Do you know that today is a holiday in Utah???
It is!!! It's a day of fireworks, bbq's, and the banks are closed:)
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On this day in 1847, Brigham Young led the first group of pioneers into
the Salt Lake valley, and he said "This is the place!"
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Did you know this fun Utah fact?
"Jell-O has often been associated with Mormon culture. Kraft’s sales figures from 1997 show that Salt Lake City residents consume more Jell-O than anywhere else in the U.S."
(straight from the jello facts web site)
I heard somewhere that we eat the most green jell-o too!!!
We even have been known to put shredded carrots in it... ew.
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We also talk funny....
I used to live in a town called American Fork....
Old timers call it American Fawrk.
We also have a habit of leaving out the T sound in some words, like mountain.... it sounds more like m-ow-ain.
AND we have fry sauce. Those of you who don't have it,
you have my sincere pity, lol. It is miraculous stuff.
Utah is a beautiful place, and I am so grateful to live here. It's also full of talented people, and I'm so blessed to call a lot of them my friends!
In honor of this fabulous day, some of my best Utah friends and I have come up with a made in Utah giveaway!!!
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It's really true!
Wait till you see all these goodies!
Ready?????
WOOT WOOT!
But wait!!!! There's more!!!!!!
Have you heard about Younique Mascara?
It's made in Utah!
And you could win it!!!!
And what about
Jamberry Nails?
Yup..... made in Utah!
You could win a sheet of
RED GLITTER
nail wraps!!!
And Taffy Town salt water taffy?
Made in Utah....
The Bath Lady handmade soap?
Yep, that too!
Made in Utah!
And what about this necklace?
Yeah... Made by me....
In Utah!!!!
And it could ALL be yours!!!!
Now we all know that everything good requires some work right?
Right!
We all have chosen some thing for you to follow...
Click on the links below and they will take you directly to them all!
It's a pretty long list.... get ready to do the work my friends!
ALL LINKS MUST BE FOLLOWED to win.
Mr. Hughes
Natalie Crockett
Rachelle Smith
Liesel Connor
Lindsey Erikson
Krystal Plott
Emily Stephenson
Bethany Gardener
Kathy Crane
Sheree Peterson
Fredia Shumway
Christy Howe
Rachel Probst
Jacquie Ekert
Lory Evans
Becca Anderton
Mindy
Melissa Green
Me
AND
Leave a comment on this post please :)
Whew! You did it!
Congratulations!
You are entered to win the Made In Utah
prizes :)
The winner will be chosen at random
on Saturday, July 26, 2014!!!!
Good luck everyone :)
xox
170 comments :
Hi Nikki, what an exciting giveaway to be hosting. I would love, love to be the winner - you will hear me shout from Aus.
Paula from Paula’s Place and iSURF Maths
Wow! What a giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity.
That was a lot of clicking, but I followed, like, or friended everyone! I hope I win :)
Sara
Frampton's FUNdamentals
Wow! What a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!
Thanks for hosting this fantastic giveaway! I did my liking and following! ;)
Yay! Thanks for such a great giveaway. The link for Bethany Gardener's blog didn't work so I wasn't able to follow it. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Shelby
First Time Firstie
Here's Bethany's link:
http://shipshapefirstgrade.blogspot.com/
Bethany's link is all fixed :) xox
Thank you for this chance to win so many amazing products!!
Thank you for hosting this giveaway! All is completed!
Happy Pioneer Day, Utah!! Thanks for putting together this AMAZING giveaway!
Angela :)
Hippo Hooray for Second Grade!
Wow! What a fantastic giveaway! I would love to win.
WoW! Utah ROCKS! Who knew?? Lol! Thanks for the chance to win all these great prizes!
WoW! This is quite the giveaway! I've got my fingers crossed! Thanks!
Hilary
Second Grade is Out of This World!
Such an amazing giveaway!!! I believe I clicked everything. Fingers crossed!!!
Julie
DDgirl4ever@yahoo.com
What an awesome giveaway!! I couldn't agree more about fry sauce!!!! ;) Would love to win...thanks for the great opportunity!
What an amazing giveaway! Thanks for sharing and providing me with new people to follow! Good Luck to everyone!
Hugs,
Lynda
Ms. Hamm's First Grade Funland
What a fun giveaway with so many amazing prizes! Thank you, and happy birthday Utah!!
Mrs. 3rd Grade
Keeping my fingers crossed! Thanks so much for hosting this awesome giveaway and sharing about Utah! I didn't know the jello fact! Hope you have a fabulous Pioneer day! XO
A Teaspoon of Teaching
ateaspoonofthird@aol.com
This is an awesome giveaway!! Thank you for doing this! I just liked and followed everyone one your list! It's always exciting finding new teachers to follow with great ideas and products!!
Wow who knew so many cool things and people come from Utah! This is a great giveaway!! Thanks so much for doing this.
This is awesome! I get a chance to win some goodies AND I made some new teacher "friends." My fingers are crossed. Janabanana1382@yahoo.com
Born in UT so Happy Pioneer Day! Only lived there a couple years (and again in college ... RISE AND SHOUT the COUGARS ARE OUT) but anyway.
Thanks for the fun giveaway opportunity!
What an awesome giveaway! Thank you for hosting this and for allowing me to follow a lot of new bloggers, FB pages and TpT stores! What a bunch of creative people! :)
Thank you for the opportunity to win these amazing products! All of you are so thoughtful with your giveaways & are truly helpful to teachers like me who are looking for ways to be innovative in our classrooms. :)
Happy birthday, Utah! Thanks for hosting an amazing giveaway, Nikki!
-Jaime
Amazing giveaway! I guess I'm not the only busy bee! Enjoy your holiday!
What an awesome giveaway from fabulous creators! :) Thank you!
Breanne
breannesimons@gmail.com
This is an awesome giveaway!! lmarshall1389@gmail.com
This is a wonderful giveaway. Thanks for organizing it! eestephaniee@sbcglobal.net
Wow! Talk about a new mommy's dream for her classroom! This is truly amazing, thank you so much for the opportunity! Petria.boutin@gmail.com
Yay for Utah and all of cool people in it!
Awesome! What a great giveaway! Thanks!
This is a fantastic giveaway! Thank you so much!
Whew! Done clicking! What a neat giveaway! Thanks so much!
I followed & liked everyone! Thanks for the great giveaway!
overthemoonbow.owner@gmail.com
Dee:)
Utah is a beautiful place!! I love to come and visit.....and I would love to win this proze.
Terri
KinderKapers
Wow this is awesome!! I know I found several cool new blogs to follow!! Congrats, Utah!
Oh my goodness- what a fabulous give away! I followed all above! Fingers crossed :-) Carol Polston cpolston3@yahoo.com
Awesome giveaway!!! fingers are soo crossed!! Utah is definitely a beautiful State :-)
Karen
tommysmom0206@yahoo.com
Oh and I forgot - kellyt1204@gmail.com
**fingers crossed!!**
What an amazing giveaway! I just followed everybody! Fingers crossed!! :)
Lisa
fsuteach81@yahoo.com
This is such an awesome giveaway! I love how the teachers in your state came together to help. :-) I wish I knew more KY teachers. :-)
Erica
Growing Little Minds
butler.erica@gmail.com
What an amazing giveaway!! I found several new blogs/TPT stores that I love. Thanks for the opportunity :0) rjkime@juno.com
Great giveaway! Liked and followed all :-)
Happy Pioneer Day !
Alliemccutch@me.com
WOW! This giveaway is stacked with awesomeness! I didn't you lived in American Fawk! I'm your neighbour to the north in Southern Idaho! Happy Pioneer Day!
heather.burgen@gmail.com
My FB follow link should be: https://www.facebook.com/DillyDabbles for entry. Thanks so much Nikki for putting this together. Proud to be a Utahan and call all these creative people friends!
Thanks for hosting this! So fun! dalynnholling@gmail.com
What an amazing giveaway by so many fellow Utahns! You are all so talented! Janae.jakins@gmail.com
Such an awesome giveaway. Fellow Utahn here. I am going to enjoy a bbq, fireworks, green jello and some baseball.
Hi Nikki! You did an amazing job putting this together! It looks terrific! Thank you! Christy
Christychowe@gmail.com
Wow! What an awesome giveaway! Manx I had fun meeting new people!
Amazing giveaway, I would love to be the lucky winner on this one!! Thanks for the opportunity. rrm444@gmail.com
Awesome giveaway! I had no idea about all of those Utah products :) Jennifer Fisher
I was raised in Utah! Oh, how I miss waking up to Mt. Timpanogos. Love this giveaway! Hope I'm the lucky recipient.
What a giveaway! Thanks so much for the opportunity!
Awesome giveaway! drksjtr@gmail.com
AWESOME giveaway!! I completed all the tasks!! Fingers are crossed! :o)
Cindy
ccfirstteacher@gmail.com
What a great giveaway! I love discovering new bloggers to follow! Thanks!! :)
What a great giveaway! I love discovering new bloggers to follow! Thanks!! :)
What an amazing giveaway!! Happy birthday Utah!!! Green jello is my favorite too, but I'm not quite sure about the carrots in it. Sounds interesting :)
Carrie
Table Talk with C & C
The Collaboration Connection
What an awesome giveaway! Love all the new Facebook pages, blogs, and tpt stores to follow!
Allison Cummings
www.a1stgradeteacher.com
Awesome giveaway!!! I hope I can win!!
Okay, I knew about you, Natalie, Rachelle, and Lyndsey...but I had no idea that so many other cool bloggers and Sellers on TpT were from Utah! What a cool collaboration!! Thanks so much for introducing me to all these fab people, Nikki:) Triple crossing my fingers (if that's possible).
SweetSchoolMoments
WOW!!!!!!! This is SWEET!!!!!!! Thank you. sigmajewel1991@gmail.com
Happy Pioneer Day Nikki! This is an amazing giveaway!!!!!!! I've got my fingers crossed! :) Thank you!
Hi Nikki! I've never been to Utah, but these wonderful Utah products would help me experience your beautiful state. Pick me, pick me! I want to "travel" to your mountains!
So excited!! So thankful to your generosity!! Crossing my fingers and toes!!
What a great giveaway. I've visited and likes/followed everyone. I hope you're having a fun Pioneer Day.
Great giveaway and some awesome new TPT sites to explore as well as blogs and facebook pages to read. Thank you
I would love to win!!!!!
What a fabulous giveaway! Thank you for giving us all the opportunity to win and Happy Pioneer Days! This is really awesome! Good luck, everyone!
Wow! Thanks for the history lesson and the opportunity to enter this incredible giveaway. Enjoy the celebrations!
Charlene/Diamond Mom
Diamond Mom's Treasury
Hope I didn't miss anyone. I was pleasantly surprised to see I was already following many of you. Thanks from Florida, Utah!
WOW! What a fantastic giveaway and history lesson! :)
I am crossing my fingers!
~Lorraine
Fabulous 4th Grade Froggies
Visit my Facebook page
WOOHOO! this IS a fabulous giveaway! Can't wait to win! ;)
Carrie
anchored in 3rd grade
Cool giveaway and I learned something...not bad for a lazy day at home...thanks for the giveaway!! :)
What a huge giveaway!! I am so glad I found some new bloggers to check out though!!
Caitlin
Learning Ahoy!
Thanks for the opportunity to win such an amazing giveaway! It would be a true blessing to win! Love your site and all you do...thanks for sharing your talents with the world!
Lisa
PAWSitively Teaching
Happy Pioneer Day, fellow Utahan!
THIS GIVEAWAY IS AWESOME!! Here's hoping that I can be so lucky!
Thank you,
ReddishAnn
The ReddishBrown Crayon
Thanks for the opportunity! I love all of these teacher's ideas!
I'm just worried I missed someone! It was hard b/c the name on the list didn't always match the name on the site. I got confused a bit, I've never followed a blog before! Ha! I'm willing, but still learning, I guess.... Thanks!
This is an awesome giveaway!! I absolutely love your graphics & I'm excited to have found some great new blogs/TPT sellers to follow. :)
Wow, that was a lot of work, but in the process, I saw some new and exciting blogs and TPT stores I did not know about. Happy Utah Day! LOL
Donna
Kinderglynn
I completed all the tasks! Thanks for an awesome giveaway! I'm keeping my fingers crossed. :)
~Melissa
Teacher Treasure Hunter
Fantastic giveaway!! Love your work and would love to win some!! Thanks for the chance!!
Awesome giveaway. I want to win!!!
Totally worth all the clicking, liking, and following! What a great give away! :)
What an awesome giveaway!!
I WANT TO WIN!!!
I have followed all under Mrs. P's Special Education Classroom
Awesome giveaway!! Thank you for giving away so many amazing prizes! And, happy Pioneer Day!
So many amazing bloggers and prizes in one spot! I can't wait to go and check out all the terrific TpT stores!!!!! Hope I win!!!!
Darleen
Third Grade Love
Wow, what an amazing giveaway. The TPT credit would definitely help this homeschooling mama out. Curriculum can be so expensive. Thanks for the chance to win.
I think that is the best give=away ever! Nice!!
What a great giveaway!
I've liked and followed all above. Thanks so much for hosting this!
Thanks for the great giveaway! I completed all of the tasks!
lraines78@gmail.com
What a great giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity to win!!!
Oh I really, really hope I win!
What a great giveaway!
What a fun giveaway! There is so much I didn't know about Utah :)
--jen
teachinglife23@gmail.com
Wow! This is one AMAZING giveaway! I liked and followed all of the above! I sure do hope I win, cause whoever does is one lucky person!!! Thanks again for this great giveaway!
Wow! What a lot of goodies!! I'm going to keep my fingers crossed. :0)
WOW! Words cannot describe how amazing it would be to win this contest!
I found SO many new teachers to follow from this blog! I can't wait to look at their blogs and stores to see what would be useful to me!!
This is amazing Nikki! Thank you!
Wendy
This is amazing Nikki! Thank you!
Wendy
Hmmm apparently I already liked/followed many of the Utah bloggers. I guess Utah is the place to be :) Thanks for giving us the chance to win an awesome giveaway!
Cheers,
Terri
What a fun giveaway! I love Utah and fry sauce and I love all your illustrations! Thanks for the opportunity!
Great giveaway. Thank you for the awesome opportunity for these prize packs!!
Michele
Jackson In The Middle
Thanks Nikki! This was a good way to find new teacher sites! ESPECIALLY since I am changing grades this year.
Wow! Lots of new friends I have found today through your giveaway! I love how your state has its own special day :) Good Luck to Everyone who has entered!
Happy Pioneer Day! What an awesome giveaway! ahenry4443ah@gmail.com
Thank you so much for this opportunity! These are some great looking blogs and products:)
Allison
www.playful-in-primary.com
Great giveaway, and some fun info about utah! I love living here!
Thank you so much for this fabulous giveaway! I hope you're enjoying your holiday.
WOW! Such an amazing giveaway! Thanks for the freebies, too! How funny that more Utahans (??) eat green jello! I bet Hawaiians eat the most Spam ;) I follow all of the links in the giveaway and am excited to connect with more awesome teachers and bloggers now!
This is such an awesome giveaway!!!
That was awesome! Lots of great Utah people! Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
Happy Pioneer Day! Thanks for the awesome giveaway.
Happy Pioneer Day! Thanks for the awesome giveaway.
WOW! Awesome giveaway. Thank you so much. Happy Pioneer Day.
Wow...what a huge give-away!!! So excited at the chance to win :) I think I hit all the FB pages (many of whom I already followed), blogs, and TpT stores! Can't wait to see the winner!
Wow! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Katie
I Want to be a Super Teacher
I want to win JUST so I can have my own melonheadz :) thanks for organizing such a fun giveaway! Happy birthday, Utah!
Wow! This is amazing! I'm so lucky that I already follow you on Facebook so I could see this awesome opportunity! It was also great to see that I already followed half of the people you linked to on TPT.
Fingers crossed that I win! How exciting!
Fantastic giveaway! Thank you!
What a great giveaway! I have liked and followed everyone. Have a lovely day :)
I am solo excited about all the goodies!!!Thanks for thinking of all us teachers going back to school!! You knew we would need this!! kcornelius@blountboe.net
Wow! So many great prizes. Thanks for the chance to win.
So many wonderful things come from Utah! Sending some love all the way from Mississippi!
Since I was too slow for participating in the giveaway, I thought I'd try for winning it. Yay Utah!
Happy Pioneer Day! :) I made sure I was following and liked everyone! What an awesome giveaway!
Happy Pioneer Day! What an amazing giveaway!
Happy Pioneer Day! This is such a great giveaway. Thanks for the opportunity.
browny1255@aol.com
Thank you for a great giveaway. cwhaccent@aol.com
Love those Pioneers! (and fry sauce) Fingers crossed!!! s1nykamp@yahoo.com
Wow! Thanks and I better get going. And you left us hanging, what is fry sauce .....
This was fun! I was following so many people already!! Thanks so much for the fun giveaway!!
Wow! What an awesome giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity.
I am so excited...I want to win this giveaway like no one else!!!!! teach3ky@gmail.com
Wow...what an amazing opportunity to see how many more talented and wonderful teachers are out there. Thank you for sharing your talents with us. This would be great to win!!!
What a great giveaway! Happy Pioneer Day!!
Bobbi
Bitty Bilinguals
What an amazing giveaway! Thank you :)
Happy Pioneer Day!!! What a fabulous giveaway!! Thanks for the chance to win.
Liked and followed all! arclark2012@gmail.com
Ashley
Amazing Giveaway! Liked and followed all and would love to win!
Great giveaway! Already a follower of several. Found some new ones to add to my growing list of favorites! :)
Following everyone everywhere. (Not sure about Melissa Green...clicked "follow"...should I have also sent a friend request? Just want to be sure I did everything correctly since I really, really want to win!)
Just to let you know, we eat a lot of jello in Iowa, too. My mom used to put cottage cheese in the green kind. Must be why I haven't eaten jello in ages!
Wow, what a list and give away! Hope I win!
What a great giveaway!
:)
Tamera
Fantastic give away! Fingers crossed!
This is such an amazing giveaway. Thank you for sharing the fun facts and the awesome products and people of Utah. Happy Pioneer Day!
What a fun giveaway! Plus I found a lot of new blogs, TpT stores, and FB's to follow so it's a win-win for me!
Stephanie Ann
s.ann.k1971@gmail.com
Wow! What an amazing giveaway! I want to win yours so badly! Kraftykathy30@yahoo.com
If I win, you'll hear me shout from Europe!
Thanks for all the new sites! Hope I win!! :)
This is great! I am excited to learn about some new sites and people!
kellybrown28021@gmail.com
Great things come from Utah!! Thanks for hosting the giveaway. Would love to win!! :D
Pam
pspetralia@verizon.net
How fun is that! Wish every state had a holiday like that. Wouldn't that be fun?! I hope y'all had a great day! :)
Thanks for the chance to win the giveaways! I am a Utahn and I am excited to follow more Utah blogs!! Thanks!
Wow! What an amazing giveaway! jilljohnson@fcschools.net
This is like the giveaway of all giveaways! And I am happy to have even made it this far, but how cool would it be to do a melonhead of a teacher in african garb. I dream, I know. A simple skirt with a peplum top, glasses, a sparkly necklace and sparkly blue ballet flats would be sufficient. *excitement ensues*
Kate
@teachitkate
Windows Into My Classroom
Awesome giveaway!
caitlin.hynst@gmail.com
Simply Second
This is a huge giveaway! I love the idea of using your state for prizes! Great idea! Thank you for all of your hard work.
Monica
www.ncteacherchick.blogspot.com
What a great combination of fun! Thanks!
what a fantastic giveaway! i always enjoy your blog and love your melonheadz characters. thanks for a chance!
Thank you for the opportunity! I must say I LOVE to dip my fries so I need this fry sauce in my life!!! What does it taste like? Also, the fb likes are under my page Fit for Firsties. Thanks again!
WOW! What a wonderful and generous giveaway! I'd love to win the wonderful prizes! Yet, I feel like I've already won because I have been introduced to and am now following new people and new stores. Thanks so much for all you all do to make our days and jobs easier! Good luck to everyone! :) SJ Shari Neal
All amazing women. Talented! Love this give away and the gifts you all share. God bless.
I hope I'm not too late! That is an amazing prize package you all are sharing! So many fabulous goodies! Thanks for sharing your talents!
Carol
thesupersparklyteacher@gmail.com
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