Blogmania Drawing - Winner Chosen

Blogmania 2010 Winner of Blog 118 of 123 Announced!

Good Morning Friends!  I selected the winner of my Blogmania giveaway yesterday afternoon at 5:33 p.m.

I printed the entire list of comments and made sure each of your actions counted.  So if someone accidentially listed that they are a GFC, Twitter Fan & FB Fan all in one comment... it was 3 actions and indeed I made sure all three counted.  I double checked everybody to make sure everybody had a fair chance. 

In total, there were 272 entries.  HOLY COW!  That's awesome! I want to thank you all for stopping by and all the actions you took to promote not just my blog, but Blogmania as a whole.  The success we had as a group is thanks to Lynda Coker at Between the Lines and More, and her two partners in crime fun Amy - The Black Sheep Dances and June - Writing is a Blessing.  Without all your coordinated e-mails and organization, Blogmania would still be just a great idea.  You've made it into a real event... a real BIG event!

I know in the rush of trying to visit all 123 blogs, you may not have gotten a chance to look around.  I invite you to browse my previous posts, check out my unique jewelry designs and ask any questions you have.  I also send out a once monthly newsletter about jewelry trends, new styles of jewelry (like wire crochet) and the hottest seasonal colors so you can be on point all year round.  As a bonus for registering for my newsletter, I will include a copy of my e-book Twitter Marketing Made Easy.  This will help you get started with Twitter and automate many processes to make tweeting with your followers super easy!  Just fill in your name, email and website or blog if you have one, click the button then check your inbox for an e-mail from me. 



And now, back to the Blogmania winner...

To choose the winner, I used random.org to generate a random entry number.  Out of 272 entries total, random.org selected #43 as the winner.  Here's the result (you can click the picture to enlarge):

Entry #43 belongs to:  Angie Tubbs

I've e-mailed Angie for her mailing address and will ship her jewelry out first thing this week. This was the first giveaway I participated in and really, I had so much fun!  I'm looking forward to Blogmania - the fall edition this September.  It will be even bigger and better than this round was!  More winners, bigger prizes.... you get the picture?  Mark your calendars for Wednewsday, September 15th.  Take off work... find a sitter for the kids... get your pups & kitties extra treats to keep them busy because you are going to want to focus!  ;)  Kidding aside, if you enjoyed all these giveaways, you'll definitely want to come back!

Thanks again for stopping by my blog during your treasure hunt.  The wonderful comments you left me are sincerely appreciated.  I love hearing from you and look forward to taking your ideas and creating works of jewelry art with them as inspiration! :)  For those that subscribe to my monthly newsletter, you will receive special subscriber-only sales & discounts for being a loyal follower!

I appreciate your friendship so very much!  Thank you for making my experience with Blogmania and my first giveaway over the moon successful!  Congrats to Angie Tubbs, I hope you love your jewelry!

The Blogmania Winner...

... will be chosen this afternoon.  I'll send the lucky winner and e-mail and post it here on my blog tomorrow morning so that everybody can know who won.  The winner will have 72 hours to e-mail me their mailing address so I can ship out their jewelry.  If I don't hear back, another winner will be drawn.  :)

I sincerely appreciate all of my blog followers new and existing, new Twitter followers and new fans of my Facebook page, Designs by Dawn Marie.  The response to Blogmania was tremendous, not just to me, but the entire group of bloggers that participated.  Your wonderful comments and interaction really meant the world to me and I look forward to sharing more of my creative jewelry designs with you in the future.

We're already making plans for the next round of Blogmania which will take place on September 15th, 2010.  So mark your calendars now!  I expect the prizes will be even bigger, and the number of people participating will increase because people are still raving about how much fun this was.  I did hit all 122 other blogs yesterday to check out their blogs, get to know them and see how they were doing Blogmania.  Wow, are there some really, really talented bloggers out there.  I was in awe at how amazing some of the blogs looked and the content they delivered on a regular basis to their followers.

Again, thanks for stopping by yesterday!  I hope you enjoyed your stay (even if it was brief) and will stop back again soon.  I'll always have my virtual door open and a fresh pot of virtual coffee on so we can have a wonderful social time together.

See you real soon!
~Dawn