Let me tell you a tale....
Once upon a time...in a land off Route 66....there was a small but fair kingdom. In this kingdom lived a queen...you might call her the Queen Bee because she loved bees....and baking. She would make her humble cookies, cakes, pies and sweets, and post them to a magical ethereal place called...the internet. And while there were many places her work could be found....There was one ethereal realm....called Facebook...that allowed thousands (let's just say 10,000) people from all over the world to come by and say "what up?".
Once fair day, the Queen thought to herself.... I should thank all those that say such nice things to me...they keep me making cookies.....they make me feel special and loved...
So she cast a proclamation across the lands.....
She would reward one such good person with a bounty of spendiferous treasures.....
Is splendiferous a real word??? Nevermind...it makes no difference in a make believe kingdom....I can make up any word I want...I'm the queen.
It's Give away time!!!
Ahem.... Many shops in the kingdom came forward with lovely things for which the fair queen could bestow.
And this is the part of the story where I tell you what your going to get if you win. :) **joy**
Bake It Pretty
Bake It Pretty has agreed to give away a "surprise package" of cute cupcake liners and paper and baking accessories! I buy liners from Bake it Pretty frequently because:
1. They're beautiful
2. They're grease proof and sturdy.....if you don't believe me check out my Instagram pic...
Yeah,.....that's a chocolate cupcake in a white liner and it's PERFECT.
3. They have great prices
4. They're super nice peeps.
I don't know what's in the box but they assured me it would be an awesome surprise!! So if you win this, you will have to let me know..."WHAT'S IN THE BOX??!!" Because they won't tell me.....it super top secret. Makes me with I could enter just to figure out what they're giving to the winner.
Seriously...you can't say "we will make it a surprise" to me and not expect me to torture myself about it.
Copper Gifts
Copper Gifts is giving away a $50 dollar Gift Card!! You can buy some serious copper with that! I have several Copper Gift Cutters....like the band-aid...and the scalloped shapes....
AND they're located like practically right next door to me in Kansas so....ya know....
ALSO Excellent customer service and very quick shipping! So grateful that they wanted to be so generous!
The Cookie Countess
Hillary aka The Cookie Countess (of the Royal Sugar Court...yeah I just made that up) has graciously said she will give the winner any 2 stencils from her Etsy site of the winners choosing! EEEEEEEK!
Awe man! I just went over there to get a link for her shop and took a look and GEEE she has some AWESOME looking stencils in her shop right now!!
Like Whaaaaaaat?!
If only I didn't have to pay bills....stupid water and electricity....
Oh um... I mean taxes....wait I'm the queen....uh SERVANTS! Yes...if only I didn't have to pay all these servants....
Moving on.
I don't even have any of these yet because she's so dang popular she sells out of the ones I have my eye on all the time. And it's because the stencils are AMAZING!! I'm sure you've seen airbrush stencil backgrounds popping up everywhere...that's her stencils...no joke. You want this!!
Ecrandal
Ok if any of you have EVER read like more than 2 posts on my blog you already know how IN LOVE with Ecrandal cutters I am....
I mean really.... check out my latest haul
And that's not even all of them from that shipment... I have more that wouldn't fit in the pic....
You could say I'm an addict. They have the most unique shapes ever..and it's a family run company. Eric and Jaime are TOPS.
No Joke.
Anyway!! They are giving away 2 very special cutters appropriate for the season. The mushroom and an acorn...all made in beautiful pristine shiny copper! :)
**Pssst....go to their Facebook Page and look at the cover photo....those are some mighty pretty dresses....yessir...**
BRP Box Shop
I have been using boxes from BRP ever since I started cookie-ing. Back then they had a smaller selection...some basic bakery boxes (we're talking about from the dawn of cookies....like 5 years ago or something...) but they were the best boxes around at the best prices.
Well here we are now...and it's all changed...
Because they're even better than before!! The range of boxes they have to meet the demands of the cookie community is unmatched!! Why? Because they care. Kip and Connie are super involved with the needs of their customers. They LISTEN and create amazing creations that you could hardly call boxes because they're art! Art meant to package ART!
And can I say generous??! Were any of you fortunate to be present at Cookie Con last year?? I mean...unicycle aside....the amount of free swag they gave away was amazing....
And it's no exception with this giveaway either. They sent me 2 packages....one for me... (because I'm loved...and what can I say?....Momma gets swag) and one for the winner.
I wish you could have seen the faces on me and my husband when we opened that box....it was unreal!! I couldn't even begin to list off or photograph what all was in that box....
But Connie gave it a shot.....let's just say, the winner will be receiving THIS!!
I mean honestly....I don't even think it's all in the pic....it's so many beautiful boxes....
I mean, see those big window boxes in the back?? I like HAVE to make a gingerbread house just to put in that box...seriously.
Karen's Cookies
Ok so I don't think I even really need to go into how awesome Karen and Mike are. I mean...we all know it. They created COOKIE CON for Pete's sake! Not to mention their constant support and generosity to all of us in the cookie community. They have been by our sides from the beginning holding our hand....and inventing the saran wrap trick...
Can't thank them enough for just existing.
And like the generous people they are, they have agreed to give away a gift certificate for $50 to spend at Karen's!
Awesome yes??!
Stock up on your Americolor and exclusive cutters from designers like SugarBelle and Cookie Crazie because it's all there!
Candy House
Ok now, I didn't ask Candy House to donate anything...they are a local business and in support of my local business I will purchase this prize on my own, but I felt that they deserved a spotlight because....
They're just plain awesome.
So A lucky winner will be receiving some treat's from our highly popular local confectionery! The candies and sweets they make here are amazing!!
Perhaps some candy apples is your fancy? Perhaps I will send some truffles or toffee??
I haven't decided yet!!
But sweets there shall be!!
That's a whole lotta stuff!!!
And on top of that I have some stuff of my own I want to give away....I'll just leave it at that for now....but I'll write a post about it later this week. :)
I'll be sending a pretty sizable box to this winner and yes there will ONLY BE ONE WINNER.
Now I know you desperately want to know how you can enter...
Well I'm not going to ask for likes or shares or tweets or anything like that.....I only ask for one thing...
In the kingdom of Ali Bee there has been much stress, anxiety, confusion, turmoil....and a brief war with the spider that was living on my kitchen window sill....from which we prevailed....but not without casualties...like my windowsill basil plant......
What this kingdom needs is a smile.
So tell me a story, a joke, a limerick...leave a smile or a nice comment. And that will warm the hearts of the people of this fair kingdom....and cookies shall rain from the sky....with skittles...because there will be a rainbow my friends and I will taste that rainbow.....
And if you share the same happiness with my allies (that's the folks above giving away the free stuff)....that will surely bring sunshine to all the lands....and unite the kingdoms forever more...and a new reign of peace and prosperity will begin anew!!
.....
I may have been watching a little too much Merlin lately....
Anyway....each nice comment you make counts as another entry...so let me give you an example...
Entry#1 Ali Bee's (on Ali Bee's giveaway right here) - your the most beautiful unicorn in the universe and your poop smells like roses, sprinkles and rainbows.
Entry#2 Ali Bee's (on Ecrandal's Facebook page) You also are the most beautiful unicorn in the universe and your poop smells like roses, sprinkles and rainbows.
See there's two entrys...
And over here on this blog page it will look like this..
Ali Bee: your the most beautiful unicorn in the universe and your poop smells like roses, sprinkles and rainbows.
Ali Bee: Ecrandal
So basically follow this link list:
And leave a message on their pages...then come back and leave a SEPARATE comment for those entries stating for whom you left a nice message for.
Got it??? Good.
The tourney shall last a fortnight!.....no actually the giveaway will last 10 days!! And will end on 10/10/2013 at 10:00PM!!
**See what I did there? with all the 10's? Your nice comment could be to tell me how incredibly clever I am for that.....or not.**
Leave a separate entry for each page you visit....the winner will be chosen at random....probably meaning that I will ask my daughter to pick a number between 1 and whatever and that will be it..
LET THE FATES DECIDE....yes I'm calling my 4 year old the fates...
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Bam! Karen's Cookies is loved! I see a lot of shopping in my future!
And one for candy house! please, please, please pick the caramel apples for the winner (if i win). they look soooooooooo delish!
Been to Karen's
been to ecrandels
Been to Copper Gifts
been to cookie countess
been to Bake it Pretty
been to BRP
Been to Candy House
I LOVE ALL YOUR POST ALI thanks so much for sharing with us
True story! One night, years ago, in my apartment in Florida, I awoke to a noise in my kitchen. Something or someone had knocked something over. I was frightened so I called 911. The operator told me to stay on the line; she had dispatched someone to check on me. As I peeked around the corner to the kitchen, I saw the trash can had fallen over. “Yes, I’m still here and OK”, I told the operator. “They’re on their way”, she said. Then I laughed and told the operator to cancel my call. I explained that I’d cleaned out my fridge that afternoon. I’d thrown an expired tube of Poppin’ Fresh biscuits in the trash. The Florida heat had caused them to expand and explode and knock the trash can over. Poppin’ Fresh was rolling on the floor. I was relieved - and embarrassed as the dispatched car still came by to check on me. We laughed about it. It must have been a slow night for those police officers.
True story! One night, years ago, in my apartment in Florida, I awoke to a noise in my kitchen. Something or someone had knocked something over. I was frightened so I called 911. The operator told me to stay on the line; she had dispatched someone to check on me. As I peeked around the corner to the kitchen, I saw the trash can had fallen over. “Yes, I’m still here and OK”, I told the operator. “They’re on their way”, she said. Then I laughed and told the operator to cancel my call. I explained that I’d cleaned out my fridge that afternoon. I’d thrown an expired tube of Poppin’ Fresh biscuits in the trash. The Florida heat had caused them to expand and explode and knock the trash can over. Poppin’ Fresh was rolling on the floor. I was relieved - and embarrassed as the dispatched car still came by to check on me. We laughed about it. It must have been a slow night for those police officers.(I didn't understand the Google sign-in. I don't have g-mail; please use margi_d@yahoo.com)
You do amazing royal icing work!
Bake It Pretty fan!
Coppergifts.com fan!
Candy House Gourmet Chocolates fan!
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Bake it Pretty!!
Happy 10,000 plus likes to you! This is an awesome giveaway; thank you kindly!
Comment left for Bake it Pretty; they sure do, I love their page!
Comment left for Copper Gifts; I will be buying my cutters from them for now on (I'm just starting out with cookies)I need to mae a wishlist!
Comment left for The Cookie Countess. Her cookies rock!
Comment left for Ecrandal. I'm buying from them too; another new favorite!
Comment left for BRP Box. Great boxes for homemade goodies!
comment left for Karen's Cookies. I use her cookie recipe; Love it and her talent!
You're one of my favorite bloggers out there - and you're adorable! Thanks for an awesome giveaway!
Bake It Pretty comment posted!
I love to look at your site everyday. It makes me happy see the sweets you make.
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Comment left for Candy House. Those caramel apples have got my mouth watering; I want one so bad!
I was feeling pretty good about how many of these places I already LIKED...
BUT, What I would REALLY LIKE is to have "Fates" draw my name!
Started following Bake it PRetty
Already follow Copper Gifts
Glad you introduced me to the Cookie Countess
I now am a follower of ECRANDAL
I am so excited to follow BRP Box Shop.
I have loved Karen's Cookies forever!!!
She takes good care of us Idaho Girls.
Am happy to now follow the Candy House.
Wow! What a great giveaway! I haven't had time to bake in a while and I miss it so much! I love taking any free time I do get to oggle over sites like this!!
Left a little love note for Bake it Pretty. Have been a fan for a while now. I'm totally going to try the goat cheese cupcakes they posted on Facebook! Yum! (I hope)
Your cookies are amazing and very inspiring! They're almost as adorable as your children!!
Left a sweet comment on Bake It Pretty's FB page. Gave you a shout out for it!
Told Copper Gifts how beautiful their cutters are!
Told the Cookie Countess how great her stencils & cutters are!
Commented on Ecrandal's FB page!
BRP Box Shop is now 1 compliment richer!
I tell them all the time but told Karen's Cookies how much I love their products again!
Told Candy House I want to lick my screen when I see their page! ;)
Ali I've been in love with your work for some time now. I left messages on everyone's FB pages. Thank you for such a great give away and congratulations on your 10,000 likes!! Good luck to everyone!
You ARE the best!
Comment left for Bake it Pretty! Thank you for this opportunity!
Comment left for Copper Gifts! Thank you for this opportunity!
Your cookies are awesome. Thanks for such a wonderful giveaway!!
Great give away I am off to post on the rest of the pages!
Ecrandals page is awesome
Love Karen's cookies
Candy house, can I suggest carmel apples
Bake it pretty is awesome
copper gifts is amazing
Love Ecrandl
Love BRP box shop!
Loving Bake it Pretty
Oh fairest Queen of Bees...you have such a talent for making everyone else smile....I love your tutorials and anything else you post....you have commanded and I shall go forth into the great cookie land and spread sugary kindness to all!!!...(and to those that don't do as you command...off with their heads I say)!!!! ... Just kidding!!!
Following Copper Gifts
Following Candy House
Following Ecrandl.. : )
Love the Cookie Countess!!
Love Karen's Cookies!
Went to everyone's page and left "sweet" comments!!! Thank you Ali for having such an awesome giveaway!!!!
Just took a trip over the BRP Boxes!
Took a trip to Ecrandl! Thank you for the giveaway!
Went over to Copper gifts! Thank you for the introduction!
I love Bake It Pretty! Thanks for connecting me to their facebook! And the giveaway of course!
Hello Candy House! Thanks Ali Bee's!
The cookie countess! Thanks Ali Bees for the introduction!
I love love Karen's Cookies! Order from her often. Thanks for the giveaway!
Left a comment for each site! Love this idea! I love finding additional resources and food and cookie lovers!
Commented on Copper Gifts: Coming from Ali Bee's, I love your cutters...thanks for being so giving!
--Katy
Commented on Cookie Countess: Some love coming from Ali Bee's; love your stencils!! --Katy
Commented on Ecrandal: Coming over from Ali Bee's, use your cutters often..I just love them!! --Katy
Commented at BRP Box Shop: Comin' over from Ali's, love the variety of boxes you offer!! --Katy
Posted on Karen's (my favorite place): Comin' from Ali's, you folks are tops!! excited to meet you at CookieCon this spring!!!! --Katy
Ali, you are an awesome Queen for doing a giveaway for use serfs!! Looking forward to meeting you at Cookie Con this spring--Katy
I love your site and your tutorials. They have been so helpful to me. Today is my first time visting ecrandels so I will have to post the others tomorrow because I've run out of time since I was so engrossed with ecrandels. It's always so nice to find a new place to explore! Thanks so much for the opportunity to enter your contest, it's amazing!
Charlene Atwell Morris
You are such a cookie inspiration! Thank you for this awesome opportunity!
Visited and commented on Candy House Gourmet Chocolates!
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I have always loved looking at your cookies and fabulous looking desserts, but I really enjoy reading your blog for you witty humor :)
Complimentary comment for Bake it Pretty!
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Sent love to the Cookie Countess!
Sent love to Copper Gifts!
Sent love to the BRP Box Shop!
MUCH love to the Karen's Cookies!
hanks for introducing me to the Candy House! Sent them some love too.
Thanks for putting together the most amazing giveaway package. I truly hope that I win. That aside, you had the most amazing Haunted Halloween cookies for the GoBo sale this year. Truly Awesome!!
Ali Bee: Ecrandal. I left a message on their page under Ali Bee..........
Thanks again for this tremendous offer :)
Bake It Pretty...... I left a comment and liked their page.
The Cookie Countess........... I left a comment and liked their page.
Copper Gifts............ I left a comment and liked their page.
BRP Box Shop........... I left a comment and liked their page.
Karen's Cookies........... I left a comment and liked their page.
Candy House Gourmet.......... I left a comment and liked their page.
Posted to brpbox shop!!
Posted to bake it pretty!
posted to copper gifts!
posted to the cookie countess
posted to ecrandal!
posted to karens cookies!
I checked out Bake It Pretty's facebook page and left a nice comment.
I just visited Copper Gift's Facebook page. Thanks for the info.
I jusr visited The Cookie Countess and left a nice message.
I just visited ecrandl facebook page and left a nice message. Love their cutters!
I just visited the BRP Box Shop Facebook and left a nice message. What a great way to present our goodies!
I just revisited Karen's Cookies Facebook page and left a nice comment. She does such beautiful work.
Just visited the Candy House Facebook page and left a nice comment. Thanks for this giveaway!
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH! This giveaway is exciting!
Now to make you smile...
What's invisible and smells like carrots? A rabbit's fart!! :)
Bake it Pretty :)
Copper Gifts
Ecrandel
The Cookie Countess
BRP Box Shop
Karen's cookies
Candy House
You are the queen of cookies! All hail thee!
So much love for Karens Cookies
BRP love!
The cookie countess is amazing! Love her stuff.
Candy house!!! Yum yum!
Copper gifts makes the best cutters!
Ecrandal, wow!
Bake it pretty! So pretty
I left a message on Bake it Pretty! :)
Left a message for Copper Gifts! :)
Left a message for The Cookie Countess! :)
Left a message for Ecrandal! :)
Left a message for BRP Box Shop! :)
Left a message for Karen's Cookies! :)
Left a message for Candy House! :)
You are the fairest Ali Bee! Love the 10K likes!
sent some love to Karen's Cookies
Loving Copper Gifts
Sent some love to Bake It Pretty!
Sent more love to the Cookie Countess
Loved BRP Box Shop to Death!
Loved Candy House and then loved them again.
Ali....you are the most beautiful unicorn and I wish my poop smells like roses, sprinkles and rainbows.
Jane - clawd1a@hotmail.com
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Wow wow wow! What an amazing giveaway! So many fantastic vendors!! Love love love!
I absolutely love your blog! Your piping skills are amazing!!!
Dear Ali, congratulations on 10,000 Facebook Fans, and I'm sure you are going to have many many more!
Thank you for such generous giveaway!
sunnyfarm at inbox dot ru
LOVE your posts! Would love to win something from the super talented Queen Bee!
R
Oh Ali, Your work is so inspiring...makes me want to just forfeit any work I have to do around here just so I can bake!!! Total awesomeness!!!
Left some love on Bake It Pretty's fb page. ;)
Your work is so amazing! :) awesome giveaway :)
Left some love on Copper Gifts fb page ;)
Left some more love on the Cookie Countess's fb page ;)
Left some More love on ecrandal's fb page ;)
Sent some additional love for BRP Box Shop on their fb page ;)
Left some love on Karens Cookies fb page ;)
Ok Ali...I just left some love (and became a fan of) Candy House Gourmet's fb page! I think I have officially gained 10lbs just looking at their page!
You are truly talented! I saw your pumpkin wagon cookies using the butterfly cutter and had to make my own! Thanks for all the inspirations!
Congrats on 10,000! That's awesome! :)
Thank you for inspiring and teaching me through your blog! Yesterday, I was standing in the paintbrush aisle in Hobby Lobby playing one of your tutorial videos in order to find the perfect paintbrush. Those one stroke flower cookies? Brilliant!
What a generous giveaway! Congrats on reaching 10,000 FB followers!
Done, a nice little message posted to each Facebook account. Some of them are lovely ones that I've been fan of for a long time but some are new and very exciting that I look forward to keeping up with :D. Here's a poem I found online that I'm going to use this year in my cookie cutter gifts to friends:
Cookie Cutter Poem:
I made a plate of cookies,
to share with you this year.
I thought it was a good way,
to spread some Christmas cheer.
They all looked so tasty,
so I thought I’d eat just one.
And a little while later,
I noticed there were none.
So here’s my Christmas greeting,
and a cookie cutter, too.
Now you can make your own cookies,
and maybe share a few.
Merry Christmas!
Thanks so much for hosting this contest ♥.
Rebecca
It's good to be queen! Love your humor...unicorns and rosey poop :)You forgot to add sparkles like sunshine :)Thanks for the awesome giveaway oh kind and gracious Queen!
Been to and been nice to...BRP, Karen's Cookies, the fab Hillary of The Cookie Countess, Ecrandels, Bake it Pretty, Copper Gifts and the Candy House :)
Although I didnt tell them they were unicorns with poop that smells like roses..teehee!
Love this giveaway.. Left a message for BRP boxes.. love them!
Liked Karen's Cookies page and left a message.. loving your giveaway
Love Coppergifts cookie cutters and left a message telling them so..
Ecrandal has wonderful cutters.. I just told them so.
New fan of Bake it Pretty..
New fan of The Candy House.. it all looks amazing.
Love The Cookie Countess and told them so.
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