Thursday, November 28, 2013

Words of the Week: Grateful ... and Giveaway

And now, a special Thanksgiving installment of Mrs. M's Word of the Week, with not one, but two featured words.

This week's words are Grateful and Giveaway.


grate·ful (ˈgrātfəl/), adjective
Feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful.

give·a·way (ˈgivəˌwā/), informal noun
1. A thing that is given free.
2. An outburst of generosity in the blogging world.

Used in a sentence:

"I am so grateful for all of you," said Mrs. M to her readers, "that I would like to hold a giveaway."

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(Here we depart from our usual format to talk about some rather astonishing statistics.)

Somewhere back in July, I passed the million-pageview mark. (I know! Can you believe it?) As of this writing, that number has climbed to 1,260,520. Good grief. More statistics: 608 posts, 618 followers, 8563 comments. (Of course some of those are my replies to your comments, but still!)

What can I say but "Thank you"? I so appreciate all of you who visit, and read, and comment, and email, and share bits of your lives and thoughts with me. I am truly grateful for you.

On to the giveaway:

I'm a big fan of Interweave Press. They publish some of the finest fiber and craft magazines around, and I would love to send out one of their special issues to a lucky winner. So I'm offering you a choice of ONE of these:

Interweave Crochet Accessories - chock-full of wonderful accessory patterns (including a hat by yours truly):


OR, Interweave Stitch Gifts - containing dozens of cute and useful stitch projects, sure to be appreciated by my sewing friends:


OR, Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts - for the knitters out there, lots of lovely projects suitable for gift-giving:


(Click on any of the magazine names above to preview the exciting contents.)

And what's a giveaway without chocolate? As usual, I'll be throwing in some Green & Black's organic chocolate bars. And perhaps a small surprise or two. :)

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How to enter:

1. Leave a comment telling me which special issue you'd like to win. (Be sure there's a way for me to reach you.)

OR

2. If you can't leave a comment because you don't have an online profile, then send me an e-mail (see my profile for the address), and include your chosen magazine in the subject line.

That's it!

This giveaway is international.

The deadline for entries is Sunday, December 8, 2013 (midnight, US Central Standard Time).

The winner will be announced on Monday, December 9th.

And again, thank you all. :)


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38 comments:

  1. I'd love the Interweave Accessories! I will need to look into the Stitch gifts- I haven't seen it before. Thank you for the giveaway and for always providing great content! :) mfrapp_83 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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  2. Wow, that's a lot of posts and pageviews. I'm quite a new blogger and I was hugely excited by 10,000 pageviews! Well done you, your success is very well deserved. The giveaway is very generous (chocolate!), I'd love the Stitch Gifts magazine, thank you.

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  3. I don't think I've looked at how many page views I've had but not near so much I know....well done you! I would like to be included in your draw please! Magazines of the knitting and crocheting type are ones I always look at, but never make it into my basket somehow, that looks like a lovely magazine and of course must be of fine quality to include your pattern! I would most like the knitty one if given the choice. Thank you, I am most grateful for your giveaway!

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  4. What a fun giveaway. I would love to win the crochet accessories magazine. BTW what has Tallulah been up to, do turtles hibernate?

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  5. That is a lot of page views Sue but I'm not really surprised your blog is lovely! Thank you for this great giveaway, I would love to win the crochet accessories magazine. :)

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  6. Hope you have had a lovely Thanksgiving. What a lovely giveaway - I think the stitch gifts looks like it would be a lot of fun. Juliex

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  7. The statistics are very impressive. It's great to know that people enjoy your blog. I joined as a follower as I love your chatty posts. My choice would be the knitting gift patterns if I am lucky enough to win. You can reply to this or contact me on Ravelry where my name is uomalley. Best wishes.

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  8. Congratulations on all those achievements Sue - huge statistics - and thank you so much for the opportunity to enter your lovely giveaway! I really would love a copy of the Crochet Accessories, but any of the magazines would be most acceptable, thank you so much Sue, I am most 'grateful'!
    Hugs, Joy x
    joyjinkscreations.blogspot.com

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  9. HOLA, COMO STAS... INTERESANTE TU BLOG, ME ENCANTO..¡ TE FELICITO.
    AHORA TE SIGO, TE INVITO A QUE ME VISITES Y VEAS LO QUE YO HAGO, SERAS BIENVENIDA SIEMPRE..
    BESOS, ABRAZOS Y BENDICIONES.
    ZHOBEYD@.

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  10. I'd love the crochet accessories magazine! :)

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  11. Thankyou for the great Giveaway, and we are grateful for it :).. good for you for having your hat published! tha'ts awesome. I would love to be entered to win the Crochet Accessories Magazine. Thankyou again.

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  12. I would love the Crochet Accessories magazine. I recently found your page and must say you have been a delight to get to know and you have been a beacon of knowledge of all things crochet! Thank you! :) My email is loves2laugh94@yahoo.com
    ~Connie

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  13. Oh I'd pick the Crochet Accessories if I were lucky enough to win! Thanks for the chance to win such a lovely give away. :)

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  14. Were I to be so fortunate as to win, I would like the the Crochet Accessories magazine. Congratulations on a blog well written, entertaining and educational.

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  15. Greetings from Finland and thank you for your delightful blog! Quite impressive statistics... I would like the Crochet Accessories magazine, should I be so lucky.

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  16. Wow to reaching the million mark Sue! Wishing you and your family a happy Thanks giving too. Please enter my name for the crochet accessories, looks like a great publication xox Penny

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  17. I would like the Holiday Knit Gifts by Interweave as I already have the Crochet Accessories.

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  18. I am very grateful for your blog! I appreciate your generous offers and I would love the Crochet Accessories and of course the chocolate. Thank you!

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  19. Wow! Amazing stats. Congrats.
    I would love that Knit magazing. This year I am working on grateful. I am grateful for very many things in my life, but this year I seem to have been morfe focused on what I lost than on what I still have. Gratitude is a good word.

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  20. What a lovely giveaway !!
    I'd love the stitch gifts please!

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  21. I would love the Crochet Magazine! Interweave does indeed publish lovely patterns.

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  22. I would love to get the Stitch Gifts and a belated Happy Thanksgiving

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  23. OH! The Crochet magazine would be the one for me!
    What a sweet giveaway, sweetened even more with chocolate! Thanks for the chance! xx

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  24. Any of these would be fine with me, but since we are to choose one my choice is Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts voyag70118@aol.com

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  25. Interweave Crochet Accessories
    Thank you

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  26. Greetings Mrs M! I look forward to your posts so I am not surprised by those huge numbers! Congratulations! I am grateful for the giveaway. Crochet Accessories would be my choice. Thank you!!

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  27. Wow what a lot of page views! I would love a gander through the Interweave holiday knits, thanks! Hope you and yours had a lovely thanksgiving I just cannot believe its December.

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  28. Hi Sue, congrats on your statistics! No surprise that you have so many views, since you have a topnotch blog. I really like the Interweave Crochet Accessories magazine. Linda@Wetcreek Blog

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  29. I would love to win the sewing magazine-as I really have lots of room for improvement in this area LOL

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  30. I would love to win the knitting magazine!

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  31. I would love to win the Interweave Crochet Accessories. I love your patterns! Thanks!

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  33. I would love the knitting magazine, I already have the crochet one thanks to you. But I did win before so I am pulling my name out because that just isn't fair.
    Hugs,
    Meredith

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  34. Amazing attention! Congratulations! I would appreciate and enjoy Interweave Crochet Accessories.
    Thank you!

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  35. Congrats on the milestone. I would love to win Interweave Crochet Accessories 2014

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  36. I want to thank you for the amazing tutorials you've shared here as well as the generous glimpses into your life! I have learned so much from this blog! The opportunity to win a copy of Crochet Accessories is icing on the cake! (And did someone say chocolate?!)

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  37. Hi! I've been driving for an entire week 1700 miles) to my new home and today s my first day back on the internet. S

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  38. Sorry, only part of my comment published! I would love to enter the draw for the knitting magazine. Happy holidays!

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