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.
Paris, France! Shopping, food, museums, art! Paris has a lot of different activities! Aqua Sky is my favorite color!
My favorite vacation spot is Wrightsville Beach, NC! I love all of these colors so pretty but I would say Pistachio is my favorite.
I love to go to the beach. I dont care if its rainy or sunny as long as I can hear the waves while I read my book :) I love the Pistachio!
Haven’t had a vacation since I was a kid. Would love to see a beach, a palm tree or the mountains.
Love all the pastel mixers, would love to have the “ice” mixer!!
Niagara Falls is awesome! I love the pink mixer!
Kayaking and hope to win a ”pistachio” mixer!
Glacier National Park to hike! Pink mixer
My favorite vacation spot is definately Kauai, Hawaii!! Aqua Sky mixer is my fav!
Disney in Florida. Nothing like the rides and fun, beach and sun with my kids, It’s all about spending time with my family. I love the Ice color!
Road trip to explore a new city! Aqua Sky!
Without a doubt, my soul is refreshed at Yosemite. It’s my favorite place and our family tradition for over 40 years to spend every Christmas there. I love the Aqua Sky Mixer!
anywhere with a stack of good books, a lounge chair, the sound of surf crashing, warmish breezes and plenty of snooze time :) . . .silver metallic
Roaring River State Park in Cassville, Mo is my favorite place to relax. The pink mixer would be my choice. Thank you.
St Croix US Virgin Islands! Majestic yellow reminds me of houses on the island!
I would want to go London, and would love the white mixer
My favorite place to go is Priest Lake Idaho-and if I were to win a mixer-I would choose the pink one because I know someone that wants a pink one really bad!
I love the beach and the color pink! Thanks
Aqua Sky…all the way! I just painted my kitchen that color! :) *crosses fingers and squints eyes*
I love vacationing anywhere that’s quiet and full of nature, water is always an added bonus! One of my dreams would be to travel to Hawaii, looks like paradise. My personal favorite vacation so far has been to Luray, VA in the mountains. So beautiful seeing the leaves change.
I’d love the Pistachio mixer!!
Paris or New York- I’d flip a coin. Pistachio!
My favorite vacation is a Disney Cruise! Fav! orite pastel is Majestic Yellow
anyplace I can park my camper and put my feet up is a vacation for me! I’d chose the pistachio mixer
I love to go toFlorida!! I lovethe majestic yellow color it is so cool!!!!!!!!!
My favorite place to go on vacation is Wales, so I can walk through castles and learn their history. I love the pistachio!
I love to go to anywhere with mountains! I would love the aqua sky mixer.
Pink, of course!!! And anywhere with no children, a cold drink and the warm weather.
Wherever I go, I looove to bakery hop! And when I’m not bakery-hopping, I like to try out the local restaurants! Yum! (: And love the pink!
VERANDA BEACH and time with my family. Love, love, love Majestic Yellow.
Beach…mountains…anywhere with a good book and a place to relax! And I would love to win the pink mixer!!!
My favorite place to vacation is definitely Disneyland! Even as an adult, I could go there every day :)
I love love LOVE the Pink Kitchenaid :)
the beach,enjoy the salt air and feeling the sun the on my skin. crystal blue is my favorite!
My favorite thing to do is spend time with my family, and my lovely grandkids, and there is no better place to do that when on a vacation at Disney World. If I had to choose a adult only location, I would pick Sedona, Arizona. I really love the Ice colored mixer!
I adore the city of Amsterdam, everyone is so free spirited!
I’d be elated to bake with the Pistachio mixer <3
My favorite vacation is anywhere in the mountains and my favorite color is Silver Metallic!
I love to go to the beach. My favorite it ICE
My favorite thing to do on vacation is relax on the beach and soak up some rays. For the mixer, I’d have to go with yellow because I’d give it to my mom if I won and its look great in her kitchen!
My favorite place to go on vacation is Cinque Terre, Italy.
I would select the pink mixer!!
Anywhere with sand and water.
Silver metallic. classic.
I love Oahu–esp Kailua. And I love the pink mixer!
Love Europe! Can’t decide between Ice or Pistachio.
My favorite place is the beach! And i love the pink mixer
My favorite place to go is the beach, any beach and my color mixer is aqua sky it would be a wonderful addition to my kitchen
Disney in Florida. Nothing like the rides and fun, beach and sun with my kids. It’s all about spending time with my family.
We love to vacation in the Outer Banks. So pretty and relaxing! Love the pistachio color. :)
someplace new…would love to go to Costa Rica. PINK!
Whoaaa I want that pink one so bad! It’s so cute.
The most amazing place I’ve ever been is Jackson Hole, Wyoming/Yellowstone National Park. I’ve only been once, but I’ve missed it ever since.
I love to visit Mackinaw Island for vacation. Sitting around a beach campfire looking at the bridge all lit up is so calming and beautiful. Oh…and I love the aqua sky mixer!!!
Florida and the beach. Aqua sky is my favorite!
My favorite place for vacation has always been the beach (Gulf Coast Florida). I love the Ice mixer!
ICE fav place Sitka,Alaska awesome scenery,fishing and Native culture
My favorite place to go is out to the western U.S. I would pick the Crystal Blue color.
Since I am a student and single parent vacations outside of San Diego are rare but really loved visiting San Francisco so much history and the taxi rides are not for faint of heart hehe. I love the pistachio mixer!
My favorite thing to do on vacation is spend time with my 3 yr old son. It doesn’t matter where we are or what we do, just seeing him smile is all I need! His current favorite things to do are helping me cook in the kitchen and playing with his puzzles! :)
Disney World is my favorite vacation destination! The Crystal Blue looks beautiful.
St. MArtin with the crystal blue waters and warm sand. I guess Crystal Blue would be my color as well
We like to go to new places, but love San Diego as a quick getaway! I love the Aqua Sky color!
My favorite vacation spot is relaxing with my family in San Marino, Italy. It’s the oldest republic in the world! My favorite color is pistachio. Gorgeous!
I love to go to historic places with my family on vacation. Aqua Sky
I would love to go to Jamaica again, where I went on my honeymoon 3 years ago!!
I LOVE the Ice color
I love to go hiking in the mountains on vacation.
Love the Aqua Sky!
I really love Wellesley Island and St Lawerence River in Northern NY. My pastel would be silver metallic
my favorite place is without a doubt going back home to Malta. Its a beautiful little island with incredible beaches and the nicest people you will ever come across :) Love me some silver metallic!
I love the Aqua Sky, but would probably pick white. I have only been on vacation a couple times but I loved Akumal Mexico it was beautiful.
Ohhh anywhere in beautiful Northern Michigan. and I love the new Pistachio color!
My favorite place to go on vacation would be back home, to Canada to visit my sons.
I love the silver metallic.
My fave place to go is the beach! I love Aqua sky it’s beautiful.
Crystal Blue! Love it!
I’m all for Hawaii! But if we are keeping it on the cheap and continental, it’d have to be Door County, WI!
I like to go to the beach and I’d pick majestic yellow.
I love kayaking!!!…and that Ice color!!!!
California..going to the beach and some amusement days! I like the pistachio color! Thanks!
Pink is the color I choose and Disney Land is my vacation choice.
My favorite place to go is the BEACH! :) It’s calming, relaxing, and clarifies all the chaotic mess that can happen in a mommy’s mind throughout a day, week, or year. Everyone can enjoy it and it’s free! The Crystal Blue mixer reminds me of the cool ocean water. It’s a very calming color.
LOVE THE ICE!!! My favorite place… Lake of the Ozarks, close to home, lots to do, and shopping galore!
My fave place to vacation…a cabin in the woods on a lake!!!! Silver metallic is my color of choice..that way when I change decor it will always match.
Spain
Pistachio
Baltimore and crystal blue
Duluth, mn and i like the blue
I’m thinking crystal blue, but I’d have to see it in person.
Place to vacation? I love traveling and seeing something new. Somewhere senic and fun. Would love to go back to Australia some day and explore more.
I am a huge nerd and LOVE pin trading at Disney World! :-). The Majestic Yellow is very pretty!
My favorite place to go on vacation would be Hawaii … and I mean favorite as in I’d love to go there but haven’t yet! Thanks for the chance!
Ithaca, NY and Crystal Blue!
Sarasota, Florida! Majestic yellow!
My favorite places to go are Oregon and Alaska! They are both truly beautiful places and there is so much to do!
I like the Crystal Blue or Ice!
My favorite vacation is Turks and Caicos; you can’t beat it! And I’m in love with the Aqua Sky!
My favorite thing to do on vacation is spend time with my family at the beach…. I love the aqua sky!
My favorite pastel would be the Aqua Sky – simply beautiful!
My favorite vacation spot would be right here in good old Columbus, OH! I love taking days off and exploring new places and things around town with my husband and grandson….We have had some really fun times and I would not change it for anything!
My favorite place to go on vacation is the beach with family! I love the Aqua Sky
My favorite places to visit are historical monuments…
ice color!
We haven’t been on vacation forever but my favorite place is anywhere on the ocean! Oh and I love the Ice but would probably choose the Majestic Yellow.
Pink-I love going to the mountains in Colorado.
I would love to go to Europe to see the birth places of my ancestors. I would be happy with any color at all but if I had
to choose I guess I would choose the majestic yellow :)
My FAVORITE vacations are extended camping trips in Northern Minnesota. Nothing beats hot summer days and cool summer nights in the great outdoors! Y favorite color mixer is Aqua Sky :) Thank you for doing this!
My favorite place to go on vacation is a cruise…. I would love to go explore Hawaii – Maui and oahu. I love the majestic yellow mixer
My favorite vacation is a serious toss up…Palma Nova, Spain or Oahu, HI. Wow awesome places, great food, wonderful sights and outstanding native cultures. Everyone should visit one or the other, a unforgettable experience. My favorite color is the Silver Metallic. Good luck everyone.
Camping on a lake. It’s so hard to choose a color. Aqua, or yellow or pistachio.
Orlando! I love WDW! :-)
Pistachio is so pretty!
I love to vacation in California and get away from our home in the desert in the summer! My favorite is ICE- we don’t have a mixer and BOY DO I NEED ONE! Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
I love going to the beach! With this weather, though, anywhere warmer would be great! I love the yellow mixer and it would help me with my cake business! I love the yellow one!
Destin, Florida is my favorite vacation spot and I LOVE the Pink one :)
My favorite place to go is the beach. There is peace and serenity with the waves rolling in. I love the pink one.
I love traveling up to Maine with my bf and walking around Portland enjoying all the great foodie restaurants and bakeries. :)
Oh and that Pistachio color is adorable!
I love the beach!! Any beach will do, just get me near the sea! They are all so pretty, but I think Aqua Sky is my favorite.
My FAVORITE place in the WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD is White Sands in New Mexico!! My mom used to take me all the time when I was little. The sun rise is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen…so in love with White Sands! By the way, I LOVE the silver metallic mixer :)
The best place to Vacation is in Florida!
Whether you go to a beach or to Disney World, you just can’t beat it. I’ve been once and I can’t wait to get a chance to go back. Absolutely love the ice color. Beautiful.
I love Trinidad and Tobago and I love the crystal blue color.
it would be so amazing to win the crystal blue :)
& a week of sleeping in at home is the perfect vacation idea for me right now!!
My favorite place to vacation is the Outerbanks with friends. I’d choose the silver metallic mixer.
My favorite place to go on vacation is Estes Park, Colorado. I have made such wonderful memories there and throughout the state of Colorado. I love the Crystal Blue KitchenAid mixer, because it reminds me of the color of the beautiful skies up in Colorado.
I would LOVE the Majestic Yellow. This color would just light Up my kitchen, like a bright sun shining on my kitchen counter. This color brings me back to my favorite place on Italy’s coast, and lemons there.
New York City! The shopping, the Broadway shows, Central Park, the food, love all of it! The Pink Mixer is my choice, one year breast cancer survivor!
my favorite thing to do on vacation is to RELAX!!
i love the pink!!
Disneyland and Medieval Times! The pink mixer is definitely my favorite!
I love the beach in Wrightsville, NC. I would adore the pistachio green mixer.
My favorite thing to do is NOTHING! I’m so busy, I just want to relax – perhaps by the beach listening to the ocean sipping a glass of Moscato. Oh and PINK!
My favorite place to go on vacation is anywhere that I can bring a book and wave at a waiter to bring me a drink with an umbrella? Cruising anyone?
I hope that someday I get a Pistachio colored mixer. It was love at first sight!
My favorite place to visit would be Hawaii. I have never been there but it looks beautiful and peaceful. I would like the Pistachio mixer. please and thank you!
I love to go to my family’s cottage that located on a fresh water lake. The air is so fresh and you can swim whenever you like. It’s a wonderful place for my kids and dog. And I love the Pistachio one!
San Diego is where I love to be. And oh my Aqua Sky is amazing!
My favorite place to go for vacation is Ocean City, MD. I’ve been going every year with my family since I was born and what I like about it is, it reminds me of the traditions and pleasures my family has had as I’ve grown up. In other words, it’s my favorite place to feel nostalgic! My favorite color is pistachio!!
My favorite place to vacation is anywhere with an ocean and a kayak! Santa Cruz is my own little slice of paradise. The pistachio mixer is to die for!
My favorite thing to do on vacation is visit my parents in Florida (when it’s winter back home in Michigan).
My pastel would be crystal blue.
My favorite thing to do or place to go on vacation is still a dream…it would be to drive across the country, touring the USA, with my husband and children, pulling a camping trailer. This is not something we have done yet, but is definitely on my list of things to do! And I would very much like to have the Majestic Yellow mixer, please and thank you!
My favorite place to go on vacation is Iowa as many of our loved ones are there and we don’t get to visit very often. My fav mixer is the majestic yellow!
Any place warm and sunny. I would pick the piatachio
My husband and I love Traverse City, MI! I love love the silver :)
Fabulous colors. Love, love the aqua sky! My favorite place to vacation is the beach. I live in a mountain state and love my mountain getaways, but a beach is the relaxing opposite and makes my day.
My Favorite place to be is Santa Fe, NM. I love the atmosphere and its not too far from home. I love the Majestic Yellow mixer, it is so bright and cheerful!
I live at the beach, so I’m pretty happy at home! Love the Ice color!
Camping and Silver Mettalic!
I haven’t been a vacation in forever. I would love to travel anywhere! I have wanted to go to Arkansas Crater of Diamonds and dig for diamonds.
Aqua Sky! LOVE that color.
I love being at home with my hubby and our 8-month old daughter. I also love the beach and live in San Diego so it is a plus that I can be at the beach after a 10 minute drive :) I would LOVE either the Ice, White or the Silver Metallic (hard choice to make).
Ice please! And on an ideal vacation, I want to be obligated to do nothing! I want to lay in the sun, try exotic foods, spend time with the people I love, and just relax.
I live at the beach, so my go to vacation is the mountains. Spring or Fall, when the change of season lasts longer than a few days.
The Majestic Yellow would look excellent in my kitchen.
My favorite place to go is Panama City beach! And of course I have to have the PINK one !!
I would love to be anywhere I can be with my husband, our 5 kids, a pocket full of money and absolutely no electronics! The Aqua Sky mixer would make me swoon like a school girl! … Sigh ;)
beaches. Anywhere warm with a beautiful beach and clean water.
Crystal blue
I love spending vacations at the beach! Pink Mixer! :)
A place I would love to vacation is Thailand. Thailand beautiful culture and beaches is definitely a place to get away. In the same way, a Crystal Blue mixer will be a favorite of mine because it reminds me of the beautiful ocean in Thailand. :)
I love the pistachio color; Green is my favorite color!
My favorite vacation spot is Spain or Italy; however, I am dying to visit Ireland.
Belgium, to visit the family ! and I would like a silver metallic to take with me :)
My Favorite Vacaton is Las Vegas…. Its Warm, the Pools are Beautiful, Drinks are Amazing and if it gets too Hot you can go inside and cool off on a Slot Machine :) I love the White Color it goes with anything !!
find my a cabin on the lake sounds like heaven to me and I would love the ice mixer
Baking and Kitchenaid go together! Love the white :-)
The normal me would go for the pink but im in love with the Majestic Yellow! This would be the perfect addition to my kitchen! My favorite thing to do on vacation is relax! Just take me somewhere tropical hand me a fruity drink and a good book and I’m in heaven ;)
I love the Frio River in the hill country of Texas!! I like the white mixer! A whole bunch!
Walt Disney World. I love all of the colors….anyone would match my kitchen perfectly!
Any place historic!! If it’s suppose to be haunted then that’s a great big plus!! Pick a color..that’s hard but okay.. PINK! :)
The beach. The ICE mixer is my fave!!!
Hyatt Lost Pines Resort in Bastrop, TX
I am undecided between the Ice and Sky Blue!
My favorite thing to do on vacation is go CAMPING with my wonderful husband (of almost 40 years!) and/or with family and grandkids; and my favorite KitchenAid Stand Mixer pastel is the AQUA SKY because it reminds me of the beautiful sky above the campground!
St Margarets Bay, in Kent, England. My husband is from there and any chance we get (which isn’t many, now with a 3 yr old and a 6 month old) we like to go there. I like Majestic Yellow! :)
My favorite place to vacation is California. I adore the Fabulous Crystal Blue Mixer.
As the mother of a toddler, my favorite thing to do on a vacation is NOTHING!!! ;-) We love Seaside, FL though!! PINK, pretty please!!! XOXO
My favorite thing to do on Vacation is sleep in and enjoy sitting on my deck watching all the different birds at my feeders, It’s been a long winter here in ND and am looking forward to seeing some grass….Love the Majestic Yellow! Thanks
My favorite vacation place so far has been Chicago in the summer. My favorite looking mixer is aqua sky!!
Sanibel island, Florida! Love the Pink!
My favorite place to go on vacation is Walt Disney World. I so love to have the pink one in my kitchen.
Myfavorite place is the beach and I would choose the silver metallic mixer
For me, vacation has to be about getting away from all the “noise”. I love to go hiking and spend time at remote beaches. And that pistachio is so pretty! I would love to be able to surprise my mom with it!
My favorite place to vacation is going back home to Florida to see everyone…and the beach.
(Magestic Yellow – Reminds of the sun.)
Anywhere beachy, and lounging with a drink in hand. I would choose the white.
Colorado and love the Ice color!
I love going to the beach! With this weather, though, anywhere warmer would be great! I love the yellow mixer and it would help me with my cake business!
I love to go home — Tybee Island, GA — for my vacations! Best beach in the South!
I L*O*V*E the Crystal Blue (but will give it to my sweet daughter if I win).
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My favourite vacation destination is Korea! Affordable accommodation, great food, and shopping left, right, and centre! The ice mixer is just about the most gorgeous colour I ever seen on a Kitchenaid!
my favorite place to go on a vacation to is california because it is sunny and perfect over there compared to rainy bi-polar weather washington state.
& I love the aqua sky color
The sun filled days in Australia and the aqua sky-days with my family wading in the ocean, or walking along the beach-therefore the aqua sky mixer reminds me of the Australian skies….and reflections on the water….
I love to sleep in and lounge around! I would love to go to maybe France or Italy one of these days.
The silver metallic is the mixer I love!!!!
I love going to the beach, watching the sunrise and the sunset and just simply taking walk on the beach. I like the Pistachio and the Ice.
PS. Your right about the weather in the south, I live in Alabama.
any beach, anywhere! i would love the silver metallic mixer!
I’ve love to go on a cruise to the Bahamas on vacation. The beach and ocean sound SO amazing right now.
I’d love the AQUA SKY color since it reminds me of the crystal blue water!
Disney because we went there on our honeymoon. And I love the pink mixer – so sweet
Is there anything better than a beach vacation? :) I don’t even care where the beach is, so long as there’s sand and lots of sun involved. now that the weather is warming up I’m itching to dip my toes into the ocean again!
(and I love the ice color!)
Hang by the pool with a cold beer – I love the ice color!
My favorite place to vacation is anywhere. I am working and paying tuition, so I don’t have much money for fun stuff. I love the beach and I love the mountains. I mainly just love nature. My favorite color mixer is definitely the pink.
My favorite travel destination would be Mexico, to visit and make memories with the family I don’t get to see very often.
I love the Ice color mixer :)
Anywhere tropical!
I like the silver mixer.
Horseback riding. Majestic Yellow.
My favorite thing to do on spring break is lay on the beach with a good book. I love Gulf Shores, AL.
I’d love love love to win a pink mixer! Please pick me!
My husband is in the Navy so my favorite thing is honestly spending as much time as possible!!! And camping :) I love the Crystal Blue!
Charleston, SC – and aqua sky. I am obsessed with that color lately.
I’d like to go traveling through Europe again or maybe visit Japan. I love the Ice color
My favorite place to go is anywhere with sunshine, sand, ocean waves and a Mai Tai! The majestic yellow mixer just makes me smile!
Every year it’s a family tradition to go down to the Jersey shore! After all these years it’s still my favorite place to go on vacation! “Majestic Yellow” reminds me of the beautiful sunshine! I just LOVE it!
I love to go camping and hiking and just exploring the natural wonder of new states and places.
I love the retro look of the Pistachio colored mixer. That’s the one I want ; )
Kayaking and hope to win a ”pistachio” mixer!
My favorite place to go on vacation is to Rhode Island to see my daughter and grandchildren. I am in Missouri and only get to see them maybe once a year, so I look forward to each time I can go.
I would love to have majestic yellow mixer. it is bright and cheerful and would look good in my kitchen.
First my favorite things to do on vacation is E-A-T!!!, I love chocolate!! And most always try to find a local chocolate place or cupcake shop where ever I go to vacation!!! My favorite place to go on vacation is DC, I love the museums and the food vendors!!! My favoriite pastel is the ICE!
Both are tough choices, but I’ll go for Aqua Sky and somewhere in Greece!
Turks and Caicos! And I love the pistachio!
Give me an ocean beach–anytime anywhere! Love the pink!
My favorite place to vacation is Rome and I love the pistachio mixer.
I would love. Love. Love to have one of these I love to bake
I love beach days with my family, and I want the crystal blue mixer
We love to go to the beach or Tennessee. I need one of these desperately. I would choose I think the pink but love the ice, and aqua sky. .
I love vacationing anywhere the sun shines. And I love the ice mixer!
I’ll throw in with the beachgoers. I especially love beaches with tidal pools and tropical sea life to see. The spring colors are so pretty, but my favorite is the Ice color.
Favorite vacation a Caribbean Cruise! Favorite mixer aqua ski! :)
I like the silver mixer. The thing I like to do most on vacations is not work, LOL.
My favorite place to visit is Bermuda. It’s just gorgeous there. In the States, I love the mountains in VA. I’d love the Aqua Sky or Pistachio mixer!