ROYAL DESIGN STUDIO STENCIL GIVEAWAY!

Happy Monday!!! I’m not sure how it is in your neck of the woods, but her in Atlanta is cold, wet, and dreary outside.  I figured I would start the week off with a giveaway!

I was contacted a while back by Royal Design Studio to review one of their fabulous stencils! I chose the Large Hollywood Squares and I must say that I am very pleased with the product!

I originally planned to use the stencil in the powder room, but then I realized that I had never stenciled anything before and was a little intimidated.  So one night, I had a dream about stenciling three “panels” on my dining room wall to frame out some pictures.  But again, I chickened out!  Even though I’ve seen  stenciling everywhere, I still felt uncomfortable taking on the project.  Just when I was about to throw in the towel, I figured I would start even smaller and still carry out part of my last idea.

Now that the tree is finally out of my living room, I wanted to do a little something in there just to add some pizazz

I decided to stencil a part of the wall above the french dresser

How lonely does that tray look? Anyway, I thought stenciling a portion of the wall would make the area a little more interesting.  So after measuring and taping off the area I wanted stenciled (with my ScotchBlue painters tape!), I got busy with the stencil

The directions were pretty straight to the point.  Use a little paint, roll off excess paint on a paper towel, take your time.

(these are the supplies I used: towel, small amounts of paint, roller)

(first roll. Notice the small amount of paint on the wall?)

Going over the the stencil several times with light coats of paint will give you the perfect outcome

BUT, if you’re impatient like me, then you will start to think you can add more paint to your roller and everything will be fine.  Notice the imperfections on the left side of the stenciled wall?

In the end, the stencil turned out great! Now I need to figure out if I’m going to frame it or not.  If you haven’t noticed, I’m trying to set up a little bar area on the dresser.  More on that later

 

NOW FOR THE GIVEAWAY!

Royal Design Studio is offering one of my readers a chance to win their very own stencil!!!

HERE’S THE SCOOP:

Go to Royal Design Studio and find a stencil that you love for $50 or less and come back and leave a comment letting me know which one you want. That’s it!

 

The winner of the Stencil will be announced on Wednesday Morning January 25th!

Good Luck!

 

Disclaimer: Royal Design Studio sent me their Hollywood Squares stencil free of charge for my review.  The fact that I love their stencil has nothing to do with it being free, but simply because it’s a great product!

ScotchBlue Giveaway Winners (A Follow Up)

Hey guys, if your name is on this list for the ScotchBlue painters tape giveaway and you have not emailed me your address, please do so!


1. Nicole Marie
2. Janell
3.Bella loves Pink
4. Tina
5. Jennifer
6. Natasha
7.Amber
8. Alise
9.Carrie
10. Chandra
11.Myssie
12. Angela
13. Carly

GIVEAWAY WINNERS

Sorry for the delay, but everyone who entered the giveaway for the ScotchBlue painters tape, please send me your address so that your tape can be mailed to you! lakeitha_duncan(at)yahoo(dot)com

1. Nicole Marie
2. Janell
3.Bella loves Pink
4. Tina
5. Jennifer
6. Natasha
7.Amber
8. Alise
9.Carrie
10. Chandra
11.Myssie
12. Angela
13. Carly

Thanks for entering the giveaway and I hope you guys have a Happy New Year!

WELCH'S AND A $100 GIFTCARD GIVEAWAY!

While having breakfast this past Sunday, I quickly realized how soon Thanksgiving is coming. Why would I think of Thanksgiving over breakfast you ask? Instead of Thanksgiving dinner, I host Thanksgiving breakfast/brunch at my house! And just putting together a breakfast to feed the seven people in my home right now is no small task

To see the full post and enter the $100 giftcard giveaway, click the original post here.

THANKSGIVING BREAKFAST AND A GIVEAWAY

While having breakfast this past Sunday, I quickly realized how soon Thanksgiving is coming. Why would I think of Thanksgiving over breakfast you ask? Instead of Thanksgiving dinner, I host Thanksgiving breakfast/brunch at my house! And just putting together a breakfast to feed the seven people in my home right now is no small task

To read how we celebrate, and enter to win $100 from BlogHer, please leave a comment on my Review Blog here.

AND THE WINNER IS......

Julieann

Congrats, Julieann! Send me the email address where you would like to receive your online subscription to Canadian House and Home!

Thanks everyone for participating! Stay tuned for another giveaway in the next few weeks!

IT'S GIVEAWAY TIME!

Hi guys! While flipping through my latest issue of House Beautiful, I realized its time to renew my subscription. Remembering how much fun it was to giveaway a subscription last year, I decided to do it again!

Here's your chance to win an ONLINE subscription to:

You have up to three chances to win!

*Become a follower of my blog (You don't have to, but I'd love you forever if you do!)

*Tweet about this giveaway

*Leave a comment for each entry

The giveaway will end Saturday August 7, 2010 midnight and the winner will be chosen at random and announced Sunday morning August 8, 2010

***Canadian House and Home is open to everyone. I am giving away a subscription to the ONLINE version of Canadian House and Home. This is done to be fair to all of my readers!***

Good Luck!

THERE'S A GIVEAWAY TO BE WON!

Heads up guys, Erika of Blu Label Bungalow is having a giveaway on her blog! What is it you ask? For reaching 100 followers, Erika has decided to giveaway a custom moodboard! What is a moodboard?



This is great for those of you who have been thinking of decorating a room, but have no idea on where to start!

So head on over to Blu Label Bungalow and enter this great giveaway!

Good Luck!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME....AND THE WINNERS!

As you know, today is my birthday! I don't plan on doing much. Getting rid of the kids for the day (thanks to my in laws!). And more than likely finishing this

with this color

for this room

(I sure wish this room look like this on a regular basis)
After that, my husband is taking me to his favorite restaurant (no typo there!).

On to better news!

The winners of the giveaways are:

For the platter

Mrs. Chic! from Chic little house

And for the Stella and Dot $50 gift certificate

Anne Loyd from the Loyd Collection

Congrats Ladies!

Mrs Chic, email me your information so I can ship your item.

Anne, please email Janell ~janell (at) isabellaandmax (dot) com~ after you've browsed her stella & dot boutique and found your jewels!

Have a great day everyone!

AN ETSY SHOP, A BIRTHDAY, AND A GIVEAWAY.....OR TWO!

Brace yourself because this post is full of great things! First off, my good friend/fellow blogger Dayka has opened an Etsy Shop filled with great vintage finds!

Don't you just love vintage treasures?! I've already made my first purchase and I look forward to shopping with her in the future! Check out what should be on their way to my house soon (right Dayka?!)


Did I mention that I am so happy for her?! While putting this post together, I realized that I have made it to 100 followers (Thanks Lisa!), so to celebrate I figured I'd do a giveaway from Dayka's Etsy store! One lucky person will win this

wouldn't this 3-tiered platter be great for your next social gathering!

But wait, that's not all!

My birthday is Saturday (Feb.6) and the lovely and oh so talented Janell Beals has agreed to give away any item from her Stella & Dot E-boutique valuing up to $50!

Look at all of the goodies I've been drooling over





I mean really people, is today a good day or what?! To enter both giveaways, simply leave a comment with the phrase "TODAY IS A GOOD DAY" in the comment section of this post.

The winners (2) will chosen by random and announced on my birthday February 6th, 2010!

GOOD LUCK!
For more information on Stella & Dot, please contact Janell Beals of Isabella and Max Rooms!

WHY DID SHE HAVE TO WIN? !!!

Okay this is soooo crazy! Random.org chose #14 Mother of vein of Galen Survivor. Now I'm pretty sure you've seen her weird comments on my blog. This is actually my sister-in-law. My crazy, blog addicted sister-in-law. This was her comment for the giveaway:


Mother of Vein of Galen Survivor said...

I'm in! I love them! But first, let me tell you why I deserve to win. Because I'm collecting Crystal and Glassware. And I have thrown out everything in the cabinet, that is NOT! So NO need to mail them, I'll come get my giveaway! SPEECH: I want to thank all my Fellow BLOGGERS, i.e Janell & TamStyle for their on-going inspiration! Chow!

Yeah she is just that kind of person! Anyway Deitra you won so I guess you'll be driving over to get your containers...

BTW, I have my pantry post coming after this one and another giveaway!

FOOD STORAGE AND A GIVEAWAY

The pantry is coming along nicely. I'm still searching for more food storage and I've found some good containers, but they can get pretty pricey!


Some of you noticed the glass storage containers that I have in the pantry right now.





I fell in love with these after seeing them in Ina Garten's kitchen (the Barefoot Contessa). They can be found at Crate and Barrel AND Target! She keeps them on her counter and I think I like them better there as well.


Another trend that I'm seeing is storage hung on the pantry door.







There are two types of door storage found on the doors above. One (my favorite) is actually shoe organizers! I've seen this done before in bedrooms for jewelry, but never would have thought of using them in a pantry. The other door storage solution can be found in your local home improvement store in the closet organization section for about $30. This is a better solution if you need a little more solid shelf space. I think I may try the shoe organizer to hold miscellaneous items.


What I'm debating over right now is using baskets in the space.

I'm loving baskets in pantries. The items in the baskets above are not that organized, but because they are in baskets it gives the pantry an organized look.

My pantry should be complete by Friday and I can't wait! The hardest part of completing this space is making it presentable. I'm not satisfied with the color, but IT'S A PANTRY! Does the color really matter?!?!

And by the way, for those of you who like the glass jars, I'm giving away two large (gallon) and two medium (half gallon) to one lucky reader of this blog!

The winner will be chosen using Random.org and announced Monday Nov. 16

Good luck!