Fall give away

I so appreciate your visiting my blog, writing such nice words, and all of your encouragement. It means so much to me and having a give away is just a little way to say thank you. So it is really wonderful to tell you that I have such a delightful prize in store for the winner of this one! A friend of mine, Apol,  the incredible talent behind the  Etsy shop, La Pomme,  has offered the prize for this give away!

Actually she is so sweet, you get to pick from two beautiful handmade items. This give away is her way of celebrating the launch of her autum-winter collection. The Joy Pears are half hand sewn and are hand stamped.

As you can see Apol has a lovely touch with such nice details, like the real licorice roots she uses on her fruits,

and the fabric bags she wraps them in are made from recycled old blankets are also hand stamped with "Joy."

These are Apol's Personalized White Plush Apples. If the winner selects this as the prize then she/he may have the names of their choice hand stamped on the apples.

So, to enter my give away please leave a comment to this post. (We would love to hear what your favorite fruit is and why). The give away will close on Tuesday, September 21 and I will select a winner shortly after.

The winner of this give away will get to pick, either the Personalized White Plush Apples or the Joy Pears.

If you would like to help me spread the word about this give away I would be most grateful!

*The give away is now closed. Thanks so much for all of your delightful comments. A winner will be picked shortly.*
 
 

Comments

[Little Miss S.]

Love those pears. So pretty and fragile. I'm really into anything from the garden or countryside at the moment - have been preserving as much as possible to be able to keep autumn alive all winter. The rose hips are especially wonderful right now here in Denmark.

[Anne Marie]

Absolutely love those pears but have to admit my favorite fruit is fresh peaches - only fresh ones though!! So yummy.

[Joy]

So beautiful. Apples are my favorite fruit. So versatile. But I think I would have to pick the JOY pears. :)

[Merruli]

So delightful fruit prizes in this give away!

Choosing my favorite fruit is quite hard because I like so many, but I guess that home grown, fresh plums are at the top of my list.

[logos63]

...well, I'm alredy the lucky owner of a delightful, tiny apple made by Apol (she's really a special person and a talented artist too!), so it should be great to win her Joy Pears, they would be perfect with my home's style and in harmony with the beginning new season!

[Ana]

I love lapomme's work! And I love your work too... you know that:)

My favorite frut... figs! But... red or green apples are so tasting:)
Do you know at least 55 million tonnes of apples were grown worldwide? Oh yes!!!
I like pears too... with red wine:))))

Love to you all
xºxº

[Pink Fawn]

Very cute pears! I don't think I have a favorite fruit since they are all so delicious in their unique way :)

[Jenny]

I love mandarin oranges...but my favorite fruit this summer has been raspberries...my daughter is such a picky eater, but she never met a raspberry she wouldn't eat!!

Apol has such a gorgeou etsy shop...its so calming!

[pedilu]

The JOY pears are absolutely fantastic! I love them! The apples are cute too!

[cocostitch]

Love those pears. very well made. My favorite fruit is grape and berries. :)

[Kiki]

I love the pears and as it so happens, pears are one of my favorite fruits. The locally owned natural grocer I shop at has these most delicious green pears called Abate Fetel that are the most sweet, moist treats you'll ever sink your teeth into! If you ever see them at your market I highly recommend buying some!

Thank you for hosting the giveaway and to Apol who does amazing work!

[amanda makes]

These are absolutely beautiful! I think the pears are my favourite! Please can I enter this give away? I love them!
Lots of love, Amanda xxxx

[Sequana]

What a choice to make! But apples remind me of apple pie, so I think they rise to the top. *S*

These are really, really beautiful. Thx so much for the chance to win.

[Gina]

What a delightful giveaway. The pears are so beautiful but it would be such a hard choice. A hard choice to pick my favourite fruit too but I think it would have to be nectarines - they are good for such a short season that they remind me of summer.

[gretchen/juneatnoon]

They're quite beautiful in their simplicity. I especially love the pears. How nice of you to share them!

[isabel f.]

love these pears! beautiful!
My favorite fruit is strawberries and peaches:)))
but I also like raspberries, pears and apples ..... well .... I seem to like almost all fruit :)))))
thanks for the giveaway!

[paola]

lovelove! never get lucky, but I cross my finger any way :)!

[Karen]

I love the pears. The shape is just beautiful, and both the apples and pears are beautiful in their simplicity, made out of the white fabric. love them

[Gill]

I love the pears but they're not my favourite fruit!
I love raspberries!!!

Gill

[tara]

Lucky me! I just discovered your blog yesterday and enjoyed reading so I came back for another visit today. I love the apples! Thanks.

[Apryl]

I adore Apol's blog and her beautiful crafts. I would have to say my favourite fruit would have to be white peaches or black cherries.... though fabric apples and pears are lovely too... but so very hard to digest. ;o)

[LeelaBijou]

Apol´s work is fantastic!

My favorite are strawberries :)

[Yvette]

The pears are so cute, and I love the fact that they are an all year decoration.

Fruit - - hmmm, has to be berries. Raspberries, blackberries, blue berries, strawberries. I can eat myself sick in them.

Thank you for offering this give away, and to Apol for her beautiful work.

[Basje]

Ahh, such cute pears :) My fave fruits are maybe blackberries or blueberries... Especially when you pick them yourself and they're all nice and ripe and warm from the sun, yumm :)

[Maria]

I love reading your blog! I eat a great amount of fruit everyday, but bananas are my favourite fruit. A banana is almost a small meal.

[Swiedebie]

My favourite fruit has always been the pear. Not that it's because of this post I say that, but the truth is it. :) I love the Asian/Chinese pear, These pears are usually round, firm to touch when ripe, and are ready to eat after harvest. Asian pears are known for keeping well. My mom furnished us with loads of it since we were little with certainty of its high fibrous and vitaminal values for the digestive system. It is very nice to eat with salads.

[Angie]

I like the Love Pears for their simplicity in design. These could adorn any area of ones home, be it mantle, hall or shelf. Just lovely.

[Teresa]

Oh the pears are so sweet. I love any fruit that is fresh. My favorite fruit is the strawberry. Here in Nova Scotia the strawberry season is from June through the end of July. The strawberries are so sweet there is no need to add sugar! I made strawberry jam recently and all three of my children absolutely love it !

[Julia]

My favourite fruit is the mango, a taste inherited from my Australian father, but I'm also a big fan of anything that's ripe and in season. I love the pretty pears too, they would be lovely year round. Thanks!

[mel]

Apples and pumpkins are by far my favorite fruits, probably because they mean fall and winter are coming - my favorite seasons!

What a wonderful shop! Thanks for the chance!

[Star of the East]

I love the apples! and the pears!
and all of lapomme's work :)

[Jocelyn]

I love the clean lines of these white pears :D. My favorite fruit is raspberries (except for the seeds!!)

[Mary Ferrara]

What a lovely giveaway! Thanks so much for offering these little lovelies! I would be so delighted to win!

My favorite fruit is a perfectly ripe orange, and I do feel quite excited about fresh summer berries. And mango--yes, I do love my mangoes! I eat them dried and fresh every now and then. Messy, but delicious!

[jenne]

Oh, how charming! What a great giveaway!

My favorite fruit used to be apples, but I can't eat them anymore...I like berries now. :)

[P8]

great pears ! My favourite fruits are strawberries, well any kind of berries actually ....

[Tanja]

My favourite fruit is the mangostan... I tasted it on our love trip to Bali and it was undescribable! Since I haven't tasted it since, it stayes with me like a fond memorie. :)

I would love, love, love (!) to win this give-away!

[Heather F]

I'd have to say mangoes. Yum! Thanks for teh giveaway!

[Donna B.]

What simple beauty.............My favorite fruit is peaches, good, juicy, yummy ones :-)

[Renee]

The pears are pearfect.......:) I love apples especially this time of year. With autumn settling upon us. The leaves changing, the air turning crisp, hay rides, and fairs... Apples bring me back to childhood care free days.

[kerrie]

What a gorgeous giveaway !! Thanks for the chance. The apples & pears are so lovely.
I love nearly all fruit but especially fresh picked raspberries & really ripe apricots..Yum !!

[Octavia]

These are breathtaking. My favorite fruit is the strawberry because they are red, heart shaped, delicious and good for your soul (at least that's what I believe).

[PetitPlat]

I love the apples :D the little leaf is just so darn cute!
And thanks for this wonderful give-away!

[Mirna]

I love Apol's work! Such generous giveaway! I have LOVE pears already, so I think my choice would be apples this time :-).
My favorite fruit are strawberries, but I haven't eaten any for sometime now since I'm breastfeeding. Those Apol's apples would be nice consolation for it. Have a great weekend!

[oneperfectday]

Out of the pears or apples of the shop it's hard to choose which I like best. It's a great shop and all the handmade items are enchanting (as is the selection of vintage items). They're so well-made and beautiful.
My favourite would be the Love Pears with the Golden Apples right behind them.

[Nathalie]

I love raspeberries and blueberries. But if it comes to non-edible fruits, I love those JOY pears ^_^

[Lisa]

They are so beautiful! I haven't seen anything like them before : )
My favourite fruit has to be the banana,on its own or in my favourite...banana loaf...nom nom x

[HildeC]

I just love the pears. Such a beautiful shape, and very expressive too :-)

[Joy A]

It depends on the season, but watermelon is high on my list of favorites.

[ana pina]

The joy pears are lovely!
I love fresh and wild fruits, great for the summer, such as strawberries, watermelon or orange - couldn't choose only one :)

Hope to be lucky!

[Rita - Red Pepper Quilts]

These are adorable! All of them! Myself I love apples, early season apples, when they are crunchy and sour. Mmmmm

[Corry]

So beautiful. Pears are my favorite fruit. Although I also love apples...hmm, hard to make a choice!
Groeten, Corry

[tess]

Granadilla - (as we called it in South Africa) or Passion Fruit as it is known in the UK - is my favourite fruit! The vine has the most beautiful, huge, ornate flowers that herald delicious things to come! What I love about granadillas is that they are so very ugly and yet they produce the most yummy, sweet pulp and pips! As children we would pick them straight from the vine and suck out the middle! As an adult I use them for cooking with and baking - especially good poured over a fresh fruit salad. Pure bliss and utter heaven in one mouthful!

[Colleen]

Pears are my favorite fruit - to eat.
I would love the apples though as I would love have them with my three children's names on them.
Thanks for the lovely giveaway

[Erin Phelps]

I would love to win either or the prizes! My favorite fruit is probably the nectarine, I love peaches too but don't really love the fuzz.

Erin

[Katy]

Oh these are just gorgeous - you could put them anywhere...on a window sill, on a book shelf or, ahem , in a fruit bowl!

My fave fruit is banana because they're filling and really versatile - you can chop them on to porridge or yoghurt, mash 'em in a sandwich, bbq them, make loaves with them and (might be on my own on this one!) but they're yummy with chocolate spread too! x

[maria]

I am blown away by the creativity of Apol. I check out her blog every day to see what she has come up with. I would love any fruit !!!

maria

[Sharline]

I love pears, especially in the summer. I like apples too, and I'd really like to learn how to make apple pies. But I've got to say, my favorite is banana! I love that it's so easy to bake banana bread.

I'm a big fan of Apol's work, so any of those fruits would be really nice :) I'm also thinking of buying a matrioshka!

[Valerie]

the new collection is awesome !
i've always loved la Pomme & i still treasure this little apple i bought some time ago
http://storage.canalblog.com/96/18/273872/36984183.jpg
my favorite fruit is melon (all varieties) in summer & pink lady apples the rest of the year.
thank you both for the generous give-away x

[Sheshanna]

Oh I just CAN NOT pick a favorite fruit I love so many of them! But in my seventh month of pregnancy I am having loads of cravings for figs and luckily it's the season, though unluckily I'm on a sugar free diet for a little bit of pregnancy diabetis so not indulging in many! I'm allowed up to 4 at a time and when I do have them... it's HEAVEN !!!
Love Apol's appples too!!!
Sheshanna

[vadjutka]

I'd love to win these - they would look gorgeous in my falt :-)
My fave fruit is tomato (they are fruits, not vegetables!) because they are yummy and juicy and you can use it for lot of meals.

[Shauna]

I'd love to have the Joy Pears! I never eat them...but they still look great!!

(I love sour cherries for a "real" fruit choice!)

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[Carolina Elena]

Wow, I have been busy with school and almost missed this, can I add my comment to the list? Both the apples and the pears are made with perfection. I like that neither of them are colored - very hip and modern. I think that your friend, Apol, reduced these well known fruit to there most essential state - their shape. Funny how we immediately can relate to the shapes without any color. It is one thing to make an apple shaped or a pear shaped "thing", but what keeps these connected to us is that they are made with a part of nature - the twigs (or branches) anchor these pieces for us. I think many people will connect to this.
If I had my druthers, I would pick the pears. I would also ask Apol to leave them blank for me. I would put them on a window sill and watch how the changing light of the day would play on those pears. They are exquisite.
And last but not least ... picking a favorite fruit is akin to picking a favorite child - impossible. The peaches were divine a month ago, the pears , sublime, today.
A long comment today, Emily, perhaps to make up for my absence. Let Apol know that I am impressed with her work. Carolina

[Eunhwa]

I am a fruit & veggie kind of person so I like all fruits. But my favorite would be all kinds of berries, especially strawberries and blueberries. However, out of Apol's fruits, I like the pears the best! Thanks for the giveaway. I will post it on my blog to sread the word.

[Renee]

The pears are adorable! :)
I'd rather eat strawberries than anything else.

[Suvi]

How beautiful they are! My favorite fruit has always been pear. It's sweet and juicy :)

[Orit]

I LOVE your blog!
I even included you in an inspiration board I posted on my blog for "ROSH-HASHANA".
Here's the link - http://tweelingen-design.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-post.html

If i win i'id choose the pears.
Thanks!!

[Trina]

My favourite fruit is passion fruit (because I'm just that awkward) but I absolutely LOVE those apples!

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[Ashley]

These look so beautiful for fall! I love that they spell out Joy :)

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[jacque]

So adorable! These would look great in my living room!The pears are my favorite. my favorite fruit is strawberries because they are good for you and yummy.

[Call Me Pretty]

I LOVE the Joy Pears!

My favorite fruit is apple. I just finished a batch of apple-rhubarb jam, apple pie filling, and am canning up some applesauce tomorrow.

Thanks for the giveaway!

[Heather]

How cute! And awesome. Thanks for the chance!

[anne lee]

Adorable pears...cute giveaway

[Ashley K]

What a cute giveaway! My favorite fruit is watermelon. Ohhhh it's so sweet and yummy! Reminds me of good summer times :)

[lucy]

I have admired the pears for long on Etsy anf how delightful that you're sharing. I do love pears in salad with some cheese and nuts;)

Happy day Em.

[bel]

I love watermelon! :D belgd at live dot com

[Julie B]

these are adorable, so unique.
My fave fruit is strawberry, but my husband loves papayas, and they are so hard to find.

[oona b]

I love the delicate stems on these lovelies!
My favorite fruit is a clementine and they mean winter to me.
Thanks! foxsquirrelrabbit at gmail dot com

[Carrie Mc W]

My favorite fruit right now are peaches. My cousin has acres of peaches and they are perfectly ripened on the tree. Makes my mouth water!

[heidi]

now if i were to choose between apols pears or apples, i would pick the apples with the zigzag cut leaves added as a cute-as-a-button finishing touch! BOTH are just so precious, arent they? makes it hard to pick!

i LOVE ALL fruits, depending on the season... but since you caught me with this at the start of fall, i have to say my favorite at the moment are all the apples followed closely by pumpkins that add their warm, sunny colors to the gray, wet weather we are having. Both combine with spices well, just perfect for this time of year!

[Roslyn Power]

I have to win something sometime don't I ??????
I love reading your blog each day you are ever so talented.
(((HUGS))) Roz.

[Jacqueline]

I truely adore Apol's amazing creations! She is truely very talented! I have always love her White Plush Apples. Thanks so muchs weet Apol and Emily for organizing this wonderful giveaway! Have alovely merry happy weekend and love to yoU!

[Arceli]

My favorite fruit is oranges. I love the scent, as well as anything that's orange-flavored.

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[jackie]

i love water melons

[Fisiwoman]

Enter me please! I love peaches.I like the taste.

[Lui]

I have to say my favourite fruit would have to be figs, my partners parents have a large fig tree in their backyard and for a couple of weeks during January and February (our Australian Summer) I chop figs on my muesli sprinkled with cinnamon - a real treat :)

[Chani]

Oh I love LA Pomme, it's a wonderful shop. That's style!
Well, my favorite fruit is watermelon. I could eat a whole one right away! Why? It's juicy and sweet and so refreshing.

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[Karen Davis]

I really LOVE all fruit... but I especially love pears. They are great as a snack, in a salad, as a dessert... they taste yummy in every which way or plain!

LOVING your blog! thanks for stopping by mine!

[Jules]

Hi - I wonder if a regular lurker without a blog of her own can can enter this lovely giveaway?
I hope so!
Just in case ~ I think my favourite fruit would have to be Scottish raspberries ~ glorious in colour and scrumptious in taste!
Thank you for your lovely blog!

[angie]

I would pick the pears stamped with Joy:), so cute!. My favorite fruit are berries of any sort !!!! YUM

[Very Married]

hmmm... my favorite fruit? i think blueberries... but it changes all the time!

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[Muriël]

My favorite fruit are plums! It's plum season now, so I'm very happy. They are also great in a pie or cake, mmm!
I love your prizes! Especially the joy pears!!!

[angela]

I love the pears. The detail is amazing.

[Karen]

Blueberries are my favorite fruit, but I love pineapple too.

I love the apples... they would be so cute stamped with the names of our pets!

[Patricia Jarvis]

I love these fruits! My favorite fruit is blueberry,apple,strawberry,nectarines ok I love friut!

I have gold pears and apples on my dining room table now, these would be so cute for the holiday season!

[Jocelyn Nelson]

It's so hard to choose a favorite fruit! Mangoes, pears, and really any berries top the list, along with nectarines, peaches, satsumas.. I don't think there's a fruit I don't love! Well, I've never tried durian before ;)

[aj]

My favorite fruit are yellow mangos! They're simply delicious ( :

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[Jeni Tanner]

Those are just beautiful! I love fresh fruit and I am a big fan of apples.

[semyachkina]

Wow! I like apples very much :)
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[katehopeeden]

Nectarines are my favorite fruit but I LOVE the apples! So sweet!

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[jodi]

love the pears!
my favorite fruit is rasberries