Frannywanny

A month ago, I launched my 5th Blog Anniversary Giveaway with a Photo Contest . This was followed by three raffle contests that happened one week after the other. The response has been overwhelming. Day by day, I would receive not less than 20 entries in my inbox. The 3rd raffle promo had the most number of entries with a total of 95 uniques! All I can say is... THANK YOU ! However, I realized that judging the Photo Contest wasn't easy. There were just so many good entries that have made me exclaimed WOW every single time the page loads! Thankfully, I have 3 other judges with me. We went through every single photo entry for no less than 5 times until we reach our final decision. It was tough, I got to admit. At some point, I wish I just have more prizes that I can give away. I'll keep the suspense a little more by announcing the winners of my Raffle Contests first: *drumroll please* (3) winners will receive a pint of Merry Moo Ice Cream of their choice: Steve del ...

The response for my 1st Raffle Contest was AMAZING! :) So amazing that I wish I can shower everyone with prizes! If I could..I definitely would! However, what is more possible right now is to give out more prizes to give everyone a bigger chance to be happy. Also, don't forget that my photo contest is still ongoing up until October 7 ! I really love the prizes at stake for that so I hope you won't miss out on the chance to win either an overnight stay at Taal Vista Hotel , a Gift Certificate to partake in the famous Sunday Family Crossover Brunch of Dusit Thani Manila , Php. 3000 worth of GC from The Bistro Group and a cool traveling bag from Crumpler ! The mechanics is easy so please send as much entries in! So, what are the prizes for my 2nd Raffle Contest? 

Since launching my 5th Blog Anniversary Giveaway last week , I've started to receive a number of cool entries from you, my readers. It really warms my heart to see the effort and time that you guys have put in in creating your signages or in thinking of such creative poses for your entries. Please send more in! We still got 3 weeks to go and I'm really excited to give out all these great prizes! I always tell people that Frannywanny.com cuts across all ages, male and female, from various careers and interests. However, what binds us all together is our love for food and for discovering new restaurants here and abroad. Agree? *slowly nods*  Well, last week two "readers" in particular extremely made my day. Though they are obviously too young to follow the mechanics to the very last detail, they just sent in their entries to wish me a Happy happy Anniversary! Sweet! Meet my niece Julia and godson Brandon! Aren't they the cutest toddlers on earth? :) Like wh...

After two weeks, 711 shares on Facebook and 277 valid entries, we finally have our WINNERS thanks to Random.org !!! CONGRATULATIONS to the following readers: (2) P1500 City Delivery gift certificates goes to Bianca Juliano and Lourdes Espanol . P600 worth of Boulevard Diner GCs is awarded to Vanessa Salosagcol . Pond's White Beauty White Cream and two Gold Radiance Serum loot bag goes to Gessa Marie C !! Beach Hut Face and Body Sunblock goes to Levy Martinez . Thank you to all who patiently sent in their entries every single day. For the winners, kindly expect an email from me soon. Watch out for my next blog contest coming up in a few more days!!! :)

We have all casted in our votes and as we pray that a deserving and definitely promising president will emerge in the coming days, allow me to thank everyone who joined my recent blog contest . Thanks to Randomizer , we finally have a WINNER!!! Congratulations to Vivian Blas who will be getting a cool, limited edition Cherie Paris watch!!! Here's her winning entry: Come May 10, I will encourage all the Filipinos to vote wisely and honestly on this day because I think it's about time that we open our minds and be true to ourselves this coming election day. Let us vote wisely and understand carefully each and every leader that we'll be voting for. Just remember, failure to do our part as good and honest voters may result to bad governance for another 6 years! So let's be honest and be wise. Vote for d best this May 10, 2010! :) Vivian , I will emailing you shortly for more details on how to claim your prize. Thanks all and watch out for more exciting contests ...

I was working late at the office one Friday evening when I received a call from a cheerful-sounding lady from Pond's . As it turns out, they are currently having an electronic raffle for all SMS subscribers and she called to tell me that... I WON !!! Of course, I had to stop for a while as my parents had given me enough warning about modus operandis and fake raffle contests that might just either get valuable information from me or worst, rob me from my hard-earned money. I carefully listened to what she said and everything sounded credible. Instead of asking me to dictate my personal information, she even verified based on what I have submitted when I registered and all I have to do is to say yes or no. After our brief phone call, she sent me an sms thanking me for answering her call and to expect a letter and my gift certificate after two weeks. Well.. it has been only 10 days since then and this wonderful letter arrive via mail today. It's a congratulatory letter by the bra...

When I first opened my 2nd Anniversary raffle promo , I thought to myself... I'd be really happy if I'd be able to get at least 30 respondents. I also thought that most of the responses that I'd get would be from my fellow bloggers and friends. My dear readers, You just made me feel so special and loved as at the end of exactly 10 days from the start of the promo, I was surprise to have a total of 125 respondents and majority of which are from readers whom I've never met and I hope I'd be able to meet something. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on how I can improve and the things that has made you come back regularly to my blog. I am truly overjoyed hearing from all of you and thank you also to the first-timers whom I hope to see more often here :) There are times when I would just browse through your suggestions and comments and i can't help but smile while reading all your kind messages and words of encouragement to keep on blogging. All I can say is... TH...

To my dear readers and friends, I can't believe it has been exactly a year ago when I blew out my first candle ! I celebrated it simply by presenting to you my very own domain . It was like acquiring my very own home here in cyberspace. I felt the big leap towards independence. Later on, I gave this home a new look thanks to Paperbank Designs. Since then, my life as a blogger continues to soar higher and higher... I met new friends, became a Nuffnang featured blogger for the month of August, participated and won in a couple of online contests and discovered a lot of interesting finds both here and abroad. Best of all, I felt all the love that you, my readers, have been sending my way. In line with my 2nd anniversary, I wish to improve even further. I would like to hear your thoughts on the things that you would like to see and read here in my blog. I would like to know you better and hopefully, 2010 will even be a more exciting year for frannywanny.com . Please share your thoughts...

We are officially ten months away from our big day and luckily, I still don't feel the pressure or stress that I have been bracing myself for since we started planning. I guess being connected to technology makes a huge difference. It was so easy for me to email my prospective suppliers, coordinate with my wedding planner, browse through sites after sites to get bridal gown ideas and even visit quite a number of YouTube pages to check out unique and funny wedding program videos. I know as the Big Day nears, I will start to feel the jitters and I look forward to the support and comfort that I will get from my friends online. It's amazing what technology can do, at a recent promo launch, I learned that technology can even make you a STAR! Of course, we've heard of success stories from Charice Pempengco , Arnel Pineda and the funny duo Moymoy Palaboy ... Well, Crocs and Magic 89.9 has partnered-up to launch the Crazy for Crocs promotion! This campaign comes in three parts ...