NAME THAT BIRD CONTEST! STAMPIN’ UP STAMP SETS PRIZE!

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This is my brand new Parakeet who will be keeping me company in my stamp room.   He doesn’t have a name yet.  My Husband, Russ suggested I make it a contest on my blog to name the little guy.  So here it is, leave a comment making a suggestion on what I should name my new bird.  I will pick the winning name and reward the person that suggested the name with two, that’s right two Stampin’ Up sets, Botanical Blooms & Yummy.

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A couple of things about the bird, he is a very young male Parakeet.  Prodominately “Tempting Turquoise” in color with a bit of Going Gray and Whisper White.  How is that for a description?   Do you talk in Stampin’ Up colors too?  He will reside in my stamp room.

Now come on and get creative with the names.  I cannot wait to read them and I’m sure the bird would like a name, lol.  I will select the winning name on Friday, June 26, 2009. 

Good luck everyone!

Huge Hugs,

Michelle

389 thoughts on “NAME THAT BIRD CONTEST! STAMPIN’ UP STAMP SETS PRIZE!”

  1. sandyh50's avatar sandyh50

    I like “Pretty Bird” because that is something he is suppose to learn to say. We said that a million times to our parakeet! So you might as well say something he can learn. And this is really a “Pretty Bird”

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  3. kathy's avatar kathy

    I agree that Jiggy would be a great name but I’d also like to suggest “Baby Blue” or “Blue Boy”……he’s a baby, a boy and he’s blue, so Voila! He’s also gorgeous; hope you enjoy him for many years!

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  4. Sue B.'s avatar Sue B.

    My very first look at this beautiful bird…and “Sky” was my first thought for a name. He looks as beautiful as the sky looks today in Cincinnati, OH. Good luck!

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  5. Sophie's avatar Sophie

    Well automatically I thought “Brayer” and saw others had suggested it. I think its a cool name, once I re-said it a few times it seems neat.

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  6. Sherry's avatar Sherry

    Oh, I love your new little friend. When I was a little girl my grandmother had a parakeet of the same color. His name was Petey and we taught him to say “Petey is a pretty boy”. (Funny aside story — my grandmother loved his coloring so much that she got a turquoise refrigerator — this back in the 50’s!!)

    Hope you and your pretty boy enjoy many happy hours!
    hugs,
    Sherry

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  7. Chris Kieffer's avatar Chris Kieffer

    Hi Michelle! I’d call him Crafty Boy/or Girl…lol….I also thought about Inspiration, but I couldn’t think of a cute way to shorten the name! He is going to fill your craft room with “Beautiful” notes of Inspiration! I have an Umbrella Cockatoo, and she gives me the most joy!! Enjoy him!! So cute!
    Chris Kieffer

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  8. Faith's avatar Faith

    Glad I don’t have to select a name. There are a LOT of great ones already!! My suggestion is Keet or Pete the Keet (could be PK for short). Will be interesting to see what you select!!

    Faith in Florida
    eppf2@aol.com

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  10. Cathy Mathis's avatar Cathy Mathis

    Hi Michelle,

    When my kids were younger we had a parakeet just like this one, his name was Sinbad because there was a cartoon on at the time about Sinbad the sailor. I know he had a parrot but….a parakeet is as big a bird as I wanted. thanks for the chance to win these two stamp set.

    Cathy

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  11. Donette Barry's avatar Donette Barry

    I thought I’d go with another of your favorite’s…Primsacolor markers…He looks just llike PM39 = True Blue…or True for short. Thanks 🙂

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  14. sandra's avatar sandra

    I needed a Michelle fix today – thank you!
    I am no good at naming things – I first thought of Sparky – but then thought you need something stamping related ….. Bray! short for brayer – your trademark?
    Hey – I like it!
    Thanks for all the fun!
    Sandra

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  15. Karen R's avatar Karen R

    What a beautiful little bird! I’d call him Sunshine………Sunny for short, because he’s cheerful and bright, he just brings a smile to my face. Good luck with him!

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  17. Dawn RW's avatar Dawn RW

    He’s a pretty bird and the color of the sea, so how about Prince Caspian…for the Caspian Sea….but call him “Casper”. This name could double for “ghostly” type events that occur in your home…..like when a TV is on mysteriously with no one in the room watching it. You can say “It must have been a ghost….” and since you would have a “Casper” in the house, he would have to take responsibility for it, thereby relieving everyone else from blame. He could become your designated fall-guy. And since your kids are grown you need a young man in the house to blame things on, otherwise people might be looking at you !!!! LOL.

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  18. Lin P.'s avatar Lin P.

    We have had several birds and our parakeets could all say “Pretty Bird” so that is the name I would suggest, and of course he is a “Pretty Bird”.

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  19. Norma Kratz's avatar Norma Kratz

    Hi Michelle,
    I can’t believe it, I have a parakeet the same color that we found out in the yard two years ago and we named it “PRETTY BOY” and he loves that name. So I would suggest “PRETTY BOY” for your bird and you can see him in February. How lucky was our bird to have a happy home.
    Good Luck
    Norma

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  21. Amy's avatar Amy

    What a lovely bird….My first thought was BAJA…..I think that he looks exactly like the color Baja Breeze. But someone already suggested that.

    So how about “Breeze”? Or maybe “Curaçao”? Or “Lagoon”?

    I think you have an awesome list of potential names. Whatever you decide, just enjoy him.

    Thanks for the beautiful cards. You are AWESOME!!!

    ~Amy

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  22. StampinCathy's avatar StampinCathy

    This is one beautiful bird!
    Some of my names are (trying to relate to stamping):
    Bray for Brayer
    Chipper for your beautiful cards
    Gizmo for the supplies you can’t remember the name
    MOJO
    Crafty
    Freedom
    Artistic…nick Art
    Can’t wait to see what you name this colorful bird.
    Thanks for a chance at this yummy SU candy.

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  25. Kathy Eddy's avatar Kathy Eddy

    I think he is a very pretty bird to start with, and I think he is very lucky to reside in your stamp room, so it reminds me of a song from a long time ago, I’m the Lucky Pierre; so I thinkPierre would suit him well. When my oldest was a baby, we had two of them and they were Pete and Pierre. We let them fly around the house and Pierre always landed on the front of angela’s walker and would let her touch him and he would ride with her. Pete would peck us if we tried to touch him at all! Kathy Eddy

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  26. Kathy Eddy's avatar Kathy Eddy

    I think he is a very pretty bird to start with, and I think he is very lucky to reside in your stamp room, so it reminds me of a song from a long time ago, I’m the Lucky Pierre; so I think “Pierre” would suit him well. When my oldest was a baby, we had two of them and they were Pete and Pierre. We let them fly around the house and Pierre always landed on the front of angela’s walker and would let her touch him and he would ride with her. Pete would peck us if we tried to touch him at all! Kathy Eddy

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  28. Sue's avatar Sue

    OH! he is so pretty. I know you are going to love his company every day. You may have to clip his wings to keep him home. How about “Samson” Hope you like it. But what ever you choose, it’s going to be perfect for him.

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  31. Sandy K's avatar Sandy K

    Wow, what a beautiful Parakeet you have! He is gorgeous!!! You will want to name him something that he can learn to say easily. They say it is best to make it one or two syllables. We’ve had three parakeets. Their names were PT, BJ and Pretty Boy. Even Pretty Boy with 3 syllables was easy for the bird to say. We always entered the room with Hello PT or Hello BJ and they learned their name and would say it often.

    How about TeKe. I don’t know why this came to me. But I think it would be easy for him to learn. He really is a Pretty Boy!

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  33. Linda's avatar Linda

    What a pretty bird!!! You could call him TURK for turquoise or DEMO for demonstrator or DITTO for being second in your room while you work or just plain PETE for if you would get a second bird you could call it REPEAT. I’m being funny but when I was small my parents bought my sister and I peeps for Easter and yes we did call them Pete and Repeat (one was a Rooster and the other a Hen, which we did not know till they grew up). Linda

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  34. Lavonne (tweetygirl)'s avatar Lavonne (tweetygirl)

    hi Michelle,
    I think click would be a good name for all the pictures you take! I’m assuming the date was a typo since I can’t imagine you’d really keep this open for a whole year!! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  35. Darlene's avatar Darlene

    The first thing which came to my mind was:” Zindy”. I know it’s not really stamp related but then again maybe it is very much stamp related since that is your passion and so a take off from your name would be appropriate. Or maybe: “Mitch” would work – is that the masculine form of your first name?

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  38. Beth Ann's avatar Beth Ann

    Hi Michelle! What a beautiful new friend you have! He (or she???) reminds me very much of my Piko, back from when I got married 20 years ago. 🙂

    Ok…when I first saw the bird, I thought he (or she) should have a name out of the new Stampin’ Up! catalog.

    “Bermuda Bay” seems too big of a name for him, but maybe “Bermie” for short.

    I also thought “Sunny” would be nice, because of the “Sunny Day” simply scrappin set.

    “Kaleidoscope” (Designer Series Paper) is also too long of a name for such a little bird, but perhaps shortened to “Leido” (pronounced Lie-Doe).

    Although it is no where near the color of the bird, “Razzle” is also a fun name.

    “Flutter” is a fun idea, too, from the Decor Elements page.

    “Sizzlet” sounds like a birdy’s name, too!

    Have fun deciding!

    Beth Ann

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  39. katou's avatar katou

    How about a french name as “BLEUET” for this cute little blue bird.
    You are very lucky to have such a beautiul companion for your scraproom.
    He looks very nice and this “turquoise blue” is “WAAOOUUUHHHH”!!
    Kisses.
    Cat.

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  40. Alicia's avatar Alicia

    Love the bird and what pretty colors! There are some great names on here but thought I would go ahead and throw my two in the hat. Trying to connect him to what you do, here’s my offers..lol

    Traveler and….Sneaky Peek (or Sneaky Pete..lol) I notice you always give us a Sneak Peek of stuff so…just how my mind works…lol

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  41. Linda Peterson's avatar Linda Peterson

    He looks like “Sammy” to me.
    What a beautiful bird. We had one similar to yours, when I was young and it was a guaranteed male and then laid an egg.
    Linda Peterson

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  42. Carin's avatar Carin

    So many names suggested… I like “Dauber”… it has a stamping theme plus it rolls off the tongue… you have to name a pet an easy to say name… besides I think he looks like he would like the name, Dauber… if he could speak he would tell you that!

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  44. Laurie in MN's avatar Laurie in MN

    Keety, keety.

    Hee, hee, had to throw that one in the hat.

    Our family always had birds. Petie was the most used name. Clyde was our smartest bird who had a strong personnality. He was always very gently with little children and loved walking on their shoulders.

    Have fun training your new parakeet. I think I could still recite the 45 record used for teaching the bird phrases, Hello, Hello baby. Hello……..

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  45. Susan's avatar Susan

    Hi Michelle,
    Lots of good names out there already, I’ll try a few:
    Doobie
    Cheep
    Doodad
    Thanks for the opportunity to win the cool stamp sets.

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  46. Cindy H.'s avatar Cindy H.

    He’s just so pretty! I had one that looked just like him when I was very young and we called him Tweety. Now that I’m all grown up, lol, I think “Happy” would be the name I would pick. Happy is what I am when I’m stamping, too:) When you are trying to teach him to say his name, repeat “Happy, Happy, Happy” and see if you can be *blue* – don’t think so!

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  48. Nicole Taylor's avatar Nicole Taylor

    Hi Michelle, I love your new bird. He reminds me of the one my Mom had.
    The name I’ve chosen is “Zeezee” for his beautiful Azure color.
    Hope I get chosen. I think it would suit him very well.
    Nicole Taylor/ButterflyEars

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  50. Jill's avatar Jill

    What an absolutely gorgeous bird. I have a almost four year old keet that looks very similar to your little boy and I named him “Perry”, short for Periwinkle. Perry has been a wonderful name for mine as he can say his name so clearly. Good luck and I know you will have so much fun with your newaddition to your stamp room. Parakeets are wonderful, fun birds.

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