February Giveaway

This is my 500th post. To celebrate I will be giving away two 123stitch gift certificates. I had thought about giving away 5 $10 gcs or 1 $50 gc. Most of those who read my musings came down on the side of 5 small gift certificates ... but ... a fair number of my giveaway participants are international stitchers and a $10 gc would actually end up costing them more than $10 in postage and customs fees ... which kind of negates the whole purpose of a celebratory gift certificate. So, I'll compromise by giving away two $25 gift certificates ... just in case one of the winners turns out to come from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the UK or Europe. If two US stitchers are drawn, well, they will just have to deal with the broader array of choices available to them ... a terrible burden, I know, but those are the breaks. Since I am celebrating a blog landmark, I will be limiting this giveaway to those people who have shared the blogging experience with me, i.e: my current followers and those who comment regularly even though they are not followers. I have made a list of those folks who are already followers and and those who, while not followers, visit and comment regularly. I don't normally have exclusions for my giveaways but for this one ... well, I just want to share it with those who have "shared the journey" with me.

If you wish to enter your name for this giveaway, this will be a bit different then usual:
-- open to stitchers as noted above
--in the comment section, make a suggestion as to one way I could improve my blog or mention something different I could try [e.g, more stitching memes] or ask a question you'd like me to answer

-- include an e-mail address in your post if clicking on your name will not lead me to an e-mail link
-- two winners will be selected on the 10th of the month and informed by e-mail

Good luck to all who enter.