Teen Love, Angst and Shenanigans! A YA Extravaganza: Blogmania 2010. Eight Winners for this!

***CONTEST NOW CLOSED***

Well folks, I'm at it again. Another totally awesome opportunity to get some great reading material and freaking outstanding jewelry into your hands! I mean, you've gotta love this. I know I do and I'm stoked to offer it all to you. Let's get right down to business.

My Giveaway and Rules:

If you follow this blog, you know I make it easy. In my humble opinion, there's nothing worse than seeing something you would like to win, but you have to jump throw too many hoops to get it...ugh!...torture. If you're interested in a chance to win, just become a follower if you're not already (you wont regret it!) and leave a comment with your email. That's it. Just know this,  all winners are selected randomly, so when you enter, there is no guarantee which one you will win.  Since most of the prizes are coming from sponsors, I can't guarantee they will ship outside of the US, so the giveaway this time is open to residents of the US only.  Now, let's get to the good stuff.

The Grand Prize consists of two books by my favorite YA author Simone Elkeles: Perfect Chemistry,  her breakout novel and Rules of Attraction, released this spring and a New York Times Best Seller!
 I'm also including a beautiful necklace from one of my super sponsors, One Heart Jewelry. The jewelry is handcrafted and gorgeous. Make sure you click that link and check out that site! Bookmark it. I just bought some beautiful earrings from there.

                                                  

 Harlequin TEEN has graciously offered to donate some books, and I'm extremely appreciative.  They will be sending three winners one of the following: The Iron Daughter by Julie Kadawa, released 8/1/10; Past Midnight by Mara Purnhagan, released 9/1/10 and Unraveled by Gena Showalter, released 8/31. A special thanks to Natashya Wilson of Harlequin TEEN for making the books available.

The First Prize will consist of The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa and a lovely blue enameled pendant. The Iron Daughter is a tale of faeries, betrayal of love and war in a world other than our own.The pendant is contributed by Ox Original Art Jewelry, another site of beautiful hand-crafted jewelry. Make sure to check in. This blue-green enameled pendant is done in the abstract expressionism style with color fields of aqua, teal and blue. The fields are separated with lines of brown and rust. The hand wrapped bail features an amazonite abacus and copper accent beads.

The Second Prize is a very special timepiece. It's a handmade clock that fits in perfectly with our Love theme. This unusual timekeeper is coming your way, courtesy of MakingTimetc. You will not believe the decorative clocks you'll find there.       


















The Third Prize finds us back to Harlequin TEEN and the YA book,  Unraveled. The main character is a teen boy who has werewolves for friends, a girlfriend who's a hungry vampire and four human souls living in his head. Sounds like he's going through Hell to me. No wonder he's unraveling, so...Lol...I'm going to pair this book with an unusual hand-crafted collage teen angst pewter pendant with 24 inch chain. This is being donated by Fireflygirl Inspirations. You'll find unique and copyrighted pieces at her shop that you're not going to see anywhere else.

Sparkling Sunday Shopping: Sneak Preview of Giveaway Goodies: BLOGMANIA-Sept 15&16. Be Here!

My theme for the Blogmania giveaway in September is YA Love. I have been blessed to have several awesome sponsors donate items for the it. I want to profile another one, much as I did last month. She has a shop online and offers very special and unique items for sale at good prices. Stop in and look around. One of the winning items is going to come from this shop! Let's have a look:

Rebecca designs quite lovely handcrafted pieces of jewelry. They're unique pieces that you won't find everywhere and created in beautiful colors. She will be donating a precious necklace that I will be previewing in a future post. In the meantime, go in and check out her shop. You won't regret it. Tell her June sent you. (and no, I don't get a kickback or anything! LOL...)


REBECCA DAVIS DESIGNS 

"big smiles... little prices....."

rebeccadavis' Shop Announcement

Handcrafted pieces...one of a kind.

Just enough quality findings and stones are used within each piece that there is something affordable for everyone.

My jewelry is generally dainty but sturdy. If you have questions please contact me. Thank you!

WHERE DO THE ITEM NAMES COME FROM? Music!!!! I name my each piece after a song from my music library. It simply makes me happy to do this. :)

Sparkling Sunday Shopping: Sneak Preview of Giveaway Goodies: BLOGMANIA-Sept 15 & 16. Be Here!

I'm starting a new feature to highlight the goodies I'll be giving away in the Fall edition of Blogmania. It will be held over two days this time (9/15,16) to give people more time to hunt through the treasures up for grabs. I've been fortunate to get some generous and thoughtful sponsors to donate to my giveaway, so it's going to be an awesome event!

Seeking sponsors has given me the opportunity to find some truly wonderful shops that are offering very unique and often one-of-a kind pieces. You all know I am all about YA and smoking teen love, so that's going to be my giveaway theme. During Sparkling Sunday Shopping (SSS), I am going to highlight my sponsors and let you see for yourself, what kind of great stuff they have. Your giveaway prizes are going to come from these shops, so stop in, look around and bookmark them for some fun shopping of your own!

Today, let's check out Ox Original Art Jewelry by Patsy Oxley . Patsy has beautiful jewelry. One of you will be winning on of her pieces and the rest better shop and snatch up one of her originals before they're gone!:

OxOriginalArtJewelry's Shop Announcement

Welcome! Ox Original Art Jewelry seeks to seduce one's sense of color, texture, and design by creating original pieces of wearable art. I combine fragments of natural and organic images found commonly in Colorado with precious and semi-precious metals and gemstones in ways that express their individuality and uniqness. My purpose is not to conform, or to imitate, but to utilize nature's own sense of originality, contradiction, and understatement in pursuit of artistic expressions of the ordinary made extraordinary, the usual made unusual, the common become uncommon.

Now, let's check out Making Time TC by Janice Johnson . She makes specialized clocks and one of you will be winning one of those as well. Stop in her shop and browse around!

makingtimetc's Shop Announcement

Hello and welcome to Making Time TC. Come in a stay a while! I hope you enjoy browsing through my shop.

See new listings and receive FANS-ONLY specials by becoming a fan at facebook.com/pages/Making-Time-TC/163315427779.

Would you like CUSTOM WORK done, or have a QUESTION OR REQUEST? Please contact me. I would love to work with you.

SHOPPING TIP: For larger photos, shop in "gallery" view. 

Janice

I'll be highlighting more great shops next week!

Toodles!

And the Two Winners of Blogmania 2010 are...

Thanks to all the awesome people who stopped by, followed and entered the first Blogmania Giveaway Extravaganza. It was truly a fun, community experience that turned out way bigger and way better than I could have ever imagined. It was all because of you, all of you who joined in and made it the special day and blogger event that it was. God bless you all.

As you know there are two prizes: The Grand Prize which consists of the three books of the Evernight series and the First Prize which consists of the new novel SCARS and the multi colored drop earrings. I'm excited to announce the winners so without further ado let's do just that. The winner of the Grand Prize is...

One Day Giveaway Today Only: YA Goodness and a Little Touch of Bling! Blogmania 2010

WELCOME To BLOGMANIA !            

My Blog is 3 of 122  

You’ve arrived at exactly the right time to explore lots of new blogs, all of which, ARE GIVING AWAY A VERY SPECIAL BLOGMANIA GIVEAWAY  (For One Day Only – April 30^th) .

We’ve done all the work for you. No hunting or surfing. Each blog will have a number and each new blog link will have a number. These numbers will allow you to keep track of which blogs you’ve visited and how many are left to visit. Why not take a moment to make a list of blog numbers  1-122 and check off the blogs as you go.

I know you’ll want to visit as many blogs today as you can. So, if you see something that interests you on any of our participating blogs, why not bookmark that site. Later, when you have more time, you can discover all its fabulous treasures.  

Now, here are the particulars of MY GIVEAWAY and RULES:

I like to keep it simple folks. For a chance to win the Grand Prize or the First Prize just become a follower if you're not already and and leave a comment with your e-mail or some way to contact you. That's it! What could be simpler? Let's go over the fabulous prizes:

The Grand Prize consists of all three books in the Evernight series by Claudia Gray: Evernight, Stargazer and the newly released Hourglass. These books are a nice twist on Twilight and it's all about the vampires with love and romance of course. I can't say anything more or it will ruin the cool turns the story takes. I sure didn't see it coming...Nice!

  

                              

The First Prize is the intense new release, SCARS by Cheryl Rainfield. This is a story of one girl's painful struggle with the aftermath of sexual abuse and the self mutilation she utilizes to deal with it. The story is pretty suspenseful and takes some very dramatic and unexpected turns. My heart was pounding in more than a few scenes. Totally unexpected.

I'm also including a pair of multi colored drop earrings. Perfect for Spring or Summer outfits. Enjoy.

            

                                                                 

                                                                

Thanks for dropping by. The winners will be announced over the weekend. After you are done here, you may continue your journey by hitting up the blogs listed below. Hit the links and continue searching for book blogger bounty! Have fun!

Toodles!

(Blog- 1) – HOST OF BLOGMANIA) Between The Pages -http://betweenthelinesandmore.blogspot.com/

(Blog-2)– CO-HOST OF BLOGMANIA) The Black Sheep Dances -http://www.theblacksheepdances.blogspot.com

(Blog-43) - CO-HOST OF BLOGMANIA) Books, Books Everywhere - http://bookywooks.blogspot.com/

 (Blog-21) Amundsen House of Chaos - http://www.amundsenhouseofchaos.com/

(Blog-38) Parajunkee's View -  http://www.parajunkee.com/

(Blog-58) A Journey of Books - http://ajourneyofbooks.halfzero.net

(Blog- 98) Bertram's Blog - http://ptbertram.wordpress.com

(Blog-16) Coupon Clippin’ Mommy - http://www.couponclippinmommy.com/

(Blog-116) Chrissy’s World of Books - http://chrissysworldofbooks.blogspot.com/ 

(Blog-23) Enjoy Life, Enjoy Now - http://rantsravesandpetpeeves.blogspot.com

Blogmania Giveway Update. Adding the Bling! Be Here Friday, April 30th!!

Hi guys. I've made the final addition to the big giveaway on Friday. I've added a colorful pair of earrings that will be perfect with all your Spring and Summer outfits. I'm going to include the earrings with the First Prize. So, let's reiterate what the giveaway is going to consist of:

                                          

The Grand Prize will consist of all three books in the Evernight series by Claudia Gray: Evernight, Stargazer and the newest release Hourglass. They're an awesome vampire love and suspense saga.

The First Prize will consist of the moving new release SCARS, by Cheryl Rainfield and the multi-colored drop earrings:

                                                   

It should be a really fun time. I look forward to seeing you all here.

Toodles!                                        

Instructions for Blogmania Event this Friday, April 30. Be Here!!! Awesome YA book giveaway.

Blogmania Early Bird Check List:


We want all of our visiting guests in our first Blogmania Event scheduled for April 30th to Get On Their Marks-Get Set…

It’s not time to go yet, but if you want to have the most fun and scoop up as much loot as possible, here are a few Early Bird Reminders to help you do just that.


1. Be at any of the blogs participating in the Blogmania Event as early as possible on April 30th. The easiest way to find a Blogmania Blog is to look for the Blogmania Badge.

2. This is an international event, so understand that there will be some differences in time zones. My advice is to start early and stay late to catch all the blogs.

3. Each blog will have their own giveaway requirements. Read them carefully, follow through, and then move on as quickly as possible. If you run across a blog that you really like and want to spend some time exploring, copy their URL and then visit them after Blogmania is over.

First Prize Revealed: Blogmania Update. April 30, 2010

I've decided on the First Prize for the One Day Blogmania giveaway on April 30. I'm going to giveaway the new release SCARS by Cheryl Rainfield. I just finished this book and it is a compelling tale of a girl's perilous journey to survive sexual abuse and the self-injurious behavior she utilizes to cope. It offers a wealth of resources at the end of the book for those seeking assistance with these troubling issues.  The author struggled with these issues personally and knows of which she speaks.

I'm pleased to offer this book, not only as a moving piece of fiction, but as a helpful resource as well.

April 30th is fast approaching. Don't forget to pass by here for an opportunity to get some great books.

Toodles!

Save the Date: April 30--A Blogmania Update

Okay guys. There's been a change in plans. I'm changing the books I plan to give away during the one day giveaway on April 30th. The Grand prize winner will be receiving three books in the Evernight series by Claudia Gray. These books are super good and a marvelous twist on Twilight. Obviously it's all about the vampires and forbidden love!

You'll get all three in the series: Evernight, Stargazer, and Hourglass. The fourth, Afterlife has not been released yet, but you'll have plenty to read until it does! I'm also including a piece of bling with this batch of great books. I'll get back to you with info on the First Prize winner. Stay tuned.

Toodles!