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June 27, 2011

Who Would Have Thought It?! Giveaway Winners and an Introduction

Wow! Once again can we say how excited we are at the success of our first ever Summer Blogger Block Party!



We officially had 1166 links to the party!  Who would have ever thought it would be so successful and it’s all thanks to YOU!! We are wondering what the record is for linky parties?? ha! ha!

If the Summer Blogger Block Party doesn’t provide you with some blog surfing we don’t know what would!

We wanted to take a moment to once again thank all of our fabulous sponsors!  They generously donated items for the party so that we could provide you, our guests, with some gifts for partying with us…cause what’s a party without some presents!

Winners of the giveaways were randomly selected from all party links.  Winners were then verified to make sure they contained a link back to the party in some capacity per the requirements to be entered into the giveaways.

A big thank you to:

Farmhouse Wares and Savvy Southern Style for providing one of their fabulous Bait Bucket Lanterns

The winner of the lantern is:
The 2 Seasons


Twisterz Toys and At The Picket Fence for providing two of their educational and fun products

The winner of the Word Girl and Clifford Twisterz Toys is:
Cottage in the Oaks

Gathered Comforts and No Minimalist Here for providing a lovely French Script Pillow

The winner of the Gathered Comforts pillow is:
Happy to Design

Stella and Dot sales representative Ashley and Green Door Designs for contributing this gorgeous pair of Soiree Stud Earrings

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The winner of the earrings is
Our Life in a Click

Cutting Edge Stencils and SAS Interiors for donating a $50 credit towards the stencil of the winners choice

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The winner of the stencil is
The Summer Porch

The Simple Stencil and At The Picket Fence for donating a garden stencil of the winners choice up to a $30 value

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The winner of the stencil is
Till Death Do Us Part

Michell from Girl In Air Etsy and DIY by Design for providing a $50 credit to her Girl In Air Etsy store

Hand Stamped 'I Love You' Garden Markers Set of 3
The winner of the $50 credit is
My Dwelling Place

Kristin from Uncommon Slice of Suburbia and Uncommon Linens Etsy for donating several beautiful items

The winner of Kristin’s lovely gift is
Adventures in Decorating

Scentsy sales representative Debbie from DebbieDoo’s Blogging and Blabbing for putting together this lovely basket of Scentsy items

The winner of the Scentsy basket is
Hyacinth for the Soul


Debra from Common Ground donated a lovely Vintage Necklace Pendant from her shop Petite Boutique Etsy

The winner of the vintage necklace is
Buckets of Burlap

Alison from Stuff and Nonsense for offering this beautiful vintage painting

The winner of the painting is
A Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson
and last but CERTAINLY NOT LEAST

Courtney from French Country Cottage for offering copies of
Country French and Modern Country Design

The winner of both is
Something Nice and Pretty

Whew! That’s a whole love of giving!!  Thank you again to all of these fabulous sponsors and donors to the Blogger Block Party!  If you are the winner of any of these prizes please contact the individual host and they will get your information so that you can receive your gift!
If you are like us you may be spending the rest of the summer visiting all of the fabulous blogs that shared their incredible summer posts.  Therefore, we have created a permanent link in our sidebar so you can revisit the Summer Blogger Block Party anytime you want! Just click on the link and it will take you to the linky party where you can surf  the links whenever you want to your hearts content!  Thank you again to everyone who participated in the fun!  It wouldn’t have been a party without all of you!  And we want to also take a moment to thank all of our fabulous hostesses one more time! 

Thank you for your hard work in helping us pull off such a successful party!
You gals are the best and we love ya!

Each of these lovely ladies hosts individual linky parties EVERY WEEK and we can attest to their warm hearts and generous spirits! You can visit and join up with them by accessing their party buttons in our sidebar! We would love to invite you to join us each Friday for Inspiration Friday here At The Picket Fence as well!

We also want to take just a moment to introduce you to another fabulous blogger Angela and her Etsy Store

our newest sponsor here At the Picket Fence!  Her shop is BEYOND AMAZING and we want to invite you to pay her a visit! You can access Unexpected Elegance Etsy through the sponsorship link in our sidebar. As a special offer to our friends here At The Picket Fence Angela is offering 10% off at checkout if you enter code: ATPFB !! Thank you Angela for offering this to our friends!

A big thank you to Unexpected Elegance for your sponsorship of At The Picket Fence. 

Do you have a business, Etsy Shop or would like to promote your Blog here At The Picket Fence?  If so we are offering an awesome sponsorship special for the Summer. 


Two months of advertising for the price of One!!
You can visit our Advertise with Us page for all of the details or contact us through our Contact Page! We’d love to have you as a sponsor of
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Thanks once again for spending some time with us…at the fence!
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  1. Honey at 2805 says

    June 27, 2011 at 3:58 PM

    Congrats on a hugely successful Blogger Block Party and to all of the winners of your special giveaways!

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  2. Angela says

    June 27, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    Thanks for the intro! I wanted to let everyone know that if you enter ATPFB at checkout, you will receive 10% off.
    I hope you will check out my store!
    Thanks!
    Angela

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  3. Pam - diy Design Fanatic says

    June 27, 2011 at 4:11 PM

    It was definitely a fun week of parties! Congratulations to all the winners!

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  4. Debbie~refreshrestyle.com says

    June 27, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    Ok, I didn’t win…that’s ok because I get to visit some amazing blogs and get some terrific ideas! Great Partay Ladies! Congratulations to all the winners!
    Debbie

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  5. Little Brick Ranch says

    June 27, 2011 at 4:29 PM

    WOW – thats a whole lotta links! I am going back through to check out some more blogs and super links! 🙂 Thanks, ladies, for all your hard worm as usual.

    Reply
  6. Pattie says

    June 27, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    WOW what a party It was so fun, Congrats!!!! to all the Ladies that won.. Love all their blogs…

    Pattie

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  7. Leslie says

    June 27, 2011 at 5:35 PM

    That was some honkin’ party.
    I couldn’t come.
    But I sure did visit a lot of party-goers!
    Blessings to y’all!!
    It sure was a blast!
    Love,
    me

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  8. Shelia says

    June 27, 2011 at 5:46 PM

    Wow! Congratulations to all of the winners! I’m so sorry I had to miss out on all of the fun! I’ll have to go and see if there’s any crumbs left for me to see! 🙂
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia 😉

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  9. Richella says

    June 27, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    Congratulations! What an incredible party–it’s just amazing that you ended up with so many links! I think your party was a great idea, especially for summertime. It seems that many of us find ourselves without much time for blogging in the summertime, but you really got people online last week! What a brilliant idea, and y’all executed it so well. Way to go!

    Reply
  10. Mrs.B says

    June 27, 2011 at 10:05 PM

    Oh…I just love that bait bucket lantern…going to check it out! 🙂

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  11. Andrea@ourbluefrontdoor says

    June 27, 2011 at 10:13 PM

    What a party it was…thank you again for hosting it along with all the other awesome ladies….can’t wait to look through all of the links!

    Have a great week! You ladies ROCK!

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  12. Sherry @ No Minimalist Here says

    June 27, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    Hi Ladies, Thank you again for putting all of this together! With 1166 links I am surprised all of our computers didn’t crash. What a wonderful party and thank you for asking me to participate. Congrats to all the winners.
    xo,
    Sherry

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  13. Sue says

    June 27, 2011 at 11:41 PM

    GREAT blog block party Heather and Vanessa!

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  14. Pam says

    June 28, 2011 at 12:05 AM

    Heather and Vanessa, You put on a great party! Thanks so much for getting the party started! 🙂

    Have a great week!
    Pam

    Reply
  15. Michell @ Girl In Air says

    June 28, 2011 at 12:45 AM

    Congrats on a successful blog party!! It was awesome watching the growth and FUN going thru the links….I still have a goal to get through them all!

    Reply
  16. Paula Jo @ Outdoor Garden Decor says

    June 28, 2011 at 1:53 AM

    You really had a good turn out for the blogger block party, and Congrats to all the winners. Go going!!

    Reply
  17. NanaDiana says

    June 28, 2011 at 3:18 AM

    Congratulations! I am so happy that all of your hard work paid off in such big numbers! Congrats too to all of the winners of the gifts. How wonderful! You gals did good….very, very good! Now…When does the Fall Fest start?;>) xo Diana

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  18. ❀ⒹⒺⒺ❀ says

    June 28, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    Congratulations to all the winners!
    It was a fun party.

    Thanks,
    Dee

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  19. dogsmom says

    June 28, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    Congratulations to the organizers and winners of the big prizes. With all the fun we had we are ALL winners at this party.

    So…what do we have to look forward to for autumn????

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  20. Becky C says

    June 28, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    Wow! What a successful blog party. Great idea 🙂 I had fun joining. Appreciate all your work to pull this off.
    I won the necklace!! Yay! Can’t wait!
    Thanks so much
    Blessings
    Buckets of Burlap

    Reply
  21. The Summer Porch says

    June 28, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    Excellent blog party. A lot of work went into this event… I’m so excited to have won the stencil. Thank you all so very much.
    Enjoy your summer!
    Rosemary…XO

    Reply
  22. Sarah says

    June 28, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    Wow, what a party! Congratulations on the huge success of this event. I had great fun visiting many of the links. Didn’t get to all of them, but I’m still working through the list. 😉
    I’m thrilled to have been one of the lucky winners. Thanks! ~ Sarah

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  23. Something Nice and Pretty says

    June 28, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    It was a great party and so glad I won the magazines, really thrilled about it!

    Rondell

    Reply
  24. Janette@the2seasons says

    June 28, 2011 at 11:29 PM

    Thanks so much for the prize. We gals here at The 2 Seasons are thrilled that we won it.

    Reply

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