As Bear and I plan our wedding, with all the other costs we’ve had this year and our decision to donate $10k to charities in our first year of marriage, we are very careful about all of our expenses. We want the wedding to be unique and memorable but not be embarrassingly expensive or gaudy. We have been thinking about our stationary and wanted to keep the thank-you cards simple and economical while still personalized and of course – not looking cheap. Enter UPrinting.

UPrinting is an online printing company that offers a multitude of printing services such as a customized letterhead or magnets and even stickers! Of all the printing companies, few offer as many great options and services at UPrinting – they let you order free samples of the paper to help you decide and offer online  support all day, every day.

Best of all they are offering a great prize to one reader! You’ll receive 500 pieces of Letterhead (yes, 500!) printed on 5.5″ by 8.5″ 70lb offset paper. Your own personalized letterhead design will be printed (front only) and you’ll receive your package FREE of shipping charge in about 4 days! Giveaway is limited to readers 18 and older and U.S. Residents only.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment below! BUT HURRY! Giveaway will end Wednesday, September 28 at 5 pm central time. Only two days!

I’m so excited to design our letterhead that I’m actually looking forward to sending out thank-you notes with our personalized paper!

GIVEAWAY ENDED. Winner: mommy2one126@yahoo.com

Disclaimer: This giveaway is sponsored by UPrinting, no monetary compensation was given and I will receive letterhead printing service by hosting.

Sandhya

The winner is….

Congrats, TARA!!

Sandhya

Lately I haven’t been wearing much jewelry with my outfits….and I think that might be out of boredom. I’m just tired of the stuff I have and ever since I did my post on the Two-Finger rings I have been craving this one from FashionableRx over at Etsy:

FUN, right?

Ansa has graciously offered to give one away! I’m so jealous I can’t win this.

Here’s the rules:

1) Giveaway ends August 11 at 5 pm CST.

2) You must be a follower on Google Friend Connect and a U.S. resident to participate.

3) First visit Ansa’s store for more awesome jewelry then come back here and leave a comment.

Bonus (1 extra entry each, leave an extra comment each time):

- Twitter about the giveaway

- Become a follower on Twitter

- Blog about the giveaway

Good luck!

Sandhya

The winner is:

ANASTASIA of SweetButterBliss!! Congrats!

If you didn’t win, don’t worry….you’ll win next time. Probably.

And next time will be in just a few days…

Sandhya

Shameless plug – go vote for me here: http://www.adoredaustin.com/2010/07/vote-reader-submitted-best-aloof.html on Indiana’s Aloof Blogger Pose contest.

I used this cheesy picture:

Usually don’t submit things to giveaways like that but just thought it was too much fun not to. Voting ends tonight.

P.S. Don’t forget to enter my own giveaway for the fantasmo ring!

P.P.S. Sorry for the lack of updates…been up to my elbows in dogs. Seriously.

Sandhya

Hey hey! Time for another giveaway! (Don’t worry, won’t ever say that again).

Remember my post on two-finger rings that I was lusting after on Etsy? Well a couple of the ladies offered to do a giveaway!

First up is the Love Letter Two-Finger Ring from The Clasp Of Isis.

Tamara was kind enough to send me one for my own collection and I adore it!

It’s absolutely precious and incredibly well-made. The envelope opens to the cutest ‘note’ and the ring is adjustable.

The best part about this unique ring is Tamara is donating half the proceeds of each Love Letter Two-Finger Ring sold to 4262 for Kids!

Here come the rules:

1) Visit The Clasp Of Isis to see all the other beautiful items and leave a comment {1 entry}.

2) Follow me with Google Friend connect or Google Reader and leave a comment {1 entry}.

3) Tweet about the giveaway and leave a comment {1 entry}.

3) Leave a comment telling me the favorite piece of jewelry that you already own {1 entry}.

Giveaway ends July 9th at 5 pm CST. And don’t forget to leave your email address so we can contact the winner.

Good luck!

Sandhya

Thanks to all that entered the giveaway for the Bolt Laster toy!

I loved, loved, LOVED hearing all the stories about your furbabies (nfmgirl, my Bond plays fetch with my hair ties a million times a day too!).

Here are couple cute things our furbabies do:

< On top of playing fetch, Bond loves to be carried around like a baby and

will wrap his arms around our necks and “kiss” (aka, lick) our ears >

< Shere Khan falls asleep with her tongue out…a lot >

< Close up of the tiger muzzle! >

Ok ok, on to the winner….

The winner is Sarah who said her furbaby Jewel likes whipped cream for breakfast! Congrats! Please email me your address.

Thanks to all who entered and thanks so much to FroliCat for sponsoring.

Hope you all continue to read along.

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Sandhya