free things are nice: a giveaway

one time, i entered a coloring contest, and i didn't win. unfun.
one time, i entered a raffle for a charity and i won an XXL-sized t-shirt for a sports team i didn't know anything about. it was too big and too stupid and i gave it away. unfantastic.
one time, i entered a giveaway on some person's blog whose name i won't mention because i'm not a rude rudy. the giveaway was for a pair of sunglasses and i needed sunglasses at the time so i thought "well, i don't usually win these things, but i need sunglasses so i might as well try."
so i tried.
and i won.
i was so happy.
and every day thereafter i checked my mailbox maybe twice or thrice a day, and every day i was colossally dissapointed. it never came. unfair.
i still check some days, but i'm not very dissapointed because i'm not expecting anything anymore.

the point is not that.
the point is: it is a sad thing to not win a prize. it is a sadder thing to win a prize but never have it.
well. i am here today to present you with the opportunity to win a prize. it is a good and nice prize, and if you win it, you shall also have it.
PLUS, in the event that you don't win it, you can still have something else for free! how does that grab you?
i hope it grabs you very well.
let's move on, we have a lot of ground to cover.

this is jillian. 
she has a husband and a baby and an etsy shop and she makes headbands which are so swell.

you would like one, i bet. most good.


she has very graciously offered one of her bea-YOOtiful creations to the lucky winner of this, my very first giveaway draw.

here's how to get your name in the draw for the pretty zipper headband pictured on the left:

for 1 entry: leave a comment with your name.

for a bonus entry: go visit jillian's etsy shop! [make sure you leave a comment on her blog so she knows you've been by]

for a bonus bonus entry: oh i don't know. do something creative, or funny, or witty, and capture it somehow, and make sure i see it. email me, or put it on your blog. do something cool.

i'll leave it open til september 8. you have two weeks.

OH OH OH OH! i almost forgot. the free thing. click HERE. it's free music from jillian's husband, owen pye. [and she did the artwork on his disc. so cute.]

ok. that's all i have to say for today. happy winning!