This year’s Blogtoberfest is better than ever before. We have simplified the process and the sponsors have been extremely generous in the gifts that they are offering and as the result, we’ll be passing on in excess of $7,000 worth of prizes. Don’t miss a minute of the fun!

Blogtoberfest officially kicks off Monday, October 6, 2008

There are lots of great prizes to be given away. Prizes are available to U.S. and Canada residents unless otherwise noted. All you have to do is:

1. Browse the channel or visit your favorite blogs
2. Watch for sponsored prize winning posts wearing the official Blogtoberfest button shown above.
3. Leave a comment on that exact post. Your comment IS your entry.
4. Check back with that blog within a week and see what the prize is and if you’re the lucky winner.

Consider subscribing to the various blog feeds to make sure you don’t miss out on any exciting opportunities. Many blogs will be conducting between 2 and 7 giveaways and just where those will be appearing is a secret and half the fun! Each prize winning post will share links to other prize winning blogs for that same day. This makes hunting easier and improves your chances of winning! That’s it! Participating blogs found at the bottom of our channel hub: www.b5media.com/channels_lifestyles.html

A special thanks to Randa Clay Design for our beautiful Blogtoberfest Button!

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Here’s how it will work: Each day select blogs within the channel will post as usual, the only difference is, they’ll post our beautiful Blogtoberfest button (shown above) and a special note letting you know that it is a sponsored post. That particular post will have a secret prize assigned to it from our list of awesome prizes that will be announced prior to opening day. All you have to do to enter to win that prize is leave a comment! That’s it! All prizes will be available to the U.S. and Canada unless otherwise noted. We do have some goodies for our global friends too! Within a few days of leaving your comment, check back with that blog to see what the prize is and if you’re the lucky winner as well as instructions on just how to claim your prize.

Our objective is to reward our loyal readers and subscribers. Loyal readers will know when to comment, if they’ve won and how to get their prize! Pretty good, huh? Does that sound like you? Do you want that to sound like you? If you would like to become a loyal reader, visit our channel blogs – add them to your favorites, subscribing to their feeds and checking back are the only ways to win. And well, with the holidays just around the corner, it’s a great way to kick off your holiday shopping! For Free! We do hope you’ll come celebrate Blogtoberfest with us! Happy Fall Y’all

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Visit each link provided, leave a comment and you may just end up the lucky winner!

Last chance to enter at Inside Motherhood – Contests end tonight (May 30)! Hop over and register to win one of 10 great prizes!

Mary Emma Allen has a random drawing at Quilting and Patchwork for a quilting booklet, How to Make a Quilt – 25 Easy Lessons for Beginners by Bonnie Leman, founder of Quilters Newsletter Magazine. Leave a comment with the name of your favorite quilting/fabric arts book. Deadline June 6, at 11:59 PM (EDST).

Jewelry and Beading – Win a free copy of “Under $25” by Bead & Button magazine. Simply leave a comment on this post, telling us what your best source of bargain beads is, and you’ll be entered into the drawing. Next Wednesday, I’ll be
randomly selecting 4 winners!!

Three Contests on Keeping the Castle:

1. This giveaway is for one copy of the book “The Peaceful Nursery: Preparing a Home for Your Baby with Feng Shui” by home and lifestyle experts Laura Forbes Carlin and Alison Forbes. The authors use principles from interior design, Feng Shui, healthy, green living and their own parenting experience to help create a balanced, peaceful and green nursery.

2. The EZ-Fit Safety Gate Adapter, – by ’boutKids, provides a mounting surface for attaching pressure- or hardware-mounted safety gates to stairway posts.

3. Three winners will get a Mabel’s Labels Neat Freak Combo (spice, canister and bin labels). These labels are strong enough to “withstand the dishwasher, microwave, UV Rays and hard-wearing children”.

Robust Cooking is giving away a copy of Henry and The Hidden Vegetable Garden. Henry and the Hidden Vegetable Garden was launched on May 1 to help promote the Love Your Veggies Campaign. The Love Your Veggies Campaign was created to help schools improve their students health and nutrition.

Good luck!

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If you haven’t signed up for the first round of giveaways, check out a complete list of first round contest prizes and then the new list of prizes below…

• Cooking Gadgets – Yum Yum Dishes
• Babylune – Shutterfly Designer Cards – Swaddling Blanket – Crocodile Dentist Game
• Supernanny Rules – Precious Note Gift Set – Fruit Roll-Ups
• Inside Fatherhood – Yoplait Yogurt for Kids – Customizable Fruit Roll-Ups – Portable Hard Drive
• Simply Thrifty – Environmentally Friendly Light Bulbs – Pulsating Back Massager
• Our One Heart – Waveceptor Designer Watch
• Mad Cropper – Learn to Dance DVD Series
• Marriage Actually – Kids Treats Giveaway
• Inside Motherhood – Assorted Natural Beverages and Candies
• Play Library – Pink LEGO Brick Box ( and don’t forget the Melissa and Doug Birthday Party Birthday Cake prize,too)

I’m sure there will be more giveaways to close out the week and to make sure you don’t miss a single opportunity (and to save a lot of time) – why not subscribe to our channel feed.

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There will be more giveaways going on throughout the week, so you may wish to sign up for our channel feed.

• Tree Hugging Family is conducting multiple giveaways Mothering Magazine Subscriptions – Big Green Purse
• Mother Earth’s Garden – Let it Rot! The Gardener’s Guide to Composting – Leapin Lemur and Penguin Puffs
• Simply Thrifty – Coupon Organizer
• Offbeat Homes – Building With Awareness Guidebook on DVD
• Hankering for Yarn – Butterfly Earrings
• Junk Creations – EcoHangers
• Stamping Mad – Stamping Hobbyists Gift Set
• Jewelry and Beading – Artful Blogging Magazine
• Layers Upon Layers – Art Doll Quarterly
• Quilting and Patchwork – The Magic of Patchwork Book
• Babylune – Hanes Gift Certificates
• Tool Belt Tips – 2 Cases Thompson’s Water Seal
• Tangled Thread – Tags and Tie Dyes Contest
• Busy Family Meals – Asian Cooking Starter Kit
• Blog Fabulous – Boogie Dance Giveaway
• Thrifty Mommy – Honey Thyme Herb Farm, Recycled Bags, Cooking Light Cookbook – Towel Spa
• Weary Parent – You’re a Good Mom Gift Set, Blume Girl Boutique Giveaway, Blog Design
• Supernanny Rules – Skincare by Amino Genesis
• Kettle and Cup – The Tea Table Book
• Baking Delights – Hello Cupcake Book
• Behind the Vine – Wine lovers will love Vacu Vin
• Solo Mother – Sexy Dancing
• Keeping the Castle – Hypoallergenic Pillow from Lands’ End
• Career and Kids and GenBetween – 5 SanDisk Gator Cruzer 4GB Flash Drives – contest 1 – contest 2
• Play Library – Melissa and Doug Birthday Party Cake Toy
• Play Library – LEGO Pink Brick Box Toy
• A Child Chosen – Crystal and Pearl Earrings
• One Book Two Book – Tessy and Tab Reading Starter Kit

Have fun and best of luck!

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