April 30, 2013

giveaway - long live The King ! Who, me ?


UPDATE: just to let you know I made a new cap, since the one I hade made and is in the giveaway picture, turned out way too big and not good enough and I couldn't make a new one earlier than this. The tube is a bit flatter now (due to putting on the cap while holding the tube and there seems to be an airpocket there which left it more fragile than it should have been doing that..). So this one will be for myself and I will make a new tube for the winner that I just want to be right, with this cap.
the tube in the giveaway also has real handcream inside! (this is the photo from an earlier tube I made, because I don't want to squeeze the giveaway one)
today is a historic day for The Netherlands: our beloved Queen Beatrix for 33 years passed on the throne to her eldest son, Prince Willem Alexander this morning. He is the first king since 1890, after three queens. He, his wife and 3 daughters are very popular in our country and I think he will make a good king. Although I don't have much with the institute of a kingdom itself , I do love our royal family. That I find very warm and authentic and really add something to our country. Not only because of their genuine and warm personalities, but also because of their great efforts and work in all kinds of very inspiring communityprojects they're really passionate about. Projects that help the less fortunate of our society in all sorts of ways to make them able to make something of their life, despite their challenges.
Queen Beatrix and Prince Willem Alexander with his lovely Princess Maxima & their 3 princesses: Amalia, Alexia & Ariane
to celebrate this very special occasion, in combination with my last name being "The King" in Dutch - yes, I feel very royal, although I seem to lack every teensy bit of grace & elegance that should go with that :) - ánd to show my appreciation to all of you who take the time to follow my work, I decided this is the perfect moment to have another giveaway.
Dutch country crest
what am I giving away?
well, as you can see it's nothing kinglike - I didn't think you would get very excited over miniature mugs and plates with pictures of our king on them ;) - I would like to give you the opportunity to win these few handmade Fabulously Small-items as seen in the first photo, I hope you like it:

- a tube of handcream l'Occitane, and for you who missed my post about this: it contains the real delicious stuff that can be squeezed out (it can't be refilled though, so when empty, it's empty ;)
- soapbottle 'stones', with real tiny 'stones' inside
- 3 rustic candles on a small metal plate (I poored them with candlewax and a wick. The brown candle is chocolatescented and smells delicious I think!) 
- candle with ornamentimage (I used a great technique I found a while ago which lets the wax absorb most of the image. I can do a tutorial on making a candle like that someday if you like) 

then I also have a consolationprize for someone I'll draw after the winner. Who will get items that haven't turned out how they'd supposed to, I think is a waste to throw out and maybe can still make someone happy. It's a l'Occitane tube of handcream (yes, with the stuff, the tube just didn't turn out the quality I wanted) a plate of candles and an ornamentcandle, that are all a bit too far from perfect, but don't suck completely either.. ;) 

 how to win?
to have a chance of winning this giveaway I ask you kindly to meet the following 3 conditions:
1) be a follower, or become one
2) let me know in a comment to this post you want to participate in this giveaway
3) let me know in that same comment if your country has a king, queen or else and - if you could choose - would you like to have a queen or king in your country (or if you already have that, would you want to keep it that way)? And why would or wouldn't you like to have/keep that ?

because I got the question last time: to participate it doesn't matter where you live, as long as it's on planet earth (you never know these days :D) and there's some kind of mailservice provided in your residential area, in case you win ;)

I will have the draw of the winner on the 21st of May so if you'd like to enter it,
make sure you do this in time. Good luck!



89 comments:

  1. Hello Monique,
    Thanks for this nice givaway (with a french product like "l'occitane" it's undoubtedly nice ! ;) Let me participate and maybe win - I cross my fingers ;)
    I must tell you that I really love your humour.
    I'm french and, here, we do not have a king, neither a queen. We had one... nearly 250 years ago but the end of the royalty turned so bloody :(
    I don't know if I'd like to have one for political reasons but what I like in these countries which have a queen or a king is this nice feeling to belong to the same community, to the same country when this kind of evenement arrives. People seem to be united in the same jubilation and this is great.
    I hope my english is understable ;)
    Long life to your new and beloved king !!
    Hugs from France
    Karine

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    1. Hi Karine, thank you for your compliments :) Ah, yes, I remember (well, not that I was there, but you know) that was not a very happy ending for your kingdom unfortunately... I know what you mean and your English is very understandable! Thank you, and a long life to you too of course (should not just be reserved for kings and me, haha)!

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  2. Beautiful giveaway. Please, count me in. I put the link on my blog.
    I saw the new King and his family on Tv. They looks a beautiful family.
    In Italy we haven't a King. The last King wasn't a good King, because he left us in the hands of fascism. Now, we have a President of the Republic.
    Bye, Faby

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    1. Hi Faby, thanks for the link on your blog! The king & queen looked great indeed, I liked it a lot! How nice you saw it too on tv in Italy. It's sad that kingdoms have left so much misery in countries (as have other kinds of rulers) as it has in yours. They weren't worthy of the titel or power they were given...

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  3. I saw in Brazilian newspapers the news of the passing of the throne to Prince. Long life to a Good King!
    Here in Brazil, we have the President of the Republic. President Dilma Rousseff, is doing a good job, but I disagree with many of her positions as head of the Brazilian nation, I don't like the support it gives some governments of neighboring countries and hypocrisy on the preparations for the World Cup Soccer.

    Of course I want to join your giveaway! Count me in!
    Hugs.
    ;)

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    1. Hi Eliana, so nice that the news spread around the world, I never thought things like this (in a small country as ours) are news like that, but I guess it is. Thank you for your input about your President, I can see how someone who does a good job in general can be disappointing in areas too. Hopefully she'll see the light someday and does things differently regarding the World Cup Soccer, but given the enormous amounts of money and power from the soccerleague involved in things like that, I'm afraid she won't (be able to?).

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  4. What a fantastic giveaway! I would love to participate! I just joined your blog, and published a link on my blog, too! I am originally from the USA-we don´t have a King or Queen. I live in Barcelona. Spain has a King and Queen. I love that our Prince married a regular girl and one day she will be Queen!

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    1. Hi Keelin, happy you like it so much! Welcome at my blog and thank you for linking my giveaway. Ah, your Prince married a regular girl too? Just like our (now queen) Maxima, who was a normal (Argentinian) girl. I can imagine you look forward to your Prince and his wife becoming King & Queen!

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  5. Congratulations to your beautiful country and may you all be happy and well! Although pesonally i don't think a King or Queen is needed...it is the business of each nation and the citizens to decide on that!
    I live in Greece, where there is no King anymore since some decades.
    Your giveaway is very beautiful and i would love to participate! Thank you! Will post the link on my blog! Best wishes, Anne

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    1. Thank you Anna, also for the link on your blog! I think your absolutely right about a King or Queen being not needed, a country can do very well without. If it should be up to a country and the citizens, I'm not sure what to think about that, I guess it makes sense, I think I'm just not sure what that would mean in our country since our government might vote it out (and I would find it difficult to give a short term group of people the power of such a thing), but a majority of the people would want to keep it. So who to decide? But in essence I think you're right. I didn't know Greece once had a King, but I guess a lot of countries did one day.

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  6. Hello - of course I also want to take part of your giveaway :D Congratulations to your new King! I´m from Bavaria, Germany and we don´t have a king since about a century. I actually can´t say who would be our King/Queen if we still had a monarchy and I think that most people here can easily live without a king. BUT we are eager to see what´s happening to the foreign royal families!!!
    Hugs, Sandra

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    1. Thank you Sandra! I didn't know that Germany had a king so (relatively) recently, I'm learning some historyfacts because of this giveaway, nice! You're right, no country wouldn't survive without King or Queen (fortunately). And as long as there are countries with them, like ours, you can still enjoy the romance and pleasant sides of it. ;)

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  7. Ciao, Monique! Partecipo volentieri a questo giveaway divertente! Noi italiani abbiamo votato tanti anni fa (io non ero nata), per sbarazzarci definitivamente dei nostri Reali fuggini durante il Fascismo, peraltro la più antica dinastia europea. I nostri Principi, mai più Re, sono in esilio, ma negli ultimi anni vanno e vengono dall'Italia come meglio credono. La mia famiglia era monarchica. Mi sarebbe piaciuto avere un Re. Spero di vincere le tue "regali" candele&Co! Metto il link nel mio blog.

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    1. Ciao Blanche, è comprensibile che essi hanno abolito in Italia, secondo le circostanze, quando la monarchia, ma posso anche immaginare che l'idea stessa ancora in grado di parlare. Chi lo sa, ancora una volta e poi in circostanze migliori? Sono contento che ti piace il mio giveaway e grazie per la pubblicazione di un link sul tuo blog!

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  8. Beautiful giveaway!! Please count me in. We don't have a royal family in the US, but I do like the pagentry and the idea of it.

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    1. Hi there Brae, consider yourself counted in :) ! It's a nice thing isn't it of a monarchy - if you like that sort of thing, that some people don't like at all too..) - the traditions, the peculiarity of such a family in a golden cage (in which I would never want to live myself I might add..), I get it can have an appeal.

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  9. Hola , felicidades por el feliz acontecimiento en tu pais, espero que sea un buen rey

    me gustaria mucho participar en tu sorteo y lo anuncio en mi blog

    soy española y en España tenemos rey y tenemos heredero, hasta hace un año mas o menos yo estaba muy contenta con la familia real de mi pais , pero ultimamente algun miembro de la familia se ha metido en un buen lio y no estoy nada contenta

    besitos

    Mari

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    1. Hola Mari, gracias! Creo que será un buen rey, pero el tiempo lo dirá.
      Es genial que se inscribe y gracias por poner un link en tu blog
      Me imagino después de los escándalos del año pasado que no está muy contento más con su rey. No lo ha hecho muy real o comportarse ...

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  10. Heel leuk je giveaway,wil graag meedoen.Ik ben ook heel blij met onze Koning en Koningin.Zet de link op mijn blog.
    groetjes doortje

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    1. Hai Doortje, leuk dat je meedoet en dank je wel voor het plaatsen van een link op je blog! Leuk zijn ze he, onze Willy & Max :) En die leuke meiden van ze, koninklijk of niet, gelukkig duidelijk ook gewoon kind (en zich vervelen tijdens zo'n ellenlange ceremonie...)

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  11. Que hermoso sorteo! Y que buena manera de celebrar a su nuevo rey.
    Soy de México, no tenemos rey y no me gustaría tener rey o reina, (ya es suficiente con el presidente:D)
    Aunque envidio la buena relación que tienen los subditos con algunos reyes Holanda, Inglaterra)
    Me anotas por favor en tu sorteo? Lo anuncio en mi blog.
    Un abrazo

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    1. Hola Rosa Margarita, tengo entendido que se puede utilizar muy bien en sí mismo un presidente :) Yo sé lo que quieres decir por la relación entre la monarquía y la gente como nosotros, y en Inglaterra. Eso tiene alguna eh?
      Por supuesto, usted puede unirse a mi regalo y gracias por poner un link en tu blog

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  12. I think it's a great way to celebrate! (though I'm not a monarchist...the reality of my country is very different now)
    Please, I want to participate in your giveaway. It´s very nice!!!

    Hugs!

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    1. Hi Dakota, I thought so too, happy you like it! I'm not a monarchist myself persé, but in a sentimental way I guess, just because we happen to have such a great royal family (at least that's what I think) I'm happy with it/them. You make me curious about the country you live in and what the reality of it is.. but maybe you prefered not to share?

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  13. Oh Monique, thank you very much for the opportunity. The things you've made are fantastic.

    Finland has no royalty, only a president, but there was a plan to invite a prince from central Europe to become our king at the beginning of the 1900 before Finland became independent. They even made a crown and a throne, but the plan was never realized.

    Have a good May!

    Hanna

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    1. Hi Hanna, you're welcome, thank you for your compliment!
      How curious that all the preparations for a king never lead to an actual crowning in Finland. Maybe the father of the Prince decided, but the Prince himself was against it and was not to be dragged to Finland with an army of horses? Who knows? Nice peace of history though, thanks for sharing. You have a good may too!

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  14. Please may I be counted in?
    I live in the North of Ireland which is part of the United Kingdom which has a Queen. Northern Ireland is a very complicated place but I am of the opinion it is important to me to have a Queen and I see myself as British. It is important to me as I feel more at home in London than I do in Dublin. I think it comes from years of education where we read English Literature and so many were set in London or England. I have just enjoyed watching all the pomp and ceremony in The Netherlands on the News. Lovely to see so many people watching it in the Street.
    Gladys x

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    1. Hi Gladys, when you are a follower you certainly may :)
      I think it's very sad how things have been in Northern Ireland for so long, it has known too much sorrow and is too torn to be a stable happy place, if I'm not mistaken. I can understand why London appeals so much more, especially when you have tasted the difference for quite some time through your education. Ha, what pomp and ceremony it was huh? It's all part of the show I guess and it makes it special. The people were very cheerful, such a contrast to the riots and problems during the crowning of former Queen Beatrix in 1980.

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  15. Monique,
    I adore your projects & blog! Please count me in as I am not crafty and could never do what you do! Love it!!!

    Being American, we don't have the culture of a monarchy and it would not mesh well with our traditions, however short they are as compared to most nations. I do think highly of the Dutch and British monarchies as both are adjusting to pragmatic contemporary issues, particularly Willem and William and Harry. I applaud them for that.

    Go Orange!

    emily

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    1. Thank you Emily, very nice to read that!
      That's a nice thing to say about the male royals, and I think you are right. And luckily they haven't lost their humanity either and therefor make mistakes sometimes, but we all make them right?

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  16. Congratulations Monique, we have a king!!! And did you see his three adorable girls at the balcony-scene? I was sitting in front of the tv, had my orange tompouce at hand and enjoyed it a lot :-)
    Oh; I would love to join in on your fantastic Give Away! All the items look great. It's very generous of you. And yes, please post a tutorial about making the candles if you have time and enery. Hugs, liduina

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    1. Ha die Luidina! Yes, a King! The girls are adorable, I really like them. I enjoyed the tv-coverage a lot too.
      I hereby declare you joined in my giveaway :), to stay in the formal manner of the royal event. Glad you like it! And one tutorial about the ornamentcandle is noted!

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  17. Please count me in to this beautiful giveaway. How funny that you ask this today, our king has his birthday today =) (the swedish king that is) You can see pictures from the birthday here: http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/aktuellt2013apriljuni/kungensfodelsedagfiradespakungligaslottet.5.4ea495e313c19c119aa49d1.html
    I like having a king, I think he is handsome ;) and a good representative of our country. We will have a queen next, his oldest daughter, I think she will make a great queen! But I hope the king lives long and I never thought of the different between having a king or a queen =) I'm just glad we have one =)
    Hannah

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    1. Hi Hannah, really? that's such a coincidence! Well: congratulations then! I saw him in your link, he looked happy and he seems a kind man. I hope he will live long too and that when time comes his daughter will follow in his footsteps. It's great you have the confidence she will!

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  18. Lovely giveaway, please count me in!

    The U.S. has a 3 branch government, Executive, Legislative & judicial. The closest thing to a king we have is the President, but since our country was created in part because of disagreements on how the king was running things, I'm guessing that a president is very different from a king. Or at least it was 200 years ago. :)

    Anyway, the media loves to focus on what the British Royal family is up too, so I could imagine having a Queen.

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    1. Sure thing Kyle, you're in!
      It was the British King you are talking about I think, that was the king of the US a long time ago? Anyway, I can understand that that wasn't a desirable situation if people disagreed a lot, but from what I know from history a lot of kings made kind of a mess in those times. But to be fair, so have and do a lot of other rulers, nòt being kings. I guess it has to do with power being a difficult thing to use wisely and nowhere near everyone is fit to be a ruler, no matter how much they want to be or think they are.

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  19. me apunto con tu permiso, soy española y tenemos rey ...y familia real..! lo subo a mi blog

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    1. Hola Carmen, sí puede participar, gracias por poner un enlace a su blog. No le importa lo que piensa, pero por lo que entiendo es el rey español (y la monarquía) no es tan popular ya por los escándalos del año pasado, con suerte a su hijo haciendo mucho mejor. Si la monarquía es abolida, al menos, por ahora, yo entiendo que hay manifestaciones que van a hacer esto .. Lástima que desde hace mucho tiempo que la monarquía era muy popular en España.

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  20. Es un sorteo precioso y me encantaría participar. Felicidades por el nuevo Rey. Nosotros no tenemos rey en México. Gracias, un abrazo Ana (mucuy) acamarah.50@gmail.com

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    1. Hola Ana, gracias y agradable que has vuelto. ¿Estás triste que México no tiene rey, si crees que es tan grande?

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  21. Congratulations on your new regent and please count me in in the lovely giveaway! I put a link on my blog :) Here in Finland we don't have royalty. I don't think it matters to me, I'm happy with a president (eventhough the current one isn't a favorite of mine...). But I think a monarchy is a cool tradition. Our family had a genealogy made back to around 700 with lots of royalty in the family tree - that's probably true of all family trees though :D And we certainly haven't inherited any of it :D My mom follows the royal family in Sweden and other European countries. I haven't asked but she might've watched your coronation too :)

    Hugs,
    Micaela

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    1. Thank yuo Micaela and for putting a link on your blog! I can understand that a President is just fine, too bad the one you have now isn't too great though, hopefully next one will be better. Well, I'm not so sure about royalty in every family tree, I saw a Dutch programme about the genealogy's of famous Dutch people and nothing royal in them. And my own familytree has been thoroughly searched going back pretty far and no royalty eiter... despite the royal name, go figure ;) What we do have in our familytree if I remember correctly is a bandit, mmm... not sure what to think about that, haha. So I guess you are a bit royal yourself, how cool is that?!

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  22. Hallo Monique, wat leuk! ik doe graag mee. Ik ben nederlandse en dus is het Koning Willem-Alexander, die mijn koning is! Maar ik woon in Engeland en hier 'heerst' Queen Elisabeth II. Prince Charles is een goede 20 jaar ouder dan Koning Willem-Alexander, maar nog steeds prins...

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    1. Ha die Idske, leuk dat je (weer dacht ik?) meedoet! Grappig dat je in Engeland woont, dan ben je dubbel gezegend met royalty ;). Queen Elisabeth II is wel een leuk mens dacht ik he? Zo komt ze op mij wel over tenminste, maar moet eerlijk toegeven dat ik dat niet zo goed weet. Tja, die prins Charles, ben benieuwd wanneer hij de troon mag bestijgen, wel een contrast met Willem-Alexander inderdaad die nog aardig 'jong' is. Hoewel vroeger natuurlijk vorsten echt jong waren vaak en ook nog eens veel macht hadden, bizar gewoon (hoe anders ook dan de ceremoniële rol van onze koning).

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  23. Hola Monique
    Enhorabuena por tu nuevo rey!!!
    Aqui ahora estamos con pequeños problemas con los nuestros, pero pronto se solucionara.......
    Me encantaria participar en tus sorteo, son unas fantasticas minis.
    Subo el aviso a mi blog.
    besitos ascension

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    1. gracias Ascension! Está bien que la situación con su rey resuelto satisfactoriamente para usted. Me alegro que te guste el regalo y gracias por poner un enlace en tu blog :)

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  24. Hola Monique, acabo de descubrir tu blog, a través del de Ascensión, me gusta mucho lo que haces y el regalo es estupendo , así que me apunto a tu sorteo y lo enlazo en la barra lateral de mi blog.
    En cuanto al rey os felicito, espero que sea bueno para tu pais como lo fué durante 33 años su madre, aquí en España, tenemos monarquía también, ya lo sabrás, pero últimamente no se están comportando muy bien, esperemos que todo se arregle pronto, sobre todo la situación económica. Un beso y encantada de saber de ti

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    1. Hola Eva, me alegro de que me encontró a través de la Ascensión y que eres mi último seguidor, bienvenidos! Espero con usted en que el Rey Willem-Alexander está haciendo tan bien como su madre, pero creo que sí. Todo será diferente, ya que son personas diferentes, pero eso es divertido. Es muy lamentable que haya un defecto tal y entró a la monarquía española, porque el actual rey .. También espero que se pone mejor y sobre todo España viene de los problemas económicos ...

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  25. Hi Monique,
    Thanks a lot for your giveaway, I've just shared the link on my blog's sidebar.

    If I think about Kings and Queen I think about Middle Age, knghts, battles, romantic stories, Robin Hood etc.

    But if I think about Italian history, I don't have a very beautiful idea about Kings.
    Therefore I don't know if I want a King back here! :-)

    Hugs
    Francesca

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    1. Hi Francesca, great to have you in my giveaway again and thanks for the link on your blog!
      I get what you say about Kings and Queens sounding like something mostly from the Middle Ages (great movies about those - very difficult and often barbaric - times too). It speaks to the imagination a lot doesn't it?

      In your country it hasn't ended well and I can see why people are very reluctant having that back, since it's associated with a lot of bad things. Thanks for your input!

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  26. I'd love to enter your giveaway, such pretty little treasures, the handcream is really special and I wouldn't even complain if I received one of your 'failures'!

    About the King/Queen question, Queen Elizabeth of England is also the Queen of Australia because Australia was a British colony. I think that in this modern world Australia should become a republic.

    It's kind of funny though that the Crown Princess of Denmark is an Australian, so in the future an Australian woman will be Queen of Denmark! She met the Crown Prince in Sydney during the Olympics in 2000. There are nice photos of the family here http://denmark.dk/en/society/monarchy/the-crown-prince-couple/

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    1. Hi Norma, glad you like my giveaway, let's hope you win then (but I wish that for everyone, I should have a lot of them)! Or the consolation prize.. (that one is not even too bad, the bad ones I would not dare to send to someone ;)

      Yes, I can agree with you about Australia and being a colony and why it would make sense making it a republic. That is funny that Denmarks Crown Princess is Australian! And what a nice looking couple and family they are, thanks for sharing that link! I think it's great she's so popular.

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    2. Oh dear, I've possibly just diminished my chances of winning by publishing your giveaway on my sidebar but it's so nice it doesn't seem right to keep it a secret ;)

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    3. Haha, I get what you're saying, it's what I was thinking about when people so nicely put a photo and link to it on their blogs, that it does mean more people might enter and lessen the chance for everyone to win. Mmmm... let's keep that quiet and thank you very much for the publicity of course!

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  27. Hello,
    I have admired your work before and would love to win the tiny tube...super cute. I like Norma live "Down Under" so our Queen is Queen Elizabeth of England. To be honest I don't know what I'd prefer. What I do know is that when I took a class of students to Canberra during the last Queen's visit in 2011 the students were super excited to capture a glimpse of what they thought was a Princess. We really were too far away to actually see her as she was in a boat on the otherside of the lake. The children think though that they saw her Tiara glistening with all its jewels. It was great to see their excitement as this to them was as close to a fairy tale as they could get.
    I have been watching the news of your new royals on the TV. I just loved all the blow up crowns. (I sooooo want one!!!)Their children looked super cute with their matching atire.

    Please count me in your giveaway. I'll put a link on my blog. IndyPoppy
    IndyPoppy

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    1. Hi IndyPoppy, great to see you again and thanks for entering and sharing the link to my giveaway.

      Great story about your students that thought they saw a princess (did you later show them a picture of her?) and got so excited about the glimps of her and her tiara, it's stays a magical thing isn't it, seeing a real queen (or princess) in real life, no matter how far away. It's good children of today that sometimes seem to have seen it all already are still mesmerized by that.
      Those blow up crowns wère great weren't they?? I love them too! You want one for your house? Would make a cool feature, pretty sure you'd be the only one in the world, haha! Nice that you've seen some of the ceremony on tv, great thing about modern times!

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  28. Your giveaway is really beautiful! I love your blog and would like to enter the giveaway. We have a President and that's all I have ever known so it is fine with me, although it sounds exciting to have a King. Thank you for sharing. Hugs, Felma

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    1. I'm glad you like my blog and giveaway Felma. Well, with a president like yours, who needs a King? Seriously, I love your president, too bad they have a max. period of 8 years..

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  29. Hola me encanta lo que sorteas, si te parece bien me gustaría participar, subo el enlace en mi blog.
    Con respecto a el tema de la monarquía aquí en España tenemos realeza, aunque la verdad es que últimamente con todos los líos en los que se meten empieza a ser un tanto preocupante, si ellos nos representan por todo el mundo, que pensara el mundo ahora de nosotros.
    Un abrazo.
    Yolanda.

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    1. Hola Yolanda, grande, que se inscribe y gracias por publicar un enlace en tu blog! Me imagino que la situación actual de su monarquía no algo (más) para estar orgullosos, lo siento mucho. Esperemos que España en todos los aspectos de forma rápida mejores años.

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  30. Me gustaría participar en tu sorteo! el regalo es fantastico!
    En mi país también tenemos monarquia, y yo particularmente no estoy nada contenta con ellos, si no estuvieran mucho mejor.
    Te anuncio en mi blog!
    Besos de las Malu´s.

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    1. Hola Malu, me alegro de que estés tan emocionado acerca de mi regalo y gracias por poner un link en tu blog! Es muy lamentable, los acontecimientos a su alrededor monarquía, comprensible que usted no es feliz con eso.

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  31. Hello Monique,
    I'm Daria:) Thanks for sharing this beautiful giveaway - I think it is the best way to let new followers learn about your blog! (which is great! I love the way you write - it's the case where I d not only take a look at pictures but actually read the entry with pleasure :))
    We do not have a king here in Russia, but our "democracy" is so democratic... There are lots of political jokes about that here, because our elections do seem very fake and everyone knows who'll be "on throne" after them) So, basically it is like we do have a king without having him :)
    Perhaps, he should have named his title that way at least it would have been fun.
    In the university (My specialization is international communication) we learned that Russians have this mentality - to believe in "the king" . That we always need a person "above" to be responsible for all our failures and our well-being. I'm not sure if it's true for most of modern youngsters, but it certainly makes sense.
    I've shared a link and have a give-away of my own on my blog as well, so come by, you're always welcome :)

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    1. Hi Daria, welcome as a new follower and tnx for placing a link on your blog! And thanks for your compliment, very nice to read you like my writing, means a lot to me :) You have a very nice way of writing too I might add, with energy and joy!

      Ah yes, I'm a bit familiar with Russia's 'democracy'... a real shame. It's good that you can joke about it, I love that, but it's really sad that that's what your country has to deal with (and everything else a government with those standards stand for entails).

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  32. Привет!
    Я поздравляю Вас с великим событием в Вашей стране! Это замечательно уважать традиции!
    Я живу на Украине. Мы лишены счастья иметь старинные и красивые традиции! И это жаль!
    Для меня король, королева - это сказка. Я хотела бы жить в сказке в реальной жизни!
    У Вас замечательные миниатюры. Пожалуйста запишите меня!
    С уважением
    Татьяна

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    1. Привет Татьяна, спасибо за поздравления, поздравления и добро пожаловать в мой блог! Что очень жаль, что ваши традиции утеряны .. Благодаря ТВ и в интернете вы можете быть счастливы или насладиться рассказами о царствах других стран и еще маленькую долю в магию его.

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  33. Hello Monique,
    Congratulations to your new King!I´m from Germany and we don´t have a king or a queen. ( Sandra told you.)
    Please count me in your fantastic giveaway.
    I´ll place a link on my sidebar.
    Greetings
    Melanie

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    1. Hi Melanie, good to see and have you in my giveaway again and thanks for linking on your blog :)

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  34. Hi

    WOW!!
    What a wonderful gift!
    Please count me in for the give-away competition.


    Congratulations on the new king and queen.
    I watched the ceremony all day from a Danish broadcasting.
    The "new" princess Beatrix was wonderful and the new king and queen and the A-team, the little princesses were beautiful.
    On Friday we had friends from Holland visiting and they saw the Danish magazines with all the pictures from the grand day.

    In Denmark we have a queen, Margrethe and her son Frederik will be the next king and will have his own, private queen, Mary to support him. They bave 4 beautiful kids.
    My family and I are Royalists, we will support the monachy always. We love the royal family, they do a fine and wonderful job to promote Denmark in the best way.

    Well, I hope to win!!

    Have a wonderful Spring & Summer

    Greetings from Denmark

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    1. Hi Susanne, I'm happy you like my giveaway and welcome! How nice that you saw the ceremonies of our king & queen. She was, wasn't she, our Princess Beatrix, she looked so relaxed now in her new role, and I already thought she was great. And those girls, very adorable girls. Thanks to Norma I've seen your king to be with his wife and kids, very nice family. We're fortunate to have such nice kingdoms in Danmark and Holland. You have a great spring and summer too!

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  35. Hola, muchas felicidades por el nuevo Rey, yo soy de España y aqui ya tenemos Rey y muy querido,yo en particular pienso que es un buen rey y una buena persona.Me gustaria participar en tu sorteo ojala tenga suerte, nunca me toca nada besos

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    1. Gracias Ángeles, buenos para leer que usted sea feliz con su rey! Es genial que te unes a mi regalo, le doy a todos ustedes, lamentablemente, sólo una victoria .. Éxito!

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  36. Yours things are beautiful. Sorry by my english. I would to participate in your giveaway. I watched yor new king by TV. I'm from Spain and we have a king too.
    Thanks
    Isabel

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    1. Thank you Isabel and I understand your english just fine. Nice that you saw our king on tv, it's so great events like this can be shared with the world this way.

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    2. Now, I became a follower of your blog. Sorry. I don´t know what I did yesterday about this.
      Bye
      Isabel

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  37. Hello Monique! Ik zou graag meedoen aan jouw leuk giveaway! Jouw link is al lang op mijn blog!
    Ik ben nonomininostalgie, en ik woon in Belgïe! Hier hebben wij ook een koning, die nu een beetje oud en moe is... Hij heeft een zoon, maar wij denken niet 100% dat prins Philippe al klaar is om zijn vader op de troon te volgen, omdat Belgïe een heel moeilijk bestuurbare land is, vanwege de verschillende politieke partijen. Dus hopen wij dat koning Albert nog een moment op de troon blijft...
    Ik heb verleden week Willem Alexander en Maxima op Nederlandse televisie gekeken.
    Groetjes
    Noëlle

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    1. Bonjour Noelle! Wat leuk dat je al een link op je blog had, dank je wel. Wat jammer dat jullie koninklijke situatie wat moeizaam is, met een koning die toe is aan aftreden, maar de opvolger nog niet voor zijn kroning en Belgie zo moeilijk te besturen. Ik hoop met jou dat koning Albert het nog een tijdje vol houdt. Leuk dat je ons koningspaar op tv hebt gezien, leuk stel he?

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    2. Ja, Monique, jouw konigin Maxima lijkt veel spontaan en sympatiek! En koning Willem-Alexander ook. De drie prinsesjes zijn adorabel. Onze belgisch koppel is in vergelijking een beetje stijf...

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  38. Hi Monique, I'd love to participate in your giveaway--your prizes are awesome, and your blog is an inspiration. I'll put a link to your giveaway on my blog now. I think having a king or queen would be fun. I enjoy hearing about the royals in other countries. :-) xo Jennifer

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    1. Hi Jennifer, so nice of you to follow me, to participate in my little giveaway and tnx for putting a link on your blog! I can see why it's appealing to have a king or queen. Luckily these days you can enjoy the beauty of it by tv or internet and have a bit of it too, we are happy to share them with the world ;)

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  39. I just found your blog. I am now following you! =)
    My son's 16th birthday is May 21st! so maybe I'll get lucky. ;) The miniatures that you make are absolutely adorable!

    Where I live, we have a president.

    here's my blog, as most people have a hard time finding me. http://wendysminiaddiction.blogspot.com/

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    1. I added the link to your giveaway on my blog! =)

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    2. Hi Wendy, it's great to have you as a follower, welcome! That's a coincedence, about your sons birthday on the 21st of May, who knows it brings you luck, time will tell... ;)
      thank you for putting a link on your blog!

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  40. Hi Monique, I'd be superhappy to participate in your giveaway :)

    In Italy we don't have a king or a queen since 1946 when Italian people chose between Republic and Monarchy in a referendum where were, for the first time, involved Women. It was June 2 and every year we celebrate our Republic :) So we have Republic's President!

    Thanks for the chance to win...

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    1. Hi Sognatrice, so nice of you to join my givaway! And thank you for your info about the situation in Italy, I did know it had a monarchy but not anymore because of not a very nice ending (didn't know about the referendum though) but didn't know Italy celebrates it being Republic every year. But then I don't think I know a lot about Italy at all.. :)

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  41. Hello! :) Just became a follower... and I would LOVE to be a part of the giveaway!!!

    Our country (USA) has a president. I don't keep up with government like I should so I really have no clue what is really going on... The only thing I know (as a teacher) is that I hate where education is going in this country... But that's a whole other discussion in itself. So in answer to your question--- I really don't know what I would prefer! A king/queen just sounds so fancy and glamorous. :)

    toddlindsey.com

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    1. Hi Lindsey, welcome to my blog and thank you for entering my giveaway (and being so enthousiastic about it ;)) It does sound fancy doesn't it, King & Queen sounds like something special. And I can understand it's difficult to say what you prefer, I also doubt that a king or queen would change the education in your country..

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  42. Hoi Monique,

    op het nippertje... Ik wil heel graag meedoen met je giveaway. Prachtige mini´s heb je weer gemaakt!!!
    Ik woon in NL, dus ze zijn ook mijn koning en koningin :-).
    Ik zal de link op m´n blog zetten.

    Hartelijke groet, Lara

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    1. Hi Lara! Leuk dat je ook meedoet, net op tijd inderdaad! Met 1 dag vertraging ga ik vandaag de trekking(en) doen.
      Dank je wel voor je geweldige compliment! Ik had om een of andere reden gedacht, maar dacht dat jij Vlaamse was, maar ook Vlamingen kunnen in NL wonen natuurlijk :) En dank je wel voor de link op je blog, super! Bye! Monique

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