You loved them the last three years and they are making yet another appearance: the fantastic Jai Kudo sunglasses. Be the envy of all your friends! Bask in the glory of strangers asking where you got them and the added cachet of sniffing “They’re designer sunglasses from England and I don’t think you can get them in the States.” The sunglasses will not necessarily be the ones pictured above, but will be a fantastic quality and make everyone very jealous if you score these bad boys/girls.

Donated by Maryan

You loved them the last three years and they are making yet another appearance: the fantastic Jai Kudo sunglasses. Be the envy of all your friends! Bask in the glory of strangers asking where you got them and the added cachet of sniffing “They’re designer sunglasses from England and I don’t think you can get them in the States.” The sunglasses will not necessarily be the ones pictured above, but will be a fantastic quality and make everyone very jealous if you score these bad boys/girls.

Donated by Maryan

You will receive $50 in credit for Michael’s Etsy store Photucky.

All prints are made on archival quality paper with a coating to protect against fingerprints & dust. Mix and match any of the photos in the store and then email Michael your choices. All prints will be mailed directly to your house from the printer and arrive 7-10 days after your email. The shipping fees are waived so you have the full $50 to spend on prints.

Retail Value: $50.00

Donated by Michael

Location: Northern Kentucky

Interests: reading, travel, youth literacy, nail polish, Andrew Wyeth, British history, rebellion, celebrity gossip, trivia.

Nickname/Alternate name:  Scotlover/Scotlovershel online. Michelle, Shel, or Shelly in person.

Website: Nada

Blog: http://scotlover.diaryland.com (if it’s still there. It’s been ages since I updated or even checked it.)

Facebook: Michelle Robinson-Wilson

Twitter: scotlovershel

Significant Other: The long suffering, very sweet Stephen. He also answers to Boy or Elvis (which is actually his middle name. His people are SOUTHERN, y’all).

Random Fact: I am the youngest of my father’s 11 children. Catholic: yes. Dugger-esque: No.

Secret Super Power: Righteous indignation/anger and the subsequent quest for revenge

Attending: Weetacon VIII

Reason I’m attending Weetacon: To spend a bit of in-person time with some of my favorite people who have the audacity to live far away from me.

Thing I’m most nervous about: Falling down or otherwise looking foolish as I attempt to be girlie during the fashion show

My impressions of Weetacon are: Not at all a Swinger’s Weekend, unless you’re looking for that sort of thing. (Per Michael & Susan). Prior to that conversation today, I would’ve said: it’s a helluva good time with smart, funny, snarky people. Same thing, really.

When we meet, ask me about:  Fighting the man.

This item has been so popular in the last two raffles that it is making a third time appearance!

The historic Woodford Reserve Distillery is unlike any other in America. Nestled amid the picturesque horse farms of Central Kentucky, it is the distillery that crafts its bourbon in copper pot stills and ages it in unique limestone warehouses. Whisky was first produced on this site in 1812 and it was here that some of America’s earliest distilling pioneers perfected their craft.

Woodford Reserve is a super-premium small batch bourbon that is gaining a following as the new standard by which other bourbons are now judged. Gold medal winner at the world’s three most prestigious tasting competitions, it has a uniquely rich, smooth and balanced flavor.

Woodford Reserve Distillery is the only operating distillery in America to triple-distill its bourbon using copper stills. The bourbon is then aged in a warehouse built of stone rather than one built of wood. The stone helps to slow the warehouse’s change in temperature as the seasons change, allowing the whiskey to slowly work through the charred oak barrels as they expand in the warmer months and contract in the cooler months. The aging process continues for a minimum of six years before the bourbon is removed from the barrel and bottled at 90.4 proof (45.2% alcohol).

Retail Value: $37.00

Donated by Susan G and Tom

Since Conrad Hilton bought his first hotel in 1919 in Cisco, Texas, Hilton Worldwide has expanded geographically, produced original hotel and travel concepts, and developed innovative technologies to enhance the guest experience. Today Hilton is the leading global hospitality company, spanning the lodging sector from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and mid-priced hotels.

One of Hilton’s most popular brands, Embassy Suites Hotels is the nation’s largest brand of upscale, all-suite hotels with more total suites than any of its competitors. Created in 1983, Embassy Suites Hotels was a pioneer in the all-suite concept and today is a market share leader with more than 200 locations in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Enjoy their complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast, evening Manager’s Reception, open-air atriums, and two-room suites at every hotel.

The Be My Guest Certificate can be redeemed for one night of complimentary lodging (standard room and tax only) at any Embassy Suites hotel worldwide.

Retail Value: varies

Donated by Hilton Worldwide

This handcrafted butter-sized porcelain dish was meticulously pierced to create a modern open texture along the rim. You’ll also receive a matching 8 ounce cup.

This set would be perfect for cheeses and olives, breadsticks and oil or just use them separately for a million different things. We find that the small bowl is just perfect to store a pound of M&Ms.

Retail Value: TBD

Donated by Wendy Bix

This raffle winner will win five pounds of raw porcelain clay, to request a custom pottery order from Wendy Bix. What can she do with five pounds of clay? A big bowl, five tiny bowls, four mugs, twenty porcelain pendants, ten custom tiles, a giant platter…the choices and combinations are endless.

You get to pick the items and the general color scheme for the dip glazing and Wendy will do the dirty work. Or you can make something(s) yourself and ship it back to Wendy for firing and glazing. Your resulting pottery will be dishwasher, microwave and oven safe, and will be dated and signed on the bottom, wrapped carefully and shipped to the intended recipient.

Retail Value: TBD

Donated by Wendy Bix

You’ll receive a $100 gift certificate for the Wendy Bix Etsy store, featuring fine art quality prints on professional archival 200-year paper and enhanced with the Lustre Coat process to make the colors amazing. With this process, the print seems to grab the natural light and casts a soft glow. You can choose from the prints already in the Etsy store, or pick photos you may have seen on Wendy Bix’s various websites and Flickr stream. Want a realllllly big print? You got it. Want a lot of smaller prints? They’re yours. Items will be shipped directly to your home or any address you request.

Retail Value: TBD

Donated by Wendy Bix

These handknit fingerless gloves will keep your hands warm but leave your fingers free for typing, texting, etc. They will stretch to fit large and small hands alike and they are knit from mega-soft, not-at-all-scratchy 100% merino wool. For the yarn snobs out there, the yarn is Sanguine Gryphon’s Free Range worsted in the Wyndacottes colorway.

Retail Value: $25.00

Donated by Gwen