Sunday, January 1, 2012

First Blogiversary + Giveaway

Happy New Year!  I hope you have a wonderful night last night ringing in the new year.  I am lucky enough to get to begin this year with another celebration as well.  Today is my first blogiversary!  One year ago today I wrote my first post and began this incredible journey.  In the past year...
-I have posted 101 entries.
-164 people have become followers.
-there have been 107,332 page views.
-there are readers from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Mexico, the Philippines, the Netherlands, Japan, and more.
-you guys have left 274 comments (my favourite part).

I am so thankful to each of you who reads and those who comment for your encouragement and support.  In this upcoming year I hope that even more conversations can be started.  Learning from one another, and me learning from you guys, is the best part of this blog to me.  To show you my appreciation and to celebrate my first blogiversary, I am going to do my very first giveaway!


The prize:

I am making some popular items that I've posted on my blog, and one brand new one.  Here is the prize pack:
-3 Lavender Love Lotion Bars (post here)
-1 container of
Lemon Meringue Moisturizer (post here)
-2 tubes of Spa Spirit Lip Balm (coming soon)

Ingredients:

-beeswax
-shea butter
-sweet almond oil
-lavender essential oil



 Ingredients:
-beeswax
-grapeseed oil
-water
-borax
-lemon essential oil


Ingredients:
- coconut oil
-sweet almond oil
-beeswax
-vitamin E oil
-essential oil blend of grapefruit, eucalyptus, benzoin, and peru balsam


These products are made with beeswax and other potential allergens.  They were not made in a peanut- or nut-free facility.  You accept all risks and responsibility for any and all consequences resulting directly or indirectly from the use of these products.  They are free from chemicals and additives.

How to enter:

Mandatory entry:
-Tell me what you want to see on the Wife Life


Additional entries (1 entry for each):
-Become a follower through Google, RSS feed, or email (or tell me if you already are)
-Like me on Facebook (or tell me if you already have)
-Post about the giveaway on Facebook linking to this post

Leave one comment for each entry (up to four comments per person) below.  If you comment through the anonymous setting, please sign your name in the comment.  I will be using random.org's random number generator to determine the winner.  Giveaway deadline is 1/15/2012 at midnight PST.  The winner will be announced 1/16/2012.

Also, because I am from Canada and get so disappointed when I cannot enter giveaways, I am opening this contest up worldwide!  Everyone is welcome to enter.  Good luck!

40 comments:

  1. Your blog is so beautiful! I personally love the bits and pieces of your daily life seen on these pretty pages. To me, keep going just the way you are..it's wonderful!

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  2. Grace,
    Although I would LOVE to win your prize...I shall let a non-relative have that pleasure!! You are awesome as is your blog! I love that you are opening your give away world wide...you rock!

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  3. I have been blogging for over 4 years now maybe 5 and one thing that I find to be so valueable is the transparency of the blogs.. I am leaving FB so to speak, going to keep my account but am going to come back to the blog as I once was.. Seems that FB is just not very personal and making real relationships there does not seem to be for me....... I have so many wonderful friends here in the blog and friend that I think will remain for many many years...... so you asking what we want to see in a blog........ honesty and keep it real...... that is ties that bind........ Happy New Year to you and your family..... and I will be around a lot.........

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  4. i really appreciate eco/green blogs that address the money saved from living a simplified, earth friendly lifestyle. i hear a lot of misconceptions about how expensive it is to choose the green option. and if you want to get more personal, tell us about your adventures - cliff jumping, paddle boarding, jumping out of planes - the focus on experiences over stuff.

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  5. Hi! I am a follower and have been for some time now. Really enjoy your blog.

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  6. I think it would be really great if you could do a post on eco-friendly beauty brands- drug store and high-end.

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  7. I'm new here, so hopefully I won't mention something you've already done. I'd love to see a post outlining the best eco-friendly cosmetics and cleansers. I've started making a lot of my own, but every now and then it would be nice to supplement with something store bought.
    Thanks!

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  8. I've also subscribed to The Wife Life via Google Reader :)

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  9. Hi Grace! I just found your blog through Frugally Sustainable. I loved working my way through the past year. I would like to see more post on re-purposing old items. I also love the recipes you have shared for lotions. - Rebecca

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  10. I subscribed to your blog through google as well. :-)

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  11. I liked you on fb, I think your blog is great!! One of my goals in 2012 is to find ways to be more "green" friendly. I would love it if you posted some tips on things that we can do around our house to be more green!! THANKS!

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  12. oh I follow you on google too! AND posted about you on fb!

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  13. I love seeing tutorials for things like body products and cleaners. I'm constantly trying to find better and better recipes for the products I make for my own home and yours are so inspiring!

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  14. I am new to your blog so I'm not sure what you have posted on a lot but I'd like to find more ideas of "sneaky" ways to be green - e.g., my husband would *never* go for the cloth TP in the house, even if he didn't use it!
    dkellams at gmail dot com

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  15. I just subscribed to your RSS feed. :) dkellams at gmail dot com

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  16. I liked you on Facebook. dkellams at gmail dot com

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  17. Hi, Thanks so much for your visit to my blog and the comment! I liked your fb page. Please feel free to follow my blog! The giveaway items sound/smell wonderful!!!

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  18. I would love to see more of your at home cosmetics/cleaning products(for both body and house). I usually don't enter contests like this, but your lemon meringue moisturizer inspired me to make my own as a solution to the unease I have been feeling about the cosmetics industry. My whole house is going natural, and that moisturizer is helping to kick it off! Next up will be the laundry detergent and then the lip balm when that recipe is shared. Oh, and I liked you on Facebook, added you to my google feed, and shared this contest, now I just need to win! I WANT THAT LIP BALM!

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  19. I've started going organic with my beauty routine and I'm always looking for DIY skincare/cosmetics and also household cleaning items.

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  20. Oh, and I just subscribed via Google Reader! Can't wait for new posts!

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  21. I would love to see more "green" things. I love that you are environmentally conscious, I am too!

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  22. @Amy @ WithGoodThings

    I agree! I would love more DIY skincare/cosmetic things that are also eco-friendly! This is a great idea Amy!

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  23. I love posts about natural living, especially the skincare and cosmetics. I'm trying to move that direction this year!

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  24. Great Blog, love your little tips and tricks!

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  25. I would love to see more natural home cares
    sprice@vnet.net

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  26. i follow you on your RSS feed
    sprice@vnet.net

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  27. I just found your blog.... it is fabulous! All the info you are giving everyone. Thank you. I am now receiving your newsletter and look forward to more info.
    Cathy

    My email is cathyfischer_5@hotmail.com

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  28. I also just found your blog. I have been interested in making inexpensive household cleaners, but am now interested in the natural skincare that you are providing. Can't wait to get started. Love it! Valerie
    toilefson@aol.com

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  29. I just signed up to follow you via my email! Valerie toilefson@aol.com

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    1. Love your info on natural skincare! Now that I'm older, it seems the only way to go for my skin. Thanks for your great tips/ideas!

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  30. I liked you on Facebook! :) Valerie toilefson@aol.com

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  31. I'm definitely a new follower!

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  32. Liked you on FB and love the recipes and anxious to try your natural products! Keep the eco-friendly ideas coming, thanks! LizbethCalvert@comcast.net

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  33. I would love to see some environmental face washes & Soaps!! I just found your site through pinterest and LOVE IT!!! You are doing an amazing job and I am ADDICTED!! :) Keep up the wonderful work!! Nichole nicholedonaghe@yahoo.com

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  34. I became a follower!!! I am looking forward to your future post!!!! :) Nichole nicholedonaghe@yahoo.com

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  35. Liked your fb page!!! Nichole Donaghe Brown :) I am so excited about finding you!!

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