Bad News / Good News! Giveaway Winner UPDATE!

The Bad News: Unfortunately, I had to disqualify the winner of the "Just Because I Love You Giveaway" because they were from out of town. :( So...

The Good News: Another (local) lucky winner has been chosen! I decided it was only fair (this time around) to give the prize to my favorite Halloween costume story participant!
 

So the winner is...Mamma has Spoken!! I loved your construction cone hat story! So funny and creative! :) Thank you for sharing your story and participating! Please email me your mailing address at lauren {at} mixiestudio {dot} com, so I can ship you what you've won! In case you didn't get a chance to read her entry, here's it is below:

OH a give~a~way! Favorite Halloween costume? That's a tough one but will share a fun but true story. Growing up, we never had store bought costumes. Instead we were encourage to find things around the house to make our own 'original' creation. One year in elementary school, my dad came home with a traffic cone. You know, those orange cones that you see on the side of the road. It so reminded me of a witch's hat so I decided to go as a witch. I don't remember what I wore except I used that cone as my hat. A very heavy hat that felt like it was going to break my neck. Now back in this day in the 60's you wore your costume in the afternoon at school for the school wide party. A party that lasted what seemed like several hours thanks to the added weight on my head, but I'm sure it was only one hour tops. Plus we stayed after school for a special party, then went trick or treating. By the end of that night, I was so tired and sore from carrying all that extra weight on my head. I learned my lesson that year and all my costumes after that had no accessories. Including hats.

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Hey! They kinda remind me of candy corn, too. How fitting ;)

Thanks again for all those who participated! You will have more chances to win again soon. Stay tuned for more super cool giveaways! Now off to making more Fall/Hallow/Birthday crafts. This month is so jam-packed with craziness!!