Hello all, I want to share with you one of my newest sponsors, Shades of Light.  Perhaps you’ve heard of them or have seen their collection of stylish home goods.

Shades of Light is a great resource for furniture, lighting, mirrors, lamp shades and lighting supplies. Here’s a sampling of my favorites from the vast amount of choices available online.

Weathered Metal Mirror; Zebra Drum Pendant; Architectural Frame Mirror; Pharmacy Table Lamp; Dijon Arm Chair; Melon Mercury Glass lamp.

The also carry a great collection of rugs from transitional to contemporary and in many colors that will suit your space. 

Happy Trellis; Umbrella Stripe; Thomas Paul Zinnia

Be sure to stop on by Shades of Light for all of your online lighting and home décor needs!

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Hello all, the sun is shining, and the forecast is for a perfect fall weekend, yes! The hub and I are headed to the City by the Bay on Sunday with great seats at the 49er football game, I’m so excited!! I haven’t been to a professional football game in so many years, we’re going to have a ball while the kids are home with a babysitter, woo hoo!!  

The winners of the Waverly Fabric Giveaway are #1,344 Anneke of RustiChic and #2,053 Jenny of DIY Newlyweds. The Matthew Mead Tiered Stand goes to #8 Kathy Ellis, congratulations ladies, I sent you all an email.

This weekend’s giveaway is brought to you by Purple Lemon Designs, an Etsy shop filled with delightful personalized products from customized stamps to stationery.

Five free personalized stamps are up for grabs this weekend, just in time for the upcoming holiday mailings!  Pick an everyday or Christmas version, winners choice!

Purple Lemon Designs is also offering all of you a 10% discount when you shop – simply use the code CG2011.

Eligibility to win one of five free personalized stamps from Purple Lemon Designs

1) Hop on over to Purple Lemon Designs and pick your favorite stamp, then leave your choice in a comment.

2)  For a second chance to win, link to this giveaway on either Facebook or Twitter, then leave a second comment telling where you linked (FB or Twitter).

3.  For a third chance to win, Like Purple Lemon on Facebook, leave another comment here.

Five winners chosen at random, free shipping, US and Canada only. Giveaway ends Monday October 10th, 8 p.m. PST. 

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

Five winners:  #12 Anne, #210, Amanda S., #349 Cynthia, #405 Penelope, #651 Sunday.  Winners all notified via email!

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Hi y’all, thanks for all of your congratulations from yesterday, it’s so very nice to read all of your kind comments.  In other news, guess who’s in my house?  Rhoda, that’s who!  Yep, my good friend Rhoda from Southern Hospitality arrived yesterday from Georgia and I’m going to play tour guide for a few days and take her to visit all my favorite places while she’s here.  We’re going thrifting, antiquing, and to both Sonoma and San Francisco, so follow me and follow Rhoda on Twitter and we’ll share all of our Northern Cali adventures with you.

I’ve got a fantastic seasonal giveaway for you today.  One of my sponsors Love Feast Table sells the cutest velvet pumpkins you ever did see made by Plush Pumpkins with ‘real and spectacular’ stems which brings to mind a certain Seinfeld quote but I will spare you from spinning off into a Seinfeld quote frenzy which I am prone to do often, crazed fan that I am.

I love these!

Perhaps you’ve spied them over at Nester’s place or in Layla’s cute basket.  Well today is my turn to giveaway a set of six!  How sweet are these authentic stems?

These pumpkins were recently featured in Better Homes & Gardens and now’s your chance to get your hands on them!

These velvet pumpkins come in several sizes and plenty of colors like Lagoon, Stone, Curry, Chocolate, and Spice to name a few.  They’re perfect for your fall mantel, sideboard, or Thanksgiving table, and you’ll be so tempted to leave them out all year long.

There are so many color combinations to choose from, here is just a small sampling!

Good news, there’s a set of six up for grabs ( $148 value) !

Eligibility to win a set of Six Plush Pumpkins – you choose the set:

1.  Leave a comment with the word ‘pumpkin’ in it.  Or you can leave your favorite Seinfeld quote, either will qualify!

2.  For a second chance to win link to this giveaway on either Facebook or Twitter, then leave a second comment telling where you mentioned it (FB or Twitter).

Giveaway ends Monday September 26th at 8 p.m. PST, one winner chosen at random.

Two more quick things, the winners of the Style Package Giveaway and the Decorative Pillow Giveaway have been added to the original posts.  Winners notified via email.

Also, don’t forget, the Fall Link Parties start next week, with Layla hosting Mantels on Tuesday the 27th and Rhoda hosting Door Décor on Thursday the 29th.  See you there!

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED.

Winner, #1,328 Aly, notification sent via email!

Cheers and happy fall weekend y’all!

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Greetings all, and thanks for all the kind comments on the Peacock Blue Bamboo Chest earlier this week!  And did you see?  It was featured on Apartment Therapy, woot!  So exciting!

What DIY projects are you working on this weekend?  We’ve got plans to start another revamp over at our Alma House – we’re starting the process of building them a fully functional laundry room space, look for a post on that soon!

Want a little extra spending dough?  How about a chance to win a $75 Amazon Gift Card?  This weekend, one of my sponsors is giving away two gift cards, each one in the amount of $75 bucks! 

About One, is an online family management resource, and a digital filing cabinet, designed as a place to safely store all of your household information in one place.  About One has been featured everywhere from the New York Times to CNBC and USA Today. 

With About One, you can create files for home maintenance, your family’s health history, for babysitters or caregivers, even assemble education history for college applications.  Track volunteer hours, your valuables, or capital gains, even create your own family newsletter to keep your friends and family up to date on what’s going on in your home.  It’s a verified secure site to guarantee your personal privacy protection.

For every person that signs up, About One will donate $1 dollar to our Alma House project.  We love that kind of support!  Signing up requires no purchase or credit card, I promise!   Sign up here, it takes less than a minute!

When you sign up for your free account, you’ll be eligible to win one of two $75 Amazon Gift cards and be supporting our Alma Project. 

For your chance to win a $75 Amazon Gift Card:

1) Sign up for a free account at About One, then come back and leave a comment saying “I’m signed up!”  That’s all.  

By signing up and also leaving a comment here, you’ll be entered to win one of two $75 Amazon Gift Cards, and a $1 donation will go to our Alma Project.  Giveaway ends Monday July 18th at 8 p.m PST.  Two winners chosen at random. 

Wishing you all a great weekend, and good luck!

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