thanks so much to everyone who commented on the giveaway post, followed me on twitter, subscribed via rss, blogged about themsrevolution.com, and became a google friend of the MakeShift revolution. i especially appreciate all of the MakeShift moments you relayed and the ideas for future posts you shared. thanks to you, i’m full of inspiration for new blog content.

i’m new to this giveaway thing, and i’ve learned quite a bit about how it works. next time, i’ll be making sure that people who enter in several ways will do so with several comments. that way, i can choose the winner using that trusty “random number integer generator” tool that seems to be all the rage. my process, which was MAKESHIFT (of course), involved dividing comments into numbered entries,

creating and piling numbers in a really cute bowl,

closing my eyes, and selecting a tiny slip of paper, which in this case, was bearing the number 12.

after consulting my trusty list of comments and numbers, i discerned that number 12 is attributed to…

jessa… who said, “I’m going to give props to The MS Revolution on my blog.”

as it would happen, jessa and i are members of a two-person mutual adoration society, which i realize, could cause you to question the validity of the winner selection process. but i assure you that i went to ridiculously time-consuming lengths to make sure that this was a fair contest.

jessa, here are the fabrics that will soon be fashioned into your very own billboard bag:

i’ll be contacting you soon for your address!