giveaway: shabby apple $50 gift card

I've got a special treat for you today...

Shabby Apple is generously offering one lovely reader a $50 gift certificate to their online store!

I love SA's dress designs {modest is hottest} and their photography/styling has been to die for lately {mad hatter, anyone?}.

Know what I'd want if I were the lucky winner?

alice

el dorado

high marks

honey bee necklace

light as a feather

Decisions, decisions.

To enter, you need to do TWO THINGS.

1. Like Shabby Apple on Facebook.

2. Leave a comment, any comment. Make me smile!

You need to do BOTH THINGS to enter.

I'll randomly select a winner this Thursday, March 29, so you've got until then.

Good luck + happy shopping!

This giveaway is closed + the winner has been notified. 

i won some honey

uhhm. i swear that glass is clean. 

You guys! I won a giveaway. 

If you don't know Whitney already, you really do need to go knock down her door.

Her blog is smart, pretty, modern, and inspiring...I love her photography.

Anyway, she was giving away a jar of her favorite Wyoming honey (how cool is that?),

and I won!

I feel like the dad on A Christmas Story.

Only I'd take this over a lousy old leg lamp any day.

Our honey had its maiden voyage in a dee-lee-cious smoothie at snacktime.

{frozen} blueberries, raspberries, banana + vanilla yogurt + oj + honey.

Maren and Lizzy are wondering why on earth Mommy is making them eat their smoothies outside on a 40-degree day.

{snow is in the forecast for the next 2 days. we scooted back inside after about 4 seconds.}

the pin-did link party didn't happen yesterday. what, you didn't cry yourself to sleep?? look ashamed.

we'll play catch-up next week.

first day + some giveaways

This kid kills me. 

 First day of preschool. 

She was so jazzed + took off like a shot. 

Miss Maren was not quite so jazzed. 

We had a nice morning, just the 2 of us, and whew! did I get a lot done.

Major giveaway alerts:

Oodles of giveaways at Take Heart, including a Modern Marigold bunting kit, 

all to benefit the Burkleo's adoption fund (love that girl!). Everyone gets a free entry.

Also go check out Give 1 Save 1, a beautiful project designed to make something 

big out of all our little contributions (love stuff like this!). 

Enter a gorgeous pillowcase giveaway from Rosehip right here.

Happy Tuesday, friends! See you soon.

birthday + anniversary weekend AND giveaway winner

Awesome weekend. (Did I mention it was our 7th wedding anniversary on Sunday, too?)
Thanks for all your sweet comments + well-wishes - it made me feel so special every time I opened my inbox!
The Help was amazing and completely lived up to the book.
That cake was pretty good, too, if I do say so myself.

Now, for the winner!

WOOT! Rachel is one of my newest bloggy buddies (I swear I didn't rig this!) and I was so excited that she won! If you haven't ever been to her blog, go have a gander, but be sure you're sitting down, because you're likely to be knocked off your feet by her awesomeness.

I hope everyone's week is off to a great start! See you soon!

giveaway: it's my birthday!

Happy birthday to meeeeee!! I turn 28 on Saturday.

The man and I are having dinner at home + then going to see The Help. 

Anybody seen it yet? I hear it's good. I read the book + liked it a whole lot.
Also, I am making myself this cake.

Meantime -- who's in for a giveaway??
I love blogging + I love you, dear readers!

So -- one winner gets a pretty little package with 4 of my favorite things...

Handmade bias tape, 3 rolls of Japanese washi tape in my new favorite colors, Burt's Bees tinted lip balm in Hibiscus (I wear it every. single. day. -- it is so perfect), AND your choice of one skirt from my shop! And who knows, maybe some other little goodies will find their way in there, as well.

Most skirts can be readjusted to fit most sizes -- or of course we can always make you a new one!

One comment, one entry. Entertain me. Winner picked via random.org on Monday.

loves and squishes! have the best weekend ever... I think I'm going to!

new shoes + other happinesses

:: 4-day weekend for my man! BBQing, farmer's marketing, and lake swimming in store, hot dog!

:: 3-bone shoes on clearance at Voldemart, eek!

:: 2 new baby boys to 2 of my high school besties, both born au naturel. welcome to the world, charlie and adam!

:: 1 exciting giveaway you should really check out! tons of amazing prizes, including a modern marigold bunting kit. entries (1 book = 1 entry) benefit heather's incredible joyful life library.

:: 4-3-2-1 liftoff! sorry, couldn't resist.

:: ps -- tons of new listings in the shop -- and a featured spot in a pretty treasury today!

giveaway winner

Woohoo for Stephanie! Thanks to everyone who entered & for all of your supersweet comments -- I was glowing all week long! And I'm so excited for all the new readers who've joined us -- welcome! See you soon...

it's giveaway day!

Three cheers for Giveaway Day! And welcome, cute new readers!

I'm giving away a luscious rainbow stack of vintage linens -- seriously my favorite thing.

And I bet you're gonna make something fabulous.

To enter, just leave a comment and your email address. Open internationally.

I'll pick a winner randomly sometime Thursday the 26th.

In the mean time -- poke around? check stuff out? and have a great day!

(*smooch*)

today i'm excited about

:: It's a warm, sunny day & right now I have baguettes baking to eat with dinner tonight). They smell so good.



:: Gold strike! Embroidered mumus have been on my perpetual hunt-for list ever since Rachel at Smile & Wave fixed one up last summer. (What's on your perpetual hunt-for list, by the way?)



:: Also found this fun little book, published in the 1960s by a guy who wanted to preserve his grandfather's country wisdom and know-how. Chapter titles include "Sugaring," "Doing with Stone," and "Indians."

:: Heather's Joyful Life Library! Advertising with a beautiful purpose; I hope we start seeing more projects like this on the blogosphere.



:: MM scrap pack giveaway on the Vintage Sheet Blog! Jen's been hosting a whole month of giveaways in celebration of her one-year blogaversary. Congratulations, Jen!



:: Babies taking pretend naps in the laundry. The 3 of us had dinner at Denny's last night (the man was in the field) and had the. best. time. Kids eat free Tues/Thurs, so it cost less than McDonald's usually does. And with a lot less chaos.



:: Baguettes making happy crackling noises as they cool. Surely we won't need all four for dinner...

winner + maternity skirts?

Congrats to Gloria, winner of the bunting giveaway! Thanks to everyone who entered -- if you still want a kit, don't forget that you can get free shipping through midnight tonight using the code HAPPYHAPPY at checkout!

I've been contemplating making maternity skirts for the shop... one of my dearest friends from back home is expecting her first baby and asked me to make one for her to wear at her baby shower.



(The waistband is folded over a little in the picture.) Skirts and pants with jersey waistbands are my favorite thing when I'm hugely pregnant (heck, even when I'm not). Nothing feels better, except maybe a late-night McFlurry.



I'm looking forward to some studio time this afternoon so I can cut some more rainbow buntings and do some dressmaking experimentation. It's a beautiful, bright Saturday in the North Country -- hope your day is the happiest!