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	<title>Free Jewelry Giveaways &#187; free</title>
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		<title>Marcasite Earring Contest</title>
		<link>http://blingonashoestringjewelry.com/blog/2009/08/17/marcasite-earring-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This contest is closed but a new one starts on Monday! One of the questions I ask the most is &#8220;Do you think something good is going to happen?&#8221; I just need hope that there is the slightest possibility of things turning around or changing for the better to give me strength. That&#8217;s why I [...]]]></description>
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<p>This contest is closed but a new one starts on Monday! One of the questions I ask the most is &#8220;Do you think something good is going to happen?&#8221; I just need hope that there is the slightest possibility of things turning around or changing for the better to give me strength. That&#8217;s why I give away a piece of jewelry at random. The winner can keep it or give it away to someone else. Hopefully whoever receives the jewelry is reminded that good<br />
things can happen. <strong>To enter the contest just read the rules and leave a comment with who you would give this to and why or a random act of kindness.</strong></p>
<p>The prize this week are sterling silver and Marcasite antique style earrings.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Rules:</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t sell the jewelry, it&#8217;s to make whoever receives it feel special. The winner will be chosen by a random number generator at 6pm on Friday Mountain Time.</p>
<p>Contestants should be over 18 &amp; live in the lower 48 states because I&#8217;ll be paying shipping. I won&#8217;t sell or abuse your mailing address.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve already won a Random Act of Bling, you can win again, but please give the jewelry away at random.</p>
<p>Please leave a valid e-mail address, this is how I will contact you if you win. The subject line of the email will say something like &#8220;Random Acts of Bling: You Won&#8221; I&#8217;ll also announce the winner in a blog post. If I can&#8217;t reach you then I might have to relist your prize.</p>
<p>If you want to link or stumble this post it would be appreciated but is not required.</p>
<p>Comment/trackback/link should be about a random act of kindness or who you would give this jewelry to &amp; why.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Shell Earrings Contest</title>
		<link>http://blingonashoestringjewelry.com/blog/2009/08/03/shell-earrings-contest-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This contest is now closed the random number generator chose Tami as the winner At the beginning of every month I make goals about work, most of which I never ever meet. I get so focused on work that I forget to go out of my way to be nice or do random acts of [...]]]></description>
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<p>This contest is now closed the random number generator chose Tami as the winner</p>
<p>At the beginning of every month I make goals about work, most of which I never ever meet. I get so focused on work that I forget to go out of my way to be nice or do random acts of kindness. This is one of the reasons I give away jewelry away at random every week, it makes me concentrate on other people while giving me lots of good ideas of how to help others. The winner can keep the jewelry or give it away to someone else. To enter the contest first read the rules then <strong>leave a comment with a random act of kindness or who you would give the jewelry to and why they deserve it.</strong></p>
<p>The prize this week are brown and white shell earrings set in sterling silver.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Rules:</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t sell the jewelry, it&#8217;s to make whoever receives it feel special. The winner will be chosen by a random number generator at 6pm on Friday Mountain Time.</p>
<p>Contestants should be over 18 &amp; live in the lower 48 states because I&#8217;ll be paying shipping. I won&#8217;t sell or abuse your mailing address.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve already won a Random Act of Bling, you can win again, but please give the jewelry away at random.</p>
<p>Please leave a valid e-mail address, this is how I will contact you if you win. The subject line of the email will say something like &#8220;Random Acts of Bling: You Won&#8221; I&#8217;ll also announce the winner in a blog post. If I can&#8217;t reach you then I might<br />
have to relist your prize.</p>
<p>If you want to link or stumble this post it would be appreciated but is not required.</p>
<p>Comment/trackback/link should be about a random act of kindness or who you would give this jewelry to &amp; why.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Marcasite Pendant Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://blingonashoestringjewelry.com/blog/2009/07/13/marcasite-pendant-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update:  This contest is now closed but another one starts on Monday! One of the secrets on Post Secret yesterday was from a Baskin Robbins employee who confessed that they give extra ice cream to the kids with mean parents. It just goes to show that everyone can make a difference in the world even [...]]]></description>
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<p>Update:  This contest is now closed but another one starts on Monday!</p>
<p>One of the secrets on Post Secret yesterday was from a Baskin Robbins employee who confessed that they give extra ice cream to the kids with mean parents. It just goes to show that everyone can make a difference in the world even if they aren&#8217;t in their dream jobs. Along the same lines I give away a piece of jewelry at random hoping to brighten someone&#8217;s day and remind them that they are special. The winner can keep the jewelry or pass it on to someone else. To enter the contest read the rules and then comment with who you would give this to and why or a random act of kindness.</p>
<p>The prize this week is a small antique style marcasite and sterling pendant with sterling chain.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Rules:</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t sell the jewelry, it&#8217;s to make whoever receives it feel special. The winner will be chosen by a random number generator at 6pm on Friday Mountain Time.</p>
<p>Contestants should be over 18 &amp; live in the lower 48 states because I&#8217;ll be paying shipping. I won&#8217;t sell or abuse your mailing address.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve already won a Random Act of Bling, you can win again, but please give the jewelry away at random.</p>
<p>Please leave a valid e-mail address, this is how I will contact you if you win. The subject line of the email will say something like &#8220;Random Acts of Bling: You Won&#8221; I&#8217;ll also announce the winner in a blog post. If I can&#8217;t reach you then I might have to relist your prize.</p>
<p>If you want to link or stumble this post it would be appreciated but is not required.</p>
<p>Comment/trackback/link should be about a random act of kindness or who you would give this jewelry to &amp; why.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Onyx Sterling Earrings Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://blingonashoestringjewelry.com/blog/2009/07/08/onyx-sterling-earrings-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update:  This contest is now closed but a new one starts on Monday! I broke the blinds in my new apartment last week. I started getting overwhelmed until someone reminded me that all that happened was my blinds fell down, the majority of my life was still good and functional. I find it so easy [...]]]></description>
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<p>Update:  This contest is now closed but a new one starts on Monday!</p>
<p>I broke the blinds in my new apartment last week. I started getting overwhelmed until someone reminded me that all that happened was my blinds fell down, the majority of my life was still good and functional. I find it so easy to focus on the bad things and forget the good things. This is one of the reasons why I give away jewelry at random. Hopefully when life is bogging someone else down the jewelry will serve as a reminder that there are good things out there.</p>
<p>The winner can keep the jewelry or give it away to someone else. <strong>Just read the rules and then tell me who you would give this to and why or a random act of kindness.</strong></p>
<p>The prize this week are sterling &amp; onyx chandelier earrings.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Rules:</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t sell the jewelry, it&#8217;s to make whoever receives it feel special. The winner will be chosen by a random number generator at 6pm on Friday Mountain Time.</p>
<p>Contestants should be over 18 &amp; live in the lower 48 states because I&#8217;ll be paying shipping. I won&#8217;t sell or abuse your mailing address.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve already won a Random Act of Bling, you can win again, but please give the jewelry away at random.</p>
<p>Please leave a valid e-mail address, this is how I will contact you if you win. The subject line of the email will say something like &#8220;Random Acts of Bling: You Won&#8221; I&#8217;ll also announce the winner in a blog post. If I can&#8217;t reach you then I might have to relist your prize.</p>
<p>If you want to link or stumble this post it would be appreciated but is not required.</p>
<p>Comment/trackback/link should be about a random act of kindness or who you would give this jewelry to &amp; why.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Mosaic Pearl Earrings Contest</title>
		<link>http://blingonashoestringjewelry.com/blog/2009/06/08/mosaic-pearl-earrings-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading a blog last week where someone casually asked the question &#8220;What&#8217;s your story?&#8221; It stopped me in my tracks. I think that is pretty much the dream question for everyone on the planet. Some of us even have prepared answers for it but the question never gets asked. So many people are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blingonashoestringjewelry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/motheropearl.jpg"><img src="http://blingonashoestringjewelry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/zrtn-002n51219e9d-tn.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; WIDTH: 217px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="250" width="217"/></a>I was reading a blog last week where someone casually asked the question &#8220;What&#8217;s your story?&#8221; It stopped me in my tracks. I think that is pretty much the dream question for everyone on the planet. Some of us even have prepared answers for it but the question never gets asked. So many people are looking for a chance to explain themselves and really be heard. Along the same lines every week I give away a piece of jewelry at random to allow someone to have a small moment in the spotlight. The winner can either pass it on to someone else or keep it. <strong>To enter the contest, read the rules and leave a comment about a random act of kindness or who you would give this to and why.</strong></p>
<p>The prize this week are mosaic yellow mother of pearl earrings. Pearl is the birthstone for June.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Rules:</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t sell the jewelry, it&#8217;s to make whoever receives it feel special. The winner will be chosen by a random number generator at 6pm on Friday Mountain Time.</p>
<p>Contestants should be over 18 &amp; live in the lower 48 states because I&#8217;ll be paying shipping. I won&#8217;t sell or abuse your mailing address.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve already won a Random Act of Bling, you can win again, but please give the jewelry away at random.</p>
<p>Please leave a valid e-mail address, this is how I will contact you if you win. The subject line of the email will say something like &#8220;Random Acts of Bling: You Won&#8221; I&#8217;ll also announce the winner in a blog post. If I can&#8217;t reach you then I might <br/>have to relist your prize.</p>
<p>If you want to link or stumble this post it would be appreciated but is not required.</p>
<p>Comment/trackback/link should be about a random act of kindness or who you would give this jewelry to &amp; why.</p>
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		<title>Unisex Garnet Ring Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://blingonashoestringjewelry.com/blog/2009/05/18/unisex-garnet-ring-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://blingonashoestringjewelry.com/blog/2009/05/18/unisex-garnet-ring-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 13:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: This contest is now closed but a new one starts on Monday! Last week I was at a garage sale and started talking to the lady in charge. We really had nothing in common, she was married, older, had kids. I think we both just needed someone to listen so we ended up talking [...]]]></description>
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<p>Update: This contest is now closed but a new one starts on Monday!</p>
<p>Last week I was at a garage sale and started talking to the lady in charge. We really had nothing in common, she was married, older, had kids. I think we both just needed someone to listen so we ended up talking for three hours &amp; became good friends. It made me think about all of the other people I could&#8217;ve learned from that I just passed over. She really brightened my day &amp; lent me encouragement.</p>
<p>I try to do the same thing every week by giving away a piece of jewelry at random. The winner can keep it or give it away to someone else. To enter the contest <strong>read the rules &amp; leave a comment with who you would give this to &amp; why or a random act of kindness.</strong></p>
<p>The prize this week is a unisex sterling &amp; genuine garnet band ring in a size ten. The front of the band is three sided instead of round.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Rules:</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t sell the jewelry, it&#8217;s to make whoever receives it feel special. Winner will be chosen by a random number generator at 6pm on Friday Mountain Time.</p>
<p>Contestants should be over 18 &amp; live in the lower 48 states because I&#8217;ll be paying shipping. I won&#8217;t sell or abuse your mailing address.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve already won a Random Act of Bling, you can win again, but please give the jewelry away at random.</p>
<p>Please leave a valid e-mail address, this is how I will contact you if you win. The subject line of the email will say something like &#8220;Random Acts of Bling: You Won&#8221; I&#8217;ll also announce the winner in a blog post. If I can&#8217;t reach you then I might have to relist your prize.</p>
<p>If you want to link or stumble this post it would be appreciated but is not required.</p>
<p>Comment/trackback/link should be about a random act of kindness or who you would give this jewelry to &amp; why.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Summer Earrings Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://blingonashoestringjewelry.com/blog/2009/04/27/summer-earrings-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Tori Spelling&#8217;s book Stori Telling she recounted how being nice paid off. She had a bit part in a movie &#38; had to go to a photo shoot with the other, more famous actresses. She was the last one to be shot &#38; the photographer was tired. He asked her what her demands were. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://blingonashoestringjewelry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/zrtn-001n37c06c20-tn.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; WIDTH: 225px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="250" width="225"/>In Tori Spelling&#8217;s book Stori Telling she recounted how being nice paid off. She had a bit part in a movie &amp; had to go to a photo shoot with the other, more famous actresses. She was the last one to be shot &amp; the photographer was tired. He asked her what her demands were. The other actresses had been complaining all day. She just said something like she was happy to be there. They ended up putting her on the cover of the magazine when she just was supposed to have a smaller photograph on the inside. I really don&#8217;t believe that nice guys finish last.</p>
<p>Every week I run a contest where a random person gets pretty jewelry, kind of as a reward for all the nice things that they do that never get recognized. The winner can keep the jewelry or give it away to someone else. <strong>All you have to do to enter the contest is read the rules &amp; then leave a comment about who you would give this to &amp; why.</strong></p>
<p>The prize this week are painted glass earrings set in sterling silver. I usually try to stick to genuine gemstones, but these just reminded me so much of summer &amp; the beach I couldn&#8217;t resist. <br/></p>
<blockquote><p>The Rules:</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t sell the jewelry, it&#8217;s to make whoever receives it feel special. Winner will be chosen by a random number <br/>generator at 6pm on Friday Mountain Time.</p>
<p>Contestants should be over 18 &amp; live in the lower 48 states because I&#8217;ll be paying shipping. I won&#8217;t sell or abuse your <br/>mailing address.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve already won a Random Act of Bling, you can win again, but please give the jewelry away at random.</p>
<p>Please leave a valid e-mail address, this is how I will contact you if you win. The subject line of the email will say something like <br/>&#8220;Random Acts of Bling: You Won&#8221; I&#8217;ll also announce the winner in a blog post. If I can&#8217;t reach you then I might <br/>have to relist your prize.</p>
<p>If you want to link or stumble this post it would be appreciated but is not required.</p>
<p>Comment/trackback/link should be about a random act of kindness or who you would give this jewelry to &amp; why.</p>
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		<title>Turquoise Earrings Contest</title>
		<link>http://blingonashoestringjewelry.com/blog/2009/04/06/turquoise-earrings-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This contest is closed but a new one starts on Monday! It always seem like bad things happen in groups. Last week was that way for me, just a few big problems &#38; some smaller annoying things to deal with. Sometimes, I just need the smallest thing to go right to give me the strength [...]]]></description>
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<p>This contest is closed but a new one starts on Monday!</p>
<p>It always seem like bad things happen in groups. Last week was that way for me, just a few big problems &amp; some smaller annoying things to deal with. Sometimes, I just need the smallest thing to go right to give me the strength to deal with all the problems. Luckily, this almost always happens to me in the form of friends or family. I started random acts of bling because I know I&#8217;m not the only one who feel this way. I give away a piece of jewelry at random every week. The winner can keep the jewelry or give it away to someone else. Hopefully, the random act of kindness will be the small thing that goes right during their week. For your entry in the contest to be valid please read the rules &amp; <strong>then comment with who you would give this to &amp; why or a random act of kindness.</strong></p>
<p>The prize this week are turquoise earrings set in a sterling silver antique style.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Rules:</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t sell the jewelry, it&#8217;s to make whoever receives it feel special. Winner will be chosen by a random number generator at 6pm on Friday Mountain Time.</p>
<p>Contestants should be over 18 &amp; live in the lower 48 states because I&#8217;ll be paying shipping. I won&#8217;t sell or abuse your mailing address.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve already won a Random Act of Bling, you can win again, but please give the jewelry away at random.</p>
<p>Please leave a valid e-mail address, this is how I will contact you if you win. The subject line of the email will say something like &#8220;Random Acts of Bling: You Won&#8221; I&#8217;ll also announce the winner in a blog post. If I can&#8217;t reach you then I might have to relist your prize.</p>
<p>If you want to link or stumble this post it would be appreciated but is not required.</p>
<p>Comment/trackback/link should be about a random act of kindness or who you would give this jewelry to &amp; why.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Free Sterling Necklace Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This contest is closed but a new one starts on Monday! Entering the contest is as simple as reading the rules &#38; then leaving a comment with who you would give the jewelry to &#38; why or a random act of kindness. The winner can keep the jewelry or give it to someone else. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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<p>This contest is closed but a new one starts on Monday!</p>
<p>Entering the contest is as simple as reading the rules &amp; then leaving a <strong>comment with who you would give the jewelry to &amp; why or a random act of kindness</strong>. The winner can keep the jewelry or give it to someone else. I&#8217;m a naturally sarcastic person who is trying to find the good in people instead of being pessimistic all the time. There are hundreds of random acts of kindness all around us but it&#8217;s just a matter of noticing them among all of the bad.</p>
<p>The prize this week is a sterling silver liquid silver 16&#8243; necklace. It has blue lapis accents &amp; a small shell pendant.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Rules:</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t sell the jewelry, it&#8217;s to make whoever receives it feel special. Winner will be chosen by a random number generator at 6pm on Friday Mountain Time.</p>
<p>Contestants should be over 18 &amp; live in the lower 48 states because I&#8217;ll be paying shipping. I won&#8217;t sell or abuse your mailing address.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve already won a Random Act of Bling, you can win again, but please give the jewelry away at random.</p>
<p>Please leave a valid e-mail address, this is how I will contact you if you win. The subject line of the email will say something like &#8220;Random Acts of Bling: You Won&#8221; I&#8217;ll also announce the winner in a blog post. If I can&#8217;t reach you then I might have to relist your prize.</p>
<p>If you want to link or stumble this post it would be appreciated but is not required.</p>
<p>Comment/trackback/link should be about a random act of kindness or who you would give this jewelry to &amp; why.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Green Amethyst Earrings Contest</title>
		<link>http://blingonashoestringjewelry.com/blog/2009/03/09/green-amethyst-earrings-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Princess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update:  This contest is now closed but a new one starts on Monday! Brian Williams from the Nightly News asked viewers to send in good news. I guess he&#8217;s gotten a lot of emails lately asking for a break from the really dreary news. It&#8217;s not about denying our country&#8217;s many problems, it&#8217;s more about [...]]]></description>
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<p>Update:  This contest is now closed but a new one starts on Monday!</p>
<p>Brian Williams from the Nightly News asked viewers to send in good news. I guess he&#8217;s gotten a lot of emails lately asking for a break from the really dreary news. It&#8217;s not about denying our country&#8217;s many problems, it&#8217;s more about giving people hope. One viewer requested that the newscast begin &amp; end with good news. In response they will start airing a few segments about acts of kindness or &#8220;good people who are doing good things.&#8221;</p>
<p>I try to do the same thing every week by randomly giving away a piece of jewelry to make someone feel special. It&#8217;s a small thing that will hopefully make someone smile. The winner can keep it, or give it to someone else.The contest is easy to enter, just read the rules first. <strong>Make sure that your comment is about who you would give the jewelry to &amp; why or a random act of kindness.</strong></p>
<p>The prize this week are green amethyst (also known as prasiolite) earrings. These are set in sterling silver in a vintage style design.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Rules:</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t sell the jewelry, it&#8217;s to make whoever receives it feel special. Winner will be chosen by a random number generator at 6pm on Friday Mountain Time.</p>
<p>Contestants should be over 18 &amp; live in the lower 48 states because I&#8217;ll be paying shipping. I won&#8217;t sell or abuse your mailing address.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve already won a Random Act of Bling, you can win again, but please give the jewelry away at random.</p>
<p>Please leave a valid e-mail address, this is how I will contact you if you win. The subject line of the email will say something like &#8220;Random Acts of Bling: You Won&#8221; I&#8217;ll also announce the winner in a blog post. If I can&#8217;t reach you then I might have to relist your prize.</p>
<p>If you want to link or stumble this post it would be appreciated but is not required.</p>
<p>Comment/trackback/link should be about a random act of kindness or who you would give this jewelry to &amp; why.</p></blockquote>
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