Two Halloween Nights!!!

At our house on Halloween, we had a too-precious-for-words baby lamb:

A sweet Little Bo Peep:

And Little Red Riding Hood!
I love this picture of me with Little Bo Peep and her sheep!

But I'm getting way ahead of myself!
After decorating the house (with lots of help from little critters who kept wanting to get inside the boxes and eat all the decorations). . .

Do you see why we call them the Halloween kitties?

Kirsten took her cues from the cats, and got inside all the boxes too. . .

After carving up some pumpkins with friends. . .

And playing around in the costume box with Grandma. . .

The night before Halloween was finally here!!!

This was the busiest Halloween I can remember, and it seems like it was that way for everyone else too. I guess because Halloween was on a Saturday??? It really felt like we had TWO Halloweens, one the night before and one on the actual Halloween night. We all wore our costumes both nights, and had a ton of fun both nights too! After all, the only thing better than one Halloween is two Halloweens!!!

There's a few things you should know before reading this post:
1. Yes, I know there are a ton of pictures. Believe it or not, I chose my favorites!
2. I take about a million pictures at a time, because that's the only way I get any good ones.
3. Yes, it does take me forever to go through them all, edit the ones I like best in Picasa, and get them all on the blog.
4. Maybe it's just because they're my kids and of course I think they're cute, but I think I got a LOT of really great pictures! Which explains why there are so many.

Now you can continue. . .
I couldn't resist ordering this adorable Little Bo Peep costume for Kirsten! And it really did look like it was made just for her. She loved wearing such a pretty dress, and even kept her hat on the entire time both nights!

And of course Little Bo Peep needs a sheep! Finding a lamb costume for Natalie turned out to be a nightmare. I had to order it from a separate website, and the company sent me the wrong size TWICE. Yep. . . twice. You can imagine my frustration. I ended up stuffing her into the 0-6 month size, and it was pretty snug but it ended up working out okay. She did look cute!

I just LOVE these pictures of me with my little lamb!

Every year for Halloween, Microsoft does a massive Halloween party in the offices, with trick-or-treating and buildings that are completely decked out for Halloween. It's a ton of fun! This year they had it the day before Halloween, so we got a group of friends to caravan down with us, strapped all the costumed children into the car, and we were off!

There were a TON of people there, but we managed to find some space to take some fun pictures. I know, Stephen's missing from these, but he wasn't wearing a costume that day anyway.

Our friends the Van Dykes came with us!

Doesn't Natalie in her lamb costume just melt your heart?

SO cute!!!

Kirsten didn't even take a nap that day, so I was really impressed at how good and happy she was. The Halloween excitement is pretty contagious!

Kirsten had such a blast all weekend, hanging out with her favorite people. Uncle Chance is definitely one of them. :)

And speaking of happy. . . Natalie just oozes happiness from every pore!

My friend Stacy had a pretty cool zebra costume!

The Microsoft buildings were seriously cool. They had two levels FULL of crazy decorated rooms for people to tour through. They had Candy Land. . .

Pirates of the Caribbean. . .

And Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory! Kirsten did really great in the whole maze of stuff and didn't get too scared of anything!

The Bad Egg Chute was pretty awesome.

Tired girls after all that walking around!

After we got home, we had our delicious, traditional Halloween dinner of Witches Brew and homemade cornbread. We look forward to that meal all year! And we watched our classic Disney Halloween movie, taped off the Disney channel in 1982. As old as me! But it never gets old. :) I can't imagine Halloween without our Witches Brew and cornbread!

Halloween night really WAS a dark and spooky night. It was raining pretty hard! We had our second Halloween dinner (same thing of course!) and then braved the rain to take Kirsten to the ward trunk-or-treat. The rain won't keep us down!!!
And you finally get to see Stephen's costume. Of course. . . the big bad wolf!!!

Kirsten had a total BALL getting candy dropped into her bucket from all the cars and people in costumes! She loved trick-or-treating!

She couldn't keep her hands off the suckers. She kept trying to eat them with the wrappers still on! I think we discovered her favorite candy.

My friend Rozemary was an awesome pirate! Stephen the wolf looks like he's going to attack us from behind. :)

Whew. . . all dry and warm at home!!! Natalie just stayed in her car seat during the trunk-or-treating, but she was happy to get out and stretch!

Natalie's face, after being in her too-small lamb costume for a few hours and carted around in the rain. . . gosh, I love Natalie!

Kirsten just wanted to dump out all of her candy, play with it, eat some of it, then put it back in the bucket and dump it out again!

Yep. . . candy makes me happy too.

Here it is, blog world. . . Kirsten's classic "Baby Natalie touched me!" face. The sibling rivalry starts early. Really early.

Finally. . . Little Bo Peep and her sheep smiling at the same time!!!

Happy Halloween everyone!!! I hope yours was as awesome and memorable as mine was! Can't wait for next year already!!!

Winners Galore!

Nothing like going to Random.org and letting that funny little thing choose numbers for me. . . I get all excited to see who my winners are! Now if only I could figure out how to number my comments so I don't have to go through all of them and count them manually. I went through a whole tutorial and thought I did everything right, but nothing changed! Grrr. . . anyway. . .

Winner of the Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters Prize Package is. . . #60!
FOKXXY said... I follow your blog.

Winner of the Fancy Frames Boutique Designer Clipboard is. . . #7!
karry said... I love the Tuscan Kitchen Wooden Recipe Holder

Winner of the Joolwe Necklace or Earrings is. . . #120!
Mrs. Sanchez said... I follow

Winner of the Binga Bows set of bows is. . . #7!
flowerchild said... entered the fall giveaway at binga bows blog

Winner of the White Lace Designs pacifier clips is. . . #28!
Eric & Sarita said... I added this shop as a favorite on etsy.

Winner of the Faithworks Boutique $15 gift certificate is. . . #12!
Greg, Sarah, and Macy Allred said... I follow you
(This winner is actually my old college roommate! And I think this was the first of my giveaways she ever entered. I love keeping in touch with friends through blogs!)

Adorable Etsy Shop. . . Love Mae Store Twitter Birds Giveaway!!!

I'm so stoked about this beautiful giveaway! I am having visions right now of my little girl's room all decked out in these sweet Twitter Birds adhesive fabric wall stickers from Love Mae Store. Aren't they just darling? And you can win a whole set, right here on my blog!

The designers who create these wonderful wall designs live in Australia, and all of their designs are hand-made there. The awesome thing about these wall decals is that they're made of FABRIC instead of vinyl, which makes them completely reusable! They can be scrunched into a ball and un-scrunched and re-applied to your walls, over and over. They can even be washed! Absolutely perfect for a kid's room!

If you have a boy's room you want these for, you can opt to receive your decals in masculine colors instead of the girly ones. SO artistic and beautiful either way!

Each sheet includes 1 owl, 6 different birds, 8 multi-colored leaves, and a piece of jute twine for the birds to sit on. I'm just DYING to have these!!!

Here's how to enter:
*Visit LoveMaeStore's shop and leave me a comment on this post, telling me your favorite thing that they design!

Get extra entries when you:
1. Follow my blog!
2. Tweet about this giveaway for the Twitter birds. :)
3. Mention this giveaway on Facebook and link up to me!
4. Blog about this giveaway and link to me.
5. Click on the Swagbucks banner on my sidebar (right underneath my followers) and start earning free swagbucks just for doing internet searches! You can exchange them for Amazon gift cards, restaurant gift certificates, and other really cool things. Leave me a comment and let me know you joined from my link!

*I don't know about you. . . but if I had a chance to win these I'd make sure to get every entry I could! Please leave me a separate comment for each entry, and make sure I have a way to contact you. This giveaway will close on November 17'th. Good luck!!! This giveaway is open worldwide too!

Bebe Dulce Aspen Review and Giveaway!

Bebe Dulce Aspen is such a precious place to find handmade baby items. These would make adorable Christmas gifts! I received the cutest little appliqued onesie and flower beanie to review for Natalie. The beanie is too sweet for words and it matches EVERYTHING, which I love! And the quality of the onesie is very high. After washing, it didn't shrink or fade at all! The applique design I received is a cute little camel. I'm just bummed that Natalie is already outgrowing the onesie AND the hat. She is growing like a little weed!

I can't get enough of Natalie in beanies, especially when they have flowers on them! This one has a beautiful white gardenia attached to it, and I love the white button center on the flower. I really wish I could find such cute hats for adults!

The only drawback to this beanie is the flower is sewn on, so it's can't be taken off and interchanged with other clips. Hopefully Bebe Dulce will add this option in the future!

Check out all their cute appliqued onesie designs! You can choose your fabric too, and they'll create a customized look that you put together.

I'm kinda REALLY wanting these cute little shoes that match the onesies. A really adorable baby gift would be one of these gift sets of the onesie and the little shoes. That's enough to give you baby fever, right there!

Claire, who created the Bebe Dulce Aspen company, has been sewing and creating her own designs since she was 7 years old! Her line also includes binky clips, blankets, burp cloths, tutus, and an all-natural body care line for moms. It's very cool how you can bring a little bit of Aspen into your own homes and into your baby's nursery!

Bebe Dulce is offering a giveaway of a beanie like the one I received for Natalie! This beanie comes in the 0-6 month size, perfect for keeping a newborn warm this winter, and you can choose a flower beanie or one with embroidery! You can get the white gardenia like Natalie has, a bright yellow flower, dark pink peony, or this stunning purple flower. They are all gorgeous!

You can totally enter this giveaway for a boy baby too! Bebe Dulce offers many embroidery options for their beanies, including boy designs like turtles, geckos, or sailboats. If you win, you can choose one of these!

Here's how to enter:
*Visit Bebe Dulce Aspen and leave me a comment on this post, telling me which item you love the most from the shop!

Get extra entries when you:
1. Follow my blog!
2. Mention this giveaway on Facebook, and link to me.
3. Tweet about this giveaway.
4. Blog about this giveaway, and link to me.
5. Go here to follow Bebe Dulce on Twitter!
6. Become a Bebe Dulce Facebook fan here.
7. Click on my Swagbucks link on my sidebar and join Swagbucks! It's totally free and you get Swagbucks daily just for doing internet searches. Leave me a comment letting me know you used my link to join!

*Please leave me a separate comment for each entry and make sure I have a way to contact you! This giveaway will close on November 17'th. Good luck winning a cute little beanie!

Deal Alert: Bebe Dulce Aspen is offering 10% off any order with the coupon code 'veater10.'

Cheeky Umbrellas Review!

To laugh in the face of rain is something all Seattleites strive to do. At least we all should, if we want to keep the smiles on our faces all winter. :) I personally LOVE the rain and find it very easy to smile and laugh on rainy days! But I've always been strange like that. "Laugh in the face of rain" is also the slogan of the Cheeky Umbrella company, and I adore it! I love to promote any company that encourages a positive attitude about rain.

The gorgeous umbrella I received from Cheeky Umbrellas most definitely brightened up my day. I've certainly never been so excited about an umbrella before! But that's because this is simply the most adorable, clever, and beautiful umbrella I've ever seen and I was so thrilled that it's mine!
It usually only drizzles and mists in Seattle, and really doesn't rain hard enough that we need an umbrella at all. I thought I'd be starting an umbrella collection when we moved up here, and I was very surprised to discover that we hardly ever need one! But after receiving this bright ray of sunshine, I was praying for hard enough rain and a place to go so I could show off my stylish new umbrella.

Think an umbrella can't be cheeky and clever? Think again! The underside of each of their umbrellas has a sassy statement scrolled around the edge in adorable font! Some of the cute sayings are:
"I sizzle in the drizzle"
"I'm not late, I'm rain-delayed"
"This is shopping weather"

And the saying on my Raining Men umbrella?

So if the fun design on the outside of the umbrella isn't enough to keep you smiling, the slogan on the inside just seals the deal! SUCH a cute idea, I'm majorly in love with it!

Some other things I totally dig about these umbrellas:

*They are SO durable and strong! These umbrellas will never blow inside out (like many of my flimsy little fold-up ones have), and they will hold up against the most serious of storms. They're made with an aluminum shaft and fiberglass ribs, and even though they're strong they are also lightweight to carry around!

*You will never have to worry about the quality of these umbrellas, because they actually offer a Lifetime Guarantee on all of their products!

*Not a detail is left out in the stylish factor of these umbrellas! I am loving the black hook handle and silver pushbutton.

*The pongee fabric on the umbrella is quick-drying, durable, and fade resistant. And, of course, deliciously cute! Check out all their fun designs here.

These would make such wonderful and unique Christmas gifts! Any girl who loves to show off her personality and style while still being protected would appreciate such a beautiful gift. Let's all band together to make complaining about the rain a thing of the past! :)

Deal Alert: Cheeky Umbrellas is offering 10% off all orders to my readers with the coupon code 'VEATER', until November 30'th!

Lots of Pumpkins!!!

A couple of weeks ago, we ventured out to the Pumpkin Farm at Swan's Trail in Snohomish. We got awesome weather for it, and it turned out to be the last sunny Saturday in October so it was lucky that we chose that day to go! It amazes me that there are SO MANY pumpkin farms in the Seattle area. You could go to a different one every week for lots of years and still not see them all! In San Diego, there was always only one (good old Bates Nut Farm!) and everybody goes to that one. Much as I love that farm, it's great having a whole bunch to choose from and try out!

Here's our family picture at the Farm!

They had tons of cute animals at this farm. Kirsten (and me!) loved the kittens, and Kirsten got to pet a bunny for the very first time.

She thought the pigs were pretty hilarious!

Our good friends the Van Dykes came with us, and it was so cute to watch the kids all play together around the Farm.

Kirsten didn't want to get on this tractor with me, but she had no problem getting on with her friend Allana. :)

Starting our quest to find the perfect pumpkins. . .

Finding a great pumpkin requires some pretty intense searching!

I don't think we can take this one home with us, Kirsten. . . it's a little too big!

She found her pumpkin! Just the right size!

Natalie was just happy to be out in the sunshine. . . until she got tired and fell asleep in her car seat. But while she was awake, we got some great pictures of the little smiler! Six months old and HAPPY!

I was thrilled that we ended up getting some great pictures in the middle of the pumpkin patch. It took MANY tries to get these. Thank goodness for digital cameras!

I freaking ADORE this picture of me and my Natalie baby! It's my new Facebook profile picture.

Love this one too!

I can't believe that six months ago I was still pregnant with Natalie. I just can't imagine life without her!

We all found great pumpkins! Stephen picked the green one. Green ones are kind of different and cool, but I just love the bright, buttery orange of the originals!

We got some yummy apple cider and some lunch after our pumpkin hunting. Kirsten really enjoyed the corn on the cob! And then she had to go see the animals one more time before we went home.

October is just the most glorious month! I'd say it's my second favorite month of the year. December will always get the top spot for me, because I'm such a Christmas nut and nothing beats it. But October with all its gorgeous leaves, harvest festivals, pumpkin farms, and Halloween is a close second! We had such an awesome time at the pumpkin farm, and got some of my favorite pictures from the whole year!
Which month is your favorite?

Brandi Carlile Album Review! (And Long Description of My Musical Tastes)

I feel kind of like I'm cheating when people ask me what kind of music I like and I say, "Everything!" It sounds like a cop-out answer, but in my case it really is true. Throughout my life I have gone through various phases of loving a certain genre, over and over. The first group I remember ever falling in love with was the Beach Boys, and I think I was about five years old. I truly grew up with their music pouring all kinds of sunshine into my life! My parents exposed me to lots of classical, Broadway, and inspirational music when I was very young as well. From about the time I was 10 years old and started having some control over what I listened to, my tastes have just broadened from there.

The first big music phase I went through was lovin' the Oldies! I wanted the Oldies Radio station on ALL the time (KBEST 95!), and asked for tapes of the Beatles, the Four Seasons, and all kinds of other 60's bands for my birthdays and Christmases. Next was the soft rock radio station (yes, the kind with Delilah). My first boyfriend loved 80's music, and I became a total 80's-lover as well. He opened my world to the new (to me!) sounds of Boston, Chicago, REO Speedwagon, Depeche Mode, Tears For Fears. . . you name it, I probably loved it and still do!
The phases kept coming. . . Alternative, Pop, Classic Rock, Country, Hip Hop, Latin, 70's, Rock and Roll. And with each new genre I discovered, I kept all my favorites from my previous music obsession. I still listen ALL the time to old favorites from every decade. Oldies from the 60's still make me incredibly happy, and I believe it's truly the best music to clean the house to. The only two phases I never really got into are Rap and Heavy Metal. Everything else. . . I listen to it and I LOVE it! I enjoy lots of variety in my life, and in my music as well.

Thanks to my participation with the One2One Network, I got to preview Brandi Carlile's new album Give Up the Ghost. Brandi Carlile has a completely gorgeous, soulful voice. She doesn't quite fit into one genre. To me she sounds a little bit country, a little bit folk, a LOT beautiful and it all comes together to be a really amazing album. There is only one song on the album that's too country/bluesy sounding for me, but the rest are really nice. It's the kind of album that grows on you more and more with each time you listen to it.

My favorite song from the album:

Dying Day

If you download just one song from this album, let it be this one. This was the only song from the album I was already familiar with, and it just has such a great vibe. Love it!

Runner-up favorite song:

Before It Breaks

Slower song, and very gorgeous. Very emotional and deep.

You can hear her music on her website, at www.brandicarlile.com
The music player is on the top-left corner of her website, and you can skip through the songs or just listen for awhile. It's such amazing music to listen to while you're blogging, editing photos, or doing whatever you're doing online.
I'm so glad that I've discovered this beautiful artist! Discovering new music to add to my playlists never fails to make me happy. :)

Adorable Etsy Shop. . . Sewmagical Review and Giveaway!

Have I got a deal for you! If you've been looking for a variety of flower clips for your baby or little girl but just can't fathom spending ten bucks per clip, you have got to check out Sewmagical's Etsy shop right away. She sells all her cute flower clips in sets (perfect for pigtails!), and NOTHING in her shop costs more than $4.00! Most of her pigtail sets only cost $2.50 or $3.00. And those prices include TWO flower clips! This is definitely one of the best deals I've seen!

Erin, the designer, lives in the Seattle area like I do, and she was kind enough to drop a set of flower clips off at my door so I could try them out. Of course they looked adorable on Kirsten's little pigtails!

I really like the bright color of the pink set we received, and the jewels in the centers are so sparkly and really catch the light!

With prices like these, you can stock up and get a whole variety of flowers in lots of gorgeous colors! A great and frugal idea would be to buy a couple of baby headbands and beanies and then a bunch of these flower clip sets, so you can mix and match.

Here are a few of my favorite sets featured in her shop:

(Love this brilliant blue!)

(Probably my favorite pair!)

(This set just screams fall and harvest time!)

Probably the most unique thing about Sewmagical's shop is that Erin's cute little five year-old daughter helps her make all the flower clips! I love that she is including her daughter in her business venture. All profits go directly to her daughter, and you will get a totally adorable little thank-you note from her with each purchase. Such a cute picture of her helping to make the clips!

So now you have lots of reasons to go visit her Etsy shop! And here's one more:
she's offering a giveaway of one set of flower clips to TWO winners! Any clips of your choice!

Here's how to enter:
*Visit her shop and leave me a comment on this post, telling me which flower clip set is your favorite!

Get extra entries when you:
1. Follow my blog!
2. Mention this giveaway on Facebook and link to me.
3. Tweet about this giveaway.
4. Blog about this giveaway, and link to me.
5. Add her shop to your favorites on Etsy.

*Please leave me a separate comment for each entry, and make sure I have a way to contact you. Remember there will be two winners this time! This giveaway will close on November 13'th. Good luck!!!

My Favorite Holiday Ideas, Freebies, and Deals!

My friends, it's your lucky day! I'm sharing my list of the BEST holiday (mostly Halloween) deals, freebies, and deals I've found. There's some awesome stuff here! So get happy and get ready for some great Halloween treats. . .

1. I'm just dying over how adorable these free printables are! I don't think I've ever seen such cute paper dolls anywhere, and you can download and print them for free!!! Kirsten's too young to be careful with paper dolls yet, so I think I'm going to cover them with contact paper, cut them out, glue the dolls onto a cheap magnetic board, and then put magnets on the backs of all the clothes and accessories so she can play with them without ruining them.

Go here to download the girl Halloween doll, and here to download the boy Halloween doll! (I love the blog these are found on too. . . everything is so cute!!!)

2. Here's another free printable for some really cool spooky labels! If you're providing a dish or four or five for a Halloween party, you've got to attach one of these! Find them here.

3. Not really Halloween-themed, but I just had to share these totally groovy free printables for stickers for your kids! You can print them onto adhesive paper to be stickers, or I think I'm just going to cut around mine and use them for the magnet board I'm making for Idea #1!

Go here for the animals, and here for the space stickers! Make sure you click on the link underneath the pictures that says "Click here to download. . . " It's in really light font and would be easy to miss.

4. If you need a quick dinner on Halloween while you're running between parties and trick-or-treating, Taco Bell is handing out free Black Jack Tacos on Halloween from 6 pm to midnight.

5. Great Christmas gift freebie: If you sign up on TripAdvisor.com and write a review for anything (hotel, restaurant, location, really anything!), they'll send a coupon code to your email for a free 8x8 photo book! I will definitely be using mine as a grandparents' Christmas gift!

6. I made some super cute return address labels from Vista Print. You can customize the little characters to look like each member of your family, you get 140 labels, and all you pay is $3.04 for shipping! Nice deal, especially with Christmas card season coming up!

7. Another Halloween download too cute to keep to myself! I love the way these look on the cupcakes, but there's a million other things you could do with them too!
Go here to visit this fun blog and download the Happy Halloween spider circles!

8. I wish I had enough motivation to make ALL of the following Halloween and pumpkin crafts. I love all the ideas! I'm not going to link to all of them, but I found them all on either FamilyFun.com or BHG.com.

*Isn't this pumpkin just so gorgeous?

*Finally. . . a cool-looking pumpkin template that doesn't require a steady hand and a lot of patience! I have never had the patience to use one of those crazy patterns for a pumpkin carving, especially since I know that the pumpkin will just go bad in a few weeks anyway. This one doesn't look too bad. . . I think even I could carve a circle for the moon and rectangles for windows! It looks awesome too!

*These bats are made out of spare socks! They would look really cool hanging all over a tree in your front yard.

*Halloween-themed windows! I love it!

*Kirsten's probably a bit too young for this craft, but it does look really easy and cute! Kids would have a blast painting mini pumpkins black and adding stuff to make spiders.

*This idea is so simple but sooooo pretty! It would be gorgeous for a Thanksgiving table too.

*We carved one pumpkin last weekend, but we still have two pumpkins that very likely won't get carved at all. It's great to find some really cool inspirations for non-carved pumpkins. I love these swirly wires!

*How easy would this be? But it looks totally awesome!

I REALLY want to make this for our front door!

I'd love to hear what you think of my favorite deals and ideas! And if you know some good ones that I missed, please let me know!!!

Happy week before Halloween! Can you believe it's coming so fast???

Kirsten's Vacation!

Kirsten was SUPER lucky this summer, because she got to spend a few weeks vacationing at Grandma and Grandpa's house in San Diego! Kirsten had the BEST time there, and pretty much every minute she's at their house her face looks like this:

She stayed there in July, and got to do a whole ton of fun stuff! I loved getting these pictures from my parents and editing them, since I missed out on those few weeks and was thrilled to see how much fun she had.

Here are some highlights from Kirsten's vacation. . .

*Eating all the fresh fruit from their orchards!

*Especially plums. . . her favorite!

*Going to the family reunion at Fish Lake in Utah (that's right, my parents actually volunteered to take Kirsten on a road trip with them. And Stephen and I had to stay in Seattle with Natalie the newborn. I was sad to miss out!!!)

*Riding on the boat with Grandma at Fish Lake!

*Swingin' the day away under the oak trees!

*Jumping on the "bouncy-seen"

(It's no surprise to me at ALL how much Kirsten loved the trampoline. She always loves jumping, no matter where or on what!)

*Eating an ice cream cone

*Ahhhh, the joys of summer! I love these ice cream pictures. :)

*Playing with "Poppy" (Grandpa)

*She has such a great time with Poppy! She loved riding in the golf cart with him to the ranch next door to pet the horses.

*Making friends with Millie

*Playing hide and seek with Grandma

*Sleeping in the port-a-crib. . . in the closet
(I was amazed to discover that she really did sleep in my parents' closet. I guess it was the darkest room and she slept well there).

*Learning how to dig in the garden

*Coloring pretty pictures. Nothing better than coloring outside!

*Pillaging strawberries from the garden and stuffing her face with them

*Riding in the golf cart and going for walks with "Papa Ray" (Great-Grandpa)

*Becoming a little gardener extraordinaire

*Picking petals off the pretty flowers

As you can see, she had an amazing time!!!
My parents were so sad when they had to bring her back to us. But I sure did miss Kirsten while she was gone! She still talks about Grandma's house, and sometimes she'll randomly start talking about the horses and the bouncy-seen and digging all the seeds. I think she's asking to go back. Sorry Kirsten, I wish it were that easy to get there! But we'll be back for Christmas! If Kirsten knew how to, I'm sure she'd be counting down the days.

Adorable Etsy Shop. . . New Fashioned Whispers Review and Giveaway!!!

Oh my gosh!!! Get ready to start drowning in gorgeousness. . . have you ever seen a more beautiful selection of earrings?

New Fashioned Whispers is my new favorite jewelry shop! She is so incredibly talented! Browsing through the sixteen pages of pieces she has for sale is like trying to decide what you want in an amazing chocolate shop. . . each one you see looks more delectable than the last, and you have no idea how you're going to choose what you want!

She generously sent me the Love Secret necklace. I absolutely love the delicate, vintage look! It's like a necklace straight out of the pages of a fairytale! The antique copper chain is so unique, and the multi-faceted glass crystals catch the light and sparkle like crazy. I just want to live in this necklace all the time now! Seriously. . . it's such a stunning piece.

She also sent me these fun and flirty 4 Friends Earrings, because she knows how much I love earrings. :) These earrings have now taken center stage on my jewelry stand! They are so colorful and adorable, and I love their dangly length! I get many compliments when I wear these!

This could be an extremely looooooooong post if I were to list all of my favorite items, because there are just TONS! You have got to check them out, you will be blown away by her incredible selection!
So, just a couple more stand-outs to me include:

*Arie. The vintage-style romantic and whimsical flower brooch. This would look amazing pinned onto a shirt, a simple dress, a headband, or a bag!

The vintage spring green charm bracelet. Love. This is going on my Christmas list.

ALL of her gorgeous pieces would make wonderful Christmas gifts! You can buy them for your friends and family members, and you should also give your husbands the link and a list of your favorite pieces, so he'll be able to get you some jewelry that you really want for Christmas this year. It's what I'll be doing!

Deal alert: Right now she's giving away a free pair of earrings with any order over $10!!!

And everyone better enter this amazing giveaway for a $20 gift certificate towards anything in her shop!!!

Here's how to enter:
Visit New Fashioned Whispers and leave me a comment on this post, telling me something from her shop that you absolutely love! Impossible to pick just one thing, yes I know!!!

Get extra entries when you:
1. Follow my blog!
2. Tweet about this giveaway.
3. Mention this giveaway on Facebook and link back here!
4. Mention this giveaway on your blog and link to me.
5. Add her shop to your favorites on Etsy.
6. Purchase something from her shop and get FIVE extra entries!!!

*Please leave me a separate comment for each entry, and make sure I have a way to contact you. Even if you get the five extra entries from one purchase, make sure to leave five separate comments about it so they will all be counted. This giveaway will close November 6'th. Good luck and have fun browsing through her beautiful shop!

Beautorium Review and Giveaway!

There's no doubt about it. . . all-natural and organic beauty products are HOT right now. I've been a bit slow to jump on that band wagon, but I recently got to try out Dr. Hauschka's Rose Body Wash from Beautorium.com. This is a certified all-natural body wash from Germany, and all the ingredients are organic or ethically wild-harvested. I hadn't ever heard of Dr. Hauschka before, but now I know that they are pioneers of certified natural, holistic skincare from Germany for over 40 years!

This is a very nice body wash! One reason I hesitate to buy organic beauty products is that a whole lot of them smell like weeds. I just don't want to put stuff on my skin that smells like weeds! But this body wash has a subtle, really nice rose scent. Pure rose petal extract is used in this body wash, and it really does smell wonderful! It's perfect for dry or delicate skin, thanks to the nourishment from jojoba oil and shea butter, and the formula is soap-free so it won't dry out your skin. I really like it!

EVERYTHING Beautorium.com sells is carefully hand-picked and they offer the best in natural and organic beauty from all around the world. When you purchase a product from Beautorium, you automatically know that it has met all five of these criteria:
1. All products are certified natural or organic.
2. Cruelty-free, and never tested on animals!
3. They have effective ingredients with proven benefits.
4. All are professionally and beautifully presented.
5. They have a compelling brand and company personality.

They also include a FULL list of ingredients for every featured product, so you'll know instantly what each product contains. This is really useful if you're trying to avoid certain ingredients!

Here's an awesome service they provide: their Try Before You Buy Samples Program! You get to choose four samples from a collection of their most popular lines for $10 to cover shipping and handling. The $10 is also refunded back to you when you make your order! This is such a cool feature, since I always hesitate to buy a full-size beauty product before I try it out.

Beautorium.com is offering a giveaway of a full-size Dr. Hauschka Rose Body Wash just like the one I reviewed!

Here's how to enter:
*Visit Beautorium.com and leave a comment on this post, telling me about a product they feature that you'd love to try out.

Get extra entries when you:
1. Follow my blog!
2. Mention this giveaway on Facebook and link back here.
3. Tweet about this giveaway.
4. Mention this giveaway on your blog with a link to me.
5. Become a Beautorium fan on Facebook here.
6. Follow Beautorium on Twitter. . . @beautorium.

*Please leave me a separate comment for each entry, and make sure I have a way to contact you if you are the winner. This giveaway will end on November 6'th. Good luck!!!

You can also go here to check out Beautorium's blog, where they feature new makeup trends, at-home beauty treatments, and tons more fun stuff!

*Deal alert- Sign up here to get 15% off your first order from Beautorium.com!

Look What I Won!!!

I know that sometimes it feels like entering a whole bunch of giveaways is a waste of time, and it seems like you're never going to win anything (I'm assuming this is why a whole bunch of my good friends and family members never enter any of mine?????)

But sometimes you really do WIN!!!
I am REALLY excited that I won my friend Rachel's giveaway for a $20 gift certificate to her Bowlicious Bowtique shop! Rachel is one of my best and oldest friends, and I have bought MANY bows from her in the past and get compliments on them all the time. She has a whole bunch of drool-worthy new flowers in her shop, and I finally got to order some of them, with the help of the gift certificate that I won!

I can't wait for this whole package of deliciousness to arrive at my door, and to try them all on my precious girls:

Aren't they stunning? Too beautiful for words? Yes, they are!!!

Rachel has a TON of cute items in her shop. You have to go check them out! She makes the cutest bows, like this one:

It only takes a few minutes to enter giveaways, and your chances of winning are actually very good, especially if you get multiple entries! I've won two other giveaways in the past, and it's just so wonderful to get cute stuff for free. I still think this Peapod Playset that I won a few months ago is one of the most adorable toys I've ever seen. It came all the way from Israel to me too!!!

And this Bebe Au Lait hooded towel I won is wonderful! I got the toddler size, but it fits my little Natalie perfectly and keeps her all warm and cozy after her baths.

So don't think you'll never win and you might as well not bother. . . because one of these days, you WILL win!!!

Faithworks Boutique Review and Giveaway!

Lovely, lovely, lovely. . . my little Kirsten in this gorgeous flower hat we received from Faithworks Boutique.

The Samantha Flower Beanie is just one of the most vibrant, fun accessories I've ever seen! I am blown away by the quality, and the beautiful look of these hats they create.
You almost don't need words to describe why I love these hats so much, but here are a few anyway:

*The crocheted beanies are such high-quality products, and the flower clips are interchangeable and lined with no-slip grip, so Kirsten can wear the clip alone in her hair. I can't say enough about how much I love interchangeable hats and headbands like these. This hat would also look amazing with a hot pink flower, or orange for Halloween!

*The ribbon that is interlaced through the hat is really unique, and creates such a beautiful look! I love tying a bow in the back!

*Check out that cute fabric-covered button in the center of the flower. LOVE it!

Brandy, the creator of Faithworks Boutique, is a Christian stay-at-home mom of three. The love that she puts into her work is plain to see in her beautiful products! As well as Kirsten's hat, she was kind enough to send this precious pink one for Natalie. The ribbon flower is SO sweet, and I love knowing that she can wear the flower even after she outgrows the hat!

Faithworks Boutique is offering a giveaway of a $15 gift certificate good towards anything on her website! What can $15 get you? An entire beanie like the ones I reviewed, complete with the flower clip and ribbon! Or you can get a few different bows, flowers, clips, headbands, and limitless other things from the website! There is a WIDE variety to choose from!

Here's how to enter:
*Visit Faithworks Boutique and leave me a comment telling me what you would buy if you won this gift certificate!

Get extra entries when you:
1. Follow my blog!
2. Become a fan of Faithworks Boutique on Facebook here.
3. Mention this giveaway on Facebook with a link to me.
4. Tweet about this giveaway and direct them over here!
5. Blog about this giveaway and link to me.

*Please leave me a separate comment for each entry, and make sure I have a way to contact you if you are the winner! This giveaway will end on November 4'th. Good luck winning this awesome prize! Believe me, I wish I could win!!!

Adorable Etsy Shop. . . White Lace Designs Review and Giveaway!

If I were to make a list of essential baby items that I'd hate to live without, pacifiers would be one of them. My first baby just loved her binky, and so far my second one does too. Another item on my list would be a pacifier clip. I just hate that moment when you're out with the baby on a long day trip, and you realize that the little angel dropped her binky somewhere and you don't have a spare! Oh, the horror! That's why I adore pacifier clips. . . the pacifier is attached to your baby at all times, and can't get lost! Genius!!!

Bonus points if the pacifier clip is stylish and cute too! I've seen some really ugly ones at stores (with giant elephants or giraffes attached to them). White Lace Designs makes very simple but cute pacifier clips using ribbon and a plastic clip. These are universal pacifier clips, so they can be used with ANY kind of pacifier, including the Soothie ones you get from the hospital. It's tough to find binky clips that are compatible with those!
White Lace Designs makes these in a huge variety of colors and styles for all genders, seasons and outfits. I thought it would be cute to get this Lil' Sister one for Natalie! I keep this with us when we go out at all times, and it has saved many a binky from getting lost in the shuffle.
Note: I love the fact that she uses plastic clips. I've gotten a binky clip with a metal clip before, and they are too heavy and really drag down on their clothes! Plastic is so much lighter.

White Lace Designs really is one of the most versatile Etsy shops I've seen, because they make SO many different items! They can do custom burp cloth sets that say anything you want. I'd love to own these minky ones. Minky is my favorite baby fabric, it's so soft!

If you take your baby with you to cheer for an older sibling at games, how adorable would it be to have your burp cloth coordinate with the sports team? I guarantee it would be a huge hit with every other parent in the stands!

White Lace Designs also sent me one of their Cord/Chain covers to review. I never would have thought to buy one of these myself, but as soon as I received a 4.5 foot cord cover made of white silk dupioni, I knew right where I needed to put it. I have a lamp that sits on our kitchen island, close to the wall, and I have no choice but to have an ugly cord extending down from the lamp towards the floor. It always bugged me. I put the Cord Cover on, scrunched it up, and now it blends in with the wall! These Cord Covers are SO versatile, and they come in tons of color and fabric choices. You could use it for covering:
*Telephone cords
*Extention cords
*Lamp cords, like I did
*Ugly chains on antique chandeliers
*Any light fixture that has to be hung from the ceiling and has a cord trailing to the outlet
*Christmas light cords! I always hate the way the end of the cord looks, between the lights and the outlet.

Another thing I love about White Lace Designs. . . free shipping to the entire US!!!

White Lace Designs is offering a really fun giveaway. . . Two pacifier clips of your choice to the winner!!! Enter to win for your own baby, or to keep on hand as a creative and useful baby shower gift!
I'd love to win this Fall Striped one. . .

Here's how to enter:
*Visit White Lace Designs and leave me a comment on this post, telling me your favorite item from the shop!

Get extra entries when you:
1. Follow my blog!
2. Tweet about this giveaway and link to me.
3. Mention this giveaway on Facebook and link to me.
4. Blog about this giveaway with a link to me.
5. Become a fan of White Lace Designs on Facebook here.
6. Add her shop as a favorite on Etsy and let me know you did!
7. Follow White Lace Designs on Twitter here.
8. Become a follower of her blog here.

*Please don't forget to leave me a separate comment for each entry, and make sure I have a way to contact you if you are the winner! This giveaway will close on November 4'th. Good luck!!!

Lots More Winners!

A whole lot of my giveaways ended recently, and random.org was kind enough to pick some fabulous winners for me! Here goes. . .

*Winner of the Marie-Madeline Studios Handmade Skirt or Apron (this was SUCH a popular giveaway!) is. . . #194!
sabrita said... I think the Chic Sisters Apron is adorable. The fabrics are so cute. I like the Ann Flower Mural Blue & Amanda Fluer Pink fabric combination. Thanks!

*Winner of the Thanks Dad T-shirt is. . . #13!
Annie said... I am a follower of your blog, thanks for all the great giveaways!

*Winner of the Coco's Greenhouse Jewelry Piece of Choice (another VERY popular giveaway)
is. . . #88!
joeandbridge said... I posted a link to your giveaway on my Facebook page. Thanks!

*Winner of the MJM Books Personalized Book giveaway is. . . #10!
Jenny said... I loved everything by Madeline L'Engle as a kid...still do!

*Winners of the Envirosax Reusable Bag giveaway are. . . #155 and #178!
renee said... i follow
cqueen2 said... i'm a fan of Envirosax on face book

*Winner of the Polliwalks Kids Shoes giveaway is. . . #20!
Corey and Kim Nasfell said... Oh my goodness, I am in LOVE with all of their unique and adorable designs!! Wow, I'm so impressed!!

*Winner of the Cherry Creek Designs $20 gift certificate is. . . #24!
Julianne said... So cute! I love this giveaway! Her stuff is so different! I love it!
I actually have two favorites (they're all so cute!)
the "Let there be Peace Post Earrings" and "Simple Lines" earrings.

*Winner of the Kate W Designs Crayon Roll is. . . #48!
Carol said... I'm a follower!

*Winner of the Two Zany Zebras Monster Shirt is. . . #7!
Teri and Amber said... OK hearted their shop and had to heart some items too! Just stinkin' cute!

Thank you SO much to everyone who entered as well as the wonderful companies and designers who sponsored these giveaways for all of us!

Binga Bows Review and Giveaway!

I'm sure many of you will agree that you can never have too many bows, flowers, clips, hats, headbands, or any kind of cute hair accessories for your little girls! And I've found another adorable place to get them from. . . Binga Bows!!!

I love this green and blue flower clip on Natalie. The colors are so unique, and not the ones you normally see! She was a few months younger in this picture. She's growing so fast!!!

Of course I adore all of the Binga Blossoms! These Gerber daisies in a whole rainbow of colors make me smile! I like the luscious colors and the blinged-out centers.

Binga Bows generously sent me one of their knit beanies to try out, and it's so cute! My favorite thing about it is the strip of ribbon attached to the front, perfect for attaching ANY bow or flower clip! I think interchangeable accessories like this one are the best, because I can attach any clip I want to match different outfits. It can be a flower hat, a bow hat, anything!
The other thing I love about them is they can be washed. I took another beanie with us on our camping trip for Natalie (one with a flower sewn onto it) and was really sad when the beanie got dirty and couldn't be washed. This one can go right into the washer with the rest of your baby's clothing!

The price is so great too. . . $6.00!

Their wonderful crochet headbands are the same way. . . you can attach any clip you want! These look so adorable on Natalie, and I use them quite a bit because people seem to think she's a boy if she doesn't have a bow or flower headband on her head! :)

Binga Bows has such an awesome new Halloween line. This Spooky Blossom Daisy is just to die for!

I am highly recommending Binga Bows to anyone who loves cute hair accessories that stand out and have beautiful, lasting quality. Go check them out!

Oh, and of course enter this awesome GIVEAWAY!!! Binga Bows is giving away a whole SET of bows to one of my readers! The winner's prize will include the following:

*1* One Medium Bubblegum Bow

*2* One Small Simply White Bow

*3* One Green and Blue Ella Blossom (like the one I received, that's pictured on Natalie)

*4* One Chocolate Sprinkles Clippie

This is such an awesome giveaway, and if you win you get all FOUR!!!

Here's how to enter:
*Visit Binga Bows and leave me a comment on this post telling me which Binga Bow or Blossom you love the most!

Get extra entries when you:
1. Follow my blog!
2. Mention this giveaway on Facebook with a link to my blog.
3. Tweet about this giveaway with link to me.
4. Blog about this giveaway with a link to me.
5. Visit the Binga Bows blog here and enter the Fall Giveaway they are running right now! Don't forget to leave me a comment and let me know you did!

*Please leave me a separate comment for each entry, and make sure I have a way to contact you if you are the winner. This giveaway will close on November 3'rd. Good luck winning these cute bows!!!

Mia Carina Review!

I always used to imagine that my first couple of kids would be boys. I don't know why I thought that. . . I guess just because I only have one brother (no sisters) and I used to babysit for a lot of boys. I was just used to boys! But let me tell you. . . having girls is SO much fun! Kirsten loves to watch movies and shows that include lots of singing and dancing (yep, she's my child alright!) and she laughs at the same things I do. Another awesome thing about having little girls is that I get to go crazy over all the adorable dresses, clothes, hats, bows, flowers, and accessories when I dress them up! I have way too much fun with it! But I know my window of opportunity is small, and before I know it she'll be wanting to pick out her own outfits. So, until then, I am taking full advantage of my job as little girl shopper and stylist. :)

I love to find companies that create gorgeous and unique clothing for little girls. I literally gasped out loud when I opened the box I received from Mia Carina and took out this beautiful ensemble. I couldn't wait to try it on Kirsten. Isn't this just adorable? It's like a little dress out of a fairy tale!

Mia Carina started up in early 2006, and began very small. They are just starting to sell their custom-design fashion line through boutiques. Each and every piece they sell is carefully designed, hand-crafted, and inspected to ensure the highest quality. . . and wow, the quality is amazing! Everything about this outfit is intricate, and I'm just in love with all the little details like the fun shape of the hat, the long bloomers to go with the dress, and the little rose on the waistband. Mia Carina loves creating "high fashion for little girls", and any little girl would just go nuts over these gorgeous dresses!

New outfits are created for each season, and most of the lines include multiple pieces that match and coordinate. These are stunning dresses, definitely perfect for photography and special occasions. Someday, when Kirsten will actually let baby Natalie be in a photograph with her without frowning, I want to buy coordinating Mia Carina dresses for the two of them to wear in pictures together. I love the look of coordinating fabrics but different styles, matching but not exactly the same.

You MUST check out all the deliciousness on the Mia Carina website, but here is a sampling of some more of their gorgeous pieces. I completely ADORE these pettiskirts!

This twirl skirt is modern and funky but still totally cute!

If you don't have any little girls right now, looking at Mia Carina's website is definitely going to make you wish you did. :) Go check out these timeless, high fashion dresses and outfits for yourself! And get ready to add them to your Christmas list this year!

Things That Make My Life Interesting Lately. . .

The life of a stay-at-home mom can get a little repetitive, boring, mind-numbing, you get the picture. . . so thank goodness for all of the followings things that are keeping my life interesting right now, for good and for bad:

Thing 1- Kirsten has already started shrieking, "Baby Natalie touched my clothes!" whenever Natalie's little feet or hands get anywhere near her. I can't believe it! Already she's started with the "she touched me, she's looking at me"s??? Impossible!
Well, she better get used to it now. In a few months Natalie will be crawling and then she'll REALLY be all over Kirsten and her stuff.

Thing 2- I realized, after about a month of trying, that being a work-from-home travel agent is a complete waste of time and money. The company really did sound great at first. . . they send you leads, you decide your own hours and work as much or as little as you want, and you make some extra money. What I didn't notice was the fine print that said they charged you a $49 monthly "affiliation fee" if you didn't book at least $1,000 just in commissions per month! How could anyone possibly sell that much from home? Long story (kind of) short. . . I'm no longer a work-from-home travel agent. And I'm trying not to feel too bad about the wasted time and money.

Thing 3- The rain has returned to Seattle! All week it's been really coming down hard, making it very tempting to just stay home and be cozy and warm. Yet I still took all of us to the Seattle Aquarium on Wednesday, and (much to Kirsten's delight!) to Chuck E. Cheese today. I hope she appreciates the things Mommy does for the sake of her entertainment!

Thing 4- Grocery shopping with two little kids is about 50 times harder than it is with one little kid. I usually grocery shop alone in the evenings or on the weekends. But our nice, new, massive Fred Meyer store has a pretty awesome contraption. . . race car shopping carts! Huge and hard to steer they may be, but Kirsten can sit right by me and drive the car, while I squeeze groceries and Natalie's car seat into the basket. This works best if you only need a few groceries, as you can see from all the grocery bags surrounding Natalie. (I know, you can't even see Natalie!)

Thing 5- It was Seattle Free Theater week, and I snagged free tickets for Stephen and I to go see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. It was such a fun and entertaining show! The best part was that Joseph was played by Anthony Federov, who placed fourth in American Idol season 4. I voted for him that year, and I still love his voice! He sang "Close Every Door To Me" every bit as good as Donny Osmond did, or better!

Thing 6- I heard Kirsten tell the babysitter, very clearly, "Go away!" Seriously rude!!! Where did she learn to say that???
On a much cuter note, yesterday she told Mr. Potato Head to "Go to sleep" and she laid him down on the floor. And when we ask her what a fish does, she says "Squim, squim."

Thing 7- Natalie is rolling over now, both ways! She loves to roll all around the floor, and it's fun to watch her and see where she ends up. Sometimes she still thinks she's stuck, and needs our help to flip back over onto her back. And today I was in the other room and heard her start screaming. When I ran to her, I found that she had rolled around and her head was somehow balanced on top of the metal leg of the bouncy seat. Pretty amazing!

Thing 8- Natalie is still an incredibly unpredictable sleeper. Sometimes she goes down at 9 and wakes up an hour later. Other times she wakes up at 2 or 3 am. Then last night she was up at 5 am and just didn't want to go back to sleep until about 7:30. Apparently I was incredibly tired, because when Stephen tried to wake me up and tell me to go get Natalie, he says I started saying stuff about pumpkin boards (?) and making lunch and nothing was making sense. I vaguely remember it.

Thing 9- I tried again this week to get cute two-year portraits taken of Kirsten. It's pretty difficult to do, and last time was a disaster. We drove down to Seattle (again, in the rain) for free photo shoots at a fun toy store. She wouldn't warm up to the photographers until they got out a bunch of balls and marbles for her to play with, and then she started smiling a whole bunch and throwing the balls to them. I haven't seen the photos yet, but I'm hoping for some really cute ones! The girls had such adorable matching dresses on, but do you think Kirsten let Natalie be in any photos with her? I think you're all guessing NO, and you're right.

Thing 10- I was the pool champion on our double date with our friends last night! It made me feel special.

Thing 11- I love Glee! And Project Runway. . . Survivor. . . The Office. . . Amazing Race. . . Top Chef. . . So You Think You Can Dance. . . Dancing With the Stars (kinda). . . Flipping Out. . .
And yes, I do still have a life. And a very full DVR.

Thing 12- I have recurring dreams about going to Disneyland, only the Disneyland in my dreams is a VERY strange place and nothing like the real park! The whole place looks different and the rides are bizarre, like the Pirates of the Caribbean ride where you're actually in the water, in an inner tube, going down big dark tunnels and huge waterfalls. I hadn't had one of those dreams in awhile, but then I did a few nights ago and was reminded again of how crazy they are.

Thing 13- Kirsten was singing along to "Don't Worry, Be Happy" in the car today. She loves that song! I would sing "Don't Worry" and then she'd sing "Be Happy!" And you know what?
It made me happy! :)

Joolwe Review and Giveaway!

Every girl loves jewelry. Especially free jewelry! Am I right???
Joolwe.com is such a great online jewelry store that sells beautiful pieces. It's really easy to search their website by style, metal, metal color, gemstone, or price. And they offer free shipping on all US orders!
I received this nice pair of earrings from them. I don't wear a lot of studs (I usually like my earrings dangly!), but these are fancy enough to look really beautiful for a nice evening out.

So what about the free jewelry part?
Joolwe.com has a really awesome Jewelry Loyalty Rewards program. You earn 1 Reward Point for each dollar spent, then you get to spend your reward points! Pretty awesome! You can go here to read up on all the details about their program.

And here's an amazing deal for all you bloggers. . . if you blog about joolwe.com and talk about their Jewelry Loyalty Rewards program, you'll get 30 rewards points just for doing your post! AND they have a whole bunch of pieces that can be redeemed for free, starting as low as 24 gold points. Sooooooo. . . write up a blog post, make sure you go here to fill out the form and let them know you wrote about them, and you get a free necklace or pair of earrings or whatever you want! Doesn't get much easier than that! Something about getting great stuff for free. . . it just makes me happy!

You also get a chance right NOW to win some of their jewelry. . . because I'm doing a giveaway for them right here! One of my readers will win a pretty necklace or pair of earrings!!!

If you win, you get to choose between the following THREE options:

1. Sterling Silver and Cubic Zirconia Dual-Textured Open Circle Pendant
(this one's my favorite! I love the design, and I think it's so pretty and classy!)

OR

2. Sterling Silver and Blue Topaz Dolphin Pendant
(Awww, cute!)

OR

3. Sterling Silver High-Polished Tapered Hoop Earrings
(Classic, shiny, and beautiful!)

Here's how to enter:
*Visit Joolwe.com and leave me a comment on this post, telling me about a jewelry piece from their store you'd love to own!

Get extra entries when you:
1. Follow my blog!
2. Mention this giveaway on Facebook with a link to me.
3. Tweet about this giveaway.
4. Tell me which of the three pieces you will choose if you are the winner.
5. Follow Joolwe on Twitter here.
6. Blog about Joolwe (plus if you do this one you'll be guaranteed a free piece of jewelry directly from them!)

*This is so exciting! Their Jewelry Loyalty Rewards Program has just been launched, and that's why they want so many people to blog about it and get the word out. I'm happy to promote such a cool program!
Please leave me a separate comment for each entry. This giveaway will end on November 1'st. Good luck!!! And don't forget to blog about their program to get your Rewards Points and free jewelry!!!