Genuine Surprise!

by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . August 7, 2010 . 9:26PM

I so love a good surprise. Not the “Oh cripes he just spilled a milkshake in the backseat” kind of surprise. One where I had no idea it was coming and it makes me cry like a little wuss.

Because I’m a girl and a good cry from joy can make me happier than anything. And I’m ok with being a wuss.

When I don’t know that anything is coming to my post office box, I check it less frequently. Honestly, I don’t need Hardees coupons or local flyers. When I opened my box this week, I had a gift. It was a slip of an envelope that had Kurt Halsey’s name on it.

One of my first blogs, in a much different time of my life, was about a custom Kurt Halsey piece that Leon had commissioned for me for Christmas. I love his work and lately had been longing for something that represented where I feel I am now.

I mentioned in my twitter that I was wishing for the postcards of his most recent works. I had no idea what I’d do with them, but I would find something creative. In my mailbox this week were these.

Thank you, mystery gifter. You have no idea what kind of week I’ve had and what they meant. Kurt included a couple of handwritten post its that made me weepy.

And I cried.

Like the little wuss I am.

And I loved it.

And an interesting contest happening

by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . November 10, 2009 . 12:35AM

Ok, since my last contest only had 4 entries (hello!), here is what I decided to do. I have 2 planners and was going to do separate giveaways, but since only 3 people wanted them, I’m going to give away the 2 planners and a lipstick palette via drawing. The first two numbers drawn will get the planners and the person who doesn’t get drawn gets the palette! Everyone wins this time around!

Planner #1:
Here are your random numbers:
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Congrats, Loopy! Please email me your mailing address to jillian at blueshelled.com within a week!

Planner #2: Here are your random numbers:
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Congrats, Ellie! Please email me your mailing address to jillian at blueshelled.com within a week!

Lipstick Palette goes to my girl, Natalie! Please email me your mailing address to jillian at blueshelled.com within a week!

Thanks to all of you for spreading the word and for entering my contest and congratulations!!

Avast ye matey, looket me booty!

by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . September 23, 2009 . 4:53PM

You all know how much I love a good freebie. My love language is definitely gifts and my love tank has been rather, well, low lately. As such, I expected nothing but junk mail from the mail box today, but someone somewhere out there decided to put a deposit in my love tank.

Ok, that sounded a lot worse than it should have.

You know what I meant. Or you have if you’ve read The Five Love Languages. And if you haven’t, you should cleanse your dirty mind. Or make a dirty joke. Whatever.

Back in August, I won a contest over at Wrighty’s Reads, one of my favorite haunts. I never win anything, so I was really excited. The book came in today and I am thrilled. So, thank you to the contest sponsor as well as the publisher and author who give away the freebies.

And remember, don’t neglect your own love tanks today. Fill them with whatever love language fills them most quickly. And if you’d like to fill my love tank, my amazon wishlist is in my sidebar.