We Want YOU to join us in this Blogger Opportunity

Yep, it's my Birthday!  I can't believe my blog is going to be 1 year old.  

I'm so excited that I'm having a Giveaway.

I'm inviting you to celebrate with me.  

My friends and I are having a Paypal Cash Giveaway and we want you to join us.  

The amount of the giveaway will depend on the number of bloggers 
who participate in my celebration.  

Of course I'm hoping for a huge turnout of support which will make the amount larger 
and increase the traffic to all of our blogs. 

Our Paypal Giveaway will be open to everyone 
that has access to a Paypal account to receive their winnings.

I am donating the first $50 to get the giveaway going.

Links are $5 each
and to Co-Host is only $15
which buys you 3 links in the Rafflecopter

This Giveaway will be promoted heavily on many media sites.

One lucky winner will be able to start their new year with extra cash in their pocket.

Deadline to sign up is January 8th, 2014

  Please fill out the form below today and celebrate with me.

My blogger email is:  sewcraftyangel@gmail.com 
if you wish to contact me with any questions.
Thank you for your love and support throughout this past year.  
I look forward to many more bloggy years of sharing with you.

I'm Co-Hosting Aloha Friday Hop

Hey there people and a very Happy Aloha Friday to you all! Welcome to the most hoppingest of all hops - The Aloha Friday Hop :)

We have a great team for June - I know you're going to love them! Just don't forget to head down to the linky to click and follow them when you link up your own lovely blogs :) Our hosts and co-hosts links are always the first you will see, so it's easy for you to click and follow.

Grab a button and link up below! If you'd like a different sized button click here. <a href="http://acatlikecuriosity.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Aloha"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-jJtCSLvWQ-vA8AsY94D20htdRkWHbcKyHApSv3vR0AgEJwTmdWR0yuVuvBhFw3vJlLuk_NW1Ep6BhiEYNMj2BgfS1QPdeM9PuAL2RWBnF96UtWytHDYQoR1AxRfmqmKR5pKyfaqvRc3/s1600/Aloha+Friday+button+300+with+words.png" border="0" /></a>

Don't worry if you already have Jean's lovely Aloha buttons on your blogs - switch if you'd like to. Or choose one of Jean's buttons here.

The rules are the same as before and are posted below. The Aloha Hop is one of the most hoppingest hops of the week, attracting over 400 linkups on the regular. Let's keep that blogging tradition going people!

If you'd like to host future Aloha Hops with us then please get in touch at our swanky new email address alohahop@gmail.com

I believe we're all set for June with lots of lovely co-hosts but feel free to get in touch about July onwards.

If you'd like to spread the love even more, why not tweet and twitter all about it? Just click the pic below :)

Here's the extra special addition to our lovely hop. It's an oh-so-easy opportunity for you lovely participants of the Aloha Friday Blog hop to get some exposure to your blogs!!  What do  you have to do to enter?  Just link up to the Aloha Friday Blog Hop Below!! It's that easy!!  No extra forms or hassle, just link up!  Each week we will pick a linker to featured at random and invite you all to say ...

Grab a button if you were featured this week! <a href="http://acatlikecuriosity.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Aloha"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8yP_OUw8p6lLzSDTsOglHG20MvEJpMAcvQPQlgq6kS36wqrVTV7KoDV_lC4H5tL9srFDcyeYPiILu-t8j_j_dzRxG17T1efuYU-IVpeHST4HhUyhsH98Q5izgI5z5yJts93Iey2sVAwU/s1600/Aloha+Friend+button.jpg" border="0" /></a>

Aloha Hoapili translates as Hello Close Friend. So, without further ado let me introduce you to this week's featured friend ...

Penny at Penny's Treasures.

Penny blogs all about vintage, home decor and life in general. Want a little taste of her blog? Check out these posts to find out what you've been missing:

Penny's Junk Yard  Decorating on a Budget  Grocery Cart Planter

Now let's start hoppin'! Click on the links in the linky to visit some lovely bloggers and make new friends. Oh, and don't forget to link up yourselves!

Aloha and have a great day people!

$600 Cash Giveaway

Hello Friends

I am so happy to be a Sponsor in a huge give-away with What Jean Likes.  If you would like to enter the Birthday Cash Giveaway or become a Sponsor then please, read on.

Two years ago in May I started blogging on What Jean Likes.  I had the blog name for years (since 2008, I think), back when I had an idea but was so busy running my other site that I never did anything with it.  After I quit my job as a beauty blog writer/editor/photographer, I decided to take a break but missed blogging so much... I decided to write about a large array of things I like so I came here and sporadically posted every few months when I had time, no biggie.

Over the last year or so I really started actively posting here, finding my voice and sharing the things I like with this blogosphere.  My blog has grown so very much and I want to do something super special not only to celebrate my bloggy birthday, but to thank all of you for being a part of the family and sticking with me through it all.  Did I mention I'm having a 50% off sale on all ads for my site in May to celebrate?  Just enter the code: MAY at checkout to get half off ALL ads!!  Sponsor & Advertise

I am putting together a cash prize for one lucky winner of at least $600.  I get tons of emails asking me about how to do giveaways, how to find giveaways to get involved with and so on.. I thought, what better opportunity to allow others to chip in, help this prize grow and get new followers along the way?  If you want to be part of this giveaway, I'm accepting sign ups now.  Giveaways are an amazing way to get followers, I've gotten tons of followers by hosting or co-hosting several giveaways.  If you'd like to buy links into the rafflecopter prize widget (which will be mandatory follows for anyone who enters the contest), you can do so below.

Here's how it works:

1 link = $10

2 links = $20

3 links = $30

and so on..  OR

If you would like to co-host this giveaway which will get you a top spot in the giveaway post and in the rafflecopter widget.  This includes 3 mandatory follow links and 2 extra follow links for $40.  If you choose this option, it's only $40.  Nothing more, nothing less. Sorry I forgot to specify that and got questions in my email about it.  Co-hosting is a flat $40 rate.

ALL the monies received for this giveaway will go to the winner.  If I get more than the $600, then the giveaway will be much larger and will get a TON more traffic.  If I don't get enough to make the $600, I will put the rest of the money up myself.  I want to make this a fun and easy way for people to enter.  This giveaway will be featured on my blog regularly for two weeks and will also be mentioned in the Aloha Friday Blog Hop email every week that goes to over 1,000 people.  Super fun and easy way to celebrate and get followers. 

This contest is open to anyone in any country (open internationally).  Payment will be made via PayPal.  No companies are sponsoring this giveaway (I get asked that a lot), it's just something I wanted to do for all of you.  I have other giveaways coming up this week with Blogs Jean Likes and my April Sponsors Team Giveaway as well!!  

You can sign up below or click this link to go to the form to sign up: May Giveaway Sign Up Form.  Get in on this now because I want to have it live on May 15th so enter now so I can set it up and code it and get it all ready.  I will stop accepting entries/contributions to be part of this giveaway on May 11th.