If you like diamonds, here is a chance to win a vintage estate diamond band from Paris Hotel Boutique at This is Glamorous !
Whew! I'm 50 now and not feeling too different. Perhaps a little more tired than usual. I understand that I'm part of "the club" now. Wondering if there are some secrets I should know about this exclusive club?
Some of your wishes are...
Mindy Weiss's "The Ultimate Wedding Planner" & Kai Perfume Oil
IOMOI's stationary gift set
Happy Monday!
There are 3 lucky winners!
3rd PLACE winner receives a box of Charbonnel & Walker (from the U.K.) 'Pink Marc de Champagne Truffles.' I just adore the box!
I enjoyed reading your wonderful comments and seeing your favorite pics. And big thanks to Cassia for generously offering her lovely photographs!
A click at random.org selected the winners...
Jacqueline
-and-
Mademoiselle Frou-Frou!
Thanks to you all for entering!
And, be sure and check out Cassie's blog here and her Etsy shops here and here!
What a fun way to start off the New Year! Noel at Fanciful Designs is having a giveaway with some very special treats...
The winner also receives a 2010 calendar -- an exclusive poster from one of my favorite shops, 'Tail of the Yak' in Berkeley, California. So beautiful!
Happy Monday! BIG THANKS to all of you who participated in our holiday giveaway!
1ST PRIZE -- From the Paris Hotel Boutique Collection -- a Beverly Hills Hotel table reservation decoupage tray, custom made for Paris Hotel Boutique using an image of a vintage table reservation sign from the Beverly Hills Hotel. Measures 6" by 6."
3RD PRIZE -- From the Paris Hotel Boutique Collection -- Le Grand-Hotel Bellman's Cap crystal paperweight made from an image of vintage bellman's cap.
Sincere thanks to all of you for your participation in the Tim Irving Photography Giveaway.
I enjoyed your wonderful comments and fav pics. And big thanks to Tim for generously offering his beautiful photographs!
A click at random.org selected the winners...
12. Linda Lou - African Kitchenalia
Happy Monday everyone! I'm thrilled to announce that the amazingly talented photographer, Tim Irving, has offered to give two Paris Hotel Boutique Journal readers one of his lovely photographs. His beautiful work has been published in The London Times & Time Magazine.
Tim lives and works in the Andalucia region of Spain and also authors a blog by the name of Style Med. It focuses on Mediterranean design and lifestyle. I just adore his work and have blogged about it before.
If you like the last photo I posted of the ferris wheel, it's by photographer Tim Irving. His work has been featured in Time Magazine, The London Times and much more. I'm crazy for it. So vintage looking. And the colors...beautiful!
Dagny over at Beautiful Living just let me know that she's having a giveaway. You can choose between all of Tim's work (there's currently over 100 photographs to choose from)! Just click here to enter. Deadline for the giveaway is August 24th.
Sincere thanks to all of you for your participation in the Etiquette Giveaway.
I enjoyed your wonderful comments, and your reciprocal blogs posts were greatly appreciated. I will be posting about your etiquette tips real soon!
A click at random.org selected the winners...
1st Prize - Bonjour Madam (Vintage Etiquette Books)
2nd Prize - Brayton Home Interiors (G. Lalo writing tablet with matching envelopes)
Awhile ago I did a post called, "Let's Bring Back." Several of you commented about etiquette and good manners, ie; opening the door for people, giving up your seat for an elderly person, and being neighborly. I thought it would be fun to have a giveaway about etiquette.
Here is how the giveaway works:
Starting today, you simply enter by leaving a comment about what customs, manners or traditions you'd like to bring back or change.
Limited to one entry per person. Help me spread the news about the giveaway by mentioning it on your own blog and you'll get a second chance to enter. Simply enter a second comment alerting me of the mention.
See the prizes below...
FIRST PRIZE: But of course, two vintage books on etiquette. One is titled, Book of Etiquette, copyright 1921. This book covers everything from entertaining, house servants and tipping, to travel and hotel etiquette. The second book is titled, Good Manners, copyright 1934. This covers young people who wish to be correct, as well as polite!
SECOND PRIZE: What is etiquette without the lost art of letter writing? This winner receives a G. Lalo writing tablet with matching envelopes. G. Lalo, the Parisian social stationery manufacturer since 1919, provides the royal courts of Europe with handcrafted stationery. Two aspects of G. Lalo stationery contribute to its fame: the quality of its papers and the elegance of its presentation.
The entries can be made until Wednesday, May 13th at 9:00 pm PST. The winners will be picked via Random.org on Thursday, May 14th, and announced on this blog. I will contact the winners for your mailing addresses. Please provide a valid e-mail address or link to one.
{I'll start with my comment here...hope I don't offend any of you .... Let's have cell phones not allowed in restaurants or shops. I am so tired of having a meal out, only to have the person seated next to me speaking loudly on their phone about their date last night. Please people, step outside of the restaurant, shop or post office!}Can't wait to hear your comments! Good luck!
The giveaway is now closed. Thanks for your comments. Results tomorrow!
(trophy ribbons photo from velvetstrawberries)Sincere thanks to all of you for your participation in the Paris Hotel Boutique Spring Fling Giveaway! Your wonderful comments and reciprocal blogs posts were greatly appreciated. And, thanks to you, I have a whole new list of blogs to read!
A click at random.org selected the winners...
Let's celebrate Spring with a giveaway from Paris Hotel Boutique. If you can't spend April in Paris, perhaps one of these gifts can transport you there!
FIRST PRIZE: Bring home a souvenir... Antique French beveled glass souvenir casket box from Dinant La Citadelle.
SECOND PRIZE: Explore Paris with this great read, Colette: A Provincial in Paris. In this 1954 first edition, Margaret Crosland tells the story of this French legend, one of Paris' most colorful personalities and France's greatest fiction writer.
THIRD PRIZE: 19th Century French calligraphy pen & a handwritten French receipt dating to 1920.
Here is how the giveaway works. Starting today, you simply enter by leaving a comment on this post. Limited to one entry per person. Help me spread the news about the giveaway by mentioning it on your own blog and you'll get a second chance to enter. Simply enter a second comment alerting me of the mention.
The entries can be made until Friday, March 27 at 9:00 pm PST. The winners will be picked via Random.org on Saturday, March 28th and announced on this blog. I will contact the winners for your mailing addresses. You must provide a valid e-mail address or link to one.
Let's be kids for a day! I usually don't post about my birthdays, but I just had to share the wonderful surprises I received today from my best friend Janet at FrenchBlue. AND, to make this day even more fun, Janet is having a birthday "giveaway" on her new blog, FrenchBlue. Come celebrate, open the presents with me (below), and then mosey over to FrenchBlue to enter the giveaway and you too can receive one of her wonderful gifts...
My husband displayed the presents in a Dorothy Draper chest. Cute, huh?
Janet and I love candy. Here are some delicious treats; watermelon sour balls, chocolate-covered sunflower seeds, Laduree candies in a carriage and a glittery faux cupcake!
Vito had to get in on the fun!
I am going crazy over this custom stationary that Janet made for me using images from Paris Hotel Boutique. Love it!
How clever is this? Janet took a box of leopard-printed stationary and added an "I Married Adventure" sticker to make it look like the image of the vintage book that we're all so fond of. She is so creative.
Amazing large, lavender-scented candle in a lavender-colored bisque jar from my favorite, Bergdorf Goodman! (hint, hint...there is one in the giveaway!)
For the sweet lover...Juicy Couture candies in pink plastic cupcake holders. Actually you can use these plastic cupcake holders in the oven.
You can't take the 80's out of me. Love the glitz on this softest cotton shirt with faux jeweled embellishments.
Not one, but two pairs of metallic sandals from Steve Madden. Janet, you're crazy, but I love them!
This unusual silver-coated horn can actually hang on the wall. So unique!
Thanks to all of you for sharing my birthday with me and to you Janet for the most special birthday gifts! You are a treasure!
NOW ALL OF YOU GO OVER TO FRENCHBLUE FOR THE GIVEAWAY, HERE!
