Holiday Giveaway from The Flour Box!!

If you're one of my friends that comes around here very often, you probably know that I get together with Callye of Sweet Sugarbelle every December to host a ridiculously fun amount of giveaways from all of our favorite vendors. 

It didn't happen this year. 

I'm about to be real honest and open with you for half a minute and then I promise I'll get right to the giveaway. But you can also just scroll right on down too if you want. 

Hosting the Twelve Days of Giving for most of a decade has been soooo fun! We love seeing the excitement from everyone entering AND everyone that is giving stuff away. It's like a world-wide company Christmas party...but with door prizes that you ACTUALLY want!

But when we started planning for this year's event in September of this year...it just felt off. Or maybe we felt off. 

"It's been a rough year" feels as ordinary as the customary greeting - "Good morning" these days.

So many people are staggering through each day while grappling constantly with loss, misunderstandings,  uncertainty, fear, discouragement stemming from disappearing hopes and dreams, loneliness, heartache, and just plain exhaustion from continued perseverance. 

It's overwhelming really. 

And we were.

We were overwhelmed. 

So we made a decision to take this year off, to consider alternatives, and perhaps allow the giveaways to evolve into something more or better or just...different. 

And honestly, we found peace in our decision. And we didn't regret it. Even when December 1st came around and there was no yearly celebration. 

Then we had a Grinch moment. Not the bad kind... but the sweet kind where his heart swells all up in happiness and love. 

Friends reached out to us...readers, vendors, online pen-pal type buddies and LOVED US. Not BECAUSE we were giving away a ton of stuff. And not IN SPITE of not giving away a ton of stuff. But simply loved us for us. 

And because we don't have a giant sleigh nearly falling to it's demise at the top of Mount Crumpet to return...we decided to do the next best thing -- and host some completely unorganized giveaways that will probably be full of typos and an occasional broken link...but hopefully also joy and happiness this holiday season. 

Enough chit-chat. Time for a giveaway!

To start things off, my sweet friend Anne Yorks (who once shared a bunk bed with me) from The Flour Box is giving away --

 

A $50 gift card to The Flour Box!!

If you haven't been to The Flour Box ... you REALLY should. The website is FULL of projects, tips and tutorials created by Anne Yorks. Anne is a fantastic cookie decorator that makes a ridiculous amount of adorable cookies on a weekly basis. She has absolutely perfected the art of decorating efficiently without sacrificing design!

I love knowing that Anne has personally tried all of the massive amounts of supplies that her shop carries. She knows and understands what cookie decorators need and want. She is constantly looking for new and innovative items for the decorating community. You can find great tutorials using those cutters and supplies at The Flour Box as well as tons of great cookie kits!! It's a whole cookie party over there!

Anne shared even more designs and tips in her new cookie decorating book - The Crafted Cookie. She takes you through a year of celebrations -- cookie style of course! The book includes brightly colored cookies, decorating instructions, tips, tricks, and even color palettes with icing requirements so there is NO GUESSWORK!!

AND... if you are thinking about teaching a cookie decorating class...you NEED to check out Anne's book -- How To Host A Cookie Decorating Class. It has answers to all the questions you don't even know to ask. She's got tons of great tips and explanations and even checklists so you know you're on the right track!

To enter, just click the Easy Entry button below. You can also earn additional entries by visiting The Flour Box on Facebook, or Instagram, or sharing this giveaway with friends!

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Giveaway ends at midnight PST on December 16, 2021. You must be 18 years or older to win. International entries welcome, but additional shipping, to be paid by the recipient, may apply. Separate winners will be chosen for each daily prize. One prize per person, per year.  

Winners will be notified by email within 24 hours of giveaway close. Prize must be claimed within 48 hours or a new winner will be chosen. Winners names will appear on the giveaway widget once they have responded. 

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And guess what?! We're double giveaway-ing it again! So head over to Sweet Sugarbelle to enter again!!