Thanks to everyone who participated in LOWCW this year! I'm looking forward to reading all the contributions and hopefully leaving some comments round next week. Thanks also to my fellow co-hosts for this fine event, Rachel and Olivia. :)
And... *drumroll please* our giveaway winners are below -- woohoo!
Olivia // Huckleberry sign
CC // cowboy mug
Rachel // candle set
Clare // Open Range dvd
(I'll be emailing the winners directly.)
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Below are all our lovely party entries for this year:
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Thanks so much to everyone for joining us this year and happy trails! <3
Happy Tuesday evening y'all! Hope you had a great day and I can't wait to read all your lovely posts. :)
And... *drumroll please* below you will find my giveaway for this year! I really hope you see something you like.
Specifics:
Be sure to leave a comment listing your top two favorites in order of preference.
To give plenty of time, I'm leaving entries to the giveaway open through Sunday night and plan to post the winners on Monday.
There's one prize per winner and (due to shipping rates and all that) I do have to limit it to US entries only. :p
Last but not least, I've added options you can do every day, so if
you're interested be sure to come back again for more points.
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John Wayne quote mug
Haven't read this one, but the recipes look straightforward and it's packed with pictures and anecdotes
Silverado 1985 DVD (I did a mini review for it here once upon a time)
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That's it for now folks! Be sure to start popping your links in the giveaway widget 'iffen yer so inclined and I'm planning to be back tomorrow with a game. See you soon!
Well, boy howdy we've arrived, Legends of Western Cinema Week 2020! I'm so glad y'all are here. :)
I don't know how it is where you're at, but it's fire season and close to record triple digits here, so life in general is hot and sticky and smoky and feels like some long slow scene out of a spaghetti western or something, so forgive me if I ramble at all this week.
First, a link to my lovely cohost's blog (and kindred spirit on all things western), Hamlette of Hamlette's Soliloquy. She also has an amazing giveaway and lots of fun games planned etc, so be sure to visit over there ASAP.
Now for how y'all can participate this week!
We came up with a tag below (I'm super pleased and excited with how it turned out), so you can cut and paste that to your own blog. Then, if that's all you'd like to do/have time for, that totally works, but we're also open to further movie reviews, character studies, bios of famous western actors, film score composition studies, details about the creation of famous westerns, your thoughts on classic westerns in general... basically anything you can dream up on the topic. ;) And have no fear if anyone else has written on something similar, the more the merrier!
First, for your copying pleasure:
~ Legends of Western Cinema Week Tag 2020 ~
1) What's the last western you watched?
2) A western of any stripe (happy or tragic) where you were highly satisfied by the ending?
3) The funniest western you've seen?
4) What similar elements/themes show up in your favorite westerns?
5) Favorite actress who made one or more westerns?
6) Favorite western hero/sidekick pairing?
7) Scariest villain/antagonist in a western?
8) Favorite romance in a western?
9) Three of your favorite westerns?
10) Share one (or several!) of your favorite quotes from a western.
My Giveaway
I have three prizes for y'all this year. (And due to various technicalities I'm keeping it to US entries only this year, but Hamlette's giveaway is open internationally, so again, be sure to check hers out HERE.) I'll be drawing the winners on Friday morning. I can't make promises, but if you list your favorite prize/s in the comments section, I'll do my best to match you up with one of them. Also, after the giveaway you'll have a week to respond by email with shipping information before I'll need to draw another winner.
Prizes
#1 - Two sets of John Wayne playing cards in collector's tin
#2 - Classic westerns word search book
#3 - Wanted: Dead or Alive Season 1 4-DVD set (more on this theme coming later in the week! ;))
Don't forget to grab the tag questions above, fill them out on your own blog, then come back and leave a link to your post in the widget-y thing here or on Hamlette's kick-off post (either way it should quickly show up in both places). Also, if you write more than one post (i.e. topical posts, movie reviews, etc) add each one as a separate entry so everyone can easily find everything you've posted. That's it!
Hi y'all and welcome to my wrap-up for our LOWC Week!
And wow, what a week. Hamlette, Olivia, and I really enjoyed hosting this and (Ithink)I can safely say it was a pretty smashing success. We'll see what all's happening next year, but I'd love to make this an annual thing. What say all of you? :)
Also, the party's still going through today, so keep your lovely posts coming.
(Final note, the pics for this post are ones that, for various reasons, just tickle me. So enjoy! ;))
And now... our giveaway winners!
Thank you to everyone who entered and… the exciting news
is each and every one of you are gonna get a fun little parcel with a
selection of goodies! (As to particulars: the widget drew everybody at random and then I tried to
match you up with your preferred prizes as best I could. I also threw in an
extra copy of She Wore a Yellow Ribbon as it was high on a couple of
your lists and, since we ended up with five entrants, that nicely rounded it all off so
everyone ends up getting three things. Just to be nice and even-sy since we
had a small pool. :D) I really hope you enjoy everything!!
Annie ~ She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Shadow on the Mesa, Longhorn puzzle
Note: The rest of life suddenly got pretty busy this week/weekend so
(if I don't already have your address, etc.) I'll try to contact each
one of you as soon as I can sometime next week and then you'll have a
week from then to reply. So please don't worry if you don't find an
email right away this weekend. ;)
And here again are all our wonderful entries. Make sure to visit them and hopefully you'll find some new favorite films and fellow kindred spirits!
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I'd love to hear if you enjoyed your time this week and Happy Trails!
Welcome, welcome, welcome! *scattering showers of sparkling confetti*
It's happening. It's really happening. Legends of Western Cinema Week is officially here! Honestly, I've been thinking about this stuff for what seems like weeks and weeks now, and seriously y'all, this is gonna be GREAT. ;D
Again, be sure and visit my co-hosts blogs, Hamlette of Hamlette's Soliloquy and Olivia of Meanwhile, in Rivendell... for lots more posts, etc. And we're each hosting a giveaway so be sure to check theirs out too. They're both lovely friends and western-y kindred spirits and I can't wait to confabulate over everything we have in store for this week. :) :)
So! Now let's saddle up and do this thing!
The link up info and my giveaway are below, but first off, here are our tag questions for your copying pleasure:
~Legends of Western Cinema Week Tag~
1) Do you tolerate, like, or love westerns?
2) What do you enjoy about them and, more broadly, the west itself (e.g. the history, accompanying paraphernalia, etc)?
3) What's the first western you can remember watching?
4) Who are your favorite western stars, the ones whose presence in a western will make you pick it up off the shelf?
5) What's your favorite performance by an actress in a western?
6) What is your "go-to" western, the one you'll typically reach for?
7) Do your family/friends share your interest in westerns, or are you a lone ranger (pun completely intended)?
8) Pick one western to live inside for a week, and explain why you chose it.
9) Share one (or several!) of your favorite quotes from a western.
Giveaway Goodies
Due to a series of fortuitous and exciting circumstances, I've amassed a fun collection of prizes and I'm hoping there's something of interest for everyone.
The Important Details: Each of these are individual prizes (I created collages for the sake of brevity), but depending on how many entries we get, each winner is eligible to receive more than one prize. Also, due to region & shipping, Categories 1, 2 & 3 are US only, but 4 is open for international winners too. I can't make promises, but if you list your top favorite prizes in the comments section I'll do my best to match you up with one of them. Also, after the giveaway you'll have a week to respond by email with shipping info before I need to draw another winner.
#1: Western print
Our first prize is this 5x7 print of a John Wayne quote (i.e."Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyways")
#2: The Films
(All Region 1 DVD's)
Tombstone (1993), The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017)
Silverado (1985), True Grit (2010)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
Shadow on the Mesa (2013), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
#3: Jigsaw puzzle
#4: Magnets
(The magnets are in pairs, so 4 prizes total)
Barn & Cowboy w/horse
Paintbrush & Montana-ish cabin
Tetons: Cabin & Lupine
Tetons: Golden & Subdued
You can enter the giveaway here:
(There are directions within the widget for how to enter,
including how to note which prize/s you're interested in)
Don't forget to grab the tag questions up above, fill them out on your blog, then come back and leave a link to your post/s in our widget-y thing below. You can leave it on any of our blogs and it should show up on all three automatically (courtesy of the fancy link-y thing). Also, if you write more than one post (i.e. topical posts, movie reviews, etc) add each one as a separate entry so everyone can easily find everything you've posted. :)
That's it! Now let the fun begin! *figuratively dancing a jig (and I would throw my hat in the air if I was a cowboy and not a lady)* I can't wait to see what y'all come up with!
Thank you so much again to Hamlette for hosting this perfectly lovely event. It was so much fun and made such a wonderful writing incentive. (Thank you, friend! ;))
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And... we have our giveaway winners!
Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels ~ Hamlette
Pride & Prejudice Blu-Ray ~ Erudessa Aranduriel
Sense & Sensibility DVD ~ John Smith
Emma DVD ~ Ruth Lopez
Pride & Prejudice board book ~ Abby P.
Congratulations everyone! I'll be emailing the winners directly. (Also, a technical provision, if I don't hear back within a week I *will* need to draw another winner. ;P)
Thank you so much to everyone for entering and I hope you're all having a lovely evening! :)
Yay! Hamlette's splendid I ❤ Austen Week has officially arrived!!! And I'm joining in here first off with hosting a JA inspired giveaway. (Yes, indeedy. Highly exciting. ;))
(IMPORTANT NOTE: this is for US entrants only. You know, the cost of shipping and all
that... :/)
And.... *drumroll please* our lovely prizes are as follows:
(This is one of my top favorite Austen books -- 'tis FANTASTIC)
(Important note! This is the BLU-RAY edition)
(DVD)
(DVD)
And... I discovered this recently at a friend's baby shower. A board book for any small friends,
it's a thoroughly delightful way to introduce Austen. (Or simply to expand your JA library.)
Soo fun!! ;)
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They're all in the one giveaway app below and I'll be drawing five winners, so be sure to enter and leave your top THREE choices in the comments!
Here we are at the end of our wonderful week! And first and foremost, an enormous thank you to each one of you for all your contagious joy and excitement. Your participation truly made it such a sparkly, entirely incredible, epic occasion. Thank you all so much!!! I'm so happy to have so many fellow Cinderella loving friends. You're all amazing. :)
This post has taken me a while to finish off as there are so many links! I've tried hard to make sure everything is accurate and links through properly, but let me know if I've missed anything and it'd also be great if you could test your link/s, etc. (just so we make sure no one gets lost). I've also included a few earlier posts/reviews that were linked in the comments. *drumroll* And now for our links themselves!
(And yes, I freely admit I made you scroll all the way to the bottom of the post on purpose. ;))
Our winners are:
Ivy Miranda ~ Cinderella 2015 DVD
Blessing Counter ~ Ever After DVD
Lois Johnson ~ Dark blue and pink beaded bracelet
Olivia ~ Ice blue and white beaded bracelet
Congratulations! I'll be contacting you all directly by email and I'll just need a reply by January 15th. (Note, Hamlette's giveaway is still going here through midnight Monday morning.)
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*And now a deep breath* Wow, what a week this has been!! I have a growing feeling it's going to be super hard to come down off this marvelous time... so I'm very purposefully concentrating on the coming pleasure of soon visiting all your wonderful posts (that I haven't been able to read properly yet) and also rewatching Some of My Very Favorites. ;) Many blessings to you all, dear friends!!
How are you all doing wrapping up the party? Shall we stand by each other and keep smiles going round in this next week? :)
