25 June 2018

Christmas in July!

Hello there!  I hope you are having a nice day, like we are here in Philadelphia - warm, sunny, but breezy with no humidity.  The kind of weather that I wish summer would have the whole time.  And maybe somewhere it does, but not around here.  By the end of the week the heat and humidity is predicted to be way up there, meaning that it won't just be miserable (in my opinion), but it will be really hard to breathe.  Ick.

But I am going to do something to try and make me feel like summer isn't that bad, by hosting Christmas in July here on my blog.  Here's how it will work.

Every Wednesday during July, I will post something for a giveaway for that week.  It might be a book, or some kind of accessory for crafting or for your person, a pattern, yarn - to be honest, I'm not even sure right now exactly what each week will bring.  All you'll have to do is answer a random question and then have your answer chosen in a random drawing later in that week (I'll let you know each time). The final Wednesday in July is the 25th, and since actual Christmas is also on a 25th, that will be the "grand prize" so to speak. 

I've been thinking of this for a while, and initially was thinking it would be related to an informal make-along.  But I know that many of you are like me, and as soon as you say you want to participate, you lose all crafty interest.  So the giveaway idea came to me and I decided I liked that better!

This will also mean that I will be forced (in a good way, I mean it!) to respond to comments.  I have tried the "notify me" thing but I'm still not getting comments mailed to me.  I will admit that this has made me lazy about it, and I really haven't been making any effort to respond, and I miss the back and forth.  I know that some people prefer responses via e-mail, rather than on the blog (I know I tend to forget to go back and see if someone answered me in the comments), so this will be a good way for me to get back in the habit of responding whenever I can.

I thought I'd announce this today, because a) I wanted all of you to know what was coming and not miss out by finding out too late, b) it's Monday, and something good should happen to make up for that, right? and, c) July begins NEXT WEEK!! 

I hope that Christmas in July will be fun for all of us.  :-)

15 comments:

Bridget said...

I'll comment again to see if this time it just might work ...

Vera said...

Sounds like fun Bridget - thanks!!!

sprite said...

Also, Christmas is six month's from today. Terrifying. (Delightfully terrifying, but still terrifying.)

Bonny said...

I hope you receive comments! It's hard to find time to reply, and especially so if comments aren't emailed to you. You've devised a clever, generous, and well-thought out way to help those of us who spend much of the summer dreading heat and humidity and I'm looking forward to Christmas in July.

AsKatKnits said...

Well! This makes the arrival of July more exciting! :)

Anonymous said...

hello bridget...your christmas in july are the events to inspire and motivate many crafters...the holidays will be with us shortly, and especially crafters need time to create...sounds fun and am looking forward to this...thank you for your thoughts and generosity...take care...sally

Araignee said...

Sounds like fun!!!

Wanderingcatstudio said...

Definitely sounds like fun!

Tired Teacher said...

I sent you an email with the comment "fix" that worked for me. If you don't get it, contact me.

KSD said...

The Christmas palm tree is BEAUTIFUL.

Mereknits said...

Sounds like fun Bridget! Thank you.

kathy b said...

Fun fun!!! I too realized it is 6 months to Christmas!!!! I just want to enjoy summer

Anonymous said...

Sounds like fun!

BTW ...I tried Nancy's fix and it worked for me.

steph said...

I love this idea....and since I've been looking for information, I'm going with what I thought this was all about and maybe knit some christmas gifts?!? ha. Like you said....the minute the thought is out of my mouth....I lose interest. oh, well. :) great idea!

elns said...

My plan is to knit Christmas socks in July, because I ordered a buttload of Christmas sock yarn and it makes me happy and I love Christmas and I love sock yarn and I love that you're giving me a reason to celebrate it in summer.