{"id":20012,"date":"2014-10-30T09:06:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T13:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=20012"},"modified":"2014-11-07T12:40:20","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T17:40:20","slug":"5-year-shellaversary-giveaway-5-nights-at-island-inn-sanibel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/5-year-shellaversary-giveaway-5-nights-at-island-inn-sanibel\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Year Shellaversary GiveAway &#8211; 5 Nights at Island Inn Sanibel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21106\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/5-year-shellaversary-giveaway-5-nights-at-island-inn-sanibel\/ils-5-yr-shellaversary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ILS-5-YR-SHELLAVERSARY.png\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"iLoveShelling 5 YR SHELLAVERSARY\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ILS-5-YR-SHELLAVERSARY.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21106 size-medium\" title=\"iLoveShelling 5 YR SHELLAVERSARY\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ILS-5-YR-SHELLAVERSARY-300x300.png\" alt=\"iLoveShelling 5 YR SHELLAVERSARY\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ILS-5-YR-SHELLAVERSARY-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ILS-5-YR-SHELLAVERSARY-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ILS-5-YR-SHELLAVERSARY.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">We are Shellebrating 5 years of\u00a0iLoveShelling.com!<\/h4>\n<p>Can you believe I&#8217;ve been blogging about seashells and beach bling on Sanibel, Captiva, Southwest Florida and around the world for 5 years? I can&#8217;t believe it! It seems like yesterday when I started this blog to write a few thoughts down about my shelling adventures. Before I knew it, some of you started to comment of your joy\u00a0of beach combing as well&#8230; \u00a0and from that day forward I was hooked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To thank you for a fabshellous 5 year journey of sharing this amazing world of shelling &#8230;.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">We are having a Shellaversary Party GiveAway!<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21126\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/5-year-shellaversary-giveaway-5-nights-at-island-inn-sanibel\/ils-5-shellaversary-island-inn-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/iLS-5-shellaversary-Island-Inn2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2200,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"iLoveShelling 5 shellaversary iis\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;iLoveShelling 5 shellaversary iis&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/iLS-5-shellaversary-Island-Inn2-1024x651.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21126\" title=\"iLoveShelling 5 shellaversary iis\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2014\/10\/iLS-5-shellaversary-Island-Inn2-1024x651.jpg\" alt=\"iLoveShelling 5 shellaversary iis\" width=\"556\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/iLS-5-shellaversary-Island-Inn2-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/iLS-5-shellaversary-Island-Inn2-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes, you read that right. You could win a 5 nights stay at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islandinnsanibel.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Island Inn<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.islandinnsanibel.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Island Inn Sanibel<\/strong> <\/a>has been a huge supporter of the shelling community since 1895\u00a0so they wanted to be part of our iLoveShelling Shellaversary Party. They are giving one shellucky winner\u00a0a FIVE nights stay for two at their beautiful beachfront resort.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20013\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/30\/5-year-shellaversary-giveaway-5-nights-at-island-inn-sanibel\/iloveshelling-5th-anniversary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/iloveshelling-5th-anniversary.png\" data-orig-size=\"1866,1006\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"iloveshelling 5th anniversary\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/iloveshelling-5th-anniversary-1024x552.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20013 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2014\/07\/iloveshelling-5th-anniversary-300x161.png\" alt=\"iloveshelling 5th anniversary\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/iloveshelling-5th-anniversary-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/iloveshelling-5th-anniversary-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/iloveshelling-5th-anniversary.png 1866w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How do you register to win this incredishell FIVE nights stay for two at Island Inn<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>for our FIVE year shellaversary? It&#8217;s so easy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: November 7, 2014-<\/strong> This GiveAway is now over and the winner has been chosen by computer random drawing.<\/p>\n<p>Congratshellations go to\u00a0Cynthia\u00a0S. from Nahunta, GA!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter A Chance To Win a 5 night stay for 2 people at Island Inn<\/li>\n<li>Properly fill out entry form at\u00a0the link stated in the directions above<\/li>\n<li>Enter between October 30, 2014 through November 5, 2014<\/li>\n<li>One entry per person<\/li>\n<li>Winner will be announced November 6, 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you so much for 5 years of such fun times on the beach together, as well as learning and sharing our shelling adventures with each other.<\/p>\n<p>So go ahead&#8230; get on over to the Island Inn website to register for your chance to win 5 nights in paradise. Then get out your conch horn and get your shellacommunications skills fired up by telling your friends and family to register too. \u00a0 Good Luck to each of you!<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islandinnsanibel.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Island Inn<\/strong><\/a> for being so gracious and supportive to our shelling community with this GiveAway with iLoveShelling. We are grateful and very excited about having this chance to GiveAway this FIVE nights stay at this historic resort&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12347\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/10\/iloveshelling-shellebrates-3-years-with-a-shellabaloo\/island-inn-sanibel-street-sign\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Island-Inn-Sanibel-Street-Sign-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS19&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1349794192&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Island Inn Sanibel Street Sign&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Island Inn Sanibel Street Sign\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Island Inn Sanibel Street Sign&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Island-Inn-Sanibel-Street-Sign-.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12347\" title=\"Island Inn Sanibel Street Sign\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Island-Inn-Sanibel-Street-Sign-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Island-Inn-Sanibel-Street-Sign-.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Island-Inn-Sanibel-Street-Sign--300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12360\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/10\/iloveshelling-shellebrates-3-years-with-a-shellabaloo\/island-inn-sanibel-office\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Island-Inn-Sanibel-Office.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS19&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1349779983&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Island Inn Sanibel Office&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Island Inn Sanibel Office\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Island Inn Sanibel Office&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Island Inn Sanibel Office&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Island-Inn-Sanibel-Office.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12360\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Island-Inn-Sanibel-Office.jpg\" alt=\"Island Inn Sanibel Office\" width=\"412\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Island-Inn-Sanibel-Office.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Island-Inn-Sanibel-Office-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12353\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/10\/iloveshelling-shellebrates-3-years-with-a-shellabaloo\/old-style-sanibel-island-inn\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Old-style-Sanibel-Island-Inn.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-ZS19&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1349780999&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Old style Sanibel Island Inn&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Old style Sanibel Island Inn\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Old style Sanibel Island Inn&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Old style Sanibel Island Inn&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Old-style-Sanibel-Island-Inn.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12353\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Old-style-Sanibel-Island-Inn.jpg\" alt=\"Old style Sanibel Island Inn\" width=\"407\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Old-style-Sanibel-Island-Inn.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Old-style-Sanibel-Island-Inn-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/p>\n<!--YouTube Error: bad URL entered-->\n<p>PS- While you are waiting to hear if you won this exshellent 5 year Shellaversary Party GiveAway, check out another awesome party the Island Inn is throwing. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/01\/join-us-for-a-beachcombing-bananza-at-shellabaloo\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Shellabaloo<\/strong><\/a>! Join us for this awesome shellathon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/01\/join-us-for-a-beachcombing-bananza-at-shellabaloo\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20852\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/01\/join-us-for-a-beachcombing-bananza-at-shellabaloo\/shellabaloo-square\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/shellabaloo-square.png\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shellabaloo January 2015\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;shellabaloo January 2015&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/shellabaloo-square.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20852\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2014\/09\/shellabaloo-square.png\" alt=\"shellabaloo January 2015\" width=\"252\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/shellabaloo-square.png 800w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/shellabaloo-square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/shellabaloo-square-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We are Shellebrating 5 years of\u00a0iLoveShelling.com! Can you believe I&#8217;ve been blogging about seashells and beach bling on Sanibel, Captiva, Southwest Florida and around the world for 5 years? I can&#8217;t believe it! It seems like yesterday when I started this blog to write a few thoughts down about my shelling adventures. Before I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1932,310,1696],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5-year-shellaversary-with-island-inn","category-giveaway","category-island-inn-sanibel-hotels","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Nubb-5cM","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20012"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21191,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20012\/revisions\/21191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}