And The Winner Is.. and a New Kind Of Blog Hop

Hey there tappers - Emily from Hope Squared here.  I am posting here today for a few reasons.  First of all - Lo has asked for further support in growing The Blog Tap and because she is as sweet as apple pie after a large turkey dinner I offered up my assistance.  That's right - The Blog Tap has gone international.  Well as far north as Canada!  I'll do my best to bring some Canadian awesomeness your way. 

So you all must remember that Blog Design Giveaway that Lo hosted last week?  Of course you do - that's why you're here.  Not ringing a bell?  OK this giveaway.  Well we thought that  a great way to introduce all you lovely new up and coming bloggers to The Blog Tap by announcing the lucky winners here.  So-  Welcome to The Blog Tap! Make yourself at home and browse around.  Check out some old posts.  Tell your friends.  And most importantly pass on your suggestions and feedback - please.  Also - share your brilliant ideas by submitting a request to guest post. 

Now that we've got that business sorted - are you ready to for this?  Well since we only expected maybe 3 people to enter this giveaway we were blown away that we had 69 entries.  So amazing - thank you!!!  I wish I could give each of you a free blogover - but that's just impossible.  OK enough chatter - let's get at her.....according to random.org the lucky winner is entry #5....

Heather blogs about her newlywed life all the while studying to become a respiratory therapist.  So she is probably a good person to know.
 
Congratulations Heather - I am so excited to start working with you and pimping out your blog.  Send me an e-mail and we will get to work. 

Oh and we aren't done!  Because Lo and I were so blown away with the number of entries.  We decided to giveaway not one - but two blogovers.  Because we are so super nice and thankful that any of you were interested.  You're welcome.  So again according to random.org the second winner is entry #29....

Emily started her blog to document her road tripping travels but fell in love with blogging and has decided to keep up her space.  I am pretty excited to sift through her old travel posts and read about her adventures.  

Congratulations Emily!!! I think it was fate because of our awesome names, our love of travel and camping. Likewise please flip me an email and we too will get to work.  

But wait - there is still more.  Since The Blog Tap is all about networking - we thought it would be fun to include a no obligation blog hop for all of you that entered to win the giveaway since it's tough to get to know you all through Lauren' comments. You can link up and then sit back and do nothing! But blog hops are a great way to meet and find new and inspiring blogs. A great way to network.  And my favourite - a good way to waste a morning.  All you need to do is add your blog to the list  below.  You can link it to your blog - or a favourite post.  It's up to you. Then go on and visit some new blogs {you know if you want to}. And this is just to get you in the mood.



...And yes there is more.  Because we like you all so much we will be giving away a third blog makeover to one lucky person who links up their blog.  Same conditions - you must be a blogger with under 100 readers. That's it. The lucky winner will be announced on May 31, 2012.   So I can have some time to dedicate to the two lovely winners above.

Now hop off.