Sunday, May 29, 2011

Here's the giveaway, facebook fans!!

Alrighty, I'm gonna consolodate all the entries here, and then head on over to random.org to find the winner. I'm working through all the pictures first, then the extra entries. Remember, if you commented on more than one picture, you only get the one entry for the first pic you commented on.


1. Laura Beaulieu
2. Erika Pryor
3. Donnisha Cherelle Jones
4. Nicole Tackett
5. Mary Mcmenamy
6. Lisa Cour
7. Shannon Gammon
8.Jessica Hanlon-Weston
9. Amy Hollandsworth
10. Dawn Smisek
11. LaTonya Thornhill
12. Crystal Bechard
13. Melissa Miller
14. Jodie Schuyler
15. Elizabeth Hawkes
16. Mandy Inness
17. April Quinton
18. Hannah Oakley
19. Caroline J Matus Hoffman
20. Grace Shetrompf
21. Erika Renae King
22. Moxie Blu
23. Laura Mitchell Rinehardt
24. Tiffany Williams
25. Danielle Krause
26. Jessica Krenner
27. Alexandrea Finney
28. Jameson Sallens Irene
29. Devon Potate
30. Amy Bayer Lanctot
31. Candy Harvey
32. Jennifer Flint-Caulder
33. David and Katie Owens
34. Shauna Corinne
35. Ann Van Tassle Kent
36. Joy Matthews
37. Sarah Johnson Gullion
38. Addicted to Cloth
39. Jenn Teixiera Anderson
40. Kate Farlow
41. Christina Lehoux-Locke
42. Jessica Dresser (for posting the giveaway ALL OVER her store page! :) )
43. Elizabeth Hawkes (for sharing on Celebration Outlet)
44. Danielle Krause (posting on her blog)
45. Moxie Blu (posting on her store page)
46. Caroline J Matus Hoffman (posting on her store page)
47. Renae Owens (posting on her blog)
48. Amrc Giveaways (for posting on her page)
49. Kristian Smith (for giving me the idea for this giveaway. Thanks, Kristian <3)


Okay, are y'all ready? Here we go!!
And the winner is...


Kristian Smith!!!  Hooray for Kristian!! Let me know what you want me to make you!

True Random Number Generator  49And thanks,  to all my fans for playing. We'll have another giveaway real soon ;)

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

200 Facebook fan giveaway

When we reach 200 fans on facebook, we will be having a giveaway!! There are five beautiful patterns that I would love to stitch up, and one lucky winner will get to choose which one they want. Here's how to enter, if you haven't already:



  • Go "Like" my facebook page.
  • Click on "Photos" and find the "200 fan giveaway patterns" album.
  • Check out the pics (FYI: these are not mine; they are just pics that I've found of the patterns I want to make.)
  • Once you figure out which one is your absolute favorite, which is gonna be hard, post here to let me know. Is it the hat? Bookmark? Baskets (you'll receive one)? Ice cream cones, or baby toy?
Once we reach 200 fans, I'll draw a name using Random.org and will announce the winner on the blog, so check back often! If you have already entered on Facebook, I'll still honor that entry. The only reason we can no longer do the entries on facebook is because of their new guidelines regarding giveaways and promos. They have come down really hard on biz pages, and the new level of dictatorship is ridiculous. 


You may receive an extra entry if you advertise this giveaway on a blog or forum. Just comment here, linking me to your post. There is no limit to how many extra entries you can get by doing this. Keep the links a-comin'!! :)


Also, everyone is allowed ONLY ONE ENTRY from commenting on your fav pattern!! For those fans who have entered multiple times by commenting on more than one pic, you will be taken down to one entry before I do the drawing.


So that's it! Go like my page, follow the blog, and tell all your friends! Oh, and if you want, you can go to my HC store and buy something...  :D

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Welcome to Rows and Roses! Crochet, dye-services, and spinning services!

This is a blog for my at-home crochet business, Rows and Roses. I do pretty much anything having to do with yarn and fiber. I crochet, and am learning to knit. I love to dye my own yarn, and I am learning to dye fiber. I am a novice spinner. I am in the process of working on a raw fleece (clun forest) right now: washing, carding, and dying, and eventually blending it with other fibers and spinning it. I am a mother of three children.  I am in the process of becoming as "crunchy" as I can manage. I breastfeed, cloth diaper, babywear, co-sleep, buy organic, clean with vinegar, and am always looking for new ways to become more natural.


This blog is for giveaways and product testing. It is to be used mostly in connection to my facebook page www.facebook.com/rowsandroses  because facebook has changed all their guidelines on contests and giveaways, and now it is almost impossible to host something without having it deleted.  I will announce giveaways on the FB page, but you will have to enter here on the blog. Sorry for the roundabout inconvenience, but this seems to be the easiest way to get things done :)


Now, go tell your friends!!