And The Winner Is....

The custom blog design by April Showers Blog design goes to:

Brianna (HABBALA)!!!!

YEA! I know you will enjoy your new look. And working with April is awesome!

The two alternates are:

Ylla (Former Fat Chick)

Queenie Jeannie

All names were drawn out of an actual hat by The Diva, with Daddy & I in the room {I made her close her eyes}. If the winner does not claim her prize within 48 hrs, then the prize goes to Ylla. If Ylla fails to claim her prize within 48 hrs, then Queenie Jeannie will be the winner {I am sure she will let Thomas have this awesome gift for his new bloggy}

Thank you to all who donated from the bottom of my heart. Your generosity was astounding and selfless. We raised $177 of the $1200 goal {Sadly, it was not enough to save my Big Bro's apartment}. Thank you all so very much, though. It was a good try.

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And The Winner Is....

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I Know My Blog Looks Like Crap...

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bitchmoangroan/feeling like a big fat failure alert
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My awesome, and very talented, blog designer is having server issues, apparently. And since all of my blog's images are hosted on her server, they are not loading because of that {or at least that is what the automated response email told me}. I'm sorry about this. There is nothing I can do about it.

This is just the cherry on the cake that is my crappy day. I am feeling like such a big fat failure right now. I can't even get many people to enter my raffle. It is for a very good cause. Really, it is. And you get a beautiful premade template by April Showers Blog Design just for a tiny $3 donation. Plus you get put into a raffle for a CUSTOM blog make over by April Showers and a giveaway for a handmade gift by Queenie Jeannie's Card Boutique {Jeannie's Happy World}.

But nobody either believes I'm legit {Except those who have already donated. I love you all so much for that} or they can't seem to part with $3, even for a good cause. I know the economy sucks eggs for almost everyone right now. I get that. It just really hurts when you put so much effort into something and it fails miserably.

It feels like a reflection on my blog and who I am as a person when all you get are crickets. I even basically got called a scammer on a NING site I belong to, without even any investigation about my legitimacy! I have only raised $186 of the $1200 goal and I am running out of time.

It's not like the $3 is just gone after you donate. You get your choice of two premade color changing blogger layouts. They are way cool and perfect for those of you with blog design ADD.

And I got two articles published at MomDot.com! WOO HOO, right? I was so excited. But I haven't gotten a single comment on them. Not one. Do I really suck that bad?

Oh, well. This was my bitchmoangroan post. Thank you for reading. I will be back to my normal snarky, insane sarcasm later this week. Or tomorrow. Or something...

Don't Forget To Enter
My Raffle/Giveaway For A
Custom Blog Layout By
April Showers Blog Design!
Ends June 30, 2009

My Good Cause:
KSS Fundraiser
Blogging for A Cause:
Please Help My Big Bro!

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I Know My Blog Looks Like Crap...

http://damnvoicesagain.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-know-my-blog-looks-like-crap.html

It's A Contest! It's A Raffle! It's A Fundraiser!

{Raffle Closed 6/30/09}

In an effort to rejuvenate interest in the fundraiser for my Big Bro, {Who is about to lose his apartment due to the loss of BOTH of his jobs within TWO weeks of each other} and to help me reach my goal of raising $1200 to help him NOT become homeless, {Current tally is at $75}, Miss April of April Showers Blog Designs has generously donated her services to my cause.

This is no small feat, considering how completely slammed she has been for the last few months. But that is what happens when you are as talented as she is, you become "in demand", and boy is she ever! {Go here to see the amazing castle she made for Queenie Jeannie}

Here is the deal-io, for only THREE DOLLARS, you can get a brand new, unique and fully customizable blog layout plus entry into a raffle for a CUSTOM design. Where else could you get that AND be able to donate to a good cause? Come on, it's only THREE DOLLARS...

From April:

For the VERY first time, April Showers Blog Design is offering pre-made Blogger Templates, and you will be the first and ONLY group of people to get these.

For this fundraiser only, these two Custom Color Layouts will be available to anyone who donates at least $3 to the cause. These templates allow you to change up your blog colors easily and as often as you want, and you can even install them yourself!

Once we receive your donation, you will be e-mailed the code and instructions for the layout of your choice.

If you donate at least $5, you'll get your choice of the above exclusive layouts - and a PERSONALIZED custom signature to sign each blog post!

Click the blinkies to get a better look at what you get!

Here are the rules:

1. For each $3 donation received, you get the choice between the TWO color changing layouts. The colors of the background, header, etc. can easily be changed and customized using the "fonts and colors" tab in Blogger Layouts. Check out the cool "example" blinkie she made to see what is possible in these templates. You are only limited by the colors of your imagination!
   
2. For each $5 donation received, you get a choice between the TWO color changing layouts AND you also get a custom signature to sign every blog post!

EVERYONE who donates at least $3 gets put into a raffle for a custom design by April Showers Blog Design!

The Custom Blog design comes with the following:

• Background Image
• Layout Editing
• Custom Header - Can use any amount of family photos! Or an illustration from iStockphoto.com (addt'l charge for custom graphics)
• 5 Sidebar Tiles

• A $55 value!

You can donate/enter this raffle easily by clicking the "donate" button below. Then leave me a comment telling me which of the color changing layouts you prefer, along with your email address, and I will get your info over to April so she can give you the code.

I am trying to get this out to as many people as possible, so I would be extremely grateful if any of you would post/tweet/facebook about this raffle/fundraiser.

~*~*~ Please note: ~*~*~
Each of you who has already donated at least $3 is eligible for both the color changing layout AND entry into the raffle for the custom blog design. Just let me know which template you want {Please make sure I have your correct email address} and I will then get your info over to April so she can give you the code.

Raffle ends June 30, 2009

Update just added on 6/11/09:

From The Queen:

If you donate on Shannon's blog, please come back and comment on this post to be entered in a drawing for an AMAZING, stamped, spectacular gift from me!!! Runs till June 30th!!! YOU WILL WANT TO WIN THIS!!!

YOU MUST LEAVE A COMMENT
ON THIS POST FOR THE
RAFFLE ENTRY AFTER
DONATING. I NEED ALL
ENTRIES IN ONE PLACE FOR
THE DRAWING TO BE FAIR.


My Good Cause:

KSS Fundraiser

Blogging For A Cause:

Please Help My Big Bro

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It's A Contest! It's A Raffle! It's A Fundraiser!

http://damnvoicesagain.blogspot.com/2009/06/it-contest-it-raffle-it-fundraiser.html