Welcome to my first post on my “new” blog! Thanks for coming over from wherever you came 
In order to celebrate the fact that I’ve hit 100 posts as a blogger, and the fact that I finally moved to my own self-hosted website, I put together a little giveaway. Basically, I grabbed a bunch of stuff that I would want to get if I were entering the contest. And I made sure to include some Trader Joe’s goods, for those poor souls who don’t live near a TJ.
Here’s what you win:
- Sweet:
- Ghirardelli dark chocolate bar with mint filling
- PB&J bar: peanut butter, milk and dark chocolate, and raspberry jam (never tried this…but OMG it sounds amazing)
- Green tea flavored mints (love these)
- Gummi Bears (110-calorie pack)
- Savory:
- 21-seasoning salute (salt-free seasoning blend; great on chicken and veggies)
- Single-serving popcorn (2 bags; 110 calories per bag)
- Energy:
- Apple Pie Larabar (2)
- Oatmeal Walnut Raisin Clif bar (1)
- Chocolate chip Clif Z-bar (2)
- Warm Beverages:
- White tea, pomegranate flavor (my new obsession)
- Rooibus red chai tea (decaf)
- Grains:
- sample pack of organic instant oatmeal (Whole Foods brand, all natural of course)
- Dairy:
- Stonyfield gift pack (not pictured): 1 free 16 oz Oikos coupon, 4 free 5.3 oz Oikos coupons and a reusable bag.
So how do you win?
Per usual, you have a few chances to enter:
- Update your blogroll/blog reader with www.healthytwists.com and leave a comment or email me letting me know you did so. Only if you want to, of course!
- Follow me on Twitter and Tweet about this contest (make sure you put @hallieaviva in your Tweet so I see it).
- Leave me a comment with an idea of what I can do for homemade holiday gifts this yeat for Christmas/Hanukkah. Keep in mind I’m poor, not super artsy, and I don’t want to do something food-related (since there is enough of that stuff around the holidays without me adding to the cookie situation). Or leave me a comment telling me what you think of my new blog, if you are like me and can’t think of cool gift ideas.
- Link back to this contest on your blog and let me know you did so.
(Contest only open to US residents. Sorry, Canadian friends!)
That’s FOUR chances to win! I hope this contest spreads the word about my new blog, and also thanks my readers who have put up with my silly antics and random postings over the course of this year. I love being a part of the blogging community and hope the blog only gets better as I keep working on it and writing posts that people want to read.
THANKS to Stonyfield for being the only company to agree to give something away to a reader! Everything else I bought myself. Seriously, what a great—and smart—company, right?
In other news…I have my next weigh-in tomorrow. I don’t think it’s going to go that well, but I know that I really am giving this program everything that I have so I have to be happy for that. I’m halfway through the program and I am counting down the days. As a foodie, not being able to eat what I want is killing me. I know I have to sacrifice to get what I want…but it’s hard. A good learning experience if nothing else, but really freaking hard.
GOOD LUCK on the giveaway! I’ll take entries until midnight PST on Friday, September 11, and announce the winner on Saturday.
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Congrats on your new internet home!!! Even though I can’t enter,I DID update my blogroll
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I LOVE the new blog!! I updated your blog on mine!
Ok, this giveaway is one of the best I’ve seen, so I want entered as much as possible, haha. So ideas for gifts? This year I will be making homemade granola and putting it in goodie bags, along with chocolate dipped waffle cones!! I also think candles are a nice gift, and stationary. Both of those NEVER get old. Also homemade magnets are fun. I’m not creative outside the kitchen, so I’m not much help in that area. Anyway, I’ll be posting about your giveaway on my next post!
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Delicious giveaway Hallie!
We gave our family little pound cakes one year tied with a card that said we’d donated to a food bank. It didn’t cost us nearly as much as 10x gifts would have. I don’t think they took it very well though. They wanted gifts!
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I love making vegan cookie mixes (with instructions) and giving them in cute little jars from the dollar store.
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I added you to my reader
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congrats on the 100 posts + new blog! I love it!
homemade gift ideas:
cookie mix in jars (all the dry ingredients with instructions)
have calendars made with personal pictures for each month – I think craft stores/walmart booths do this?
dry soup mixes in jars with a ladel + instructions
scarves/knitting type things if you do that
cookbooks with your favorite recipes + pictures
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i added you to my blogroll – so glad I found your blog!
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oh, and I linked back here!
http://branappetit.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/nuts-for-coconut/
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Congratulations on your move!! I have yet to make a move myself. Your page looks great!
I’ve updated you in my blog reader, and I will link back in my next post.
Hmm… non-food related holiday gift… I think that framed photographs are a great gift. They can be photos of you or of beautiful things you capture with your camera. It doesn’t cost too much to print the photos, and you can get some very affordable frames (often with mats) at your local craft store. You could even decorate the frames a bit or write a caption across the bottom of the mat with a pretty pen. I like getting framed photos as gifts, and they are calorie free.
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i updated you on my blog reader and will link back later today!
i guess you could give little handmade ornaments as a good christmas present. my sister and i used to like take colored string, spray glue on it, run it through sprinkles and coil it around and it’s like an abstract ornament. =D or make cool ornaments with popsicle sticks- little trees and paint it green, or better yet, make little friendship bracelets or landyards! =D
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I added you to my Google Reader!
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WOW…you think about holidays way ahead of time!
Here’s an idea if you have family and friends who like to cook and try out new recipes. Put together a book of recipes that you make regularly and then include maybe some kitchen gadgets. I would love to get a book of recipes that a friend put together of favorite recipes she makes on a regular basis.
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I tweeted! It’s a delicious looking giveaway!
I love giving pictures as gifts. I gave my aunt one of her and my uncle that I took, my grandmother one of the cousins…ect. You can get cheap frames at target or ikea and it doesn’t cost much to print photos!
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i added you to my blogroll.
http://ericarunning.com
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i linked back
http://www.ericarunning.com/2009/09/yesterdays-eats.html
erica_haggins@hotmail.com
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I made my mom homemade teabags-it was really easy and cheap!! You can buy the bags and any flavor loose tea you like and tie a little string on each one and write what it is on a little paper…I mixed and matched an gave the teas stupid names,,ashe loved them!!:) Great givewaway!
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you’re on my google reader!
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i like doing frames or origami boxes filled with yummy candies!
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Just stumbled across your blog and added it to my Reader!
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i just found out about your blog from another blog! sweeeeet, i added you to my reader. i know this is somewhat food related, but last year i bought each of my friends a cute coffee mug that i thought they would like and stuck a $5 giftcard to a local coffee house inside. the coffee mugs i got at walmart for $3 each, making each gift a cool eight bucks! the year before that, i bought everyone a book from barnes&noble, from the bargain priced books, i found a ton of cool books that were all under $10 each.
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For the holidays, I think either homemade goodies or mixes in a jar would make great gifts!
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For a homemade gift – assuming you have any pictures with the person – I like to buy a super cheap frame and then decorate it. I LOVE getting pictures from people so I’m assuming they like getting them as gifts too!
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oh and i am new to the whole twitter thaaang but i tweeted, chirped, whatever
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My sister makes homemade peppermint-chocolate bark each year- SO good and SO cheap (and everyone always loves it)
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Yay a new blog and a giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity. How about making your own coupon books to give out? You could cut them out of magazines and newspapers or print them off your computer.
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You are on my blogroll as well as google reader
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I follow u on twitter @theskinnyplate here is my tweet:
http://twitter.com/TheSkinnyPlate/status/3897357875
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Hmmm…. baking is always a good idea for homemade gifts. I once received an “out of this world” yummy brownie in a little ceramic pot. She wrapped it up with cute tags, colorful cellophane, and ribbons. Make a signature recipe and rock their socks off.
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oopps…. sorry, I read you WANT something food related…. here is a non food related idea. Handmade “green shopping bags”, I think it is very eco friendly and simple to make. There are many pattens online, you just print and cut the fabric according to the print and sew together. Maybe add a personal touch to each of the bag by sewing on their initials or just the first letter of their name? Everyone needs more “green shopping” bags.
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I added you to my Google Reader! What an amazing giveaway!?!
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I tweeted about this amazing giveaway! (you don’t follow me so I’m not sure you can see my tweets.) add me on twitter ramblinglexi
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Rather than exchanging gifts each year, my family exchanges recipes. Every member picks their favorite recipe, writes/types it up very nicely on cool paper, then makes 30-something copies, and sends one to each family member. It’s very inexpensive and very neat to get a bunch of new recipes every year – we all have a “Ledvina Family Cookbook” (that is a 3-ring binder) to keep the recipes in. (I realize this is sort of food-related, but I think that it goes in a different direction with it!)
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http://traynharder.blogspot.com/2009/09/oh-snap.html
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congrats on the milesotne! thats so exciting :]
you could make personalized mirrors!! kind of like the same concept of operation beautiful, you can take and average mirror and decorate it with affirmations, pictures, stickers, etc.
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My Google Reader has been updated. Thanks for the giveaway!
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You should make these fleece, no-sew blankets. http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Make-a-Blanket They are super easy, and you can make them unique by picking out special fabric for each person. I made one for my college boyfriend (now husband)5 years ago, and we still use it!
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I have added you to my blogroll!
xoxo
Lo
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linked back in my post that is being published tonight!
xoxo
Lo
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http://www.honeynutlo.com/2009/09/will-grace-and-lo.html
–the link I posted
and a good holiday idea is:
make cookie flowers! make sugar cookies, frost them like flowers and attach to candy cane (rainbow, fruit flavored) as their stems! super cute, super cheap and everyne loved mine last year!
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Just added you to my reader!
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As for gifts, I’m too food-oriented to come up with anything else! I love love getting granola bark around the holidays–a nice way to not contribute to all the cookie dangers!
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And my tweet is here http://twitter.com/FoodieDiaries
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Yeah, for giveaways, glad someone tweeted and I saw this. plus a new blog to read!!
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Hey Hallie! Linked about it here: http://www.feedmeimcranky.com/2009/09/10/your-biography/
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You’re already on my Reader & Blogroll
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Ideas for cheap, meaningful gifts = framed photos, a mixed c.d. of someone’s fave songs or songs you think they’ll enjoy, you can print from your computer a very inspirational quote that you think would be meaningful to someone and print and frame it.
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And *tweet tweet* I follow you on Twitter
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