My Birthday and a New Giveaway!

Today was my birthday! Yup, another year has gone by. My daughters made it a very, very nice day for me! First, they gave me flowers. Then, the oldest one made me breakfast. Then they gave me presents. From Hannah (the youngest) I got a very pale pink denim jacket with a flowing printed tank top. She also brought me an "ice cap" (it is kind of like a frappe) from Tim Hortons (both of them are working there) when she got home from work. 

Alyssa (the oldest) got me a blue and white tie dye kimono cardigan, an owl printed bib apron and an original piece of artwork done by herself! Then Hannah took me to a movie (we saw the new Tarzan movie) and they both took me out to dinner. Oh, and Alyssa made me a yummy cheesecake!

They both took a lot of time to get me something they thought I would like and that meant a lot to me. They said that my dolls didn't need any more stuff  and that they wanted me to have something just for me! They made this day something very special for me. So much so, that I decided to do a birthday giveaway! We are leaving tomorrow to sign the lease on Alyssa's apartment for college this fall and then we are getting together with my family for a summer party. I won't be back until Monday, but I will let you know what is in the giveaway when we get back!

Last Dolls of 2015 and Blog Giveaway # 1 Announcement

I hope you all remember that I promised to do a blog giveaway soon after the start of the new year. So here I am announcing my first blog giveaway! I am hoping I can make this an annual event. I decided to follow the example of Brini of Brini's Doll Domain and have a series of items to give away. There will be 4 different giveaways. This is the first. I also decided to have the last dolls of 2015 introduce themselves and announce each giveaway. 

"Hi all, we are some of the new residents of Hanaly Corners that were added late in 2015. From left to right, we are Carly Lager, Millie Robertson and Shula Washington. Some of you may recognize us as the 2015 Barbie Look dolls introduced by Mattel in the last quarter of 2015. We do not know what our roles are yet in Hanaly Corners or even if we have other family members here, but we have been enlisted to announce Blog Giveaway #1."

Millie: "These adorable accessory packs are for the first Giveaway."
Carly: "Are you sure we have to give these away? They are so cute, especially those black gladiator sandles!"
Shula: "Those are for flat footed dolls, not for our type of feet!"

Millie: "Here is a closer look at the items for this Giveaway."

Shula:  "Here are the rules for the Giveaway:

• You need to be a follower of this blog to enter.
• You can only enter one time for each Giveaway.
• You will have one week to enter.
• You will need to leave a comment stating you would like to participate.
• Winner will be selected at random. Once you have won a Giveaway, you will not be eligible for the subsequent Giveaways in this series.
• The winner will be announced via blog and will be asked for personal email to communicate through.
• You will have one week to respond.
• Your item will be shipped out upon receipt of your shipping information and the postage will be covered by Phyllis.

Good Luck!