Silhouette SD Giveaway!

By Mandi 02/21/2011

 

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!

 

So. Here is the deal. I sent the people from Silhouette an email. Pretty much cause I was bummed that I never won one of the 32 Silhouette Giveaways that all the awesome bloggers were hosting… so then I get an email back. Lo and behold my blog was awesome enough to host one!

Fo reals.

Silhouette SD

So they so kindly sent me one and I love it. I named her Madonna,  because before her I was a vinyl virgin. And guess what?!?! Madonna has a twin sister that wants to come and live with YOU!

So here is what you will win:

1 Silhouette SD, 1 roll of premium black vinyl, 1 roll of premium frosted vinyl, a roll of transfer paper, and a home décor CD. That’s a value of $375+ people!

Here is how to enter:

MANDATORY: You must show the world that you love my guts by publicly Following Vintage Revivals (like as in click the follow button in the left toolbar) I am in love and I don’t care who knows it! (Name that movie) and leave a comment ON THIS EXACT POST about how much you want to win.

2. You must follow the Silhouette blog also if you don’t already. Which is freakin awesome, cause they do tuts every week AND have free downloads. Tell them that your favorite blogger sent you. Er….that would be me. mmmkay thanks.

Optional Entries:

1. Tweet the crap out of this post.

2. Facebook it.

3. And as always preform a random act of kindness and make the world a better place.

The Giveaway will end on Sunday Febuary 27, 2011. I will announce the winner on Monday the 28.

Also I have an awesome discount code that will get you everything listed above for the freakin low price of $225 (that’s over $150.00 off.) by entering the code VINTAGE and for those of you who are LUCKY enough to already own a Silhouette you can use the code VINTAGE to get 25% off all vinyl. Cause that’s how much we love your guts.

Click the pic to buy some!

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Make sure you check back on Wednesday to see what I did with Madonna….that kinda sounds gross.

Here are other blogs in blogland that are hosting a giveaway also! Go and up your chances!!

thediyshowoff.blogspot.com

myrepurposedlife.blogspot.com

sugarpopribbons.blogspot.com

vintagerevivals.blogspot.com

creatingreallyawesomefreethings.com

Love Your Guts

 

Ready and COMMENT!

1,428 thoughts on “Silhouette SD Giveaway!”

  1. NO WAY!!! I am the 1st comment, thus first come first serve. Hook a sistah up!!! (I’m a follower or you and Silhouette.)

  2. Oh Shiz, am I the first one?! Yay for nap time and the chance to actually get on the computer! This sounds awesome and I truely hope I can be so lucky to win this little bad boy… or um, girl, virgin, lady friend?

    Okay, so onto the next steps… HOPE I WIN! Love you madly! 🙂

  3. I love your blog… so of course I am a follower…. and I’ve also been a follower of Silhouette because I’ve just been hopin some day I’ll own one!!! LOVE IT!

  4. OH…PICK ME PICK ME!!!
    Love your blog…you totally crack me up! Plus I live in the STG…ask your husband if he knows any Banks’ that went to Pine View, pretty sure he will say yes.
    OK I am going now….but seriously pick me!
    [email protected]

  5. I think the company giving you one is even cooler than winning one on a giveaway (not that I’d complain about winning one). I already follow you. I didn’t know there was a Silhouette blog. I’m heading there now.

  6. I am so excited about this! I have been dying for one! I hope I win 🙂 Btw, I have 3 or 4 of your projects lined up to try out (tin foil nightstand and zebra rug are top of the list!)

  7. Umm…today was trash day, and I picked up the rubbish that fell out of our neighbors’ can and put it back in. Does that count for number three? I totally think it does. 😉

    Aloha,
    charlie

  8. I follow you and am now following Silhouette. Last time I checked their website it did not work with a mac….so I clicked out. But now I see it does….that is great…so now I soooooo want ……need one.

    That line is from Elf!!!

    Thanks so much for the discount code…even if I don’t win the Silhouette….I need some vinyl immediately for a project I have in mind. I’ll just cut it by hand till I can afford the machine.

    Thanks!

  9. Stephanie: I am a NEW follower! you are the first one for me to follow. I saw you on Studio 5 and thought you looked familiar! Copper Hills and Our parents neighborhood. I loved working out with your mom at the stake center!! I don’t do much crafts but you have made me want to and save, save save! I already told like 3 other people about your blog and some of your cool things that I love!! A Silhouette? AWESOME!! sign me up stat!

  10. I want one SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad I can almost taste it. Except I’m sure the machine won’t taste that great… but I’d be more than willing to have a taste if I could win one!

    Of course I’m following (stalking) you!

  11. I saw you on Studio 5 a couple of weeks ago and started following you. I love the stuff you do. It is so cute!! And I have heard so many good things about Silhouette so I really want one to do crafts. I really hope I win!!

  12. You are freakin amazing with everything that you do! I am inspired by all that you create. I follow you and I follow the silhouette blog. It would be a dream come true to win this machine.

  13. Oh my gosh! I’m excited. I entered every silhouette giveaway and no luck. sigh…

    So here it goes:

    I follow you.
    I follow Silhouette.
    I want to win SO badly… (I have inspiration board covered in ideas that cry out for a silhouette!)
    And I think the movie quote is from “Elf” which is rad.

  14. I have been trying to win one of these babies for such a long time! I would love it if I won. Seriously.
    And I have been following Silhouette since they starting with their crazy giveaways (that I never won). And I found and followed) your blog on Saturday, so this totally reaffirmed my suspicions that you are rad.

  15. Dear Miss America,
    Love your blog and love the opportunity to win a silhouette. Thanks for all the inspiration and creativity…

  16. I follow you and I follow the Silhouette blog. I’m so jealous! I have to use contact paper for my crafts that involve cutting or stencils.

  17. I follow you and now the Silhouette blog (looks awesome!)!! I would LOVE one of these machines- like you, I never win when I enter. I would totally scream and jump around if I won, then brainstorm all the fabulous things I could make!

  18. I am already a follower of you and Silhouette and like you have never won — that doesn’t discourage me from watching you cut up a rug though (still shaking my head over that one….you are not only amazing – you are extremely brave)!. Let me congratulate you on snagging one and then you can congratulate me when I win!

  19. I’ve been a follower of your blog for a little while now and as of 30 seconds ago I’m a follower of the silhouette blog. Yippee! Please pick me. I want to win so bad. We just don’t have the bucks right now, but I know I could totally rock that puppy!

  20. My Cricut just isn’t “cutting” it anymore–really though. I need me some Silhouette in a BAD way! I want to win so badly it’s almost killing me!

  21. Ok, first time I’ve ever entered one of these, so I guess I’m supposed to comment for each one of the things I do? I follow you and not just for the giveaway. I LOVE your stuff.

  22. Omg! I want this so bad!! I have so many projects that I would love to do. By the way Love,Love your blog your a great inspiration!!

  23. Dude, Mandi, you know I deserve this more than all the other “followers” you have. Fo sho.

    Obviously I follow you and Silhouette!

  24. I follow your blog and the Silhouette blog. This thing is amazing and I’m so jealous of all the fun projects bloggers are always doing with theirs. My fingers are crossed…

  25. I’ve been following your guts for many months through RSS, but now I’m officially following through GFC! Gut-love for the win! 🙂

    (The quote is from Elf, isn’t it? Who doesn’t love the guts out of Elf?)

  26. I’ve also been loving the guts of the Silhouette blog for a long time. Was this supposed to be combined with the first mandatory entry? If it was, then oopsie! Color me embarrassed. 😀

  27. Also-also… shh, don’t tell, because random acts of kindness should be done on the sly, but last night I swept mine and my neighbor’s doorways free of all the unused salt that had been scattered by maintenance during the big snow(s). We do NOT love the guts out of tracking rock salt into our homes — grrr.

  28. Now, I shall bust out in song… “Like a virgin, Hee, touched for the very first time. Like a virrrrrginnn, with your heartbeat next to miiiinnnnnneeee.” I, of course, follow. And, you totally inspired me to start my own blog!!! I totally wanna be you when I grow up! I really, really want a Silhouette (knowing I can’t spell that on my own)!!!!! 🙂 As I tell my 4 children, “I just wanna squeeze your guts out, I love you so much!” 🙂 You’re awesome, even if I don’t win. *insert puppy dog eyes* 🙂

  29. OMG..how crazy is this I was just pricing these out yesterday, but sadly had to give up all hopes of owning one since I could definitely not afford it…mmmm maybe it was meant for me..haha. I want this for just about everything cuz I would not have the thought of paying this kind of money for something to only use once ya know? I recently came across your blog and immediately started following it mainly because you are so real on here and do not try and sugar coat things. OH and of course I love all of your creative ideas you come up with. Jeez girl you should be proud!! You blog has a ton of potential and weather I win this or not I truly do wish the best for yor blog!!

    And the quote is from the ever so silly, family friendly movie ELF

  30. Yes, yes, yes!!!!! This makes me want to start blogging- Just so I can get my hands on the much-coveted silhouette!!!! Just pick me!!! I don’t think my blog would be nearly as captivating as yours is!
    ps- I am in love with your living room wall and your red desk!!! 🙂

  31. I follow you now. I also have been following silhouette’s blog. Super cute things from both of ya’ll. I am so in love with all the cute projects this little machine can do but am without means to get it. I’ll love you forever if I get this!

  32. I just bought a new house and am expecting a new baby and can think of a TON of cute stuff to do with this…plus, my husband sucks and pinches our pennies..this would make my life and HIS life easier! It’d be like you saved our marriage…I get to make cute stuff and he gets to be happy it doesn’t cost too much money!

  33. Yesterday I left my quarter in the shopping cart at the grocery so the next person wouldn’t have to use theirs. How’s that for random act of kindness? And I didn’t even know I could use it as an entry!! It pays to do nice things!

  34. Please enter me, I followed you and silhouette. I have an addiction to stenciled t shirts, just think of all the awesome t shirts I could come up with if I could use a silhouette…

  35. ive had you in my rss feed for a while, but now i follow you too!

    the movie is elf!

    i want one soooooo badly but have been unemployeed for almost a year now, and there is no way i could get one with money being so tight 🙁 so please pick me!!!

    [email protected]

  36. Elf is the movie!! Love, love, love that movie! I am a new blog stalker, I mean reader. My friends kept talking about the great blogs they followed and I finally dove in and am now hooked!! I am trying to get a bunch of my friends hooked and yours was one of the great blogs I used to demonstrate how awesome it is. I love all the great ideas you share. My recent caves are the old mirror how to’s. I’m going to use your ideas from them to create a glass hanging lamp with an aged-mirror finish! I have heard about this AMAZING silhouette. I would love to have one if these to make amazing things or myself and friends but especially for the kids at my inner-city school and my church! I sure hope you will pick me!!

  37. I lust after a Silhouette more than I do Gerald Butler. I need to wake up and find one of these beside me.

    PS – I follow your blog – love it!

  38. I discovered your blog about a month ago and am addicted to your creative ideas! I’m in the middle of the acid wash mirror project. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win a Silhouette. Ah the possibilities…..

  39. line from Enchanted…and I LOVE this blog and I now follow Silhouette, now can I win PRETTY PLEASE. I REALLY want one!!!!

  40. I’m pretty sure I’ve entered almost ALL the Silhouette giveaways out there…and still no luck. Maybe this is it! Luck, be on my side!!!

  41. I was already a follower!! Love your blog and creative ideas. I want a Silhouette more than my next meal 🙂 Hope I win!!

  42. I follow you! I REALLY want Madonna’s twin!! I do A LOT of work for Women’s retreats and this would REALLY be a wonderful tool to have!!

  43. I perform random acts of kindness. 🙂 I believe in “car-Karma” and I also loaned a stranger in line in front of me 50 cents who was short money at the store.:)

  44. totally follow you, public love… And I don’t just WANT to win this, I NEED to win this. Just think of all the crafts I could do in the comfort of my morning sickness barf chair with a silhouette… Need, I tell you!

  45. I’m now also a follower of the Silhouette blog and of course I told them that you sent me!

  46. OMGGGG Of COURSE your blog is awesome enough!!!! I WANT TO WIN THIS SO SO SO Badly it’s not even funny/right/sane/normal… I seriously want a silhouette sooooo badlllllyyy. I don’t have any luck- no, no, I won’t speak that into existence. I HAVE THE BEST LUCK AND WILL WIN THIS!!! I believe it!!!! of course i publicly LOVE your blog and follow!!!!

  47. I facebooked!!! (check the fb Ordy and Joon wall!!!)

    I facebooked because I love you and think everyone should know about your awesomeness, NOT because I want to slim down the chances of me winning… I took a chance! hahaha

  48. I wiped down my treadmill thoroughly with the disinfectant and towels provided… Is that random and kind enough??… ok, ok, I might need nicer since it’s an incredible prize…

    I paid for the person behind me going through the toll booth! for real! if that’s not silhouette winning worthy, i dunno what is!

  49. I love the Silhouette! I have entered so many of these contests and never won it 🙁 but maybe this time will be my time. I can’t wait to see what you do with Madona (that does sound weird). There are so many possibilities. I’m a vinyl virgin as well.

  50. I follow you. The movie is Elf. I totally want to win. So jealous of everyone who has one. Follow Silhouette too.
    heidikittelson at gmail dot com

  51. random act of kindness~today at the grocery store, while buying “supplies” for tonight’s dinner with my parents, a lady in the wheel chair cart knocked over a box of (i can’t remember what) and she couldn’t bend over to pick it up, but i saw her trying, so i rushed over to where she was at and picked it up for her! she thanked me over and over again and i felt like a million bucks, even for just 20 seconds!

  52. I am a follower of both your blog and the silhouette blog =)

    I am in the process of buying my first house and one of these would to that house into a home!!! crossing my fingers

  53. I follow the silhouette blog! 🙂 They have some great stuff!
    Would love to have Madonna’s twin on my desk here.

    etsyteachermom at gmail

  54. I was a follower long before this AMAZING Give away. I totally could use this. My brain has so many fun projects to do, but unfortunately I can’t afford to buy the machine on my own. Please pick me I could really really really use this.

  55. Elf!!!! haha! of course I follow religiously…seriously. and I am desperate for one of these, I too have entered to win one of these in all the other giveaways(about 40 or something). Gosh, I’m gonna die…I WANT TO TAKE YOU HOME SILHOUETTE!!!

  56. …and I follow the Silhouette blog, cuz I like to torture myself with all the cool stuff they do and dream of what I will name my baby when I actually get to join the rest of the cool kids =)

  57. I am a follower! Not a new follower – I love your blog. I just asked for a Silhouette for my birthday in a couple of weeks. How cool would it be if I won!!!

  58. I am already a follower of your awesome blog! I check daily to see what creative idea you have come up with next! I do all kinds of crafts just like you and would love to have one of these. It can do so much and be used in so many ways for doing so many different types of projects!!!

  59. I am a follower now of Silhouette blog. I wasn’t previously only because the cost is just out of my reach and too heartbreaking to see all the cool stuff I could be doing with it if I ever could afford to buy myself one.

  60. Oh oh!!! Pick me! I’m a follower. And I soooooo want to win. I have some vinyl just waiting to be used….oooooooo….

  61. Oh Elf, I LOVE that movie. I LOVE silhouette and want one oh so very badly. I LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog and I’m already a follower. I didn’t know about the silhouette blog but I am going to become a follower right now. P.S. I freaking love you for giving away a silhouette!!!

  62. I’m New follower I’ve learn so many cool craft projects on but I’ve also learned a lot from your supper intense Life story section. I was very moved by it.

  63. I lover this blog and am now proudly sporting my followership (I made up that word…). Here’s hoping for a big win!!

  64. So I totally need to win this silhouette for my birthday! Its on Monday the 28th. That would be the best gift ever!! I am a follower and in love with your blog and the silhouette blog. Okay, seriously I have been dying for a silhouette. I have a million projects just waiting for that machine.

  65. I have also entered a million Silhouette giveaways, and am still coveting one. I wish my blog was awsome enough to get one for free too! I’m a follower of yours and silhouette’s blogs.
    Thanks for the chance to enter!

  66. I’m a follower of your blog and I have entered like a gazillion giveaways for a silhouette and I’ve never won one. 🙁 boo! I’m DYING for a silhouette!

  67. I follow you and Silhouette and get both of your blogs to my Google Reader. Thank you so much for having such a great give away. The Silhouette blog makes me jealous because of all the things I can’t make. I would love for you to change that.

    Laura McC

  68. I wanna win so so bad! AHHHH!! Having a Silhouette would be bomb.com! I can think of about a million things to do with it! That would be so much fun! And winning would be so great because there is no way I could buy one because of the fact that both my husband and I are poor college students!

  69. Yay for giveaways! I’ve been trying to talk my husband into buying one for me without luck. If I win this I can finally give up (something that isn’t very easy for me).

    *Crossing my fingers*

  70. That Monday is my birthday! Oh please pick me! How awesome would that be? Come on, Mandi…You know you love my guts and want to give me the Silhouette for my birthday… 🙂

    (Following you and Silhouette)

  71. I just like to smile, smiling’s my favorite. I would definitely smile if I won this Silhouette….I’ve been a follower of their blog for a long time…i love all of their projects they post. My favorite I think was baby onesie a few months back. It was adorable. 🙂

  72. I myself am a vinyl virgin!! But I so badly want to take that plunge!!!!!!! Please oh please! My whole entire house would become vinyly adorned if I were to win this! Unfortunately, the pocket book won’t allow for me to just go buy one!!!

  73. I am a blog follower! Say it loud, say it proud!! Okay sorry got distracted there, I love all your freaktastic creations!
    I would love to win this because 1. Hubs and I agreed that I could only make one major crafting purchase(over $100) a year and I finally bought a new sewing machine a few months ago.. 2. I’m also kinda bummed that I didn’t win one of the million other Silhouette giveaways, so this would totally make my year if I won!!

  74. I have been a RSS feed follower for quite a while and now I’m following publicly on here as well. Not that I wanted to be private with the whole RSS feed thing. I just signed up to it, before I even had a google account. 😉
    I LOVE your ideas and love reading your blog!

    Winning a Silhouette would definitely make my day, week, month and year! I’ve never really won anything so cool (and worth more than $5..)!

  75. Yesterday at the grocery, I let the mom behind me with 3 kids with her go in front of me even though I was in a super hurry, does that count as my RAK?

  76. I was so sad about not winning one in January that I finally broke down and bought one on Saturday. But I would still love to win one. Of course I am a follower of both Vintage Revivals and silhouette. Thanks for the great giveaway.

  77. I am already a follower of the Silhouette blog! It’s pretty much a daily read. You know, to prepare me for when I finally get one of my very own!

  78. I follow you crazy cute blog! And dude, I want one of these so bad. SO BAD! I think I entered all 32 giveaways last time. I am begging you woman, pick me! 😀

  79. In Germany you get a little receipt from a parking meter to place in your car behind your windshield. Yesterday, I still had 25 minutes left on my receipt and even though it was -10°C, I got out of the car to run up to a random person, who was about to pay for their ticket, and handed it to them.
    Does that count as a random act of kindness? 😉

  80. I am a follower of your fabulous blog. I am also a follower of the silhouette blog….even though I don’t have one. Please help my luck change!

  81. I just found your blog from ucreate, and I think I am in love! I think the silhouette needs to come and live at my house! 🙂

  82. Holy crud you rock…(of course I follow and love your guts but you should also know you totally rock)!! Oh how I have been secretly wishing to win one of the beauties. BUT I had no idea Silhouette even had a blog (which I am now following) so even if I dont that was a complete score anyway :0)

  83. Sign me up, I’d love to win a silhouette! I’ve been following you through my google reader for months and love your guts, but I’m following you publicly now so you can show me off, hahaha

  84. I am a BRAND NEW follower… but I heart you already!

    The Movie is ELF… love it!

    I would love to win Madonna’s twin… and then I wouldn’t be a vinyl virgin anymore! 😉

  85. I am publicly following your blog because it’s pretty fabulous! I am just like you and have been trying to win one of these things for ages!! I would love to have one to do the heat transfers and make some onesies for my baby girl!

  86. ELF is my one of my favorite movies! I love when Buddy says “Ow! Son of a Nutcracker!” LOL. I stumbled upon your blog when you were featured in Ucreate and feel in love with you blog! I follow you and Silhouette 😀 I would love to win a Silhouette. Being a stay at home mom is a rewarding job but does not pay like a real job so I would never be able to afford one. PLEASE OH PLEASE PICK ME!

  87. I m now a follower of your blog and the the silhoutte blog.

    I am new to blogging…just recently started blogging and totally new to the blgogging world but not to crafting.your blog so inspirational…I love the way you write and the detailing in your tutorials. Would do have a wonderful blog.

    Would love to win the Silhouette.

  88. I am already a follower, and I love your blog! Thank you for doing this AMAZING giveaway! I would soooooooooooooo love to have a Silhouette! I would definitely have an endless amount of projects if I won! 🙂

  89. ELF!!!…..and following!

    please, please, please pick me!!! i want one sooo badly. wish it was in the budget….
    also wanted you to know i stumbled across your blog at ucreate. i was dazzled by the pic you used to show off your zebra rug! your home is amazing or craptastic whatever you prefer! thanks for the giveaway!!

    [email protected]

  90. I WANT TO GO TO THERE. (30 Rock reference, yep.) Seriously though, I’d love one of these. I was majorly bummed when I didn’t win one of the 30 million giveaways around the blogosphere. Anyway, I’m a follower (love your blog!) and now follow Silhouette too. Hook me up, yo!

  91. Random act of kindness:
    Today I’m gathering some of my other mom friends to make goody bags and notes of encouragement for the teachers at a low-income school near us. None of us have kids old enough for school, but some of us used to teach in low-income school and know that these teachers rarely get any treats. Spread the love!

  92. Well OF COURSE I follow you! I just got a new home and have no idea how to decorate it. Then I found you (Angels singing Hallelujah!) and I want to make every. single. project. You totally inspire me! I would LOVE to adopt Madonna’s twin. I would take her in and love her like she was my own! But, I’m not going to lie, I would totally make her earn her keep. PS I LOVE that you name things, I do to! It makes things work better, don’t you think?

  93. I’m a newbie follower! Love, LOVE your blog and have DROOLING over the Silhouette -I’m already imagine-ing up all the things I’ll be creating when I win 🙂 – don’t disappoint me :)!

  94. I love your blog, you inspire me and make me laugh!! I’ve been trying to get my hands on one of these babies forever!!! thanks for the opportunity!!

  95. “I’m in love and I don’t care who knows it” is from my most favorite movie of all times – ELF. I am a follower and I am so excited for the chance to win this. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have this in my home!!

  96. Oh, I didn’t know you could be a follower of Silhouette! Sounds a little like torture if you don’t have one. But, I’ll do it for Silvia. That’s what I would name her if she came to live with me. (I have this thing when I name things, they have to start with the same letter. Weird? Yes.) Silvia Silhouette. Sounds like a classy lady!
    [email protected]

  97. Its OFFICIAL!! I am now your FOLLOWER… kinda thought I already was but apparently Im crazy like that! Oh and did I mention I would so eat dirt to have one of these babies!!!Seriousy… like nasty, wet, playground, DIRT!

  98. I was eating out with my family and noticed that the table next to me had left their room key on the table. So I picked it up and chased them down through the parking lot to their hotel and gave them back their room key. I’m pretty sure they thought I was crazy! But I didn’t think they would get very far without it. Silvia would be so proud! 🙂
    [email protected]

  99. Oh Im also a follower of the silhouette blog now too… super excited about that!

    Just a thought… I totally think being extra patient with my girls today is an absolute act of kindness that will DEFINATELY wind up making the world a better place 🙂

  100. Oh my! Let me count the ways??? I think I’d go crazy with one of these! As in, no room would go untouched….but seriously though, I really love the fabric and vinyl options this sweet machine has!!!! (I’m stalking, er, following you and Silhouette now…)

  101. oh my goodness…i would die if i won this machine!!! i have been wanting one for forever!

    i am a follower of you and the silhouette blog.

  102. I have to say that I am IN LOVE with the silhouette! I want to own one of these!!!I have entered every giveaway for this and never win 🙁
    I am a follower!

  103. AWESOME!! I discovered the Silhouette on many other blogs and would absoluetly LOVE to get one. If I don’t win one this year, it is on my christmas wish list ALREADY so my husband has plenty of notice. I found your blog from U-Create. I have become a blog stocker for super cute ideas. I just need to get the time and money to do all the cute, fun, stuff! I will follow both of you!

  104. I’ve been stalking your blog for while, but now I’m a follower, so it’s not so creepy! Would love to win a Silhouette machine!

  105. Oh my goodness – how I would just DIE to win this contest. I am smitten with the Silhouette and NEED one so badly to curb my decorating withdrawals. Thank you for the chance to enter (and hopefully win)! I am following your blog and the Silhouette blog.

  106. You’re freaking awesome for hitting them up like that!! I entered all 32 (seemed like 100’s) and didn’t win either! I’ve got to win this one!!! Peeeeleze…
    I’m a follower of both blogs.
    joylizotte at gmail. com

  107. I LOVE your blog, and now I am a follower! You have a great eye for fun funky things that are totally original, and I’m not just sucking up because I REALLY REALLY REALLY want a Silhouette!(PROMISE!) We are graduating from college in April, and just got our first job offer. I am finally looking for a home to make mine, instead of sterile white apartments, so this silhouette would be great! Thanks again! I love your blog! It always makes me smile!

  108. I’m already a follower you and Silhouette. I’ve been trying to win one of these forever. So, it would be too cool if I won.

    cereza25 at yahoo dot com

  109. I was already a follower, honey! Believe it. I also follow Silhouette’s blog.

    You know WHY I need this bad boy (bad girl?)? I *want/need* to be an *awesome* blogger and you’ve gott have one of these to do so!

    Imagine all the projects I could do…. Now hand it over!!!

    Can’t wait to see your first project!!!

  110. Ok I did what I was told. facebooked it, followed everything that you said. Now I don’t know if this is a random winner picker ( yes I made up that word) so I will tell you why I want to win one of these suckers. I have been eyeballing these for so long and I have so many ideas that I would like to try. I am going to the flea market this weekend to buy the things to make the teacup clock. So maybe that will sway you in my direction as a potential winner of the Madonna 2.

  111. I am now following your awesomeness & silhouette’s coolness! The movie quote is ELF, one of my FAV movies! OK, so I totally need one of these silouette’s! I just started a new blog and need this amazing machine to help my blog improve it’s craftiness!!! I am crossing my fingers and my toes 🙂 Good Luck to all the others that have entered also!!! Thanks

  112. I am one of your 1812 followers and I seriously want to freakin win. I have entered every give away for this and figure I love myself enough to win this one.

  113. I also follow the Silhouette blog. And can I just say I love your blog, you always have such fun ideas and such a beautiful home. Thanks for sharing, and I’m so excited that you are doing a Silhouette give-a-way, I seriously want one so bad.

  114. ELF! i just discovered your blog via ucreate! and love it! i just became a follower! you should let me win madonnas twin. we would have so much fun together! she would have a perfect home in my craft room. she would even get a table all to herself!

  115. i am already a follower of the silhouette blog! i am like you and have entered to win a silhouette way too many times and haven’t won yet. but i know i will win this time! i just have to!

  116. How Cool that you got one and want to share one now too! I am now a follower and want a Silhouette so bad that it actually hurts! Me and my kiddos want to have some fun with it.

  117. Random act of kindness: Donating maternity and baby clothes to my local crisis pregnancy center. I’ve got 6 kids and love to help other mama’s in need! (munequita4 at hotmail.com)

  118. I have been wanting one of these…..who hasn’t!!!!! If money grew on trees, I would have had one along time ago, and my house would now be covered in vinyl!!

  119. I follow your amazing blog and of course the silhouette blog too. I would LOVE to win this! I have put in for it on so many wonderful blogs and have never been the lucky winner. My sweet hubby is deploying in june for a year and I know our daughters and I would love to use this to make him all sorts of goodies to send to him. I’ll keep my fingers crossed!

  120. So excited about the silhouette! Looks like that thing could keep me busy with projects for decades! I’d love to have one and there’s no way we could afford it otherwise, so it’d be a real treat. Thanks!!!

  121. Mandi girl, I FB’d it, Blogged about it, Silhouette blog-followed it, (not much of a tweeter, but I have an account, so I’ll even tweet for ya), I’m already a follower (gonna have to do the rug bit) It’s Awesome!!! Anyhoo…. hope to be a WEENER! 🙂 oh, and the quote is Elf-alicious! Of Course! My 4 yr. old screams “Son of a Nut Cracker!” all the time!
    Thanks for all your upbeat posts, ya make my day!
    -Lucy

  122. I hope to someday own a Silhouette, winning one would be some much cooler than actually buying one!!!!! I found you by way of a relative’s post on FB. I knew I would love this site especially when there in your Blog Header it says”Love Yer Guts”. My dear sister, who passed away at the young age of 29, used to say that and I have never, ever heard anyone else ever say that….I Love it. Thanks for making my day not once, but twice!
    Elaine B.

  123. I follow you… I love buddy the elf…. and I follow silhouette. I have wanted SILHOUETTE FOREVER!! But funds don’t allow when you are putting your husband through school!

  124. I love your blog and the many things you do. I have been eying a Silhouette and really want one. I’m now a follower of the Silhouette blog. Hope I win and if I don’t, I hope the pennies add up someday.

  125. I’m already a follower, and I’m a new follower of the Silhouette blog! (I never knew they even had a blog!) And… I really, really want to win. 😉

    Thanks for the great giveaway!
    ~Chelsea

  126. Of COURSE I follow your blog, silly!!! I SO want this SO badly, you have no idea! Oh wait, you do! I’m so jealous and would LOVE to win this beauty! Thanks for the chance!! (And I only use exclamation points at the end of EVERY sentence when I am REALLY excited!) 😉

  127. I just added both blogs to my follower. Wow, I could do a million things including labeling everythin in the house with vinyl letters. I’ve wanted one for ever but really can’t afford one right now with out winning the lottery or this one. Here is to hoping.

  128. I want a Silhouette so badly it hurts! I’m a follower of both you and the Silhouette blog!! I dream of how fabulous my house and my gifts would be if only I had a Silhouette!! 🙂

  129. Hi! I just found your blog through Kari, and man do I feel deprived. So in love!!!! I am for sure a follow and can’t wait to see what you come up with next. I would love to win a Silhouette, I have wanted one for SOOOOO long, but they have been out of my reach. As a mother of 5 I have a hard time spending money on myself.

  130. I bought extra cool paper for another student in my book binding class ’cause I knew she would think it was fantastic. It was all of 1$ but she thought it was great. I think that was a RAK random act of Kindness. I can’t wait to see what she creates with it, as she gives her new books to her friends and let’s us in class peek before she hands them off.

  131. The Movie is ELF! I am a follower of your blog. I lOvE it and check it everyday sometimes multiple times, uh, is that creepy?! Your blog is awesome and I love you ideas! I hope I win cuz we just moved (boo!) and I have some major projct in the works that I need a madonna of my very own. Thanks for the great give away!

  132. I am stuck with a substandard Cricut cutter. I NEEEEDDDD need need a Silhouette. I am a follower of both blogs and Elf is the movie. “It’s just nice to meet another human that shares my affinity for elf culture.” 🙂

  133. So I just found your blog through the infamous Kari. And low and behold you have a fantastic giveaway! And I am thinking you are pretty hilarious! I hope you have a great day! BTW I am now a loyal follower!

  134. OMIGOSH! YES! PLEASE! I’m following you and Silhouette!! If I win I’ll call her Lady Gaga and she’ll try to express herself exactly like Madonna! 😉

    FINGERS CROSSED. DO WANT.

  135. Ok…I guess you are wanting us to write about a R.A.K.: my husband left his laptop at home this morning so I loaded up the kids and we drove to hubby’s work to deliver the much needed technology so he could give presentations that day 🙂

  136. I found you via UCreate and now follow you and Silhouette, which I would L-O-V-E to win! Love your AWESOME blog and eager to read backwards–well not ACTUALLY backwards–but read previous entries to see what I’ve totally missed out on!

    Thanks!

    dmonroe at astate dot edu

  137. PICK ME!! PICK ME!! PICK ME!! PICK ME!! PICK ME!! PICK ME!! PICK ME!! PICK ME!! PICK ME!!

    That quote if from the best movie ever ELF!!! I love your blog you have such great ideas, so of course I follow it.

    I am pretty sure I have entered every possible giveaway for a silhouette… so I know how you feel…

  138. I would love to have a Silhoutte machine, I have so many ideas of what I could make and decorate with it. Thank you so much for the opportunity to win one!

  139. I’m now following you! Love your enthusiasm! Oh… and that line was from ELF, one of my all time favorite movies. I am already a follower of the Silhouette blog. Love them! And last but not least… I want to win this so bad because like you… I have entered so many silhouette contests but I NEVER win! Hopefully I can this time around!

  140. I follow both you and Silhouette (Sofia B). I’ve always wanted to have one of this but it is too expensive!! But I would love to have one! I have so many projects that I could do with a Silhouette!

    sofia(at)frompdxwithlove(dot)com

  141. ELF!!!! is the name of the movie! [love it] AND I so want to win this silhouette! I am also in love with the mirrors you did; I went to a thrift store the weekend after seeing them on studio 5 looking for mirrors. Found one that I loved until I saw the price tag of $250.00 [seriously??] so and am still looking! I am a new follower and I <3 your guts! I just posted on fb for all the world to see! HOPE I WIN! Thanks for the chance!

  142. Woo Hoo! I now follow both you and silhoutte! I would LOVE to win! I keep trying to win one of these AMAZING babies…but it hasn’t happened…and winning is the only way I am going to get one and be able to do all the INCREDIBLE projects I’ve been seeing and drooling over!!

  143. Good heavens..why have I not seen your blog before? I’ve been missing out. We might be soul sisters…I LOVE your stuff!
    AND…I’d LOVE LOVE LOVE to win the Silhouette…seriously, really. LOVE.
    I follow you! 🙂 (it might be stalking now cuz I just found your blog and am officially addicted)

  144. Following you! I’m pretty sure Elf – watched that Christmas day in the hospital with my sweet little boy who was sick. And to win would rock my socks off because a. I homeschool and it would be such a great addition to our routine and b. I could stop bugging my husband who just doesn’t get it!

  145. Me, me, me, me!!! please pretty please pick me!!I have a cricut and love it but the cartridges can get really expensive so a Silhouette would be AMAZING to have!! Love your blog, btw.
    act of kindness: I opened the classroom door for a kindergartener who had his hands full, he turned to me and said “Thank you ma’am!!” so adorable! : )

  146. My RAOK today was to not buy the rest of the bolt of fabric I loved at the quilt store. I left 1/2yd for another lady who loved it! Does that count??? LOL

  147. I’ve been a follower of Silhouette for a while, and am a new follower of your blog. Thank you for sharing your story and this wonderful giveaway. I would LOVE to add a Silhouette to my collection of crafting supplies. No, I take that back…I NEED it and WANT it and really, really hope I WIN it!

  148. I am a follower of yours now. I love your ideas and all the crazy things you come up with!! I would love to be able to have Madonna’s sister because I’m kinda in the same boat as you were….

  149. I work in a CPA firm and if I don’t get my creative juices flowing again I’m going to BURST!
    This Silhouette would be just the medicine I need to feel myself again.

    BTW…I love your blog, I’m following Silhouette and I’m heading over to Facebook now to shout it to the world.

  150. I facebooked it (chelsea alexander) but how will you check it since you don’t have facebook?

    Either way I told people to come look at the link but not to enter because I want it. Which is what I did with Twitter, too 🙂

    chelsealexander at hotmail

  151. What an awesome blog you have here! I just found you through ucreate. So now I’m a follower, and I already follow silhouette. I hope I win!

  152. Act of kindness…although, this probably shouldn’t count. I woke up at 7:30am (about an hour and some change before my alarm) and drove my husband to the airport an hour away. He’s out of town for the rest of the week and tomorrow’s my birthday. I know it shouldn’t count as ‘kindness’ because he’s my one true love, but c’mon, it was soooo early and he could have taken himself.

    Either way, love you, love your blog, wish I had your energy.

    Now I’m off to make some cookies for a sick friend.

    chelsealexander at hotmail

  153. Randon acts of kindness?. this little old tootheless man was digging for bottles in the dumpster yesterday, and even though my hubby and i can’t afford rent and food this month, we gave him 8 bags full of bottles. He was so incredibly happy he zoomed off in his little tiny car to the bottle depot.
    [email protected]

  154. I absolutely love your blog. I think you are the most ingenious person. Seriously tell all my friends all the neat things you are up to. Your inspire me thanks tons
    ChellaPrice

  155. I love this giveaway! I too entered 1,000 times and never won, but here’s to hoping. I’m a follower, and will now be one for Silhouette as well.

  156. I am a follower of the Silhouette blog – I have wished for one for such a long time that I started stalking …err uh following the silhouette blog and yours too.

    Thanks,
    Emily

    emeier620 at gmail.com

  157. ELF! I love that movie. I would love to win the silhouette!! I already have a thousand projects in mind if I were to be so lucky 🙂 I want to win REAL REAL bad.

  158. My sister and I have had the cricut v. silhouette discussion (debate) many times, and she is convinced we need a silhouette! So, I’m here to try my luck to win one!

    She’s obsessed with your blog and it’s about time I hopped on the bandwagon! I’m a proud new follower and can’t wait to check out older posts! You’re so creative!

  159. I just found your blog from Ucreate and love everything you do! So now I am a public follower! I am hoping that I win because my “fake”birthday is Feb 28th, since I was born on the 29th this is when I celebrate it on the off years!!

  160. My random act of kindness was watching my sister-in-law’s kids (on top of my two) so she could go pamper herself with a hair cut and mani/pedi! A FORCED pamper session!

  161. Alright posted over on Silhouette’s blog, I have been a public follower over there for a while now, just needing the machine 🙂 Please make my birthday dreams come true!!

  162. Follow you, will be following Sillhouette in 2.6 minutes and that is most definitely from Elf. I say that line all the time 🙂

    oooh, I hope I win!

  163. I’m a happy new follower and I’d looove Loove to win! I’ve wanted one forever now!! I’d be super excited..and I’d make oh so many fun things with it! Thank you for the chance!! *Crosses fingers to win!*
    Terrell @ Frou Frou Decor
    [email protected]

  164. Your blog is AMAZING … I am loving all of the awesome tuts you have!! I would absolutely LOVE to win!! I might name mine Mandi b/c you (and the Silhouette) are the best crafters ever!!!!!

  165. no way! for reals!? i think i’ve entered EVERY POSSIBLY SILHOUETTE contest. nada, zilch.

    and it’s elf. love it!

  166. i’m a follower of the silhouette blog. makes me jealous i can’t use any of the gorgeous stuff, but you know, i need a backlog for when i finally get one. ;c)

  167. I’m a follower of you and Silhouette, I NEED to win this! I have hinted, asked and even begged for a Silhouette but I still don’t have one, my only option now is to WIN one!

  168. I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really…to infinity and beyond…wanna win this. Like a lot. A whole whole whole lot. Kinda like everyone else, huh? Did I mention a really lot?

  169. Following you and Silhouette blog – I just learned about some of the stuff this machine can do and am amazed! Would love to have one but can’t justify the cost right now, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I win!

  170. I am now a follower, I also love “ELF” and dont care who knows it. I would so love to have Madonna’s twin living at my house…please give her a good luck kiss for me 😛

  171. I also really like the silhouette blog! im about to read allllll of the posts there….ok im gonna read a lot of them!
    I follow the Silhouette blog!

  172. I really, really really WANT IT! And I NEED it! I follow you and silhouette. Thanks for letting all of us try again!

  173. I follow you and Silhouette! You quoted Elf! And I want to win one SO bad! I could never justify buying a Silhouette as I have a cricut but I would gladly pass my cricut down to my MIL if I win. I have SO many ideas running through my head if I win! Thanks for a great giveaway!

  174. I also follow Silhouette. Sorry, I couldn’t tell if this was suppose to be a separate entry or if it was to go along with the mandatory entry comment…so I did 2.

  175. I need this machine in my life more than words can express! With our tax return money my husband & I agreed to be super strict and use almost every bit of it to pay down our like $10,000 medical bill debt which was accrued from my son being born 3 months early and his 8 week stay in the NICU. Can I add to the sob story? The hospital he was staying at was over 300 miles away from our house so we only got to visit him on weekends. 🙁 AAANNYway… We agreed on one “spoil me” item each, he’s getting a metal detector and I am getting a silhouette. Buuuut, if I got a free one, I could spend my “spoil me” money on shoes and clothes!!! Or more BORING bills… we’ll see!

  176. (I don’t know what just happened to the first comment – so here goes a second time)

    Subscribed to your awesome blog, and following the Silhouette blog too! If I could get my hands on one of these Silhouettes, the possibilities are absolutely endless! Pick me, pick me….

  177. I have been a follower of Silhouette’s since I found out about it! I love the tutorials even though I don’t own one…Oh to own one! What I would and could do with it!

  178. Of COURSE I follow you!! “I am in love and I don’t care who knows it!!” -Buddy the Elf, ELF 🙂 I am seriously DYING for a Silhouette machine… like you, I entered all 9,000 (right?) giveaways in the last few months, and just no luck. {sigh} Keeping my fingers crossed!! My potential project list is about a mile long… 😉

  179. I’m also following the Silhouette blog… after all, they may decide to randomly give me a machine out of the goodness of their hearts, right?!? 😉

  180. I love, love, love your site. I would love to win the silhouette because it is my DREAM to own one! Thank you for doing this ELF!:) I follow both you and them, not such a bad thing AT ALL!

  181. I found your blog from UCreate & I am so excited!!! The movie quote is from Elf and I am really hoping I win! I would love to stop using my mom’s Silhouette and use my very own!!!

  182. Ok I swear I have also signed up a million times to win one of these. I want one so bad but unfortunitely it’s not in the budget whatsoever. Married to military so no extras. I SOOOOOO hope to win. Please please please:) shaleenay(at)msn.com

  183. I am a new follower (came over from Ucreate) and I LOVE your blog AND much like you, I NEED to win one of these silhouette machines!!

  184. I followed you and Silhouette’s blog. I’m here nearly everyday anyway.. and plus why not start another crafting obsession with Silhouette. So First off you’re the bomb and I did my first thrift glam project this weekend, a 3.88 find at goodwill. Also its my birthday on March 1st so if i won this silhouette that would be the best birthday present everrr! (especially because I’m only asking for a quesadilla maker.. haha)

  185. I LOVE YOUR BLOG!!! Your zebra rug makes me drool! I NEED a silhoutte!!! I neeeeeeeed it!! Please pick me!! Ok that’s enough of this 30 year old acting like a 3 year old;) I’ve wanted a silhoutte ever since I started blogging and saw how many AWESOME crafts I could do with it! I’m unemployed right now, and we just dont have the extra $300 to throw around on a craft machine (hubbys words, not mine…thought I see his point!) Anyways, Id love to win. Thanks for the opportunity:) I also am following their blog too!

  186. I love your blog and read it every night, but being a follower will make that much easier (never followed anyone before)! I am a med student/ soon to be OB/GYN resident and craft in my limited free time … I would LOVE TO win a silhouette cause I certainly can’t afford one!!

  187. would love this machine for my sister and i to share she would be so thrilled:}. loving the silhouette blog as well! thanks for giving us a chance to win:}

  188. I’m so unlucky… but maybe, just maybe Monday will be my day! I’m a follower of your blog and LOVE you projects! I’m also a follower of Silhouette and love to see their fun projects, but can’t play along without the machine 🙁 Make me a winner!!

  189. I FOLLOW YOU! And I – like you – am bummed that I’ve never won one of the 32 million Silhouette giveaways I’ve entered. I even got my SIL to enter and she said she’d give it to me if she won – because she didn’t know what to do with it. And then she won and didn’t give it to me. What the??? LOL

  190. This is my first time on your blog, I saw you featured on Ucreate, and may I say you are amazing! I am now a follower of your blog and I follow Silhouette. I have been wanting a Silhouette for such a long time. I so wish I could afford one. I would LOVE to be able to make some really fun crafts. So here’s hoping!

  191. Thank you sooo much for this giveaway. I am now a follower. I want one of these machines so bad I can’t see straight!!!! I have lots of ideas and no way to make use of them!!!!!! I’m glad I found your blog. I love it!

  192. I am a follower of the silhouette blog already but I went over and told them you sent me! Thank you for the great giveaway!

  193. I will love you forever and ship you my first born if I win this Silhouette. I love everything about them and am jealous I can’t make beautiful items with them. I joined your awesome blog and the silhouette’s blog as well.

    P.S. I rescind my first born because she may be more trouble than good at this point. Six year olds think they know everything and she’s a bit bossy and mouthy at times. I really want to win so I won’t torture you with her =).

    P.P.S. You are seriously amazing Mandi! I first became hooked with your teacup clock and I check in every now and again and am amazed by everything you do.

  194. I publicly love your guts. Serious.

    Also serious, how badly i need this silhouette for my upcoming wedding. I can think of SO many DIY crafts that would save me SO MUCH money. I really hope to win! If i won, I’d start my own blog to document all the awesome ways I use it!

    [email protected]

  195. Ok I follow your awesome blog and I’m following Silhouette’s blog. I’ve been looking into purchasing one of these because living in Okinawa, Japan makes it incredibly hard to find crafting things. So….”Oo! Oo! Pick me!” 😉

  196. How cool would it be to own a Silhouette. I would be tagging my house left and right!!!!I’m a follower of both you and Silhouette. Pick me, pick me, pick me!!!
    PS-Movie quote=ELF!!!!!!!

  197. I’m a follower and now a follower of the silhouette blog. I soooo need this awesome little machine. I have been drooling over it for a while and planning all the awesomeness I will create with it!
    I LOVE your blog and think you are freaken fantastic lady!!

  198. Yeh, I totally just found your blog via… well shoot, I already refreshed my Google Reader. Just know someone is out there saying “Hey, go look at Vintage Revival!!”. After seeing that tea lamp, how could I not fall in love and follow your blog?

    Secondly, I consider myself a Silhouette whore. I know, some people in blogland don’t like “curse” words, but if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck….. So, I am po’ right now and can’t afford a silhouette, but I so lust over them. I imagine that if I owned a Silhouette, I would turn into a new person. This person would be organized, and oh so trendy with subway art and labeled mason jars.

    Anywho, I follow you, I follow Silhouette. Hooray!

  199. oooh! Your blog is so cute!…. and now you are having a silhouette give away too! Oh my lanta! i’ve got my fingers crossed! (i’ve been downloading all the free shapes…someday i will be able to use them!!)

  200. Following and following. I am not a tweeter cuz I don’t need another thing to put me in a hypnotic trance but I love you anyway.
    My reason…it’s all been said but let me say, I am like #600 or something poster, so I may be late to the party but at least I didn’t miss it. I’ll cut me a mustache out of vinyl and wear it around town…k maybe around my house for 5 minutes…while doing laundry…K, I really don’t win things my husband uses our luck up on funny things so, really just posting love your blog and it was a good excuse to follow.

  201. I’m following your blog and Silhouette. And I think you’re pretty awesome that you’d just email them. Sounds like something I would want to do but wouldn’t quite have the guts (or maybe just be too lazy) to do.

  202. I am now a follower of both blogs. I would LOVE! one of these, but my very needed house remodeling budget just does not have room for fun stuff right now, just functioning toilets =(

  203. i’m a new follower! what’s funny is that this is the second time i’ve stumbled across your blog! i follow now so i’ll never lose it 🙂

  204. I am a follower and love you! By the way did you also make your brown art pieces over your couch? But, anyway I soo want a Silhouette ! I know I will never get one unless I win one, both hubby and I are disabled and live on SS. Wish me luck!
    [email protected]

  205. I’m a public followerand I totally LOVE your guts!!!! “I am in love and I don’t care who knows it!” is from Elf. i would really love to win one because I’m flat broke, on welfare, and there’s no way I can possibly ever afford this!!!

    Donnelle
    sewmemine{at}comcast.net

  206. My random act of kindness was finding a $5 bill on the sidewalk and gave it to the first person who walked by.

    Donnelle
    sewmemine{at}comcast.net

  207. Hey there! I am a new follower of your blog. I visited your blog after seeing you featured on Ucreate. I’m looking forward to seeing what you create next.

    I’d be honored to win a Silhouette. Heck, I would “big puffy heart” to win one! I am now a follower of their blog too.

  208. Ticked all the boxes and enjoyed the Elf reference. I’m an American following all the way from London, UK! I’d love to win…and don’t worry, I’ll pay for postage and I have a converter for the different plug!!

  209. I am a new follower and I’m loving it!! I’m also loving the idea of winning a silhouette!! I can’t even think about the possibilities of winning I would burst out in song!

  210. I just found your blog today. I read your story and totally understand it! I went through the same thing with my ex (he’s still “in it” 21 years later). Thanks for sharing. At the time you feel like you are the only one in the world it is happening to. Would love to win!!! I’ve wanted one for a long, long time….unfortunatly the budget says “no, no you don’t”!

  211. I am now publically following your blog. I have been secretly following for a while now- I don’t know why I never made it public…

    Love this giveaway!

  212. I am a new follower. I would LOVE one of these. Have always wanted one, but they are too expensive. My mind is going in circles thinking of what I could make.

  213. My random act of kindness… the lady in front of me at Target was short on change…believe it our not I actually had enough quarters (the kids didn’t swipe them yet) to help her out! Thanks for the great giveaway!

  214. I am now following you and Silhouette! Thanks for the chance to win! Your blog really does rock! Thanks for sharing your time and talents with the rest of blogland! 🙂

  215. I follow you on GFC and I follow Silhouette blog. And I have soooooooo many things i can do with this baby! I want to win one soooo bad! I want to dress up my recently repainted bathroom walls, plus spice up all of the mirrors in the house!

    rennieangie at gmail dot com

  216. of course i follow you!! you are certainly an inspiration and help me to think outside the box… i have several projects in the works thanks to you! you make it look so easy and fun and do-able..(is that even a word?!) thanks for that!

  217. I am a follower of your amazing blog and I am DYING for a silhouette…bad!! Oh the list I already have of things to make!

  218. I love you and I dream of having a Silhouette! My daughter’s and I love to craft and this would make an AMAZING addition to our tool chest. 🙂

  219. I’m a follower of your blog…

    (and too have entered MANY a silhouette giveaway, only to be disappointed with zero wins)

  220. Good deed..well I go to my parents once a week to make them dinner..because I love and appreciate all they do for me. Does that count?

  221. Elf! Favorite movie ever! Please please please let me win this. I too have entered all the other giveaways and I am still patiently waiting to win one.

  222. I am now a follower of both!! I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win this one….Please pick me…pick me…pick me!! BTW your blog is AMAZING!! 😀

  223. Random act of kindness- our family made a cake for a single dad and his kids this week. He came to me in tears to tell me how much he appreciated it. Made it all worth it.

  224. Oh yeah, I follow the Silhouette blog as well. I’ve been stalking them for awhile. I’ve yet to convince my husband that this is something I need, so I just drool……

  225. I am following you and want to know what I would do if I win? I would send you some vinyl of a printed version of my arms so you can put it on a shirt and I can give you a hug for a LONG LONG TIME lol

  226. I have stalked I mean followed sils blog for awhile hoping that one of those machines will jump out of the screen and land on my lap 😀

  227. I could say my random act of kindness was tweeting about this cause I hate giving more people a chance to win besides me lol but my real act of kindness was helping this lady at the laundry mat carry all her laundry out. she had a bum arm and was trying to do it all herself.

  228. omg i’ve been dying for this machine ever since i found out what it did. it would be perfect for decorating my new apartment when i move out this summer! the possibilities are endless!

  229. I am your newest follower and I love your style! I am aspiring to be a great blogger one day and the silhouette would be an amazing tool to help me get started. I am excited to follow your blog and see what new things you are going to be coming up with!:)

  230. Of course I am a follower of the silhouette blog! I have been enviously dreaming of one since I found out what it was and how much it can do! I think Madonna’s twin and I would get along fabulously!

  231. Just for the record, I really DO love your guts. 🙂

    And I want a Silhouette SD so badly, it makes me tear up a little. Really. I, too, entered the million different Silhouette giveaways and had absolutely NO luck. Maybe my luck will change?!

  232. I’m not an official follower, AND I love Elf, AND I want to win really bad. I would love to give this to my mom (my son’s Mamie Jewels) for her to use to make applique cut-outs for cute outfits. She loves sewing and deserves it more than anything!

  233. I have recently gotten into DIY and crafting and came across your blog yesterday…I just bought my first sewing maching,I crochet,paint, and frequently use mod podge! The only thing that is missing in my crafty life is a Silhouette! I live in Alaska and we are always 2 steps behind everyone and all the latest greatest “toys”…help me stay ahead of the curve with my very own Silhouette!!!
    I follow you and Silhouette.

  234. I dream of owning a silhouette someday and have followed the Silhouette blog forever. I could actually donate my cricut to the kids school (it’s only useful for cutting out letter for my kids science project anyway), if I could get my hands on the silhouette. It really is the premo of all die cut machines, just as your blog is the premo of all blogs. Nothing compares to the best!!

  235. I am a follower of both blogs.
    I’ve tweeted. I have facebook. And I have liked.
    I hope hope hope I win this lovely lovely creation. Thanks for the contest 🙂

  236. Just found your blog thru Tatertots and Jello. Loved the zebra rug you made!! I’ll be checking you blog from now on for sure. Thanks for sharing.
    And I could really use a Silhoutte!

  237. er, oh yeah – I already follow the silhouette blog. because i’ve entered so many of these giveaways (and lost every single one of them). so i hope that’s ok that i can’t tell them that someone fabulous sent me.

  238. I’m glad I found your blog – new follower here! I want one super duper bad! I didn’t even know about this awesome piece of machinary until a few weeks ago and started researching it. Now I see it everywhere and I am REALLY hoping to score one and start making great stuff – and then blogging about it!

    I’m following Silhouette Blog already 🙂 yay!

    (that makes two entries right? sweet.)

    drop by sometime! kerriewade.blogspot.com

  239. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win this!! I’ve been not-subtly hinting at the hubby that I need one for ages and it doesn’t seem to be working so far. ;( I’m a Vintage Revival follower!

  240. I’m a new follower. I would love to win one of these, I would probably pass out from all the excitement if I won, they look like so much fun.

  241. Awesome opportunity thanks so much! I just became a follower and can’t wait to play catch up reading your posts! I also became a follower of the silhouette blog. SO COOL!

  242. Came to you blog because it was on My Repurposed Life blog. I am now a follower of you blog and have been a follower of the Silhouette site.

  243. I would love to win this. I have wanted one so badly. Trying to save up enough to buy it. Cold winter weather heat bill is eating up all my savings. This would be the greatest toy ever!

  244. I am a new follower. It looks like you have a fun blog. I am also a new grandma and I would have an awful lot of fun printing iron ons for baby onsies and jammies. i have also been collecting up bottles and i want to try etching cream with some cool stencils.

    so, as you can see, I could have a lot of fun with the silhouette!

    Heather
    [email protected]

  245. You are awesome, the giveaway is awesome, your blog is awesome. the silhouette SD is awesome. I send a tweet. I shared on facebook and I am officially a follower on the Silhouette blog. I am already a follower on your awesome blog.
    Have a good one
    Caroline

  246. I am a new follower and OMG I so want to win… I am ashamed to admit I am still a vinyl virgin! :O HELP ME!!!!!!!!! and I am a new silhouette follower, too!

  247. I’m a follower, not a leader but a follower of your way awesome blog & duh, of silhouettes. Two awesome blogs. Acts of kindness, I’m ironing, yaya but not for me for one of my “adopted” moms. Love her!

  248. Of course I follow your blog, I was one of your first followers too! I think I was like number 19 when I followed you and I have been stalking your blog…er..following it every chance I get!
    Knuckle bump!!!!
    Tasha

  249. I follow silhouette, even though I don’t have one yet…that’s why I better win! I enter these all the time, so I am crossing my fingers!!

  250. I now follow you. I’m so glad I’m trying super hard to win this! I was sent here from C.R.A.F.T. and am glad to have found a new blog to read.

    Lindsay
    lcd7383 at gmail dot com

  251. I follow the silhouette blog. I keep saving posts in hope I win one some day!

    lindsay
    lcd7383 at gmail dot com

  252. Random Act of Kindness

    Someone at my apt.’s mailbox dropped their mail, I helped pick it all up. I’d hope someone would do the same for me.

    lindsay
    lcd7383 at gmail dot com

  253. I LOVE vinyl anything and would LOVE to win a Silhouette SD. I also LOVE your blog, always such fun ideas.
    mcclusks at bellsouth dot net

  254. Thanks for making me feel like I can make anything! You are amazing and I love your blog. I am guessing I need a silhouette machine because I am totally missing out!!!! I am a follower of their blog as well, thanks to you!

  255. love your blog! you are so freakin talented! I am crossing my fingers that this pretty lady gets to come live at my house!

  256. A new Follower of your blog…love it!
    This machine looks wonderful..I can think of tons of stuff to create with it!
    Hope I win!
    Tammy 🙂
    JUNK WILD

  257. Elf! I would love to win this awesome machine! First thing I would do: Use the frosted vinyl to label my kids glasses…no more counters covered with 15 random cups at the end of the day! Woo Hoo! Thanks for the giveaway. I am a follower of you and Silhouette! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
    melissaduncan at gmail dot com

  258. I follow the Silhouette blog and I need this machine. I want it so bad I already downloaded the program and have been designing all my future projects….

  259. I feel like I should tell you that, first, I read your real life story. I don’t know why. I came here for the giveaway, but as soon as I hit your homepage I was compelled to start there. I grew up with an addict (my father who still struggles after all these years) so your story is very close to home. I commend you for being brave enough to share your story. You and your family will be in my prayers!

    Now. I would like my own Madonna. Please.

  260. Okay, I like love your guts and stuff, so I’m a follower. And I also follow Slhouette.

    I was laid off work in Dec. So I’m really hoping to win one of these so I can start my own business at home. I have my fingers crossed that’ll I win. 🙂

  261. I’m a new follower and I would love to win Madonna’s twin sister! I’m a grandma of four and would love to make some awesome one-of-a-kind things for them! Pick me! Pick me!

  262. I am a follower and I would LOVE LOVE LOVE this. I am a mom of three and can think of TONS to do with this but the upfront cost makes the hubster say no….please hook this momma up!

  263. I Love your blog! I am so glad House of Smith sent me! I was looking for you after blog hopping one day! My act of kindness is baking chocolate chip cookies and making a fun St. Patrick”s Day frame for her!
    [email protected]

  264. Okay, I like love your guts and stuff, so I’m a follower. And I also follow Slhouette.

    I was laid off work in Dec. So I’m really hoping to win one of these so I can start my own business at home. I have my fingers crossed that’ll I win. 🙂

    If this comment posts more than once, I’m sorry. This computer I’m on has a mind of it’s own tonight. LOL

  265. Love yor blog personality! I would LOVE to win this! I would use it- first and foremost- to make EVERYTHING for my son’s 1st birthday party which will be a hoot! (Owl theme of course :-)) AND it would come in very handy in for my interior design business. Thanks and hope to hear from you!!!!
    [email protected]

  266. I love, love your blog!!!! I have always wanted one of these babies!!! I have tried the easy way out of stenciling it on and well im sure you know it just ends up not looking quite the same! Pleeeaaassee let today be one of my lucky ones!

    [email protected]

    I am tweeting about you right now!!! Even on my husbands tweet account, who cares if his followers think he is not all about football and being tough, right!?! 🙂

  267. Hi Mandi,
    Gail at My Repurposed life sent me and I am now a new follower of your blog. I really really really want to win a Silhouette! Thanks for doing a giveaway 🙂 and by the way, your zebra rug is friggin’ amazing!

    Laura
    [email protected]

  268. Wahoo!!! I follow you now, officially. Before I just checked you out every day:) I MUST win this, can’t live without it:)

  269. I am a follower of both- yay! I have always fought the whole cutting machine craze, however there is something about the Silhouette & how it goes above and beyond paper crafts that makes it just amazing!

  270. I want to win a Silhouette so much that I will announce to the world that I love your blog even though I just barely found it by coming over from Ucreate. I’m a follower & do love your blog and read your true story and applaud your courage!

  271. I have been a follower of the Silhouette blog for months in the hopes that I someday might own one…please let the time be now!

  272. I really, REALLY want to win one of these! Like I’ll trade my first born son for it I want one so bad! Ok, I don’t want one THAT bad but I would love to win! Thanks for the chance! Oh, and I am a follower of the Silhouette blog.

  273. “I love comments, thanks for making me feel like Miss America!” You know, Miss America is from Nebraska, where I’m from.

    Love your blog. I’m a public follower. And, I’ve been following the Silhouette blog for a while even though I do not have a Silhouette.

    I SOOOOO want to win this giveaway. I’ve been entering all of these that I can find since September or something ridiculous.

    Thanks for yet (another) chance to win!

  274. This is the giveaway for me I’ve been trying so hard to save up for one of these. I would LOVE to win this!!!! The movie was elf? I so so so want to win this I have wanted one of these for SO long and just can’t afford one yet. My dreams would come true if I won this. This machine is probably the coolest thing EVER!

  275. Ok the movie quote is from Elf one of the best movies ever! I really really need the Silhouette. It is not a matter of want but need like a person needs another pair of shoes need. This machine could do so many things around my house (does it do laundry?? LOL)

  276. LOVE your blog! I’m so glad I saw a fb shoutout about this giveaway so I could find you. I’m totally a follower now! You have so many creative and unique ideas, i LOVE them! And btw, your house is TO. DIE. FOR.!!!! Please come decorate mine???? 🙂

  277. And today, instead of tailgating and running my mouth off because a guy was going 35 in a 55, I calming counted to 10 and waited patiently to pass his slow butt. Does that count for a random act of kindess??? No?… Hmm ok, well i also took a friend who is on bedrest lunch yesterday. We good now?

  278. Whoooppeeee…… I want this little Madonna-ish fabuloso machine do-hickey…. I really neeeeed it….. Palllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze pick me.

    Warm blessings,
    Spencer

  279. MANDATORY ENTRY: I follow your blog PUBLICLY via Google Friend Connect because I LOVE YOUR GUTS & BLOG!

    I ALSO follow the Silhouette blog via Google Friend Connect. My GFC ID: kimbuckjr

    Oh…and about how ‘mucho’ I want to WIN this giveaway….well, that just goes without having to say it. I have tried NUMEROUS times to WIN a Silhouette machine and go figure, I have lost EVERY SINGLE COTTON PICKIN’ TIME! UGH…Rrrrrr! I want a Silhouette machine SsssssOooooo freakin’ bad, I CAN taste it!!!! It’s starting to taste a bit ‘Loser-ish’ cuz look how many darn entries there are prior to my entry, here…867 entries. There is NO way I am going to win ‘My Dream Machine!’ That’s just SAD! Like I told the Silhouette company on their blog…”Someone once told me that the 112th time is a charm!” Haa-haa-haa-haa, just kidding…’sorta!’

    Anyway, I want to win really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really BAD!!!!!! Please?!?!?!?!?!?!?

    Thank you for allowing me to vent about how bad I want to WIN this giveaway. It’s bad, huh? It’s so very sad how upsetting it is that I keep losing EVERY SINGLE Silhouette giveaway I enter. Sad, very sad!

    Thank you to Silhouette and you for having this giveaway, you both TOTALLY rock, but you already know that!

    God Bless, take care, and Happy 2011!!!!!

    [email protected] (Kim Buck)

  280. MY RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS: Yesterday I volunteered at my daughter’s school in the “Bookfaire” for a total of eight hours. It was 100% volunteer work, I did not ask for a single thing in return!!!! That’s the way I ‘roll!’ Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!

    By the way, I totally LOVE your bloggy-blog! Keep up the GREAT work, I totally love the content!!!

    [email protected]

  281. I’m in love with Elf, You, and Silhouette… which means, I have seen Elf a million times, I follow your blog, and I follow the Silhouette blog.

  282. This is my first time on your blog…I love it!! You are so creative. I would love, love, love to win this. I am a vinyl virgin too…all those projects you can do with this machine are calling my name!!!
    Thanks!!

  283. I follow you and the silhouette blog! I soooo want to win this, there are like a million project in my head I want to try by using this!!

  284. OK, I’m sorry if this shows up a few times but I’m not sure my post got on here. I would LOVE to win this…it would be awesome. Thanks, bonnie barrasso

  285. I have been following the silhouette blog forever… only to drool over everything possible to make with that beauty! I would love to score one! I follow you also in my google reader! thx!

  286. oh i SOOO want one of these!! The vinyl, the heat transfer shirts, the glass etching… coveting all the projects you ladies do with these! Thank you thank you for offering one up for us! I will proclaim my love for Vintage Revivals to the world!
    clsch6 at gmail dot com

  287. i have been following silhouette’s blog too since that first round of giveaways back in Nov. 🙂 Good stuff!!
    clsch6 at gmail dot com

  288. I just paid the parking meter for a woman that pulled into the spot behind me, in addition to paying my meter in town this morning. How cool that it counts as an entry?!
    clsch6 at gmail dot com

  289. I’m a follower now of Silhouette blog. I really, really {need} want a Silhouette; I would use it to make all tons of wonderful party decorations for my little girls first birthday that is coming up in April.

  290. Oh how I would love Madonna’s twin. Since she is your daughters twin I’ll have to have you help me name her. lol oh i cant wait to hold her for the first time.

  291. Oooo Thanks so much for the giveaway! I’ve been like you, entering lots of giveaways so I can win one. You’re going to make some one’s day! How exciting.

  292. Just followed your site( the first one ever for me to follow). Headed to the silhouette site to follow them. I have blog-stalked you for a while but I will go public with it!!! I am not ashamed , I love all your craptastic creating and your honesty about your life and the role addiction and recovery has played in it. I don’t tweet and I suck at movies but everyone else is saying it is ELF- of which I have seen the same part over and over again but not the whole movie. Love random acts of kindness- took my neighbors garbage can to the street for them this morning.

  293. Your blog is great and so is Silhouette! Have wanted one for a really long time. Thanks for the chance to enter!

  294. I now follow you, as opposed to just being an rss subscriber, and I’ve been torturing myself by subscribing to the Silhouette blog while not owning a Silhouette machine for quite some time now… I really need one!

  295. Couldn’t resist becoming a follower after you posted this awesome giveaway! I’ll be sharing this on FB too <3

  296. I love your blog!!! Thanks for this awesome giveaway!! I’ve been DYING, almost literally, OK, not so much, but I’ve REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted a silhouette for a while now. Crossing my fingers!!!

  297. Oh My Freakin’ Goodness I have wanted one of these SOOOOO badly for SOOOO long. I’m so excited and would be so ever happy to be the winner ; ) I follow your awesome blog … You ROCK by the way : )

  298. Sweet silver bells all seem to say ding dong mmkay. LOL Sorry had to sing that after reading your post =D. I am DYING to win. Have I ever done this before…NO but there is a first time for everything and I REALLY want to be domestically sound!!!!! I want to win, I want to win, I want to WIN!!!!!!!

  299. Random act of kindness DOWN!!! Today was the hubbies day to do all the trash and I DID IT!!!! Believe me, that’s random when it’s HIS turn LOL!!!

  300. I want to win SO bad! I’ve been wanting a Silhouette forever and with my daughter’s birthday coming up this would be the PERFECT time to get one to make cute decorations!

  301. I’m now following the silhouette blog and OMG there are so many more cool things I didn’t realize I could do…if only I had a Shilouette to do them with. hint hint

  302. My random act of kindness: I gave my (totally unopened!) box of Triscuits to the homeless guy standing on the corner on my way in to work. My co workers now have dip I made them, but no Triscuits. At least the homeless guy is happy, and my co workers don’t need the extra calories anyway 😉

  303. I am a follower of Silhouette’s blog. I hope I get to use some of their awesome ideas some day with my own Madonna!

  304. I follow your blog! And I FREAKIN’ LOVE the Silhouette!! I have wanted one since the day it was released. That would take my organization obsession to a whole new (amazing) world.. I could print my own labels for containers from vinyl. I coudl create lovely typography pieces to label the doors and windows and kitchen in my little apartment.

    Heck.. my name says it all! Vinyl Rocks My World!

  305. I am already a follower of you and the Silhouette Blog- I would love to make some Subway Art and also lots of fabric appliques for shopping totes!

  306. I really REALLY really REALLY Very much want to win!!! I am a PUBLIC follower! AND I DON’T CARE WHO KNOWS IT!

  307. I think i would literally pass out from excitement if I actually won – i love your blog!!

    laguenter at gmail dot com

  308. I follow you on facebook, twitter, and get your rss feeds! I NEED the Silhouette for several reasons! I am a stay at home mom and LOVE crafting! I make clothes for my daughter and decorate my home nonstop! Also my husband is a designer and I’m dying to cut his designs out on different medias!

  309. I’m a follower on both sites, your blog is great! So many inspiring ideas. I would LOVE a Silhouette…. my boyfriend is so sick of hearing me justify all the reasons I want it! I had originally wanted a Cricut until I discovered how much cooler the Silhouette is.. apparently I’ve confused him enough that he calls it a “grasshopper” lol boys are weird. Anyway, thanks for hosting the giveaway!

  310. I baked butterscotch cookies for my coworkers last night…does that count as an act of kindness?? I hope so!

    laguenter at gmail dot com

  311. I just became a follower of the silhouette blog. I love their site and they have so many amazing options for using this handy dandy tool!

  312. For my random act of kindness I didn’t kick my sons behind when he screamed at the top of his lungs at the dinner table, only sent him to his room. 🙂

  313. I am already an avid follower of your ROCKIN blog! I also just went and posted about this on my blog here: https://sewhumblebeginnings.blogspot.com/2011/02/gimme-gimme.html

    I have been coveting the vinyl cutters for a while. it would add soooo much to my repetoire of craftiness!

    I’m a military spouse and am always looking for a fun easy to do craft style that can move with me anywhere!! I have been looking at the big industrial cutters but i think this will MOVE with US much easier! 🙂 The movers won’t kill me when i say that this needs to be packed up! And you ALWAYS want to keep your packers happy!!!

  314. I am like you, I think I have entered at least 50 giveaways for the Silhouette Machine and I still have not won one. Which makes me really sad. You would make my year if I won Madonna’s twin sister.

  315. I am a loyal follower of yours thanks to your kidney sister and all! I am now following Silohouettes blog too. I could not begin to tell you what it would mean to me to win this! My house woul be covered in vinyl….poor kids….ill make them holes where they can breathe though, I promise 😉

  316. Oh goodness! I just found your blog. I’ve wanted a sillouhette so badly….if I won, I might just burst! My list for uses for it keeps growing and growing! Thanks for inspiring us! 🙂

  317. I love this thing! Dreaming already about what I would do with it! Please pick me….I’m going to purchase a lucky rabbits foot!

  318. Random act of kindness done! It was more deliberate though. I throw my sister a huge baby shower on Saturday! It was so fun.

  319. I am following your blog now. My creativity has been waiting for this moment and when I get the silhouette it will burst out into the world. Move over BIG BANG theory, wait til you see what I can do with that thing.

  320. I also already follow the silhouette blog (just watching and wishing for one of my own). I also recently started following you and am loving your creativity. Hope I win so I can start making some of the things I’m dreaming about; )

  321. Have been trying forever (like you) to win a Silhouette! Seems everyone wants one…wonder why?!? I am now a follower of you AND the Silhouette Blog…which I had never heard about until NOW! 🙁 Thanks for this opportunity!

  322. I follow your blog and the Silhouette blog – Would love to own one of my very own! I envy your style – and your walls! The graphic stenciling & painted stripes – I swoon every time 🙂

  323. It’s weird to talk about act of kindness for a giveaway. I’m not sure about it…

    I tried (and I hope it worked) to help a nice lady get a job.

    Feels weird…

  324. I follow you like Buddy the Elf follows whats-her-face, and I need to win this because I can’t afford a Cricut and all the cartridges, etc. I, like you, have entered every Silhouette giveaway possible, but no luck so far.

  325. I just became a follower of your blog. Love your creative ideas. If I were to win the silhouette cutting machine-imagine all of the random acts of kindness I could perform 🙂 I can even make logo t-shirts for my husband’s annual golf tournament-in honor of his Dad who died of Lou Gehrig’s disease. Fundraising for these should definitely benefit those who suffer from Lou Gehrigs.

  326. i LUV your GUTS!!! I found your blog through Ucreate and I’m so glad that I did!! I would love to win Madonna’s twin sister!!
    I follow you and Silhouette.

  327. How much do I want it?? How much does a hungry tired baby want a baba?!! That’s how much!(can you see my bottom lip out and the tiers in my eyes?) I entered all the give aways for a silhouette that I could last time and was bumbed I didn’t win. Everyone needs a 2nd chance. I am a winner! I am a winner! I am a winner! Just putting it out there =)

  328. I want one of these so stinkin bad. I like the saying “Peace to all who enter” is good for the front door. That was on a cool door knocker on my front door growing up and I cant find a knocker like that so….I could just cut it out with my new favorite thing! Peace

  329. I’m a new follower and love the work you do. Your post on stenciling makes me really want to give it a try…you make it seem so easy! I really want this. I have entered all over, please pick me!

  330. What an awesome little machine! I have long dispared of not being able to cut out the tiny details of the many iron-on projects I have attempted over the years. Many a friend has suffered with not-quite-awesomely executed designs on baby onesies and tees. Thank you Mandi for hosting this giveaway! I’ve gotten so much from reading your blog already (you know, like inspriration and instruction and stuff), and now wow! I might could get this craftacular machine too – you’re the best 🙂

  331. I of course am a follower of Silhouette….from past giveaways all over. I love that you can fabric. How cool is that!

  332. I really really want to win one of these awesome machines! I’ve entered dozens of giveaways and haven’t been lucky yet, but my fingers are crossed!

  333. I follow your blog! You are hilarious! And I can’t wait to see you on The Nate show! I would LOVE this machine! I have wanted one for forever!!!

  334. Elf!

    i follow – and adore – you. 🙂 puh puh puhhhhllllease pick me. 🙂 i need this janet (madonna’s not as cool younger sister) like there is no tomorrow.

    lovey. 🙂

  335. oh please, please, please!!!!! i NEED this machine. ha. the first project i’d tackle is some vinyl for my baby girl’s nursery! crossing my fingers….

  336. Absolutely LOVE your “Random Acts of Kindness” idea. If we all did this, we could make the world a better place and make someone’s day a little brighter. I did a random act yesterday while waiting in a very, very long check out line. Another register opened and the people who had just stepped into the BACK of the line, promptly started running to get into newly opened register. The lady in front of me in line was obviously tired and not feeling the best. I spoke up to the cashier at my register and to the one at the newly opened register and said that the lady in front of me was next in line and had been waiting patiently in line and should be first in new line. I got some glares from the “back of the line, new in line people”, but the cashier at my line and the new one, spoke up and said that it was the turn of lady I had referred to, and NOT the people who had just walked up. Both cashiers thanked me for speaking up, as did the lady who had waited in line and many others behind me in line. Many said they should have spoken up and it was nice to hear someone doing so. I did not do it for any recognition at all, but for the sake of the lady that I felt compassion for. If EVERYONE would do the RIGHT thing instead of thinking of only themselves, it would make the world a little brighter for all! I agree with you. Let us ALL perform a RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS today and EVERY day from now on. One by one, we CAN change the world for the better!

    This being said, I would LOVE to win the Silhouette, BUT if there is someone who needs it worse than me, I hope they win instead!
    [email protected]

  337. If I won this bundle, I would make all sorts of home decor items that I’m just craving to do! Thanks for the entry 🙂

  338. Ooh, that looks really cool!! I found your blog from the Craft zine post about your awesome lamp! And I’m now a follower of both you and Silhouette.

  339. I am a new follower (found you from House of Smiths) if I won the Silhouette I would label everything in my house, decorate my walls and mirrors, and then attempt some cool stuff on fabric. The possibilites are endless. Im stoked you finally got one of your own and I look forward to seeing what you do with it. ps…LOVE the zebra rug, what a crazy idea that totally worked! [email protected]

  340. You rock and so does your blog, I am a newbie follower to you and also follow Silhouette’s blog. Love from the midwest! I really want to win this little powerhouse of creativity!! The list of projects have started and I am ready to WIN!

  341. I’m a Google follower!! Can’t believe I wasn’t before. I check your blog everyday. It was an honest mistake, I promise!! I keep seeing how awesome it is, but alas, saving money takes time. Winning one would be so much better! And not to mention quicker!

  342. I let a lady in the grocery store line go ahead of me, they only had a couple things, and seemed to be in a rush.

    I love Nate, and I hope I will be able to see you and “Madonna”, give him love from all of your followers. I promise to treat her twin sister with nothing but love, I too am a vinyl virgin.

  343. ELF ELF ELF 🙂 Okay, I’m sure that I’m not the first one to put that on there ;)! I LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog! You make me want to move to St. George and raid the same DI! If nothing else thanks for the inspiration and peaceful getaway during nap time from 3 crazy boys! I follow you! I follow silhouette! I would LOVE a “Modonna” of my very own 🙂

  344. I would follow you to the moon if you would allow me to raid your house and take your furniture home with me! You inspired me to start a vintage chair re-appholstery project which I will be posting as soon as it is completed…er, I guess that means I have to start it first.

    I would trade my firstborn for a silhouette!!

  345. I LOVE following Silhouette’s Blog! they have such wonderful ideas and creative inspiration!!! Now all i need is the machine so i can duplicate!!!! =)

    PRETTY PLEASE!!!!!! =)

  346. I am a follower of your blog, which has some amazing projects by the way! This would be such a fun tool to have:)

  347. Hello! I’m now following your blog comments via GFC as “Rory D.”!

    I believe that line came from “Elf”!

    I would LOVE to win this extraordinary machine because I’m a crafty gal and mother of 2 & one on the way and the possibilities of what I could create for them would be endless!

    Thank you for this giveaway!

    Rory D.
    radaino76(at)gmail(dot)com

  348. I DO love your guts & I don’t care who knows it! (AND Elf is one of my favorite movies!) I am a faithful Vintage Revivals follower AND a follower of the Silhouette blog. I NEED a Silhouette so that I will no longer be guilty of the sin of coveting! 😀 Fingers are crossed even though I am one of 1078 entries. Ha!

    Warmly, Michelle

  349. MANDATORY ENTRY PART DEUX:

    I forgot to mention that I already follow Silhouette’s blog via GFC as “Rory D.”! :o)

    radaino76(at)gmail(dot)com

  350. I am a follower! I would die of happiness if I won one of these! Don’t worry, I would be brought back to life to play with it. 🙂 The University takes all of my money so I can’t buy one for myself.

  351. I’m a new follower and love what I’m seeing/reading! We also seem to share movie tastes, ELF is one of my favorites as well!

    I would love to win this giveaway! I’ve been lusting after a shilhouette for months. I have a huge list of projects and idea, now I just need that sweet machine to get them in the works.

  352. Okay it’s time to be real here! I stumbled upon your blog today while I was at work and seriously couldn’t stop looking at everything you’ve done! ADORABLE! So all of these ideas kept coming into my head and building up like crazy and then I realized a need a tool to help me out and what is better than a Silhouette?! I already have her named. Darla. I really hope I at least have a fighting chance in this giveaway because quite frankly, budgets are tight as a DSC college student and there is no shot I’ll be able to purchase one on my own! Help a homegirl out!

  353. wow, you rawk gf…writing them and getting us all another chance at one of these babies!!! I Luv that they sent you one to keep too, thats awesome! Im a follower here and at Sil 🙂

  354. Hey Mandi,

    I LOVE YOUR GUTS!!!! hehe

    I was just introduced to your blog by my BFF over at Luxe Boulevard, and what she says is true…. YOU ARE A TRUE GENIUS! I wish I had 10% of your creative genius-ness in my head. Can I just say that I’ve NEVER been on someone’s blog that has inspired me as much as yours has?!!!

    I want to win the Silhouette HD because it would be amazing to play with all the different options there are with that machine! The hubby and I just bought a beautiful new home, and I haven’t been able to spend as much time as I would have liked to on decorating yet. I can honestly say though, after seeing your posts and tutorials, I already have ideas for 3 of the rooms in my house. 🙂

  355. Pick me please! I know i am a bit late in the game but I have done everything you said. Love love love your ideas. I am already planning on where to put your ideas to action! We relocated from overseas with our little one more than a year ago and I am finally at the point where I want to complete decorating and make this house our home. Madonna’s twin would definitely give our home that wow we need!

  356. I follow the Silhouette blog and have been for sometime. I still dont have one yet, but…. maybe I will get lucky. Great giveaway, thanks.

  357. Totally, totally want to win! My friends and I were just talking the other day about how much we all wanted one and how we just might have to go in on one together! Pretty please pick me so we don’t have to buy one together!

  358. I’m a follower and want to win so bad I’m not studying for an exam just so I can enter the Silhouette Giveaways!!

  359. My random act of kindness: helping a elderly lady locate and harness her dog at the dog park. She was too cold and wanted to go home… her pup didn’t.

  360. I now follow both you and the Silhouette blog. One of my best friends got a Silhouette for Christmas and she can’t stop raving about it. And is it true that you can also use it to cut fabric? Sounds so dreamy. Thanks for the awesome giveaway.

  361. I follow you publicly via GFC (Lindsay Herian), I follow the Silhouette blog and I left them a comment letting them know you sent me. Thanks for the opportunity I would love to win this so that I could make some vinyl for my new kitchen canisters, but I have a ton of ideas up my sleeve using the amazing Silhouette!!!
    linzcoupons at gmail dot com

  362. I did it!!! I now follow the Silhouette blog and you know you’re my favorite DI junkie!!!! I never enter these giveaways because I NEVER win, but hey, it’s worth a shot!

    Can’t wait to see you on NATE!!!!!

  363. My neighbor with 4 kids was sick today so I took her over some Homemade Chicken Noodle soup, homemade rolls and some apple pie so she can eat that when she feels better. Does that count for number 3? 😉
    linzcoupons at gmail dot com

  364. Elf!

    I’m totally obsessed with vinyl. I have stuff on my walls in nearly every room. I can’t tell you how much money I would save if I could make my own!

  365. I am a follower! Didn’t even know they had a blog until today! I am spinning with ideas if I ONLY had a Silhouette! Pick me! Pick me!

  366. YEsss!! I’m so excited about this giveaway, you have no idea. I would love Madonna’s sister to live here 🙂 I am a follower of your blog of course. And just a side note, I’m pumped that you are going on Nate’s show! Have so much fun!

  367. YAY Silhouette!!!! PLEASE pick me so I can drive my husband even more CRAAAAAAAAZY with all the many projects I want to create with a Silhouette!!! I am following their blog too!!! THANKS!!!!!

  368. Thanks for hosting this contest! I am a follower of your blog and watch you on Studio 5 and am formerly from So. Ut- i think those three facts make me a shoe-in to win 😉

  369. I am a Silhouette Blog follower. I am starting to get a complex from not winning any of the Silhouette giveaways in the blogosphere, BUT this is the entry with which my luck is going to change!

    [email protected]

  370. I’m a follower of your blog and of silhouette’s blog. I would love a silhouette to decorate my place because the fish decor really isn’t me. Slowly, slowly am I saving up to buy one if I never win.

  371. I OF COURSE am a follower of BOTH freakishly fantastic blogs, and nothing would make my crafting heart sing more than to have Madonna’s twin sis in my clutches. I HOPE that I’m the winner! Fingers, toes, and eyes crossed! (okay, maybe not the eyes…), thanks for doing the giveaway!

  372. I just found you from Tatertots and Jello link to this giveaway, but I got sucked into all your amazing tutorials and forgot about this giveaway… now I’m happy to follow you and, of course, the Silhouette blog. Ah, I’m dreaming of all the fun things I could do!

  373. I am a follower and a Silhouette follower. I would love to win this machine. I have so many fun things I want to do with it. I hope I am the lucky one!

  374. i love your blog (and all your super snazzy ideas!) and am SOSOSO excited about the silohouette giveaway. crossing fingers and toes on this one! 🙂

  375. follow-check, Elf-check, following Silhouette blog-check, the fact that I’m in the middle of moving to a new, first time buyer, house, packing my brains out, signing my life away & stopped to enter says it all 🙂 I have been wanting one for so long & have about 1,200 projects I would like to do with it!!! Plus my new house is pretty much a blank canvas…add 200 more projects 🙂 I want it so bad!!! Thanks so much for sharing!! Your blog rocks & I’m not just saying that…I mean it!!
    Also, tweeted & FB-ed!!

  376. I follow YOU and Silhouette… of course! I’d LOVE LOVE LOVE a Madonna’s friend to come to my house! I’d have so much fun… I just know it! 🙂

  377. wow! i am a new follower! how in the heck have i not found you before now? love.love.love! your blog! oh and i did like you said and followed silhoutte blog too. awesome! thanks!

  378. RAK: baked cookies for the firemen and delivered them to the station. my 2 year old son got to sit in the firetruck!! it was awesome!

  379. I heard about your awesome blog last night at Bunko, and all day today the tv has been babysitting my kids while I peruse this site! LOVE your sork…I now follow your blog on GFC

  380. I’m in love and I don’t care who knows it!!! – Buddy the elf 🙂 AKA ELF! I want one of these so bad! Then I can try and be crafty! Oh and my random act of kindness would be babysitting your lovely children. 🙂

  381. 1. I publicly professed my undying devotion and follow you wholeheartedly.
    2. “Elf” is the movie
    3. I really really really, like seriously, want to bring Madonna’s twin sister home. I promise to make her feel special and right at home. 🙂

  382. If I win the silhouette I will personally tend your girls every Wed. and Sunday night so you can have a date night? with your husband and I will go to school with your 2nd grade daughter and keep an eye on here so she is always happy and safe. I bet nobody else will make that kind of commitment plus I will love your guts forever!

  383. I love your Junk! I just found you today and it took me all morning to read your blog (all of your blog). I have told lots of gals to come look. I want some free stuff, Yo.

  384. AHHH!!!! I hope I win!!! I am a new follower (just found/fell in love with you). And I guess I’m now a follower of Silhouette! 🙂

  385. I follow you and the silhouette blog! i have wanted one for so long, but it just never seemed to fit in the budget! 🙁 thanks for the chance to win.

  386. i am a follower of you & silhouette, and i’m hoping i win! because i sent them an email, but i’m not as cool as you, so i didn’t get one to give away 🙂

  387. I WANT this FUN, FUN, FUN machine!!!!!! I keep dreaming of everything I could do with it! JUST found your blog, became a follower ~ will keep checking you out often!!!!!!!!

  388. I am so in love with ur blog!! and soo soo in love with silhouette! I follow and love both blogs!!!
    tswoodruff7 at aol dot com

  389. Oh my goodness I so would LOVE to win a silhouette! I love crafting and I think I would use it everyday because its just that awesome. I just can’t afford to buy one right now so it would be awesome to win it! 🙂 love your blog BTW!

  390. I follow your blog via GFC, and I can’t hardly sit still to enter this contest!!!!! I want to win so bad, I need this!!!!! I want this !!!!!!!!!!!!
    Got to have it!!!!!!!!!!!!!. This would be the best tool for me to use, since I have problems with my hands and can’t cut like I need to when making crafts-masterpieces. LOVE YOU, GREAT BLOG, AWESOME PROJECTS that you share…. Thanks for being you!!! and for this great giveaway.
    [email protected]

  391. Mandi!!! I am a follower, I’ve clicked on the above mentioned button!
    I would love, love, love to win a Silhouette so I can do all the crazy good projects crawling around my daydreams. I also follow Silhouette on Facebook, and their blog!
    It’s crazy what everyone is doing out there in Blogland, I want to do what they are doing! Pick me, randomly of course, but pick me!!!!

  392. ok — random act of kindness — i have quite a few friends that have husbands that are working out of town or in the middle of tax season … so, any little thing to help (give rides to preschool, offering to watch the little ones, calling to check up on them, etc…) small, but i hope it helps!

  393. Random act this week was to help pay for a lady’s grocery when she was out of money. She was so sad, but I paid the extra and she was so grateful. She wanted my address so she could send me the money, but I refused because as we all know good deeds always result in more.
    [email protected]

  394. How is it possible that I didn’t know about you until today?! I am now a followe and can’t wait for some inspiration. I’m currently a frustrated renter that can’t paint but would love to know how to personalize my home despite this handicap. I would LOVE to win cause that would make the process oooh so much simpler!

  395. I am in the middles of a super huge random act and it is super secret – can’t wait until it is done! The recipient will be stoked – with no idea where it is coming from!!!

  396. I follow your blog! I would love to have a Silhouette. I would never leave it’s side. I have a giant list of things I want to make. I don’t know how I will ever choose the first project.

  397. I’m already following the Silhouette Blog!! Did I mention that I really want one??? Like………really, really, really…………..want one!! 😉

  398. I just became a follower of your blog…wow…just heard of it …now I am going to spend time going backwards on your blog to see all that you have done 🙂

  399. I would follow “Elf” and your blog anytime, anywhere! lol. Totally love both! So now I am a follower. I also already follow silhouette so now I need to get my craft on. I would love to win!

  400. Yay I would LOVE to win this! Thanks for the giveaway! The quote is from Elf, one of my favorites 🙂

    I also publicly follow you on here.

  401. Mandy,
    Found you thru the CSI project and am now a follower, not sure yet If I love your guts but sure do love the silhouette SD’s guts to pieces.
    Tami

  402. HI! I am a follower of your blog and silhouette blog. I have also entered a ton of giveaways for this machine…I’m dying to have one, I can never afford to buy one on my own! I really really want to win.
    I hope I win!

  403. I already follow you and the silhouette blog. 🙂 Both are awesome! I would love to win this! Hopefully you can help a girl out! 🙂

  404. I’m a new follower of your blog. I’m in love, I’m in love and I dont care who knows it! (ELF) I’ve been trying for a while to win one. I would totally pee my pants if I won.

  405. I’m a google friend follower of your blog and Silhouette’s (as Snowflake07).
    And yes-sir-ree I want to win! I’ve been drooling over these forever. Okay, not forever…but a long time! Oh, and I mentioned on their blog I was visiting from your site.
    hotpepper71 at bell south dot Net

  406. Today I left a bunch of coupons laying around (on the correct products of course) in the grocery store. I wasn’t going to use them, but thought someone else might like to. Does that count as my random act of kindness for the day? 🙂
    hotpepper71 at bell south dot Net

  407. I am a follower of your AWESOME blog & now a follower of the silhouette blog too! I totally LOVE your guts & would LOVE Madonna’s twin sisters guts too!

  408. I am a totally new virgin follower! Found you through CSI project and am liking what I see 🙂 Plan on staying around for a good while! This is my 1,473th entry for a Silhouette (jk)and I want to win……BADLY!! Thanks for the opportunity to enter and for what’s looks like a really fantastic blog 🙂

  409. Alright I have followed this blog, followed the silhouette blog, tweeted it and did a RAK. Thank you for the chance to win this!

  410. I now follow you!!! I am excited to see what you do and I ToTaLlY want a silhouette. Please, please, please! 🙂

  411. I am already a follower of the Silhouette Blog, now your follow (you have such great stuff on here!), tweeted about the contest, and shared the contest on FB. NOW can you pick me as the winner? 🙂

  412. You’re awesome. A random act of kindness. I did that today and took my son and his (depressed) friend out for a chinese buffet. What more could make a big boy happy. (don’t answer that!)

  413. I am a follower of Vintage Revivals! I’m pretty sure it’s a form of torture seeing all these vinyl projects daily, I am beyond lust and at obsession with needing a Silhouette in my life! I seriously have a list going with all the things I could use it for! Ahhhh…

  414. That is a line from Elf! I read your blog since crafting with the stars but I clicked follow now so everyone can see I love your guts 🙂 Also will follow Silhouette. I have been eyeing them for a long time after seeing all of the great tutorials in blogland. I was so excited when they announced they can cut fabric now! I want one so bad to cut appliques for baby quilts. I dont have a baby but everyone else I know does and I can also applique pillows for myself…I do have my own couch :p

  415. I follow your wonderful blog, and I want to win the Silhouette thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhisssssssssss much! No, really, this is just the swellest craft tool ever, and I must, must, must win, steal or buy (well, win or buy) one! thanks for the chance to win.
    Judith Ann

  416. Today at Lowe’s I had a full cartload of crap and the lady behind me had one thing so I told her go ahead, then the guy behind her gave me puppy dog eyes so I told him go ahead also. I really wanted to hurry home and glue all my crap together so I am calling this a RAOK

  417. I showed the world that I love your guts by publicly Following Vintage Revivals (Mickey Coutts). I love the movie Elf, too! I want to win this Silhouette more than anything I’ve wanted in years. I think I could make something new every day for months and not run out of ideas!

    mickeycoutts at yahoo dot com

  418. I performed a random act of kindness to make the world a better place by including another little girl at my daughter’s birthday party. She has the same birthday and a not-so-great home situation. They weren’t giving her a party, so we asked if she could be the co-birthday girl at my daughter’s party.

    mickeycoutts at yahoo dot com

  419. I just found your blog and I love it already….then when I saw that you are giving away a Silhouette I love you even more. I want one of these soo bad. I have so many projects in mind that I want to create with it. I really really hope that I win.

  420. I am a new but happy follower and also follow the Silhouette blog- Would love to win this fantastic tool! The glass etching would be my first project I think but I love the vinyl wall sayings too!

  421. I came over to check out your zebra rug dyi post only to find you’re giving away a Silhouette… a cool DYI blog AND a give away? I think I’ll stay for quite a while. =)

  422. I would absolutely love this! I am in the midst of crafting for my wedding, and this would be SO. GREAT. Thanks for offering this!!

  423. New follower of your blog and I love it already! 🙂 I would love, love, LOVE to win a Silhouette! I have TONS of projects just waiting for that bad boy (or girl….I think my Silhouette would be a girl.) 😉

  424. I’m a follower of the Silhouette blog too. I drool over all the projects and wish I had that much creative talent (and a Silhouette!).

  425. I have entered EVERY silhouette giveaway, and, of coarse, have never won…(sigh) and of coarse I won’t be lucky enough to win this one either. Well, here’s for trying!!
    I follow you by the way…not literally, just cyberly. ;D

  426. Following this oh-so-awesome-blog — which actually I thought I already was but now it seems it is official haha

    Oh heavens I think I would pass out if I won this. I think I have entered each and every Silhouette giveaway out in blog land but to no avail 🙁

  427. I am a follower of the Silhouette blog — LOVE their How-to’s — hopefully I will win so I can put them to good use 🙂

  428. Random Act of Kindness: I let TheHandyMan make pancakes and sausage for the kids this morning! — Trust me when I say this is a major RAOK — I am NOT a cook ahahah

  429. I’m a follower and LOVE your projects!! I’m wishing, hoping and praying that I win so I can finally be able to experience the fun that everyone else just gushes about!!

    “SANTA…I know him!” 🙂

  430. I’ve been following the Silhouette blog for quiet a while and once again just wish I had the actual machine to be able to experience all the fun-ness!!

  431. Random acts of kindness…I try to do three a day! Even if it’s as simple as offering to take a mother with a baby or elderly persons cart back to the store for them. It always shocks them and puts a BIG 🙂 on my face!! Everyone should try it!

  432. I love the movie Elf! i reeeeally want this machine! If I win I will cover everything I own in vinyl! Today i helped an elderly lady carry some bags into church. We were having a bake sale!

  433. I follow your blog and love it! I am on GFC. I am dying to win a Silhouette, you have NO IDEA!!!
    Of course if I win, I won’t die, I’ll make all kinds of wonderful things instead! lol

    ksutherland08 at gmail dot com

  434. your blog is amazing and I get so excited seeing all your cute ideas! I would l.o.v.e to own Madonna’s twin. Seriously. Also, love the quote, Elf is in my top favorite movies

  435. I would stinking LOVE LOVE LOVE to have this!!! I follow you and now the silhouette blog too! Love my guts and pick me!!!

  436. I so need this machine!!! I am a teacher and a scrapbooking Momma!! I could do so many cool things for my classroom, home, and my little boy’s scrapbook of his entire life…I am now on volume 6. LOL.

  437. I am a follower, and can already tell I will visit often. I am a follower of silhouette! I keep seeing the best projects done by this awesome tool, and would seriously die if I won!!!!!

  438. I am a follower of you and Silhouette and I’ve also entered at least 32 of the giveaways but I’m pretty sure I’ve never won anything in my life, but what the heck maybe this one will be the one.

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