Announcing the Big Anthropologie/"The Find" Giveaway Winner....

This was a BIG giveaway, bigger than I ever imagined.

Meaning that so many of you entered by way of becoming a follower, leaving supportive comments or promoting my giveaway on your own blogs.

To each one of you, old and new friends alike, I want to thank you so very much for the privilege of getting to know you a bit better, or in some cases, discover you for the very first time!

I am pleased to announce that the winner of my

Most Elegant-Anthropologie-The Find- 300+ Follower Giveaway Is..... 

Kate of Salvage Dior
 
Big congrats, Kate!

Turns out Kate not only won my giveaway, but is a big winner in the gene pool as well!

Is she not stunning???

Gorgeous, nice, and now a big giveaway winner! This is one blessed and lucky gal! I'm goin' to Vegas with Kate, anybody else???

*grin*

Big thanks also to

Stan Williams aka

The Elegant Thrifter

for his kindness, generosity and putting up with Ambien e-mails from yours truly! Don't ask!!!

Just as soon as I receive Kate's contact info, expect an e-mail from me! That'll be your cue to send the lovely Dior fan her personalized book plate from you.

I s'pect there will be another giveaway somewhere down the pike, so please stick around. I'd love to get to know y'all better!

Until then...

~Anne

PG-13 Vintage Black Friday

Ladies, call your husbands, this

Vintage Black Friday

is for them!

Ooo-la-la!

Looking good is de rigueur, breathing optional!

Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker!

No body?

No problem!

Insert one hot lookin' vintage broad here!

All the sexy dames are sporting wide brimmed hats with corsets these days!

And finally.....

"How d'you do, I...see you've met my....

....faithful handyman...."

My own personal fave....

Love ya, Frankie!

Happy Vintage Black Friday!

Please visit

Gypsy Brocante

to see all the slightly less risque

participants!

Still time to enter my fabulous
Anthropologie / "The Find" Giveaway!
Click above for details!

New and Improved 300 Followers Giveaway...and Booth Envy

Breaking News!

What was intended to be a  

200 FOLLOWERS GIVEAWAY  

has snowballed into a 

300 FOLLOWERS GIVEAWAY!!!

New numbers require new prizes, so in addition to the 

$25 Gift Card to Anthropologie and the personalized copy of Stan Williams great book "The Find"

I will now be tucking in an extra special surprise for the lucky winner!

 To be entered, just sign up as a follower

   

Moving on....

One of the biggest perks of throwing a Megapalooza Giveaway as I'm doing right now is that you get the opportunity to discover so many wonderful new bloggers through their comments.

One such blogger is the insanely talented Polly of

Sassafras Stuff.

 

 

(all photos courtesy of Sassafras Stuff)

Just a few peeks at her Holiday 2009 vignettes.

The gracious and talented Polly agreed to let me showcase her and her incredible blog and booth, which can be found in The Olde Shoe Factory Antique Mall  at 301 Forest Rose Ave. Lancaster, OH.

She has dubbed her space The Sassafras Shop. So cute!

Polly calls her style " funky. shabby. farm. imperfect. cottage. french. industrial. rusty. cute. junk. repurposed. simple."

Sounds good to me.

So why the title Booth Envy?

Quite simple actually, when I see the sheer artistry at work in her sublimely gorgeous space, I see my booth the way I imagine it to be fully realized.

 Yes, I am suffering from a baaaaaad case of booth envy here, folks. 

 

 

 

 

And if you think Polly does Christmas beautifully (she does!), then sneak a peek at some of her other handiwork, all from her stunning space at The Olde Shoe Factory....

 

 

 

One-stop shoppong for all your booth lettering needs! Polly, I am forever losing scrabble tile letters for my vignettes, I sooooo need a local supplier like you!

 

 

 

Quite honestly, I could spend the rest of the day cribbing Polly's gorgeous photos, but hopefully I've whet your appetite enough to send y'all scurrying over to her luminous blog to see for yourself!

In  closing, I'd be remiss if I didn't include this not-to-be-believed pic of Polly's loo.....

could.you.not.just.die??????

This is her BATHROOM, folks!

I'm speechless, and readers of this blog know that practically NEVER happens.

Polly, I hope that this shout-out to you translates into a plethora of new followers which turns into a boon in booth business, which in turn results in all your dreams coming true!

Sassafras Stuff Blog

Giveaway winner to be announced on All Hallow's Eve.

BOO!!!

Giveaway Central!

Hi Everyone!

Just a reminder that my fabulous

Anthropologie / The Find Giveaway

is still going strong, and you really, really don't want to miss this one!

In appreciation of all my wonderful bloggy friends and followers, I'm offering an oh-so-spendable

$25 Gift Card to Anthropologie!

AND...

A Personalized Copy of the awesome book:

The Find: The Housing Works Book of Decorating with Thrift Shop Treasures, Flea Market Objects, and Vintage Details
by the Elegant Thrifter himself, Stan Williams.

About "The Find", Barnes and Nobles says....

"Elegantly photographed, filled with practical sidebars about refurbishing, styling, and treasure-hunting, and replete with the quirky sensibility that has made Housing Works one of the most popular destinations for great things, The Find is at once a handbook and inspiration for vintage decorating. Secondhand does not mean second rate when there’s always something special to be found. "

Just sign up as a follower here, or if you're already a follower, you're in!

If you give my giveaway a shout-out on your blog, that's good for three extra chances!

I'll announce the winner October 31.

And I'm hardly the only kid on the block having a fab giveaway this week!

You really owe it to yourself to pop on over to my pal Angélique's great blog

Six in One Hand

for her 100th follower giveaway!

Angélique is offering one lucky blogger a

$50 Visa Gift Card!

Head on over to Six-n-One to grab the details on how to win this great prize and to congratulate Ms. M on this blogging milestone.

And don't forget that Theresa of Garden Antqs Vintage

is generously offering a

$50 Gift Certificate to either her online blog shop or one of her booths at Winnie and Tululas or Heritage Antiques.

Find out how you can be the lucky winner

RIGHT HERE!

A reminder...

I've noticed that a good number of you who have entered my giveaway don't have public profiles or any contact info...when I click on your name, I get this message:

"The Blogger Profile you requested cannot be displayed. Many Blogger users have not yet elected to publicly share their Profile.  If you're a Blogger user, we encourage you to enable access to your Profile."

If I draw your name as the lucky winner, I need to be able to contact you, so while you might be able to find out the good news by checking here regularly, you also might want to consider enabling public access to your profile.

Just a thought!

Good luck to all and best wishes!

A Most Elegant Giveaway

It's that time again...

As I close in on 200 followers (boggles the mind, mine anyway!), I'm feeling in a giving mood once again, and this one's gonna be a doozy.

I just happened to have a spare

 $25 gift card to Anthropologie 

lurking about, so what better use for it than to include it in my next giveaway?

But what else?

I wanted to do something special, something....oh, I don't know....

Elegant

So who better to enlist than the most Elegant Thrifter I happen to know,

Stan "The Man" Williams himself!

The most fabulously frugal fella I know has generously offered to personally autograph a copy of his incredible book

The Find: The Housing Works Book of Decorating with Thrift Shop Treasures, Flea Market Objects, and Vintage Details

as a part of my latest giveaway!

Stan is not only elegant, fabulous and frugal, turns out he's ingenious, too...he's designed these way cool personalized plates that you can place inside your book, and voila! Instant autographed copy!

I just received mine in the mail today, gracias, Mr. Williams!

When I announce you as the winner, I'll send Stan your name, and he'll personalize a plate especially for YOU.

If you don't know Stan, shame on you...

(photo courtesy of Garden Antqs Vintage)

From his bio, Stan is a New York based lifestyle journalist who has written for Maxim, Latina, and American Express Executive Travel, among other publications. A native of Independence, Missouri, and a graduate of the University of Missouri—Columbia Journalism School, Williams documents his favorite finds on his blog, http://www.theobjectofmydesire.com/.

And not only that, he's fabulous!

Fabulous enough to merit a permanent place of high honor in my booth!

To sum up....

I'm giving away one $25 gift card to the bestest store in my hood,

AND

a personally autographed copy of the must-have book of the year,

How does such an elegant windfall become yours?

Just become a follower and leave a comment here.
If you're already a follower, don't sweat it, you're already entered.
If you shamelessly plug my giveaway on YOUR blog, that'll give you 3 extra chances!

That's all!

Heck, this giveaway's so good, I think I'll enter it myself!!!

I'll draw the name of the lucky winner on All Hallow's Eve!

Best of Luck!

When She Dreams

When she dreams....

is she someone else?

 

Is she content with what she sees, when she reflects upon her countenance?

Or does she imagine herself as something more?

More lovely?

 

More daring?

Someone.....

....who took more chances?

Dared to live?

Lived their dreams?

And who are we?

When we dream....

"Every woman in her heart of hearts longs for three things: to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty."

 

Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge.

You are enough.

Just as you are.

As God created you.

Was there truly, ever anyone as beautiful? Where it really matters?

You are beautiful, too.