Giveaway Winners

27 May, 2010 by in book giveaway, contest winners 2 comments

Congratulations to our latest giveaway winners…DG who won the Librarian’s Dream Book Pack http://fireandicereads.com/2010/04/moms-monday-librarians-dream.html

Cathy H and Kathy Pearlman won Heather Gardner Photography/ Enchanted Glass necklaces http://fireandicereads.com/2010/04/enchanted-glass-necklace-giveaway.html

Joyson/ Confrosh who won pantuflas from Chivato http://fireandicereads.com/2010/04/pantuflas-los-rusticas-giveaway.html


Please send us your mailing address and we will mail you your prize. And, if you would, let us know when you get the package. We use lots of ETSY shops and want to make sure your receive it okay and in a timely manner! If you are a giveaway winner who has not gotten a prize let us know.

We are looking for other fundraising ideas for the packages we have waiting to be mailed out to Chile. Toothbrushes, a wheelchair, winter blankets, pajamas and baby formula are all packed and ready to go once we get donations! Thanks to the Etsy shop owners who have featured us in treasuries this month! Go take a peek at them all here http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeatherZahnGardner

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Jane Austen Sparkly Pendant

26 May, 2010 by in etsy 26 comments


Ink and Paint fabulous Sparkling Jewelry has offered up today’s ETSY giveaway…”Hi there! I’m a college student working on degrees in English literature and history. I’m also a freelance artist and model.

I believe that fashion is fantasy, and that what you put on in the morning should both make you happy and show other people a bit about who you are.

My shop is named for the Ink and Paint Department (also known as the “Rainbow Room”) at the Walt Disney Studios, where artists painstakingly mixed and colour-matched their own paint for use on celluloid sheets to create feature films and short cartoons.

To Enter To Win a Jane Austen sparkling pendant:

Leave your name and email address below

+3 for each dollar donated to Chile relief efforts via PayPal
+20 for any authors, book bloggers, etsy shops or artists willing to donate items for Chile giveaways
+3 for visiting her shop and hearting it http://www.etsy.com/shop/inknpaint
+3 for retweeting @FireIcephotos
+5 for blogging or facebooking this contest, leave the link
Contest ends June 26, 2010 and is open internationally

Teaser Tuesday- Raised By Wolves

25 May, 2010 by in raised by wolves, Teaser Tuesday Leave a comment

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme
hosted by Miz B. of Should Be Reading.

This is how it works:
Grab a book that you are currently reading
Turn to any page and grab two teaser sentences from that page
Make sure it’s not a spoiler in case anyone wants to read the book
Include the author and name of the book

“He paused and the silence tickled my mind,

the chill in my spine climbing its way to the hairs on the back of my neck.
Before I loved cars, Yeats, having a bedroom that locked from the inside, and you.”
p.149 Raised By Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Contact us via email at fireandice.heather@gmail.com if you are interested in reading and reviewing this book as a part of our ARC tour.

The Nebulous Kingdom Art Giveaway

25 May, 2010 by in etsy, the nebulous kingdom 28 comments


Today’s Etsy shop giveaway is from France and the magical fantasy art of The Nebulous Kingdom…”Anne-Julie is a distant dreamer, a sleepwalker on the lookout, a traveler from the shadows who loves labyrinths and unanswered enigmas, fairy tales and girls with white socks (Alice and her direct descendant, Ofelia from ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’). At night, her heroines are lost in a nebulous kingdom of dragonflies and flakes..”

-Danielle Chou

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“French artist Anne-Julie Aubry works in both the traditional and digital paint mediums to create deceptively innocent works of art that are visually arresting and thematically intriguing.”
-Carl V. Anderson
http://www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com/

Description
“Papillons Bleus” (Blue Butterflies)

Isn’t she sweet? 🙂

Print measures 4,7″ × 9,5″ on 8,5″ × 11″ paper.
The image is centered on the paper leaving a white border for framing.
It is printed on 100% cotton, high quality archival artist paper, free of acid and optical brightener, neutral Ph.

(Watermark will not appear on your print)

All prints are signed and dated by me, the artist.
Sales of artwork do not transfer copyrights.

With love,
Anne-Julie

To Enter to Win a Papillons Bleu print:
leave your name and email address below
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+20 for any contruibution made to our Chile relief fund

+2 visit her official website : http://www.annejulie-art.com/
+2 follow her lovely blog : http://www.annejulie-art.com/blog
+2 add her as a friend on myspace http://www.myspace.com/annejulie_art
+3 follow us @FireIcePhotos and her on twitter http://twitter.com/annejulieart
+3 comment on our flickr photostreams http://www.flickr.com/people/annejulie/
+3 for each retweet #fireicephotos @annejulieart
total your points and leave them with your links in the comments below
Contest ends June 25, 2010 and is open internationally
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Mom’s Monday Book Giveaway

24 May, 2010 by in scholastic, simon schuster, spiderwick chronicles 31 comments

For Mom’s Monday we are giving away a prize pack of four fabulous books:

Troll Trouble Spiderwick Chronicles Special Edition by Holly Black
The SpiderWick Chronicles Number 2 The Seeing Stone by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
The Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman
The 39 Clues #3 The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis

Simply leave your name and email address in a comment below to enter
Contest ends June 24, 2010

Giveaway Winners

24 May, 2010 by in book giveaway 2 comments

Congrats to BunnyB and Shaimapassion who won Angela’s Studio 1 Necklaces
http://fireandicereads.com/2010/04/angelas-studio-1.html

Also to Cranberry Fries Who won the Hourglass Door paperback book! http://fireandicereads.com/2010/04/hourglass-door-review-and-giveaway.html

Email me your mailing address to fireandice.heather@gmail.com. If you didn’t win there are lots more contests on our right hand sidebar. We received our first letter from an earthquake effected family in Constitucion Chile who thank all of you for your donations. We were able to send them long underwear, socks and shoes for the cold weather this winter. Please continue to donate via Paypal so we can keep relief shipments going out! Thanks so much!

Book Review-Scones and Sensibility

22 May, 2010 by in scones and sensibility 2 comments

published December 22nd 2009
by EgmontUSA
details Hardcover, 256 pages
Grade 5–7
isbn 1606840258
4 stars

Synopsis from Goodreads…”Polly Madassa is convinced she was born for a more romantic time. A time when Elizabeth Bennet and Anne of Green Gables walked along the moors and beaches of the beautiful land, a time where a distinguished gentleman called upon a lady of quality and true love was born in the locked eyes of two young lovers.

But alas, she was not.

This, however, does not stop our young heroine from finding romance wherever she can conjure it up. So while Polly is burdened with a summer job of delivering baked goods from her parents bakery (how quaint!) to the people in her small beach town, she finds a way to force…um…encourage romance to blossom. She is determined to bring lovers, young and old, together…whether they want to be or not.”

I am a huge Jane Austen junkie who could spend hours watching the old Pride and Prejudice (with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy) so this book was right up my ally. The main matchmaker is 12 year old little sister and faithful friend, Polly. Let me tell you she is a piece of work. She will only speak in “Austen”esque vernacular befitting of a fine English young lady. Polly spends her summer delivering baked goods on bicycle to her parent’s bakery customers while keeping her eye out for perfect matches for three of her friends in desperate need of her help.

Needless to say her plans go incredibly awry, yet Polly simply will not give up her pre– mediated fairy tale ending. I found myself relating to Polly as the hopeless and dramatic romantic pre-teen who sees the world through rose colored glasses. Readers will laugh at all the quirky things Polly does and says as well as the messes she gets into. Scones and Sensibility is a super read for middle grades and moms alike! I gave it four stars and let me say this…don’t read it while hungry, there’s lots of talk of bakery goodies 🙂


Send us an email if you would like to read Scones and Sensibility as a part of our ARC tour.

Scones and Sensibility Jewelry Giveaway

22 May, 2010 by in etsy, scones and sensibility 34 comments


Today’s’ ETSY giveaway goes along with the book “Scones and Sensibility” by Lindsay Eland and is sponsored by shop owner Jeyam5…”I always loved any kind of art! Since I was little I always loved drawings and painting, when I grew up I began working with the computer and in the last 5 years I had a great success with graphic and web design and photo manipulations. 2 years ago I discovered a new passion: sewing! I sew clothes, dresses, corsets, bags and dolls. Last year I started working with my own fingers with the polymer clay.. This passion is still going on…

Description
This is a great mix good enough to be tasted at every hour of the day!
And now you have them in all their cuteness with 0 calories!
Nice huh?

The Starfish (I changed the brand.. But you know what I mean 😉 ..) Strawberry Cream Frappuccino comes with a realistic whipped cream and strawberry syrup on top.

The realistic raspberry scone comes with a realistic texture, raspberry on both sides with syrup and a white icing on top.

Are you hungry? Yes, me too! 😛 They are complete with details and everybody will love them on your ears! Here’s a challenge for you: Try not to eat them! 😀

—-MEASUREMENTS—-
– The complete earrings are long about 4/5 cm – 1.6/2 in. (from the ear’s hole to the miniature’s bottom).


To Enter To Win: Leave your Name and Email Address below
+3 for each dollar donated to Chile via Paypal at heatoddgardner@yahoo.com or via mail
+2 visit her website: http://www.jeyam-art.com/eng.html and comment below
+3 become a fan on her facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jeyam-Fimo-Creations/120189247997475
+2 follow her on twitter: https://twitter.com/JJeyam
+3 for each retweet @fireicephotos
+5 for posting this or our button o n your blog
Total your entries and leave it below
Contest ends June 22, 2010 and is open internationally

Contest Winners

22 May, 2010 by in Uncategorized 1 comment

Congrats to Amy Willingham who won our furry fingers my SweetMellyJane http://fireandicereads.com/2010/04/sweet-melly-jane-furry-fingers-giveaway.html and to all of our Tanya’s Irish Art Winners

Phrannie
Risyaa
Confrosh/ Joyson
Snowflake Day/ Audra
Ludmilochka
Robin K
Katia
http://fireandicereads.com/2010/04/tanyas-irish-art-giveaway.html

Tanya generously donated seven prints for us to give away! Email me your street address to fireandice.heather@gmail.com and claim your prize.

In My Mailbox #11 & ARC Tours

21 May, 2010 by in scott westerfield, shadow hills 3 comments

So, my internet has been down for the last two days and I am BEHIND. Nightmare! Luckily Mr. Mailbox scored!!! And I got this huge box of books. Squee…

Blue is For Nightmares by Laurie Stolarz-currently reading
Specials by Scott Westerfield– bought for giveaway
Uglies by Scott Westerfield-bought for giveaway
The 39 Clues #3– bought for giveaway
The Boy Who Could Fly by James Norcliffe– ARC from Publisher
The Tension of Opposites by Kristine McBride-ARC from Publisher
Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes-ARC from Publisher
Siren by Tricia Rayburn-ARC from Publisher
Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus-ARC from Publisher
YAY!!!! We are starting ARC tours on all of the new titles. If you are interested in reading and reviewing any of these titles, email me at fireandice.heather@gmail.com You must be willing to read and mail to another person, post a written review and forward us the link. Other ARCS on tour right now are Brightly Woven, The Cinderella Society, The Golden Spiral and The Mark. Email us for more info. THANKS.