Wednesday, May 27, 2009

my first giveaway!

Woo-hoo! It's MAY GIVEAWAY DAY! Man, I can just feel the hours being sucked away as I look through all of the amazing things to be had online today....

I'm so excited to be participating, and with such amazing company I really wanted to bring it. So here it is, my super-awesome giveaway:


A British Words cloth book! These babies can be had in my shop but if you're lucky this one could be yours completely free!

I will ship internationally so everyone is welcome to take a chance. Just leave a comment on this post between now and the end of the day on May 31. I will randomly choose a winner on the morning of June 1.

Good luck, and have fun with all of the giveaways!

302 comments:

  1. What a beautiful blog and a gorgeous book. Feel free to enter my giveaway, too.

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  2. I love this little book! Thank you for the chance to win it!

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  3. Ha! An awesome book! Thank you very much for having a giveaway!

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  4. oh, that's cute! And funny. Love to win!

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  5. Very fun. Would love to teach a little one a 'foreign language'...I can say that, I'm from Texas! =)

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  6. This is a really excellent idea!!

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  7. This is so cute! I would love to give this to my niece. If I dont win, I will have to buy one!

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  8. I couldn't pass this one up - it should be required reading for my American nieces and nephew, if they are going to have any chance of understanding what their auntie Dawn is going on about.

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  9. Love it, Love it. Great book.

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  10. This makes me laugh! Our dance instructor would appreciate reading this to our twins when they get here :D

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  11. Thanks for the chance to win! You put A LOT of time into this giveaway! Thanks!

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  12. Gorgeous book! My little man loves to read and I think he would adore this one!

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  13. What a bright and colorful and FUN idea! Going to hop over to see the rest of your work! Awesome!

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  14. Your books are so cute! I love them! Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  15. My nephew would love this. GREAT idea.

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  16. This is the best thing I have seen today! I ADORE it and I really hope to win. (Us Americans are considering moving over there at some point in our lives, what a great way to prepare our children!) I love this.

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  17. this is ridiculously cute! spoolsisters.com

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  18. This made me laugh! I can't believe I've neglected this part of my child's education for so long.

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  19. I laughed and laughed. so cute! :)

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  20. LOL, that book is great! Thanks for a cute giveaway :)
    stephd@sewfierce.com

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  21. wow, your work is wonderful! what an eye-opener! I plan to subscribe to your blog.

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  22. This is so cute! Love the idea and the finished product. Visited London a few years ago and got quite a kick out of the language differences. This is a great reminder. :-)

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  23. This is such a great idea! I couldn't help scrolling through and looking at your other books, AWESOME.
    {wood.angi@gmail.com}

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  24. That is amazing and hilarious! I would love to win!

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  25. Too cute! Even though I'm not British, I would love to have one of these little books! Adorable! Em
    emandmikey@aol.com
    www.emandthegang.blogspot.com

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  26. I know just the little british expat who would LOVE this book!

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  27. You're right - It's super awesome! I NEED to win!

    duringmyheyday@gmail.com

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  28. What a super cute little book... I know many a baby who would love it!

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  29. How brilliant! This is just too cute! ^_^

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  30. That's really cute. I love cloth books.

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  31. Adorable, what a great idea!

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  32. I love the little book, it's fantastic!
    Thank you for the giveaway!

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  33. This is so original and so adorable. I love it. I WANT it. PICK ME!

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  34. I love it! our grandpa Bill just passed and he was from London and left the girls all his mothers metal teapots, they love them and miss him so much. this book is so cute and he would have loved it, we would love having it at our home. I can't wait to see your shop.
    thanks!
    Tricia

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  35. Such a brilliant idea!
    My brother-in-law recently moved here from York and I know he misses home greatly. This would cheer him and his daughter up greatly!

    Super, smashing, lovely, great... CHAMPION!!!

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  36. this is the most adorable little book....what a great idea and a super giveaway

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  37. I cannot even begin to tell you how much I love this!

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  38. what an awesome idea!!! i love it!
    i think it would stay on my book shelf--i don't know if i could pass it along to any small hands. :)

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  39. Alright, as an American, I just have to say that I get a kick out of how you British talk. ;) Really cute book!

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  40. Delightful! This is just about the cutest thing...

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  41. That has to be the most awesome felt book ever!

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  42. wonderful! Thanks for the give away.

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  43. How cute!!! My mother-in-law is British and would find this cute and even more cute that her grand babies got to play with it! Thank you for the great giveaway.

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  44. my father was british! He's passed away a year ago but it would be lovely to share with my kiddos!

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  45. This is genius! My hubby is a complete Anglophile. He wishes we could move to England if only he didn't have such a great job in the States. I frequently find him talking to our girls with a British accent! He would love this for them!

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  46. I love the book! Beautiful work.

    Your profile made me giggle - I've thought about going back to school to become a school librarian, but that would mean 2 more degrees (education and MLS) on top of the 2 I already have - not sure if I want that much more school!

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  47. This is so awesome! I know my daughter would love this book! Thanks for the chance to enter =)

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  48. What a clever giveaway! Love it.

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  49. your books are simply marvelous !

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  50. Very cool! I just love this book. My son will, too!

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  51. How wonderful! I would love to win this

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  52. Awesome!! I'm a Brit so wouldn't actually need it, but I'm sure I could think of some friends who could do with it!!

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  53. This is brilliant!! My far too American children NEED this!!

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  54. Your books are amazing. Being British, it makes me feel right at home! I hope to win it!

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  55. Your books are so adorable! I would love a chance to win this!!

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  56. What a cute book. Please include me in the draw, I have the perfect baby in mind for that book.

    Be sure to drop by my blog and enter the giveaway that I am hosting. Hope to see you there.

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  57. I am SO SO SO in love with this book! Awesome!

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  58. Being English, I'm sure you would appreciate the irony of me winning! It made me laugh out loud, fantastic!

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  59. Thats the best yet! I hope Hope HOPE I get it!

    ~Lulu

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  60. eeek! it IS super awesome! I adore this book, if I don't win it, i'll be buying one for every baby shower!

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  61. What a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance! You can enter for my giveaway at

    http://ratherbecrafting.blogspot.com

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  62. Oh my gosh! this is so cute & funny!

    i.heart.red.velvet.cupcakes@gmail.com

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  63. really awesome giveaway! so creative and sweet! my newborn has some british cousins so it would be great for him to learn these words!

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  64. I think I'm going to win you bloke!

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  65. This is the first time I've been to your website. I love your books.

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  66. I absolutly LOVE This!! I want one sooooo bad!
    Pick me!! Please!!
    JloMamaJama@aol.com

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  67. How cute is that? Just Darling! I always thought a nappie was the short sleep one took in the middle of the day!

    MGM

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  68. What a fantastic idea and being British I would love to have this one! Thanks for a super generous giveaway!!
    lucy(at)alittlebitofsugar(dot)com

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  69. Very cute books. I hope I win!!!

    laura@beckcentral.net

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  70. This is so cute! My daughter would love it!

    I loved looking at the books in your shop, too. :)

    ~Kristi

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  71. Amazing! My husband's English so I'd love to win this for our son.

    I made a cloth book for Little Jack for his first Christmas: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v34/veevs/sRIMG0261.jpg

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  72. awesome - would be great as my hubby is english...

    Please enter me in the draw and don't forget to enter mine. :)

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  74. Amazing work! I have a friend who's pregnant, this would be a lovely present for her!

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  75. I would love this book and I have some kids that would love it too. I think this might be my favorite giveaway that I have seen today. I really hope I win. I love the other books that you have made too.

    I would love this, my kids would love it. I really with I win. This might be my favorite giveaway. What a great idea.

    Thanks for the great giveaway, if I am the lucky winner, you can contact me through my website www.radseams.com.

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  76. Sorry my last comment came out funny, I tried deleting it but part of that comment showed up on the one above. Not sure what happened, but I still love your giveaway.

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  77. That is so cute! I love it :)

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  78. What a creative idea!
    The pictures are so well done!

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  79. Oooh all the stuff on your blog is cute! This one would be useful once we have a baby (about a year from now?) -- used to live in England, so it's fun :)

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  80. So funny. I think it's important to teach your little ones "another" language. :)

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  81. what a fantastic book! I love the idea and it is brolly and wellie season in Australia at the moment

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  82. All of your books are so adorable! Maybe I'll teach my youngest to speak "British!"

    maxandellie at gmail dot com

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  83. That is the cutest baby book that I've ever seen. I would love to win it.

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  84. I'm a British literature scholar--my kids NEED this! So cute.

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  85. This is so cute! My fiance is south african, so he uses all of these words, too.

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  86. so cute!
    flip_em8@hotmail.com

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  87. What an adorable book! I'd love for my son to learn some British words :)

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  88. Oh! I love it! Thanks for the chance to win!

    Jodie
    Jodcoz(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  89. Love it! I need this book for my son because he eats the paper ones...this one he can read and eat!

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  90. That book is awesome!!

    Thanks for the chance to win!
    =) melanie
    http://melaniescrafts.blogspot.com
    melanieadey at hotmail dot com

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  91. Too cute! What a clever idea for a book! :)

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  92. That is adorable. i'm not sure I want to share it with my kids!!
    becky818@yahoo.com

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  93. This is brilliant! My niece would love it!

    mc.crafty.bunny@gmail.com

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  94. So cute! My half-Brit kids will love it!

    Thanks for the giveaway! You can reach me at http://kitknitty.com

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  95. I would love this for my daughter

    jbroberts@cox.net

    -joy

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  96. AHH!!! I love this book. Really, I LOVE it. I've lived in the UK twice and a part of me is still there. Did I say how much I love this book? I may just have to get one.

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  97. This is awesome!! Thanks for doing the giveaway!
    Cassie Driver
    cmdoduck(at)gmail(dot)com

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  98. What a clever (and cute) idea for a book!

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  99. That is so cute! What a great idea you have and very original. I live just two hours south of you in Norwich! Thanks for such a great giveaway!

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  100. That book is seriously adorable. Love it!

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  101. This book is absolutely to die for! Thanks so much for offering up to the masses in your giveaway.

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  102. That book is genius! England, and especially London, has a special place in our lives. If I don't win it, I may have to copy the idea!

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  103. Wowsers! This is awesome! You are so very clever, I absolutely love this. So much time must go into these too... truly something special!

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  104. What a super cute idea! I love this so much--it makes me long for my days in London and it would be perfect in my preschool classroom!

    memorymaven@gmail(dot)com

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  105. Your books are AMAZING! My little girl absolutely needs one!

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  106. Your book is fantastic!
    elizabethmadethis@yahoo.com
    emadethis.wordpress.com

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  107. you are right. this IS a super awesome giveaway.

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  108. omigosh i love it!! it's so awesome indeed!

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  109. What an adorable book! LOVE it! (makes me want to go back to England again.)

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  110. So cute! It would be an amazing gift for my British friends (in Canada) who are expecting a little one!

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  111. What a great book idea! Very well put together, too.

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  112. So cute and original - I love it!!!

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  113. This is great! I love cloth & quiet books. Oh, I'm not British, but I think that just increases the novelty of this book for me. :) It's adorable!

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  114. I can't believe you are giving away such a fantastic book. It looks like they take a lot of effort to make. I'm and off to make a sacrifice to the random number generator genie in the hope I am selected as the winner.

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  115. ♥ love it!

    check out my giveaway too!
    http://marelleshop.blogspot.com

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  116. WOW! again, WOW! this book is too cool for school. i would love LOVE loo-ooove to have this book.

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  117. I would love to win this - i have a little nephew that has a mum from England but lives in Australia so he needs to learn these British words! it is so perfect!

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  118. That is the cutest book! I need to go check out all your other ones now.

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  119. Aww - that is the cutest thing ever, I would love to read it to my little son :) Please add me to this giveaway too!

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  120. My baby will "eat" this!!! Thank you for such a lovely chance!

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  121. That is so original, I love it! My kids love to watch Charlie & Lola and my four year old tries to talk like her "Mum, could I have an ice lolly?" Too funny!

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  122. The best thing about giveaway day is visiting all the blogs and seeing what folks are making. :)

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  123. So darling! And I've rediscovered you via SMS after months of not being able to think of your shop's name or finding on searches! WooHoo!

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  124. Oh my goodness, I absolutely love it! My husband lived in Leeds for a year, and he would be delighted if I won this... for our son, of course ;o)

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  125. Thank you for offering this - I hope I win!

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  126. I'm a little teary, my grandfather was originally from London, I haven't heard anyone say 'brolly' since he passed on. Thanks for the memories :)

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  127. these make me smile, thanks!
    Tanya

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  128. That is super cute! I love it.

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  129. Such a cute book! I would love to win.

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  130. Is it ok that I think this book is kind of hilarious?

    Please enter me! My littlest guy would love to learn all about brollies and wellies....

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  131. You're right, this book is definitely super awesome!! I'd love love love for it to be mine :)

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  132. How cute! This would be perfect for my godson!

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  133. That is so cute! My husband is British (living in Texas) so our kids are always having to learn two words for everything!

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  134. That is so totally adorable! I love it!

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  135. What a darling book. I love your books. I also love how your son likes two different shoes - haha that made me laugh. :)

    simply.simon.sisters(at)gmail(dot)com

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  136. that is too cute! what a great idea!

    poohza@comcast.net
    poohza.typepad.com

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  137. OH MY GOSH. I LOVE THIS!!!!!! Sorry to shout. This is so perfect!! Thank you!
    emdawgsmom@suddenlink.net

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  138. That is a brilliant book, and I am so glad to have looked at your blog - I love those books! And will definitely be back....

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  139. This is so cute! I love it1 It is absolutely fantastic!

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  140. Are you serious? This is so stinking cute. I'd love my kids to have that.

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  141. What a cute book! I need to make something like that for my kids. I would love to win yours though . . .

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  142. This book is adorable - what a fantastic giveaway! Thank you for the chance to win - my baby son would adore it!

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  143. This is so cute! My little guy would love it.

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  144. Adorable word book! Your work is so lovely and fun :)
    heidig@gmail.com

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  145. Oh this would be AMAZING! I'm about to have our second in 10 weeks and my husband is actually from England. His parents are over here, but all of his aunts and uncles are still over there. They would get a kick out of this if we had one for the baby when they visit!

    These are SOOOOO cute!

    Thanks for the chance!

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  146. love this!
    Thanks for offering a giveaway!

    June
    http://www.RubyJunes.com
    rubyjunes @ verizon . net

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  147. Ok this is pretty much the best giveaway ever! I absolutely LOVE this! I lived in England for 6 months when I was 18 and I definitely would love to teach little ones about English phrases! Thanks!

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  148. What a great idea! Thanks so much!

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  149. This is one of the best crafty things I have ever seen. What great craftsmanship, and giving it away for free! I'd love to have it :D

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  150. wow -- nothing like a free book to bring on the comments! glad to see so many people discovering your beautiful work through sms. your british words book is one of my all-time favorites so of course i'd love to win it! i had hoped to offer a giveaway of my own but summer school started this week and i just couldn't hack it.

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  151. Your books are great. The only thing that would make them better is to have some kind of chip inside that would pronounce the words. I just love they way they say Al-u-min eum.

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  152. I love words and books of all kinds. I read many British books,too. This would be a great gift for my great nephew. Thank you

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  153. That is the cutest thing! I'm dying to learn how to make one of these books now, my husband will be delighted to know there's one more thing on my to do list that bumps off sleeping...lol. ;)

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  154. how wonderful! here in canada, such a reference work is useful - there are a lot of empire loyalists masquerading as ontarians!!

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  155. Oh my gosh, that book is super cute! Thanks for the chance to win.
    http://miss-aine.blogspot.com/

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  156. Hello! New customer just arrived! Fantastic.

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  157. So cute! What a wonderful book!

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  158. That is darling! What a great idea. Please enter me in the drawing. I have a niece who this would be perfect for.

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  159. Oh, the cleverness of you! What a great idea for a giveaway!

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  160. this is so adorable! I would love this!!!

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  161. oh my goodness I love this! If I won (crossing fingers and toes now) my daughter could learn to understand her Grandma's side of the family;)

    Thanks for sharing and please feel free to come by and check out my giveaway too: http://monami.squarespace.com/

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  162. This is very clever and cute...would my 14 mo. old daughter pick up the charming accent along with the vocabulary?! :)

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  163. Your books are amazing! I'm now following along! Thanks for the chance to win one of your books! :)

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  164. How cute! I love any book!

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  165. what an adorable idea... I checked out your etsy shop and have bookmarked it for later... my daughter is definitely in "book" stage!

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  166. Adorable. I love it
    abmielke at shaw dot ca

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  167. Love it... may be moving to London soon, who knows?

    krdickinson@grandecom.net

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  168. So so cute - I love your other name books too - very clever.
    Thanks for the giveaway
    kareno369(@)hotmail(dot)com

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  169. Love the book (and the others you do) Fabulous bathroom too. I've signed up as a follower, it's great to find new blog friends

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  170. Wow! What a lot of comments! I love your work and can't wait to get my daughters book for her first birthday. Thanks for having an awesome give away!! :)

    Krystle

    lactosecore@yahoo(dot)com

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  171. WOW! - What a great giveaway - Thanks!

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  172. Gosh, you are so talented!

    Beautiful, lovely books!

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