I’ve been in spring break mode lately. You might have noticed since I didn’t bake last weekend. I think it’s because I recently went on a vacation which I haven’t done in a couple of years and it felt awesome to just relax and do nothing. And now being back home I can’t stop enjoying the warmth that’s finally taking over. Spring is probably my favorite time of the year. Unfortunately, in the south, you only have about seven minutes to enjoy the season before the hot and humid heat of summer takes over. Okay, okay – I’m exaggerating a little. It probably lasts eleven minutes. ; ) So you’ve got to enjoy all of them while they last. And I’m trying.
Got Spring Fever, too? Take a break with me and enter this sweet Spring Bake Giveaway for a chance to win a KitchenAid Stand Mixer… in one of the following pastel colors. Plus a white and silver choice in case springy isn’t your speed. Me? I have the pink one, but man, that aqua sky is calling my name. And the ice and crystal blue. too. I’m glad I don’t have to choose.
Enter the Spring Bake Giveaway for a chance to win a KitchenAid 5-quart Artisan Series Stand Mixer
- To enter, just leave a comment on this post answering the following question.
- What’s your favorite thing to do or place to go on vacation? Oh and pick your pastel, too.
- Deadline to enter is
Wednesday, April 24th, at 7:00 pm ET.Time’s Up. Winner announced below. - One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Wednesday evening on this post.
Good luck!
Okay, we have a winner. And the winner picked pink. I thought for sure ice or aqua sky would win. So many of you guys love that color. And me too.
The winner is …… Comment # 6625. Yay Veronica! You are getting a pink mixer! And now I totally want to go on vacation again. You guys have fun ideas.
My favorite place to vacation is Pelican Cove on Islamorda, FL. Ahhh, I can’t choose one pastel – I love them all.
My favorite vacation would be to go to Disney World with my sweet kids and amazing husband! :) And I love the Ice mixer! Sooo cute! Love Love Love your blog!!!
My favorite place to go on vacation is Wilmington, NC! (Dream vacation place is Paris.) I’ve wanted a PINK mixer for years!!!
The luxury of a tropical vacation would be my #1 choice, but just about anywhere with good food, family and fun works. I’d love the PINK!
I LOVE going to the beach on vacation and wish we could get to a beach more often I also LOVE the Ice mixer!
My favorite place to travel is Paris! My favorite color is PINK!
opps forgot. I would like the white mixer.
Lake Tahoe…I’d love to have the Majestic Yellow – so springy and yellow just has a way of making me happy :)
Thanks for the chance to win!!
My favorite place to go on vacation is the mountains. I’m loving the pistachio color
my favorite place to go on vacation is maui hawaii, but this girl can be happy with sun and a beach chair.
Favorite color silver metallic.
I like to go anywhere warm and sunny! :) The Ice is my favorite, although all the blues are so pretty…
I absolutely love Italy and my favourite colour is Silver :)
Any warm spot with sand and water. I love the pistachio color–yummy!
I like to spend time at home with the phone off the hook. Reading, cooking, baking, sewing and all the other things I don’t get to do. I work full time, am in 2 musical groups that have weekly rehearsals, On the Church Board as Treasurer (lots of paperwork) and have a male spouse at home to cook and clean for. Would love to just do what I want to do.
I used to think that I loved spending vacations on the beach, but I am learning that I much prefer exploring cities. My favorite place so far is NYC…SO much to see and do!
I love the Aqua Sky color!
My favorite thing to do on vacation is eat at local restaurants and try all the fun foods. The Ice color mixer would be a nice pop of color in my very neutral kitchen!!
I love exploring a great city of vacation. And that ice is calling my name.
Favorite place to go is Sea Ranch, California – it is about 100 miles north of San Francisco – rent a beach house and do absolutely nothing except watch the ocean and walk the trails. Heaven!
I’d love the Pistachio!
My favorite thing to do on vacation is SLEEP. My favorite place to go is anywhere I’ve never been before. :-)
I’d love to give my sister that crystal blue mixer. How pretty is that?!?!
My favorite place to go on vacation is anywhere that has a beach!! I love the ocean!! The ice is the color I love for the mixers!!
I love Disney Cruise!!!! Everyone from lil ones to big ones enjoy it!!! And your hotel follow ya! I like Aqua Sky and Pistachio
Oh my goodness! I am happy being at home! Having a lake home has its benefits!
I would love to have the pink mixer!!!
I love to go spinning (yarn) in the sunhsine or firelight, alongside our camper…all over the place.
I, too, dig that retro Aqua Sky. :-)
We go to Florida every year for fun in the sun. I love the Ice mixer!!
My favorite thing to do is spend time with my boys, my vacation spot if I ever get a vacation again ;-) is Puerto Rico is gorges over ther; pink or a blue one
My favorite thing to do is explore new places with my husband and son. Whether its the zoo, a museum, or a new park, I just like to get out and see new things with those I love. The pastel I love is “ice.”
A fishing vacation! And I love the Aqua Sky color!
Take me to the beach and I’m a happy girl! I’m in love with the pistachio mixer. So pretty.
Any quiet, relaxing place is a vacation for me. I love the pistachio colored one.
Gotta be a South Carolina beach for me…. love to walk (and do cartwheels) listening to the waves and taste the salt in the air!! Kinda wish I was there right now!! I think I would pick either silver metallic or white. :)
Since we are so fortunate to live in Florida and close to the coast, my favorite thing to do is to go to the beach 1st thing in the morning with my two kids. The water is always calm, the air is still, the sun isn’t too hot (yet), and usually a minimal amount of people. Nothing beats it!
And I adore the Aqua Sky color!
Ecuador! It’s home after all :)
Aqua Sky! Squeee!
My favorite place to vacation is at the beach. I would love the majestic yellow mixer. Good luck to everyone!!!
LOVE to go camping! Specially on the coast (west)! Ice blue is beautiful ;)
camping!
I like the white mixer
I love finding local places to eat. I usually ask around to find places that aren’t online and only locals know about, they tend to be the best.
I like the “Ice”
My favorite thing to do on vacation is just sit in the sun and do NOTHING. Pistachio would go great with my kitchen : )
For years, my extended family has been vacationing together on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I’ve been in several different countries and at multiple beaches, but that will always be the height of relaxation for me. And I LOVE the pistachio!!
My favorite place is San Francisco. I haven’t been in years, but it’s back on my short list! My favorite color of mixer? Silver Metallic. Yum!
I love to go somewhere I’ve never been before and take in the local culture. No plans set in stone – just go with the flow.
I love that Aqua Sky mixer!
I think my favorite getaway is camping with the family. My favorite mixer of the ones above is the yellow one.
Depends on how much time and money I have and who my travel companions are! LOVE overseas travel but if money is the object, and when isnt it lately Disney wins! For some reason I’m loving that sunny Majestic Yellow!
anywhere with a beach =)….i love all the colors but i think i’m gonna have to go with the Silver metallic…thank you!
i absolutely love to camp – great weather, fresh air and dutch oven baking! That silver metallic is calling my name ;)
My favorite place to go on vacation is Orlando. I love the PINK color. :)
My favorite place to vacation is on the seashore. I absoluetely love the beach, and nothing relaxes me as much as the smell and sounds there.
I love the Crystal Blue mixer.
My favorite place to go is anywhere with a beach and all day happy hour! I love the ice colored mixer it would match my fiestaware dishes perfectly!
My favorite thing to do on vacation is go ice-skating!
And eat ice cream, lots of it.
Also, Majestic Yellow is giving me “come hither” eyes!
I love going to Los Angeles. and the pink mixer is so cute!
Go to Cornwall, England and eat lots of fresh fish, pasties and drink some tasty cider!
My favorite place to go is home with my Parents. PINK is my favorite
Well, even tough here is fall, in spring or summer I just like to go to the beach and relax with friends, it really is the best thing to do !
I love going to West Virginia to enjoy nature and catch up with all of my relatives. That pistachio mixer is calling my name!
Paris. Eating macarons under the sparkling Eiffel Tower is my dream vacation!
My favorite place to go is Hawaii! And I think the ice blue color would go well with that!
Love to go to Maine and go hiking and look for Moose!
Love the aqua sky color.
A vacation would be so nice. I would love to take the train trip across Canada. Can’t decide between the Majestic Yellow or the Pistachio.
I totally love to go to disneyland or cancún… silver metallic
Now that I live in California, my favorite place to vacation is back home in New Hampshire. My favorite mixer is the majestic yellow one.
Evey year my husband and I spend a week at Myrtle Beach, SC.
It is our time to mellow out and relax.
The Pistachio is my favorite
Because most of the ones who wrote comments here would like to visit Europe I would just say that I would love to visit USA. I’m from Europe so it’s a obvious choice :)
I love the pink mixer so much!
Anywhere there is a beach and frozen drinks!!!
I love the crystal blue.
Hawaii… or Scotland. I love the Aqua Sky.
I love anywhere near a beach, even if it’s a day trip. I love the Crystal Blue.
My favorite place to go on vacation is to the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes in Michigan.
I would love an Aqua Mixer–thanks for the chance and for being such an inspiration!
Michelle
My favorite vacation is with the family to Disneyland! And I love the Pink
I’d love a short stay in Cuba! Pistachio please. :)
Belize is my favorite vacation spot! I love the Crystal Blue mixer.
My one trip to Ireland was the best I’ve ever been on. :-)
Crystal Blue!
My favorite place to go on vacation is the beach with family. The ice color is my favorite.
I like to go to the shore. I like the pink color. Thanks for a great giveaway.
Trying to plan a trip to Australia for the first time =D
Loving the Crystal Blue!
My favorite thing to do on vacation is relax with my family. I would have to choose the pink mixer because I have two sweet little girls!
The WA or OR coast, especially during the last winter and early spring. I love to watch the storms roll in with water the color of pistachios
My favorite place to go on vacation is Walt Disney World! I love the Aqua Sky one… :)
I like Pink. I love going to the beach wherever we vacation.
Nothing beats springtime in Paris! The pistachio mixer, please!
I LOVE vacationing in Wildwood, NJ. My favorite color mixer is the Crystal Blue; it reminds me of the blue sky over the ocean in Wildwood! :)
My favorite vacation is a cruise; the perfect mix of relaxation on your days at sea and adventure while you’re visiting new locales. This is assuming your cruise doesn’t loose power and turn into a nightmare ;-) and I think the silver metallic looks pretty sleek
My favorite vacation is going to the condo at the beach, and my favorite mixer is the crystal blue one.
My favorite vacations have been hanging with my best friend and her family in NY. Beach, sun, beer, great food and amazing company. Done!
Silver Metallic
I love going to Korea! The amusement parks are the best!
The ice colored mixer is by far my favorite! <3
We LOVE Disney World. I don’t think I’ll ever outgrow it! I like the pistachio green mixer…such a pretty color, and it makes me want to cook something with yummy pistachios :)!
i love eating out in restaurants on vacation and trying local specialties or things that I can’t find at home!
My favorite place to go on vacation is Portugal. There is an amazing beach (Nazare) that holds a special place in my heart.
I would love to own that ICE mixer!
Renting a lakehouse with friends and having a good time!
I will have to go with White since it’s so versatile of a color
Jamiaca and I love the Ice Colored mixer!
Chicago! My fave thing to do is go on food tours. I love the silver mixer!
Florida is my favorite place! I love all the colors, but I think my favorite is the Pistachio
I don’t get to do it nearly as often as I would like, but I like to hike the geyser trails in Yellowstone. The majestic yellow mixer is calling my name:)
I love to go to the beach in the summer! My favorite color is the Aqua Sky. :)
My favourite place to vacation in my family cottage or Europe! I love the pink mixer!
Give me a good book and a pool and I’m set! I’d love the Ice or Aqua sky…how pretty!!!!
I LOVE to go to the beach! Anywhere that has a bright blue beach is my dream location!
And PINK please?!?!?!
♥ Samantha C.
I want to go camping – with an aqua sky mixer!
My idea of an amazing vacation is going to a tropical place and spending long days at the beach. My last vacation was in the Bahamas and I had so much fun. I love the “ice” colored mixer!. The blue reminds me of the ocean in the Bahamas:).
I Love to go to either the beach or the lake :) Be outdoors :) I Love the ice color!
Anywhere warm! My color would be ice :)
I like the aqua. My favorite is Yellowstone.
Fav thing to do or place to go on vacation: Zoo or Aquarium! I love the pink mixer!
I love to read in the sun – I freeze ten months out of the year and don’t have as much time as I like to read. And as much as I lvoe the pastels, I have to go with silver metallic to match my appliances. :)
Camping. The smell of pine trees on a hike or fishing on the river bank is so relaxing. I’d have to go with the crystal blue, I’ve been in blue fever ever since having my son!
Cabin in the woods! With air conditioning of course : ) And blue would be the one for me.
We went to Los Roques, Venezuela, last summer and it was paradise!! I’d love to go to Hawaii, too.
Aqua sky, pink, and pistachio are my faves – I’d be happy with any :)
I love to go to the beach. My color would be aqua sky
I like to map out local foodie destinations when I go on a vacation. Anything from ice cream shops to well known restaurants. I favor the silver metallic.
My favourite thing to do on holiday is spend as much time with my son and fiance as i can on family days out and movie days. We’d love to take our son to disneyland when hes old enough! I love the pink x
PINK PINK!!!! I love pink! I loved my trip to Costa Rica!
Just got back from Sanibel Island, FL adn would have to pick that as my favorite vacation spot. The beach was beautiful and had so many seashells.
I love the Majestic Yellow.
I love Florida!! And I would choose pistachio. :-)
Hotel Montegrappa in Castelcucco, Italy. Foothills of the Dolomites, surrounded by vinyards and nothing but great food, great cycling, wonderful people and plenty of sunshine.
Pink is for me!
Kauai! So beautiful! I love the ice color!
Italy! I especially love the blue..I call it Amalfi Blue! Looks just like the water there!
I only want only want to visit my granddaughter. I love the “ice” color.
Based on places that I have been I would say I love the Bahamas. There are so many other places I want to visit. A girl like me needs the mixer in PINK of course.
I love to relax! I like the pink color. Thank you!
My favourite spring holiday ? Italy of course :-) Absolutely PISTACHIO !!!!
I love going to the beach. And I haven’t done it in a while, but I love snorkeling! I very much like the pistachio :)
Make traditional easter breads and be in Cyprus for easter!! aaaah
The Ice is my favourite colour
Vacation? What is that? I guess anywhere but home would be good. White is just right
My favorite place to go on vacation is a warm beach where I splash around in the ocean with my kiddo!
I absolutely adore the aqua sky mixer!
I am a total beach girl! Any beach works for me! And I would love a pink one!
The Ice Blue has to be my favorite!!
On vacation, I love going to Charleston, SC. Its only about three hours away but feels like worlds when you’re sitting on the beach with no cares!
Pretty much any place I haven’t been to yet, and I love the pistachio :D
I love going back to Central Oregon during the summer and go hiking! The pistachio would go well with my kitchen!
We are surprising the kids with a vacation to Walt Disney World! Can’t wait.
I love the silver one!
My favorite spring visit would be cherry blossom in DC – My color is Ice :)
Good morning Bakerella,
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to win any of these stand mixers! My favorite thing to do is dance and ofcourse bake. I may not be the best at it, but I love it!! My favorite stand mixer is the Ice Ice Baaaby!!! I have not gone on vacation anywhere outside California, but if I ever get a chance to go anywhere, I will love to go to China, France, or Japan… Thanks again and good luck to me!!!
Sandra Aguirre
I love baking at spring time!! also making egg trees is a traditional in our family!!
i love the Aqua Ice!! :)
thanks bakerella
Singapore, you just don’t get the heat in the United Kingdom!! Would love the pretty pink colour.
I love our trips to Center Parcs. It has become an annual event and a chance for all the family to get together. We usually take over 4 chalets! There is always plenty to do for all ages from old to young and it doesn’t matter if it rains we still manage to have fun!! The highlight is my brothers ‘CP ‘ quiz over a few drinks or two or may be three….. Btw pistachio as i love pistachio ice cream with chocolate brownies :-)
My favorite place to vacation is the Rocky Mountains! I love the Aqua Sky. Thanks
Anything with my family. We always have loads of fun and it sucks when it ends. Pink pink pink PINK! I love the pretty pink one :)
I love going camping most anywhere! I love the Aqua Sky mixer!
I love to go to Disneyland! For mixer color I was going to say pink since I am a breast cancer survivor but that yellow is so cheerful looking! I think I will go with yellow. Awesome giveaway!
My favorite place to go on vacation would be Hawaii or Disney World since I have been to neither. In reality I like anything where I am spending time with my friends and family. We can have a good time anywhere. I am definitely a pink girl.
I used to love vacations at my grandparents farm. The Crystal blue reminds me of the skys on warm sunny days.
I love to be in family, playing or making a barbecue party.
I like pistachio color
My favourite place to go on vacation is Walt Disney World in Florida. Walking around Magic Kingdom is my favourite thing as it makes me feel like a big kid :)
I would love the pink mixer, pretty please :)
xx
i like to eat the local food, and I’d like pink please, thank you! :)
Maui! Love it there! I like the silver metallic!
Napa Valley!
I love them all!
My favorite vacation spot is the Caribbean. My favorite mixer is the silver metallic.
My favorite thing to do while on vacation is hiking.
And I like the pistachio !
My fav place to go is the beach! Santa Cruz, Mazatlan, anywhere there’s a beach. My fav pastel is Crystal Blue.
My favorite place to go on vacation is Colorado! My whole family is going this summer and I am so excited! This will be my girls’ first time! I like the aqua sky!
Where my family is at, is where I wanna be.
I love Pink!
I would love to go to Cancun! The sunny beaches, warm water, beautiful people! Or maybe even Costa Rica!…I love the PINK mixer and would be so happy and lucky to win it!! :)
Any trip away from home is a good vacation to me, whether it be to the local park or to a new country :)
MAJESTIC YELLOW
swimming in clear ocean waters, feet in the warm sand, and not ever knowing what time it is!. Ice for me please!
My favorite place to vacation is New England in the fall.
Hard to choose one color but I love pink, white and ice. Thanks for the opportunity.
My husband and I don’t really go on vacations, but we have been lucky enough to go on two cruises. Those were my favorite! I like the Ice color.
Favorite place is Niagara Falls and favorite colour is Crystal Blue
MAJESTIC YELLOW
Japan … (color – Ice)
Goimg shopping! Majestic Yellow :)
I love going to GenCon and Ren Faires with all my girls! Love the majestic yellow mixer!
My favorite place to go on vacation … beach or mountain with my family!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love Crystal Blue mixer!!!!!!!!!
Ireland! And I’d have to go yellow.
I love PEI’s beaches. So relaxing! My favorite is the Pistachio mixer!
Any trip away from home is a good vacation to me, whether it be to the local park or to a new country :)
Our family’s favorite place to go on vacation is currently Disney World, only because we have little ones. :)
I am a sucker for pink, but it wouldn’t go great with my kitchen decor. They are all beautiful, but I would have to pick the Silver Metallic.
I love to go to So. Carolina to visit with my Dad, Aunt and some friends. My kids love it there and so do my hubby and I. We love to enjoy the outdoors. My favorite is the White.
Thanks so much.
My favourite place for vacation? Anywhere with my husband. So long as he’s with me, then I’m not picky. And color! Crystal Blue!
I love going to Disney World! Also, I don’t know if I would be able to choose between the pistachio or silver metallic mixer. I’m a plain jane but I really love that pistachio one! :)
I love to go to the Mountains and just relax and take walks in the woods.
I love the Crystal Blue
Key West was my favorite vacation. It is relaxed, but still had things going on.
The silver metallic is my favorite one.
My favorite vacation spot is Salt Lake City (Rocky Mountains). It is beautiful in the summer and winter.
The pink mixer is my favorite!
Getting together with family anywhere! I have to agree with you very difficult to decide which colour. I’m plumping for Pistachio (Majestic Yellow was a close second reminded me of the daffodils which herald spring)
My favorite place to go on vacation is India.
I love the white mixer.
I am a Disney girl at heart. Bet I could make piles of Mickey cookies with a silver kitchen aid!
Fave place to go on vacation….water/beach/pool…sitting and doing nothing but enjoying the warmth and my hubby!
What a perfect post, and on my birthday too!
I like the yellow, because it reminds me of the sun!
Charleston, SC is my family’s favorite vacations spot! Silver metallic is the color I choose!
Favorite vacation spot… Hilton Head Island. Could live there if I didn’t have to work. My favorite of the mixers is the Majestic Yellow – love it!
I <3 San Diego!! And I love the silver metallic!
My most favorite place to vacation is Brazil. The ocean and beaches are so beautiful. The local resisdents are som friendly and helpful. Brazil is the Best Place to vacation!!!!!!! Crystal Blue Mixer is so pretty, a must have.
My favorite place to go on vacation is the Philippines..
I love the white mixer :-)
My favorite thing to do on a vacation is to explore the area (whatever the scenery is!) and relax. Having a stand mixer in Aqua Sky would give me something to look forward to upon my return. =)
The mountains of TN/NC. Soft rolling hills, shady trees, windy roads.
And the Aqua Sky is calling to me, as well!
We love to roadtrip! Just pick a general destination, (or maybe a definite one) and GO! Wandering here and there, stopping at whatever catches our fancy.
I was having a hard time picking between ice and pistachio and somehow that lovely yellow jumped in and said pick me!
Seabright Beach is my go to vacation destination :-) Perfect for the hot summer days in California.
Mixer: Pistachio
My favorite place to go on vacation is the BEACH! Anywhere where the water is warm and the sand is soft! As a kid it was Mrytle Beach ( I live in Boston and our beaches do not have warm water)! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Dominican Republic now as an adult and I just like to relax read in the sun enjoy cocktails swim and soak up the sun!!! I kinda like the sun lol…I am having such a hard time picking a color as pink is my FAVORITE but the pistachio would match my kitchen :)
Thanks for offering the mixers up!!!
My favorite place to go on vacation is anywhere our kids can be outside. When the kids are outside, EVERYONE is happy! What a great giveaway! Majestic Yellow or Pistachio please!!!!
An all-inclusive resort anywhere TROPICAL!! I love the Ice colored mixer – so fresh and spring-y
Pink?
Lov to go to Disneyland!!
Hiking along the Grand Pyrenees.
Aqua Sky
Any place to get away is good with me, whether it be the beach or the mountains. I like the pastel pink.
Santa Fe for mountains, sky, art and friends. The pistachio is calling me!
My favorite vacation is on the beach for sure! The best beach I have been to so far would be Grand Cayman. Can’t wait to go back someday!! And I love the pink mixer!!!
My favorite …any beach in Hawaii. Love to sit on the beach with a good book and of course a tropical drink in hand:). I like the aqua sky mixer.
I would LOVE to go to Europe next spring for our 2nd anniversary. When my husband and I go on vacation we love to eat! I want to try the small homey coffee shops and taste the local food. I would love to get the Crystal Blue kitchenaid!
My favorite place to vacation would be Puerto Rico – tropical Caribbean paradise without the need for a passport!
and my favorite color of mixer would be the Ice.
I would love the mixer in ice. I’d love to relax at the beach!!
anywhere with my family (: i love the aqua and the pistachio
I love going on vacation to Busco Beach ATV park in Goldsboro, NC. There are creeks, trails, tracks, and all kinds of fun things to get muddy on the four-wheelers! It’s a blast! And I really love that Ice colored Mixer!
Wow! What a giveaway! We should support you going on vacation more often ;)
My favorite vacation spot is along the coast of Nova Scotia, kayaking at a place called Blue Rocks and Hirtle’s beach….in the summer, it is pardise.
And if I’m lucky enough to win…..I love the aqua sky. Same color as my bike, and my favorite color!!
I’d love to go anywhere and just do nothing! Would love to have some time to relax with my hubby and our 2 little ones.
Crystal Blue is very pretty!
My favourite place to go on holidays is Paris :)
And I love the majestic yellow!
Go home to the beautiful Olympic Peninsula! (And pistachio! These are so cute!)
I love to just relax on the beach!
The Aqua Sky color is fantastic!