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IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR AND HOSTING A GIVEAWAY, PLEASE EMAIL US! SHEALYNN@GMAIL.COM - WE LOOK FORWARD IT!
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR AND HOSTING A GIVEAWAY, PLEASE EMAIL US! SHEALYNN@GMAIL.COM - WE LOOK FORWARD IT!
Today The Benner Daily is hosting our first sponsor giveaway!! How fun!
I am sure you have all heard of Vanessa. Her blog, V & Co., is fabulous! Much inspiration there! Her's is one blog that I love reading. When I see she has written a new blog post that pops up in my Google Reader, it's one of the first ones I click on.
She and I have found out that we have lots in common. Besides our love for sewing, we also share a love of reading. The reading of Teen Fiction, that is. :) It's so much fun to connect with people that love teen fiction as I do. We talk about books we like, books we recommend, and the different scenes in said books. Our latest book talk has been about the Vampire Academy series. I got the 4th book in the series when it was released [yesterday] and I finished it today. Waiting for her to finish it, so we can talk about it. ;) ha ha!
Anyway. Vanessa is a super sweat gal with a super huge talent. And she lives in the Cuntry ya'll. There are cows right by her house. She has blogged about them before. Funny stuff!
OK! I will get on with it, and stop musing. ;)
Vanessa owns an Etsy shop called, V & Co. and Uptown Jane. She sells some great stuff in there! Want to know how generous she is? Dang! You're all going to love this!! The winner gets FOUR things!! Ready for it?
Here is what's up for grabs...
3 PDF Tutorials/Patterns!! Yes, you read that correctly. THREE of them!
Pincushions!
Ruffle Pillows!
Fabric Bracelets!
AND!! 1 yard of some delicious Vintage Flower Fabric!!
Pincushions!
Ruffle Pillows!
Fabric Bracelets!
AND!! 1 yard of some delicious Vintage Flower Fabric!!
She's so rad! Want to know how to win this awesome giveaway??? OK, here's how to enter... remember. You do not have to answer ALL of these questions, but the more questions you answer, the more chances you have to win! ;)
11. Grab my blog button and/or my shop button on my sidebar, over there ------>
12. Click here to win a gift certificate for one of my camera strap slipcovers! You can also learn more about [if you want] me. I was honored as their Mommy of the Month!
This giveaway ends Next Monday!!
Leave a comment for each one!!
And PLEASE remember to check back here to see if you have won! If you win, you must send me an email claiming your prize.
And PLEASE remember to check back here to see if you have won! If you win, you must send me an email claiming your prize.
1. Leave a comment.
2. Go visit Vanessa's Shop. Tell me what other's things you're drooling over.
2. Go visit Vanessa's Shop. Tell me what other's things you're drooling over.
3. Visit Vanessa's blog. Leave some comment love.
4. Tell me about yourself! Could be anything! I love to get to know my readers! And/Or tell me your favorite book(s)!
5. Follow her blog.
5. Follow her blog.
6. Blog about the giveaway.
7. Tweet about it.
8. Tell your vast network of Facebook friends.
9. Follow Me on Twitter.
10. Follow my blog.11. Grab my blog button and/or my shop button on my sidebar, over there ------>
12. Click here to win a gift certificate for one of my camera strap slipcovers! You can also learn more about [if you want] me. I was honored as their Mommy of the Month!
This giveaway ends Next Monday!!
Thank you Vanessa for sponsoring The Benner Daily! You Rock! ;)
If you're interested in becoming a sponsor, we would Love to have you!
Please email for more information!
shealynn AT gmail.com
If you're interested in becoming a sponsor, we would Love to have you!
Please email for more information!
shealynn AT gmail.com
390 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 390 of 390If you love teen fiction, I just read the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Brey, SOOO GOoD!
I commented on V's blog!
I follow V's blog. Love it!
Now following your blog! I love finding new fun blogs to read :)
Here's my entry #1. :)
What a neat giveaway - hope I am lucky.
I follow your blog.
I am also a follower of V's blog.
I'm a huge fan of Vanessa's - she's so creative!
Great giveaway!
#2 - I am drooling over the vintage fabric in the shop!
(5) I'm a follower of V&CO already.
4) I also adore teen fiction! I'm reading "Marked" by PC Cast right now. It's an interesting take on the vampire fiction, especially because in the series the vampires are not hidden from humans- in fact all of the celebrities are vampires! It's a unique take on the familiar!
Looking forward to getting to know you!
i fallow v and co
i love the fabric bracelets!
i am a stay at home mom with two boys ages four and two. i just started back to college after a five year break to get my rn degree. we will in texas at dyess afb.
i now follow your blog:)
This is so cool. I have never tried the tutorials so it will be interesting. And you can never go wrong with fabric. Thanks for the chance!!!!
I know it's not sewing related, but I love the barn wood frames. My father-in-law had some old barns and I love the wood and patinas they have. Love the ruffle pillows. Great look. Thanks for the chance!!!!
I love reading, but right now my favorite books are a teen series we sell at the christian book store I work at. There are 5 books in the series by Donita K. Paul. DragonSpell, DragonQuest, DragonKnight, DragonFire & DragonLight. I can't put them down. It interferes with my crafting sometimes, but they are both such great hobbies.
I love her patterns!! my fingers are crossed!
I follow the V&Co. blog
I love Vanessa's blog and I would be thrilled to win these fab prizes!
Checked out Vanessa's cute shop. Drooled over lots of stuff, but mostly the barn wood frame.
I left V some comment love.
I would love to win! Those fabric bracelets are so adorable. Everyone I know would get one of those for Christmas. :)
I commented on Vanessa's blog.
I am a SAHM to four amazing boys. Our family is currently in the process of trying to adopt a baby girl. I love creating things, and have two blogs, a cooking blog and a thrifty decor blog.
I have been drooling over those fabric bracelets for months now. I also think those ruffle pillows would be super cool to make. :)
I follow Vanessa's blog.
I am already a follower of Vanessa's blog.
I am following you on twitter.
I just signed up to follow your blog but for some reason my picture doesn't show up. Dang.
I am a mom of 2 little children, a 4 year old boy and a 2 year old daughter. We are currently trying to conceive a third and final baby to complete our family. :)
I am a new follower of your blog too!
I fell in love with V&Co. when my mom sent me her blog link. I love reading about her life and projects and I want every single one of her necklaces, even if they don't pertain to my life. Haha.
So hopefully my mom can buy me some of those since college students aren't the most money resourceful people.
I love your blog and The Great Gatsby is my favorite book, as well as The Summer Series of books. :]
I just spread the word about your giveaway on my Facebook page. :)
Vanessa rocks! I love her blog and all her witty posts, plus she uber-crafty!
About myself... well I'm a wanna-be crafter. I love to collect ideas, supplies and finding the time is a whole 'nother ballgame!
I'll tell you first what I love that used to be in V & Co's Etsy shop... her very favorite red and white dot fabric. I was lucky enough to snag some when she had it available and now I'm afraid to use it! Her tutorials are the best.
I will be subscribing to your blog. Know what got me??? Those adorable rolls on Baby Ben! I have to come back for more. That is just too sweet!
I check V's blog daily. I love her style and I've been motivated to paint all kinds of things in my house. LOL! My favorite creation is her fabric bracelets ... I just love those!!
I'd love to win anything from V and Co.
I follow V & Co
My favorite thing in V's store: holly bag (brown and blue)
I commented on V's blog
I love reading too. My favorite author is Robin McKinley. Favorite book of hers is a toss up between The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword. I've read those 2 so many times I don't even keep track anymore. The last book I read was 2 books I read were Jordon Jordan's Eye of the World and Rousch's The Last Lecture.
I facebooked about the giveaway
I adore V! She has the cutest stuff. I love her patterns and purses.
I follow V. :)
I follow you now too.... :)
PS. We have the exact same taste in books. Have you read The Hunger Games yet? You know the next one Catching Fire comes out on September first!!! Wahoo! I can't wait! And the next one after Graceling "Fire" is coming out in September too.
I left V some comment love :)
What an awesome giveaway from V.!
I love V's blog too--hers is the only Etsy shop I've ever bought from. I'm drooling over her barnwood frames right now.
I liked the Twilight books too. There was another book V read and told us about--The Hourglass Door. It's even better. I loved it.
I now follow your blog
Found your blog From V. Glad I did, and thanks for having a spot to give some of her patterns away! :)
I love her shop, especially all of her pillows!!
I left some blog love over at V & Co. :)
I follow the V & Co. blog :)
A little about me: I'm married with no babies yet, but we're working on that :) I own a cake shop, and I love to read a good mystery book :)
I'm now a follower of your blog too :)
LOVE that fabric! Thanks for the chance to win!
I left a comment on V's blog before coming over to enter!
I checked out V's shop and the thing I'm drooling over is the turquoise barnwood frame. I love turquoise!
Here's my about me: I'm 23, mommy to beautiful twin girls! I live in Pittsburgh, PA but I'm from Glendale, AZ. I love sewing and crafting, being a mommy, cooking and shopping! (Oh and Wheel of Fortune.) My favorite band is The Format and I will never stop drooling over the gorgeous that was Heath Ledger.
I'm already a follower of V&Co. Does that still count?
I'm now following your blog too! I saw you over on luvinthemommyhood as well! You are just everywhere today!
Here's my comment (#1)!
Left a comment on Vanessa's blog (#3).
Following Vanessa's blog (I've actually been reading it for a few months now, but I wasn't technically "following" with Google Reader because I use Netvibes.)
A favorite book: I read The Goose Girl early this summer and fell in love. I can't wait for the fourth in the series to come out next month!
Love the Holly Girly bag at the shop. Of course, I love it all.
Trying to follow your blog, but the little button thing isn't responding right now. I already have you in my Netvibes reader, though, and I've been following you that way for a couple months, too. Does that count? :)
Yay, I love her stuff!
I like the barn wood frames...especially the turquoise one.
Left a comment on V's blog
I follow V's blog already.
Wow, what a giveaway.
I love Vanessa's fabric bracelet.
Am I supposed to tell you I'm commenting on Vanessa's Blog...well I will anyways.
I'm a stay at home mom who loves to sew.
Something about me...I love books too. I feel guilty that I have been "too busy" to read lately, but I just picked up "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" to compare it to the movie. I also love teen fiction (I was an English major and took an Adolescent Lit. class my senior year...so much fun, I think I read 30 books in 4 months just for that class). I LOVE "Twlight," and if my husband's hair were darker, I think he'd look like Edward (when he has his hair a little grown out in the right style....yeah, he doesn't really, but some people have said he does, so I think it's cool and makes me feel less guilty).
I totally follow V's blog.
I'm gonna follow you on Twitter.
I'll follow your blog too. It looks great. Thanks again. I'm glad to have found you.
I love Vanessa's things. I would love to win!
I already follow Vanessa's blog.
I love her Three flowers pattern.
Thanks for doing a contest. I found you via Vanessa's blog which I follow. Can't wait to read more.
Oh, and I commented over in her blog as well. Good luck with the contest... looks like a lot of comments already!
I love V & company!! She's so classy and has such great ideas!
Her ruffle pillow patterns are to die for!
I'm teaching myself to sew, and sometimes it's insanely awesome... sometimes not so much. But I keep plugging along!! Those pillows do want me to whip up something creative!
I'm sorry, but I don't tweet! I don't have time between my blog and my facebook updates. I'm a busy lady ;)
Oh, and P.S.... looooove those strap covers!
I blogged about it at hallfarm.blogspot.com
I enjoyed visiting her shop - I like her Three Flower pattern...
I went to visit her blog and left a comment.
One of my favorite books that I've read this year has been:
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver...You also might like books by J.T. Ellison...
I follow your blog with bloglines...
I follow you on Twitter...
The 3 flowers embroidery is pretty darn cute as well! Cute bags too. It's all cute!
I loved the Twilight Series, and can't wait to crack it open again, in bits and pieces, not all at once, like the first time! I also love Shannon Hale's stuff and anything by C.S. Lewis.
I am a V & Co. follower.
I am now a Benner Daily follower!
Fun giveaway! Love that V and Co.
Fun giveaway! Love that V and Co.
I added your button to my blog.
I just blogged about the giveaway.
I am a grandmother and an Aunt. I am helping my mother plan her wedding and reception in Sept. She is 68 and proof there is love after love.
I think Vanessa's blog is really cool. I left her a comment and decided to follow her too. Love that ruffled pillow and the bracelets are cool too.
i love v and co! and now consequently I love benner's!
Oh man, I love all her stuff. What's not to love about it?! And I would LOVE to win! (Since I probably have the worst luck in the world). I currently just finished the teen series "Uglies". Great teen series. 4 books, easy quick reads, very interesting and hard to put down! Check them out if you get time!
Hi! I in v.c.'s shop I love her adorable purse's!
I also am an avid reader, sewing mama, and love photography. It must be the creative personality type. They all seem to go hand in hand!
I just recently made Vanessa's flower tutorial. It was really fun!
I just signed up for a residential landscaping class. I'm going to learn a lot and hopefully make my yard look better!
love the holly bag!!
i left a comment on her blog!
i'm following you!
following V's blog too : )
I am in love with the Ted Dekker series Red, White and Black.
I Love ALL of Vanessa's wonderful treasures on her shop! Wow.. Those purses are calling my name!
Pick Me, Pick Me to win the fabulous pattern/tutorials/fabric.
I'm a quilter/crafter... those would go great in my stash of cool to do projects that are forever mounting up.
I am a mom of two young ones, wife and i just completed my masters degree. my graduation present was my first sewing machine! so i'm devouring all of these tutorials and blogs about sewing. hope to win some fun things : )
I love the fabric bracelet you are offering! Thanks ;-)
I also love the holly girly bag (brown and blue) at UptownJane's ;-)
I am 30, a sahm to a smart little cookie, brown hair and eyes, and love photography ;-)
I love the City of Ember series (teen fiction). I am also a follower and love your camera straps ;-)
Please enter me! Thanks.
I am the mother/step-mother to FOUR married children and I am STILL waiting to be a grandmother.
I'm drooling over the Holly Girl bag in Vanessa's shop.
I left some LOVE on V&Co. blog.
I follow V & Co. blog.
I follow your blog.
I love her blog and would love to win this giveaway!
I love the Holly Girly Bag!
Commented on V's blog :)
About me...I am a SAHM and I have 3 little girls (4 years, 2 years, and 6 months). I love to sew and quilt. I'm not really "crafty" but love to read craft blogs and reproduce super cool ideas that I see.
I follow V's blog
tweeted :)
http://twitter.com/akgorby/status/3603348524
I wanna win! I wanna win!
Here's something about me: I knew V and her husband in college and she's every bit as cute in person!
Oooh, I love V's barn wood frames and I love to read books about serial killers. Yes, I know, kinda weird, but I'm not the only one reading those books! I also love the Twilight series and the Little Britches books. Oh, and if you haven't read Tisha you need to! It is a true story about an Alaskan teacher way back in the days and it is amazing! A true love story.
Anyway, I'd love to be in on the giveaway!
Lovely. Enter me in.
That Vanessa is too funny. Love her latest blog about leaving skid marks in the toilet. I can so relate.
Thanks for the giveaway!!
Something about myself...how about I am in desperate need of taking a sewing class. I just started sewing and I'm ok, but I know I am just not doing things right. I just make up my own way fo doing things which is more often then not a disaster. Oh well I have tons of FUN.
I am also a fabric whore...I love fabric.
K, I left a comment on V's blog.
I love V's Holly Girlly bag. Someone should not be so talented and organized...really share!
I've followed V & Co's blog for a few weeks and have always loved her bracelets. They're my favorite thing in her shop for sure!
With a newish little one, I don't read a whole lot of books these days. I do love my magazines, though - flipping through Interweave Knits and studying Mental Floss. Great fun!
What a great giveaway and so many ways to enter! I'm following you and Vanessa and commented on Vanessa's blog (in addition to my babbling above).
I'm drooling over the barn yard frames! I love different picture frames.
Kim
I love sewing, quilting, reading and any kind of art project.
Love the ruffle pillow.
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My name is Melanie. I create Whimsies out of Polymer Clay.
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I llike both sites, V& Co and yours. Entering a contest is even better.
I just checked out the ETSY sie. WOW! what's not to love about all the lovely items? love the fabrics used on all the projects.
I love the green fabric bracelet! :)
I love her blog!! I left a comment on this post: http://www.vanessachristenson.com/2009/08/very-good-thrifting-day-and-keeping-it.html
Something about me: I'm hoping to win this giveaway, because if I don't I'm going to have to buy one of those awesome fabric bracelets:) I know it would be less expensive to buy the pattern, but unless it falls into my hands (or is give to me ;) I'm far too lazy to make my own! :) That in a nutshell is the story of me. I recently went to a craft show (invite only to vend, and I wasn't invited :(. I bought a great necklace. I was so excited to show my family. They're like, ah, yah, looks like your stuff... Ugh, yep, I just like it all better when someone else makes it!! Just me?
I follow V's blog!!
I also am now happily following your blog!! :)
I love love love this blog! I am making the baby girl quilt this week and hope to make the rag rug soon.
Oh, this is such a great giveaway! I'd love to win; thanks for hosting!
I have been wanting to buy the pattern for the fabric bracelet so that is definitely something that I'm loving from Vanessa's shop. I also really love the barn wood frame in white.
I left a comment on Vanessa's blog.
I have a ton of favourite books; I'm actually returning to school in September to begin my Masters in Information to become a librarian. I'm going to write my favourite authors rather than favourite books because that will be easier: L.M. Montgomery, Jane Austen, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Naguib Mahfouz, Evelyn Waugh, Nancy Mitford, Gregory Maguire, etc, etc, etc. :D
I follow Vanessa's blog.
I am following you on Twitter.
I tweeted about the giveaway.
I follow your blog.
love, love, love the fabric bracelet.
I love her barn wood frame (white 4x4) but I've been in her shop before and loved the rag rug kits!!
I left vanessa some comment love!
I am a mommy of 2 boys and soon to a girl! I love taking my son to his parent participation preschool, even though it is a ton of work!!!
I follow her blog already :)
tweet
http://twitter.com/amolino/status/3676558921
I follow on twitter amolino
blog follower
I love V's blog and have it on my "inspiration" blogroll!
I would love to own her bag with the red and blue flowers, one of her bracelets and her 3 flowers pattern! So cute!
Great giveway - thanks!
Sharon in FL
I've been a follower of V & Co for some time now!
Sharon in FL
Love everything in her shop! The barn frames would be first on my list though. Serious wall candy needed!
Sharon in FL
Left a comment at V & Co! Thanks again!
Sharon in FL
About me: always looking for easy sewing/quilting tutorials even if I don't have much time to sew while I'm in school - pre-nursing. Hope to get in next fall!
Following YOU!
Sharon in FL
Now following you on Twitter (the above was for your blog!)
Sharon in FL
Adding your button to my blog - www.everydaycrafting.com
Sharon in FL
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