Not Soap, Radio Giveaway Winner

The winner of the Not Soap, Radio giveaway of the above two products is:

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58

Timestamp: 2009-05-10 15:36:24 UTC

Congratulations BEAUFORT BELLE and Happy Mother's Day too!!

For all of you that did not win this time, Not Soap, Radio has generously offered you 20% off until May 16th with the coupon code "Magnolia." I hope you'll buy something for yourself. You deserve it after all.

Thanks Not Soap, Radio for hosting this fabulous giveaway! Don't worry ladies there are more to come. You'll win eventually! Beaufort Belle did ALL the entries so goes to show it does help!

Help a Bride-to-Be Out!

I received the below email from a reader. We did this once before for this sweet reader and she made it to the finals, but did not win. Let's help this bride-to-be win her dream wedding! Please read the letter and click on the link to vote. Good luck Gwen!

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We've never exchanged emails before, but I'm actually an avid reader of your blog! Since being engaged, I've been searching the web for unique, creative and fun wedding ideas and have actually found blogs to be an amazing source of information and inspiration! And it just so happens that my wedding is the reason I'm emailing you.

My fiance and I are funding the entire wedding ourselves and are well on our way to the longest engagement in history! It's been almost two years with no end in sight! If it were up to us and money wasn't an option, we'd be married in a heartbeat. But unfortunately everyday expenses and student loans have gotten in the way and saving for our wedding has been much more difficult than we ever expected.

So we figured if you can't pay for a wedding...why not try and win one!

The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism is jumping on the "bailout" bandwagon and holding a contest called the "Bahamas Bridal Bailout". Five very lucky couples will win round trip airfare for them and eight others, hotel accommodations for four days and three nights for ten people, a photographer, wedding coordinator, wedding cake, flowers and champagne. All you have to do to be eligible to win is submit a 500 word essay detailing how you met, why you want to get married, how you got engaged, why you want to get married in The Bahamas, why they should bail you out, and basically why The Bahamas is so awesome.

How do you win? Well the "voting round" lasts from April 25 to May 17. This is the period during which anyone and everyone can go to the website and cast their vote for the couple of their choosing. Unfortunately each vote is associated with an email address and each email address can only vote once. After you place your vote on the website, you must log into your email account to "validate" your vote. Then on May 18 the "judging round" begins. The top 20 vote-getters from the website will then be judged based on the quality of their essay and how well they answered the questions asked of them, and five couples are chosen as winners.


As long as we get past the voting round, I think we have a pretty good chance of getting chosen by the "judges." Mostly because some of the other entries are just flat out terrible, but also because our essay is one of the very few that's written from a male's perspective. Yes, you read that correctly! My wonderful, amazing fiance took the liberty to not only come across this contest from an email he received from The Bahamas tourism office, he also wrote the essay. Well, he wrote most of it and then I added in the rest of the cheesy "Bahamas are great" stuff at the end so we were sure to address all of the questions. If your future husband trying to win a Caribbean wedding doesn't say "I love you", then I don't know what does.

We are sending out the link to all of our friends, family, coworkers, etc., but I thought I'd go another step and send it to a few of the bloggers whose websites have given me such great ideas (and hours of very entertaining reading) for my own wedding! There aren't too many blogs I follow, but I figured I'd send it out to the few individuals whose blogs I do enjoy reading since maybe a couple of votes could wind up making a huge difference for us in the long run!

http://www.bahamasbridalbailout.com/photo/1030/our-wedding-lifetime-making

Thank you in advance for your vote!

All the best,

Gwen

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Thanks for helping out a fellow reader!!

Purely Elegant Giveaway Winner!

Preppy ladies you love your pearls don't you! =) We had 132 entries (had to delete a few that were done wrong), and most of you wanted those pearls. They are so pretty. I hope Jen has been working hard to make many more so that you can all order one! Enough of that. You want to know if you have to buy your own or if you get one for free. Drum roll please....

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Timestamp: 2009-05-06 20:04:52 UTC

Congratulations SHANNON from The Wolfpacker's Angel!! Shannon picked this lovely bracelet (you can change your mind if you want Shannon, just email me at magnoliasmarriageandmanhattan @ gmail dot com and let me know your address and your favorite pick from Purely Elegant.

Thanks ladies for playing and thanks Jen for the fabulous giveaway!

Ok, you lost. I'm sorry. I know you still want that pearl bracelet. Well, if you order $30.00 worth of merchandise from Purely Elegant then you will receive free shipping AND 10% off if you enter MAGNOLIA DISCOUNT when you are checking out. This offer is good for one week (until May 17th) . Treat yourself to something nice. You deserve it. Please support Jen. She was recently laid off and has a baby on the way. She needs your support and you need some new pearls! Win. Win.

Don't forget to enter my other giveaway, free makeup and body souffle from Not Soap, Radio and there are more to come because I love y'all that much.

Photofiddle.com

Have y'all heard of Photofiddle.com? Photofiddle.com has been featured on the Today Show, The New York Times, Oprah's O list and more. Photofiddle.com instantly online transforms any photo into artwork in minutes. We are the only website that gives the user an instant preview of their design before ordering. If the user is not happy with the design their art department will create a custom design with no additional fee.

Here is the Photofiddle before & after gallery

I sent in these two pictures (I had a really hard time narrowing down a picture out the THOUSAND we have already taken of sweet Baby J)

We went with the charcoal drawing. (See pictures of the canvas at the top.) The canvas arrived in just a few days and it is so amazing! It looks like someone actually did a drawing of my sweet baby boy! The service I received from Photofiddle was top notch. I highly recommend them! Now where to hang our sweet angel?

Here are a few of the photofiddle options: Oil, High Detail Watercolor, Soft Pastel, Deep Sponge, Impasto, Fantasy, Modern, Low Detail , Watercolor, Color Edge, Kaleidoscopic, Comic Book, Color Sketch, Color Pencil, Charcoal, Color Box, Abstract, Air Brush, Pop Art, Light Pegs Sepia, Blue, Green, Red, Photo On Canvas

Photofiddle would make a great Mother's Day or Father's Day gift! A 15% discount code has been set up for MMM readers. The code magnolias15 just needs to be entered on the shopping cart page in the promotion code box and click apply.

You can also join Photofiddle on Twitter on Facebook by clicking these links:
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Not Soap, Radio Product Review and Giveaway

I was recently asked to review a few products from Not Soap, Radio. Here are the things I was sent:


Here is the inside of the I'm Not Here, I'm Really Lounging Poolside at a Beachfront Resort (4 eye shadows, 4 warm tones of pressed powder and 4 lip glosses)

I'm Not Here, I'm Really Walking the Red Carpet Face Palette (3 eyeshadows, 3 lipglosses and blush)

Check out all of these fun lipgloss colors! I received Diane. It is a orangy pink shimmer color. It will look fabulous this summer with a tan. It kinda reminds me of Nars Orgasm, but with a fabulous summery flavor and a better gloss to it! All the glosses feature a creamsicle like taste and are quite yummy!

I tried the makeup out this past weekend. I love the blush from the I'm Not Here, I'm Really Walking the Red Carpet face palette and the eyeshadows are really soft and pretty! The bronzer from the I'm Not Here, I'm Really Lunging Poolside at a Beachfront Resort (that's a mouth full) gives you a great summery glow and the lip glosses give you that sun kissed look. The Body Souffle is so yummy! It has a light scent (the website says it is lavender infused with apricot and a hint of eucalyptus) and smells much better than the cocoa butter lotion I became so accustomed to during my pregnancy.


For the big test, I did not tell A about my new makeup, I just put it on. He walked in the door and the during the first five minutes he was talking to me, he kept looking at me funny. Finally I asked him what was up. He replied, "You look really pretty, that's all." Hmmm. I would say that Not Soap, Radio passed the ultimate husband test.



While I have been out of college now for almost 7 years (yikes), I was still excited to receive one treat in my sorority letters (see the KD lip gloss above.) I am a Kappa Delta and I still get excited when I see our letters and that green and white. I wish this stuff had been around when I was in college searching for the latest and greatest thing to give my Little Sisters (I had two!) If you are still in college, I would seriously consider talking to the person in charge of rush (oops, I mean recruitment)about getting some of these cute items to put in your bid day baskets. The glosses I received are fabulous!




Greek Line of Not Soap, Radio
You can find it here.

Here are a few other things from their website that look like fun:

How yummy does this chocolate souffle set look?

How fun are these cocktail candles? They would be a great in a gift bag for a friend, a welcome basket for a wedding, or a cute little something to give someone as a thank you or birthday treat.

Speaking of birthdays, if you are looking for a little something to give your friend for her birthday...how about some birthday suds. It's bubble bath with a message! A usable card if you will.

I know there are a lot of Preppy Preggos out there. If I were rich I would send you all one of these. This would be a great little something to send your BFF that just told you she was expecting.

Preppy Puppy Daisy is a little sad she didn't get to try this one out. I might just have to order some for her and so she can do her own product review!

This would be great to add to your bridesmaid gifts!

Still looking for fun little things to give to your Mom? How about some Mom suds?

Here's the whole collection! I'm hoping to try them all!

I don't have a whole lot of time for bubble baths these days, but I can't wait to try one of these. They have great titles and descriptions. There is one to make you happy, one to help you sleep, even one for a little luck that has real shamrocks in it! =)

Not Soap, Radio has also been featured in all the beauty and fashion magazines including People, Oprah, Glamour, Lucky, InStyle, Allure, Vogue, Star, US and on The TODAY SHOW. The collection will be featured in the Style Watch section of PEOPLE later this year.

Their celeb following includes Jennifer Garner, Mischa Barton, Kate Hudson, Jessica Simpson, Reese Witherspoon, Courteney Cox, Naomi Watts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Aguilera, Niki Talyor, Selma Blair, Claudia Schiffer, Kate Beckinsale, Ricki Lake, Amy Smart, Julia Ormond and me (ha, ha)…to name a few.

Not Soap, Radio has been placed in Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Westin Hotels, Sephora, Henri Bendel and numerous spas and boutiques. But, you can buy it right on their website!

OR...do you want to win some of your very own? Yeah, I thought so.

How about the I'm Not Here, I'm Really at the Spa Body Souffle:

AND

I'm Not Here, I'm Really at the Spa Face Palette.

Here are the rules:
1) Go to Not Soap, Radio and pick out your favorite product (other than the two you will win.)
2) Come back here and leave a comment telling me what you picked.

For Additional Entries:
1) Post this contest on your blog
2) Send a tweet out about this contest
3) Become a Follower (or let me know you are already a follower)
4) Follow me on Twitter (or let me know you are following me on Twitter)

Please note that EACH of the additional entries need to be left in a separate comment to qualify for an additional entry. If you write "I follow your blog, I tweeted and I want to win lipgloss" in one comment it DOES not count but for ONE entry. I use the random number generator because Baby J does not leave time for anything else, so if you want additional entries you can leave up to FIVE SEPARATE comments on this post. Please make sure your comments are linked either to you blog or you include an email address. If there is no way to contact you, you will not win.

The contest starts today and will go until May 9th.

GOOD LUCK LADIES!!

Have you entered my other giveaway for free jewelry. If not, click here to sign up!

Have You Entered My Purely Elegant Giveaway Yet?

What to win you choice of ANY of these? Or ANYTHING at Purely Elegant?

Click here for the rules and to enter.

A. Tierney Baby!

A. Tierney has some of the cuteste baby gear around! Alyssa gifted me some of their fabulous burp cloths and I have to tell you they are my absolute FAVORITE burp cloths and I swear I'm not just saying that. They are thick, durable, they have ribbon on them AND they are personalized. Does it get any better? I am certainly going to order some for my friends who have babies and I reccomend you do the same. They will thank you!

I also recently ordered Baby J a monogrammed hat for the beach. He wore it while he watched the Masters in his polo green onesie. What do you think? He's been a hit in Central Park and at our New Mommies and Babies discussion group that I go to on Mondays!