Giveaway - WINNERS!!

Aaaaand here we are, TOGETHER, to present you the winners of our first giveaway! :)

The winner of the Digital File of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet Design ...

...is Jane! 

Our winner of the lovely prints by Masha Laurence...

    

...is Lydia!

And last but not least (dear, how unoriginal of me...), our winner of the Pride and Prejudice sampler from Bingley's Teas is...

...Kathleen Wentworth!

Now, if you winning ladies would contact us (shelvesinthecloset95[at]gmail[dot]com) with your mailing addresses, we shall forward them to the contributors and then they will be on their way! :) Thank you all so much for participating and making this event a success-- we ended up with 119 entries, all told.  :)

For Your Random Information...

We would just like to note that if you wish to send in a story about How You Met P&P95, we would appreciate it if you send the story to us in an email instead of leaving it in a comment.  Also, since we intend to make each story a post in and of itself (as part of the series each Friday) it would be loverly if you could make your story at least 300 words.

Thanks so much and don't forget to enter the giveaway!

~the Misses Dashwood

Announcing: The P&P95Forever Club's First Giveaway!

Tomorrow, an extremely amazing thing is going to happen.

The authors of this blog, Amy and Melody, are going to see each other in real life for the very first time.

Yes, yes, 'tis true. (And if you wish to know more, read one of these posts.)  In celebration of this, we are hosting a giveaway.

Well, not just because of that, of course--we have been contemplating a giveaway for some time--but we thought this would be a splendid time to actually do it.  The two of us can't have ALL the fun, right?

And we are super excited about what we have to offer you, thanks to the contribution of several generous Jane Austen-loving ladies!  Yes, I think let's talk about the goodies first.

One

Digital File of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet Design from AliceFlynn

This lovely print is a digital file (yes, thank you, Mary...) that can be used for your own personal crafts... it can go on things like cards and t-shirts, or even just to print out and frame. The perk about this prize is that it allows our outside-of-the-U.S. readers to be able to enter. 

Two

    

Mr. Darcy and Lizzy Get Lost print *AND* Elizabeth and Georgiana at the Piano by Masha Laurence 

How beautiful are these?! And they are delightfully faithful to our own dear 1995 adaptation! They would belong on the wall of any P&P95 fan's sitting room. 

Three

So, so excited about this one... have you ever heard of the Bingley's Teas company, where you can find all sorts of delightful Jane Austen-themed teas? Weeeell...

Pride and Prejudice Anniversary Notions Sampler by Bingley's Teas

In this box of tea you get a sample of the teas themed for "Miss Elizabeth," "Mr. Darcy," "Sweet Jane," and a "Longbourn Wedding Tea." Isn't that dreamy??? The sampler was designed particularly for P&P's 200th anniversary, and now it graces our little giveaway.

And now, all you have to do is enter! ;)  Let's try to make this easy for you, anyways...

How to earn entries:

~Follow this blog publicly. *2 entries*

~Join/become a member of The P&P95Forever Club (see how here). *2 entries*

~If you are a member, post an "I am a member..." button on your blog or website. *1 entry* (These are sent to you when you join.)

~Post about this giveaway on your blog. (If you do not have a blog, let us know what you DO have and we will try to accommodate you.) *2 entries*

~Participate in the "How I Met P&P95" blog series by submitting your story. *1 entry* 

~Go to Alice Flynn's Etsy shop and have a look around. Come back here and tell us an item that particularly caught your eye. *1 entry*

~Ditto with Masha Laurence's Etsy shop... *1 entry* 

~And do the same thing with the Bingley's Teas website. *1 entry*

How to enter: Simply leave a comment, or comments, letting us know which of the above you accomplish. Do include your email (or blog address, if you are sure you will see a comment if we leave one) so we can let you know if you win, in addition to it being announced on this blog. Feel free to leave an email address in a separate comment and tell us if you'd prefer it not to be published.

If you like, let us know which of the items above you would particularly like to win, and we shall try to get you that one if it works out. If two winners wanted the same item, we'll flip a coin or something as to who gets what. Also be sure to let us know if you live outside of the U.S. As mentioned above, the digital P&P file is what you will be entering for, as the other two are limited to U.S. residents only.

Entries will be accepted through July 13th at 12:00 AM Pacific time. We will be drawing the winners together, in real life (!!!!!!!) on the 14th, and will post the winners on the 15th!

Have at it, folks! 

What's Wrong With This Picture - Answers

So. Everything in this picture collage:

was from P&P95 EXCEPT the following.

1B

Sense and Sensibility (2008) (Not many of you got this one! ;) )

1D

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

2A

Emma (2009)

2C

Miss Austen Regrets 

3B

Emma (1996, A&E)

4A

Northanger Abbey (2007)

4D

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

Our winners are Miss Laurie and Caroline L. with 21 points each! :) Other play scores are...

~Abilaine, 20

~Miss Dashwood, 20

~Anne-girl, 19

~Livia Rachelle, 19

~Banrion An Gheimhridh, 18

~Jane, 17

~Katrina, 17

~Lys Aranel, 17

~E. Kate, 18

~Eloise Kate, 16

(Not sure if the two above were the same person?)

~The Elf, 13

Thanks everyone! And something very special should be going on this Monday... :)

How I Met P&P95: Miss Dashwood

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."  So said the first paragraph on the first page of my paperback copy of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

"Snicker-snort."  So said I.  Er, snicker-snorted I.  Highly unladylike, I know.  But you must remember that this exchange took place when I was but the tender age of fourteen, and not half as grown-up and sophisticated as I am now.  (snicker-snort)

In other words, I was hooked.  Hilariously hooked.  From the very first page--nay, the first sentence.  The hilarity of the narrative, the fascinating characters, the funny and suspenseful situations... I had to pace myself to make the book last and not gobble it all down too quickly.  I carried it around the house and read bits and pieces out loud to the family, cracking up over Mr. Collins and Mr. Bennet.  Who'd-a-thunk early-nineteenth-century literature could be so funny?

I'd picked up Pride and Prejudice at my mom's suggestion.  I think she was tired of hearing me complain about the lack of good books to read (having just finished eighth grade, I was feeling too old for the Juvenile Fiction section at the library but uninterested in the vampires and werewolves roaming the shelves in Young Adult), so at last she said, "Why don't you try Jane Austen?" and the very next day she took me and the gift card left over from my birthday to our nearest Borders.  Whereupon I purchased this volume and took it home to devour. 

Like I said.  Hooked.

Then, and only then, did I watch the 1995 miniseries with my mom.  I'm a stickler for reading the book first and THEN seeing the movie, and once I'd finished the novel I was chomping at the bit to see the film.  We checked it out from the library (one DVD at a time) and I. Was. Enthralled.

Perhaps it was the superb acting, perhaps it was the hilarious wit, perhaps it was the lovely Regency costumes, perhaps it was the way the script stuck so closely to the book (an instant win in my mind) but I think it was a combination of all of those plus the fact that this was my current favorite book, come to life, that made this movie my favorite of all time.  (For those curious, Sense and Sensibility is my favorite Jane Austen book, but P&P ranks very high after it.)  And once I'd seen it, my love for Jane Austen took flight.

And now... here I am, co-running a blog all about that movie.  Who would have thought it?

I was going to say "who'd-a-thunk it," but I am TRYING to be grown-up and sophisticated.

Game the Twenty-Eighth: What's Wrong With This Picture?

As you will see below, I have made a collage of pictures. Some of them are from P&P95, some of them are not. Your job is to point out which pictures don't belong (that is, which ones aren't from P&P95).  I'm not sure it would be fair to give you points for guessing which Jane Austen film they ARE from because not all of you will know... but then, it would be sad for those of you who do know. Sooo... I will give you 2 points for each correctly-pointed-out picture NOT from P&P, and one point if you guess what it IS from. :) I won't tell you how many points this can get you because then you'd be able to figure out how many non-P&P pictures there are.

In case you can't tell, the way it identify the pictures is by using a 1A, 4C, etc. format. 

Have fun! Answers & winners will be posted on Saturday as usual.