Local library love; giveaway reminder

I just found THIS VIDEO on my local library’s Twitter feed.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

My library is still bringing books in for me for ReFoReMo, and I’m analyzing the few I have to take back soon. The challenge was a great learning experience for me; I thoroughly enjoyed it.

My fourth giveaway draw is tonight, but it seems I have to change the stipulation that I’ll send only to Canada or US for this one.  This nice little photo pen is great as a Mother’s Day gift, or a gift to a grandparent – with the children’s photo in it. 

If you aren’t interested in this item perhaps you know someone to pass it on to, or you can send someone here to enter the draw for themselves?

Are you a lover of your local library?

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings!  🙂

About my giveaways – I’ve been thinking …

Hello, everyone!

My apologies for not posting for almost two weeks. I’ve been  working on the Reading For Research Month challenge – and still reading books on the list as our local library brings them in for me, handling my week at Dad’s, and sick with bronchitis since the last week of March. Because of the latter, during my week of caregiving I’ve not hung around Dad as much and when my respite arrives I go home and usually nap – whether the nap was intended or not. I’m very grateful for the help I have.

Now I have a pondering to share with you.

I’ve observed that very few of my readers are entering the monthly draw for my giveaways. I hope more of you will leave comments to have your name in the draw as I’m planning to have larger items when I can, and I would like to know that you are interested. It would be wonderful if you’d pass the word along, too, on Twitter or Facebook, or wherever you socialize online. Thank you.  🙂

Please check my post about the giveaway for this month, and put your name in by leaving a comment. The day is coming up this week for someone to win!  Comment by April 13.

This week I’ll be writing more – or, that is the plan. I have a lot of catching up to do for 12×12, the online critique group I’m in, and final details in the newsletter (Valley Sunshine) I am closing down after many years of publishing. Plus, I have updates to do here on my blog, especially with regards to all the books I’ve read lately. (note my Books I Read widgets and my “Books I read this year” link –> “books I read in 2016” page.)

Thank you for being part of my life. I appreciate you!

What projects or plans do you want to work on most right now? Are you feeling sidetracked?

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings!  🙂

 

 

My 4th giveaway of 2016; your chance to win!

Are you ready for another giveaway?

In keeping with writing and reading, this month I am offering something handy and a little different.

I thought you might like to have this lovely blue ink pen – blue pen with blue ink. The unique thing about this keepsake pen is that you can insert a small photo in the top of it. Cool, huh? You twist the writing point out because of that feature.

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This pen also has a clip back so you can clip it onto a page of stationery or a shirt pocket to make it harder to lose.

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If you want to enter the draw for a chance to win this keepsake photo pen, leave a comment telling me if you devised a clever way to not lose your pens, or if you are like me and often have to search whenever you need one.

Draw date for this giveaway is at 10 PM AST, that’s 9 PM Eastern, on  Wednesday, April 13. This gives you lots of time to pass the word on to others, too. 

I will use Random.org name picker to find out which of you is the winner. Watch here the next morning for the announcement, and don’t forget to check your email. These could be yours!

Remember, you have until April 13 to get your name into the draw, but don’t put it off!

PS: I have been trying to find things easy to mail so that I can send them anywhere. I was told at the post office that to mail overseas it’s much easier to send something that is paper, otherwise postage leaps in price – as in doubles! – even if it’s the same weight. Seems a little ridiculous to me, but that’s their rule – not mine.  Because of that, I am very sorry that I can offer this item only to my readers in Canada and the United States.

I AM WILLING AND ABLE TO SEND THIS ITEM ANYWHERE. (CHECKED AT POST OFFICE AND FOUND AN ACCEPTABLE RATE FOR THIS.)

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings!  🙂

 

Giveaway #3; We have a winner!

Thank you to all who entered my March giveaway contest!

The prize is this set of three magnetic bookmarks:

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I used Random.org name picker and found out that …

The winner with this comment:  I collect book marks and have a great supply from all over the world. Friends often bring one back for me on their travels too. I use them in the book I am reading, my reference books and in my cookbooks to hold the place of favourite recipes. I love book marks! These look fabulous.

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DARLENE!

I’ll get these into the mail to you this week, Darlene.  🙂

Thank you to everyone who participated. I will soon be posting a new giveaway for April, so please check back to see what I’m offering next.

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings!

Giveaway reminder & a third pile of books for ReFoReMo!

Reminder: As you can see by my countdown counter on the right, the time is nearly here for my 3rd giveaway. If you haven’t yet left a comment on my February 18 post to enter the draw, please don’t delay. I will again use Random.org name picker the evening of March 9 (Wednesday) to select a winner. The next morning I will be announcing here who will be receiving my giveaway this month! Go HERE to check it out.

I’m continuing to read lots of picture books this month – and loving it! On Saturday my husband and I stopped in at the library to collect more of the books on my list. They always send me an email when more are in and being held for me, so I am visiting the library more than I have in a long time.

This trip I came home with seventeen more books.  🙂  Now I have on lend forty-five picture books.  Later that day we had visitors, one being a twelve-year-old who enjoyed reading many in my stack of books.

batch 3 - 17 books Have you read any of these?

  • I Want My Hat Back  by Jon Klassen
  • You Nest Here With Me  by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple and Melissa Sweet
  • Bridget’s Beret  by Tom Lichtenheld
  • Seaver the Weaver  by Paul Czajack and The Brothers Hilts
  • Everyone Loves Bacon  by Kelly Dipuchchio and Eric Wight
  • Brave Girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909  by Michelle Markel and Melissa Sweet
  • Rain!  by Linda Ashman and Christian Robinson
  • I Don’t Want to Be a Frog  by Dev Petty and Mike Boldt
  • Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle  by Chris Raschka
  • Let’s Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy  by Jan Thomas
  • Henry’s Freedom Box: a True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine and Kadir Nelson
  • Rabbityness  by Jo Empson
  • How to Read a Story  by Kate Messner and Mark Siegel
  • How to Babysit a Grandpa  by Jean Reagan and Lee Wildish
  • Heckedy Peg  by Audrey and Don Wood
  • Mustache Baby  by Bridget Heos and Joy Ang
  • My Name is Elizabeth!  by Annika Dunklee and Matthew Forsythe

If you are a reader, do you change it up once in a while with a picture book or any other genre from your usual?

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings!  🙂

My 3rd Giveaway of 2016! Your chance to win!

Are you ready for another giveaway?

While out shopping with one of my daughters recently I had you in mind. I wanted to find something for my next giveaway. When I discovered these fun bookmarks I knew this is the one for March.

I really like this type of bookmark as it is magnetic and clips over the page in your book. It’s very hard to lose it then, and you can easily find your place because this bookmark can’t slip down between your pages. Of course, that means you have to be reading a paper book. 🙂

Take a look. Aren’t they cute? I think they’re great for book lovers, and so easy to use.  There are three on the card with instructions on the back of the card.

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If you want to enter the draw for a chance to win these three magnetic bookmarks, leave a comment telling me what you usually use to mark your place in a book.

Draw date for this giveaway is at 10 PM AST, that’s 9 PM Eastern, on  Wednesday, March 9. This gives you lots of time to pass the word on to others, too. 

I will use Random.org name picker to find out which of you is the winner. Watch here the next morning for the announcement, and don’t forget to check your email. These could be yours!

Remember, you have until March 9 to get your name into the draw, but don’t put it off!

PS:  I am prepared to mail these to anywhere.

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings!  🙂

 

 

Giveaway #2: We have a winner!

Thank you to all who entered my February giveaway contest!

The prize is this set of twelve homemade envelopes: 

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I used Random.org name picker and found out that …

The winner with this comment:  “I’d like to win this for my mom. We like “Snail Mail” around here. 🙂 ”

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ERIK!

Congratulations Erik for winning these envelopes for your mom! 

I’ll get these into the mail to you this week.

Thank you to everyone who participated. I will soon be posting a new giveaway for March, so please check back to see what I’m offering next.

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings!