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!”

  2. Verda's avatar Verda

    Beautiful card. As for a name for your little guy how about “Whispers” for the whisper white in his coloring . If someone already suggested this, sorry, but I haven’t read all the posts yet.

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  5. Gabi's avatar Gabi

    Oh,I´m not the first with “Tweedy” ….
    What´s about “Inky”? That´s the same melodie in this name.
    Maybe he will be able to speak his name….sometimes. 🙂

    Greetings from Austria
    Gabi

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  7. amber white's avatar amber white

    I don’t need the stamp sets since I already have them, but I’ll throw some names in the ring….

    Inky
    Scrapper
    Blueberry (my son has a blue bear named this and it’s really grown on me)
    Boisenberry (I may not have spelled it right, but it’s like a blueberry and then you could call him “Boy” too)

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  12. Davi's avatar Davi

    Michelle, Your bird is so cute. We have a several birds inluding a blue parakeet. They are great company and always intertaining. Since he will be your companion I think you should call him shadow. My husband says the name should be zebra. 🙂 have a fun picking a name. davi

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  13. Donna's avatar Donna

    How about Sparkles? His eyes are sparkling in the photo and the turquoise would sure sparkle if he was flying. He is a beautiful bird! Donna

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  14. Ibis's avatar Ibis

    The name I was going to suggest was already listed by Elaine. I was going to suggest Muse. Every artist has a muse that inpsires them to make masterpieces. I agree that its a great name for the fird that will be in your stamp room.

    Other suggestions would be naming him Masterpiece or maybe even Ibis. Its not just my name, but its also the name of a bird coincidently 🙂

    If he were in my stamp room I would have to call him Ahh-choo since I am alergic to birds and they make me sneeze, lol!

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  15. Merry S.'s avatar Merry S.

    Hi Michelle! Ok, for some reason, the minute I looked at your bird, I thought “Rex”. I think it totally fits him! He’s so handsome 🙂

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  16. Glenda's avatar Glenda

    I had a bird like this. He wandered into our backyard and was already finger tame. I called him Buddie. Later I got a lighter blue one and called him Eccles. It was actually a mistake as they are often not so friendly when they have a companion. (They were both males.) Of course here in Australia we call then Budgies. I usually like to name my pets with whatever seems right at the time. We had a very long lived cat whose name changed several times over the years. The cat didn’t care!

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  17. Janet Sisk's avatar Janet Sisk

    What a beautiful bird! I love your description of him using SU colors. LOL I purposely did NOT look at anyone else’s name suggestions. I thought of two right away when I saw him. The first one has nothing to do with anything other than he looked like that name to me – Gus. Go figure. The other name has to do with his role in helping you create and market Stampin’ Up. I thought that since you are a Stampin’ Up demonstrator he needed a name that has to do with that. He could be called “STU” for STampin’ Up. LOL You could call him Stuey for a cute nickname. I even asked my DD what she thought his name should be and she said “Blue”. Not very original, but true. Thanks for the chance to add my input and possible win some great stamps.

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  18. Dawn's avatar Dawn

    I love to know the meaning of names and colors. The meaning of pure blue is: It indicates inspiration, sincererity and spirituality. It’s also known for it’s calming properties. The ancient Egyptians used lapis luzuli to represent heaven. So since he’s blue maybe his name could be Luzuli or luzu for short.

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  19. Sandy J.'s avatar Sandy J.

    At first glance I wanted to name him “Muffin” as that was the name of our son’s when he was about six years old….he’s now 37! How about, “Paddy” for all the stamp pads you use?

    Or, Stampson? (more appropriate than Samson! ha.)

    He’s sure a beauty and what fun he’ll be for you….great company! (I have finches in my office and their continuous happy sounds brighten my day!)

    Sandy

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  20. Janice W.'s avatar Janice W.

    Hi Michelle, When I first looked at your new family member I thought he looked the sky. So I’m voting for Sky for your new baby.

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  21. megan's avatar megan

    Well I could n’t think of a name so I ask my nearly 5yr old and he reckons it should be” Gordie ” I have got a feeling he has picked this name as he is blue and Gordon the train (from thomas tank engine) is blue.
    best of luck there is many names out there to choose from.

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  22. Barb Dare's avatar Barb Dare

    As these birds are native Australian birds orginally, why not Aussie or Bluey both typical Australian terms.

    (From Down Under – Victoria Australia)

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  26. yasmin's avatar yasmin

    Your parkeet is so beautiful and how wonderful to have him in your craft room; sure to inspire you. I thought of the beauty of creation, and then thought of ‘Zen’ for his name. Looked up to see if i could find a boy’s / male name that would make me think of its beauty / creation and i found these :
    ‘Zeno’ (pronounced Ze-noh), Zinon, Zino and Zenon. They are all of Greek origin, and the meaning is “gift of Zeus” – “gift of God”.

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  27. Alyce's avatar Alyce

    I thought of some that have been mentioned already so I went back to the drawing board. How about “Freedom Freddie”.
    He reminds me so much of a Parakeet I had when I was a little girl. We named him Tweety and after Tweety we had a Charlie. Charlie could say “gotta go to work now, Charlie” and “Green Bay Packers” among a few other things.

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  29. Lori's avatar Lori

    Cobalt
    Cosmic
    Tiki
    Malibu
    Stormy
    Smurf
    Sky
    Starburst
    Raindrop
    Ice
    Saphire
    Rain
    Frost

    I was thinking blues and tropical. :o) He is precious, can’t wait to hear his name. :o)

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  32. Sara's avatar Sara

    My nephew’s first word was bird and he got a parakeet of this colour for his first birthday named Pandora – even tho the bird was male like yours. I would go with Pandora or Pablo. For some reason Pandora has always sounded like a rainbow name to me – and that bird looks very bright and beautiful.

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  36. Patty's avatar Patty

    “Totweet” (or not to totweet, that is the question) a little drama. He looks like he might like a little drama. Pretty bird. Thanks for the chance and have a good week.

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  37. Brenda Tapp's avatar Brenda Tapp

    Oh, What a beautiful parakeet – I am such a parakeet fan. My mom and my aunt had parkeets that talked, but my two parakeets never did. My mom’s bird could not say my name (Brenda), so called me ‘Brisbee’. Intersting, your first commentor’s comment.

    Sooooo, I jave always wanted a cat, but my DH does NOT like cats…so my sis suggested I name my parakeet KittyBird. Which I did. So, now I have a ‘kitty’ – : ) I can just hear my youngest g’daughter telling folks that ‘Grammy has a Kitty that FLIES!’ lol! Fun contest – thanx!

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  41. Cheryl Wilcox's avatar Cheryl Wilcox

    I asked my kids what they thought – one suggested Blue Cloud, the other Tweety or Skylar (Dad said Sky Blue). I cheated and went to thesaurus.com and entered turquoise. I liked a couple of words that came up in the search results – Beryl, Cobalt and Cerulean. It’ll be fun to see what you choose!

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  42. Marie Taylor's avatar Marie Taylor

    Hi Michelle, well the first two I picked out were already taken and I didn’t go through the entire list yet…..but how about Nesty?

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  45. sharon bond's avatar sharon bond

    I love all your tutorials and have saved every single one of them since you started, all 230 or so. I think you should name your bird ANGEL. He looks like he’ll be a real ANGEL for you.Or maybe Mr. Blue, or Stamper Blue, Tweety, or Baby Blue. I’m sure out of the hundreds of names suggested you’ll find just the right one to fit him. Well back to my copying yor latest , “SURFER ” , I love it (actually all of them).

    Thank-You for letting us all help you choose a perfect name for him.

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  47. Leslie's avatar Leslie

    How about Fancy Pants? My children had one like it when they were younger. I have a parrotlet now that is smaller that our parakeet, but thinks he is an amazon parrot. He is 4 inches at his tallest and won’t grow any larger. His name is Stormy.

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  50. teresa paradise's avatar teresa paradise

    roofus cause he just struck me as a bird that is all that… and hey hello don’t touch me LOL…I have two birds named cookie and rayray cockatiels.. and love them both so much , along with my mini peek joleen and my gecios seven and sinister..can you tell my oldest named them…lol. and our hamster.,Sam cause she is just a sam…
    good luck finding a name it will hit when you least expect it and all the names we’ve given you won’t mean a thing…
    Teresa

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