Two random drawings for you and you and you and you and you…
It’s lovelinks #40 and I wasn’t gonna make a big deal out of it until I remembered that round numbers should be celebrated with random drawings. Random drawings for a comprehensive blog review and a Turntable Kitchen pairings box filled with original recipes and digital music. Just for you or you or you…
Prize One: Get Bashed
Alexis from Troublesome Tots and Erica M from free fringes have created a new blogging about blogging site called Blogging Bash. Every blog should have its own party, and Blogging Bash is here to throw it. Tips on how to have fun with blogging, how to be a better blogger, how to be more creative in your blogging—it’ll all be there on Blogging Bash. Alexis and I are launching Blogging Bash by offering a blog review with to push one lucky lovelinker toward a better blog.
Covered in the blog bash
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[stextbox id=”grey” mode=”css” direction=”ltr” shadow=”true”]your Internet engagement: Twitter, Facebook, RSS, email and newsletter subscriptions, blog contact forms[/stextbox]
[stextbox id=”grey” mode=”css” direction=”ltr” shadow=”true”]site design and usability: site speed, navigation, content-to-graphics ratio, header, sidebar[/stextbox]
[stextbox id=”grey” mode=”css” direction=”ltr” shadow=”true”]blog content: tone, readability, continuity[/stextbox]
If you know it’s time to move your blog to the next level or you just need a little help with getting your blog just right, link up to this week’s lovelinks, then let me know in comments you wanna be entered into the Blogging Bash random drawing. Comments, comments, comments, not email or Twitter. It’ll be easier for me to keep up with you that way. I have a family funeral today and may not get to Twitter, and I don’t want to lose you in my email box. Link up, leave a comment, let me know.
Prize Two: Turntable Kitchen pairings box
This one will be offered only if we hit 50 lovelinked blogs. Will it be this week? Maybe!
Turntable Kitchen pairs exclusive recipes with vinyl and digital music that complement each other for a cool cooking, dining and listening experience. The first week we get 50 lovelinked blogs (one entry per blogger), I’ll host a random drawing for those lovelinkers to win a pairings box. You must be willing to provide me your U.S. or Canadian mailing address. I got my husband one of the boxes for Christmas, and he loved it. We’re having something called grapefruit mint and halibut ceviche on Super Bowl Sunday. Yum.
What’s in the pairings box?
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[stextbox id=”index_card” mode=”css” direction=”ltr” shadow=”true”]An exclusive, downloadable Turntable Kitchen-curated digital mixtape packed with some of the most exciting up-and-coming new artists[/stextbox]
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A collection of three completely original, seasonal, themed recipes for you to try. You won’t be able to find them anywhere else[/stextbox]
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1-2 premium dried ingredients for you to make 2-4 servings of each dish or drink[/stextbox]
[stextbox id=”index_card” mode=”css” direction=”ltr” shadow=”true”]Suggested pairings, tasting notes and additional insights into the music and food included in the pairings box[/stextbox]
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Bonus treats like edible goodies, artist recipes, special reviews and extra songs could be in the box. Who knows? You gotta link up and win to find out[/stextbox]
The more who link up, the more fun we’ll have this week, especially if we hit 50. Spread the word, and get your friends in here. Bring back those who haven’t linked up in a while, bring in some lovelinks virgins. No pressure, but make sure they’re all good peoples.
Lovelinks #40 is open.
WOOHOOOO We got 50!!
Such a great site. Please count me in for Blogging Bash. Sounds like *another* great site!
Looking forward to reading some great new blogs.
I’m a lovelinks virgin. Is this going to hurt? Blogging Bash sounds awesomesauce!!!
Yay! We promise to be gentle. Let me know if you need any help.
I just read Ado’s submission.
Guys, I’m taking a break from this. Her piece was too powerful. I apologize to those of you I haven’t got to yet, but I need to take some time away from this today.
Happy to be here this week!
Hey, all! Striking against SOPA today, so my blog will be down until 8 pm. Sorry about the inconvenience, but I just learned of the strike and have to participate. I wouldn’t be fulfilling my civic duty to stand up for liberty and freedom and all that if I didn’t.
We’ll see you at 8!
Erica, the blog bash sounds awesome! No. It sounds scary. No awesome….definitely awesome, but scary. I’m tough. I can handle it. Please enter me in the blog bash drawing.
Linked up for the first time today! Recommended by The Momalog – excited to join you and get to know you all better!
If you would like to Blogging Bash me, feel free to do so. I just love winning things. Sometimes it makes me dance.
HOLY COW GIRL!!!! I wait half a day to link up and I feel like I’m late to the party!!! 34 already…woooo!!! -LV
All sounds amazing Erica, you are one spectacular and ambitious lady! I am traveling this week so I will do my best to get around to see everyone…but I will try!
I would love to get entered to win a blog bash! We’re up to #32 now, we can make it to 50!
I hardly ever lovelink, mostly because I’m lazy, but I’m here this week!
Also I may have linked up twice because it didn’t *appear* to work the first time and (in addition to being lazy) I’m impatient so I did it again. Sorry if that screwed something up.
Super cool stuff Erica! Count me in for the Blogging Bash prize! I submitted something someone else wrote on MY blog cuz it’s good and funny. If her post wins a Lovelinks prize, I’ll give it to her!
Woot woot! Usually when I give away stuff nobody wants it. Like this fondue pot I keep putting out with a “free” sign only nobody picks it up. So excited to be part of a prize people are actually excited about 🙂
In case that wasn’t clear, I want to be entered in your blog review giveaway please.
So happy to be hanging with the cool kids again. Can’t wait to check out your new site. I’m hungry for tips and inspiration.
First time link-up!
As for prizes? Who doesn’t love winning something cool!! I’d LOVE to have someone look over my blog for me. 🙂
I am new to Lovelinks (thank you Jamie@ http://www.chosenchaos.com) and would like to be entered into the Blog Bash, please count me in!
Blogging Bash me, please. I am ready for the next level. Can I come to your Super Bowl party?
Awesome news!
Great prizes….
Who wouldn’t want to link up??
w00t! #40! Count me in for the Blogging Bash!
Congrats on making the new venture public and happening… I’ll support you anyway I can!!
Happy 40th linky, hope you hit 50 link ups! 🙂
Blogging Bash looks awesome – I’d love to be entered for that!
I am so excited to be linking up again. I am a (very) small blog that only posts on my personal site once a week (or so) in hopes to keep some balance (? maybe ?) in my busy life. I’m not sure how you keep up both here, at your personal blog, and now also at Blogging Bash too? How exciting about your new endeavor! Definitely entere me into the Blogging Bash random drawing – I’m heading there now to check it out!
I bow down. Freefringes, lovelinks, and now blogging bash? Dang. New project sounds awesome, count me in, pick me pick me pick me. Subtlety not a virtue, no no no. Sorry about the funeral – but now it’s a funeral and a birth (new blog) and a great look for lovelinks this week. Go team Erica!
Sounds awesome! Can’t wait to see what people link up 🙂
I dig your new look for the site. Did you design it yourself? I did not see the reference at the bottom of the blog.
Wonderful prizes, woohoo! And congrats on the new venture, yo.
Been a while since I lovelinked 🙂 Glad to join back in!