Giveaway A Day Each Day Of September

S. Denise Hoyle | September 3, 2010

In celebration of National Sewing Month JoAnn Fabrics and Martha Stewart have teamed up to host daily giveaways every day this month.  Today’s giveaway is for a Xyron Personal Cutting Machine, a $144.99 value, and there are other awesome giveaways each day including three Singer heavy duty sewing machines!  Check out the giveaway calendar here [...]

We Heart Handmade Sweepstakes – $800 Etsy Prize!

S. Denise Hoyle | August 5, 2010

ReadyMade magazine and Etsy have teamed up to bring you the We Heart Handmade Sweepstakes.  Enter to win one of four $800 Etsy shopping sprees!  You can even enter daily to increase your chances of winning Related Posts:Interview with My Bearded Pigeon from Etsy – Associated ContentFriday Finds: Thank You Veterans!Friday Finds: The Big Chill [...]

Enter to Win a Janome Sewing or Embroidery Machine

S. Denise Hoyle | February 18, 2010

To celebrate their brand new series of do it yourself videos, DIY Dish and Janome have teamed up for a great giveaway.  All you have to do to enter is sign up for their free newsletter or post a comment on this DIY Dish page and you could win one of two terrific prizes – [...]

Winner of the Gingher Pinking Shears & Snips is……

S. Denise Hoyle | February 2, 2010

The winner of our giveaway for these beautiful 7 1/2″ Gingher pinking shears and Gingher 4″ featherweight thread snips ($89 value) is Sally, who said, I am a subscriber. I am just taking quilting classes Please get in touch Sally and give us your mailing address!  Thanks so much to all who entered – keep [...]

Enter to Win Gingher Pinking Shears & Snips

S. Denise Hoyle | January 22, 2010

We’re pleased to announce our first giveaway of 2010!  You can enter to win this awesome pair of Gingher 7 1/2″ pinking shears, PLUS a pair of 4″ featherweight thread snips.  To enter simply reply to this post with a comment about a project you’re currently working on or would like to get started working [...]

And The Gingher Scissor Giveaway Winner is…

Sarah J. Doyle | November 30, 2009

We have had soooooo much fun with the “Sarah Series” Gingher Scissor Holiday Giveaway — the comments are all so nice.  It seems that most of the readers are making assorted gifts for friends and relatives – with the most popular item being pajamas!   Others are creating decor items like Christmas wreaths, Holiday table runners, [...]

How To Promote Your FREE Giveaway

Sarah J. Doyle | January 14, 2009

A couple days ago we talked about how the free giveaway’s can increase your business.  But now comes the big question — how do people KNOW that you’re giving away something of value to them?  Are people mind readers?  After determining what you can rewrite or repackage to give out to new customers, or those [...]

Giveaway’s – A Boost To Business

Sarah J. Doyle | January 12, 2009

One of the best business building techniques is to offer something of value for free to your customers.  We’ve all been to Sam’s Club or similar discount clubs or grocery stores where, on certain days, they have people fixing small pizzas, or a new type of meat, etc that they give samples of to the customers [...]