Oh dear...

It's the second of November now.

My printer is still not working.

There was no Halloween post.

The final drawing probably won't be posted until next week.

Odi is not impressed.

*sigh*

Oh well, time for the giveaway I guess, with a whopping 3 contestants :P

1. David

2. Octapolis

3. Little Gothic Horrors

Congratulations David, you win a box full of creepy English cakes and candy and two Halloween themed bath bombs from Lush, plus a drawing of your choice in a nice black frame!

Please get in contact with me at freakanzoy@hotmail.com for address details and of course the drawing you've chosen :)

Giveaway treats...

Tomorrow's Halloween!

Unfortunately I've got college all day, so my final post will be up a little later as I'm still finishing it up.

Don't worry, I've got a picture of a cat (so it's totally ok).

Leave a comment to make a chance of winning these goodies, along with your own selected drawing of Echo.

Happy Halloween!

The Big Bad Wolf

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall

The king ordered for him to have a great fall

And all the king's horses and all the king's men,

never saw the lights of day again

sTroll through the woods.

Thank you, dear customer, for choosing to let with Trolls United Housing.

Before we process your application you must be aware of our policy with regards to our units.

• You may have to sacrifice some modern day comforts if you insist on our fabulous traditional homes. They are all registered landmarks and as such may not be altered or destroyed.
• Please note you may also have to complete a yoga test before your application on a traditional home is considered.
• Also, for these top locations strict dietary rules apply, especially in high traffic areas.
• You will be charged for any damage done to your home as a result of obesity or any rescues carried out to free you from your home.
• Please be aware of ongoing scams. Do not engage any persons identifying as "billy goats" and stay in the safety of your home.

Should you fail to adhere to this policy you will be open to prosecution by means of pitch fork and torch, with death as a possible result.

In this case Trolls United Housing will lay a reclaim on the house and any personal belongings to pay for any damage and court fees.

Another part of the prize for the giveaway will be a drawing on the blog of your choice, printed and framed :)

A Wise Old Owl

A wise old owl lived in an oak

The more he saw the less he spoke

The less he spoke the more he heard

Why can't we all be like that old bird?

And another reveal for the give away:

Ring around the rosies

Jack & Jill, Halloween season kick-off and Give Away

And so our yearly themed series begins!

For those of you wanting to enter the give away,comments will automatically enter you into the prize draw.

These comments will have to be made on this year's posts labelled with 'events' or 'giveaway', Facebook comments will also be counted.

"Facebook?", I hear you say?
Yes indeed, Echo now has her own Facebook page over at https://www.facebook.com/echoswanderings

And just for the record, this give away is open to residents of all countries, though I cannot be held accountable if your package goes missing in the post.

If you want to be creative, tell us what your favourite nursery rhyme or fairy tale is!

As for the prize, I will be revealing the content post by post, though I won't quite tell you what it is...

This is your first item:

New themed series and upcoming giveaway

Hello my dear wanderers,

I'm pleased to announce that I'll be doing a fairy tale/nursery rhyme themed series in a week or so!
Work and college are eating up my time, so I'm reduced to only 1 post a week without having to rush.

I realize that I've let Echo's Wanderings' 1st birthday go by without any celebration and unfortunately that will have to stay like that for a little while.
Instead, I'll be doing a giveaway on Halloween, which is part of the themed series.
I'm putting together a little packet for the winner, details will follow soon.

Seeing as I've done a themed series before, I've decided to make it a yearly pre-Halloween tradition that starts with a theme and ends with a giveaway.

As before, comments will automatically enter you into the prize draw.
These comments will have to be made on this year's posts labelled with 'events' or 'giveaway' (yes, this post is included).

If you want to be creative, tell us what your favourite nursery rhyme or fairy tale is!

So tell yo kids, tell yo wife, cuz Echo's gonna find you ;)

Ever Wandering,
Laury

Halloween Event; The give away goodies

'Een hart van suiker' is my absolute favourite childhood book. I've read it so many times and it never gets boring.

The story was original and has been an inspiration for plenty of projects.

The summary is gonna be pretty long, I couldn't resist sharing this story and didn't dare to leave out some bits.

It was also the inspiration for the give away, with the candy store being one of the main locations in the book.

The tale is set when television was a relatively new thing and some of the candy described is old fashioned.

Hence why I decided to put together a goodie bag with (old fashioned) Dutch sweets.

You can sign up until the 30th October, over here.

I've been busy collecting childhood favourites and other candies that are mentioned in the book.

The winner will receive the following:

- Spekjes; Dutch marshmallows with cream vanilla flavour (in other words just vanilla, the diamond shapes)

- Haagse Hopjes; Coffee caramels

- Wijnballetjes; Small raspberry flavoured gobstoppers filled with sweet powder

- Kaneelkussentjes; Cinnamon pillows

- Zuurstokjes; cherry flavoured stick of rock, the soft kind

- Zwartwitjes; Black whities, kind of liquorice

- Oud Hollandse mix; Old Dutch candy mix, includes butter waffles, raspberries, liquorice/cinnamon/peppermint pillows and sour bombs

I have to note that wijnballen are usually large gobstoppers the size of a tangerine without any filling.
They're commonly sold at fairs but there wasn't one when I went back home, so I got the smaller versions.
They taste a tad different and are not as deeply coloured but are very tasty nonetheless.

If you're ever in the Netherlands, get the big ones. I fondly remember competing with my sister to get the entire thing in my mouth (it never worked FYI).
Also, you might not want to tell the candy store lady that sorry, you really needed the big balls. 

So, if you haven't already join the sign up :)
Pictures of all the goodies as they will be sent are to follow later on.