First of all let me say, thanks so much for those of you who played along with the Match Needle book giveaway yesterday. I LOVED all the answers to, “whose pocket would you slip a match book into (with your phone number on it)?” Someone turned the tables on me and asked me the question right back! I considered a few people but I settled on Daryl from The Walking Dead. I figured he’d be my best bet for when the Zombie apocalypse goes down. Safety first! Right?
Okay, on to today! I’m giving away a pack of my cards!
Same rules as yesterday but a new question to answer.
1) Please leave me a comment answering this question: What’s the funniest, weirdest card you’ve ever gotten? For example: one year both sets of my grandparents gave me the same birthday card. What are the chances? Actually I’m a little surprised it doesn’t happen more often.
2) You can have more than one chance to win! In your comment just let me know how you follow me. Are you subscribed to my site, or do you follow me on Bloglovin? Perhaps you’ve liked my Facebook page, or I know you from Instagram, or Twitter, or Flickr or maybe Pinterest? Any or all will work! You’ll be entered for each way you follow. How’s that for snazzy!
3) Check back Thursday and Friday too. You can enter everyday, same rules apply but there will be a different question each day and a different prize (I can’t tell you what they will be yet, shhhh… it will be a surprise!) Each day will have a separate winner (you can only win once). They will all be announced on Saturday July 12, 2014. The prizes will be mailed out the following Monday. International entries are totally welcome!
Good luck!
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I was just telling my husband that my mum gave us the same card last year for our anniversary that she gave us this year! giggle. I got a post card of outhouses of the south on it from a quilting friend. That was funny!
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About a hundred years ago, when I was a first year UBC student living in residence, I was very unhappy over a first-love break-up, and homesick to boot. I called home to talk to someone who loved me. A few days later I got one of those ginormous cards in the mail. On the front was a bear saying “When your are feeling down and out, lift up your head and shout …….” And inside read “OH, SH!T” This was a word I had never heard my mother say! I still have that card somewhere.
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HI! I wanted to comment yesterday but felt it was more appropriate to be nice and let others have a chance to win;) Now, though, game on!
My husband does this thing (and I go along with it) with his siblings where he gets them non-birthday cards (sometimes things like “congrats on your new baby!” or “happy kwanzaa!”) so one year they repaid us and I got a very depressing funeral type of card, “sorry for the loss of your loved one” type of thing.
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Ha! My friends, sister and I totally do that as well! I’m notorious for giving Halloween cards for every holiday like Hallow-tine’s day
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…and I follow through feedly!
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I haven’t received too many weird cards but I’ve sent a pretty strange one. More specifically our wedding invitations.
I had 3 weeks to arrange our wedding (It wasn’t shotgun at all – logistically it made sense because my husband was actually going to be in town on that date and it would make our immigration lawyer’s life a lot easier. Very romantic.) so I did everything myself, including sending out an evite (very classy) to our friends and family requesting their presence to witness the ‘consummation’ of our wedding.
I promptly got a reply in my inbox from a friend saying: “Eeuuhhh, I don’t want to see that!”. I’d meant to write ‘consecration’. It’s what happens when you try to draft a wedding invitation after a few glasses of vino…;-)
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By the way, don’t enter my comments for your draw. I’m just participating because your questions are fun!
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I always got and still get home made cards from my boys, for mothers day, birthday and Christmas. I just found one from my son Matthias for mothers day and it says
” To mom
Hope you have a delightful day
Good job in keeping the house clean
With love
Matthias
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The best card I ever received was an end of year card from a student. It was a sympathy card. It was a bit of a shock at first – until I remembered that ‘simpatico’ in Spanish means ‘kind or sympathetic’. This adult English learner whose first language was Spanish made what I came to know as a very common mistake for Spanish speakers. I think of this woman every time I see Sympathy cards at the store.
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My MIL always sent cards with the wrong number on for birthdays – even her son’s was wrong !!
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Email follower!
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I liked you on faceboook !
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I liked you on facebook !
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A birthday card from a friend, who said I was the only one she could give it to because I could take a laugh and not be insulted…. Don’t remember much about the card except a monkey with a coat hanger in
his mouth!! I think is was a age thing.. Good to know somethings I can take a joke..
i follow you on Instagram,Facebook, Flickr and maybe Pinterest.
I am not sure if I have you on Blogloving, need to check..
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It might be a tie between a card that ended up being a magnet that was collaged with Beck’s picture and had him saying how awesome I was (I’m not even particularly a fan of his?) and the one that my sister sent me that had collaged pictures of semi-scandous male models all over them,
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Although I might have to recuse myself if I win as that would harly be fair to win another set
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My husband always gives me very sentimental and sweet cards that embarrass the heck out of me. I give him funny Peanuts cards.
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On our first Christmas together my partner and I bought each other the exact same Christmas Card! That is when you know in your heart you are where you belong! I follow on Facebook and going to check out Bloglovin! Cheers!
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My card story is that I send the same christmas card to two friends every year. Neither has mentioned it… in ten years!
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most of my friends know if i get a very funky card it ends up as a decoration in my powder room! Its fun to keep looking at some of them over and over.
The nice cards end up in picture frames or on a shelf.
That is where your card s belong Lisa.
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hi hi.. I found out your lovely blog..
and the answer to your question.. no funny or weird cards.. but I’ve handmade my Mum a mother’s Day card way back when I was in my teens.. handwritten in my not so neat handwriting.. well.. till this day.. she still display it in the glass cupboard with all her other ornaments.. and when family members or friends came by.. well you know what happens.. LOL.. they kept telling me to improve my handwriting.. :/
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Have subscribed to your blog via email and also liked your FB..
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Beautiful cards! I can’t remember anything funny on store bought cards. I do treasure the cards my lids made when they were younger. I can remember my Mom saying that she loved getting our handmade cards. Only after having my own children did I tealize what a treasure it is to have the little master pieces the handmade cards are.
I follow bia email, FB, IG and BlogLovin.
Thanks for a super giveaway and a chance to win.
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I follow on Facebook. x
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People don’t usually send me funny cards but I do remember one which had a cute cat on the front and said that in cat years I had turned the age of elevnty twelve, whatever that was! I keep all my favourite cards, i even buy some cards just because I like them and them frame them.
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my sister once sent me a card in college…the front had a body with a chocolate chip cookie head…and it went on and on about how perfect the guy seemed, but it wouldnt work out….yikes, not so funny trying to explain it…but the mans qualities were much like a chocolate chip cookie….anyway, my sister wrote on a sticky note instead of the card because she thought it was such a good card, id want to reuse it!!
ive used all my cards i won from you during SMS giveaway, so fingers crossed for a repeat win here!!!
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I had breast reduction surgery and my friend made me a hilarious handmade card–my favorite