Monday, February 27, 2012

Hearts & Home; Grand ReOpening Celebration and GIVEAWAY!

I am so excited to help my friend Margaret unveil her brand new, totally redone blog and website, Hearts & Home! It is SO beautiful and she has been working day and night for weeks and weeks and it is a truly fantastic transformation. Aside from a total makeover, the shop has been stocked with tons of new and exciting sewing patterns, handmade historical clothing, kitchenware, and more!

And guess what?  In honor of the Grand ReOpening, I am hosting my very first Blog Giveaway for one of Hearts & Home's most popular items: this Lila Tueller Designs Retro Groovy Bag Pattern! This makes me want to go out and buy a sewing machine and get started right away; isn't it cute??

Lila Tueller Designs Retro 'Groovy" Bag Pattern: FREE for the winner of the
Hearts & Home Grand ReOpening Giveaway!!
Now that you're done squealing with joy, let me tell you how to enter to win this awesome Giveaway Contest!

There are SEVERAL ways to enter and you can enter as many times as you like!  (Certain things will only count once, such as 'liking' the page on Facebook, obviously, but others can be repeated...) Winner will be drawn at random with a number from a random generator, and the comment which corresponds to that number will be announced here (and via email) on Monday, March 5th at 8pm CST (*last entries in by 7:30 pm please!*). Sooooo, in case you didn't get that, the more entries you have, the better your chances of winning!

Each action needs to have its own separate comment in order to be counted as an entry, so each time you do one of the following things, make sure you post a comment at the bottom of this post to let me know whatcha did, and who ya are, so that you're easy to find when you win!

Ok, here goes:

A Gazillion Ways To Enter:
'Like' Hearts and Home on Facebook (& tell us your username when you comment here)
Follow Hearts and Home on Twitter (& tell us your username when you comment here)
• Tweet, post on Facebook, your blog, or Pinterest the link to this giveaway (& tell us your username or URL)
• Tweet or post on Facebook recommending (and tag) Hearts and Home
• Tweet, post, or link in a blogpost to any Hearts and Home product or blog post (& leave your links/username when you comment here)
• Pin on Pinterest any Hearts and Home product or blog post (& link to the pin)
• Leave a comment below telling us what your favorite item from the shop is
• Leave a comment below with a word or two that you feel describes the new Hearts and Home website, or what you like about it!
• Leave a comment on your favorite Hearts and Home blog post (and let us know here too)
Sign up for the Hearts and Home newsletter (make sure your name or email is attached to your comment)
• Follow Hearts and Home on Pinterest (& tell us your username)
• Follow the Hearts and Home blog
• Leave a comment below telling us what the word "Home" means to you!
• Leave a comment below telling us what you would do with a few more hours in your day

Whew! Are you ready to win?? then get posting, linking, tweeting, blogging, pinning and commenting! (and then come back and do it all again tomorrow :)

About Hearts & Home
In the shop:

A variety of modern sewing patterns to inspire you to create what you love!  Choose from fun designs for various bags, dresses, peasant tops, and skirts. For those who don't want to sew, Hearts and Home offers high quality handmade clothing in Colonial, Pioneer, and Victorian styles with feminine, elegant details. Aprons, slips and petticoats, dresses, nightgowns, and skirts for women and girls, along with fun old-fashioned dress-up clothes for children, sweet gowns, bonnets, and bibs for babies are just a few of the many things you'll find when you visit the new Hearts and Home shop!


A wonderful array of information, inspiration, and tutorials on topics like sewing, gardening baking, and healthy living. The mission at Hearts and Home is to encourage readers to find a way to incorporate the things they love into their daily lives. 

91 comments:

  1. I like Hearts and Home on Facebook (Julie Grimmett)

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  2. I follow Hearts and Home on Twitter (@CocoandCocoa)

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  3. I like Hearts and Home on Facebook! (Katy A.)

    thecountryblossom at hotmail dot com

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  4. I am following Hearts and Home on Twitter! KatyLMA

    thecountryblossom at hotmail dot com

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  5. Home to me is a sanctuary. A safe, loving, warm place for my family to be. It is my *favorite* place to be! :o)

    thecountryblossom at hotmail dot com

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  6. With a few more hours in my day....I would probably spend more time reading!

    thecountryblossom at hotmail dot com

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  7. Tweeted! https://twitter.com/#!/KatyLMA/status/174454496322260992

    thecountryblossom at hotmail dot com

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  8. I subscribed to the Hearts and Home newsletter!

    thecountryblossom at hotmail dot com

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  9. My favorite item from the H and H shop is definitely the Pinafore Apron, Calico Fabric!

    thecountryblossom at hotmail dot com

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  10. I liked hearts on FB

    Christine hammer weideman

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  11. I follow heart on twitter

    sunnybrookdc1

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  12. my favorite product (or one of them) is the street flair skirts!

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  13. I love the layout and it makes it feel homey

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  14. I pinned this http://pinterest.com/pin/116460340333992939/

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  15. I like Hearts and Home on facebook!

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  16. I'm following Margaret on Pinterest! :)

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  17. The new site is very easy to navigate! Love that!

    Thanks for the giveaway too! :)

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  18. My favorite item in the shop is the Street Fair Skirts pattern! Love that!

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  19. A few extra hours in my day.....I'd need to clean...but I'd much rather absorb the quiet for a bit and sew, sew, sew! :)

    Thanks again!

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  20. like H&H on fb

    abile27 at yahoo dot com

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  21. new website is sweet

    abile27 at yahoo dot com

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  22. home means peace and relaxation

    abile27 at yahoo dot com

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  23. if i had a few more hours i'd nap

    abile27 at yahoo dot com

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  24. I like this apron. http://shop.heartsandhome.com/product/bib-apron

    lane.family at yahoo.com

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  25. Fan Hearts and Home on Facebook =Lyudmila Sizova
    lusizova at gmail.com

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  26. I 'Like' Hearts and Home on Facebook as alessandra lalla vercelli.

    ale84.vercelli at hotmail dot it

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  27. I Follow Hearts and Home on Twitter as dakha

    ale84.vercelli at hotmail dot it

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  28. Liked H&H of facebook as Chiara Nefene

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  29. I follow on twitter @ChiaraNefene

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  30. I like Hearts and Home on Facebook (Andrea Doss)

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  31. I liked Hearts and Homes on Facebook. athenaathens123@gmail.com

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  32. Home means a home cooked meal sitting at the dinner table with your family everynight. athenaathens123@gmail.com

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  33. I love the over-the-head pinafore apron!

    hrfarley at gmail dot com

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  34. Christina - xristya@rock.com - With a few more hours every day I would write much more poetry and fiction and do more collages!

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  35. Christina - xristya@rock.com - The word Home means everything to me; it's where I feel comfortable and safe!

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  36. Christina - xristya@rock.com - I like the Bib Apron!

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  37. I pinned it
    http://pinterest.com/pin/245586985900059209/

    sparmeland(at)optonline(dot)net

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  38. I like the Little House on the Prairie Historical Night Gown

    sparmeland(at)optonline(dot)net

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  39. I like the Chic Sister Apron.

    melodyj(at)gmail(dot)com

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  40. I like the vintage feel of the new site.


    melodyj(at)gmail(dot)com

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  41. I like Hearts and Home on FB: Olesia Flegka
    redalepou(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  42. I follow Hearts and Home on Twitter: @LuluFleg
    redalepou(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  43. I follow Hearts and Home on Pinterest: lulufleg
    redalepou(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  44. I tweeted about this giveaway: https://twitter.com/#!/LuluFleg/status/174774220188950528
    redalepou(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  45. I liked hearts & home on FB.

    linda steelman jarraf(on FB)

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  47. I 'Liked' Hearts and Home on Facebook: Selmica Kiki
    e-mail: selmicak3@hotmail.com

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  48. I Follow Hearts and Home on Twitter: @Selmica Kiki
    e-mail: selmicak3@hotmail.com

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  49. I tweeted> https://twitter.com/#!/SelmicaKiki/status/174950386002706433
    e-mail: selmicak3@hotmail.com

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  50. The word ''Home'' means to me everything in my life, the most important thing!
    e-mail: selmicak3@hotmail.com

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  51. I Sign up for the Hearts and Home newsletter via
    e-mail: selmicak3@hotmail.com
    Name: Selma Malicevic

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    1. Congratulations Selma! this is the winning comment. Thanks so much for your participation! I have emailed you directly to get your address to mail you your Lila Tueller Designs sewing pattern for the Retro Groovy Bag!

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  52. With an extra hours I would probably spend more time with my boyfriend or my friends or I would sleep longer :)
    e-mail: selmicak3@hotmail.com

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  53. Hi,

    I am loving you on FB as Monique Jones. thanks

    moniquehasana@hotmail.com

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  54. Hi,

    I am following you on Twitter as Jesusismygrace. thanks

    moniquehasana@hotmail.com

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  55. Hi,

    I am following you on Pintrest as Monique. thanks

    moniquehasana@hotmail.com

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  56. This is my favorite from the shop!

    http://shop.heartsandhome.com/product/pinafore-apron

    ......one of them, anyway. What a CUTE SHOP!!!! *swoon*

    :D

    DollyMadisonEtsy {at] gmail {dot] com

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  57. "Home" is beautifully defined by Websters 1828 dictionary-- I love this:

    "Home is the sacred refuge of our life."


    DollyMadisonEtsy {at] gmail {dot] com

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  58. If I had a few extra hours today, I'd use them to work on a debate I'm having with some evolutionists. Things like that require time. ;)

    DollyMadisonEtsy {at] gmail {dot] com

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  59. 'Liked' Hearts and Home on Facebook as Despina Vnt

    DESPINA
    deb_oro@yahoo.gr

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  60. Signed up for the Hearts and Home newsletter

    DESPINA
    deb_oro@yahoo.gr

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  61. I follow via GFC as deb_oro

    DESPINA
    deb_oro@yahoo.gr

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  62. the word HOME means my sweet family nd my world :)

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  63. with a few more hours in a day i will like to spend my time wid ma parents nd tak wid them abt everything:)

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  64. ma favourite item from their shop
    http://shop.heartsandhome.com/product/cute-as-a-ladybug-dress
    email:preranakedia@gmail.com

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  65. word or two that describes the new Hearts and Home website - simple and beautifull
    email:preranakedia@gmail.com

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  66. twitted about this giveaway
    https://twitter.com/#!/PreranaRanjan/status/175298661318799360
    email:preranakedia@gmail.com

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  67. followed on twitter. @ daisycrochet

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  68. I like on fb :) Name is Pauliina Oksanen

    minuhno@gmail.com

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  69. I like Hearts and Home on FB (Journeysof TheZoo). swak50 at hotmail dot com

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  70. I shared on FB (Journeysof TheZoo).
    http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=307382045987821&id=100003273512050#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=154018534718936&id=100003273512050
    swak50 at hotmail dot com

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  71. I like this from their shop.
    http://shop.heartsandhome.com/product/bib-apron
    swak50 at hotmail dot com

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  72. I follow Hearts and Home on Pinterest (Journeysof TheZoo). swak50 at hotmail dot com

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  73. If I had more time in my day I'd sew!
    swak50 at hotmail dot com

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  74. I'm a new fan and liked you on facebook;o)

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  75. Followed on Twitter as LizDay_CI, tweeted about the giveaway, liked on Facebook as Liz Day. More to come just running out the door! Good luck with your new site! It look great.

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  76. Liked hearts and home on FB as Shani Smet

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  77. Following Hearts and home on twitter as ButterfliesSky

    kiss_shani(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  78. This is my favourite item: http://shop.heartsandhome.com/product/bib-apron

    kiss_shani(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  79. I like mostly all the beautiful items from Hearts and home and also the design of the website

    kiss_shani(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  80. Home means a safe and warm place with family and loved ones.

    Kiss_shani(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  81. If I had more free time then I'd love to spend my time creating Jewellery, open an online store on Etsy.


    kiss_shani(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  82. I like Hearts and Home on fb: Linda Gr

    natasa-(at)freemail(dot)com

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  83. The home is very important for me, the place where I find the peace.

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  84. Wow everyone! Thank you all so very much for your participation in this giveaway! The lucky winner has been chosen at random. Congratulations Selma Malicevic: you will be receiving this cute sewing pattern from Lila Tueller Designs on behalf of Hearts and Home!

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