It's Party Time At... Decorate To Celebrate!! Enter our Grand Announcement Giveaway!!

**This post will stay at the TOP until May 31st.  Please scroll down to see more recent posts.  Thanks for visiting!!**

Welcome to our BRAND NEW Challenge Blog!!  Decorate To Celebrate is dedicated to showing off your decorations (and all things 'party' related) for every celebration!!  We invite you to join us for a two-week challenge beginning June 1st.  We want to see your table decorations, centerpieces, wall hangings, banners, favors, invitations, and more!!  Each challenge will have a specific party theme (from baby to birthday to anniversary to holidays and everything in between!), and we want to see what YOU create using any method you desire -- paint it, cut it, mold it...  use your Cricut, Sizzix, any other die cutting machine (or none!)...  use paper, fabric, wood, glass, tile, florals...  the options are endless -- Show us your creativity!!

While we will have prizes offered for challenges, we also hope to spotlight our talented participants with Guest Designer spots for EVERY challenge!!  If you win a challenge, you will be invited as a Guest Designer for a following challenge -- allowing us to feature YOU... YOUR BLOG... and, best of all, YOUR CREATIVITY!!

For the next few weeks leading up to the announcement of our very first challenge (June 1st!), we are going to be kicking off the decorating and celebrating with inspirations, tips, ideas, tutorials, introductions, and...  oh, yeah!!  A GRAND ANNOUNCEMENT GIVEAWAY!!  How about we get to the giveaway now??

It's a "YOUR CHOICE" prize package!!

One lucky winner can select either

a SURPRISE gift box full of goodies

OR

a $50 Creative Memories Gift Certificate!!

(click here to browse the online catalog)

We've got LOTS of ways for you to get LOTS of chances in the drawing!! Here's how:

1. Become a follower and leave a comment stating that you are now a follower (1 chance).
2. SUBSCRIBE via email (enter your email in the box on our sidebar and follow the instructions to activate the subscription), then leave another comment stating that you have activated your email subscription (+1 chance).
3. Add our Blinkie to the sidebar on your blog (copy the code found under our blinkie on the right, go to the 'design' button on your blog, click on 'add a gadget', select 'html/JavaScript', paste the code into the pop-up, click save, and confirm location of the blinkie on your sidebar), then leave another comment with a link to your blog (+1 chance).
4. Publish a post on your blog about our new Challenge Blog AND Giveaway, then leave another comment with a link to your blog (+1 chance).
5. TWEET about our new Challenge Blog/Giveaway, then leave another comment -- please include your Twitter name (+1 chance).
6. 'LIKE' us on Facebook (click the badge on the right), then leave another comment (+1 chance).
7. Share a link to our new Challenge Blog/Giveaway on Facebook, then leave another comment (+1 chance).
8. Create ANY new project for any party theme (table decoration, banner, favor, etc.) and link it below, then leave another comment (+3 chances!).

***(5/23/11) Edited to add***
Now, who's ready for some BONUS chances in our Grand Announcement Giveaway???  The original post has been edited to include these extra chances, but we wanted you to know that you have 8 days left to stack up some chances for our $50 Gift Certificate (what would YOU choose with that?  One of the exclusive Cricut Cartridges -- Stork's Delivery, Cheerful Seasons, or Reminisce Accents?  Or maybe a selection of paper, stickers, and embellishments?  A new scrapbook album to fill with fabulous memories?)...  So if you're interested in the BONUS chances, pick one or ALL of these opportunities:

1. (BONUS)  Leave a comment on EACH of the previous 7 project posts and any new project posts before June 1 (Click on the numbers to go to each post: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7).  If you have already left a comment on any of the previous project posts, those will count as long as you leave ONE new comment on this post telling us to add your chances!!  (+1 chance for each post).
2. (BONUS)  Leave a comment on ANY or ALL of the current 'pre-challenge' participants projects...  Simply click on the name of each Inlinkz link (under the Grand Announcement Giveaway Post) to visit the projects.  Once you have left your comment(s), come on back and leave a comment here telling us how many projects you visited (you do not have to leave a separate comment for each as long as you tell us how many projects you posted on)!! (+1 chance for each project you comment on).
3. (BONUS)  Invite your friends to join our Giveaway!!  Share a link to our blog on your blog, facebook page, twitter account, etc. and tell your friends to MENTION YOUR NAME on the Grand Announcement post when they hop over and become a follower -- Not only will they be entered to WIN, but YOU will also get an extra chance for EACH friend you send!! :)  (+1 chance for each friend who mentions your name).

That's A WHOLE BUNCH of possible chances to WIN (so far! -- Keep checking back for additional chances to WIN!)!!  Thanks so much for helping us spread the word!!  This Grand Announcement and Giveaway will remain open until 11:59pm (EST) on May 31st!!

Thanks so much for helping us reach our goal of 100+ followers by June 1st!!  We appreciate YOU!!