700 Fan Gemstone Giveaway Winner

A funny thing happened with the drawing on my 700 Fan Gemstone Giveaway. I just can't believe it....  

I used an application to host the giveaway to ensure that the winner was random. This is a screenshot of the first drawing

I know that my husband won't use the gemstones. Besides I don't want people to think the drawing was rigged. So I hit the "Re-Draw" button. And the winner is:

Oops. I forgot to dis-qualify him. Are you sure this drawing isn't rigged? I drew again and the real winner of the Giveaway is Michelle Berry. Click here to read more!

And The Winner Is...

I had everything ready for the drawing. I had my random number generator, my spreadsheet with the entries and their numbers and of course, The Beads.

And then at 7:50.... My neighbor called. I was supposed to pick something up for her earlier and I got focused on beads and forgot. But I managed to take care of it quickly.

The Random Number Generator spit out the number 16.

and Valorie Clifton is the lucky winner.

I'll clean up this post later. I was just so excited I had to announce it right away. Click here to read more!

Bead Giveaway

I’m giving away all the beads pictured to celebrate my Facebook Business Page reaching 600 fans. It’s so easy to enter this contest.


The winner will receive all the beads in these pictures:




All you have to do to enter is “Like” my page and leave a comment on the original post.
 
Remember to leave a link to your Facebook page on my wall so I can “Like” you back.
 
Want to win more beads in this contest?
 
If you see something in my shop that you would like added to the giveaway beads just include the title from the listing in your comment. If you include suggestions for additional giveaway beads from my shop and you are the winner, you will get additional bonus beads.
 
The winner will be announced on my Facebook page Wednesday June 22 at 8:00 pm PST. 

Hurry over and enter now! Click here to read more!

I have a Delimna - Please Comment

If you read this  blog post I need your help.  I am almost ready to announce a Blog Giveaway Contest.  I am pairing with FruitsotheBloom to give you a great giveaway but I can't decide on which piece to offer.

I will be choosing at least 2 pieces of jewelry from the Awareness Section of my shop. There are 26 different items to choose from. 




 
Please visit the Awareness Jewelry section of my shop and tell me which two Awareness Items you would like to win.  Please leave you choices in the comment section.  I am offering 5 entries in the giveaway to the first six people who leave their vote in the comments of this post.. Click here to read more!

What's Going On?

I am pretty sure that if you are following my blog you want to know what is going on.  I have not been posting as often as I like.  And what is with the actual blog page?  Why is it in funcky colors and changing all the time?  Here are some answers.

I am in the process of totally renovating my blog.   My home page was just too busy and that made it hard to focus on any specific thing.   I am also testing different themes and colors to see which will work the best with the other changes that I am making.

If you really like a color I have used or can't read because of the colors, please let me know in the comments.  I moderate all comments so I will be the only one to see them.  Unless it is a comment on the content of a post, then I do publish them.
 
There will be one page for Cheryls Purple Cow and another for My Extra Beads.  That  way if you want to see some of the items in my shops you can navigate to that  shops page. 

I will have a separate page for social networking badges and links.  I am still working out how I can put my Twitter feed and Facebook feed on that.

There is a page for Epilepsy Awareness.  I will have badges and links to Epilepsy Related Materials on that page.

The next page is the one that is giving me the most trouble. It is the Ribbon colors page.  I spend about an hour a day on my Awareness Ribbon Colors and Causes document.  I am trying to format it so that I can have the complete, legible document on this page.  That way anyone can look up the color ribbon for their particular cause.  I have finally been able to publish the document, but it is not legible.  I need to figure a way to format it so that it remains legible when I upload it to the storage site and then embed it in the blog page.

I am trying to devote at least an hour or two a day to this project but life does intrude.  Since last Monday I have had 2 doctors appointments, an EMG test of the nerves in my legs, an MRI of my brain and  a 24 hour sleep deprived EEG.  It takes about 3 days to get back on the sleep cycle after the EEG.  And for those who question whether or not I have a brain, I have pictures to prove that mine exists, do you?  LOL

OH, and last but not least, I am finally working on that blog giveaway.  It is going to be a collaboration with at least one more shop, maybe more.  I should have an announcement ready this weekend. Click here to read more!

A New Blog

I am in the process of setting up a new blog at WordPress.  I am excited about moving my blog because I will have pages on my blog.

I already have several pages set up, but no real information on them yet.  There will be a page for each of my shops and a separate page for my Epilepsy Awareness efforts.

The difficult part is learning how to manipulate the layout and data on WordPress.  If you want to start following now the address is http://apurplecow.wordpress.com.  If you know some shortcuts for learning WordPress, please let me know.  I specifically need to know how to fix the blog posts covering part of the blog title.

I will announce the new blog formally within the week with a special give-away.  I just have to figure out which hoops I can expect you to jump through for the give-away prize.

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Big Plans and Dreams for this Year

I have not been attending to my blog the way I would like to but that is due to the changes I am in the process of implementing.  I decided that I would share my plans with you.  

I started selling some of my destash supplies in my shop but I don't really like the way they look in the shop with my creations.  So I opened a new shop.  I call it MyExtraBeads.  the address is http://MyExtraBeads.etsy.com.  I will be selling quite a few extra beads and other arts and crafts supplies.

I opened a new FB account for my Epilepsy Awareness efforts.  If you are interested you can find that page at MyEpilepsy Page on FB. My personal page has way too much going on.  I have my friends and family, Larrys friends and family, people that I have met and fanned through Etsy, and all my Epilepsy contacts on my personal page.  Some days I have to go through 4 or 5 pages to see an hours worth of posts.  I decided to break off the epilepsy because that is something that needs undivided attention.  I even opened a group page along with it so that others could contribute more to the page.

I have been doing well with the Awareness Treasuries. I have kept them going almost continuously for almost a month now.  


I am also working on a comprehensive list of Awareness Ribbon Colors that shows all the causes for each color.  I am trying to figure out how to add a page to my blog so that the list can be posted here.

I started the Facebook Tutorial on my Tuesdays Tutorials segment of the blog.  I still need to come up with a couple more segments that I can publish weekly.

I am going to announce a blog giveaway as soon as I hammer out the details.  I will be giving away a custom made bracelet from my shop.  I think I know which one, but I'm not sure.

Hmmm, I need a couple new segments.  I need something to promote my blog giveaway.  Maybe I will combine the two.  

Boy, just seeing this list is making me tired.  


Till next time.


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I Won!!

I would like you to pretend that I posted this a week ago. I have been so busy trying (not necessarily succeeding) to get everything done. I finally took pictures so that I could share my gifts with you. So please pretend that I posted this last week.

I would like to thank Etsy Stalkers and Meant 2b Cherished Jewelry as well as StellaPearl for making this blog post happen.


I am a person who never wins the door prize. I just don't. I entered 2 blog giveaways in October and promptly forgot about them. I knew I wasn't going to win. They fooled me. I won both giveaways.

I won on the Etsy Stalkers blog giveaway. You just have to see this chainmaille bracelet from Meant 2b Cherished Jewelry

http://www.m2bc.artfire.com/

I love it. there are so many colors in the bracelet that I can wear it with anything, even my T-shirt from the National Epilepsy Walk last year. You knew that I would mention Epilepsy in my blog.

I also won a gorgeous Chrysanthemum hairpin from StellaPearl http://www.etsy.com/shop/stellapearl


The box it came in was so cool. I took pictures of the whole opening the box process for you.

That was fun!!

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