Category: Inspiration

Sheila’s SuperLucky Story

In November I put out a request for my blog readers to tell me their ‘Superlucky Stories’ – comping tales that have been inspired by my blog or comps that I’ve posted on the...

If it wasn’t for comping…

Today’s blog post was inspired by this post over at the Compers Grapevine blog. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to relive some great comping memories Jane!  If it wasn’t for comping I wouldn’t...

Rachael’s SuperLucky Story

In November I put out a request for my blog readers to tell me their ‘Superlucky Stories’ – comping tales that have been inspired by my blog or comps that I’ve posted on the...

Facebook wall competitions – problems & solutions

Despite there being strict guidelines on how you should run your promotion on Facebook, the majority of companies still ignore these, and persist with running competitions on their Facebook walls rather than using an...

Weekend shenanigans!

So, for the first time in ages we spent a whole weekend at home on our own in Nottingham, enjoying our new cookbooks, building train tracks and listening to S.C.U.M. But of course, I...

Claire’s SuperLucky Story

In November I put out a request for my blog readers to tell me their ‘Superlucky Stories’ – any comping tales that have been inspired by my blog or comps that I’ve posted on...

My 2012 wishlist

Have you written a prize wish list for 2012? I always enjoy collating one and try and mix up the prizes: big ones, little ones, obscure ones, gifts for the family… so at the...

2011: …you lose some!

I blogged yesterday about some of the fabulous wins I had from creative competitions in 2011, but of course I don’t win EVERY competition I enter – that would be boring! Here I’m looking...

2011: You win some…

At the end of each year I like to have a look back at my competition successes, but for 2011 I also want to mention a few of my favourite failures, which you can...

Gill’s SuperLucky Story

A few weeks ago I put out a request for my blog readers to tell me their ‘Superlucky Stories’ – any comping tales that have been inspired by my blog or comps that I’ve...