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On Being Lucky + Ethel Glove Giveaway

April 18th, 2012

I never set out to become a photographer, writer, blogger, or social media strategist – those things just kind of happened along the way. Often the best things life are those that we stumble into because of an interest or hobby that we have. It’s not that I’m especially lucky; I work hard, put in lots of hours, and I’m finally reaping some rewards (a few more great things in the works). The quote by Thomas Jefferson, “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” is quite true, at least in my case.

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you know that I started working for Ethel Gloves last year. After singing about my love for them here at Chiot’s Run, they contacted me and wanted me to blog for them. Then they started asking me to use a few of my photos in their publicity. Pretty soon they were sending me gloves to shoot for their various campaigns.


Now, pretty much all the photos you see at Ethel came from my camera (my hands, Mr Chiots shooting). My keyboard is the one that updates their Twitter & Facebook accounts, and yours truly is curating their Pinterest Boards. I’m happy to work for a company that makes a product I love and use almost every day.



The great thing about this job is that it helps me pay the bills associated with this blog. Since I had to upgrade to a virtual private server a few months ago the bills are getting quite high each month! Another great thing about it is that I get to do giveaways!  All you have to do is comment on this post and you’ll be entered to win a pair of Ethel Gloves. Congrats to Crazy Lady Farm who is the winner of this contest.

What has you feeling lucky lately? If you’re lucky enough to win a pair of Ethel Gloves, which ones would you like?

213 Comments to “On Being Lucky + Ethel Glove Giveaway”
  1. Deborah Auen on April 18, 2012 at 6:25 am

    Great giveaway so many choices,I need these love the canturbury aand brite green…

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    • Donna Taylor on April 18, 2012 at 4:07 pm

      I am so impressed with the photography and the gloves! I wish to win!

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  2. Kathi Cook on April 18, 2012 at 6:32 am

    After years of living rather frugally in the same house,we are purchasing a little cabin near a lake to live in for the summers. I feel very lucky for this opportunity. It is a fixer-upper however, so I would love a pair of gloves that are heavy enough to tackle some projects on the cabin.

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  3. Lisa@The Cutting Edge of Ordinary on April 18, 2012 at 6:36 am

    I love the Jubilee ones! Thanks for a chance to win these terrific gloves!

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  4. daisy on April 18, 2012 at 6:43 am

    I couldn’t agree with you more. I don’t believe in luck, but I do know that if you follow your passion, things will come to you.

    Love the shot of the gloves drying on the clothesline. Green is good.
    Thanks for a chance to win!

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  5. Theresa Moore on April 18, 2012 at 6:43 am

    I lost my highly paid Executive Assistant job when the economy tanked. I was Lucky enough to be able to go back to school for re-training in a field that I love – Landscape Horticulture. I was Lucky enough to be able to secure an Internship at the Jen Jensen designed landscape of the Henry Ford Estate. During this past year of additional unemployment I was Lucky to attain my Advanced Master Gardener status while working at the Taylor Goodwill Garden and the Fish & Loaves Community Food Pantry Garden. And now I am VERY LUCKY to have become a member of the team at SE Michigan’s premier wholesale Nursery. I get to use all my admin skills surrounded by beautiful trees and shrubs, working with people who love their work. Although I make less money, I can continue to live, work, and volunteer in my community. I am VERY LUCKY!

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  6. Andrea Duke on April 18, 2012 at 6:45 am

    A little Ethel story that happened the other day about the utility glove.

    I was outside and my neighbor came up and was chatting. She said that she had a pair of my gloves that my son had left down there when he was helping her and that she had been using them. Then she asked where I had bought them because she liked them so much. I mentioned your blog and said that I would order her a few pairs, which I will do today!

    She is outside alot and always working in her yard like myself. She said that she has had lots of gloves and these were the first that she has ever really liked!

    I would be happy to win anything. I think most of the designs are great!

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  7. pam on April 18, 2012 at 6:53 am

    Cute gloves make all the difference and when they are sturdy and reliable all the more perfect! I love the rendezvous.

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  8. Lisa on April 18, 2012 at 6:54 am

    I agree with yours and Mr. Jefferson’s comment about hard work and lucky. We often make our own luck. They started clearing my land yesterday and the construction of my 1st home will begin. It sits on 3.55 acres and there is a traditional kitchen garden planned. Gloves would be a great accompaniment,

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  9. A. Watson on April 18, 2012 at 6:54 am

    After 16 years I feel lucky to finally be able to move back to Ohio to be near my children and grandchildren. Now I have to make a new garden and flower beds.

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  10. Jennifer L. on April 18, 2012 at 6:57 am

    I’m feeling fortunate that my husband and I are both able to be in school, pursuing our degrees of choice, while still making ends meet. I feel lucky to have most mornings together, with our coffee, exploring the spring offerings in our garden!
    If I were to win, the lightweight, sustainable gloves seem right up my alley!

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  11. Gardening Birmingham on April 18, 2012 at 6:58 am

    Really nice gloves, and for free, hey it sounds good to me.

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  12. Erin on April 18, 2012 at 6:58 am

    Oh man, if I had any money right now, I would totally be buying the Garden 4X gloves. Right now my hands are pretty much one giant blister because I haven’t had a chance to go out and get some garden gloves yet, and the dirt in the spot I chose to put a garden needed some hardcore pitchfork action last weekend.

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  13. Sherrie on April 18, 2012 at 7:11 am

    I’ve been eyeing these gloves ever since you started praising about them. I would be ecstatic to be afforded any pair given. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to share in your delight!

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  14. Victoria on April 18, 2012 at 7:11 am

    Love my Ethels! Received my first pair this year as a bday gift!

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  15. Songbirdtiff on April 18, 2012 at 7:13 am

    I don’t believe in luck but I do believe in blessings. I feel very blessed to have our new home. Thanks for the giveaway, I love the new canterbury glove.

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  16. Yart on April 18, 2012 at 7:20 am

    I really like the canterbury, but I like the snakeskin also!

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  17. Epeidi on April 18, 2012 at 7:25 am

    Your hard work, blogs, and photography really do inspire me to pursue my hobby with all the gumption you have. I look forward to seeing your work and really do appreciate all the effort you put into it.

    If I could pick any Ethel gloves, I would definitely get the Rose gloves – they would be awesome for prickly fruit bushes!

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  18. sue v on April 18, 2012 at 7:25 am

    I love that they have bamboo… Love the moss coloured ones :)

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  19. Tracy on April 18, 2012 at 7:30 am

    I’d love to win. I don’t believe in “luck”, but hard work almost always pays off, doesn’t it?

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  20. Erica on April 18, 2012 at 7:30 am

    I like the blue floral regency gloves!

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  21. Gayle on April 18, 2012 at 7:35 am

    I feel lucky in so many ways. As I put in our garden I feel lucky that we are able to have the land to do it. I am waiting for my baby llamas to be born (always a magical time) and have started my herd of dwarf milking goats…with babies, so it will be a while until we have milk and cheese…but it’s coming! I love all the Ethel gloves, but Rondezvous and Snakeskin are my kind of style. Thanks for the giveaway and all you teach us.

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  22. Rhonda on April 18, 2012 at 7:40 am

    I’d love a new pair of gloves. My problem is that I usually have to buy a pair of men’s gloves because my hands are so large. When I go to buy women’s XL, or if by chance, XXL, there are no more to be had. Color doesn’t really matter to me, I’d just like something that fits.

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  23. Hailey in MT on April 18, 2012 at 7:43 am

    For a fancy day, definitely the regency gloves. For a serious work day, definitely the leather gloves.

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  24. Lorelei on April 18, 2012 at 7:44 am

    I would love a pair of these ethel blue floral regency gloves-thanks for the chance to win-have a wonderfully productive day!!!

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  25. anotherkindofdrew on April 18, 2012 at 7:44 am

    I am lucky to know you and Mr. Chiots!

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  26. Maura on April 18, 2012 at 7:46 am

    Those are gorgeous!
    Thanks for hosting a giveaway! I also want to thank you for inspiring me to plant in my garden.!!!

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  27. Jackie Fosht on April 18, 2012 at 7:47 am

    Any day in the garden is a good day. A day with great gloves is even better. :)

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  28. kaela on April 18, 2012 at 7:48 am

    I bought a pair of Ethel gloves for my Mom for her Christmas stocking last year, based on your recommendation. So I guess she is lucky that I read Chiot’s Run; and I am lucky that you write it. And Ethel is lucky for both!

    Have to say that I love the look of the Jubilee glove you’re wearing above.

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  29. Roseann Blacher on April 18, 2012 at 7:51 am

    Of course, green has always been my signature color, but the days of using high-odor plastic dip on the fingers of my old store-boughts are over. The fingers would always wear out, sometimes days after purchased.
    Seaweed Ethels do it all. Sturdy, breathable and best…machine washable!

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  30. Meredith on April 18, 2012 at 7:51 am

    Just recently started reading your blog and am thrilled to find another lover of Ethel gloves! I had a pair of Rendevouz several years ago–they got me through everything from garlic planting to weeding to harvesting for market. I loved them so much that I wore them completely out. When I went to the garden store to replace them, I was horrified to find out they no longer carried Ethel gloves. So began an endless parade of gardening gloves that I have no problem wearing out in half the time. Every time I have to put on another flimsy pair, I dream about the good old days of my Ethel gloves. They’re great!

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  31. Kate @ Snowflake Kitchen on April 18, 2012 at 7:58 am

    I do love those sage ones…

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  32. Anne-Marie on April 18, 2012 at 7:59 am

    those are some beautiful gloves. They all look good (especially to this mama who often ends up wearing mismatched gloves….) but the jubilee are especially nice. :)

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  33. conie Giovanni on April 18, 2012 at 8:00 am

    Ive been waiting patiently for Angie to surprise me with a pair! Thought for sure she got me some for Easter. maybe Shes waiting for Mothers Day! I would love any pair. Angie and I talk about your blog daily! We enjoy it so much and are amazed by all you do!

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  34. Allison on April 18, 2012 at 8:09 am

    Tough decision, but I like the green leather or the lightweight sage :)
    And good for you having payoff for all yoru hardwork :)

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  35. liz on April 18, 2012 at 8:10 am

    Love the port royale. Seems to be a sign they are on sale and in my size!

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  36. Krista on April 18, 2012 at 8:10 am

    I love the way that the bamboo gloves feel on my hands!

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  37. Deborah on April 18, 2012 at 8:11 am

    I have to say, the photographs of gloved hands doing things in the garden were the things that attracted my attention on your blog while I was browsing, and it was one of the main reasons I put your blog on my blog reader. Now I love reading all your posts!

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  38. Charise Charly McOmber on April 18, 2012 at 8:12 am

    I am in outstanding need of gloves. I have never tried these and would love to. Oh, how I would sing their praises! I own a greenhouse and small produce farm. gloves are needed!

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  39. Beth K on April 18, 2012 at 8:15 am

    I agree with you. My husband and I have worked hard and it just seems like we are continually blessed beyond measure. We aren’t really out looking for the good things that have come our way – they just seem to happen.
    I would love another pair of Ethel Gloves… I have never ever been able to stand wearing most gloves as my hands are small and most gloves don’t fit and get in the way more than they help. I bought a pair of the Signature gloves last year and I love them. I am torn between Jubilee or maybe a pair of leather gloves for the tougher chores around the farm…

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  40. Rachel Koniar on April 18, 2012 at 8:19 am

    Love the Jubilee ones! They look great in your photo.

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  41. JennW on April 18, 2012 at 8:19 am

    I feel so lucky to have moved, almost 2 years ago, to a lovely old neighborhood north of Pittsburgh with my husband and young children who are all healthy and vibrant people. We all love being outside in our yard and expanding gardens. I would pick the Plum gloves.

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  42. Kelly on April 18, 2012 at 8:19 am

    I love the blue ones in the picture!

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  43. Jan W. on April 18, 2012 at 8:23 am

    I like all the styles and colors, but would be interested in a pair that is made in the USA.

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  44. Sanae on April 18, 2012 at 8:30 am

    I am very lucky to find you on Flickr today. I saw your Erythronium Pagoda photo. And then, I went to your blog and to recieve about this post via my Facebook! Your story is very impressed me. I love Jubilee, Snakeskin and Regency. Although I live in Japan, have I get a chance to win, too?

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  45. Sonya on April 18, 2012 at 8:30 am

    I LOVE my gloves! I used them at a church work day and had many folks ask about them. I would really like a pair of the saffron.

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  46. Melissa on April 18, 2012 at 8:32 am

    I feel lucky that 5 and a half years ago, I got a job where I can work at home in my pj’s! It’s a great job with a great team of people! Working for Ethel sounds like fun!

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  47. stephanie on April 18, 2012 at 8:34 am

    we love your site and as fate would have it, I am currently unable to find my gardening gloves! the jubilees are awfully sweet.

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  48. Sherri on April 18, 2012 at 8:36 am

    I’d absolutely LOVE to have a pair of those gloves and I’d appreciate and use ANY color/style – they are all gorgeous! I also have really big hands, so like Rhonda, I struggle to find women’s gloves that fit! Men’s gloves are often too long, and ladies’ gloves are usually too tight. I feel like goldilocks – I need a pair that are “just right” LOL :)

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  49. Janet on April 18, 2012 at 8:43 am

    I’d go with the garden4x!

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  50. Kathryn on April 18, 2012 at 8:46 am

    Very informative and beautiful blog. LOVE these gloves! I usually get the Signature ones, but would love to try the Jubilee.

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