Saturday, February 6, 2010

The Results Are In...

The entries have been counted. And recounted. The hanging chads have been closely examined.

Our tabulations went late into the night. Many valuable lessons have been learned about blog giveaways- next time it will be far less complex. There were many links to check and blog posts to read, and when all was said and done we came up with 922 entries- WOW!


Each entry was assigned a number and placed into an excel document (I did mention we were up late... right?!). Then, we headed over to random.org to find our contest winner. Don't worry, we had quite the ceremony. Joe provided the drumroll via his thumbs and laptop surface- I did the announcing. It was such a thrill to scroll through our excel document to see who our slipper recipient would be.


And the winner of the E2K Slipper Giveaway is...

Tara said...

Oh, fun! The burgundy wine with any of the silvery buttons.

So Tara, we suggest tonight you celebrate with a nice glass of burgundy wine to go with your new pair of French Press Felted Slippers. But keep your thank-you speech to a minimum, you have only 48 hours to claim your prize or else we strike up the music, cut to commercials, and pick another winner.


And speaking of picking other winners...


The lure of generating another number through random.org, proved to be too great. So we doubled our fun and picked again...Susan said...

I never win stuff on blog giveaways, but why not? I keep meaning to pick up the pattern and make myself a pair and a few for gifts. Burgandy Wine slippers would be cute. I'm having trouble picking a button! If I win, can you surprise me?

So Susan, it turns out you do win stuff on blog giveaways. Lucky for you we couldn't pick just one. Perhaps you can meet up with Tara for the celebration, as you both seem to have a penchant for wine. 48 hours to claim your prize.


Thanks so much to all who participated! It really was a great time seeing the response. Stay tuned for more patterns, and more giveaways!

17 comments:

  1. How nice of you to choose two! Congratulations to Tara and Susan. Enjoy your slippers!
    (I guess I just need to get off my bum and knit my own pair, huh?)

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  2. How funny both wanted the same color! Congrats!!

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  3. What fun!!! Tara and Susan are so very lucky :) I'll get my own pattern to knit and hopefully they will look something similar to yours when I finish making!!!!

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  4. Congratulations to Tara and Susan!

    Thanks French Press Knits for holding such an awesome giveaway!

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  5. Congrats to you both & thanks for the chance to win such PRETTY slippers. I am already on my way to making my first pair.

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  6. fun! congrats Tara and Susan! (and thanks for all your hard work LOL)

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  7. WOW - that is a lot of entries!! Congrats to the winners!

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  8. Thank you everyone and especially team French Press! :D I am so very excited to receive my slippers. This is beyond thrilling to me because I never, ever win anything.

    Congrats to Susan, as well!

    And yes, I think a glass of wine is in order to celebrate!

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  9. Congrats!... Was burgandy the lucky color... maybe the folks at random.com love the color too!

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  10. Congrats !! Hope you enjoy the SLippers !!!! I am in the same boat as Tara !! never win !!! but I will keep trying !!! Alot of people love your work !!!

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  11. Congrats!! Exciting and so very kind of you to pick another winner!

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  12. Always learning....smiles.

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  13. Congrats to Tara and Susan! Pretty funny that they both chose the same color. Whoo hoo! for two winners!

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  14. Hi there! I just wanted to let you know that I have nominated you and your blog for the "Sunshine Award." You can read more about it on my blog, Beth Stone Studio at this link:

    http://bethstonestudio.blogspot.com/2010/02/little-award.html

    I'm enjoying your posts! Have a great day!

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  15. darn, i probably should have done my research before i entered the contest. i found it on someone else's blog and just entered without though of thinking it was a past contest! darn, those slipper were really cute!!!

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