A 'lil HooHaa

Messing with the blogging world since 2005

Pathtags

We have some winners!

We have some winners in the giveaway for my most recent pathtag!

First, thank you to all who entered. We had more than 50 entries, which was great. The bad part is, some people who had said they did something actually didn’t, which meant I had to disqualify them. The good news is – there are going to be more chances to win this tag (and maybe some of my others as well)!

The winners will receive this pathtag!

I have a bunch of my other tags I’ve had made and plan on setting several aside for giveaways, along with a few other items I’ve collected along the way. Maybe I’ll even look to give away some geocoins, as well as some non-geocaching items.

So keep following along and you will have many chances to win!

The winners are posted below (as well as on the RaffleCopter widget on the contest post). They will have until Sunday to respond to me with their address so I can send the tag; if we get to Monday and there’s no response, I will look to pick a substitute winner.

The winners are:

  • acdc&kc (followed on Twitter)
  • Leah Batchelor (liked a ‘lil HooHaa on Facebook)
  • Adam Chater (left a blog post)

I will be contacting each of you to get your addresses.

Thank you again! I look forward to doing more of these contests!

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Time for a giveaway!

In conjunction with my new look and logos and such, I’m going to do a little giveaway, too.

And though this might interest geocachers – I think the item is cool enough for non-geocachers, too. Especially if you like collecting little knick-knacks and such.

Late last year, I had a pathtag designed to show my blog. The idea of the tag was to show a lot of my interests, and also have something I can give away through the blog or social media. That’s the thing about this tag – it will only be available this way. I won’t be trading it and such. I mean, if somebody else does with one they win – that’s up to them. But from me, it’s win it or nothing.

It took almost 13 weeks to get here after I submitted. But it came out really nice!

For those who don’t know what a Pathtag is, it’s basically a colored, collectible coin. It’s about the size of a quarter, or a touch bigger. This one is in a custom shape.

And I only had 50 made. I will give one away for up to 10 entries; two away for up to 25 entries; and three away for more than 25 entries.

This contest will run until sometime after 9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12. So about a week or so. You can gain multiple entries to the contest.

Ways to enter:

  • Comment on this post and let me know if you collect Pathtags, or just like this and want to win
  • Use the Rafflecopter system below to gain more entries by following on several social media platforms (liking the blogs Facebook page, following on Instagram and Twitter).
  • You can also gain an additional entry by going to the Instagram post for the contest and doing what that says.
  • Another way to enter is Tweeting it out. You can do this once daily (on entry per tweet), but please make sure the tweet is done as it shows so I can keep things in order.

One note with these: Some of you might already follow me on these platforms. If so, it should allow you to enter those still. Just make sure you fill out the items it needs in certain spots.

Whoever the winner(s) is/are, I will be checking to make sure the entries qualify.

I will be giving these out at random times for different things, too. So make sure to follow along with me on the blog.

Entries can be done via the Rafflecopter widget below! Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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A (pathtag) challenge for the ages .. and for bloggers!

OK, I know it’s just a trinket.

But it’s kind of a cool one.

For those of you who may not know about geocaching items, there’s a total subculture to the game. That being things one can collect.

Pathtags are some of those items.

A pathtage is a small, metal collectiable. It’s trackable on the back and via the pathtags.com website. These are sought after, found, and traded. They can also be used for many other things, such as key chains, or just hung somewhere

They are a little smaller than a quarter, but very cool. My personal collection is more than 1,000 of these items. One day, I plan on taking photos of all of them, as well as my other collectibles (geocoins, signature items etc.) and putting them into a coffee-table book.

Alas, that’s neither here nor there at this point.

This is about a challenge to earn one.

I’ve enlisted designer Chris Mackey to help me with a special pathtag. I haven’t decided if it will be a shape, or just a regular round one. I’m still debating on the look. This isn’t a tag I will likely be trading or anything. This is more for my fellow bloggers out there. I’m challenging you and at the end of it, there will be a pathtag for you. I will mail it to anywhere in the world.

As many of you know, I run several challenges throughout the year. This will work for that. I am challenging you to complete a minimum of 75 percent of each challenge. If you can do that, I’ll send you the tag at the end of the year. The tag will note something about the HooHaa Blogging Challenge, or something along those lines. These are items that can be used as keychains, or to hang somewhere or the such. They really are usually quite nice.

So what would that entail?

First, have a blog (they are easy to set up if it’s something you’ve been wanting to do!). Second, do the challenges and make sure you link up. If you need help with that aspect, let me know! My challenges and post counts for each are as follows:

  • 20 Days of Chill (January/20 posts)
  • Photo Blogging Challenge (Monthly/12 posts)
  • Can of Corn Challenge (Monthly, March-October/8 posts)
  • 10 Days of Heart (August/10 posts)
  • Rory’s Story Cubes (Every two weeks/26 posts)

That comes out to a total of 76 posts. If you are a blogger, hopefully this will help and encourage you to write a bit more/take more photos. And, hopefully this will help you find more blogs to visit and interact with more bloggers!

So, to qualify for the tag, you will have to complete the following amount of posts (minimum):

  • 20 Days of Chill: 15 posts
  • Photo Blogging Challenge: 9
  • Can of Corn Challenge: 6
  • 10 Days of Heat: 7/8 (it’s actually 7.5, but if you do extra in another, it will be 7, if you don’t … it’s 8)
  • Rory’s Story Cubes: 19/20 (see above … it’s actually 19.5, so …)

In the end, if you reach 75 percent overall and have taken part in each of the items, I’ll likely be lenient. But 75 percent is 75 percent. And if you miss all of one of the challenges, then I won’t care about your percentages.

With that in mind, if you come in late to the challenge (later in the year), I’ll allow you to back up and do the older challenges. You might have to post a link in the comment section of the link up post (the link ups only stay live for so long), but I will allow you to make up ground.

Unless something crazy happens, I only anticipate ordering 50. I won’t order the actual tag until the middle of the year so I can see if anybody has been up to the challenge. And, if by some crazy miracle there are more than 50 attempting it, I will order a bigger batch.

But this is the challenge. I hope you will take part and be a part of this. I look forward to seeing who can complete the challenge!

You can see a list of all the challenges and all (tentative) dates here: 2018 HooHaa Challenges.

If you think you might attempt this, please post in the comments so I can get an idea of who might be going for it.

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” A ‘lil HooHaa on Facebook! You can also follow me on Twitter @softball29!

The winner of the pathtags giveaway is …

It’s time for a winner!

I had been wanting to get back into doing a few giveaways for the blog, and this was the first. I used RaffleCopter, which in turns uses Random.org to pick a winner. All it takes is me to push a button and … boom! A winner is picked. I then do a quick look to make sure all items were done correct and submit the winner.

And a winner has been picked.

First, thanks to everybody who tweeted, entered, shared and everything else. Giveaways can’t happen without people getting involved and entering.

In the end, we received 174 entries, which is awesome.

I also want to thank the two other blogs that were involved — The Life of a Geocacher and Geocaching Jangie. The owners each donated two tags to be part of this. I hope each of you saw some new followers from this giveaway!

I will be doing other giveaways here … though, I’m not sure if it will be geocaching or something completely different. So, keep checking back!

Now, without delaying any more … the winner of the giveaway is: Jeannette Wong, for one of her tweets.

Please get in touch with me no later than this upcoming Monday (November 28) with an address so I can send you the tags. If there is no response, we will pick a new winner!

Thanks again to all who entered!

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” A ‘lil HooHaa on Facebook! You can also follow me on Twitter @softball29!

Giveaway: Pathtags!

It’s time to have a giveaway at A ‘lil HooHaa!

At a recent blog conference, I heard about giveaways and such and it made me want to do a few again. I’ve done them in the past, but I wanted to do it again. I have several items over the next month or so that could be fun to give to some people, so keep checking back.

First up is a Pathtags giveaway. And for those of you who are geocachers, or collect things like this, it’s a great giveaway, if I do say so myself. Pathtags are small collectiable coin-like items. The beauty is you can log them on the Pathtags website so the creator can see where they go. They are yours to keep.

Two other blogs — The Life of a Geocacher and Geocaching Jangie joined in to donate a couple of tags each, so make sure you give their blogs a peek and do all of the entries below to get more chances to win.

The tags being given away are:

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As you can see there are a dozen pathtags here. So, take advantage of every way to gain extra entries below.

The first mandatory entry is to comment on this post, telling why these tags would be great for your collection and tell us how many you currently have. This is worth two entries.

From there, unlock all the other entries and let them pile up. The first one is tweeting about the contest — but leave the message as it is so it can be tracked. This option you can do once each day during the contest and each time you’ll gain two entries each day that you tweet it from this widget! If you don’t do these through the widget, it won’t know you entered.

The following entries will get you one entry each (do them through the Rafflecopter widget, though!):

Following me on Twitter and Instagram, liking A ‘lil HooHaa on Facebook, and subscribing to my YouTube feed (which I hope to start doing more with).

Following Geocaching Jangie on Twitter and Instagram.

Follow Sherminator18 on Twitter, and subscribing to her YouTube feed.

As you can see, there are plenty of ways to earn entries into this giveaway! Tell your friends, shout it to the Twitter world and give yourself the best chance to win this!

Rules/Disclaimer

The contest runs through midnight on November 23, 2016. Winner to be announced a few days following at A ‘lil HooHaa. Winner has one (1) week to respond to notice, or a second winner will be chosen. Prize to be mailed out within one (1) week of winner giving mailing address to A ‘lil HooHaa.

This giveaway is using Rafflecopter as the way of entering and selecting a random winner. There will be one (1) winner, who will receive all 12 Pathtags. Postage will be paid for by me, which will include tracking as it will be a one-time shipment. Once it leaves my hands at the post office, then it’s in the hands of the USPS. If the winner comes from outside the United States, tracking might not be possible, in which case this is a one-time shipment sent out. I am not responsible for lost or damaged mail once it has been sent out.

Contest creator/owner and those who have donated are not eligible to win. Thank you for participating!

NOTE: Remember to comment and then come back to the Rafflecopter and select “I commented” to get your entries. If you don’t do that, you don’t get your entries and don’t have the chance to see all the other entries. Also, anybody who selects that option without the actual comment will have all other entries deleted. Thank you!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Feel free to leave a comment, or e-mail P.J. at hoohaablog@gmail.com. Also, please “Like” A ‘lil HooHaa on Facebook! You can also follow me on Twitter @softball29!