Contest and drawing winners
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HAC April 2010 Special: Please scroll to the bottom of the page to match your card number and discount.
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March 11th HAC Drawing
We held a contest at the Hockessin Athletic Club during the months of February and March. The prize was our DanZy the Rabbit Storybook Quilt. The story is about a girl named Olivia and a bunny named DanZy who very much wants to be somebunny. Jennifer Simmons’s name was drawn (using a random number generator). To our very great surprise, her daughter is named Olivia! DanZy will have a very happy new home, we’re sure.
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HAC Drawing: We have a winner in the drawing for Winnie the Frog, held for Hockessin Athletic Club members during November and December 2009. Regina Sullivan of Wilmington has given Winnie a new home with her six-year-old son, Michael (who says he will share with his two older sisters). We are very happy Winnie and Michael have each other for the holidays (and forever after)!
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Name the Turtle Contest: Over the summer of 2009, we held a contest to name our newest theme, a sea turtle. It was an exciting time! We received entries from all over the US and a from Canada and England. Many were the suggestions of children or grandchildren and many were very imaginative. As interesting as the names were the reasons for selecting them. Some contestants clearly had given serious thought to this.
We took on the difficult task of winnowing down the entries to a manageable number, then sent these off to the our eleven independent judges to rank. The results were close, except for first place — the votes for that put it way ahead of the two names that tied for second place.
And the winners are:
First-prize winner Kelly Hermann with husband Bob and daughters Adia (right) and Edie
First place: Luna, submitted by Kelly Hermann of Maine
Second place (a tie): Stitch, submitted by Barbara Randa, and Tewwy, submitted by Jacklyn Kaup, both of Pennsylvania
Kelly’s explanation of why she chose the name undoubtedly attracted the judges’ attention. To summarize, the name was inspired by her four-year-old daughter, Adia, who raised two generations of the beautiful and enchanting luna moth over the summer. “You may think that this name, ‘Luna,’ couldn’t be more detached from an adventurous sea turtle,” Kelly said, “but sea turtle nesting cycles appear to be based on the lunar cycle. The name also has a gentle, soothing, soft feel in the mouth that is perfect for a storybook creature guiding us into an unknown adventure.”
So, [Turtle] now is Luna. In Captured by Pirates!, the final version
of the story, we have renamed Sam “Adia” and also have incorporated the second place names — the starfish is now “Stitch” and the head pirate is named “Tewwy.”
Luna the Turtle
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HAC April 2010 Special
Congratulations on winning a discount for a Storybook Quilt!
For more information on the quilts with matching stories, visit our website at www.storybookquilts.biz or call us at 484.604.1606. Happy shopping!
75% Alethea Avatara
10% Pat Barron
10% Donna Barry
20% Sharon Blau
10% Renee Boyer
20% Laura Carsley
10% Cindy Chavoshi
25% Christine Conaway
25% Jennifer Conway
25% Raguini Dattani
25% Kathleen Giorgianni
50% Patricia Gustaitis
25% Hina Khan
10% Sri Koripella
10% Melissa Madron
10% Stephanie Marchesi
10% Shauna McIntosh
10% Cynthia Rodriguez
50% Fabienne Singer
10% Tami Soltow
10% Laurie Staunton
10% Lori Wickline
25% Dawn Wilson
The discount applies to the Cuddle and a Story and the Happy Memories Packages. This offer is available only to HAC members and is not transferrable. Offer expires November 1, 2010. Please note that our Storybook Quilts are made to order and usually require 3-6 weeks to prepare, depending on the level of personalization selected.
