Friday, October 2, 2009

Fairy Tale Ornament Giveaway




Did you realize that Christmas is twelve weeks from today?

Does anyone out there have a fairy tale themed Christmas tree? In recent years, I have. I don't have much fairy tale decor in my home--beyond my bookshelves and desk, my passion isn't very obvious--but a few years ago I decided to have my favorite illustrations made into ornaments on CafePress to add to my tree. So for about six weeks of the year, I see several of my favorite illustrations displayed in my house.



I've been pondering the next SurLaLune Giveaway and decided to have a twelve week giveaway up until the Christmas holiday. I will give away a different fairy tale ornament each week on Fridays for the next eleven weeks starting on October 9th. On the eleventh week, December 18th, I will give away two ornaments in hopes of them arriving in time for Christmas day (no guarantees, just the hope).



Now I know not everyone celebrates Christmas. I debated tiles instead of ornaments but I have a few of the ornaments hanging in my workspace. They are prettier than the magnets and in no way say "Christmas" unless they are actually hanging on a tree.

This time I've also included the question "What is your favorite fairy tale?" for the entry submission. All readers can see the responses--no emails though so privacy is protected--and hopefully I will have most of the fairy tales represented in the ornament giveaway.



Additional Giveaway Rules:

You may only enter once and your name will stay in the giveaway for the length of the giveaway unless you win. Winners are limited to winning one ornament.

If you win, I will contact you by email and ask for your mailing address. If I do not receive your mailing address within three days, I will pick another winner.

This SurLaLune giveaway is open to all readers, inside the United States and out. We will all cross our fingers that the ceramic will survive international mailing!

14 comments:

  1. My favourite fairy tale? That is quite hard, but it would have to be, "The Blue Bird".

    Thank you for doing such a lovely giveaway!! :) I love Christmas.

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  2. P.S. :) Thought I would say, this isn't an attempt at a 2nd contest entry on my part! lol :)

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  3. Oh that's hard. I can't pick! I love the Baba Yaga Vasilissa stories. Thanks for hosting such a giveaway of such pretty fairytale themed items! I'm always tempted to buy them and bring a little bit of magic into my room...

    --Sharry

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  4. I don't know if I could choose, but right now I'm particularly identifying with Selkies....so I guess any involving them or maybe, The Swan Maiden.

    Thanks for the contest and all your work!

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  5. I LOVE fairy tales!!! Especially anything with flights of fancy and insane amounts of imagination :)

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  6. I hope I didn't enter this twice. If I did, it was an accident! But I didn't see my name on the list and I couldn't remember entering so...Anyway, great contest! I hope to adorn my tree with a fairy tale ornament this year.

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  7. I loved your comments about Mirabilia. Nora Corbett is my favorite cross-stitch designer. I always loved her mother's designs as well, Lavender and Lace. They are so romantic and timeless!

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  8. I love your website and have used it for years as a great resource. i'd be thrilled to win!!! Thank you again!
    ~kat

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  9. I've always loved Thumbelina, with its tiny, parallel world.

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  10. Ew, my favorite is definitely "Little Red Riding Hood," from the original versions to the more modern retellings, in both literature and film. I selected LRRH as the inspiration for my final paper in the "Myth and Fairy Tales" course I took in college. It turned out the course was 100% fairy tales - sweet! And that's how I first discovered SurLaLune - my professor made us visit the site. Obviously, it was the easiest homework I'd ever been assigned :) After reading the course textbooks and your web site, I fell in love, and I've been reading fairy tales and writing my own retellings ever since. I plan to query my LRRH retelling in the spring of 2010.

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