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Paper Straws {and a giveaway} I finally found the straws I have been looking for.  All the design blogs have been using these adorable straws to style their summer picnics, and I wanted some.  Yesterday they arrived and I have been using them non-stop. The straws only come in very LARGE quantities, so I thought I would do a giveaway for {50} lovely red and white striped straws.  To participate, just leave a comment.  Tell me your favorite summer memory, or what event you would like to use the straws for, or about your garden, or anything really. Just entertain me!

*Drawing will be held tomorrow night, Friday June 25th*
Labels: giveaway, kitchen, party, summer 
These are the cutest straws ever! I would use them for a Fourth of July bbq party or for a carnival themed kid's party. So cute! Glad I found your blog.


June 24, 2010 at 11:10 AM A Girl & Her Garden said...

I would use these cute straws to drink my (nasty) protein drinks -- seeing how cute they are might help with the nasty taste of the drink! And I'd probably use one for my poolside beverages. :)

June 24, 2010 at 2:19 PM 
oh my, oh my, oh my...this is about the cutest giveaway ever! Those straws are absolutely adorable and i would love love LOVE to win some! eeeeeeee!

My favourite summertime memory would be family trips to the beach! My cousin and I would always spend so long swimming together!

I'm not sure how i would use the straws...maybe just look at them, because they're so pretty.

thanks so much for the chance!

eli. x


June 24, 2010 at 3:51 PM Natalia V. said...

They're really cute.
I'm a food photographer, I would probably use them for some shoots and for my next b-day party :)

June 24, 2010 at 4:45 PM 
I will be traveling all summer--so I'm not sure I'll have a chance to use them before the summer ends. But my husband's birthday is September 26 and he LOVES mojitos and gin and tonics. I'm envisioning a red & white themed cocktail party (and am thinking of freezing some red fruit to drop into the drinks!... they would be perfect!

June 24, 2010 at 6:44 PM Kawartha Beads said...

How adorable! Me and my little guy are enjoying picnicing on the deck for lunch these days and they would be the perfect addition to our little fiesta!

June 24, 2010 at 10:29 PM 
Wouldn't these be cute for my daughters upcoming birthday party????

June 25, 2010 at 7:52 AM 
I would love to sip my iced coffee out of these while I relax in my hammock reading on the weekends :)

June 25, 2010 at 8:20 AM Jenna Wood said...

These would be great in my summer strawberry rhubarb smoothies garnished with pineapple!

six_one_nine_girlie86 (at) yahoo (dot) com

June 25, 2010 at 8:53 AM 
These straws are so cute.
I spent a number of summers just making lemonade to sell. Now I have two little nephews who sit out at the end of their driveway with their mother and younger brother trying to sell lemonade on hot Midwest summer days.
msgb245 at gmail dot com

These would be marvelous to share with my family for my sister's birthday on the 4th of July (she is the mother of these young boys.

June 25, 2010 at 9:19 AM 
Oh, how lovely! My favorite summer memory is catching lightning bugs in the backyard when I had sleepovers as a kid! omydarlingblog(at)gmail(dot)com

June 25, 2010 at 9:23 AM asj said...

I loved watching the fourth of july fireworks on the beach in Florida with my mom... :)

June 25, 2010 at 9:31 AM 
These are the cutest straws! My husband and I like to cook out in the summer, and we make a lot of tasty iced teas and summery drinks for our family and friends, so these straws would be a GREAT touch!

Thanks for the chance to win :)

jenny.maurer84 at gmail dot com
 ohhhfire said...

those are adorable! i would love to use them to get my son to drink more water!

June 25, 2010 at 9:54 AM 
I would use them for picnics. My husbands bday & our anniversary are in August so I'd use them then too. thank you

June 25, 2010 at 10:01 AM 
Well, I love anything with a vintage feel to it. I'd love to use these straws when I entertain guests or just for myself, as a pleasant little pick-me-up :)

June 25, 2010 at 10:15 AM EMSFS said...

These are classic- I would use them for a amily party coming up- they would be a hit! Thanks

June 25, 2010 at 10:22 AM 
Those are fabulous! I love red and white in the summer! I would use them for a big family dinner at our family reunion in July. And maybe some at our 4th of July BBQ too.


June 25, 2010 at 10:57 AM momma rae said...

oh i have been wanting to try these straws! we love picnics and these would be perfect. thanks for the opportunity! ;)

June 25, 2010 at 11:15 AM 
My grandma had a huge box of straws just like this when I was a kid! We'd get to have one in our pop when we visited her. Wonder whatever happened to those.... :)



ejm6x (at) yahoo (dot) com

June 25, 2010 at 12:04 PM 
love them!!! i'm getting married at the beginning of september and have been thinking that i should get some fun stripey straws to accompany our lemonade. we're having a pretty small, homemade, informal, picnic-y wedding with lots of little vintage touches...and those straws are perfect! thanks for such a fun giveaway...

lsteinhauser (at) gmail (dot) com

June 25, 2010 at 12:26 PM The Prickly Pinecone said...

We are having a small summer carnival in our backyard and these would look fab in the cold drinks and milkshakes!


June 25, 2010 at 1:56 PM Leslie R. said...

Adorable! I would use these for a nice lemonade get-together on my patio :)

lesliedoll at hotmail dot com

June 25, 2010 at 2:25 PM very married said...


I'm having a picnic next week - this would be so fun!

June 25, 2010 at 5:55 PM 
My favorite summer memories were lived at Mom Thomas' house in Bradford. She was my Great Grandma, but everyone no matter how related (or un-related) called her 'Mom'. She lived near the railroad tracks and would send me and my cousins out to pick blackberries early in the morning. Dressed in long pants and long sleeves we would dive into the briar thickets that bordered the tracks and pick berries until our buckets were heavy and juice ran down our wrists. As the sun climbed high, we would trudge back to Mom's, our fingers, lips and sleeves stained. By the time we cleaned up and reappeared in the kitchen, she would have a steaming pot of blackberry jam on the stove, sending out its dark, sweet aroma. She fed us blackberries for days as jam on toast, sugar crusted blackberry pie, or simply set out on the table for us to pluck at greedily.
The aroma of blackberries always takes me back to Mom's and the summer of my 10th year. The heat, the berries, the sweetness of it all defines summer for me.

June 25, 2010 at 8:51 PM Glory said...

Oh I'd love to win these! I've been eye balling them on all the party sites too! I could see using them for a strawberry shortcake party, fourth of july, or a peppermint themed party would be fun too!


June 25, 2010 at 11:13 PM 
Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuute! I make my friends chocolate sodas with mint chip ice cream and these would look great in them!

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