CLOSED--Valentine Handmade with Love Gift Giveaway Hop Feb. 2-6--CLOSED

 Giveaway is closed. Winner has replied.  Random.org drew number 88 tearyeyedstars.  Doing a 2nd draw for the US only prize.  Winner will be emailed and have 48 hours to reply.


Thanks for hopping over to Free Stuff, Fun Sites, Contests, and More. I'm very happy to be be participating in the Valentine Handmade with Love Winter Giveaway Hop. All items being offered by all the great sponsors are handmade. Give them as gifts or keep them for yourself.

If you read my spotlight posts before this hop, then you've probably already read about the awesome handmade sponsors that are offering you, my readers, some great prizes to try to win.  When entering please be aware of which prizes are available worldwide and which ones are only for US.  This list is in no particular order.

The following Giveaways are open Worldwide

HautTotes

You'd have to read the sponsor spotlight on how much I love HautTotes. I've been a customer for a while now.  Fantastic handmade bags that you'll find the likes of NOWHERE else.  Durable, fashionable, current, and custom if you like.  HautTotes is offering one of my winners this super "Haut" zipper pouch.  This print is exclusively available from HautTotes shop ONLY!

You can also find HautTotes on twitter: @HautTotes
and on Facebook.

HautTotes' Giveaway is open Worldwide!

The Clever Hedgehog

The Clever Hedgehog is a new online handmade jewelry shop.  The creativity behind The Clever Hedgehogs' beautiful pieces amazes me. Never could I imagine creating such beautiful pieces from materials like buttons and beads.  Feminine and contemporary styles at a very reasonable price.  The Clever Hedgehog is offering 1 FFCM reader a $25 gift certificate!

You can also find The Clever Hedgehog on Facebook

and The Clever Hedgehog's blog: http://www.thecleverhedgehog.com/

The Clever Hedgehog's giveaway is open Worldwide!

Concrete Minerals

After years of working in the natural cosmetics industry Emily decided to create Concrete Minerals.  The beautiful colors and attitude of the make up is sass that mineral make up needs.  Concrete Minerals is offering one FFCM reader two full size eyeshadows in their best selling shades!

Smut

 and Lolita 

 

Find Concrete Minerals on twitter: @CM_Official

and Facebook

Concrete Minerals giveaway is Open Worldwide!


The next two giveaways are open to US and Canada Only

Madame Koiteh

Madame Koiteh's shop offers handmade products inspired by and learned from her African elders.  Madame Koiteh's love of Shea Butter is also an inspiration for many of her products.  You can find Organic Shea Butter, African black soap, handmade glycerin soaps, and more in her shop.  Madame Koiteh is offering one FFCM winner a Romantic Lover's Gift basket which is a 3 piece bath and body set that includes:  Shea butter enriched spa bath salts,  Shea butter infused massage oil, a moisturizing glycerin soap all in Strawberry Kisses scent, and she will also include a bonus handcrafted candle tin in Japanese Cherry Blossom .


You can also find Madame Koiteh's products on these site:
www.madamekoiteh.com 

www.thesheabutterqueen.com

As well as Madame Koiteh's blog:
www.madamekoiteh.blogspot.com

Madame Koiteh's giveaway is open to US and Canada

ANGIE'S HANDMADE CANDLES 

Yes it's me.  I can't have a handmade giveaway and not give one of my readers something from my own shop. One FFCM readers will win a wax dip bear in their choice of scents available in my shop.  I make wax dip bears, jar candles, and melting tarts using soy wax.  I try to keep my business as green as possible by reusing boxes, packing material, and whatever I can to ship my products.  Wax dip bears work similar to a room air freshener.  Sit one of these guys on their provided glass plate on a dresser in a bedroom, on your mantle, kitchen counter or wherever you'd like to add some fragrance.  Fragrance without the flame.  Scent will generally last about 30 days.  After 30 days you can refresh the scent by running a hair dryer over them for about 30 seconds.  

You can also find Angie's Candles on Facebook
and on twitter: @angiewith3

Angie's Handmade Candles giveaway is open to US and Canada






The following Giveaway is Open to US ONLY



SOUTH TEXAS NATURALS

South Texas Naturals offers a variety of handcrafted soaps from milk, glycerin, natural, on more.  Also handmade lotions, cuticle cream, bath bombs and more.  There is a scent and type for just about anyone.  South Texas Naturals has been making handmade soaps for about 10 yrs and are planning to add more products to their line. South Texas Naturals will be giving one FFCM reader 5 bars of handcrafted soap in the scents of their choice.

You can also find South Texas Naturals on etsy
On twitter: @STNaturals
and on Facebook.  

South Texas Naturals giveaway is open to US ONLY

Mandatory Entry

Follow FFCM with Google Friend Connect (located in Right column).  Be sure to leave your email address so I can contact you if you win.  

 Bonus Entries:

Please leave a separate comment for each bonus entry completed.  Bonus entries will be deleted if mandatory entry is not completed. 

1.  Like FFCM on Facebook

2.  Follow me on twitter: @angiewith3 and leave your twitter id in a comment.

3.  Tweet about this giveaway using the RT button in upper left corner OR you can use this phrase:

"  Big Valentine giveaway on http://bit.ly/gsRjEz with 1 winner to be spoiled by the sponsors ends 2/6 worldwide! @angiewith3 "

Can tweet once per day during the giveaway.  Leave a link to your tweet.  

4.  Subscribe to FFCM via RSS feed and/OR Email (email must be confirmed to count)  

+1 for each one completed.  Located in Right hand column.  

5.  Follow any of the sponsors on their respective links: IE.  twitter, facebook, blog, or heart etsy shop and tell them FFCM sent you and get 1 extra entry for each.  Just leave a comment telling me what you did with the respective id ( twitter handle, facebook name, etsy id etc.)

PLEASE READ RULES:  I will draw one winner no later than Feb. 7 using random.org.  If the winner is in the US, that winner is eligible for all prizes and only 1 winner will be chosen.  If the winner is from Canada, that winner will qualify for the worldwide and US/CAN prizes and a 2nd winner will be drawn for the US only prize. And in the odd scenario that a worldwide winner is drawn and then a Canadian winner is drawn 2nd for the US/CAN only prize, a 3rd winner will be drawn for the US only prize.  Make sense?

Winner will be contacted via email and will have 48 hours to reply to winning email notification.  IF no response in the given time frame, a new winner will be chosen. 

Now that you've entered here, why not stop by one of the other participating blogs for even more Valentine gift giveaways!

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Valentine Handmade gift hop starts tomorrow get 5 bonus entries now

I'm so excited for the Valentine Handmade with Love gift giveaway hop that starts tomorrow and runs until Feb. 6. Many blogs are participating. I have 6 awesome sponsors that have offered up some really cool prizes.

1.  HautTotes is offering a really cool zipper pouch with a fabric design exclusively available from HautTotes.

2. The Clever Hedgehog is offering a $25 gift certificate for her beautiful handmade jewelry,

3. Concrete Minerals is offering 2 of their best selling mineral eye shadow shades in Lolita and Smut.

4. South Texas Naturals is offering 5 bars of hand crafted soap in the winner's choice of scents.

5. Madame Koiteh is offering a romantic lover's gift basket that is a 3 piece bath and body set which includes: shea butter enriched spa bath salts, shea butter infused massage oils, and a moisturizing glycerin soap all in Strawberry kisses scent. As a bonus she will also give the winner a handcrafted candle tin in Japanese Cherry Blossom scent.

6. Angie's Handmade Candles is offering a wax dipped bear in the winner's choice of scents.

Several items will be available to International readers.


So how can you get 5 bonus entries today? Blog about this giveaway today with a link to my blog. Then when you come back to enter the giveaway tomorrow (starting at midnight) just leave 5 separate comments that you blogged about this giveaway with a link to your blog post on the giveaway post!  Feel free to copy whatever you like from this post to use in yours. 


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Valentine Handmade with Love sponsor spotlight: @HautTotes!

I'm Participating in the Valentine Handmade with Love Gift Giveaway Hop from Feb. 2-6. All giveaways are handmade items. I have some FANTASTIC sponsors.
The first one I'm going to tell you about is: HautTotes

About a year ago, I was shopping for a purse. I'm not your typical woman in that I don't own a ton of purses. I search and search for my "perfect purse". I look for just the right size, a look I'm interested in, and it has to be durable because I use it all the time.

In my search, I came across HautTotes on etsy. I absolutely LOVED so many of the designs. My favorite colors are black and pink. I like to have a girly touch to my bags. I also have a thing for skulls. Don't know why but I do. I came across this bag in HautTotes shop: Skull purse with pink hearts

At the time it was only available in a tote size in her shop.  I emailed to ask her if she could scale it down to a "purse size".  I also asked her to add a zipper to it. When I actually got my purse I was so thrilled.  It was beautiful.  I've been using this purse every day for a year now and it is still holding up beautifully.  It's held up to my toddler getting into it, me throwing it around, and probably at least a 1,000 times of me opening, closing, and digging around in it.  I've received so many complements on my purse.  A lot of people don't even notice the skulls right away.  They say "oh was a pretty bag!  Where did you get that!" I tell them and then I say "Do you see what's on the bag" and I hold it up closer.  Then it's usually "Oh my gosh I didn't even notice that at first!"

Here is a pic of my purse after a year of wear:

Seriously, a year of everyday use.  Attacked by a toddler.  Thrown in and out of my file cabinet at work.  Stuffed full of whatever.  Still looks great right?


I love the purse so much I also ordered the matching zipper pouch. 


I'm not the only one who loves her shop though.  Her etsy shop is constantly busy with 100% positive feedback even with over 1100 sales!


You can browse HautTotes Etsy shop here:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/HautTotes

You can also find HautTotes on Facebook:   http://www.facebook.com/HautTotes#!/HautTotes

And you can find HautTotes on twitter:  http://twitter.com/HautTotes



I like following HautTotes on twitter.  HautTotes will interact with her twitter followers. I always think that's nice and gives a more personal touch when conducting business.


So I'm sure you're ready to know what HautTotes will be sponsoring as a prize for the Valentine Hand Made with Love Hop.  Oh I'm so jealous of whoever wins this:

This fabric print is only available in HautTotes etsy shop! Oh and by the way:  This giveaway will be open Worldwide!


So stop by one or all of her links and thank her for sponsoring such a great giveaway in the Valentine Handmade with Love Hop Feb. 2-5 on FFCM.  Then come back here starting Feb. 2 for your shot at winning this unique and well made item.




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