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12 December, 2011

SewMamaSew Giveaway Day - December 12 - 16, 2011


This year, I am offering up two prizes to win. The awesome people who run SewMamaSew coordinated all of the  blog writers who want to giveaway cool items and you can enter as many as you have the stamina for.

I have the snap purse (on the left) in black & red plaid. It snaps open with a unique closure and snaps back shut. Lined with red plaid, this little purse can hold art supplies, a CD,  cosmetics, or gold coins. It measures about 6" wide x 5" high.
This snap purse comes with a "Letters To Santa CD - A holiday Musical Collection" , published by the USPS, compiled by Gregg Field
Really - you have a complete gift here, the holiday CD which fits perfectly in the snap purse- a great gift to keep or give!
The second small purse snaps shut (with a snap this time) and will hold a small sewing kit, business cards or gold coins as well. This purse is about 4"w x 3"high. Featuring some organic bamboo fabrics as well as quilt cottons, it's a darn cute small purse.





Rules are simple: It starts Monday, December 12 and ends Friday, December 16th, 2011 at 5pm PST.
Enter my giveaway by leaving a comment:


 I have two prizes to give away, so in the comment form, let me know your preference and your favorite Christmas Carol.
My annual "What's Your Favorite Christmas Carol?" survey is probably important only to me but I will share the results Saturday on my "We Have Two Winners" blog post on Saturday.




Giveaway is open to everyone - I don't mind shipping internationally as well as domestic.
If it is domestic, the USPS should be able to get the item to you before Christmas.

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If you feel the need to follow me on Blogger, or like me on Facebook, you can do that too. I prefer to grow my blog organically so I just need your comment to enter this giveaway.

I will tally up the favorite Christmas Carol responses and let you know the winner sometime Saturday. Winner to be chosen by my randomness.




Go look at all the other cool blogs and see what people are making.



For those who are here visiting, my hobbies include sewing and crafting as well as anything airplanes. I live in Oregon, currently own five sewing machines (why not?), and named this blog after my dog, Rocket, who was a total character, rambling around,  letting me use him as a model. He passed on this last October and is sorely missed. His buddy, Rusty, isn't about to allow me to wrap a scarf around his neck and likes to stay home with his people.

I like to try projects, learn what I can, then move on. It's difficult for me to make 36 of anything so you will see a bunch of eclectic creations here as well as really beautiful biplanes and lovely flowers. You can see my etsy store here.

144 comments:

  1. white christmas is my favorite! :) love your little bags!

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  2. Lovely purses, I would be happy to win either one but maybe the larger snap purse just edges it. My favourite Christmas song by far id Fairytale of New York by the Pogues.

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  3. The small snap purse with the orange fabric is my favorite. And my favorite carol is Hark the Herald Angel. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  4. My favorite carol is Joy to the World. Both purses are lovely, but the larger snap purse is my choice. I will enjoy exploring the rest of your blog.

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  5. I love both of them, so I guess I will have to post two times, lol. Christmas Time Again, Tom Petty. Love, Love, Love him

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  6. And here's my second comment,Mariah Carey, All I want for Christmas is you. Love your fabric choices for both bags. Thanks

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  7. 5 sewing machines?!? I want to come to YOUR house! I love the plaid bag - both are lovely! My fav Christmas Carol...I'll Be Home for Christmas.

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  8. Love both little bags!!!

    Favorite carol? Carol of the Bells :)

    tbmroberts at yahoo dot com

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  9. my fave christmas carol is Jingle Bells :) i love the smaller bag!

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  10. Joy to the world. Thanks for the chance to win :-) jjjcwebb (at) Hotmail d0t com

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  11. Thanks for the great giveaway. My favorite Christmas song is Ding Dong Merrily on High. I'd love to win the black plaid one (I adore plaid and am always too scared to use it because I'm afraid it will be crooked!)

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  12. My favorite Christmas Carol is 'O Holy Night.' :)
    rdoran1(at)gmail(dot)com

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  13. I love hearing Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth by David Bowie and Bind Crosby. The young with the old -- magic. I love both of your wee bags.

    rosebudscott1 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  14. I like the purse but it was hard to choose.

    Favourite Xmas sone has to be Fairytale of New york by the Pogues.

    I am entering the give away too, hop on over to my blog

    http://sewasecondchance.blogspot.com/

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  15. I like the larger purse. Silent Night here.

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  16. Love the little coin purse! "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a sentimental favorite.

    Thanks for the opportunity!

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  17. Thanks for the giveaway! Eh, I'm not big into carols so I will exclude myself from your survey so as to not throw off the results. :)

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  18. I like the Jackson 5's Santa Clause is Coming to Town. Thanks for the giveaway! robyn(dot)geddes(at)gmail(dot)com

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  19. I think maybe the bigger one - but they're both fun! I like the old ones in minor key - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, or O Come O Come Emanuel, are my 2 favorites.

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  20. I love Silent Night of old hymns, and my favourite modern carol is either Mary Did You Know or Welcome To Our World (by Chris Rice).
    Those are both cute bags! I'd love either. :)

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  21. oh Carol of the Bells...definitely!! :) Both gives are so lovely, you choose for me!! Thanks for the chance...have a fun giveaway!!

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  22. I really like the snap bags. Red, black and white is one of my favorite color combinations. My favorite CHristmas song is white christmas.

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  23. I like the plaid bag best. I like singing "Let it Snow".

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  24. I like the small snap purse and my favorite carol is probably Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  25. "white Christmas" is one of my favourites. As it's high summer here at Christmas time the reality of that is pretty slim :)

    I love both bags - so you choose.

    Marilize
    (marilize.paulsen@gmail.com)

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  26. My preference would be the cute plaid purse :-) My favourite Christmas song (admittedly not a carol tho!) is "Snow" by Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee and Trudy Stevens from the film White Christmas (my fave Xmas movie)

    loops at loop-da-loop dot com

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  27. My preference is the plaid!
    And my favorite Christmas Carol is jingle bells!
    dramallama56(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  28. I love the smaller purse.
    My favorite Christmas carol is O Come O Come Emanuel.

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  29. I like the smaller purse, although both are great. My favorite carol is What Child is This--love the melody and the sentiment.

    Gallyslp at msn dot com

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  30. I like them both but I'd choose the snap purse.
    My favorite is Silent night.

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  31. I would be very happy with either bag, but if I must choose...the larger bag would be my choice. Silent Night is a favorite carol.

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  32. Thank you for the give a way. I love the black and red bag. Favorite song is Silent Night.

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  33. One more sleep till christmas is my fav. song :) I love Kermit!

    I adore that little purse!

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  34. If I win - pick someone else - I can always force (ahem request) one from you another time... but I wanted to put my 2 cents in on a christmas carol... Bing Crosby and David Bowie's Drummer Boy duet.

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  35. I don't know the name of my favorite. It goes "ring Christmas bells merrily ring tell all the world Jesus is king". Funny since I non-religious.

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  36. Cute bags! the smaller one is my favorite. My favorite Christmas song is "When Love Came Down" sung by Point of Grace.

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  37. I really like the Black and Red Plaid Snap Purse-love the look of this material. I have always enjoyed Holy Night Christmas carol.

    Elaine R
    emrosser@shaw.ca

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  38. I love "O Holy Night" sung my Nat King Cole.

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  39. The snap purse is so cute! My favorite carol is What Child is This?

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  40. Both are bags are wonderful I thik I like the snap purse idea better though since I tend to loose things in the bottom of my monsterbag! "What Child is This"

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  41. love the smaller snap purse!
    my favorite christmas song is "I'll be home for christmas"
    karli
    k_squared4t@hotmail.com

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  42. I like the smaller pouch and my fave Christmas song is "Santa Baby".

    Mary
    iammaryburke(at)gmail(dot)com

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  43. Both bags are adorable but I am partial to black, white & red so that would be my choice.
    Thank you for offering such nice gifts.
    I'm new to your site, so thankful for this opportunity. I also live in Oregon - Eastern side so colder today than it has been for the last two weeks.
    Christmas Carol - hands down -I'll be Home for Christmas
    sewhappytoo@gmail.com

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  44. Love Joy to the World.
    And it is such a pretty fabric for the purse. Thanks for the chance!

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  45. Such a lovely giveaway and such a hard question! I guess I have to say that Silent Night if my favorite carol because of how simple it is. (PS-Thanks for entering my giveaway!)

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  46. I love both your little bags!

    My favourite Christmas carol is O Holy Night. It's so beautiful.

    Sorry to hear about Rocket :( It really is hard to lose such good friends, isn't it?

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  47. I love both but if I had to pick, I would choose the snap back with the CD (just cause I like Christmas music so much!).

    I love all sorts of Christmas songs...recently I have loved the Auld Lang Syne done by a mix of artists at the end of the Hotel Cafe Winter Songs CD

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  48. I love O Holy Night as my favorite song! The larger purse is my favorite. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  49. Snap purse for me!!

    I love Hallelujah Chorus.

    Thanks for the great giveaway!

    Katina
    kjkoukla(athotmail...

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  50. These are both cute! I'd have to say the small snap purse because I love the sheep;)
    My favorite carol is probably holy night

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  51. I love the snap purse, but would be thrilled with either. I love the Christmas Carol "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day". It has such a sad story behind it, but manages to end on a hopeful note. This year in a nutshell :-)

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  52. I love both purses! I like a lot of the Christmas carols but I will go with Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
    shilobeedy@gmail.com

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  53. I would pick the larger snap purse.
    My favourite Christmas Carol is Winter Wonderland

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  54. Jingle bells played by my sons' Tuba Christmas group, there is a little extra bit in the middle which I love. Your bags are gorgeous but I adore small bags, so I'd love to win that one please. thanks for the giveaway.

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  55. They are both gorgeous, but the one with the black gingham is my favorite. My favorite carol is Silent Night in Gaelic by Enya.

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  56. I like the littler snap purse. I personally do not like chirstmas songs :( unless you count the one the Whos sing in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

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  57. I love the smaller purse with the snap closure! My favorite Christmas song has to be 'snoopy's Christmas'!

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  58. The snap purse attracted me to your blog. So cute! My favorite carol is We Three Kings

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  59. I love the snap bag. My favorite carol is Silver Bells. Thank you for the giveaway!

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  60. "Maria durch ein Dornwald ging" is my favourite and will probably only have my vote
    As for your give away I would love to win the first purse

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  61. Man... I really would enjoy and put to use either one. But I guess I love the red plaid too much. I go with the larger red plaid snap purse.
    My favorite carol is Oh Holy Night.

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  62. I like the bigger one.

    My favorite Christmas song at the moment is; Christmas Pipes by Celtic Women

    ajoyfulnoise (at) live (dot) com

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  63. Loving your bags. Favorite carol: O Holy Night

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  64. Cute bags - I'm partial to the one with the plaid fabric. My favorite Christmas hymm is Joy to The World. Thanks for the chance to win your giveaway. Linda
    rodlindafansler (at) gmail (dot) com

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  65. Cute bags! Love the little coin purse! My favorite Christmas movie is actually the ABC movie "Snow". My favorite Christmas carol is Breath Of Heaven.

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  66. Hi, I prefer the bigger one. My favourite carol is a French one that was my mom's preferred: Minuit Chretien. It always reminds me of her.

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  67. I love both little bags. My favorite Christmas song: Little Drummer Boy :)

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  68. These are lovely little bags! I think O Holy Night is my favorite. There are so many lovely songs to choose from!

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  69. I like the big snap purse.

    I love "Frosty the Snowman"

    My birthday is Saturday, and this would be a great birthday present!

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  70. Both are adorable! My favorite song is "O Holy Night". Thanks!

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  71. I love both purses so if I was lucky enough to win I would be happy for you to choose!
    My favourite song is 'O little town of Bethlehem'

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  72. Either prize would be welcome if I won, thank you. My favourite carol is Silent Night. Least favourite (which I know you didn't want - but still..) is We Three Kings.
    Teresa x

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  73. The black plaid bag is my favorite. Very nice!
    Favorite Christmas song(s): O Holy Night and Mary Did You Know

    lisa.otis6 at gmail dot com

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  74. I love the little snap purse. It's so hard to pick a favourite carol, but I would have to say either O Come Emanuel or Jesus, What a Wonderful Child by Mariah Carey!

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  75. I would love the snap purse! I love What Child Is This :)

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  76. I love both bags, but the snap purse wins out!
    My favorite is O Holy Night.
    beth(dot)sebastian(at)gmail(dot)com

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  77. I love plaid so I would choose that one first. I love the song oh little town of bethlehem. Thank you for the lovely giveaway!

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  78. I'd pick the 2nd small purse, but both are really nice:)
    I love 'O Holy Night', but all the carols that are about Jesus and the true meaning of Christmas are great. I don't mind the Santa ones, but they aren't meaningful to me.

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  79. Both purses are cute but I really love the snap purse. My favorite Christmas song is Fairy Tale of New York by the Pogues.

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  80. i love the first one..i have a thing for plaid :) my fave carol is silent night..raineoc@yahoo.com

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  81. The first thing my eye went to was the plaid! hahaha that's the one I would love to have.

    My favorite song is Little Drummer Boy.

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  82. I love the little change purse, those sheep are stinkin cute! Thanks for entering mine.

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  83. I love the little coin purse, soooo cute!
    My favorite song is o holy night, the Josh Groban version gives me chills.

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  84. Love the snap purse - thanks for the chance to win. My favority song is "O Holy Night". ellen@myerly.net

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  85. My favorite song is O Holy Night, and I love the plaid purse !

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  86. I am trying to win this for my wife who would love the larger purse. My favorite carol is Holly Jolly Christmas.

    dvdgossett915@gmail.com

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  87. Love the big snap purse - and my favorite carol is either Silent Night or O Holy Night. I'm not particularly religious but darned if they don't have some beautiful music!

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  88. I think they are both great and either would be fun to have! My favorite is O Holy Night!
    Thanks!

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  89. Both are nice but I think the edge goes out to the red plaid simply one the size usability for me. (Though the sheep fabric on the other is too cute!)

    I love Carol of the Bells. Just something about the fast pace, the rhythm - I love it.

    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  90. Loves the snap purse with CD.
    Thanks for the chance to win ^^v
    I loves Silent Night - classical version

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  91. Love your bags! Thanks for the chance. Fav holiday song-probably Rudolph. I am pretty original, I know! I am going to check you out on etsy too-stop by my place if you want to enter another giveaway:)

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  92. I like the purse with the cd. Little Drummer Boy is my favourite.

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  93. Your bags are wonderful! My favorite Christmas Carol is Jingle Bells.

    mommy_m(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  94. Silent night is my favorite! The snap closure bag is cute!

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  95. I love the snap purse...mostly because of the sheep fabric you used!

    I particularly enjoy Oh Holy Night.

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    deborah (at) savvygirls (dot) ca

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  96. i like the small snap purse, unique! my favourite christmas song is Silent Night.

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  97. I love the snap purse fabric :)

    My favorite carol is Baby Its Cold Outside. Not traditional, but thats pretty me.

    Shanny
    ShanGalOnline at gmail.com

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  98. Silent night.
    I am sorry that your dog passed away,

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  99. My favorite carol is Silent Night. I love the second bag, the snap bag.

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  100. My all time favorite is "Silent Night, Holy Night". Love your craft, thanks for sharing and the chance to win this cute giveaway.

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  101. I love the snap purse. My favorite is God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman. Merry Christmas!

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  102. The snap purse is so cute! Silent Night gets another vote from me :-)

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  103. thanks for a great giveaway! I love the local christmas songs... 12 yats of christmas.... they are fun!

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  104. I can think of uses for either little bag. my favorite song is Joy to the World

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  105. Feliz Navidad is my favourite.
    Thank you for the chance to win such a wonderful prize.
    Kind regards from Germany.
    Claudia
    frauknopf@gmx.de

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  106. I like God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

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  107. I like the whole Christmas album of The Muppets with John Denver. I listen to it all year long!
    I love the little purse, the colors are great!

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  108. I like the Snap purse because my little boys will love the CD.

    My favourite carol is "Oh Holy Night" and "Little Donkey" (sorry cannot pick just one)

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  109. My favorite carol is "Ave Maria".
    Both purses are pretty, but the bigger one is more to my liking. :D
    You can reach me here: blackasphodel@yahoo.com

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  110. The plaid snap bag is my favorite.
    My favorite carol is "Joy to the World".

    Pat K.
    tkelley5(at)charter(dot)(net)

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  111. Love the first bag. Fave Christmas song is definitely The Little Drummer Boy!

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  112. "O Holy Night" is my definite favorite! Put me in for the coin purse (love that cute orange fabric). I love Christmas time with all the carols though, and everyone is much nicer I think this time of year...

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  113. my favorite christmas carol is let is snow

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  114. Deck the hall.
    I like the big bag. Thanks for the generous giveaway and a chance to win!

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  115. Favourite Xmas carol would have to be 'SIX WHITE BOOMERS!' - well, what else when I live Down Under????
    Would love to win the little snap purse, although the plaid is just gorgeous for Xmas time...thanks for the chance either way...

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  116. My all time favorite Christmas song is Bruce Springsteen's rendition of Santa Claus is Coming to Town. It fills me right up with Christmas spirit. I like both purses but I think I would use the larger one more. Thanks for hosting this giveaway.

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  117. O come O Come Emanuel in E minor. Both giveaways rock but that little coin purse intrigues me. Thank you

    skowens (at) sbcglobal (dot) net

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  118. My favorites are "Baby, It's Cold Outside" and "Blue Christmas!" The best for sure, just like these cute little treasures. ;)

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  119. I love O Come O Come Emmanuel - both the words and the music. I love all the traditional Christmas hymns. And I love your black and red plaid bag!

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  120. Once upon a time I lived in Oregon too! Well, the little drummer boy is a favorite of mine.
    Also, I love the gold coins!

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  121. Both lovely! I would like the larger one to hold knitting gadgets. My favorite carol is "What Child is This?" Merry Christmas!

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  122. Both your bags are great and I love the fabrics you used. I would love to win either one. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  123. They are both so nice, I feel like I would be happy with either one! I like Silver Bells, such a lovely song.

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  124. Breathe of Heaven is always beautiful. But really I love almost all the old Christmas Carols. :)

    I would love the small snap purse! Thanks for the chance to win. :)

    mamaisaac09(at)gmail(dot)com

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  125. Hi, I love the first bag, the larger size, the colors are vibrant and fun.

    My favorite Christmas Carol is "Oh Holy Night"

    Thanks for the chance to win, your items are lovely!

    Michelle
    bellamichelle(at)gmail(dot)com

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  126. I love the bigger purse and another CD to add to my vast Christmas collection would be great. Hands down my favorite carol is "In the Bleak Midwinter." "What can I give Him? Give Him my heart." Makes me cry every time. coconutpieshop@yahoo.com

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  127. Little Drummer Boy for me. I love the little one.

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  128. Sheep! I love sheep. So I'd like the smaller one please.

    My favorite carol is "In the Bleak Midwinter."

    chibidani at gmail dot com

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  129. My favourite Christmas song is Jingle Bell Rock.
    I would be happy to win either, I adore the little sheep on the coin purse, but I think the bigger one is my favourite.

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  130. The larger bag that fits CDs is great! My favorite song is "Baby it's Cold Outside" in other blogs I was saying "Carol of the Bells" which I do love, but then I heard the other song and realized that one is really my favorite.

    hwcutie@hotmail.com

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  131. I love the plaid one. My favorite carol is O Holy Night.

    Thanks and Merry Christmas!

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  132. "O Holy Night" is my favorite. I just wish I had a better to sing it. Both are great, but I would choose the small snap purse :) Thanks!

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  133. My favorite carol is Joy to the World!

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  134. I like the snap purse. The sheep are too cute. My favorite carol is Angels we have heard on high!

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  135. i love them both!
    my favorite song is The Little Drummer Boy, it gets me everytime!
    chacoyaguayo(at)yahoo(dot)com
    Thank you for the opportunity;)

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  136. Beautiful purses! I love the plaid one. My favorite Christmas song is "Let is snow". Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  137. I like the smaller purse...and my favorite Christmas carol is Newsong's Light Your World

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  138. The bags are so neat. My favorite carol is "The 12 Days of Christmas."

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  139. You know, I really like either. They're both cute and useful! My favorite Christmas song is O Come Emmanuel.

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  140. I like the bigger bag. Little Drummer Boy by Jars of Clay is my favorite C-mas song. Thank you. mamalusco at ortelco dot net

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