Holiday Giveaway!!!

The holiday season is a very special time of year. It is a time to celebrate, a time to reflect, to rejoice, to give, and most importantly, a time to spend with family and friends. So to honor holiday tradition, I am holding my first ever giveaway. (: One winner will receive the pair of earrings shown below.

Rules and how to enter are as follows:

Rules/Regulations (rules/regulations are subject to change at my discretion).

1. Anyone can enter. The first "mandatory entry" is required, and additional entries are up to you!!! I reserve the right to disqualify any entries I feel do not meet the standards set by the "rules" or "how to enter".

2. Winner must email me at KMHjewelry@gmail.com within 72 hours of the winning post. You must verify your identity as well as send me your mailing address. If the winner does not claim their prize within 72 hours, the runner up will be posted, wherein said runner up will have 72 hours to claim the prize.

3. Contest begins 12AM (midnight) EST on December 1, 2009. ALL ENTRIES MUST BE IN BY 11:59PM December 19, 2009 EST.

4. Winner will be chosen at random via Random.org.

5. Winner will be posted December 20th, 2009.

Now, the fun part.

How To Enter:

MANDATORY ENTRY: Go to www.justanillusion.etsy.com and choose your favourite item. Leave a comment on this blog entry with a link to your favourite item and your email address (so I can contact you in the event you win). (worth 1 entry)

ADDITIONAL ENTRIES:

- Follow KMHjewelry on twitter. Leave a comment here with your twitter username. http://twitter.com/KMHjewelry (worth 1 additional entry)

- Tweet this giveaway, leave a comment here with your twitter username. (worth 1 additional entry)

You can use the following, or write your own:

#win a pair of handcrafted earrings by Kayla Hughes @KMHjewelry of justanillusion on #Etsy. #giveaway http://kmhjewelry.blogspot.com

- Follow this blog. http://www,KMHjewelry.blogspot.com Leave a comment here saying you did so with your username. (worth 1 additional entry)

- Fan the Smoke & Mirrors fan page on Facebook. Leave a comment here saying you did so with your name. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Smoke-Mirrors/138232126056?ref=ts (worth 1 additional entry)

- Mention this contest in a Facebook status or note, make sure to tag @Smoke and Mirrors (the fan page). Leave a comment here saying you did so with your name. (worth 1 additional entry)

- Heart my etsy shop. Leave a comment here with your etsy username saying you did so. http://www.justanillusion.etsy.com (worth 1 additional entry)

- Blog about this contest. Make sure to link back to this blog entry so others can enter!!! (: Leave a comment with a link to the blog post. (worth 5 additional entries)

- Make a purchase from my Etsy shop. http://www.justanillusion.etsy.com make sure to comment here with a link to the item you purchased. (worth 10 additional entries)

That's a total of NINE ways to enter, for a total of TWENTY-TWO entries!!!

If you choose to enter in more than one way, you can condense your entries into one comment, you don't need to leave an additional comment every time you complete an entry if you do them all at once. (:

Please note, if you already follow my blog, twitter, or FB fan page, please make a note of that. These will count as additional entries only if you leave a comment about it.

I hope everyone has a good holiday season, and enjoys this contest!!!

***PLEASE NOTE: some people have been having trouble with getting their comments to go through. Don't sweat it! If you can't get your comment to go through, please just send it to me in an e-mail at KMHjewelry@gmail.com. Please make the subject "Holiday Giveaway" so I do not mistake it for spam. (: