2011 holiday giveaway linky hop

Welcome to the 2011 Holiday Giveaway Linky Hop

We would love for you to leave your direct giveaway link and then feel free to check out and enter the awesome giveaways on these brilliant blogs. There will be a new 2011 Holiday Giveaway Linky Hop code each Monday morning for the next 5 weeks. Come on by to see all the new products, enter some fantastic giveaways and most of all win some fabulous gifts for the holidays!

These are the rules:

1. Follow your epic hosts, The Epic Adventures of a Modern Mom, A Mommy's Lifestyle and The Chic Report
2. Leave a link to your giveaway(s)
3. Please spread the word! The more people who link up, the more entries your giveaways will get. Tweet it, post it on Facebook, put the button on your blog and spread the word!

Alright friends, let's hop!!!

Monday November 14th

On the 1st week of the holiday hop our true blog luvs gave to us...

Monday November 21st

On the 2nd week of the holiday hop our true blog luvs gave to us...

Monday November 28th

On the 3rd week of the holiday hop our true blog luvs gave to us...

Monday December 5th

On the 4th week of the holiday hop our true blog luvs gave to us...

Monday December 12th

On the 5th week of the holiday hop our true blog luvs gave to us...

fashion forward friday

Currently loving: All things sparkly.

Now if only I had a fun party to go to so I could get my hands on one of these.

Maybe I should make some big New Year's Eve plans.
In the meantime, I'll just marvel at these beautiful pieces.

{all images courtesy of Pinterest}

wordless wednesday

{happy holidays!!}

sam villa giveaway

Have you met Amanda over at Lillys & Lollipops? I just recently discovered her blog not too long ago and she's awesome. I even think she looks like Isla Fisher!


She's giving away a Sam Villa Professional Flat Iron and let me tell you, it looks like a great product to have. We all want a great tool to use on our hair, right??

So head on over to her blog and enter her fabulous giveaway!!

a day out with thomas

It was a Sunday we've been anticipating.

We were on our way to Holi-Day Out With Thomas at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

My son is a huge Thomas The Train fan!!

And he had no idea what was coming.

For the past few weeks he's been saying, "I wanna go to the Island of Sodor."

So that day, we told him we were going on an adventure to find the island.

It was a beautiful winter day in Santa Cruz.

Perfect for riding a blue train.

Perfect for meeting Percy.
Perfect for some hot dogs and garlic fries.

Perfect for tattoos, face painting, and ornament decorating.

Perfect for hanging out with Santa.

Perfect for seeing the happy look on our son's face.

Mommy and Daddy were a little starstruck, too.

2011 holiday giveaway linky hop

Welcome to the 2011 Holiday Giveaway Linky Hop

We would love for you to leave your direct giveaway link and then feel free to check out and enter the awesome giveaways on these brilliant blogs. There will be a new 2011 Holiday Giveaway Linky Hop code each Monday morning for the next 5 weeks. Come on by to see all the new products, enter some fantastic giveaways and most of all win some fabulous gifts for the holidays!

These are the rules:

1. Follow your epic hosts, The Epic Adventures of a Modern Mom, A Mommy's Lifestyle and The Chic Report
2. Leave a link to your giveaway(s)
3. Please spread the word! The more people who link up, the more entries your giveaways will get. Tweet it, post it on Facebook, put the button on your blog and spread the word!

Alright friends, let's hop!!!

Monday November 14th

On the 1st week of the holiday hop our true blog luvs gave to us...

Monday November 21st

On the 2nd week of the holiday hop our true blog luvs gave to us...

Monday November 28th

On the 3rd week of the holiday hop our true blog luvs gave to us...

Monday December 5th

On the 4th week of the holiday hop our true blog luvs gave to us...

Monday December 12th

On the 5th week of the holiday hop our true blog luvs gave to us...

fashion forward friday

Who'd ever thought I'd learn some fashion tips while I was in the shower. There I was, putting some Herbal Essence's conditioner in my hand, when I noticed a "Fashion Tip" on the back label. How random.


Tip #1: {conditioner bottle}
Make your fashion loves last long into seasons to come. Try storing handbags on a shelf instead of hanging to help keep the seams from stretching. 

Tip #2: {shampoo bottle}
Crumple up newspapers and stuff them in your unused boots to help them keep their shape.

{All images courtesy of Pinterest}