Hands That Bless // Feature & Giveaway

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Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to a new shop on Etsy! HandsThatBless is a lovely new shop that offers quality hair accessories, wristlets, purses and more! I "met" the owner, Bethany, through her giveaway blog several months ago, and am delighted to be featuring her shop today.

Her shop just opened this month and she already has a nice variety of items for sale.

Here are a few of my favorites:

{ Pink Floral Flower Bobby Pins- $4}

{Hot Pink Rose Necklace- $8}

{ Fun Pink Print Wristlet- $15}

{Hot Pink Rose Filigree Headband- $10}

The Giveaway //

Miss Bethany has kindly offered to give away this lovely purple wristlet to one of my readers!

You can see the listing details here:

Purple Calico Wristlet

Entry Rules //

- Please completely the Mandatory Entry before completely any

of the extra entries

- Please do each comment separately

- This giveaway is open to U.S. readers only

- Giveaway will run until February 13, 2012

Mandatory Entry //

Visit Bethany's shop and find your favorite item, then come back here

and tell me what it is and follow this blog

Extra Entries //

1. Heart Hands That Bless on Etsy

{ 3 entries}

2. Add Hands That Bless to your Etsy Circle

{2 entries}

3. Purchase any item from Hands That Bless

{15 entries}

4. Follow Bethany's giveaway blog

{ 2 entries}

5. Blog, Facebook and/or Tweet this giveaway

{ 2 entries per thing you do}

Have fun!



KoKoCandles Winner!

The winner of the cupcake candle from KoKoCandles on Etsy is......

Constitution Girl!

Congratulations! I'll be contacting you shortly about your prize.

P.S. There's still time left to enter my Valentines Day Giveaway!

Visit the link to see how to enter.

Also, I will be doing an Etsy shop feature and giveaway on Monday, so stay tuned!

Freena Etsy Shop Feature //

Enter Shop

I recently found this shop- and am so glad I did! It is simple adorable, and once you see some of the items for sale I think you will agree!

This shop is full of adorable  bow-tie bobby pins and necklaces, lace-y earrings, bow earrings and more.

Prices are extremely reasonable, which makes it even harder not to buy, buy buy!

The concept of hair bows/bow-ties as jewelry is a fairly new concept, yet an extremely cute and wonderful idea. This shop offers many different hair bow/ bow-tie jewelry pieces and hair accessories, both of which are my favorite from this shop. Let's take a look:

Grey and Black Herringbone Bow Tie Necklace-$12.50

Vintage Hair Bow Bobby Pins- $7.99

Modern Crocheted Earrings- $10

Copper Wire Wrapped Necklace- $10.50

Nautical Stripes Bow Necklace- $11

Mustard and Stripes Bow Bobby Pins- $7.99

Lace Earrings- $7.99

See what I mean! I think I will need to get some of those bobby pins. They are just too cute!

If you are interested in purchasing an item from this shop, or would like to find out more about this amazing little shop, visit the following links:

Links ::

Etsy Shop

Facebook

Blog

Thanks for letting me feature your shop! It was a pleasure.

Would you like YOUR shop to be featured sometime? Just visit my "Be Featured"

page here to see how you can get your shop on Sunshine!

Simply Sweet // A Valentines Day Giveaway

I've been planning this giveaway for quite some time and am very excited to be bring it to you today! Yes, Valentine's Day is quite a ways off still, but I wanted the winners of this giveaway to have their prizes before February 14, thus the early start date.
Five wonderful Etsy shops have agreed to donate five lovely Valentine's Day themed items to today's giveaway. I know you'll love these items!

The first prize is donated by TheBloomingThread. The prize is a gorgeous Poppy Flower Brooch in Crimson Red and Black. Item details here

Etsy Shop

Blog

Facebook

Pinterest

Twitter

The next prize is donated by WearableArtByJude.

The prize is a heart locket with a rose photograph in the center.

Truly a work of art!

Twitter

Facebook

Pinterest

blog

Etsy Shop

Next we have a pretty Pink Flower Necklace sponsored by LaurenBlytheDesigns

Listing details Here

Etsy Shop

Facebook

Kristy of KristyBee is offering any 8x12 photography print

from her shop! The winner will get to pick their own print for Kristy's

gorgeous selection.

Etsy Shop

Blog

Facebook

The next prize is so very sweet! Lydia from BonBonsConfections is giving away

six delicious handmade Belgian Truffles in flavors like Caramel, Mint, Raspberry, Hazelnut and more! Listing details Here

Website

Etsy Shop

Facebook

Lastly, we have a lovely pair of Gold Heart Earrings from NestingPretty

Earring details can be found  Here

Etsy Shop

Facebook

Pinterest

Twitter

Blog

Those are some wonderful prizes! Here's how you can win them:

Mandatory Entry //

Visit each shop and find your favorite item, then come back here and tell

me what it is and  follow this blog

[1 entry]

Extra Entries //

1. Heart each Etsy shop

[ 1 entry per shop you heart. Heart all five and receive five entries!]

2. Add each shop to your Etsy Circle

[ 1 entry per shop]

3. Fan/Friend the shops applicable on Facebook, Twitter and/or Blogger

[ 1 entry per site]

4. Blog, Facebook and/or Tweet this giveaway

[ 1 entry per thing you do]

5. Enter my latest giveaway here

[ 2 entries]

This giveaway will run until February 1, 2012.

It will end at noon CT. Winners will be announced shortly thereafter.

Have fun!

Shop Feature & Giveaway // KoKo Candles

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Never own a boring candle again! KoKoCandles is a delightful Etsy shop full of non-boring candles! I recently came across this shop and instantly loved the cute variety of colorful candles this shop offers. My favorite are the cupcakes, which look so real!
More items from this shop include cute and colorful candles in tins, cupcakes, ice cream cones and brightly colored frosted glass candles, to name a few.

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Giveaway ::

KoKoCandles is giving away a Pink Cupcake Candle to one of my readers!

What a fun prize! This is one of KoKoCandles' full size cupcakes with a burn time

of 25 hours.

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Giveaway Rules ::

1. This giveaway is open to U.S., Canada and Mexico residents

2. Please complete the mandatory entry before completely any extra entries

3. Please do each comment separately. If it says "3 entries", then leave 3 separate comments

4. Please leave your contact info (e-mail or Etsy shop URL) in at least 1 comment

Giveaway will end January 28, 2012 at noon Central Time

Mandatory Entry ::

Find your favorite from KoKoCandles and tell me what it is

AND

Follow this blog

{ 1 entry}

Extra Entries ::

1. Heart KoKoCandles

{ 2 entries}

2. Add KoKoCandles to your Etsy Circle

{ 1 entry}

3. Friend KoKoCandles on Facebook

{ 3 entries}

4. Purchase any item from KoKoCandles

{ 15 entries}

Have fun!

Lotta Losten Giveaway Winner //

The winner of the $15 gift certificate to Lotta Losten Jewelry is.......

Clenna!

Congratulations! I will be contacting you shortly.

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Ruby Key Shop Feature //

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Celeste, the owner of RubyKey, actually approached me about a feature after reading my "sponsors" page late last year. I am always so excited to be approached by Etsy shop owners instead of me having to contact them. It is wonderful knowing that others read, enjoy and want to participate in this blog. It's a great encouragement!

RubyKey is a cute,  fairly new Etsy shop which offers a variety of sewn stationary, paper goods and vintage finds.
Upon entering the shop you are greeted by an adorable shop banner, which I love! Finding a cute banner is so important, and Celeste did a wonderful job picking hers.
While this shop is small, I think that it will take off in the near future. All of the items are well-priced and look extremely well made, not to mention lovingly handmade in the U.S.A!
Here are some of my favorites:

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{ Baby Shower Invitations }

{Notepad/Stationary}

{Mini Valentines Cards}

Isn't everything so cute? Make sure to visit Celeste's shop, RubyKey, to see more items for sale. Also make sure to stop by the following links for this shop:

Links ::

Etsy Shop

Pinterest

Twitter

Blog

P.S. I'll be having a really cute giveaway coming up on Monday, so stay tuned!

P.S.S. Tomorrow's the last day to the Lotta Losten Jewelry Giveaway!

Make sure to enter before 1/14/12 at noon CT.

A Hot Chocolate Day

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It is finally looking like winter around here! After a mild November, December and start of January the snow has finally come. Oh, and really cold temperatures, too. But I don't mind- I will soon be enjoying a steaming cup of hot cocoa (homemade, mind you!) with marshmallows (again, homemade- they can't be beat!).
Nothing warms you up on a cold, snowy day like hot chocolate. Such a simple pleasure, yet so wonderful.

Fluffy Hot Chocolate

Ingredients8 teaspoons sugar
4 teaspoons baking cocoa
4 cups milk
1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Accompaniments and garnish ideas: Whip cream, marshmallows, sprinkles, chocolate shavings, espresso

Directions
In a saucepan, combine the first four ingredients. Cook and stir over medium heat until the marshmallows are melted, about 8 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla and add any additional accompaniments you like.

{ recipe via here }

Now go make some- you know you want to!

P.S. My current giveaway {$15 jewelry gift certificate} ends this Saturday! Make sure to enter before then!

Lotta Losten Giveaway

I'm back! I am so excited to be starting up this blog again! I have a new, fresh design and shops to feature, so check in regularly!

Today's featured shop is Lotta Losten, a gorgeous Etsy shop full of intricate and detailed wire-wrapped jewelry. I became acquainted with this shop when I won a giveaway from there several months back. I still need to pick which item I would like from the shop- it is taking me forever to pick because everything is so pretty!

This shop offers a wide variety of pendants, necklaces, earrings, brooches and more. Here a few of my favorites from the shop:

{Leaf earrings in warm silver & grey}

{necklace pendant fresh leaf in vibrant green}

{Spear Necklace Pendant}

{Entangled Cluster Brooch in Grey}

{Giveaway}

Lotta is giving one of my readers a $15 gift certificate good on any item in her shop! A lovely,
prize, don't you think?

{Giveaway Rules}
-Please do each comment separately. I pick the winner with Random.org, so each comment must be separate or they will all count as one.

-Please leave a way for me to contact you in at least 1 comment

- This giveaway is open Worldwide

{Mandatory Entry}

Visit Lotta Losten's Etsy shop, then come back here and

tell me what your favorite item is from the shop and follow this blog

{ 1 entry}

{Extra Entry}

1. Heart Lotta Losten on Etsy

{ 3 entries }

2. Add Lotta Losten to your Etsy Circle

{2 entries}

3. Friend Lotta on Facebook
{ 1 entries}

4. Fan Lotta on Twitter @lostenjewelry
{ 1 entries}

5. Follow Lotta's blog
{ this will be in English very soon}
{ 2 entries}

This giveaway will end January 14, 2012.
The winner will be announced soon thereafter.