Bingo – A Brief Pause

Good morning and Happy Memorial Day!

We love computers, don’t we?  But only when they actually work!

Last Friday we came in and found that our computer system was being quite naughty.  We have laptops and desk computers, printers, and even a server, but without this little, itty, bitty box, none of it works.

When the lights are all on, this little machine makes everything work beautiful.  When the lights are out?  Nothing.  Nada.  Friday morning … Nothing.  Nada.  No lights.

A quick phone call to our computer tech guy confirmed it.  Mr. Linksys had passed on.  “No problem, we have another one at the office.”  By the time he stopped at a few other locations, got to the office and returned back to ours, it was past 5. 

Saturday morning all seemed to be working well, until our internet service provider called and said something was amiss with our IP address.  Apparently our address was crossed with another company causing their service to go out.  So until we could get our computer tech guy back out to fix our address, they were shutting off our little black box. 

So Mr. Techie should be back sometime today to hopefully get it all fixed (I’m “borrowing” an internet connection to post this.) 

In the meantime, Bingo needs to take a holiday as I have no way to get to all of our files to pick the words or the winners (all that information is sitting on the server.)

Hopefully we’ll be back tomorrow with Day Five!

Have a wonderful Memorial Day!

SPRING FEVER BLOG BINGO – Day Four

A very late morning to you all!  My apologies … a bit of a laptop virus, and a mouse that won’t behave has made for a very long morning!  But we’ll make it up to you … promise!

Wednesday’s Giveaway

Congratulations to

Deborah from Southern California aka Caitty Quilts

and

Mary from Southern California aka NeedledMom

You’ve each won 10 fat quarters from the Andromeda collection by Paintbrush Studio.

Email us your address and we’ll send them off in a jiffy!
info@thequiltshoppe.net

THURSDAY’S WORDS

egg hunt

petunia

sprinkler

caterpillar

insects

poppy

embroidery

AND …

IN HONOR OF AMANDA’S BIRTHDAY, SHE’S PICKED 7 BONUS WORDS FOR YOU!

nest

bloom

gosling

spring break

candy

rainbow

strawberries

THURSDAY’S GIVEAWAY

Today we have three sets of 5 Whistlepig Creek Productions Patterns for three Bingo players !

Don’t forget to leave a comment here, on TODAY’S POST, to be eligible for today’s giveaway.  Winners will be announced tomorrow morning.

Good luck and see you tomorrow!
(Since we’re running so late, we’re skipping the Blog Roll, but will have double tomorrow.)

SPRING FEVER BLOG BINGO – Day Three

Good Morning! 

You’ll have to forgive me.  I’m a bit confused.  If I remember correctly the saying says something like, “April showers bring May flowers” …  Hmmm … something is amiss.  It rained yesterday.  It’s supposed to rain today … and tomorrow … and the next day.  Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the calendar says we’re nearing the end of May … Memorial Day weekend … unofficial beginning of summer?  And last time I checked, I think I lived in sunny northern California … Central Valley to be exact.  Go figure.

Well, I’m happy to report that we don’t have any “rain” on our Bingo game … at least not today!

As a matter of fact, we’re having a party … a Birthday Party of sorts.

As many of you know, here at The Quilt Shoppe, we’re a mom/daughter team … me (Lani) and Amanda!  Tomorrow is is Amanda’s birthday and she wants to share it with you.  And, of course, we women never ever just take one day to celebrate, we make it a week long event.  So we’re starting our little party today and it will go all the way through Sunday.  Now usually the birthday girl gets the gifts, but not this time.  On top of all the great fun we’re having here with our Bingo game, we’re sharing with you an additional 10% off all our regular priced products.  That means all yardage is only $7.19 per yard!  PLUS … every order $50 or more will receive a free fat quarter!

You’ll need to use the coupon code BIRTHDAY at checkout.  And remember, it applies to the original price of merchandise.

     

tuesday’s giveaway

Congratulations to

Becky from Lilburn, GA … aka The Quilting Booklady

You’ve won the “Home Tweet Home” pattern from Stitch Studios.

(email us your address and we’ll get it right off to you! … info@thequiltshoppe.net)

 BLOG ROLL

Here’s a few more blogs to surf today! 
We have some amazingly talented quilters and crafters here.  Don’t forget to leave a comment and say “Hi!”.

Keep Me In Stitches

Joyful Quilter

Miss Print – Kaye Prince

Sandy’s In Stitches

Skipper’s Creative Expressions

Daisy Quilts

Piecemeal Quilts

WEDNESDAY’S WORDS

barbecue

swing

hiking

Easter

buttercup

tea party

rabbit

wednesday’s giveaway

Today’s giveaway is two sets of 10 fat quarters from the Andromeda collection from Paintbrush Studio.

Don’t forget to leave a comment here, on TODAY’S POST, to be eligible for today’s giveaway.  Winners will be announced tomorrow morning.

Good luck and see you tomorrow!

SPRING FEVER BLOG BINGO – Day Two

monday’s giveaway

Congratulations to

Carrie P. in North Carolina
Paula Lynn in Central Arkansas
Dandelion Quilts in the Midwest

You’ve each won a Fairy Frost Charm Pack from Michael Miller Fabrics.

(email us your address and we’ll get it right off to you!)

BLOG ROLL

I thought it would be neat if each day we “featured” a few of our players blogs.  This is perhaps my favorite part of our Bingo game … getting to know each of you through your blogs. 
Take a couple of minutes today and stop by these blogs.  Don’t forget to leave a comment and let them know that you are a fellow Bingo player!

A Passion for Applique

Paula Lynn’s Bin

Dandelion Quilts

Dresden Quilter

Luv 2 Kreate

tuesday’s words

Are you ready?  Here’s seven more!  Good luck!

sweet pea

freesia

buzz

splash

grow

vegetables

park

TUESDAY’S GIVEAWAY

Today’s giveaway is a pattern for “Home Tweet Home” from Stitch Studios.

Don’t forget to leave a comment here, on TODAY’S POST, to be eligible for today’s giveaway.  Winner will be announced tomorrow morning.

Good luck and see you tomorrow!

SPRING FEVER BLOG BINGO – Day One

Good morning!  I have an adorable springtime bowl filled with little pieces of paper all ready to pick!  I think they think they’re jelly beans jumping up and down screaming “pick me, pick me!”  Let’s see which colorful bean gets to escape first …

allergies

festival

plant

thunderstorm

sparrow

hop

May

day one giveaway

Don’t forget to leave a comment here, on TODAY’S POST, to be eligible for today’s giveaway.  Winners will be announced tomorrow morning.

Three lucky players will each win
one Fairy Frost Charm Pack from Michael Miller Fabrics.
(50 charms in each pack)

NOTE:  Even though our RSS & email feeds are set to post about an hour after we post live, it doesn’t always happen that way (many times they aren’t received until the next day).  Your best bet to make sure you get in each day’s giveaway is to check the blog directly.

Good luck and see you tomorrow!

Spring Fever BINGO

Are you ready for some springtime fun?

It’s time for our

Spring Fever Bingo!

All the fun begins MONDAY, May 24

game instructions & rules:

1. Choose 25 words from the list below. Write them down to save for yourself AND email your list to our special bingo email SpringFeverBingo@TheQuiltShoppe.net. Include your name, mailing address and blog username (this is VERY important) in your email.  NOTE:  You do NOT have to have a blog to participate, but please make sure when you post comments on our blogpost, you provide your name and email addy so we can contact you. Also, it matters not where you live, you can play our bingo game!

2. All list submissions must be received by MIDNIGHT (PST) Sunday, May 23.

3. Beginning Monday, May 24, we will post 7 words each day (Monday-Friday … not weekends).  Words will be posted at 7 am PST until someone reaches BINGO!

4. Participants will need to check our blog each and every day to find out what words were called and cross them off your list.  Please note … if you subscribe to our blog updates via RSS Feed, you may not receive the update on the date it was posted.  to get the words right when they are posted, check the blog directly.  

5. As soon as you have crossed off all 25 words, please leave a comment posting “BINGO!” We will check your list against the words that have been pulled to make sure it is a good BINGO and will announce the winner in an official congratulatory blogpost. Even if someone has called “Bingo”, please continue to post “Bingo” until a winner is announced.

6. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND BLOG FOLLOWERS TO JOIN US! Spread the word … blog about it … email your friends … tell all of your quilting buddies to come and join the fun! You can use the blog avatar (below) to add to your blogs and may copy the large graphic above to tell others about our game.  don’t forget to link back to this blogpost.

6. The purpose of this game is to provide fun and entertainment for our customers and friends. There is no obligation to purchase or participate.

prizes:

The BINGO winner will receive a huge assortment of quilting items as shown below. Highlights of this wonderful prize package include a complete fat quarter bundle of Make Life by Sweetwater, a fat quarter bundle of Maisy from Andover, a brand new Advent Kit from Moda’s 2010 Holiday Bake Shop, two pattern books, several patterns, thread, trim and a French General Scissor Roll.

beginning Tuesday, May 25 and each day following we’ll have a daily giveaway prize.  To enter for the daily prize, simply leave a comment on the previous day’s blogpost about how you’re doing with the game; for example, “I got three words today!” Or, “I love drinking “pink lemonade” on the “porch" (making up a sentence with the words you got for that day). As time progresses you may just want to post “I only need three words!” Have fun with it!

Only one (1) prize will be awarded each day, and only one (1) grand prize will be awarded.

BINGO WORDS:

abundant	duckling	March	sky
alive	earth	marigold	slicker
allergies	Easter	May	slide
amaryllis	egg hunt	Mother's Day	slugs
ants	embroidery	mud	snapdragon
applique	fawn	narcissus	soccer
April	festival	nest	spade
barbecue	fledgling	new	sparrow
baseball	flower	orchid	spiders
basket	flower pot	outdoors	splash
bees	foal	pansy	spring
bikes	forget-me-not	park	spring break
bird	freesia	patio	spring cleaning
birth	fresh	peony	sprinkler
bloom	fruit	petunia	sprout
blossoms	galoshes	phlox	St. Patrick's Day
blue jay	gardening	picnic	stitching
bluebell	gosling	piglet	strawberries
blueberries	graduation	pink lemonade	sun
breeze	grass	plant	sunshine
bugs	green	planting	sweater
bush	grow	playground	sweet pea
buttercup	hatch	polliwog	swing
butterfly	hatchling	poppy	tadpole
buzz	hiking	porch	tea party
calf	hoe	primrose	thaw
camellia	honeysuckle	puddles	thunderstorm
candy	hop	pussy willow	tree
caterpillar	hummingbird	quilts	tulip
change	hyacinth	rabbit	umbrella
cherry blossom	insects	rain	vegetables
chirp	iris	rainbow	vernal equinox
clean	jelly beans	raincoat	vinca
clouds	kid	rake	viola
colt	kites	resurrection	violet
columbine	lamb	robin	waking
crocus	leafy	roots	warm
crow	leaves	rose	warming
daffodil	lemonade	season	water hose
dahlia	life	seeds	weather
daisy	life cycle	sewing	weeds
dandelion	light	shovel	wind
decoration	lilac	showers	windy
dogwood	lily	shrub	worm
dragonfly	magnolia	skipping	zinnia