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 love going to see my friends that I haven’t seen in awhile! The silver metallic color is awesome!
love love love going to Disneyland, fav spring color? soft pink
I love to cruise – anywhere! I love the pink mixer.
I love oregon. It’s my fav!
The pistachio color is gorgeous!
My favorite place to go on vacation is definitely Las Vegas. And I love the Yellow mixer. Its so happy looking.
The Orgeon Coast, Lincoln City. It is so relaxing and beautyiful.
Color: Ice
I love to vacation in Las Vegas! the + is that I have plenty of family that can baby sit.. Silver Metallic is my fav
My momma’s house in CA. Pink or Yellow is good for me!
I love the Caribbean ,so I will go with aqua sky
I like to get up early and explore…and eat everything.
Jersey Shore…the family friendly one! aqua sky. thanks so much!
Cliche, but I love baking on vacation! I just don’t have any other time. Oh, and I would love the Silver Metallic to match the kitchen!
Just relax because I don’t get to do that a lot at home. I LOVE that majestic yellow!!
Our friend’s lake house in NH! Love the ICE color!!
My favorite vacation is the beach!
‘Ice’ is definitely my favorite pastel color.
Hawaii, is B-L-I-S-S!!!
Love the pink mixer
Las Vegas. I love the white mixer.
I like to try the traditional food(s) of the area I’m visiting!
Pistachio
I like to swim because where I live you can’t swim most of the year and I just like to relax you can’t beat relaxing! The Ice is super pretty!
So far my favorite vacation spot has got to be the Caribbean… I’ve only been there for med school so far but I’m addicted to the beautiful beaches!
Also I love the ice colored mixer! :)
I would love to go ANYWHERE on Vacation. I will even take going to the grocery store without my kids as a little mini vacation :) I LOVE the Ice color…pick me!!
Find the cutest bakeries and the best restaurants! I’m in love with the aqua sky mixer!
I love to visit family, especially my cousins in Tampa. And I’ll take Ice, please and thank you. :)
Definitely anywhere near a beach! Love the sound of the ocean. :)
Majestic Yellow! It’s so happy!
Disney Land the happiest place of all :)
Silver Metallic!
I love to visit Arizona just because I have a lot of family and friends there! That Ice is gorgeous
Disneyland!
I love the aqua sky color!
My favorite place had to have been Yellowstone National Park! So much to see! Hopefully taking my son there when he’s a little older (right now a two year old and hot water springs doesn’t seem like a good idea)! PINK MIXER!
Hawaii! Love the fresh fruits there and being on the beach everyday.
The colors are all amazing. I’d have to go with the Ice though.
New Orleans-Ice!
My family goes to Lake Lundgren Bible Camp in Pembine, WI each summer. It’s kind of pampered camping. They have a dining hall with yummy food!
I’m likin’ the ice blue!
I’m portuguese and we have awesome beaches here in Portugal, but my favourite place is London!!
Love the pink one!!
thanks!!
Anywhere on a beach! I love the yellow such a nice spring colour!
Since moving 2400 miles from home my favorite vacation is going back to Boston to see my family and friends. And that crystal blue is so pretty!!!!
I want to travel to Scotland!!
Pistachio!!
Hawaii for my family! My wife would love the Aqua mixer.
The Finger Lakes (and their wineries!) in upstate NY in the summer. Love the pistachio pastel!
The Florida Keys! I like the Pistachio!
My favorite place to go on vacation is the beach. I would pick the aqua sky , love that color!!
I want to go to ITALY!! Mainly for the food…
My favorite is majestic yellow!
Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Crystal Blue color!
I love to have relaxing vacations, to get away from the hustle and fast paced day to day. We are going to Hawaii next month and looking forward to it. I love the Aqua Sky Kitchen Aid!!!
i actually just discovered it this year and would have never thought of this place as a favorite before that. Colorado, specifically Telluride. It’s so unbelievably beautiful and peaceful there. I love it.
Pistachio is awesome :)
The beach! I choose ice!
My favorite place for a vacation would be Tuscany, Italy.
The pistachio mixer would look great in my kitchen.
Love your website.
Honolulu!! Went there for my birthday and became my fave vacay spot! Pistachio, por favor!!
I love to vacation in Pennsylvania. I have no idea why but we go every year. :) Love the white mixer.
The beach is my go to for vacation!
I choose the color ice!
Orlando is a favorite vacation spot. So much to do, and my daughter is always happy to go!
I love the pink!
Tahoe- its my happy place. Love the majestic yellow!
I’ve never been much of a traveller, so this is a tricky one. But I’d love to go touring the British Isles one day :)
The Yellow one screams my name.
Las Vegas! And I would pick aqua sky, so pretty
Arizona is beautiful! And I’m loving the pistachio color
My favorite thing to do would be anything I don’t get a chance to do at home, like rock-climbing! I like the white!
I like ICE for the mixer color, but when I vacation, I enjoy warm weather. My favorite place to vacation is camping on a lake. The dogs love it too!
I’d have to say that my favorite place to go on vacation is to Athens Ohio to visit my boyfriend. I absolutely love the Ice color!
My favorite place to visit is Ireland! Love the beautiful scenery and the culture! My favorite color would have to be the silver metallic!
My favorite thing to do is step back and enjoy my city, New York City. With working full time and going to school and becoming a new aunt, sometimes you forget to breathe. I like to take a day off of the hustle and bustle and take the train into the city and just walk. Go through Central Park, window shop at Tiffany’s, stop in a cafe for coffee and macarons. When the sun starts shining again you remember what a wonderful place you live in and everything it has to offer and you just seize it. Just like I would like to seize the pink mixer, it has been on my wish list for YEARS!! =]
My favorite place to go to is dominican republic. I just love the island and besides I also have my family there :-) The mixer I love is the pink one. Thanks :-)
My favorite place to go is Disney World! Perfect combo for family & fun! My favorite color would definitely have to be the silver metallic!
Definitely Paris! Pistachio!
My favorite vacation is getting away to our cottage with my family, immediate and extended.
Pink is my favorite!!!
New Zealand, pistachio
I would love to just get out of the country like to paris or italy!
and I love the pistachio and the ice but i’m probably going to have to go with the pistachio as my favorite! But I would love either!
I love to bake for family & friends! I just love to see them happily eat the things that I bake! I would just love the ICE colored mixer!
Hawaii! That’s why I love the aqua sky. So fun.
Walt Disney World! love the
white please!!
My Favourite thing to do on a vacation is spend time with my family and do something that I would normally not get to do on a regular basis. Explore!
ICEEEE!
Pick me :)
favorite thing to do on vacation is to EAT :)
i love the silver metallic color!
Walt Disney World! white please!!
Just got back from charleston sc! loved it !great foodie city ….Pink! Aqua or ice! Love being surprised
I’d love to go on a Disney Cruise with my 2 sons (if we could afford it) and if I had a babysitter which never happens I’d want to go somewhere warm, with no noise – no children screaming and just me and the Sun, so a deserted Island? :)
..I’m also in lust with the Yellow color! <3
the north of scotland, and i love the ice colour
North Europe cruise! Cristal blue mixer, like the sea!
My fave vacation was a cruise to the Bahamas! I cant wait to go back!. I am dying for a PINK mixer!
I’d love to go to Hawaii some day.
The pistachio mixer looks springy to me!
The mediterranean coast ( spain & italy)
Majestic yellow..
I equally love exploring NYC and relaxing on the Jersey shore – feels like growing up! I love the majestic yellow mixer. :)
I would love to get away from everyone and experience the beauty of planet earth. Have not travel to Asia yet. There are so many beautiful places with exotic scenaries. Being one with the universe and getting away from humanity for a while…. Love the white mixer.. :0)
My favorite thing to do would be to bake..I love being in the kitchen..I like the pink mixer…
Anyplace where there’s a nice clean beach! With plenty of sunshine! :)
Love the pink one!
My favourite place to visit is Vienna, Austria! :) it is just so historically beautiful and elegant. Plus cake!! :D
Oh and my pastel is pink, of course!
I enjoy vacationing at the river with my family. I like the pink one!!
I love Red River, New Mexico! I like the snow in the winter and in the summer it’s much better than the Texas heat! I’ll go there all year round.—-Ice!
My favorite place has always been visiting the New England states. I love the Boston area and the Cape.
I also want to say thank you for this wonderful giveaway!
I think my favorite color would be the aqua.
Is it possible to have a replay of my honeymoon? South Africa for first!
White one is my favourite!
Just lying on grass in forrest and do nothing at all…
Majestic Yellow is soooo gorgeous!! :)
Hawaii!!!!
Silver Metallic :)
My favorite thing to do on vacation is to relax and order take out. No cooking! Majestic Yellow, yellow is one of my favorite colors!
I love to be outside! Ride my bike, go for a run or brisk walk or play in the water! Pistachio is my favorite!
Take my wife to the canyons to watch the northern lights together. <3
I love going with my family on a houseboat trip to lake Mohave. I love the pink mixer!
What’s your favorite thing to do or place to go on vacation? Oh and pick your pastel, too.
I think if I were to have the opportunity to go on vacation I would chooses to go back to Korea to visit my big brother whom i haven’t seen for a year.
Out of all the colour selection i think my favourite would be the aqua sky :)
Laguna Beach is paradise to me…
love the silver metalic : )
I love vacationing anywhere near water… and my favorite color is majestic yellow
I would love to visit any country in Europe! But for the time being I would settle for a nice beach here in sunny California. Loving the Aqua Sky! Thank you for the opportunity!
I love to visit my family in Florida for vacation :) All the colors are amazing but my favorite is Aqua Sky!
My favorite this to do is grill out with family and friends. Love it when we all get together and just have tons of laughs and great memories to look back on. I have four kids, two of which are grown and almost gone from home. And I would love to see them keeping up with our little monthly gatherings.
San francisco, lots of fun food and places, silver metallic
A beach, a lounge chair, and an adult beverage in hand. A white mixer would look mighty nice in my kitchen :)
Oops! I meant to say the Aqua Sky!
Favorite vacation place is Priest Lake, Idaho! Favorite mixer is the pistachio!
Going to the beach. I love the ice color.
Just lying on grass in forrest and do nothing at all…
Majestic Yellow is soooo gorgeous!! :)
My favorite vacation was our cruise! It was so fun! And Ice is the perfect color!
The beach. Anywhere tropical. Where they serve fruity drinks with umbrellas. That’s the life…
Oh I loooooovvvvvvveeeee the ice and aqua sky colors. And the pistachio color. I’ll take either one. I’m not picky. :)
My favorite vacation spot is anywhere I can spend time and make memories with my family, friends, and loved ones and of course someplace that has delicious frozen cocktails.
The Crystal Blue blender would look great in my kitchen!
Me and my family go to a friend’s beach house. We’re actually going tomorrow and not coming back until Sunday! :) I love the pink mixer!
When I travel I love to find strange little restaurants off the beaten path where I can try something completely new! The Aqua Sky mixer is my personal favourite :)
i luuv to tan! nothing like warming in the sun! beach, poolside…. either one and im thrilled!
luv them all, but i would definitely do the pink!~
I like to see other parts of the country on vacation and I would pick the Silver Metallic color.
my favorite place Disneyland, and I love the pink color!!!
New York, always in my dreams! ***ice mixer***
Hawaii–namely Oahu and Maui. Favorite color: Aqua Sky.
I go to Alaska every summer and I LOVE it! The weather, the views, the mosquitos-not so much. And I love the Ice color! it would match perfectly with our kitchen!
My favorite place to vacation is Scotland!
All the colors are great but I think I’d have to lean towards Ice!
Silver Metalic! Hiking in the Sierra Nevada mountains!
I’ve got some friends out in southern California, and I miss those waves and weather… aaaand I’m diggin’ that Aqua Sky color. Beauteous.
My favorite place to go on vacation is Hawaii, the big Island with the love of my life. Wherever he is is Home and Vacation all at the same time. My favorite Kitchenaid color is Crystal Blue because it reminds me of the song, “Crystal Blue Persuasion”.
Verona, Italy :D I’d love to roam around the vineyards and eat as much gelato as humanly possible! :3 ICE please! Xo
Although I love the spring colors, I’m feeling the silver!
I love the aqua skies of Hawaii…and the Aqua sky mixer to match :)
I would like to go to Japan, to take some photos of cherry blossom flowers ^_^.
And so I love the pink mixer!
I love to visit the white sand beaches of Panhandle Florida (Gulf of Mexico). The water is usually clear and I relax by reading a book under an umbrella with the sound of waves in the background! Pistachio is Perfect!
I love to travel to any place I haven’t been too yet. I have been in 46 states so only 4 left to see. I love the Ice color
I love to go anywhere! Beach… camping… resort… skiing… can’t just name one! Anywhere but work!! ;o) My choice for themixer would be Ice.
The tea room at the Mosquée de Paris! Simple and exquisitely delicious.
Pistachio please!!
Verona, Italy :) I’d love to roam around the town and vineyards and eat as much gelato as humanly possible :D ICE :3
I looove going to my family’s beach house on vacation, best place on Earth for me. I love the Crystal Blue one ; )
I love visiting my granny’s home out in the country, in northern Spain. Just the green, the mountains and the silent.
Love them all, difficutl to choose just one color, but either the pink or the ice would fit just perfectlly in my kitchen ;)
Thank you for all your work in the blog, and for this amazing gift :)
I LOVE MAUI!!!! Silver Metallic is my fav.
I am all about family, I love going back home to Florida on vacations. I would love the Crystal Blue Mixer!!!
I love the great outdoors! Camping is def my favorite vacation! No cell phone service, crisp morning air, beautiful sunshine…there is nothing better! ICE is calling my name! :)
My favorite thing to do is spend time with my kids and take them to the beach! :) I LOVE the silver metallic!
My favourite place is Winthrop Washington! It is a beautiful old cowboy town with great food. Love the majestic yellow :-)
I love the majestic yellow
My favorite vacation is on a beach with all inclusive amenities. Sun, sand and no worries at all.
Crystal blue would remind me of the ocean & sunny skies :)
I never really much cared from traveling, so the one place I like to go to on vacation is the kitchen! Finding some new recipes and inventing new things is as awesome as going to Disneyland for me. x)
And, if I won this – which I doubt I will since I have NO luck at all, haha -, I would love that Crystal Blue! It just looks so beautiful!
Doesn’t really matter where you go just as long as you ejoy the company (or lack thereof) and get a chance to rest and relax. :-)
Pink pretty please.
To a cabin in the mountains. Crystal Blue :)
The pink one, for sure.
I really like to go to the small coastal town of Whitby.
My favorite place/people to visit is my family that live in other states. Especially if I don’t get to see them that often!
The Pistachio mixer is calling my name!!! Definitely!
With the snow coming my way again, I want to go lay on a beach somewhere warm! But I’d settle for the Crystal Blue of the mixer instead of the ocean.
My fave vacation is Orlando, florida! I love Disney and Universal Studios. I cant wait to bring my little boy there :) i would love the crystal blue mixer.
I like to go camping and canoeing. I would pick majestic yellow
We have an annual vacation to schlitterbaun every summer. I would love the silver mixer. Thanx.
I love to sleep, eat, and spend a lot of time with my family on my vacation.
My favorite place to go on vacation to is Haiti! So relaxing and with such good food to eat :)
I would just love to receive the Pistachio colored mixer!
Disneyland!!!!!!!! Without a doubt. There’s a plaque on the entrance gate that says, “Here you leave today and enter a world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy.” It gives me the tingles just thinking about it! I love all of them but I think yellow is my favorite spring color!
I really just love to travel. It doesn’t much matter the destination as long as I am with the people I love and I get to learn something new. I Love the Aqua Sky.
So far my favorite place I vacationed was staying the middle of the Alps in Switzerland, beautiful and peaceful. I love the Pistachio color.
Wow, what a great competition!
Galway (Ireland) is a fantastic place for a break.
The pistachio one is my favourite.
I love to visit San Diego. The beach, perfect weather, and lots of fun things to do. Oh, and great seafood! I love the majestic yellow!
Sometimes when the money isn’t there stay vacations are’t so bad. Going out to dinner and a movie, inviting friends over for dinner can be nice too. We do what we can when we can, and are grateful.
Color choice Silver Metallic! I really love all the colors but not knowing what color my kitchen will be down the road I choose to go neutral. Thank You.
Anywhere tropical with a fruity cocktail to match! I would choose Aqua Sky
Anywhere far away from here!!!
and I’d love to win the Aqua Sky one!!!
My favorite thing to do is walk along the beach in Kalymnos, Greece where i spend all my summers! and i love the pink color :)
I would love to travel, it’s been a very long time since I have taken a vacation! I finally got my passport last summer and I hope I can plan a trip to England…sometime within the next ten years before the passport expires. Ha! The Ice color is dreamy. :)
I’m so glad you were able to relax and have a well deserved vacation! My favorite thing to do when traveling is trying delicious new food. The pistachio mixer is adorable!
Aqua Sky! It actually reminds me of the Limestone Waterfalls in Thailand, I LOVE it there!
I love Paris! Pink KitchenAid!
Europe. The colors, architecture, and history are incredibly interesting. Plus, can you beat people watching while sipping coffee at a cafe? The aqua sky is a beauty!
My favorite thing to do is have some sisterly bonding and bake. We try to do a different recipe every time I come back for vacation from college. I really like the color of the aqua blue.
I’m a beaching lovin’ gal myself. My family growing up liked to go to Seaside, Oregon and just relax at one of the beaches. Now that I’m growed up, moved out, and married, I try to plan one beach vacation each year for me and the hubs. No kiddos yet so that hasn’t been too difficult to negotiate, but I look forward to someday trying to grab fists full of sand out of my baby’s reach as they try to eat the ocean.
And I pick…PISTACHIO :)
Our family travelled to Ireland last year, and I feel in love. I’d love to spend the summers there instead of the Texas heat. All of the pastels are just gorgeous! I really like ice.
Eu adoro tirar férias no campo e curtir o misturador dos tons de branco e azul dos céus e o rosa das flores,com a calma do campo …..mas amo o misturador dos rosas das flores……
My favorite place is wherever my family is all together & having fun since my husband & I work opposite schedule = every other week on Wed is the only time together. We all love Disneyland. I love the Pink color to represent “Breast Cancer Awareness” for my mom’s honor.
My husband and I spent two weeks road tripping through France last year, and it was the most amazing time. I love going anywhere that I can explore. We are going to Ireland in two weeks for a similar type of vacation and I can’t wait to explore the Emerald Isle! And I agree on the Aqua Sky! My kitchen is purple with pops of yellow and turquoise, and I think the mixer would be the perfect turquoise accent!
I love Paris! Pink KitchenAid ist wonderful!!!
My favorite place to visit is my family in MN in June. Their June is much more pleasant than our June in FL! I like the ice mixer :)
Hiking in Hawaii! Silver Metallic
I love to just take some rest anywhere that’s warm. Pick a beach any beach :) I love the pink color! Thanks so much.
My favorite place to vacation is right here in Destin Florida- paradise- we moved here 2 years ago & I feel like I am always on vacation – beautiful white sands & emerald green water. I love the majestic yellow mixer!
The last time I went on vacation I did a volunteer vacation to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah. It was amazing! Everything is so clean, and all the 2,000 animals are so well cared for. I petted hundreds of cats! It was amazing!
I am hoping to go to Puerto Rico though next year – I have never been anywhere tropical and want to.
And I would pick the silver mixer!
My favorite place to vacation is at the Atlantis in the Bahamas! It’s so beautiful and relaxing down there. I LOVE the ICE colored Mixer!
Favorite family vacation – Poipu in Hawaii, Favorite romantic vacation – Grand Cayman! Pink KitchenAid stand mixers are awesome!
Vegas baby! Fab weather, relax by pool, lots to see and do, great food!! I love the ice colour mixer : )
Camping by a lake! And ice!!
My favorite vacation spot was North Myrtle Beach, Sc. My color choice would be Silver Metallic. Thank you.
I love the ice color!
My favorite thing is to enjoy a cocktail in a relaxing outdoor locale…on a mountain porch, on a beach, in a vineyard…
Cannon Beach, Oregon and I love the Pistachio mixer!
I love just laying on the beach someplace sunny! And the ice color is so pretty!
I love to go to Mexico for a relaxing beach vacation! I love the pink mixer!
Love all the colors, but the Crystal Blueish my fav.
Money’s been tight that last couple years so we’ve been having fun with imaginative “stay-cations.” It takes a little work, but the rewards are wonderful :) We do a lot of searching and find places to go/visit that are all within driving distance. Last year, we visited a commercial dairy and took a tour. We took the kids to a drive-in theatre. We found a museum nearby that was exhibiting Titanic artifacts. We explored little known parks and we visited town with odd names. Here in Michigan, there really is a town named “Hell.” We packed a picnic and went to check it out. Who do you know who’s had a picnic in Hell? Every day was an adventure! My kids are looking forward to this summer ;)
Crystal Blue!
New York without a doubt!!
The Aqua Sky looks fab!
My favorite vacation spot was Charleston, Sc. My color choice would be Silver Metalic.
My favorite place to go? Far away!
Those colors are fabulous. I’d have to pick the Ice one, but all of them are lovely.
I love to watch the silver metallic linings of clouds just drift on by while I read outside!
i love cozumel mexico and i think the aqua sky is a very pretty blue
Without a doubt, Maui is my favorite vacation spot and diving is my favorite thing to do there! It’s beautiful 365 days a year.
I think the classic color of the mixer has to be the Stainless Steel!!
My favorite vacation place was Quechee, Vt. My color would be Silver Metallic. Thank You.
It’s all about Mallorca for me… Relax in the sun and enjoy great meals in the evening with my family… Simple…. Silver metallic suits me fine ;-)
My favorite place to go is home! I live far from my family but I always love taking vacations home to see them. Also I really like the silver metallic mixer.
I love to go to the beach on the gulf of mexico in Florida. Warm weather for this girl! :) so relaxing!
I like the silver metallic!
Sanibel Island, Florida!! White sand, blue water, gentle breezes, manatees, lots of beautiful birds…ahhh, I miss it so much!
And ICE! Like the color of that gorgeous Sanibel water! :-D
My favorite place is always the beach! And color is always pink!
I would love to go to Mexico again! It is so much fun there. I love the pink mixer
I love to go anywhere there’s a beach, a good book and a frozen margarita.
I love the Aqua Sky!
My favorite place to go was Kennebunkport, Me. The color I would choose Silver Metallic. Thank you!