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		<title>Jewelry giveaway &#124; For May: win a custom bottle-opener pendant</title>
		<link>http://blendcreations.com/weblog/2012/05/01/jewelry-giveaway-for-may-win-a-custom-bottle-opener-pendant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 17:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivian &#38; Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For May 2012, we’re giving away a custom bottle-opener pendant — featuring the location of your choice on the front and the inscription you&#8217;d like on the back. We’re conducting this giveaway through the Blend Creations Facebook page, so: 1) Like Blend Creations on Facebook if you don’t already 2) Go to the “Giveaway” link at the top [...]]]></description>
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For May 2012, we’re giving away a <a title="Custom bottle-opener pendant featuring the location of your choice" href="http://blendcreations.com/customopener">custom bottle-opener pendant</a> — featuring the location of your choice on the front and the inscription you&#8217;d like on the back.</p>
<p>We’re conducting this giveaway through the <a title="Blend Creations on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/blendcreations/app_197602066931325" target="_blank">Blend Creations Facebook page</a>, so:</p>
<p>1) Like <a title="Blend Creations modern jewelry on Facebook" href="http://facebook.com/blendcreations" target="_blank">Blend Creations on Facebook</a> if you don’t already</p>
<p>2) Go to the <a title="Connection family necklace giveaway" href="https://www.facebook.com/blendcreations/app_197602066931325" target="_blank">“Giveaway” link</a> at the top right (below the main image) of the <a title="Blend Creations on Facebook" href="http://facebook.com/blendcreations" target="_blank">Blend Creations Facebook</a> page. (Unfortunately, the <a title="Blend Creations giveaway" href="https://www.facebook.com/blendcreations/app_197602066931325" target="_blank">Giveaway</a> link is <em>not</em> accessible through the Facebook mobile app/Facebook through mobile web browsers.)</p>
<p>3) Fill in all the fields.</p>
<p>4) <strong>Get a bonus entry</strong> if you already <a title="Blend Creations' e-newsletter" href="http://www.blendcreations.com/content.php?content_id=1007" target="_blank">subscribe to our newsletter</a>, or choose to opt-in to our newsletter.</p>
<p>We will draw randomly from all the entries received by Thursday May 31st at noon EDT, and announce a winner on Friday June 1st.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Giveaway &#124; April&#8217;s winner for a Connection family necklace</title>
		<link>http://blendcreations.com/weblog/2012/04/30/giveaway-aprils-winner-for-a-connection-family-necklace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivian &#38; Eric</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giveaways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connection Necklace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family necklace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jewelry giveaway]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We had an amazing 381 entries for our Connection necklace giveaway. (There were 200 different entries, plus another 181 bonus entries for those who subscribed to our newsletter). From all of these, we randomly selected number 291 which corresponded to Laura O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s bonus newsletter subscription entry! Laura has won this quartet Connection necklace: (The final [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We had an amazing 381 entries for our <a title="Connection family necklace " href="http://blendcreations.com/connection">Connection necklace</a> giveaway. (There were 200 different entries, plus another 181 bonus entries for those who subscribed to our newsletter). From all of these, we randomly selected number 291 which corresponded to Laura O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s bonus <a title="Subscribe to the Blend Creations newsletter" href="http://blendcreations.com/content.php?content_id=1007">newsletter subscription</a> entry!</p>
<p>Laura has won this <a title="Quartet Connection family necklace" href="http://blendcreations.com/item.php?item_id=883&amp;category_id=181">quartet</a> <a href="http://blendcreations.com/connection">Connection necklace</a>:<br />
<a href="http://blendcreations.com/connection"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3157" title="Quartet connection necklace" src="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/plugins/image-shadow/cache/cda31799f9500e707ec66f11abecefd9.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="235" /></a></p>
<p>(The final necklace won&#8217;t have ??? on the third ring, we&#8217;ll just have to wait to hear from Laura the name of the fourth member of this quartet!)</p>
<p>For all of you who didn’t win, you can use the promo code <strong>“DIDNTWIN”</strong> to get <strong>15% off</strong> any of our <a href="http://blendcreations.com/connection">Connection  necklaces</a> until May 31st. (They do make a great gift for Mother’s Day — just make sure to check out our <a title="Shipping and Order info" href="http://blendcreations.com/shipping">shipping and order deadline information</a>.)</p>
<p>We’ll be announcing what our giveaway jewelry item for May will be later this week, so you can either come back to the blog then, or <a title="Subscribe to Blend Creations modern jewelry e-newsletter" href="http://blendcreations.com/join">sign up for our newsletter</a> to get an email notification :)</p>
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		<title>Jewelry giveaway &#124; For April: win a Connection family necklace</title>
		<link>http://blendcreations.com/weblog/2012/04/03/jewelry-giveaway-for-april-win-a-connection-family-necklace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivian &#38; Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For April 2012, we’re giving away a customized family necklace! You can have up to 9 rings, and personalize the rings with the laser-engraving if you&#8217;d like! We’re conducting this giveaway through the Blend Creations Facebook page, so: 1) Like Blend Creations on Facebook if you don’t already 2) Go to the “Giveaway” link at the top [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3142" title="April jewelry giveaway" src="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/plugins/image-shadow/cache/938a7edae2f3f22d0584291ce4f0f9ba.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="123" /></p>
<p>For April 2012, we’re giving away a <a title="Family necklace connection" href="http://blendcreations.com/connnection">customized family necklace</a>! You can have up to <a title="Connection family necklaces - up to 9 family members" href="http://blendcreations.com/connection">9 rings</a>, and personalize the rings with the laser-engraving if you&#8217;d like!</p>
<p>We’re conducting this giveaway through the <a title="Blend Creations on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/blendcreations/app_197602066931325" target="_blank">Blend Creations Facebook page</a>, so:</p>
<p>1) Like <a title="Blend Creations modern jewelry on Facebook" href="http://facebook.com/blendcreations" target="_blank">Blend Creations on Facebook</a> if you don’t already</p>
<p>2) Go to the <a title="Connection family necklace giveaway" href="https://www.facebook.com/blendcreations/app_197602066931325" target="_blank">“Giveaway” link</a> at the top right (below the main image) of the <a title="Blend Creations on Facebook" href="http://facebook.com/blendcreations" target="_blank">Blend Creations Facebook</a> page. (Unfortunately, the <a title="Blend Creations giveaway" href="https://www.facebook.com/blendcreations/app_197602066931325" target="_blank">Giveaway</a> link is <em>not</em> accessible through the Facebook mobile app/Facebook through mobile web browsers.)</p>
<p>3) Fill in all the fields.</p>
<p>4) <strong>Get a bonus entry</strong> if you already <a title="Blend Creations' e-newsletter" href="http://www.blendcreations.com/content.php?content_id=1007" target="_blank">subscribe to our newsletter</a>, or choose to opt-in to our newsletter.</p>
<p>We will draw randomly from all the entries received by Monday April 30 at noon EDT, and announce a winner on Tuesday May 1st.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Giveaway&#124; March&#8217;s winner for a Fusion necklace</title>
		<link>http://blendcreations.com/weblog/2012/04/02/giveaway-marchs-winner-for-a-fusion-necklace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivian &#38; Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had 212 entries for our Fusion necklace giveaway. From all of these, we randomly selected number 57 which corresponded to Lara D.’s entry! Lara has won a long fusion necklace personalized with &#8220;Shasta&#8221;: For all of you who didn’t win, you can use the promo code “DIDNTWIN” to get 15% off any of our Fusion necklaces [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We had 212 entries for our <a title="Personalized family necklace - fusion" href="http://blendcreations.com/fusion">Fusion necklace</a> giveaway. From all of these, we randomly selected number 57 which corresponded to Lara D.’s entry!</p>
<p>Lara has won a <a title="Long fusion necklace - family necklace" href="http://blendcreations.com/item.php?item_id=1076&amp;category_id=208">long fusion necklace</a> personalized with &#8220;Shasta&#8221;:</p>
<p><a href="http://blendcreations.com/fusion"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3135" title="Personalized fusion necklace" src="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/plugins/image-shadow/cache/2cf21b34141678ea1c5c6d0dcddeadba.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="320" /></a></p>
<p>For all of you who didn’t win, you can use the promo code <strong>“DIDNTWIN”</strong> to get <strong>15% off</strong> any of our <a title="Fusioni family necklaces" href="http://blendcreations.com/fusion">Fusion necklaces</a> until April 30th. (They do make a great gift for Mother&#8217;s Day!)</p>
<p>Tomorrow, we’ll be announcing what our giveaway jewelry item for April will be, so you can either come back to the blog then, or <a title="Subscribe to Blend Creations modern jewelry e-newsletter" href="http://blendcreations.com/join">sign up for our newsletter</a> to get an email notification :)</p>
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		<title>Jewelry Giveaway &#124; For March: Win a Fusion necklace</title>
		<link>http://blendcreations.com/weblog/2012/03/02/jewelry-giveaway-for-march-win-a-fusion-necklace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivian &#38; Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For March 2012, we’re giving away a Fusion necklace! You can choose the asymmetric, long or petite fusion necklaces. We&#8217;re conducting this giveaway through the Blend Creations Facebook page, so: 1) Like Blend Creations on Facebook if you don’t already 2) Go to the “Giveaway” link at the top right (below the main image) of the Blend [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/marchgiveawayheader.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3111" title="marchgiveawayheader" src="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/plugins/image-shadow/cache/a73d416da32da16a53126b03349f9aef.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="124" /></a></p>
<p>For March 2012, we’re giving away a Fusion necklace! You can choose the <a title="Asymmetric fusion necklace" href="http://blendcreations.com/item.php?item_id=1072&amp;category_id=208" target="_blank">asymmetric</a>, <a title="Long fusion necklace" href="http://blendcreations.com/item.php?item_id=1076&amp;category_id=208" target="_blank">long</a> or <a title="Petite fusion necklace" href="http://blendcreations.com/item.php?item_id=1075&amp;category_id=208" target="_blank">petite</a> fusion necklaces.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re conducting this giveaway through the <a title="Blend Creations on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/blendcreations/app_197602066931325" target="_blank">Blend Creations Facebook page</a>, so:</p>
<p>1) Like <a title="Blend Creations modern jewelry on Facebook" href="http://facebook.com/blendcreations">Blend Creations on Facebook</a> if you don’t already</p>
<p>2) Go to the “Giveaway” link at the top right (below the main image) of the <a title="Blend Creations on Facebook" href="http://facebook.com/blendcreations" target="_blank">Blend Creations Facebook</a> page. (Unfortunately, the <a title="Blend Creations giveaway" href="https://www.facebook.com/blendcreations/app_197602066931325" target="_blank">Giveaway</a> link is <em>not</em> accessible through the Facebook mobile app/Facebook through mobile web browsers.)</p>
<p>3) Fill in all the fields.</p>
<p>4) <strong>Get a bonus entry</strong> if you already <a title="Blend Creations' e-newsletter" href="http://www.blendcreations.com/content.php?content_id=1007" target="_blank">subscribe to our newsletter</a>, or choose to opt-in to our newsletter.</p>
<p>We will draw randomly from all the entries received by Saturday March 31 at noon EDT, and announce a winner on Monday April 2nd.</p>
<p>Easy peasy! Good luck!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Jewelry giveaway &#124; For February: win a #hashtag pendant</title>
		<link>http://blendcreations.com/weblog/2012/02/01/february-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivian &#38; Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; For February 2012, we’re giving away one of our newest, geekiest jewelry pieces: a #hashtag circle pendant. It joins our roster of other Twitter-related jewelry (like our very popular &#8220;@&#8221; symbol Twitter necklace). It&#8217;s a great way to express your geeky side with a #tagyoulove :) To enter our giveaway, we’re trying something new [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3051" title="February jewelry giveaway - #hashtag necklace jewelry" src="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/plugins/image-shadow/cache/c4fdd4cc220df657e6f3e7e3fc8d9f57.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="146" /></p>
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<p><a href="http://blendcreations.com/hashtag-circle"><img class="size-full wp-image-3054 alignright" title="hashtag necklace pendant" src="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/plugins/image-shadow/cache/674dc0b6eb74b81d3a0655e881c34098.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="224" /></a>For February 2012, we’re giving away one of our newest, geekiest jewelry pieces: a <a title="#Hashtag Circle Pendant" href="http://blendcreations.com/hashtag-circle">#hashtag circle pendant</a>. It joins our roster of other <a title="Twitter necklaces" href="http://blendcreations.com/twitternecklaces">Twitter-related jewelry</a> (like our very popular <a title="At symbol Twitter necklace" href="http://blendcreations.com/at-necklace">&#8220;@&#8221; symbol Twitter necklace</a>). It&#8217;s a great way to express your geeky side with a #tagyoulove :)</p>
<p>To enter our giveaway, we’re trying something new — we&#8217;re using the widget below to collect entries in this month&#8217;s giveaway. You&#8217;ll get an entry for commenting on the blog, but you&#8217;ll also be able to get bonus entries by Tweeting about the giveaway, Liking us on Facebook, and subscribing to our newsletter (no worries if you&#8217;re already a subscriber, you&#8217;ll still get a bonus entry if you leave us your subscribing email address).</p>
<p>We will draw randomly from all the entries received by <strong>Thursday March 1st at 12:01am</strong>, and announce a winner later that day. The winner will have 48 hours to claim the prize otherwise, we will draw again.</p>
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		<title>Giveaway&#124; January&#8217;s winner for a bottle-opener pendant</title>
		<link>http://blendcreations.com/weblog/2012/01/31/jewelry-giveaway-winner-januarys-winner-for-a-bottle-opener-pendant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivian &#38; Eric</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beer jewelry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer opener]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[black stainless steel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had an amazing 450 entries for our bottle-opener pendant. From all of these, we randomly selected number 97 which corresponded to Denise H.&#8217;s entry! Denise has won a Black stainless steel bottle opener pendant with the Damask2 pattern. She said she would use the pendant to open a Heineken. Congrats Denise! Enjoy your beer [...]]]></description>
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<p>We had an amazing 450 entries for our bottle-opener pendant. From all of these, we randomly selected number 97 which corresponded to Denise H.&#8217;s entry!</p>
<p>Denise has won a <a title="Black stainless steel bottle opener pendant - floral pattern" href="http://blendcreations.com/item.php?item_id=1055" target="_blank">Black stainless steel bottle opener pendant</a> with the Damask2 pattern. She said she would use the pendant to open a Heineken. Congrats Denise! Enjoy your beer :)</p>
<p>For all of you who didn&#8217;t win, you can use the promo code <strong>&#8220;DIDNTWIN&#8221;</strong> to get <strong>15% off</strong> any of our bottle-opener pendants (excluding our custom map pendant) until February 14th!</p>
<p>These<a title="Bottle-Opener necklace pendants" href="http://blendcreations.com/beeropener"> bottle-opener pendants</a> are a great gift idea for craft beer aficionados for <a title="Valentine's Day jewelry gift ideas" href="http://blendcreations.com/valentines">Valentine&#8217;s Day</a> perhaps? *hinthint*</p>
<p>Tomorrow, we&#8217;ll be announcing what our giveaway jewelry item for February will be, so you can either come back to the blog then, or <a title="Subscribe to Blend Creations modern jewelry e-newsletter" href="http://blendcreations.com/join">sign up for our newsletter</a> to get an email notification :)</p>
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		<title>Jewelry Giveaway &#124; For January: Win a bottle opener necklace pendant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivian &#38; Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! Hope you&#8217;ve had a restful holiday and you&#8217;re raring to go for 2012. For January 2012, we&#8217;re giving away the Disc Bottle-Opener Necklace pendant of your choice. You can choose one of our more ornate floral patterned bottle-opener pendants, or you can pick one that has a map to the birthplace of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://facebook.com/blendcreations"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2992" title="jan2k12giveaway-blog" src="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/plugins/image-shadow/cache/6888a93415d7f4a6d6b231ff292393ab.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="150" /></a></p>
<p>Happy New Year! Hope you&#8217;ve had a restful holiday and you&#8217;re raring to go for 2012.</p>
<p>For January 2012, we&#8217;re giving away the <a title="Bottle Opener necklace pendant for beer" href="http://blendcreations.com/beeropener">Disc Bottle-Opener Necklace pendant</a> of your choice. You can choose one of our more <a title="Floral bottle opener pendant necklace" href="http://blendcreations.com/item.php?item_id=1059">ornate</a><a title="Black floral patterned bottle opener necklace pendants" href="http://blendcreations.com/item.php?item_id=1055"> floral patterned</a> bottle-opener pendants, or you can pick one that has a <a title="Birthplace map beer bottle opener necklace pendant" href="http://blendcreations.com/search.php?keywords=beer">map to the birthplace of one of your favorite beers</a>. :)</p>
<p>To enter our first jewelry giveaway for the new year, we&#8217;ll be trying something new — we&#8217;re conducting our giveaway through the <a title="Blend Creations on Facebook" href="http://facebook.com/blendcreations">Blend Creations Facebook page</a> (comments on the blog won&#8217;t be counted this time):</p>
<p>1) Like <a title="Blend Creations modern jewelry on Facebook" href="http://facebook.com/blendcreations">Blend Creations on Facebook</a> if you don&#8217;t already</p>
<p>2) Go to the &#8220;Jewelry Giveaway!&#8221; link on the left side of the Blend Creations Facebook page</p>
<p>3) Fill in all the fields</p>
<p>4) <strong>Get a bonus entry</strong> if you already subscribe to our newsletter, or choose to opt-in to our newsletter.</p>
<p>We will draw randomly from all the entries received by Tuesday January 31 at noon EST, and announce a winner the following day, On Wednesday February 1st.</p>
<p>Easy peasy! Good luck!</p>
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		<title>Giveaway &#124; Winner of our year end giveaway!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivian &#38; Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re wrapping things up from our year-end giveaway for a jewelry for you and a friend! We randomly drew a number between 1 and 117 and got number 59, which corresponded to this comment: &#160; We&#8217;ll be gifting Brian with our Honeycomb hex wrench pendant: and his lovely wife will get one of our QR code [...]]]></description>
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<p>We’re wrapping things up from <a title="October giveaway for a glow-in-the-dark necklace" href="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/2011/10/03/giveaway-october-2011/" target="_blank">our year-end giveaway</a> for a jewelry for you and a friend! We randomly drew a number between 1 and 117 and got number 59, which corresponded to this comment:</p>
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<p><a href="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Picture-4.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2970" title="Comment from Brian" src="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Picture-41.png" alt="" width="469" height="143" /></a></p>
<p>We&#8217;ll be gifting Brian with our <a title="Hex wrench pendant" href="http://blendcreations.com/hexwrench">Honeycomb hex wrench</a> pendant:</p>
<p><a href="http://blendcreations.com/hexwrench"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2968" title="Honeycomb hex wrench pendant" src="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/plugins/image-shadow/cache/75d9508b225150488b06ee9f7ddc847a.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="320" /></a></p>
<p>and his lovely wife will get one of our <a title="QR code necklace pendant" href="http://blendcreations.com/qrcode">QR code pendants</a>:</p>
<div><a href="http://blendcreations.com/qrcode"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2969" title="QR code necklace pendant" src="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/plugins/image-shadow/cache/497cf4e1e32b051187172d3bf5b4d2a1.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="320" /></a></div>
<p>Congrats Brian! We hope you and your wife enjoy your Blend Creations :)</p>
<p>If you didn&#8217;t win this time, not to worry, you&#8217;ll get another chance when we announce our next giveaway early in 2012!</p>
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		<title>Giveaway &#124; The end of the year giveaway: gifts for you and a friend!</title>
		<link>http://blendcreations.com/weblog/2011/11/01/giveaway-novdec-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivian &#38; Eric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re changing things up a little bit for the November &#38; December jewelry giveaway. :) It&#8217;s around this time of year that everyone starts thinking of holiday gift-giving and we&#8217;d like to help you out in that department! For our last giveaway of 2011, we&#8217;re giving away two items of your choice — so pick [...]]]></description>
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<p>We&#8217;re changing things up a little bit for the November &amp; December jewelry giveaway. :)</p>
<p>It&#8217;s around this time of year that everyone starts thinking of holiday gift-giving and we&#8217;d like to help you out in that department!</p>
<p>For our last giveaway of 2011, we&#8217;re giving away <span style="text-decoration: underline;">two items</span> of your choice — so pick one for yourself and one to give to a friend.</p>
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<p>To enter this giveaway, comment on this blog post with:</p>
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<p>1) Your name.<br />
2) Which of our Blend Creations would you like to keep for yourself?<br />
3) Which item would you gift to a friend and why?</p>
<p><em>Please, only <strong>one blog comment entry</strong> per person.</em></p>
<p>We will draw randomly from all the blog comments received by Thursday December 15th at noon ET, and announce a winner on Friday, December 16th. If a blog comment is drawn and doesn’t have all of the above answered, we will re-draw. Good luck!</p>
<p>Need ideas?<br />
Our most popular gift for moms and grandmas, our <a title="Family necklaces - Connection necklaces" href="http://blendcreations.com/category.php?category_id=181">Connection necklaces</a>:</p>
<p><a href="http://blendcreations.com/category.php?category_id=181"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2842" title="Personalized family necklaces - Connection necklaces" src="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/plugins/image-shadow/cache/40a9b9de5a87fa4687a07aa0a98967af.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="320" /></a></p>
<p>Our most popular gift for anyone with a Twitter account, a <a title="Twitter necklaces - personalized with twitter handle" href="http://blendcreations.com/search.php?keywords=twitter%20handle">Twitter necklace</a>:</p>
<p><a href="http://blendcreations.com/search.php?keywords=twitter%20handle"><img class="item_image aligncenter" title="'At' Symbol Charmer Twitter Necklace" src="https://blendcreations.com/item_images/charm_at/image0.gif" alt="'At' Symbol Charmer Twitter Necklace" width="320" height="320" /></a></p>
<p>Our most popular gift idea for those who consider themselves quite handy, our <a title="Hex wrench pendant" href="http://blendcreations.com/item.php?item_id=1051&amp;category_id=199">Honeycomb hex wrench pendant</a>:</p>
<p><a href="http://blendcreations.com/item.php?item_id=1051"><img class="item_image aligncenter" title="Honeycomb hex wrench pendant with cord" src="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/plugins/image-shadow/cache/e97d1e40f2911fa397740ebb3113a119.jpg" alt="Honeycomb hex wrench pendant with cord" width="320" height="320" /></a></p>
<p>Our most popular gift idea for beer drinkers, <a title="Bottle-opener pendant" href="http://blendcreations.com/search.php?keywords=bottle%20opener">a disc bottle-opener pendant</a>:</p>
<p><a href="http://blendcreations.com/item.php?item_id=1059"><img class="item_image aligncenter" title="Disc bottle-opener stainless steel pendant with cord" src="https://blendcreations.com/item_images/tool_disc_w/image0.gif" alt="Disc bottle-opener stainless steel pendant with cord" width="320" height="320" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://blendcreations.com/item.php?item_id=1059"></a>Our most popular go-to accessory for all occasions, our <a title="Flower lace cuff bracelet" href="http://blendcreations.com/item.php?item_id=1052">Flower Lace cuff bracelet</a>:</p>
<p><a href="http://blendcreations.com/item.php?item_id=1052"><img class="item_image aligncenter" title="Flower lace cuff bracelet" src="http://blendcreations.com/weblog/wp-content/plugins/image-shadow/cache/1482dd34f5cdc44df4c43c6bc3765589.jpg" alt="Flower lace cuff bracelet" width="320" height="320" /></a></p>
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