Sunday, May 22, 2011

May Giveaway Day

**Giveaway closed. Thank you for all the comments!**


I'm participating in the Sew Mama Sew May Giveaway Day. Up for grabs is this super cute apron.  Half aprons come in handy, especially in time for BBQ weather.

I love the colors. So summery!

Apron with my little herb garden

Closeup of the fabrics.

It is fully reversible.

All you have to do is tell me what your cooking specialty is. I'll draw a random name May 25. Make sure to leave me an email address. Thanks for stopping by!

156 comments:

  1. Mmmmm, BBQs! I love baking... especially for friends and family. Trying new recipes is such much fun.

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  2. Beautiful apron!! I love to bake cakes and biscuits etc ... anything sweet really :)

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  3. i make a mean chicken pot pie. thank you!

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  4. I love to cook comfort foods... mac and cheese, lasagna, meatloaf, pot pies... but, I'm experimenting all of the time with lightening them up a bit so that I don't give my diners a heart attack. I love it! :) It is fun to challenge myself.

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  5. My cooking specialty is spicy chicken pasta, mmm!

    lexib0t@verizon.net

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  6. I'm good at making soups - all kinds - chili, southwest chicken, vegetable beef. My mom still makes better chicken soup than I do though.

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  7. I make a cool pizza cassarole!!!:)Thanks for the chance to win this cool prize:)

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  8. I make some delicious chicken enchiladas! My own recipe!

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  9. I love to cook, bread, desserts and main dishes seem to be my faves to put together
    texhelena(at)aol(dot)com

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  10. How fun! Thanks for the chance to win.

    My specialty seems to be "leftover/pantry" cooking. As my kids say, my best meals are when I clean out the fridge or try to use the remaining pantry contents.

    My worse, breads... I kill all breads. lol

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  11. So pretty! I love baking.. plan on tackling pies this summer. Thank you for having the giveaway.

    noca0603@gmail.com

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  12. I make salsa that everyone wants me to make for them.

    316ramirez@gmail.com
    Thanks for the opportunity and I hope I win! :)

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  13. Gorgeous apron! I love baking, cooking, eating, you name it! I especially like making Indian food, yum.

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  14. My cooking speciality is...making it up on the fly! I'm really bad at pre planning so it's usually close to dinner time and I have no plan...but I always manage to whip something tasty out.

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  15. I make pizza, cinnamon buns and mmm great tasting BBQ ribs, so an apron would be a great addition to my cooking.
    Thanks.

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  16. My cooking specialty is the ability to keeep a large group fed and happy with out going nuts. Soups, stews, roasts, anything that will keep a crowd happy I'm good at. Good old fashioned comfort foods..... and giant batches of cookies. :)

    thank you for the chance to enter your giveaway.

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  17. Roast Chicken!

    G'Day! I'm here for the Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day! Please visit me, too:
    http://www.homemakerhoney.com/2011/05/sew-mama-sew-may-giveaway-day-ends-may.html

    Deborah
    Homemaker Honey
    @Homemaker_Honey
    homemakerhoney.com
    homemakerhoney @gmail .com

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  18. I like to make muffins . . . and my family likes to eat them!
    yobethie (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  19. great apron! I love baking bread and grilling just about anything!

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  20. Filipino food. I learned from my Mom and cook various dishes without recipes.

    I love the arpon!

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  21. Thank you so much for the giveaway. The apron is super cute. My specialty is cookies! I love them.

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  22. I'm actually a pretty horrible cook. My cooking specialty is cleaning up after my husband cooks! :P But I'm getting better, thanks to him. Thanks for the sweet giveaway!

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  23. I love to bake. People tell me my pie as super great (which is funny because I don't like pie)!!

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  24. I can make some great cookies!

    Adorable apron. =)

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  25. I'm honestly only good at pastas and grilling lol. Baking is easy if it's from a box lol. Love the apron, it's really color friendly :)

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  26. Great apron!! I love the colors. My "thang" is gluten free cooking :)

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  27. I think my specialty would be baking. Banana Bread is on the top of things people like.

    redzshadow at gmail dot com

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  28. Ooh, I love it! I am a baker. I love to bake for my family, especially bread.

    Thanks

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  29. I love cooking almost anything but I always get asked for my recipe when ever I make fried chicken or chicken fried steak.

    Lovely apron. I would be thrilled to be it's happy new owner.

    ajoyfulnoise (at) live (dot) com

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  30. oh I love your aprons! (and I'm a diehard apron-lover). My cooking specialty is enchiladas. yum! leahclaireh(at)gmail(dot)com

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  31. I love to bake. That is what I'd say my specialty is. I love trying new and different things - and sharing it with others so that I don't put on too much weight! lol

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  32. Cooking specialty? Just anything that can be eaten...I love cooking!

    limes.sweet(at)gmail(dot)com

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  33. I'm a baker, hopelessly trying to keep flour off my clothes.

    alissa dot ridenour at gmail dot com

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  34. My cooking specialty: crock pot meals! cut rope and smile at aim dot com.

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  35. i love aprons....:) thanks for the chance.

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  36. I'm no cook! But I LOVE to bake. My favorites are quick breads like lemon and blueberry or pumpkin chocolate chip. Banana is a fun one, too.

    Great job on the apron, btw. Hope I win!

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  37. those are my favorite colors! i like to bake pies!

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  38. Lovely! Thanks for the chance.

    I like making sauteed vegetable dishes. Yum!

    lovelydomesticdiva (at) gmail (dot) com

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  39. Cute apron! I most love baking desserts - cakes, pies, cheesecakes, etc.

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  40. Love this apron! I love baking. We've just had a couple birthdays around here and I love making cakes from scratch and decorating them. Thanks so much for the great giveaway!

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  41. I bake a mean cake! Or so I'm told. ;)

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  42. I love to cook all kinds of recipes. sometimes I watch cooking shows and run out and buy the stuff and cook it. Love to cook for the fam they never know what I will come up with next. Thanks for the chance to win such a great apron.

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  43. Thank you for your generous giveaway and international shipping!! ♥ It! I would say my specialty is more baking then cooking. I dig a delicious cheesecake!

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  44. Beautiful apron! My cooking specialty is casseroles. :o) Thanks fort he chance to win!

    ravensrascals at gmail dot com

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  45. I am definately more of a baker than a cook but my prefered style would be grilling. It's really summer when I smell the charcoal burning.

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  46. I love baking! Pies, bread, cakes...

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  47. Quiche! Love quiche!

    reiner (dot) danielle (at) gmail (dot) com

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  48. Adorable! Would love to win!
    907 NORTH DR
    CRAWFORDSVILLE

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  49. Your right, that IS a super cute apron! My specialty is stromboli. Easy and delicious. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  50. Half aprons are my fave. I'm fantastic with Italian food. My meatballs and lasagna are a favorite (even by my mother and she taught me!)

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  51. So this is going to sound egotistical, but I am an amazing baker. I cook very well, too, but my desserts and breads are out of this world! :)

    Love the apron!

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  52. I love to bake! Cakes, cupcakes and cookies are my favorite!:D

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  53. Adorable!! I love baking - especially cute things (cupcakes, cake pops, anything to make my daughters smile).

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  54. I'm definitely a baker. Cupcakes are my latest phase! thanks for the chance to enter!

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  55. I'm a baker all the way. In fact today I just restocked on flour so I have lots of baking in my future...

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  56. Cute apron, love that it is reversible! My specialty is making chinese food, we love eggrolls and fried rice and stir fry and orange chicken. My family requests it for any gatherings we have, yum! Thanks for the chance to win!
    okiedokiemama at yahoo dot com

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  57. Cute apron. I have no cooking favorites. Mostly I am learning to cook low fat, low calorie food.

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  58. I'm more of a baker. Monster cookies (pb+oatmeal+choc chips w/m&m's on top) are my best. Thanks for the chance to win, love the apron!

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  59. I'd love to win, thanks for the opportunity.
    libbystiles(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  60. I am only good at 2 kinds of chicken - grilled chicken and curry chicken. My kids prefer these to those available in restaurants.

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  61. Cooking specialty is baked goods. Mostly cookies, or brownies, or bars!

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  62. Beautiful! I cook and bake healthy stuff, from scratch, meatless stuff :)

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  63. I've made a few aprons in my time, but still don't have one for myself. I'd love to win!

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  64. Chicken Greek Salad, yum! Great giveaway and such talent - you should be proud! Thanks bunches!

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  65. I love to cook....I don't know if I have a specialty..I try to bake, but am not the greatest at it...but I guess I'm a good at Mexican good...my husband seems to think so at least. :)

    amberortega at gmail dot com

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  66. I'm pretty good with most cooking, but I love making desserts. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  67. Cooking speciality must be a bacon and egg pie as i have to make them for Miss 15's school friends

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  68. So adorable! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!

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  69. I love to bake, especially cheesecake

    corrieb96@hotmail.com

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  70. My specialty is beer bread.

    urchiken at gmail dot com

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  71. ummm...cooking specialty...does buttered toast count? I don't know if I have a specialty, but I do like to experiment in the kitchen! Cute apron!

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  72. I love to make things with loads of fresh veggies and whole grains. I also love to bake! Your apron is really cute!

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  73. Oh I would love to have this apron! I love the colors so much. My specialties are bakes potato salad and my homemade banana pecan bread and homemade brownies.

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  74. my husband says i can cook anything...so my specialty is that he believes that!! :)

    love the colors, too cute!

    thanks for the sweet giveaway!
    email is in my profile
    or nicmowat (AT) gmail (dot) com

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  75. Cute apron! My favorite dish to make is a Thai coconut curry!!

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  76. What a cute apron. I am a baker, since we moved to Mexico i have baked cookies for my husbands office every week.

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  77. I love making cupcakes. Thanks

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  78. My specialty is boiling water for my morning coffee...LMAO true story. My husband does all the cooking as he is a chef... He cooks wonderful South American dinners... So he would get the most use from your wonderful giveaway hehehe

    xo Steph (and Carlos)

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  79. risotto! leek, lemon and wild mushroom risotto, mmmm.... I love the apron. Thanks for the chance!

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  80. My specialty is meatballs, I like to make them with all different kinds of mince and spices to create neverending numbers of variations :)

    kate1485 at hotmail.com

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  81. My favories summer thing is BBQ! I am better known for my homemade salsa though. Cool Apron!

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  82. Ooooh, this giveaway is right up my alley...cooking and sewing, lol.

    My speciality is what I like to call "affordable gourmet". 5-star food on a 2-star budget. I'm also a gluten free cook since I have a gluten intolerance. Thanks for the giveaway.

    theplaceofh(at)gmail(dot)com

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  83. Such pretty colours! I love cooking, especially outdoors in the summer :)
    Thank you for entering my name!
    rebelblossom69(at)yahoo(dot)ca

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  84. Wow! Wish I could sew as good as you!

    I make incredible Tex-Mex food!

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  85. so cute, please enter my name in your drawing

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  86. LOVE the apron...thanks for the chance! My cooking specialty is probably ordering takeout, but I do make a delicious American Chop Suey...it's my go-to dish in the fall and winter. Oh and for summer I do a fab pasta salad.

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  87. I don't have a specialty really, but I make a mean scrambled egg and french toast! My daughter and I have a "secret" ingredient!

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  88. Toad in the hole - we're eating it tonight!!

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  89. I'm a cupcake girl! I love to make them and create fun flavors! jinglesells at gmail dot com

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  90. My husband would say my specialty is "wife-fried rice" and yes, that is his name for it. lol I say my specialty is baking, but I don't get to do it quite as often as I like.

    Thank you for the chance to win such a lovely apron ^_^

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  91. Just in time for the Memorial Day weekend cookout. thanks so much.

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  92. Cookies...especially chocolate chip cookies! Fabulous apron!
    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  93. Oooh, so cute!

    My cooking specialty is definitely baking. I love to bake! But I also make a pretty good pot of veggie chili :)

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  94. I'm loving finding all these lovely sites today! Your apron is so pretty.
    My scones have been known to get quite a few compliments for such a simple creation. ;)

    (kaydeeme-at-yahoo-dot-co-dot-uk)

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  95. i love to cook pasta! and i would love to cook pasta while wearing this apron :)

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  96. hum, I love my own garlic pasta, and I'm lucky my husband likes garlic to !

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  97. Oh gosh. Does Hamburger Helper count? I'm an awful cook, ask my family.

    helenhsin(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  98. My cooking specialty is mega-cooking and filling my freezer :) Thanks for the giveaway!

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  99. I love baking cookies, and making any kind of pasta!

    jo.tee35 AT gmail DOT com

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  100. im a huge baker..thanks!!raineoc@yahoo.com

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  101. My cooking specialty is staying out of my husband's way since he does most of the cooking here! ;) But my kiddos do love it when mama makes "her" chicken casserole...one of the few things I can cook well!
    Thanks for the fun!

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  102. my cooking specialty is dessert...I just love sweets!

    Mary
    http://www.quiltgenius.com

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  103. Thank you so much for the opportunity to win this. My cooking specialty is homemade bread and pretzels. Thanks again.

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  104. Great giveaway! I like to bake cookies. Thanks for participating in SMS Giveaway Day.

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  105. i like making molasses crinkle cookies

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  106. I'm a stir fry genius!

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  107. I am the queen of the chocolate chip cookie. Thanks for offering such a cute giveaway!

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  108. Great apron! I love to bake but I would not call it a specialty. I guess I am best at cooking New Mexican food.

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  109. Pancakes. I like to add to/change recipes and see if they are any good. Thanks for the chance to win. stephspitzer at gmail dot com

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  110. Thanks for the generous giveaway!
    Well,I do not have any speciality. But, just wanted to share to you that I have cooked rice , stir fry vegetable, boil chicken soup and steamed a ginger fish for yesterday dinner :)

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  111. Cute giveaway! Thanks for the chance! I think my banana bread is pretty awesome ;) and I love making omelettes!

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  112. I'm pretty proud with my collection of cookies recipe, the dutch kastangel is my favorite! It's basically cheesecake in a cookie form!

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  113. OATMEAL CAKE! Ok, that's baking. But I'm going to say it counts because it always turns out just perfect when I make it!

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  114. Love the colors! My specialty is actually Indian food. I lived in India for a year and learned to make Dosas which are labor intensive... and messy!
    tina_crossgrove@hotmail.com

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  115. love it! Super cute!..and cute blog too! :)

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  116. I love this apron! My specialty is lasagna...hmmm...i make a mean meatloaf too. Those are my family's favorites.

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  117. indian cookign would be my speciality

    thanks for the giveaway

    radiyas(at)gmail(dot)com

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  118. Creme brulee! Yummy! Lovely apron. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  119. i love the fabric you chose for this apron. yikes, my specialty? i guess it would have to be what we call "revotfel" (read backwards to find out what it is)

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  120. My specialty would be appetizers... buffalo chicken dip.. thanks for the chance to win!

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  121. My specialty is actually baking breads :)

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  122. Does food in a bag count. Love my microwave. LOL

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  123. Anything baked! Especially things like biscuits and scones--things involving copious amounts of butter. :)

    Thank you for the giveaway!

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  124. Cute apron! My cooking speciality is actually baking. Cupcakes and chocolate chip biscuits, yum!

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  125. I love to cook all things, so I don't really have much of a speciality. Lately, new to me, is baking bread. So far, I've only stuck with the very basics.

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  126. I am the baker in the family but I cook a really good veggie lasagna! thanks for the lovely giveaway!

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  127. I love the pretty summer colors! I love cooking just about anything!:)

    swim(dot)kayla(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  128. Quiche. I love to make quiche in every flavor combination (my favorite will always be tomato, feta, and spinach). Making the crust is a little messy though and I think your apron would be a great addition to that process.

    Thank you for the chance and great work.

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  129. I want to wear this apron just because! Do I have to be in the kitchen? My true love is baking, but I have to not bake unless it's for something specific, or I will eat it all. Everyday cooking sometimes gets in the way too.

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  130. I make a mean chili bread bowl.
    Luv aprons!!!!
    krazy4shuz@verizon.net

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  131. I love to make homemade jams, and syrups, and breakfast foods to put them on.

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  132. Love the color combo of the apron.
    I enjoy cooking and baking. When it comes to potlucks and the like my desserts fly off the table. My sides and salads are to "midwestern" for the east coast, as they are always left over...at least that is what I tell myself:)

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  133. cooking specialty = cooking for a crowd (8 kids at home)! But if pushed - homemade bread and Quick Bean Soup. Rice pudding like my mom made. And pepparkakor cookies so thin you can see through them!

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  134. I make awesome oatmeal raisin cookies. Seriously. Awesome.

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  135. What a wonderful apron. I love baking: my lemon pound cake is what gets the most compliments, though:) Thanks for hosting:)

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  136. Thank you so much for generous giveaway. mwcallan5 at gmail dot com

    I can cook eggs. I'm 8.

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  137. Thank you for the great giveaway.
    atchisonsteph at gmail dot com
    My cooking specialty is anything quick and easy, and i love to bake

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  138. I would love to enter. I am ten And I am good at cooking eggs.

    Emily

    sk8ter.emily (at) gmail (dot) com

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  139. Well I have to boast I make a mean Enchillada plate. Yep I love spicy food, I cook them up from scratch from a receipe my mom handed down to me. The trick to a yummy enchillada is to add some finely diced yellow onions to the cheese! ^_~

    elimeenah(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  140. I don't really cook much! But, I guess I'm pretty good at enchiladas.

    reneelasater(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  141. My cooking specialty is probably cupcakes and cookies :) I love making new and interesting recipes. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  142. What an adorable apron! My specialty is mexican food. I love to get recipes from my Latino friend and work on them to perfection. Yummy practice!
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  143. I'm not good enough to call it a specialty :) but I LOVE to bake!

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  144. Do your aprons come in plus sized??

    Chili


    Ladyblueeyez1960 at aol dot com

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  145. Lovely apron! Though I leave the BBQ-ing to my husband!

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  146. My specialty? Taking regular, everyday, family-type foods and recipies and veganizing them. That way I get to eat the dishes I like and hubby can eat them too!
    Thank you for your kindness and generousity (even if I am not a winner this time around)!

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  147. What a lovely apron! I make an excellent carrot cake. :)

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  148. well, I'd say I'm all about the slow cooker...I love to make roasts :)

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    daniel_theresa(at)yahoo(dot)ca

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  149. I love baking desserts! Your apron is so cute!

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  150. What a wonderful prize. Thank you for participating in the giveaway day. My speciality is anything sweet. I am responsible for "The Festival of Pies" at Thanksgiving.

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  151. what a beautiful apron! Although I do not love to cook, the things I make, I am very good at. :) I think our household favorite is Honey Baked chicken (with honey, olive oil, mustard, salt & curry). It's my MIL's recipe and it's amazing! Thanks so much for this chance!

    myadreply (at) hotmail (dot) com

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