Saturday, July 28, 2012

happy birthday to me and a giveaway for you

Today is my 29th Birthday!!! The Hubby and I have just been hanging out at home watching the Olympics. We are having some pretty severe thunder storms so after they pass we will go out for dinner. For my birthday we usually go for hibachi, I love hibachi, but I'm thinking maybe something different this year. Maybe fondue? We shall see. Tomorrow we will go to my Mom's house and celebrate with some cake. My little brother always has to celebrate every birthday with cake and had to wish you a Happy Birthday and sing. He is such a sweetie.

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When the Hubby and I started dating my birthday came up first. After he asked me what I wanted he joked around and told me he followed the hobbit birthday custom. At that time I had never read Lord of the Rings so I asked him to explain. So he told me about the hobbits.

“Hobbits give presents to other people on their own birthdays. Not very expensive ones, as a rule, and not so lavishly as on this occasion; but it was not a bad system. Actually in Hobbiton and Bywater every day in the year was somebody’s birthday, so that every hobbit in those parts had a fair chance of at least one present at least once a week. But they never got tired of them.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

I absolutely loved the idea.

I have always been one of those people that if I find a little gift that I know a friend or family member would like I usually get it and give it to them right away. I am always bringing little things home for the Hubby. When I was a kid I was always so excited to put goodie bags together for my friends at my birthday party. It makes me happy to make others happy. Getting an unexpected gift usually can brighten someones day and it brightens my day. That is why I do giveaways.

So, for my birthday I am giving away 2 things that I made.

The first is a set of 4 coasters for wine glasses or any stemmed glassware. They stay around the bottom so they travel with you wherever you put it down. If you are like me and like an ice cold summer drink in a fun stemmed glass, the top of the fabric coasters will absorb any condensation that may drip down the stem so it doesn't ruin your wood tables. My MIL and I have been sewing these in all different colors for gifts for our friends and family and I thought I would share a fun set with you.
The picture doesn't show the true color. They are so much prettier in person.
The second is a mug cozy. I love having a nice hot cup of coffee or tea and I warm my hands around the mug as I drink it. The only thing is the mug is usually entirely to hot so I wrap my mug in a dish towel. At least I did till I made myself one of these. It's fun, soft and keeps your hands from getting burned. It fits a standard size mug and has a bottom so it doubles as a coaster.


If you would like to enter please leave a comment below. Anyone can enter.
Which do you prefer, a glass of wine/cold drink in a stemmed glass or a hot cup of coffee/tea/hot coco?

I will randomly the winners on Saturday August 4th! The first winner will chose which prize they want and the second winner will get the prize that is left. There will be 2 different winners.

26 comments:

  1. A second dose: Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to my dear blog friend Emily, Happy Birthday to you! (sung slightly off key, of course!)

    And to answer your question, I prefer a glass of wine in a pretty wine glass. :)

    Hope you have a great birthday!

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  2. Happy Birthday Emily! I hope it's a fabulous one. And fondue sounds excellent to me.... So does hibachi though. :) Mmmm. Tough choice!

    I would love either the stemmed glass coasters or the mug cozy... Cause I'd use both. I guess the coasters if I had to choose. You are so talented! Please enter me to win!

    I love giving little thoughtful gifts too:)

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  3. Can I say both? Because I do :) Again, happy birthday! Hope you have a great day!

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  4. Happy birthday Emily!!

    I think overall I prefer a cold drink in a stemmed glass, but when it's cold or I'm sick, I love a mug of vegetable boullion.

    Ian is always picking up little things here and there, that's why we run out of shelf space!

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  5. I love this idea - and a big Happy Birthday to you! I would love to win the mug cozy, I love a nice hot cup of coffee, tea, cocoa, all of it!

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  6. Happy birthday girl :) Both of these are super cute! Love your craftiness so, so much.

    I'm pretty partial to wine. Our wedding was wine/vineyard themed, and it was awesome!

    Also, our birthdays are exactly 1 month apart (I'm 8/28)!

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  7. Happy Birthday!!! How sweet of you to give gifts on your birthday! I like them both too! I don't have any stemmed glasses at the moment so I guess the mug cozy would be ideal!

    Hope you have an awesome day!!!

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  8. Happy 29th Birthday to you!!! I'm going to settle in for some Olympics very shortly. Nice way to spend the evening. Enjoy the birthday with the fam tomorrow!

    Love the tea cozy!

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  9. Happy birthday! I hope that you're feeling celebrated ... you are one talented, generous, all around fabulous lady! :) (I have a cup cozy somewhere ... but where?!)

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  10. Happy Birthday! Hoping that 29 is your best year yet!

    I'm always cold, so a hot drink is always what I crave :) You're so talented!

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  11. Happy birthday! Hope you are having a special one. You are very creative and talented.

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  12. A very happy birthday to you! I love finding bday buddies. Sounds like you had a great day. Where did you go for dinner? The hubby and I went to Indian for lunch the day before.

    I love the hobbit way of birthdays and it is what I did last year (just not up for it this year). I'm a total tea drinker and the mug cozy looks amazing!

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  13. Happy Birthday my dear. I wish that you'll soon get what your heart desires.

    Ooopps, I think I'll go for the hot cup.

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  14. Happy Birthday! Way to embrace the celebration! I just started celebrating again myself.

    Since you asked, I'm more tea cozy!

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  15. Happy, happy birthday!! And thank you for the wonderfully supportive comment you left on my blog. Much appreciated! As for your awesome giveaway, both prizes are very cool but I personally loveee the mug wrap!! What a great idea! I'm not a big drinker so I definitely prefer a hot mug of something!

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  16. Happy birthday! I hope it is/was a good one. :)

    Although I do enjoy a good glass of wine, I LOVE my warm comfort drinks (tea and coffee).

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  17. Oh my gosh I missed it! Happy birthday! I hope it was a great one!!

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  18. Happy Birthday Emily! I meant to email you yesterday and say it but alas I've been under the weather starting on my own special day. UGH! Love both items but I'm a hot tea drinker more than a cold stemmed glass drinker. Would you be willing to email me the pattern for both? My mom does quilting so I'm sure she'd get a kick out of making the stemmed glass holders with her quilting scraps. I love yarn so I'd do the hot beverage one myself.

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  19. Happy birthday!!!! I love those craft ideas! So clever! And even though I love the comfort if warm drinks, wine/cold drinks are more enticing right now since we're gearing up for triple digit temps in the next few days!

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  20. Happy happy birthday!! Glad you are in such good spirits. You are so talented, I love the mug coozy. I recently tried knitting and although I love the idea for a finished product it was not for me. I think my hands are too big and it was definitely too awkward for me!

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  21. Happy Birthday Emily! Hope you had a great day. I like the hobbit idea of giving a gift to someone else on your birthday. It has been ages since I read Lord of the Rings and forgot that. I think those coasters for wine stemware are absolutely beautiful. What excellent work you do!

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  22. Happy birthday fellow 07/28 birthday girl! I'm happy to have a birthday twin. :) I hope you had a very lovely birthday.

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  23. Happy belated birthday gorgeous! I hope you had an amazing day!

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  24. Happy "Slightly Belated" Birthday!! I hope you had a great day!

    I love the idea of giving others gifts for your birthday. What a nice gesture. And since you asked, I'm definitely a tea cozy kind of girl!!

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  25. Happy Birthday! Hope you had a fun-filled day!

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  26. Happy Birthday!! I looove the coasters :-) so crafty! good luck with your 2ww!!

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