It's time to give out my 30th birthday giveaway prizes!

I wish that I could make everybody a winner who left a comment. You are all so very, very sweet.

Alas, I only have three gifts to give away.

A few of you really nailed my hints. Yay for you! Others... Well, it doesn't really matter, because you are likely to enjoy the prizes anyway.

I wrapped up these pretty little packages yesterday - you never know...maybe you will be one of the happy recipients of one of them :) I think I have finally mastered tying perfect bows! Yay! Aren't ribbons awesome?

Here are three more hints for you to add to the other hints, just because it's fun to give hints - and this time these are my very own pictures and extremely helpful descriptions - ha ha ha.

Hint #4

These are my favorite things from Bake It Pretty right now. I used the red polka dotted ones on Thanksgiving when I made some little vanilla pumpkin swirl cakes (which I topped with some super yummy cream cheese frosting - because it's my favorite). Aren't the middle striped ones perfect for a circus themed party??? Hence the circus fabric from my fabric hoarding collection...

Note: Sorry, dearies. Those darling little birdies are my salt and pepper shakers and they aren't available at Bake It Pretty.

Hint #5

I am sad that this picture is so crazily exposed, but I am not sad that this was my Christmas dress this year. It was from Anthropologie and I got it just in time and on sale - woo hoo! Not only that, but I was able to use my birthday coupon from them when I bought it! Yay! I love this dress! I wore mine (as you can see here) with my favorite Vintage Hem slip, a little ivory cardigan, and my favorite yellow shoes. I love how Emily wore hers. She makes me want to own riding boots.

I have a funny little story to share about this dress. When I arrived late in the evening at my parent's house on Christmas night after visiting with my in-laws for the day, and saw my sister (who was already in her pajamas), she immediately started unbuttoning the top of my cardigan and was staring wildly at me and my dress. Turns out she wore the same dress that day for her Christmas celebrating! Only, we both wore the dress so differently that she had to really look at it closely to be sure it really was the same dress. Ha ha ha. Her fiance' calls it the Christmas tree dress. Pretty appropriate, don't you think? Though I do plan to wear mine this spring, too!

Hint #6

These two of my favorite Anna-Maria Horner kitchen linen aprons. They aren't even available anymore, but they are awesome. I know they appear very faded and wrinkly, and they are. But that's because I've used them many times!

Just in case you haven't figured out the hints now...

The prizes are as follows:

Gift certificates to Anna-Maria Horner's amazing shop (lovely fabrics, patterns, kitchen linens, and so much more!), Bake It Pretty (even if you don't like sweets, you'll be able to snag some neat party decorations or suitcase boxes - there is so much more to Bake It Pretty than cupcake liners, I just happen to have an affection for such things), and Vintage Hem (gorgeous slips to add a whole lot of oomph to your wardrobe!).

Pretty cool, no?

Now, here are the THREE winners.

Hold on to your keyboards!

Winner #1

If you've never read Erin's blog, you simply must check it out. She is witty and crazy in the very best ways.

Winner #2

This girl has serious talent!

Winner #3

Another talented lady with a whole lot of do it yourself inspiration - especially if you love shabby chic. Check out her little girl's room that was pretty much completely done by her - get ready to experience a shabby chic and super pink explosion!

Ladies, please email me at theshoppeowner@gmail.com and I'll let you know how the prizes will be distributed. If you don't hear from me until Monday it's because I have a crazy busy weekend ahead of me. My husband is running a half marathon, my eldest son is running a 1K, one of my dearest friends is taking me out to lunch for my birthday (we couldn't manage to get together for it earlier), I'm going to the Wild Animal Park with my family and my parents, and so on. I am excited!

Many thanks to everybody else who played along. I am fortunate to have pretty awesome giveaways on this little blog of mine, so just continue to stay tuned, okay? I think some lovely jewelry and accessories are in store for the month of February...

Blessings,
Susan