I won! I won!

My friend Darcy had a giveaway and guess what....I won! Soon a starbucks giftcard for $20 will arrive in the mail! I wish Darcy could join me...but alas, she lives FAR AWAY! She is a fellow blog designer and we have developed a friendship over the last several months. I honestly hope to meet her someday and have a cup of coffee! We instant message all the time! She has been a real encouragement to me as I've grown my business this past year! I don't know where I would be as a designer without her! Thanks Darcy! Isn't her link button super cute!



Ok, now onto way more trivial matters! I confess...I watch the Bachelor. I've watched every season except the one with the guy from France. Did you watch tonight? Did you see the last couple minutes when they did the overview of the upcoming season? Did you see that DeeAnna (the bachelorette from last season that let him go at the very end and chose the other guy) CAME BACK to tell Jason she made a mistake???!!! Did you see the shot of him in the midst of a gut wrenching cry that seemed to almost bring him to his knees???? Oh my goodness! It's gonna be an interesting season!! I know some of ya'll are judging me right now....OH WELL! What can I say, I've got issues!! LOL!

I'm BACK! And it's EIGHTCRAZY WEEK!!

This week we are counting down to the date of 8-8-08...just look at all those EIGHTS! Aren't they pretty? I wish I was having a big EIGHTCRAZY party..but instead I will actually be running a wedding rehearsal that night..so no party at my house. The rest of ya'll will most likely be watching the opening ceremonies of the 2008 olympics! So just pretend it's an EIGHTCRAZY party!

So in honor of counting down to all those lovely EIGHTS I will be including the number EIGHT in some way with each post this week....and then on Friday there will be a giveaway!!

I'd like to invite ya'll to join me on my countdown! Just post about what I'm posting about each day!!!

Today I'm going to look back into my comment archive and share some EIGHTS from my blog history!!!
My EIGHTH comment that I received back when I first started blogging was from Beckie at Infarrantly Creative and she said:

Oh my that studio (another creative blog) gives me creative envy. THAT IS AMAZING! I want one.

Here comment was in regards to a post all about Craft Studio Evny!

Then there is my EIGHTH post...which is super boring...but here it is:

Debates

Today on CNN at 7pm ET and 4pm PT they are airing the YouTube presidential debates. People from all over the country submitted video questions, and they will show the videos and then the candidates will answer the questions. I'm not much for watching debates, but this one sounds interesting!

So, now it's your turn....go to your blog and post the EIGHTH comment you ever received and your EIGHTH post! It's fun to look back! Leave me a comment to let me know you are participating in my countdown!!

Tomorrow I will be sharing about EIGHT people who have impacted my life!! (so start thinking about your post!)

Giveaways Galore!!!

First things first....I'm being featured Thursday by both the SITS Girls and Tip Junkie! Am I the luckiest girl in the world or what!!!! So exciting! I've been blessed to have Tiffany, Heather and Laurie all as blog design clients of mine! They are the best!

I've got two giveaways to share with ya'll! The first one is July 3rd only! Head on over to Tip Junkie to win a $28 gift card towards and EightCrazy Designs Blog Design. You know you want to "eightcrazyify" your blog!! Oh, and after today her giveaway continues with lots of other great stuff! CHECK IT OUT!!




The next is some BEAUTIFUL jewelry from Gems By George!! Head on over to her blog to enter to win a fabulous piece of jewelry vauled at $40!!!

giveaway

by the way....
come back tomorrow because I'm being featured by Tip Junkie and participating in a giveaway. You could win a $28 dollar gift card to eightcrazy designs!

20 Day giveaway coming up on Tip Junkie!!

Tip Junkie is celebrating her blogiversary with a 20 day giveaway! It's June 30th - July 28th Monday - Friday. *EightCrazy Designs will be participating in the giveaway on July 3rd!!



GO CHECK IT OUT!!

Another crazy Giveaway from the SITS Girls!

ok, seriously people. Now the SITS girls are giving away a bounce house!! A BOUNCE HOUSE YA'LL!! That's crazy! These girls know how to do a giveaway!!

You gotta check it out! Oh and if you go to SITS, grab their button code and add it to your blog...then go back to SITS and leave a comment and mention me....I get extra entries (only if you are new to SITS because of this though)!

I really want this for the church so we can use it at VBS and the church picnic! Wouldn't that be awesome!!

Want to win a FREE Blog Design and MORE!

I recently designed a new blog for Mrs. R from the R Family Diaries and Heather from Mindless Junque. They have joined forces to create a new blog together. Their new blog venture is called The Secret is in The Sauce. They plan to feature a new blogger everyday! Their goal is to promote YOUR blog viewership AND increase your comments!!

They are kicking things off with a HUGE GIVEAWAY! The giveaway includes a custom EightCrazy Designs total blog makeover! If you love the way your blog looks already, you could use the makeover as a giveaway on your own blog or give it as a gift to a friend! Oh, did I mention that the blog design makeover isn't the only thing they are giving away...I did say HUGE GIVEAWAY! So head on over to their new blog The Secret is in The Sauce and check it out!!!!

Bloggy Giveaways

Came across this site that helps with blog giveaways. Thought some of you might find it of interest for the next time you do a giveaway. If you want more info click below. And for those of you who like giveaways...getting free stuff....you can visit this site to see what giveaways are out there.

EIGHTCRAZINESS IS HERE - Giveaway Post #1

I DIDNT' MISS IT!

8,8888 and counting! EIGHTCRAZINESS IS HERE!!! Let the giveaway begin!!

Ok, here are the details:

For the next EIGHT days I will do EIGHT consecutive posts (including this one). During that EIGHT days leave a comment once on each post and you will receive an entry for each comment you leave (up to 8 entries possible this way)

If you post on your blog about my giveaway and link to it, (let me know) and that will enter you into the drawing one more time as well. Link to Gems By George (let me know) and you will get entered yet again! You will also be entered again if you leave a comment at Gems By George between now and the next 8 days.

And there is one final way to enter. Take a picture that could represent EIGHTCRAZINESS (notice my pics on the lower left column) and email it to me at eightcrazy8@gmail.com I will post all the pics as they come in! Have fun with this and get creative!

Wow, there are so many chances to WIN!

So let’s review the ways to enter – You could have up to 20 entries!!

* Leave comments over the next eight days here at Eightcrazy (up to 8 entries this way)

* Leave comments over the next eight days at Gems By George (up to 8 entries this way)

* Post on your blog about the giveaway and link to Eightcrazy (let me know you did this – up to one entry this way)

* Link to Gems by George in a post on your blog (let me know you did this – up to 1 entry this way)

* Send a pic that defines or depicts EIGHTCRAZINESS to my email at eightcrazy8@gmail.com (up to 2 entries this way which means you can submit up to 2 pics)

Entries must be received by midnight (pacific coast time) on Thursday, December 27^th.

So WHAT do you win? A beautiful handmade bracelet by Gems By George (my MIL). The winner will be able to choose which series they would like their winning piece to be from (that means you get to choose the color basically). Also, please note that the winning piece will be from the Gems By George “Classic” line.

Here is an excerpt from my MIL’s blog about her jewelry:

“Every jewelry item I create is part of one of 12 different series. The series names come from the qualities represented by the dominant color in the piece, and some of the names are Strength, Restoration, Passion, Peace, Kindness, etc. It's a long story (I'll tell you one of these days) of how these came to be, but for now, I just want you to know that I pray over each jewelry item, asking God to touch the wearer and bless them in whatever way they need. I will never know, this side of heaven, how this works in individual lives, but I love being able to partner with God in such a manner.”

Gems By George recently created a one of a kind piece of jewelry for a local artist who designed one of the white house tree ornaments to wear to an evening at the WHITE HOUSE! How cool is that!

So now it’s up to you Blog Buddies! You can enter once or up to 20 times! Have fun and I can’t wait to see who wins! Again, entries must be received by midnight (pacific coast time) on Thursday, December 27^th. Let the comments and entries begin!