blog.
    Love it!
    Rosemary

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  18. Dear Sara and Abbey,

    I am so glad I found your lovely blog! I love your Etsy shop too! Congratulations on having over 100 followers!!! I would love to be entered in your beautiful giveaway! The ditty bag and rose are so sweet!

    You found so many beautiful things at the estate sale! Thanks for sharing all of the loveliness.

    Love and blessings to you both,
    Paula

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  19. What a lovely blog you have. Congratulations on 100 followers. I adore spring. Especially since we will be going into daylight savings time and it will be light when I get home. I will be able to sit outside on my garden swing and play ball with my 6 dogs. I will be able to spend the evening outside and enjoy the horses that ride by on the horsetrail. I live in Horsetown (Norco), USA in Riverside CA. You are right down the rode from me:)

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  20. I added your giveaway to my blog and also linked it back to you. Have a great day:)

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  21. Great giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity to win!

    My absolute most favorite thing about spring is the tulips. I love all the mounds of beautiful white tulips!! And the smell of hyacinth wafting through the windows! SIGH

    Warmly,

    Polly

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  22. Dearest Sara,

    What a delight to find you had visited me! Thank you so much for your very kind words! It is so nice to 'meet' you!!! I have been reading through your journal, and I am so very blessed by all you have shared about your walk with the Lord! I look forward to reading more!!! I was helped by what you wrote about resting! We, too, feed our sweet doggies real food! They eat all organic and from scratch, the same food as we do. I am so glad you found it to be so helpful to your sweeties, too, and that they are doing better! I make their treats homemade as well. I just want you to know what a blessing you are. I am going to continue reading through your wonderful posts, as I know the Lord has more for me to learn from through your writings. You have such a heart for the Lord, and you write so lovingly and genuinely from your sweet heart. I know the Lord lead me to your Sweet Magnolias Farm!

    Blessings to you!!!
    Love, Paula

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  23. I love when the baby birds hatch from their eggs in our evergreens out front and when the lilacs bloom all around our yard.Please enter me in your giveaway. I will put you on my site too.

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  24. Such a lovely blog! I found you through a blog that I found through another blog, lol. Oh the maze blog!!!
    I'd love to be added to your hopefuls for your giveaway. I love spring because of new birth!
    french blessings,
    starrydeborah
    PS. I am now one of your "over" a hundred followers :)

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  25. Wow!

    Congratulations on your 100 PLUS followers!!!! I'm a new one too as I love your blog!!! (um, like who wouldn't?)
    I found you through Paula at Rose Cottage by the Lake. I just found her too today...she's from Louisiana like me! Ain't it a small world?

    I love your vintage farmhouse style...I just love it!

    I'd love to stay and talk but I'm off to read some more of your posts!!!! And to see all of your lovely photos!!!!!!

    Nice to meet you and have a wonderful weekend~

    oh silly me...forgot to tell you that this is a very generous giveway...I am SO keeping my fingers crossed!!!!
    :)

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  26. Hello again dear Sara,

    I am so sorry, but I forgot to tell what I love about Spring! I love seeing the sweet Carolina Wrens building their nests. Right now they have made one in the pocket of my husband's jacket in his shop! I love to see the Hyacinths and Tulips coming up out of the earth and blooming. I love to fill my garden with flowers and see everything thrive in the fresh Spring air. I love to see my sweet doggies play out of doors and sit in the sunniest spot in the yard. I love to have the windows open and to feel the nice breeze freshening my cottage after being closed up all winter. There are so many things I love about Spring I could go on and on! :)

    Love and blessings to you, Paula

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  27. Congratulations on reaching that goal. I love your little bag. I love Spring because it warms up and we get to start spending more time outside starting our garden.
    Have a wonderful weekend.
    Blessings,
    Marcia

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  28. Just found your blog through Aunt Ruthie's blog! Glad to find you and your etsy shop!

    Spring, spring, spring!!! Spring is when all things are made new! A wonderful colorful world, and not to mention the scent of daffodils wafting in the air! Such as God made our hearts a new creation and making us new, He gives us a great example with His gift of Spring!

    ~ Heather from Bizy Janes

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  29. Just found your gorgeous and inspiring blog this weekend! A feast for the eyes, just like spring! I love spring for how it delights the senses... the fragrances of fresh new growth, the gorgeous flowers, the warmth of the sun, the songs of the birds. Pure heaven! I have added your blog candy to my blog's side bar. Thanks so much for a chance to win such a beautiful prize!

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  30. Congratulations on hitting the 100-mark with followers.

    You have truly beautiful paper roses. Let's see, so I can enter the giveaway, why do I like spring?

    The days are temperant with low humidity (a good thing here in the south), the grass is an awesome green color, everything is blooming or coming up brand new, and the birds are busy chirping. Which reminds me, I found a bird feeder and now need birdseed and also need to redo my flower bed in front of my studio (or should I say make a flower bed!).

    Beautiful blog. I'm joining up now.

    Smiles~
    Marilyn

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  31. Let's try this again. Google mail said your mail rejected my comment.

    I like spring because the flowers are blooming, the grass is the greenest it will be, the temperatures are not too hot nor too cold, the humidity is low (great here in the south), and everything is new and bright!

    Smiles~
    Marilyn

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  32. I've added your giveaway to my sidebard.

    Smiles~
    Marilyn
    www.DollsEtc.blogspot.com

    PS. I love your blog and became a follower.

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  33. Nothing like seeing your first Robin in spring and hearing all the happy birds chirping. Finding little nests with tiny eggs. The first sprig of a daffodil and tulip. Fresh rain cleans away all the winter dirt. Enter me in your wonderful giveaway and thanks!

    Linda

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  34. Congratulations on 100 followers....I have just discovered you and will be back...your little world is so much fun! Your seed sack...oh my goodness! The lovely vintage paper flower...love it!!
    Here's to many more followers and more eye candy for us!!
    Enjoy your Sunday, xOxO Nerina

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  35. Hi, I just found your beautiful blog, what a treat, I love your giveaway, so pretty. I just became a follower and I am going to put your giveaway badge on my blog. Have a wonderful week.

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  36. I have placed your badge on my blog:
    designsbyterrigordon.blogspot.com/

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  37. HELLO,
    CONGRATS ON YOUR BLOG. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN IT, AND I AM SO LUCKY TO OF FOUND IT. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL AND THOUGHTFUL GIVEAWAY YOU ARE HAVING. I SURE HOPE I AM THE FORTUNATE ONE TO WIN.
    I LOVE SPRING, BECAUSE I BELEIVE IT BRINGS FRESHNESS,WITH SO MANY LOVELY COLORS FOR US TO ENJOY. BUT MOST OF ALL I BELEIVE IT BRINGS WITH IT ALSO, NEW BIRTH, NEW GROWTH, NEW HOPES AND ALWAYS NEW DREAMS.

    HAPPY DAY, AND GOD BLESS.
    MARY,
    PINK ROSES AND RIBBONS COTTAGE

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  38. I'm so sorry, i just left a comment and not my email address

    joesbuster@aol.com
    Mary
    PINK ROSES AND RIBBONS COTTAGE

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  39. Just put your giveaway button and link on my sidebar!

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  40. Congratulations on your 100+ followers. It is such a fab milestone to reach. I got all excited as well when I reached that number a couple of weeks ago.

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  41. I'm just getting this in now! Please enter my name in your giveaway. I've posted a link on my blog!

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  42. Hi - a new follower here! I look forward to reading past and future posts! Your blog is so lovely.

    Who doesn't love spring? I look at it as a fresh start. After the winter we have all had, it will be so nice not to have to bundle up when leaving the house! I long to get dirt under my fingernails! I dream of lilacs! Can't wait for playing baseball with my grandson! And I am even ready for all the lawn mowing, watering, and weeding that summer brings!

    Congrats on OVER 100 followers! I'll give you a shout out on my sidebar!

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  43. Congratulations! What a wonderful giveaway. I love Spring and all its freshness after winter. Please enter my name in your giveaway. I've added your link to my blog.

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  44. Put my name in, please:)

    I love spring because the sun just makes me happy and itchin' to get to work!
    Rene
    PS I'm doing a giveaway post tomorrow...I'll put ya in there...

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  45. I love spring because of the weather getting sunnier again, everythings brighter, great for taking blog pictures :) and I have a lot of energy starting new projects and even cleaning the house lol!
    Love, Chani

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  46. Wonderful giveaway!
    And congratulations on your 100 followers.

    I love Spring because the dreary winter is coming to a close. The colors are all coming out, the bids are singing. A wonderful time of year.

    Blessings

    barbara jean

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  47. Congratulations on your 100 followers! I would love to have my name added to your lovely giveaway! I will also share your giveaway on my blog! Thanks so much!

    Blessings,
    ~Lynn
    www.countryheartandroses.blogspot.com

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  48. Congrats on your 100 followers. I love your giveaway so please enter me. I have also added your giveaway to my blog. Spring! I love to go outside on our small farm (it has been ours since October) and watch the birds and listen to their songs, to feel the warm sun as I plan where and what to plant in our garden. Planning out what fruit and nut trees to plant in our soon to be orchard. It is a new begining, a wonderful begining, it is Spring!

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  49. Congratulations on 100 followers (well, it's actually more than that now, and I'm a new follower, too)! =)

    You have a delightful and inspiring blog, and your generous giveaway is just LOVELY! I'm having a giveaway as wel, if you'd like to stop by for a visit. =) Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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  50. What a beautiful give-away! I posted a link to your blog this evening.

    Thank you for your generous offering! Your work is stunning!

    Warmly,
    Lori

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  51. Hi Sara, Congrats on 100 followers...I have been one for a while now.

    I love spring because of the birds, and nests...new life!

    I have already linked you up.
    Thanks for the opportunity,
    Susan

    http://piecesoffatesusan.blogspot.com/2010/03/even-more-giveaways.html

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  52. What a sweet sweet giveaway- So glad I came across you pretty blog! I will be back!

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  53. Dear Sara, I'm in, in your lottery! So wonderful give away!I am a new follower and added a link to the sidebar http://pishitejulie.blogspot.com/. And congratulations for your 100 followers. Your blog is so lovely.
    Have a nice day
    Ukka

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  54. Why do I love Spring....In it to year the winter in Russia was snow and frosty. Therefore for many Russians the spring is the beginnings of a new life when the nature comes to life after hibernation. I love when in air the smell of dismissed foliage, warmly the sun and running streamlets is felt. Thank you for the opportunity to win!
    Hugs, Ukka

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  55. Hi! like spring because all "revives" after a winter dream! In the winter at us very coldly and it is a lot of snow, and the sun in the spring looks out and becomes warmer!

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  56. Thanks for chance to win! I am a new follower! http://www.helensidorova.com/2010/03/blog-post_13.html

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  57. I love Spring because it is a fresh beginning to the growing season. I am so happy to have found your blog.I would love to enter your giveaway too. Thanks, Sharon

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  58. Hi, I am a new follower. Please enter me in the giveaway. This question is easy. I love spring because I can get my hands back in the dirt again.
    DKSantos@comcast.net

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  59. I just found your blog, and saw all the beautiful things you have and post on!
    I like spring because after looking at brown all winter long (we rarely get snow here)I love to see the daffodils, the birds happy and singing, and knowing that I've made it to another spring to enjoy all of it!

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  60. Spring is special ~~ it's when all of God's beautiful flowers bloom and we can truly get a glimpse of the very Heart of God. What a lovely time of year...

    Spring blessings to all from Lola & Olya!

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  61. Luv spring because here in sw IN it's the beginning of yard sale season! Luv looking for treasures.
    Please enter me in your giveaway.
    Thanks
    luverlie@gmail.com

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  62. I'm now a follower!
    Thanks
    luverlie@gmail.com

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  63. So glad I found your blog and be able to follow and view your inspiring images!

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  64. I love seeing the first greenery popping up in the spring. Every day you can see more and more growth. And the smell of the garden dirt when I'm starting to plant is wonderful.

    I've posted about your gorgeous, gorgeous giveaway on my blog. I love smelly stuff.

    PS. I love your blog design. It is so pretty.

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  65. I can see why you have 100 comments .I just started one Would love to enter your give away
    Laura fun with and this and that

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  66. Congratulations on 100 followers, I just became your 138th follower so I suspect it will be 200 soon:)

    I love Spring because it's time for Easter and I love Easter!

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  67. Congratulations on 100 followers! I have just become your 139th! I love your style and your stuff! Thank you for the opportunity to win this fantastic giveaway! Have a great weekend! Twyla

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  68. I love Spring because it's a time of renewal, and everything's so colorful, fresh and new. It's my favorite time of year-Thank you for a chance at your lovely giveaway! Smiles, Jann

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  69. Your blog is just gorgeous! I signed up to be your 140th follower! :-)

    Please enter me in your giveaway twice. I have added your candy to my sidebar at Create With Joy.

    Please stop by when you have a moment - I'd love to welcome you into my family of Kindred Spirits as well, and I'd love for you to have a chance to participate in my giveaway, which I'll be writing about in the next few days!

    Hugs
    Ramona :-)
    http://create-with-joy.blogspot.com

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  70. WOW ... 100 followers, that's a very special milestone - CONGRATS!

    Why I love spring ... oh, so many reasons! Here are a couple of my tops - the smells ... it's so wonderful to be able to opent the windows and get some fresh air in the house. I love to strip all the beds and wash all the lines so everything has that fresh, clean, springy smell!

    I love all the colors - trees blooming, bulbs popping up from the ground, grass coming back to live - it's just breathtaking!

    Your blog is gorgeous and I'm so happy to have found it. Thanks for the chance to play -- I'm leaving a note about your giveaway on my personal blog too!!

    www.debssimpletreasures.blogspot.com

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  71. What a sweet, sweet blog ... so happy to have found you! I'm a vintage lover too!!

    What I love most about spring ... the smell of the fresh, clean air and the beautiful colors in nature -- I guess that's two things!

    I've mentioned your sweet vintage giveaway on my blog here:

    www.debssimpletreasures.blogspot.com

    Thanks for the chance to play along -- twice!!

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  72. Congrats. Beautiful things here.... I would love to win those unique, lovely items in the ditty bag. I've also added the photo/link in my Blog Candy Jar on my sidebar.

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  73. Congratulations on your 100+ followers, I can see why people love your blog.

    I love spring because the sun is beginning to shine through and makes me feel warm and alive. The first cut of the lawns and the smell of fresh mornings, tickles my nostrils. The sight of gorgeous spring flowers herald warmer weather and new beginnings. It is time to plant seeds and young plants that will welcome the summer, it is such a wonderful time of year.

    Please drop by my blog, I have added your link and wish you every success for the future.

    Take care. LOL Bxxx

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  74. Congratulations on 100 Followers! I love spring because of the soft beautiful colors that cover the gray, drab color of winter.

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  75. Congratulations on your success! I love spring because it is a magical rebirth of nature...and, um, my birthday:)Thanks for including me in your giveaway amd I am adding your link to my blog!Have a wonderful day!!!

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  76. Enter me in. I will post a link back to your blog. Congratulations on your 100 follower. I will become a follower too. We have similar likes. Thanks so much for having such a lovely giveaway, even if I am not the recipient.

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  77. Oh I hope I'm not too late - I've just found you.

    I love spring because of the abundancy on the natural world around me. Birds singing their little hearts out, trees looking fit to burst with life and after a long cold winter to see colour appearing as if my magic is truly a blessing.

    Lesley x

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  78. It was great to meet you at the Chateau De Fleur show! And t was the first day of spring as well! Hoping that we cross show paths gain! Its always great to meet new friends! And I love my Flower!
    Be Lucky ~Katy

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  79. Congrats on 100 followers..make that 101!! I came by way of mamabellarte and I am glad I did...your blog is beautiful!!!
    I love Spring because of the Forsythia and crocus peeking out from the gray of winter!
    ~Nancy

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  80. I love the way the day smells when spring arrives. I love the way the sunlight seems to make everything look new. I love that all the plants and trees seem to sport the most amazing shades of green and just when you think it can't get any better the world explodes in flowers of the most delicious colors and enchanting fragrances. The world created new again just for our pleasure.

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  81. Hi, I found you at LIZ`s place I`m Dorthe from Denmark-
    I love spring, because it makes me feel full of energy, and and it makes everything lighten up.
    I love your seed back, so beautifull, and the rose, is a little wonder.
    Dorthe

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