All aboard The Hobo Train! Okay, this one will be short and sah-weet! Giveaway started now. Please enter to win. Easy peasy. Cool prize. You in? Yes it's true! As usual, I'm running the GIVEAWAY through Rafflecopter.... a few summersaults will get you MANY entries to win. Who doesn't love gymnastics anyway?
I like having giveaways because it brings more traffic and fans to my pages, but it's not entirely self-serving. lol Actually the MAIN reason by far is to give back to the people who help me live a life so free and creative. And hosting a giveaway is downright fun! So thank you to all of you! By the way.... what time is it? ................. It's..........
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Hellooooooo my lovelies! Yup, it's that time again. SWAG + FREE = AWESOME! I'm having a GIVEAWAY! It is ridiculously fun to give stuff away. I love giving back to my amazing customers and followers, as they give me so much already..... *grabs kleenex* This GIVEAWAY is pretty much exactly like the last one for those to participated last time. I am giving away an awesome skull and roses regular-sized hobo bag. However, the winner can choose to have that bag or their choice of any regular-sized bag in the shop. Of course, I will also ship the bag for free to anywhere in the WORLD! Ya baby! Here a pic of the swag bag....
A real beaut for sure! There is a maximum of 25 entries per person. Yes there are a few little hoops to jump through to obtain the entries, but that's the fun part. There will also be some surprise chances at BONUS entries over the next couple of weeks, so keep your eyes peeled! The giveaway ends on September 24th and the winner will be announced shortly thereafter. The winner is picked randomly by Rafflecopter, so it is truly anyone's win! Here is the widget... a Rafflecopter giveaway If you have any questions at all, feel free to message me or post at the bottom of the page. You can email too via thehobotrain@yahoo.ca . And there's always the FB page.... THEHOBOTRAIN . Check it out! If you want to see what new stuff I have in the shop, please have a visit.... SHOP THEHOBOTRAIN THANKS in advance to everyone who participates! This is going to be a good time! HOBO BAGS + FUN = THEHOBOTRAIN Renée
The results are in! The giveaway has ended and the lucky winner is KELLEY HOOKER. C'mon down, Kelley, and claim your prize! CONGRATS!!! A million thanks to everyone who participated. I can hardly believe that there were 5112 entries! *GASP* U guys rock! A little musical interlude to celebrate.... Get off that chair and shake ur money maker!
Celebrate good times, COME ON!!! Groovy. :)
Or for those who prefer a more recent tune but still throwback-style, please feel free to shake it like a polaroid picture! Hey ya!
Whew, that was fun!
Since this giveaway was such a smashing success, I will be having another in the near future. Make sure you subscribe to this blog to get all the updates. You can also get my posts right to your email by using the form at the bottom of the page.
In order to appease all of the non-winners (NOT losers!), I will be gifting 2 coupon codes for 50% off any purchase in my online shop (before shipping). I will give these codes to the first 2 people who comment here on this blog post with their email address and with the word: AWESOME.
Easy peasy sneezy. :)
In other news, I went to my local rummage sale 'bag day' today. You can fill a large plastic bag with as much stuff as you can stuff into it for $7. Ya baby! It used to be $5 but they raised it two bucks starting this month. Total bargain. I got some clothes, fabric, a neat-o handkerchief, and a few other thingies. Plus a totally retro knitted ORANGE shawl with a fringe. You heard right -- I said FRINGE!
Signing off for now. Lots of new product coming into the shop soon at www.thehobotrain.com . I also have another Etsy shop that I'm slowly building up to house all my recycled products. It's called Train Wreck Clothing. Check it out: www.trainwreckclothing.etsy.com .
Well then, is there anything better than free stuff? Is there? The answer, of course, is YES! There's tons of better stuff.... like friends, family, love, creativity, adventure, excitement, relief, and more. Also better than free stuff is BEING free! I have to say that I am incredibly fortunate to have a freer lifestyle than most. I work for myself and enjoy what I do. I am able to have flexible hours and do as much or as little as I want. It's pretty awesome and suits me well. I wouldn't trade it for anything right now. There is a trade-off, though. I don't have a guaranteed paycheque. I work alone (great a lot of the time, but kinda lame sometimes too). I am entirely responsible for the development of my business. And I don't have a path to follow. There is no clearly laid out plan for me. My biggest goal is being as free as possible. After that I would like to make enough money to pay my bills and a few extras. And I would like to keep my work interesting, so that I don't become bored with it or resentful of it. I haven't been able to find a manual for this type of living, but I suppose that would go against the MO of it all anyway. I kind of enjoy that the details are fuzzy. lol On that note, let's have a musical interlude that follows on this theme. The group is called FREE and the song is All Right Now. Enjoy!
And getting back to free stuff. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I'm hosting a giveaway. I am giving away this bag:
It gives me a lot of pleasure to make someone's day, so I'm gonna do it dammit! This giveaway will also bring me some new traffic and exposure, which is always cool with me. And it's just downright effing fun to do. Who doesn't like free swag? Here's the rundown on how to gain entries into the giveaway:
Also, if you're hanging out on my blog and have 1 extra second, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and participate in the survey question (to the left of the contact form). Many thanks!
Good luck to you all! The lucky winner will win the above bag or a same-size bag of their choice from my shop -- whichever they prefer. This giveaway is open to anyone in the WORLD. Ya baby!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! It's 2014 and whatcha gonna do about it? Well, I'm sitting here in my workshop just a hangin' out. It's too damn cold to go outside and take pics of my products and I'm feeling very thankful for some recent happenings that have changed the course of my near future in an awesome way (more on that later!). I feel like giving back. I've talked about doing a giveaway before and I think the hour has come.
Ya baby!
Since I just decided to do this, the details aren't ironed out yet, but I'm gonna fly by the seat of my pants here. I would like to drive some traffic to my FB page www.facebook.com/thehobotrain as well as to my Etsy shop www.thehobotrain.com and get a few more followers on this little blog of mine.
Just took a few minutes and set it all up on Rafflecopter. SO EASY! About to install the widget... hope this works! Here goes...
WOW. That was just too damn easy. lol Click on one of the options under 'enter to win' to find out how to get entries into the giveaway. Each option gives you a certain amount of entries (gaining you more chance of winning). The giveaway will run until February 6th, at which point the winner will be randomly selected by Rafflecopter. Awesome!
Here's a pic of the bag that you will WIN! However, if you win and there's another bag that's screaming your name, then you're welcome to pick any other regular-sized bag, too. I'm flexible like that. :)
Here's a link to the listing if you wanna read all about this funky and sexy bag....
