UPDATE! We have a winner!! Katherine of Miceli Fitness! You won the Back to School Giveaway. Thanks for being lovely!
It’s time for a treat!
I’m moving towards September kicking and screaming. I’ve been moving towards September kicking and screaming ever since I realized that the first day of school is completely bunk. On the first day of school, my mind was always a mishmash of… Which pair of overalls am I going to wear? Where is my dang locker? I’m really not fit for this AP Biology class! Someone tell me why all my girlfriends are making out with boys this year! I can’t go out tonight,I’m watching X-Files alone in the dark. Seriously, it’s cool.
I was a late bloomer. I got cooler in my early thirties (um… this year). By cooler I mean that I’ll wear slippers at the grocery store if I dang-well want to.
Thank goodness my school days are over. There’s still something about September that gives me the jitters. The tides are changing to Fall. Let’s work with the change. Let’s treat ourselves.
I want to send you a box of some of my favorite things.
I wrote a cookbook and I totally want you to have it! The Joy the Baker Cookbook is in the gift box!
We’re going to need some actual school supplies: fancy pencils, clever and colorful Washi Tape, a planner for your plans, hello hello bookmark tabs, and a capsule letter.
Oh! And Mentos. Yea…
We also need to be clever cute.
I’m obsessed with red and pink nail polish fingers. They know how to work, be playful, and chic. Ps. I know nothing about being chic. I’m BS-ing you.
Straws too! We’re still on this paper straw bandwagon, and I want you to have some.
I want one of you to have this fun-times Back to School Gift Box! Giveaway is open to readers domestically and internationally. In return, I’m asking you to share the love (and cookies). Share a delicious cookie recipe with your friends on Facebook. Throw some life tips to your friends on Twitter. Email your mama a cake recipe you’d like her to make. Anything! And don’t forget to leave a comment on this post between now and Friday. Giveaway ends August 24th 2012 at midnight PST. A winner will be randomly selected using random.org.
Overalls on. Head up.
Get it? Got it? Good!
xo.joy
2,494 Responses
Shut up!! This is so cute! Plus, everybody loves mentos ;D
Awesome giveaway Joy!! You are the best. :)
This giveaway looks great! I so want your book, and the school supplies look fabulous- especially washi tape, which is a bit hard to come by down under :)
Yes please! Starting grad school and could use a nice change from all my boring binders and book.
OH NO! It’s already closed! :'( I hope you still read this though.. I live all the way in Europe, Belgium. It’s a tiny country above France :) This giveaway was so perfect, because i’m starting my senior year in highschool and I still need to buy all my school supplies! lol! I would’ve been way more excited about your cookbook of course, because I can’t get my hands on it here in Belgium..the only way is through amazon, but the delivery costs are waaaay too much. It’s a shame :( Well, I can only hope for another giveaway I guess.. Love YOU Joy! Hugs and kisses from BE! xxx – Elise
Just gave my little sis some advice on boys, probably useless because I don’t know what boys her age are like now but we’ll see.
What a great giveaway. I love you Joy!
What a great giveaway!! Although I’ve graduated, I always love the “back to school” atmosphere!
You’re so inspiring Joy! I know this is chosen by random.org but I would really like this stuff as I am entering college. Totes love!
All very classy things a girl needs for her first day of school (college, for me)!
I know I’m past the date for the giveaway… :( Would have so much loved to get my hands on this giftbox! Looks lovely!!! Am an over-aged student… Have to find a day to go cook for a friend who got injured in an accident a month or so ago.
Aww, this looks so nice! I just got through a catastrophic first week of college… and now I will make Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls for my new roommates. Mmmm, cinnamon. Thank you for always having lovely posts to distract from evil things… like speeches.
This is my first time ever not having to buy school supplies for an upcoming year! I miss it!
Haha! I love that the Mentos were included. :) Those paper straws are also super cute!
I love love love school supplies!
My favorite part about school starting was always getting and organizing new supplies! And the smell of a new backpack. With all of my new things in it.. Yeah.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Hi, I made your nectarine cobbler the other day amazing! Currently dreading the start of term, I’m an embroidery student heading for my final year but all I really wanna do is bake!!!!!! Xxx
I always loved getting school supplies too!! I did buy some crayons to donate recently and I just sat and smelled them for awhile…mmm, crayons…
I miss back to school shopping so much! It was almost better than Xmas : D
This is my daughter’s last year of school — I would be thrilled to be able to pass this on to her (perhaps, minus the cookbook…).
Such a great giveaway!!
a treat and a half!!! this would definitely calm my totally-not-cool-with-going-to-uni state of mind this september!
The *only* good thing about going back to school were the new supplies! Now back to school means, to me, being able to go on vacation without all these damn kids all over the place! Thanks for the giveaway … it’s pretty fabulous!
my boy is starting kindergarten this year so i had to buy school supplies for him – such a weird feeling!
Cookies are sweet,
Bakers are wise,
I hope I’m the one,
To take home the prize!
Um… Look at all those comments o_O 1,820. Well, that’s a few. I would say celebrity status, Joy ;)
Oh no! Am I too late? I’ve been on vacation and am just getting caught up now! :(.
Overalls, got it. :)
You always have the best giveaways. I’m a teacher this year, not a student, but I still have the back to school blues.
I love how handpicked this giveaway is! It’s all the best parts of back to school!
Wow! I’m excited about this giveaway (and always about your blog!). I hope I’ll be the lucky winner – especially of your special cookbook! Will definitely be baking up a storm this next season and onwards!
Bouquets of freshly sharpened pencils!
Spreading the love – always! I really hope that I can be the lucky winner!
Back to school – back to reality! This give-away items will make reality so much sweeter! Thank you, Joy!
I live in the Southern Hemisphere and we are also getting ready for an exciting season – Spring!! I can definitely see myself indulging in these items during this new season!
Thanks for the cool, inspiring giveaway I hope I’m the lucky winner!
This is such an exciting giveaway, buy a blogger who never fails to get me excited about food and life in general! Thx!!
Thanks, Joy, for making me excited about baking, and even in this case back to school! You’re indeed an example of somebody who spreads love everywhere!
Yay – such a cool giveaway! I love stationery and being organised, although things still sometimes slip through which I forget about. I do think these goodies will help me in that department. :-)
I started my second year of law school and I am still obsessed with buying school supplies! I just bought a penguin flash drive!
Joyous! I love everything about this post! Inspired to paint some flashy nails and share some cookies with my office mates! Working on a yummy oatmeal cranberry recipe and will share with my fellow baker at the office. Cheers to September: filled with little books to write in and fabulous scarves!
I only like September because of the exciting potential of new school supplies, even after x-number of years out of school! Your posts always cheer me up – so thanks. – and now I’m off to share recipes and watch ‘The Court Jester’!
Hi JTB,
I would love to win. I shared some life advice on twitter this week. My twitter handle is archerfriendly.
back to school already?! yikes, i am soooo behind! i did make cookies today, though. filled with trail mix, so they’re healthy-ish.
Back to school means pumpkin cookies. So good!
I need more cookies in my life. And also washi tape…I’m on a mission to find out what the heck that stuff is.
Hi Joy, i love you blog and am making the cinammon bread this weekend for the kids. yum!
I love fall and all the back to school excitement! That’s probably because I’m a huge geek :). I’m sending recipes to my boyfriend almost on daily basis while I’m in US and he’s home all alone, just to feel connected cause we love to cook together!
I actually just sent my mother a bunch of recipes for a Spanish themed dinner party. She emailed me back a picture of the prettiest grilled paella and it really made me long for home again. This giveaway would definitely help though!
Grazie,
-Kathleen
I’m in college and I still feel like a first grader when September rolls around. But I’m think