<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063975710688724119</id><updated>2012-01-23T19:25:23.555-08:00</updated><category term='contest'/><category term='glamour'/><category term='citi trends  win'/><category term='fries'/><category term='mascara'/><category term='opinion outpost'/><category term='nike'/><category term='surveys'/><category term='simply asia'/><category term='dole'/><category term='win'/><category term='wendys'/><category term='pokeball'/><category term='fortune cookie'/><category term='crochet'/><category term='links'/><category term='smashbox'/><category term='miller'/><category term='money'/><title type='text'>Crochet Projects and Wins</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>C and C girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15110449647649006241</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063975710688724119.post-5366437354097215633</id><published>2012-01-23T19:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T19:25:23.567-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dole'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='citi trends  win'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nike'/><title type='text'>Happy Monday</title><content type='html'>Here's to starting off Monday with a win.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're happy to let you know that you're a winner in the Fruit in 100% Juice Aloha Sweepstakes! You've won a $25 Nike gift code&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yoo hoo &lt;br /&gt;Thanks Dole, Not only do you have yummy fruit in a cup but you also give out prizes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2063975710688724119-5366437354097215633?l=contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/feeds/5366437354097215633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2063975710688724119&amp;postID=5366437354097215633' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/5366437354097215633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/5366437354097215633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-monday.html' title='Happy Monday'/><author><name>C and C girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15110449647649006241</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063975710688724119.post-8702121018928533487</id><published>2012-01-21T07:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T07:53:47.499-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crochet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pokeball'/><title type='text'>happy 2012, new year lets try again</title><content type='html'>Ok, so I didn't get as many crochet projects done last year like I said, but it is a new year and I'm going to try again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I did complete one project for my son. He wanted a pokeball hat and I found a great pattern on Ravelry. I think I finished this in 2 hours and he loved it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W34O3D-GtUU/TxrfI1Jl9jI/AAAAAAAAAEA/rpwetWku82Y/s1600/pokeball%2Bhat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W34O3D-GtUU/TxrfI1Jl9jI/AAAAAAAAAEA/rpwetWku82Y/s200/pokeball%2Bhat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700113621190047282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One project down , 11 more to go. I'm trying to complete at least one project a month.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2063975710688724119-8702121018928533487?l=contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/feeds/8702121018928533487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2063975710688724119&amp;postID=8702121018928533487' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/8702121018928533487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/8702121018928533487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-2012-new-year-lets-try-again.html' title='happy 2012, new year lets try again'/><author><name>C and C girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15110449647649006241</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W34O3D-GtUU/TxrfI1Jl9jI/AAAAAAAAAEA/rpwetWku82Y/s72-c/pokeball%2Bhat.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063975710688724119.post-1390707199837593145</id><published>2011-06-05T11:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-05T11:34:54.944-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uOAOD6A34_8/TevMLePVQvI/AAAAAAAAADY/rRbXMyi7-yY/s1600/safe_image.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 75px; height: 75px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uOAOD6A34_8/TevMLePVQvI/AAAAAAAAADY/rRbXMyi7-yY/s200/safe_image.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614805857915454194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another win. I'm almost on a roll. Just got an email from Brian Gavin Diamonds. Some beautiful jewelry there, I can't wait to see which one I get. whoo hooooo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Nadine ,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for entering our “Diamonds in Your FACEbook Weekly Sweepstakes”...  We are thrilled to let you know that you have won either one of our beautiful Custom Made Brian Gavin Rose Titanium Pendants or Earrings!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.briangavindiamonds.com/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2063975710688724119-1390707199837593145?l=contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/feeds/1390707199837593145/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2063975710688724119&amp;postID=1390707199837593145' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/1390707199837593145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/1390707199837593145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/2011/06/another-win.html' title=''/><author><name>C and C girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15110449647649006241</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uOAOD6A34_8/TevMLePVQvI/AAAAAAAAADY/rRbXMyi7-yY/s72-c/safe_image.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063975710688724119.post-1890998120754104153</id><published>2011-04-24T09:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-24T09:51:57.660-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fortune cookie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='simply asia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='win'/><title type='text'>Simply Asia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_1fQBLzSNvM/TbRVCsuLG_I/AAAAAAAAADM/DMts5Vjxdk4/s1600/IMG_1609.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_1fQBLzSNvM/TbRVCsuLG_I/AAAAAAAAADM/DMts5Vjxdk4/s200/IMG_1609.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599193741581294578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hyP3w9Gh6Cs/TbRVCe50V3I/AAAAAAAAADE/7V40PBT7J5A/s1600/IMG_1608.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hyP3w9Gh6Cs/TbRVCe50V3I/AAAAAAAAADE/7V40PBT7J5A/s200/IMG_1608.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599193737872037746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got my super large fortune cookie from Simply Asia .&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Simply-Asia/127487550959"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The kids loved it, I ddn't even get a chance to get a piece :-(&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2063975710688724119-1890998120754104153?l=contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/feeds/1890998120754104153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2063975710688724119&amp;postID=1890998120754104153' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/1890998120754104153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/1890998120754104153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/2011/04/simply-asia.html' title='Simply Asia'/><author><name>C and C girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15110449647649006241</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_1fQBLzSNvM/TbRVCsuLG_I/AAAAAAAAADM/DMts5Vjxdk4/s72-c/IMG_1609.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063975710688724119.post-6400088304842668314</id><published>2011-04-23T10:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-23T10:33:07.996-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='citi trends  win'/><title type='text'>Big Win</title><content type='html'>Ok, so I've finally decide to really really try to entercontest at least 3 x a week and it has paid off, pretty big in fact. I got a call yesterday from Citi Trends I was one of the grand prize winners from their " Who dat being fancy sweepstakes " . OMG I cannot wait to received it. Summer shopping for me and all the kiddies. whoo hoo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.cititrends.com/&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2063975710688724119-6400088304842668314?l=contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/feeds/6400088304842668314/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2063975710688724119&amp;postID=6400088304842668314' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/6400088304842668314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/6400088304842668314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/2011/04/big-win.html' title='Big Win'/><author><name>C and C girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15110449647649006241</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063975710688724119.post-5032406449515543247</id><published>2011-01-08T05:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-08T06:00:44.638-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion outpost'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surveys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='links'/><title type='text'>More money in 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Ok&lt;/span&gt;, so this year I'm trying to find ways to earn and save more money. In the past I have signed up for several survey companies. The companies that I have signed up for all pay decent amount for surveys that really &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;don't take&lt;/span&gt; up much of my time but the problem is that I never check my email and follow through on completing the surveys. This year I've promised myself that twice a week I will check my email and answer all surveys found&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now the next thing I need to do is set up a separate email just for surveys so that it &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;doesn't&lt;/span&gt; get lost in my spam or just regular email that I have to go through.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone interested in making a &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;lil&lt;/span&gt; more money can join me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"http://opinionoutpost.com/join/5628398&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2063975710688724119-5032406449515543247?l=contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/feeds/5032406449515543247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2063975710688724119&amp;postID=5032406449515543247' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/5032406449515543247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/5032406449515543247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-money-in-2011.html' title='More money in 2011'/><author><name>C and C girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15110449647649006241</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063975710688724119.post-8414465388333748822</id><published>2011-01-04T15:53:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T16:02:25.616-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='win'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fries'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wendys'/><title type='text'>Mmmmm Fries</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VX420QthRgA/TSO1BHxluAI/AAAAAAAAACg/Rg0QI7v7ZH0/s1600/app_full_proxy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 69px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 72px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558485395976861698" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VX420QthRgA/TSO1BHxluAI/AAAAAAAAACg/Rg0QI7v7ZH0/s200/app_full_proxy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I just won a box of fries. Those new Wendy fries are actually really really good. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FgM9os1&amp;amp;h=69689"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2063975710688724119-8414465388333748822?l=contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/feeds/8414465388333748822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2063975710688724119&amp;postID=8414465388333748822' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/8414465388333748822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/8414465388333748822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/2011/01/mmmmm-fries.html' title='Mmmmm Fries'/><author><name>C and C girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15110449647649006241</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VX420QthRgA/TSO1BHxluAI/AAAAAAAAACg/Rg0QI7v7ZH0/s72-c/app_full_proxy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063975710688724119.post-1577578766877795018</id><published>2011-01-02T13:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-02T13:56:40.934-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557710624017001954" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VX420QthRgA/TSD0XdTyreI/AAAAAAAAACY/UzA87wJlXrw/s200/IMG_1579.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wow, it's been a while since I've been on here. I'm surprised I even knew my password. &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Ok&lt;/span&gt; for 2011 I promise to do some crochet projects, maybe &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;I'll&lt;/span&gt; even get an early start to &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;xmas&lt;/span&gt; 2011 presents. I wonder if I can crochet and walk on the treadmill at the same time.....maybe I'm getting ahead of myself ...&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;mmmm&lt;/span&gt; maybe further down the year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well I did complete a crochet project in 2011 that I started &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;Dec&lt;/span&gt; 29, so I guess I'll count that as my first crochet for the new year.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2063975710688724119-1577578766877795018?l=contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/feeds/1577578766877795018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2063975710688724119&amp;postID=1577578766877795018' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/1577578766877795018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/1577578766877795018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011.html' title='2011'/><author><name>C and C girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15110449647649006241</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VX420QthRgA/TSD0XdTyreI/AAAAAAAAACY/UzA87wJlXrw/s72-c/IMG_1579.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063975710688724119.post-2302620127126040152</id><published>2008-12-04T10:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T10:22:43.930-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Good beginning</title><content type='html'>December is starting out great, I won another prize. I was a winner at the &lt;a href="http://www.purseblog.com/"&gt;http://www.purseblog.com/&lt;/a&gt; November giveaway. Over 1100 people blogged for this and I was picked as first prize winner, which the Hayden-Harnett Tote. This is a really cute purse. I cannot wait to get it. I'm trying to win all my Christmas gift, this one's for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276012231072155762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 188px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VX420QthRgA/STgpK6-sCHI/AAAAAAAAABI/5L8hMpFRVdo/s200/hayden-harnett-wyeth-tote.jpg" border="0" /&gt; ** update**&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I received my tote today and it is beautiful. The leather is soft and supple and it smells incredible.  This bag has plenty of space to hold my laptop and binder for school. It also has many pockets so that nothing small will get lost in the cavernous space.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2063975710688724119-2302620127126040152?l=contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/feeds/2302620127126040152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2063975710688724119&amp;postID=2302620127126040152' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/2302620127126040152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/2302620127126040152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/2008/12/good-beginning.html' title='Good beginning'/><author><name>C and C girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15110449647649006241</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VX420QthRgA/STgpK6-sCHI/AAAAAAAAABI/5L8hMpFRVdo/s72-c/hayden-harnett-wyeth-tote.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063975710688724119.post-3852737584546197189</id><published>2008-12-01T06:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T06:58:18.034-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Two wins this week</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;It's been a little slow andf then all of a sudden, BAM!!!, two wins. On Tuesday I won a Sony digital camera from the &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Coca Cola Zero in 2 Win&lt;/span&gt; contest. I won the DSC-S730 camera. It's pretty nice, it would be nice to get it in time for Christmas. I would give it to my son as a christmas gift.&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274834620853423666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 104px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VX420QthRgA/STP6I_DmjjI/AAAAAAAAAA4/4IxxDQh4fto/s200/730.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then last night I won a blender from the &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Splenda Operation: Get Sweet Sweepstakes&lt;/span&gt;. It's a cute little single serve blender that comes with a lid. I will be able to make my little smoothies just for me since no one else in my house drinks it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274835347819625986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 181px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VX420QthRgA/STP6zTN2fgI/AAAAAAAAABA/GdHon6p0_Ps/s200/splenda.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;What a great way to end the month. I hope December will be just as nice to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2063975710688724119-3852737584546197189?l=contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/feeds/3852737584546197189/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2063975710688724119&amp;postID=3852737584546197189' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/3852737584546197189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/3852737584546197189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/2008/12/two-wins-this-week.html' title='Two wins this week'/><author><name>C and C girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15110449647649006241</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VX420QthRgA/STP6I_DmjjI/AAAAAAAAAA4/4IxxDQh4fto/s72-c/730.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063975710688724119.post-8978307839359438200</id><published>2008-11-03T10:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-03T10:25:37.169-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mascara'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='glamour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='smashbox'/><title type='text'>Surprise win</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Hooray, today i went to my mailbox and found a little package that I did not expect. i was a runner up winner in the "Beauty Obsession" Sweepstakes,sponsored by Glamour and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Smashbox&lt;/span&gt; Cosmetics. I received a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Smashbox&lt;/span&gt; Bionic Mascara. This is a great win because I think it's &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;time&lt;/span&gt; for me to throw out the mascara I've been using. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264498942083188594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 194px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VX420QthRgA/SQ9B5TNJx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/FfUwzgE27-8/s320/smashbox.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2063975710688724119-8978307839359438200?l=contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/feeds/8978307839359438200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2063975710688724119&amp;postID=8978307839359438200' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/8978307839359438200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/8978307839359438200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/2008/11/surprise-win.html' title='Surprise win'/><author><name>C and C girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15110449647649006241</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VX420QthRgA/SQ9B5TNJx3I/AAAAAAAAAAo/FfUwzgE27-8/s72-c/smashbox.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063975710688724119.post-8819916600453321236</id><published>2008-10-27T07:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T07:21:33.122-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='contest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='win'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miller'/><title type='text'>Finally</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Finally, at last, just when I was about to give up hope. I got a surprise win in the mail. Although small it is still a win, hopefully the first of many more. I won a &lt;span style="color:#33cc00;"&gt;Miller Chill shirt&lt;/span&gt;. My son has already stolen it from me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2063975710688724119-8819916600453321236?l=contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/feeds/8819916600453321236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2063975710688724119&amp;postID=8819916600453321236' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/8819916600453321236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2063975710688724119/posts/default/8819916600453321236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contestsandcrochet.blogspot.com/2008/10/finally.html' title='Finally'/><author><name>C and C girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15110449647649006241</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
