This contest is closed. The winning number is…109. That’s Leanne K. Congrats, Leanne!
Remember when there was just one kind of Sharpie? It was gray with a black cap, and it came in black ink ONLY. Then they came out with the fine tip. Now they make Sharpies in every color of the rainbow, in every kind of tip imaginable, baby Sharpies, fancy aluminum Sharpies with replaceable ink cartridges… You name it; if it’s a pen, Sharpie makes it.
Just look at what they sent me.
How cute is that? A festive ball ornament full of different kinds of Sharpies.
And like the pens, when it comes to uses for the Sharpie, the possibilities are endless.
If I was craftsy, which I most certainly am not, but if I was, I might do something like create flower pot bell ornaments for the tree using Sharpie paint markers. You could color small terra-cotta flowerpots and let them dry. In fact, I might just have to go to the craft store and pick up some of those flowerpots and set my 7-year-old daughter free with the Sharpies one afternoon. She’d have a ball. Heh. Get it? A ball. Ahem, sorry.
Or you could create your own wrapping paper.
Or make your own holiday cards or thank you cards.
They make great gifts too. Just place an assortment of Sharpies in a large soup can covered in plain white paper and decorated with Sharpie markers. Wrap it up, top with a festive bow and there you have it — the perfect gift for your child’s teacher or babysitter.
Oh and hey. Sharpie wants to award one of my lucky readers with their very own ornament of Sharpies. I KNOW! Fun, huh? Just tell me in the comments how you would use your ornament o’ Sharpies, and you are entered to win. And for an extra entry, you can tweet about the contest using the hashtag #sharpie. (Be sure to leave a 2nd comment that you tweeted it, so you get two entries!!) I will randomly select a winner on Saturday, December 12.
THEN. Blissfully Domestic is hosting contest where participants can show off their Sharpie-inspired creations and enter to win a $250 gift card. Feel free to use one of my suggestions above, or create your own. Then you will need to upload a picture of your creation onto the contest post, or you can write a post on your blog and link up. I’ll update this post with a link to the contest when it goes live tomorrow. The winner will be drawn by random number.
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Oh! Oh! Add them to my already growing collection! And of course use them to label EVERYTHING in my house! Organization is soooo important(and fun) with 4 kids! (and tweeted! @mathmama)
I would use them to label EVERY ITEM my 8 year old owns, so that maybe, JUST MAYBE… he would quit losing EVERYTHING!!!!!
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Oh, and my husband loves to color (yes I said color!) with Sharpies!
I my goodness – I LOVE Sharpies and use them for everything! In fact, my Christmas shopping list is color-coded by Sharpies as is my calendar. My bedside and purse are never without my beloved Sharpies!
I keep Sharpies on hand all the time…labeling bookbags, envelopes, packages, you name it! You can never have enough Sharpies!
OHHH. I love sharpies (as long as my kids don’t know about them because they love sharpies and love to draw on stuff that doesn’t need drawn on).
I LOVE me some Sharpies.
We are currently *trying* to move, so I would use the sharpies for box labeling!
All of Maggie’s preschool stuff gets labeled with a Hot Pink Sharpie. Hot Pink used to be her color!! The hot pink sharpie also labeled our moving boxes and it gets used on the boxes of old baby clothes that Ellie’s getting too big far. I HEART SHARPIES!
My daughter LOVES the little bitty Sharpies, so I’d definitely stuff some in her stocking.
I keep a couple in my junk drawer in my kitchen and use them to label kitchen stuff — foil in the freezer, other dishes etc.
That’s not very creative, but believe me — when my tween gets a hold of them — they are put to creative use.
I love multicolored markers– especially sharpies! I don’t actually own any sharpies right now (a post-college, move to blame) so I would use them for lots of labeling CD/DVDs for Christmas mixes
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I love Sharpies! I like the ornament decorating idea. I use the Sharpie pens for all of my letter-writing. Love them!
I would hide and hoard my Sharpies because my children ALWAYS steal my good pens! They would hate it, all of their notes would be in beautiful colors, but they would never be able to actually find my beloved pens.
i use sharpies for everything! i would use the colored sharpies to make plant markers for my garden by writing the herb and plant names on flat rocks. my granddaughter made me one that said “LOVE” on on side and she drew a ladybug on the other side. i know these would look great in my garden.
great giveaway, great hostess!
OMG!! i LOVE sharpies!! i use them for EVERYTHING!!
i am still trying to figure out something to make for the grandparents. i think we could come up with something using sharpies…maybe some tile coasters with the children’s drawings on them?!
Oh how I love Sharpies! I get the 20 pack each fall, when they are out for Back to School. I love all the colors.
I would use the sharpies to make craft projects. I have a great cat-craft that Boo wants to make.
Thanks!
Oooh Sharpie love! I would have my son (6 yrs old) use them to make Christmas presents for the grandparents. Maybe ornaments… or I like the flower-pot idea. Or something along those lines. Thanks for the inspiration and the opportunity to win!
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I would use the Sharpies in my card making adventures. I love to make cards to cheer people up, for birthdays…any reason at all.
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i would decorate the tree with the ornament and then after xmas I would use the sharpies to label all the xmas boxes and such.
i would then use the sharpies to create my own coloring photos and hang them on the fridge with my name written on them. who said kids have all the fun.
I would give it to my school teacher daughter for Christmas! She has always loved pens, sharpies and markers and would put them to delightful uses…
I LOVE sharpies. We use them for body art. The girls get a kick out of it, and it only last a couple of days (fewer in the summer when they are swimming). Here are some samples… http://www.singingandspinning.com/2008/08/bugs-new-body-art.html and http://www.singingandspinning.com/2008/08/now-for-dives-body-art.html.
Also, I use a sharpie whenever we go to a place that is going to be really crowded with a lot of kids. I write my contact information and name on their bellies.- that way, if they get lost and are freaking out, they don’t need to remember my cell phone. Better safe than sorry:)
is it wrong to say I would keep them for myself? I am a substitute teacher and these come in sooo handy…you might say I am a Sharpie addict…is there a 12 step program for that?
I would use them to label all our Christmas gifts and home made goodies. Sorry I am not crafty either or I would make something sweet and adorable. I do bake though and could use them to label the yummies!
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My husband won my love in college, using his Sharpies, the basic red, blue, green, and black. I remember how every love note smelled like Sharpies – now that’s romance! I’ll plan to share them with him, and maybe we can recapture the romance!
I would use them for *every*thing under the sun lol…I love Sharpies, and that ornament is just too adorable!!
I’m a teacher, so the possibilities are endless. I use ‘em all the time to prevent my supplies from walking off.
LOVE to write thank you notes in sharpie on thick plain white notecards. makes me WANT to write them!
I use Sharpies for everything. All of A’s stuff that goes to school gets labelled. I’m going to try the wrapping paper idea!
I LOVE Sharpies. I used them for everything. I even buy the fine tip ones for everyday writing: bill paying, thank you’s, etc.
This may sound totally crazy….but Sharpies make me squeal! I love them! I get so excited when I open a new package of them.
They ROCK! And that cute ornament……awesome!
My teenage daughter loves them just the same. We feel warm and fuzzy over them. Weird, I know!
I would NOT let my kids get their hands on them. Last time I had sharpies they “decorated” the front of my fridge. I have missed them terribly. I would use them to create newspaper gift wrapping paper, and hubby would use them to mail what he sells on ebay:)
Cute idea – that would make a cute teacher gift but might have to keep them for myself. I love Sharpies!
I LOVE SHARPIES!!! It’s the only thing I write with. And the Sharpie retactable pen is my all time favorite pen ever!! Everytime I turn around I have to buy a new pack because one of my friends will pick it up to use it and walk off with it…lol! Once you use it there just isn’t any other pen that will do.
Oh and with 5 kids sharpie markers/pens are a must to keep track of what belongs to who.
I just used a fine tip Sharpie to address my xmas cards.
Teachers love Sharpies!
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I would use them to organize – would love to win!
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I use sharpies for most anything–but especially decorating, drawing and labeling!
I signed my Christmas cards with fine tip red and green sharpies depending on the cover of the card. I have two in my purse at this very moment and I also use them to color code my calendar. The color I use for the month depends on the cooresponding picture. My OCD will not allow it any other way! I so hope I win this give-away. I LOVE LOVE LOVE, Sharpies. In other words, I triple love sharpies!!!
My name is Terry and I am a Sharpie addict.
Yep.
I have been since I used my first black sharpie all those many years ago.
I teach preschool kids so I use Sharpies for almost everything. No other marker will do.
But, my very favorite use for a Sharpie is to write my favorite Bible verses on the mirrors in my house. (yes, It comes off easily. Just wipe away with Nail polish remover). This is a cool give away, I love reading everyones comments!
I LOVE Sharpies! Once, a few years ago, they had a commercial that showed a white one, and I have been looking for it ever since. It must of just been for the commercial!
As a teacher I use them on everything and can’t think of one special thing off the top of my head! But they would be used well!
oh, I love Sharpies! I use them for (almost) everything! I do craft with them, and I keep us organized with them. We each have our own color and that’s how I keep up with who goes where and when;)
I would go get some clear ornaments and let the boys color till hearts were content and we would keep some and hang them on our tree and then we would give some to the family for keepsakes.
I just finished organizing my whole house….well, there are a few kitchen cupboards that could use a going over, but I’m at peace with that
I would use the sharpies to perk up my labels on all my boxes!
I would have to say I’d pull it apart and use the pens to address all the Christmas cards.
Since my son just lost the re-usable sandwich wrap I bought on Etsy, I’ll be using the new Sharpies to write his name on everything that goes to school.
oh man. i am a sharpie FANATIC! i took all my notes in college using fine point sharpies, love writing cards with them, doodling, etc, and keep one in my purse at all times (you’d be amazed at how often it comes in handy!) my supply is running low (they have a way of disappearing), so an ornament full would be just fabulous!!! i would use all the new colors to fill in the months and days for the upcoming year on my calendar. even boring tasks are fun when they’re written in sharpie!
I would totally set my kids free with some paper and the Sharpies to draw a few pictures and thank you notes for their great-grandmothers (they are lucky enough to have 3!).
I would use the Sharpies to address my christmas cards. Lame I know, but I am not the Queen of Craft!
sharpies are like water, a necessary part of life
First introduced to Sharpies when we took the kids to Walt Disney World Florida.
I LOVE them for everything, and writing with them just seems so “RIGHT” if you know what I mean!
Now we can buy them in our local Tescos in all shapes and sizes too.
What DON’T I use sharpies on?? I label practically everything, but have to keep those suckers out of my son’s reach or bad things happen to my pretty stuff.
LOVE Sharpies!
I carry a Sharpie in my purse all the time. On a regular basis, I have to pull it for something.
In the kitchen, I label all my freezer meals with a Sharpie. I can easier find what’s for dinner and whip up something yummy thanks to my Sharpie.
I love sharpies and use them whenever I need a little color. I love the click top pens, those are perfect for autographs at Disney World. I use sharpies at work whenever possible.
Awesome giveaway! I would use the Sharpies to label everything in our house, color-coding items. I like it like that
it’s like Sharpie Anonymous around here… I had to exercise lots of self restraint to not buy the big multi-color pack of Sharpies at Sam’s Club yesterday. I use them for everything – poster making for my Sunday School class, labeling things around here, signing Christmas cards…
I would use these to decorate my own wrapping paper!
I would use them to finish the border on my babies nursury wall! i started with stars and different items, then i have added the verses to twinkle twinkle just not done yet!
I would use the sharpies to make a cute sign for my daughter’s bedroom or some decorations for her party on Saturday- she will be 1 ! Thanks for a great giveaway!
I have used them, amongst other things, as laundry markers. Two years later, I can still tell which flat white sheet fits what. Now I need some to label all my little son’s things
I’d use my Sharpies to make signs, enter sweepstakes, write notes and label boxes.
I love Sharpies! i use them to label everything in my house and to color code my calender!
i love sharpies! i use them at work instead of pens. i label everything…alas, only in black or red. would love to expand my color palette.
My husband is a High School teacher and I would LOVE to surprise him with this!
You know the fad with ‘Words on the Walls’? Well, I use my sharpies for that. I get a stencil that I like or print off a font that I really like and trace it with sharpies, then fill in. I love the look.
My husband is in the process of starting his own balloon animal twisting company for parties and events! He has been looking for all kinds of sharpies to make the different spots, stripes, eyes, etc. on all his balloon animals to make them more than just the regular old balloon animal with BLACK spots, stripes, etc.
Thanks!
I am a calendar nerd, and color-code the calendar on the fridge. Each family member has their own color, and the Sharpies are brighter and show up better than regular markers. So sign me up!
I would use them to mark everything! I always seem to lose them right before I need them…and I have a bunch of things that need to be marked! Thanks for the chance!
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We love sharpies here! I even have to hide them because my 6 year old will look for those when she wants to color, but i prefer the washable ones when it comes to her ‘coloring’!
I would use these for decorating brown craft paper! Thanks for the chance to win…love SHARPIE!!
I would love to use these when freezing items! I could use one color for chicken, a different color for pork, another for venison, etc, so I could quickly pick something with just a glance instead of having to sort through, read everything and try to keep my hands warm in the process! Could even go as far as using another color for diced frozen veggies because once they are frozen, it can be hard to tell them apart! I have a vacuum sealer and I dice fresh veggies then freeze them with it- love it, and would love a simpler way to label them!
Sharpies are the next best thing to post-it notes. I would use them to make some posters for my children’s classroom.
Colored sharpies are great for everything: From leaving your loved one a special Christmas note to show them how much you care to having the little ones decorate their homemade ornaments. Gotta love a sharpie!
Um…..just about everything! I like to write in my cards with them. Thank you cards, Christmas cards, birthday cards…
I absolutely love Sharpies! I would use them for scrapbooking, card making, note writing – the possibilities are endless really
I use my Sharpie’s to circle all of the deals in the Sunday fliers!
I would love to win this and give it to my mom–a woman who ALWAYS has a Sharpie in her purse!
I would use these to put our name on all of my kids clothing. I’ve been doing this for a while and my Sharpies are getting tired.
I would also use them to address the Christmas packages that I need to send as well. I always use a Sharpie as it never runs!
They would be stocking stuffers. I have a certain relative who just adores them!
I work in a children’s library, so I’m forever making signs about books and SHARPIE colors hold up so well! I’d use them at work
I have a confession. I think Sharpies are beautiful. I have a container on my desk JUST for Sharpies. In fact, I think they look so nice just sitting there that I hate to use them and waste them thus having throw part of my rainbow of Sharpies away. I’d be half tempted to just hang that gorgeous ornament right on the tree!
But I would not. I vow to start using my Sharpies more. I decided we were going to color our gift wrap for our out of town family. Might be more special when the wrapping is decorated by my daughter!
I use them for almost everything. My boys love to do crafts so I like to have the markers to labels which child made what and the date of when it was made!
My husband, my kids and myself use the different colored sharpies to decorate fishing lours. The fish seem to really like the bright colored fish that we color ourselves.
I’m not crafty either, but I use Sharpies all the time. I always keep one in my purse so that I can label the tops of our water bottles with the initial of the person it belongs to. When we’re out and about going to sports, etc. it really helps to keep them labeled.
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I would definitely have to pass these on to my husband and daughter – she loves to doodle with markers and he loves his Sharpies for writing on boxes, Ebay items for sale, etc,. This would be such a great stocking stuffer!
can never have enough sharpies!
We are moving soon and these will come in very handy with marking boxes
I will use them to create gift tags for my Christmas presents (if I get them in time!)
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I’d love to have all of these colorful Sharpies to decorate ornaments and Christmas cards and gift tags. I could also set my girls to doing all their wonderful drawing and cards with these colors. It would be beautiful. I could just write all day in my notebook with these, too.
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I can’t think without my Sharpie…I would use them every day. How adorable is an ornament of Sharpies!
How would’nt i use them
My kids would color with them… I would write grocery lists, to do lists, bring them with me when i teach ccd b/c kids always forget a writing utensil. I would keep a couple in my purse, too!!
I always use the Sharpie writing all the notes and the cards. I love it.
I would actually have Sharpies on hand to label all my Christmas decoration boxes this year! YAY!
I am a Sharpie junkie! I have an assortment of colors, sizes and styles! My ornament of Sharpies would proudly be displayed on our tree (high enough so the kids can’t reach!) and I would tell everyone who came over during the holidays how I won the ornament. Then, after the holidays, I would use the Sharpies to label my Christmas storage boxes!!
As a graduate student in biology I use Sharpies daily. I would use the Sharpies to label and color code tubes, boxes, whatever else for my experiments.
I LOVE sharpies! I especially love all the colors they come in! If I won these, I would use them to color the pixies I recently traced on my daughters wall….
I would give them to my cousin who loves office supplies.
I would label all of my twins’ belongings.
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I need new Sharpies – mine are getting dried up! I use them to mark everything. And if my 6-year-old gets to them, they dry up even faster!
Sharpies make my storage area so much brighter! I color code (not I don’t, but wouldn’t it be great!) my storage totes and LOVE to label everything! Sharpies are also great for signing cards!
My daughters and I would use them to make our Thank You cards!! My kids LOVE crafts too!
I would use them as a stocking stuff for my daughter who loves to draw! m_huston(at)hotmail(dot)com
I L-O-V-E that idea! Sooo cute!! I would use the sharpies to replace all of mine that my wonderful daughters keep “borrowing” then I would slip a few into their stockings. I can see their eyes light up now! LOL. I love my sharpies.
I’m a Sharpie-a-holic. I use them DAILY for anything I can get away with using them on! I use them most for labeling things… I’d LOVE to win this cute ornament!!
I would definitely use the sharpies to decorate my handmade cards & envelopes….and who knows, i might just decorate brown craft paper for wrapping christmas presents!
I would use them on projects with the kiddos!!
As the mother of a “special needs” kiddo organization and order are the key to our success (along with a lot of prayer). I would use the Sharpies to label everything (that is not already labeled)and to use the multiple colors to create catagories for things we deal with daily!
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I would use the sharpies to mark everything that belongs to my two boys – they fight over his and his! I have started giving them the same gift for the holidays, and putting a T or D on it so we can claim!
Plus I am a huge crafter and love to create with the sharpies!
If I win the big ball of Sharpies, I’m tossing it into my luggage and taking it with me to Disney to ask the Characters there for their autographs. After our trip I’ll keep them handy for all other reasons that crop up.
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Can I just say how incredibly surprised I am by the fact that I am excited about a Sharpie giveaway?!
I’m a homeschool mom…need I say more?
~Amy
I would put our E in all my kiddos’ out grown clothes to put in the attic. I would label all my vitamin tops so I know what they are in the drawer. I would make my Jesse Tree glass ornaments.
YAY!!
We use them for decorating white and craft paper for wrapping gifts and for making the name tags. And for just plain drawing. I even let my 3 and 4yo boys use them!
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Oooooh! I LOVE Sharpies. I would use a new set of sharpies to write on my kids. Every time we go to a swim meet, I write on their arms or legs the event, event #, lane #, and heat #. That way they can get themselves to the right place at the right time.
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I love to doodle and sketch and just play with Sharpies. I also use them for labeling but I would rather just doodle,;-)
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I want! The big fat Sharpies work GREAT for labeling my trash and recycling cans (yes, they walk off here in Baltimore!).
I am very crafty, and Sharpies can be used on lots of surfaces. I could use them for LOTS of things…and actually have before. Decorating items such as tote bags, picture frames, magnets, scrapbook pages, cards (yes some people still send mail) and ornaments, to name a few!
I would definitely use the Sharpies for scrapbooking (I mostly use them to write captions under the pictures, ESPECIALLY the fine tipped ones!)
i would definitely decorate packages i send out and continue to rely on sharpies for all my marker needs. Im sure my fiance will draw with them too. have you tried the pens? they are great too!
thanks for the chance
Right now I have a love/hate relationship with Sharpies. Love them because I use them to label clothes, freezer food, and used one today to label son’s bagged lunch for a field trip. “Where’s my Sharpie” is a question that I ask in my house quite often, unfortunately. When I’m asking that question, the anxiety level is rising, but hoping for no major catastrophe. One day, my hope vanished when I saw that the 3 year old, Molly, had found the blue Sharpie and decorated the 3 day old living room furniture with a Sharpie. Up and down and all around the couch and ottoman we go!
I’d use them to label and make cards! How fun!
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Guess I’m not the only Sharpie addict out there!
As a crafter, wife and mommy, the Sharpie is one of my “power tools”! Decorating and labeling bags and boxes of the homemade holiday treats I make and give every year would be one of their first assignments.
And I find my hubby has a harder time ignoring any reminder notes I leave next to the coffepot when they’re written with a bold, black Sharpie.
I would definitely make my own wrapping paper
I have loved Sharpies ever since I saw Julia Roberts coloring in her boots with one in Pretty Woman. Just kidding Sharpies have a million uses and I had no idea they made so many colors now.
I LOVE labeling everything with Sharpies having 3 kids and all. Allthough I need to hide them from them because they love them as well and I DO NOT LOVE when they draw on my things that shouldnt be drawn on
So I hide my Sharpies and they can use them under strict supervision 
I love Sharpies, what wouldn’t I use them on. The only problem I have now is making sure the kids don’t get a hold of them….
Part of my job is visiting conflict areas and educating teachers, children and parents about non-violence. The markers would travel with me! If one thing is univiersal, despite politics and religion, everyone loves to sit down and color a great picture!
I would give it to my daughter who is obsessed with sharpies and let her do whatever her heart desires! lol!
thanks, great giveaway!!!
We color in glass ornaments for the tree and then label gifts with the fun colors of sharpies as wll
I love Sharpies! I am very organized and love to label things so these would come in handy!
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I work with the children at church during our singing time – these would come in handy with making posters and coloring things that I do to keep the kids pleased and entertained while we learn new songs together!
Thanks for the entry!
I would use them to label stuff, for lesson planning and Bible study. I would also have to hide them from my kids.
I am a Sharpie addict, I use them all the time. Mainly for labeling & shipping, but also craft projects~
Sharpies rock for fun homemade ornament decorating, garage sale posters and most importantly… writing an L on the bottom of your 3 yaer old’s shoe.. teaching him to make and L with his left hand so that he can ALWAYS get his shoes on the correct feet
I would use these around the house!
I lOVE LOVE LOVE sharpies! I love to use lots of colors for my color-coded family calendar, the sharpie fine points are great for that! I lOVe the ornament idea, so cute! I would use sharpies to do our holiday scrapbooks, labeling all my kids’ new books, video games, etc., and for labelling the gifts after wrapping!
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