{"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":"2026-11-02T19:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T00:52:09","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 on Sanibel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ILS-5-YR-SHELLAVERSARY-300x300.png\" alt=\"iLoveShelling 5 YR SHELLAVERSARY\" class=\"wp-image-21106\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;width:300px;height:auto\" title=\"iLoveShelling 5 YR SHELLAVERSARY\" 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\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">We are Shellebrating 5 years of&nbsp;iLoveShelling.com!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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&nbsp;of beach combing as well&#8230; &nbsp;and from that day forward I was hooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">To thank you for a fabshellous 5 year journey of sharing this amazing world of shelling &#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">We are having a Shellaversary Party GiveAway!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/iLS-5-shellaversary-Island-Inn2-1024x651.jpg\" alt=\"iLoveShelling 5 shellaversary iis\" class=\"wp-image-21126\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.575070821529745;width:556px;height:auto\" title=\"iLoveShelling 5 shellaversary iis\" 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: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, you read that right. You could win a 5 nights stay on Sanibel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sanibel has been a huge supporter of the shelling community since 1895\u00a0so they wanted something big for our iLoveShelling Shellaversary Party. We are giving one shellucky winner\u00a0a FIVE nights stay for two at their beautiful beachfront resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/iloveshelling-5th-anniversary-300x161.png\" alt=\"iloveshelling 5th anniversary\" class=\"wp-image-20013\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.8633540372670807;width:300px;height:auto\" 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\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How do you register to win this incredishell FIVE nights stay for two<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>for our FIVE year shellaversary? It&#8217;s so easy&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UPDATE: November 7, 2014-<\/strong> This GiveAway is now over and the winner has been chosen by computer random drawing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratshellations go to&nbsp;Cynthia&nbsp;S. from Nahunta, GA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enter A Chance To Win a 5 night stay for 2 people<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Properly fill out entry form at&nbsp;the link stated in the directions above<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter between October 30, 2014 through November 5, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One entry per person<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winner will be announced November 6, 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So go ahead&#8230; 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. &nbsp; Good Luck to each of you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are grateful and very excited about having this chance to GiveAway this FIVE nights stay on Sanibel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sanibel Wishes\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dgmIn9Lq2TY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PS- While you are waiting to hear if you won this exshellent 5 year Shellaversary Party GiveAway, check out another awesome party we are throwing. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/01\/join-us-for-a-beachcombing-bananza-at-shellabaloo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shellabaloo<\/strong><\/a>! Join us for this awesome shellathon&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/shellabaloo-square.png\" alt=\"shellabaloo January 2015\" class=\"wp-image-20852\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;width:252px;height:auto\" 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: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We are Shellebrating 5 years of&nbsp;iLoveShelling.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. 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