1000 VIEWS!!!!!

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Today I hit 1000 views on this blog! That is incredible! I've only been public for a little over 3 months!

THANK YOU!

In celebration of this special event, I am hosting a giveaway! I will be giving a set of three (3) Traditional Scale Hay Bags to one (1) lucky winner!

The hay bags are handmade, pattern by Desktop Stables, colors chosen by me, and sewn (that's right, the seams are stitched, not glued!) by a dear family member, who is known for her excellent needlework (name withheld as she is not interested in receiving requests for custom orders).

The set comes with one (1) black and white polka-dot bag, one (1) green swirly bag, and one (1) black glitter holly bag.

All bags are equipped with three (3) jump rings for easy hanging. They do not come with a hanging strap. Hanging straps are easy to diy, and are best left for the winner to design, as one style does not usually fit every stall. I use a loop style, a friend of mine uses a hook, I know someone who just glues them up, etc.

They do not come with hay. You can make your own hay in several ways. I use the hay I buy to feed my guinea pig. You can get a small-ish bale of timothy at Walmart or similar store for around $5. This will provide you with enough hay to "feed" several herds of model horses. You can also clip some grass from your yard and dry it, or use some very finely shredded green/yellow paper. 😉

Entries close after one week. The official closing time is midnight (EST) on December 7, 2022. Contest is only open to US residents, excluding AK & HI (AK, HI, and international friends, keep reading! There is something special for you too!). If you miss the deadline by like 30 minutes, I'll still count it. Remember this is supposed to be fun, not stressful! I will post the winner within two (2) days.

To enter, simply comment on any post posted between November 30, 2022 and December 7, 2022 (that includes this one!). If you don't have a Google account, don't worry! Just comment anonymously, and tack your handle down in the comment.

You can enter once per post. If you make two comments on the same post, you will only get one entry for that post. You can make a comment on each and every post posted during the aforementioned time period. 😊

I will use whatever name you give yourself in the comment in the winner announcement post. The winner will have 48hrs to contact me via email with their full name and US mailing address. I will then package up the hay bags with a Christmas card and ship them off to their new owner! If the winner does not email within 48hrs, a new winner will be chosen.

I will be using Random Name Picker to ensure fairness. I will take plenty of screenshots to accompany the winner post. Feel free to browse around the website, it's pretty great! This is the same website that HorsieMama uses for her giveaways.

For my international viewers:

I tried really hard this week to get an at-home printable designed for you, but I did not get it finished and had nothing but problems, so I temporarily abandoned that plan for today, and made something else. I designed a custom set of bingo cards for you! These are model horse themed, and you can play online or print them. To play online, you can send them to your partner and they can shuffle the cards up by going to the "HELP" tab at the top. There is a dropdown. There are 30 card variations, so you can play with loads of friends. You can only cover the squares if you have a model/item in your collection that matches the square. Hopefully you can translate them to your language, but I'm not sure.

The bingo cards are not a drawing and are free to everyone, international or US based. I will continue working on the at-home printable (it is for mini equine coloring and painting books) but I have no promises on whether or not I can get it working. I'm not very good at that sort of thing! 😅

Here is the link to the base bingo card. Remember, this is just the base and you can get up to 30 different variations by going to that handy little "HELP" button.

Once again, THANK YOU for helping me get here!