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.
I loved our vacation on the Outer Banks :) The ice blue one would clash with our kitchen but I love it anyway <3
I love going to Texas to visit my aunt. She’s my second mommy. And I LOVE the Ice color.
Camping
Tough choice on color! It would be awesome to have one of my own though!
Favorite place to go on vacation is Disney World or Mackinac Island. I love the ice color :)
My favorite vacation is camping in a motor home in the Rocky Mountains with my grandchildren. I love all the colors.
Glad you got to kick back and relax for a bit. My favorite vacation spot is Kauai. Talk about laid back and absolutely gorgeous!!! I love that Aqua Sky color!!!
My vacations usually consist of visiting my son and his family in Surprise, AZ so II would really love to go to Hawaii. I love all the colors but the silver metallic would go best in my kitchen.
I love the ICe and a theme park anywhere~
my favorite place is pensecola beach at the margaritaville hotel…so many pretty places around there, and i love the crystal blue
Waikiki Beach is my happy place. I love the Majestic Yellow to match the sun there!
My favorite place to go on vacation is Disneyland! It is such a fun family place to go. If I am picked as the winner, I would love Pistachio color :)
Curacao is the most beautiful place ever! Would love to go back….
Loving the pink mixer…
I LOVE going to Palm Springs, CA . All of the relatives stay at the same hotel and we have a blast!!! I would LOVE the Silver Metallic. Thank you!
A cruise, anywhere. Love being waited on and not having to do anything! Love the color pistachio.
I loved Barcelona. Favorite place in the world. From the food to the nightlife.
and that aqua sky mixer is preaty cute too.
When ti comes to vacation it has to be the mountains, anywhere. Let it be summer or winter. I love hiking and snowboarding.
My color pick is the Majestic Yellow.
My favorite place to go on vacation is on a cruise anywhere.. I love the pink one!!
A year ago, I would have said my favorite place to vacation would be New York, or San Francisco, or something like that. I’m not into the beach stuff, so I enjoy cooler places that still have the hustle and bustle of city life. However now, considering I’ve started dating a man who lives in England and I can’t move over there until the end of the year, my favorite place to go when I have any bit of free time is there. It’s an amazing country, and I’m totally in love with every bit of it, from it’s beautiful historical buildings that are older than our country, to the people, to the weather.
Oh, and I’m one of those non-color people. Even though I do like color, I find myself wanting to change and redecorate a lot, so I try not to get my appliances in colors that are going to clash with any future changes I may make. I’ll take the silver if I win! :)
To the mountains!
And I’m not picky – any color works for me!
We love taking the kids to Hilton Head, SC. The beaches are beautiful there! Love the pistachio!
i am planning on going back to the barbados again its really pretty there. I like the majestic yellow mixer.
My favorite thing to do for vacation is to go to Chincoteague, VA and stay at the Comfort Suites. The hotel staff is always so nice, we have 3 places where we can swim (2 pools and a beach), there is plenty of wildlife to see, and the restaurants are always good. Oooo, and the awesome ice cream parlor where I can get a whiskey caramel sundae!
My favorite pastel color? That is tough, first choice would be pink, then yellow, then crystal blue. But really all of those are so pretty!
BYU’s Aspen Grove Family Camp in the mountains near Provo, Utah. It’s the best!
Silver metallic would be my pick.
Hawaii!!
Love the Ice Color!
I love to travel, so it depends on my mood. I am on a architecture kick right now, so I guess it would be anyplace that has great architecture. I love the Pink Mixer!!
My favorite place for vacation is camping out where cells are turned off and no tv with my family so we spent time together with none of the normal distractions. I love the ice Color
we love to go to Boston on vacation and my daughter decided we want the Ice color, though I am partial to the yellow one
Love going to Germany for vacation. I love the Pistachio color!
We go to Lake Shasta every year. We sleep late, stay on the lake all day and watch movies outside by the campfire. There is nothing better!!!! I am in love with the baby blue one. My son has a white one that he lets me use. We fight over when he moves out who is going to get custody of it, so it would be awesome to have my own:)
My favorite place to go on vaction is the caribean. Sunny beaches and all you can eat food! My favorite colors for the mixer is the pink and aqua sky.
i had a great time in france and i think the ice one is gorgeous
To the Beach!!!!
And I’d love to have any color mixer!
I love the Kentucky Derby! It is coming up and I can’t wait! There is lots of good food, good drinks, and good friends. What more could a girl want!
I love all of the blender colors!
I love relaxing by the beach in California! And I love the Aqua Sky color – though the classic White is beautiful, too. :)
Thank you for all of your great recipes and delicious pics!!
I love the aqua sky color best!
My favorite place to go on vacation is snow skiing!! Whistler, in Canada, is the best!!
My favorite thing to do is spend the day wandering around the city (Chicago and Seattle are favorites), exploring the public transit system and popping up in a different neighborhood at each stop. I still visit the used bookstores, java joints and record shops I stumbled upon in college every time I return to these cities– some things never change.
Also, aqua sky FTW.
It’s any beach that has an ocean I can swim/surf in! Hawaii is my favorite! Aqua Sky FTW!
on a Cruise with my wife!
I like the Crystal Blue!
My favorite is to read in peace and quiet on the beach. Pink is my color!
New York City at Christmas time…and definitely the PINK mixer.
I love to go to theme parks, so that would be my vacation, although probably not this summer.
I could use that aqua sky mixer though!
the beach, charleston, sc is my favorite. My favorite is the aqua sky.
My favorite place to go on vacation is somewhere near a lake or river with beautiful scenery and plenty of outside activities to do. I love the majestic yellow mixer :)
Anywhere in the Caribbean, such a change from the chilly spring’s in WI. The Majestic Yellow is fab!
My favorite place is going back home to see my friends and family in Illinois. I would love any color. I want one of these sooo bad!! If I had to pick I would pick Ice.
I love go to the beach!! :) I prefer colour blue!
I love to go to on vacation to places with beautiful natural landscapes. We’re going to Alaska next month! And I love the Ice blue mixer, though the pink and silver are nice too. I wouldn’t kick any of them out of my kitchen!
The Mountains!
and Silver is my color!
Thanks!
My favorite thing to do for vacation is to go to the beach with my family!
I really like the pistacio mixer!
We Love going to Colorado. I like the Silver Metallic !!
I love spending time on the beaches of the Florida Gulf Coast. The water is so clear. I love the Pink and Ice colored mixers. So pretty!
My favorite vacation destination is Discovery Cove and Sea World! My husband and I went on our honeymoon and are eager to go back!
My favorite color blender is a tie between Majestic Yellow, Pink, and Pistachio. I love all of the new colors!
“up north” on lake michigan. I could use a mixer in ANY color, I am not picky!
I love to go to Disneyland & the beach with my family!! I love the aqua sky & pink!
I want to go to Cuba. I like crystal blue
I love going to the South of France though I certinly don’t go often !
I Love the white Mixer
My favorite thing to do on vacation is EAT anything and everything!! Love love the aqua sky color mixer!!
Found memories of Sanibel Island, FL. Haven’t been in a long time, but such wonderful memories! I love all the colors, but SUPER love the ice color!!
I love to eat on vacation, mainly trying new foods since I’m somewhere other than home and things are definitely not going to be the same. I also love to go to grocery stores and farmers’ markets to see what it’s like where I am.
My shade of choice is the silver metallic.
Early mornings, warm weather, drinking coffee, enjoying God’s beauty, that’s vacation anywhere for me! We have amazing sunrises and sunsets in Kansas too. Love the Ice color!
haven’t had a real vacation in a very long time, but if I did I would at least find some water and sun and sand. . .
that Pistachio mixer would look mighty fine in my kitchen!
I love spending time on the beaches of the Florida Gulf Coast. The water is so clear. I love the Pink and Ice colored mixers! So pretty!
I would love to go to England again. It was so beautiful. I like the silver one!!!
My favorite place to go on vacation is to go to the sweet state of Georgia! A lot of my family lives there and its really fun when we get to go.
I like the pink Kitchen Aid mixer the best!
I never win these things…but LOVE trying!!!
fave place to vacation would definatly be the beach!!! Sun,water and sports!!!
my fave color is the pistachio!! so retro <3
crossing my fingers!!!
I love to go to the mountains at any time of the year!
I also love the silver metallic mixer. :)
I love going to the Smokies and going hiking and fishing! I would love the ice or the pink one. I love em all!!!
My gramma’s house. It doesn’t feel like summer until we have a picnic in her backyard under the trees.
Pistachio is my favorite <3
I would love to go to Italy. I love the silver metallic.
My favorite place on earth (and of courseto go on vacation) is Südtirol in summer. And I want the pink mixer sooo so bad! :)
The beach! Ice
I’ve only taken little get a ways never vacations, but I love San Diego. So much to do and see. Just this is making me want to go back! I would also LOVE to win the pistachio mixer.
I just like being on holiday :) but my current fav place is Jordan. I love the crystal blue.
Read a good book
silver metallic
COSTA RICA and relax and unwind.
Pistacio is beautiful! but so is aqua sky!
One of my favorite places I have gone on vacation was on a cruise to Alaska with my family. It was amazingly beautiful!!
I love the Aqua Sky or White mixer :)
I would love going back to Italy, Rome, Sienne and Firenze ! And I love pink;=)))
I like to read books on vacation. The blue is beautiful!!
Trail rides in Vermont :D
I’d go for the Ice Color!
I love to tour a new city when I go on vacation (my favorites so far have been London and Capri, Italy).
I’d have to pick the aqua sky color… its so pretty even though it would go with nothing in my kitchen! :P
Hubby and I are going to alaska next month, our dream destination! And I love the silver metallic but majestic yellow is a close second :)
My favorite vacations are the ones spent with family. I love the pink mixer.
I love Disney World! It never gets old. I love the Yellow mixer.
Tropical islands! I love ICE !
I love relaxing on vacations! I don’t like being busy or having to go to a lot of places so I usually stay home and just veg out for a few days. I did love going to Vegas though :P Totally opposite to what I usually like haha.
Pastel: PINK!!
I love to vacation anywhere that is warm and fun! My next trip is to Cali in the fall and I can’t wait!
I would love the Pink mixer! It’s so cute!
Right now, my family is on a yearly baseball park adventure. After this summer, we will have only three parks left to visit before we start going to the newly built ones! I especially like the pink mixer!
My favorite place to go on vacation is the Bahamas! I would like the Majestic Yellow mixer! :-)
My dream vacation would be to Bora Bora! And I love the Silver Metallic!
We love going to visit our family in Indiana! A true place to do absolutely nothing! And I’m loving the Aqua Sky !
My favorite thing to do is read, especially by the pool or a beach! I love the aqua sky one! Wowsers!
Definitely Disney!!! Loooove Disney World!! And the cCrystal Blue mixer is super purty!!!
My favorite place to go on vacation is Hawaii. I love the Pink Mixer!
Israel!!
and pink is lovely :)
I like to go to a city (usually European) and explore. From the city center I can take day trips to slightly further locations. I really like the metallic silver mixer.
It used to be the beach, but we just got back from Disney World and I may have to choose that one from now on.
I’m lovin’ the silver metallic.
I love Aruba, the sun, the sand, the relaxation! And I love the crystal blue, what a relaxing color!
Crystal blue allllll the way!!! I love ANYWHERE with a beach.. Granted in the NW the beaches are amazing but the water is FREEZING…
I live away from my family so my favorite vacation is my yearly trip back home to see my family. Since I live near the beach, I really miss the mountains, so I treasure that trip each time to get my “Mountain Time”. If I had a dream vacation…definitely Ireland!!!…My favorite pastel – Pistachio!!!
I love to go to Maine in August with my kids. We spend a week or so every year, its relaxing and the kids have fun. I like the ICE color, just the name reminds me of my favorite thing, being at the rink to watch my daughters skate. =0)
Go to the beach and enjoy my family. Ice would be nice :-)
My family and I love to go to Grandma and Grandpa’s farm. Aqua sky!!!!
My favorite place is the Galapagos! And I love the ice color!
Florida cause I live in the tundra! Pink mixer of course!
The blue one would be fine for me. Thanks.
My favorite vacation spot is in the mountains of Colorado.
My favorite place to go on vacation would have to be between the Caribbean Islands and Florida. Since I have to pick just one, I’m going to say the Crystal Blue mixer : ).
I love going to Vegas. But I hope to go on a cruise this year. Never been on one but looking forward to it. I hope to win the silver mixer.
I love going to Hawaii! My favorite color is the crystal blue :)
I love going to the beach just to relax. I love the yellow!
I live near the beach in an ideal vacation spot, so everyday is paradise! I love going on trips anywhere though, and especially love going to Disneyland! I would love the Aqua Sky mixer!
My favourite vacation spot is anywhere warm (usually a beach at a lake in the summer). I love the ice colour.
My favorite place to vacation is with family at any beach!! Silver Metallic cause I would give it to my momma!
My favorite place to go to is Cancun!! Love the pink mixer!
My favorite vacation spot is San Diego, CA. Mainly because my parents live there, but also for the sun and sand!!!! I would choose Aqua Sky!
Pigeon Forge, TN! The color Aqua Sky is my current obsession!
The blue one would be fine for me. Thanks.
My favorite thing to do on vacation is SLEEP – I’m a dorm parent at a boarding school, so I don’t get to do that as much as I’d like most of the time!
i love to go out west (AZ, UT, etc.) to go hiking and enjoy the beauty of nature for vacations:) and i’d love to have the silver metallic mixer if i’m fortunate enough to win, thanks for doing this:)
I love to go camping! kickin’ back in the shade with the sounds of wind in the trees and a trickling stream in the background.
Holiday in the country!!!
Snow white ;)
We love to go to our beach house on LBI, NJ. Our house was flooded during hurricane Sandy but we are rebuilding! I would love to have an Aqua Sky or Majestic Yellow mixer in my kitchen there!
My favorite place to vacation is fenwick Island delaware. they don’t call it the quiet resorts for nothing! it is so relaxing and is the perfect getaway from hectic life!
I love all the colors but since I have to choose I pick the white. it’s so sleek looking!
Jasper, Alberta Canada…love the Rocky Mountains!!! Love the Ice Mixer too!!! ????
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Silver would be perfect!
Sit on the beach and watch the ocean, doesn’t matter which beach. And I would have to choose the Aqua Sky pastel with Pink coming in a close second.
Love going to Florida and visiting Disney! It’s such a happy and magical place! I need to add a pink mixer to my kitchen! <3
My favorite place to go is Fort Smith, AR! Sounds odd, I know, but hey, that’s where my best friend is. :)
I LOVE the Crystal Blue!
We love to go to our beach house on LBI, NJ. Our house was flooded during hurricane Sandy but we are rebuilding! I would love to have an Aqua Sky or Majestic Yellow mixer in my kitchen there!
I would love to back to Thailand! Beautiful beaches, wonderful people. Silver would go so nicely with my kitchen.
Hawaii: tropical, beautiful and warm!
Aqua Sky (like in Hawaii!)
I love going to Asheville, NC.
The Ice color is my favorite
I love to go to New York… and I love the Aqua Sky color! =)
I love eating at new restaurants! I like aqua sky the best.
Anywhere that’s warm with a beach. Silver please
Any beach, anywhere at the planet :P
I love the ice color mixer!
My 85 year old grandma wanted to go to Hawaii and see a volcano so we went to Waikiki and it was PERFECT. Favorite place.
And Pistachio would match the vintage hand mixer my mom handed down to me (which is the only thing I have for mixing anything and it’s over 30 years old! hope it doesn’t ever give out!) :)
I love the West coast of Norway, where our cabin is. The crystal blue is for sure my fave!
My favorite place to go it Maui. Love, love, love Maui. The yellow mixer is rather dandy!
My back yard. I like the silver!!
Walt Disney World! Love the ice mixer….
My favorite place to vacation is Disneyland! And I love the pink color the best!
My favorite vacation place is anywhere near the water. I like the Pink. :)
Whether at home or on a trip, I fell brave to try de new things on vacation. Especially food. My favorite color is pistachio.
I want to go to the beach this summer. I haven’t been in about 2 years, which is ridiculous because it’s like a 2 hour drive.
Pink or Ice would be amazing!
I guess my favorite type of vacation is going to the county fair every year! As long as the weather is nice! Love hearing the country singers! Aqua Sky looks like it would be a pretty color to win if I did! :) Good luck to all and Thanks for making this contest!
My favorite place to go on vacation is my back porch with a big tall glass of sangria, because I’m broke and staycations are both cheap and stress-free. And my favorite Kitchenaid mixer color is the Silver Metallic.
My fave would be roadtripping with friends! I would love to win!! I love the aqua sky color mixer!! Thanks so much for the oppurtunity.
One of the best places to vacation is Los Olivos, CA…my grandmother has a ranch out there so think orchards and roaming hills filled with oak trees, wineries, and lots of cows. I don’t have a place of my own just yet, so gotta go with silver metallic.
I would go to Hawaii if I could.
My wife would love the pink blender.
Prince Edward Island! I Love the lighthouses and there are lots of beaches too. I love the ice colored mixer :)
I love going to a lake to relax and if it’s too hot, take a quick dip to cool off. I grew up doing watersports with a boat so that is still one of my favorite things.
I love the pink. I actually awed when I saw the first/top picture ;)
I’ve only ever gone to my home country and back, but if I could? I would *love* to go to Malaysia.
And I adore the Majestic Yellow.
I love anywhere in the mountains. I also love every color of those mixers. But since I have to chose, I think the yellow one. It’s just so happy!
My favorite place to vacation is Siesta Key, Fl with my grandparents. They get to play with their great grand babies and I get some time in the kitchen with my Nonni . Aqua Sky is beautiful.
Cancun!!! And I would love to have the Ice mixer..lovely!
I love going to the beach!! Any beach is fine…..as long as there’s the ocean! :)
I love the Pistachio one!! Such a pretty color!!
Love the Big Island of Hawaii! Silver Metallic please!
Disneyland! I love the aqua sky color.
I love to go to the beach (Destin, FL)! I love the ice mixer!
Up to the cabin on the lake and hike/boat/swim/ make s’mores! I LOVE the silver one :)
I just love to be on a calm beach, sit and relax and enjoy the calmness of the nature…. And I love pink mixer…
My favorite thing to do is eat yummy food without having to do any of the cleaning up after! I love the pink mixer!
One of my favorite places to go is New York, and I’d choose the Majestic Yellow…although they’re all super cute.
Well, my favorite place to go used to be Italy. Now that I live in a different country 3,000 miles away from home, my favorite vacation place is my hometown – it’s always a treat to see my family!
Also, I love the Majestic Yellow. It’s so sunny and cheerful!
My favorite thing to do is plan parties!!!
The Pistachio is by far the best and most unique pastel!
favorite thing to do on vacation? READ! the perfect vacay activity.
so love that silver metallic!
My favorite place to go is “The Happiest Place in the World”…DISNEYLAND. I just LOVE the Pink Mixer.
Any beach, any where! Pink, of course!
Love to go to the Isle of Palms, near Charleston, with my family. Can’t beat southern hospitality!
Crystal (Carolina) blue!
I love traveling to new places and exotic locations. AND I love the ice color. So vibrant!
My bake color is definitely pistachio!
My favorite thing to do on a vacation is eat! My fiancee and I choose every travel destination based on what food we could eat there.
I love to go to the beach! Anywhere warm when it’s cold here in the mid-west.
I love the color Silver and Aqua :)
Any mixer color is nice!
Fav. vacation is hanging out with my family during ski season in NY.
The Yucatan Peninsula, MX; and ice!
I love the beach!! And ice ice baby
Love the ice one!!! I prefer to go on a cruise….you can do everything or nothing! Great to just relax and get away…no cooking required!!!
I love visiting cities and exploring local history. And of course planning out where I want to eat fabulous local food!
I love the silver metallic mixer!
The North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota. I love the pink one!!!
NC mountains! Beautiful and relaxing.
The pink or aqua mixers are great!!!
My favorite place would be the beach in the spring or fall. Love to walk at the ocean and feel the breeze there.
My favorite vacation destination is Disney World! I love the pink mixer!
I love going to Disneyland in California!! I love the pink color.
Lately, as in the last year or so, my favorite vacation spot is South Padre Island, TX. It’s a 12 hour trip from north Texas where we live but it is SO worth it! I’d pick Silver.
Pretty please and thank you so much!! Hawaii! Silver Metallic!
I love heading to the beach! Anywhere sunny & warm :) I love the majestic yellow mixer!
I would just love a Vacation ANYWHERE that I could curl up with my Nook & read…uninterrupted!!!
I love the ICE one the best :)
I would take a cruise anywhere!!!!
I love many of the colors but I love Ice
My favourite place to go on vacations is Palma de Mallorca, in Spain. Amazing beaches and places to go sightsee!
The ice colour is my favourite one! =)
Of all the places I’ve been, I think Hawaii is my favorite–Kawaii is so beautiful! I’m loving the ice color mixer! Thanks for the chance to win.
Oh, my favorite place to visit is when I come home and see my family. The pink one is oh-so-pretty!
Malta for the sunshine and all the patisseries! Love the Ice mixer :)
I haven’t been to another state for vacation for awhile, but ny favorite thing to DO on vacation is going hiking! I would LOVE the Silver Metallic. :)
I love the water so anywhere warm and with lots of water is my ideal place for a vacation and I love the ice mixer :D
Anywhere there’s a tropical breeze and no cell phone coverage – and I love the pink one!
I love to go nisit my family in teh spring in Utah. I also love the Pink pastel color.
I’d love to go back to my mother’s home country, Cambodia, for a vacation!
I’m loving the silver metallic!
I love to discover new places and plan the trip, next time Italy !
Love the pistachio colour :)
Anywhere warm! I’d love to go to Bora Bora. But lately- it’s a vacation when my hubby watches the baby long enough for me to sit, drink my green tea & stare at the wall for 30 minutes… Ha!
The Pistachio color is my fav!!
Love going Upnorth. Love the aqua sky color, so pretty!
Spring brake? Greek island Skiathos is a piece of heaven!
Crystal blue water, crystal blue mixer, what can I say?
Blue makes everything look better!
Greetings from Greece