We have a Scentsy WINNER!!

We have a WINNER!!

Using random.org, we have chosen a winner... Congrats to lucky number 15!

who said....

Congrats you lucky girl!! You have won the $30 gift certificate for your choice of products from the Scentsy line!Mary and I both hope you love your Scentsy products as much as we do!

Thanks to everyone for participating!!

If you haven't checked out the newest giveaway HERE, go enter now!

XOXO

Scentsy Giveaway- Week 2 {MORE ways to win!}

Good morning all you lovely blogger out there! Just popping in to remind you that our current giveaway is a SPECIAL 2 week edition, so don't miss your chance to win!

Hop over to the original post HERE to read all about it and enter for your chance to win a Scentsy gift certificate courtesy of our host and consultant Mary, and The Little Birdie!

But wait, there's MORE!!

Want more ways to win? No problem!

Be sure to go to the ORIGINAL link to post entry comments!!

Please complete"mandatory entry" before adding new entries!

Leave separate comments for each entry!

Special Edition Week 2 Entries:

1. Facebook about this giveaway {using ORIGINAL link}

2. Tweet about this giveaway {using ORIGINAL link, mention @lilbirdielady so I can track it}

3. Blog about this giveaway {using ORIGINAL link}

4 & 5. Add The Little Birdie button to your blog {2 entries, leave separate comments}

Yay!! 

5 MORE ways to win! 

Giveaway closes Friday, 4/30 and winner will be announced next Monday!!

Good luck!!

XOXO

Tutorial Tuesday & Linky Party - Ruffles & Burlap Easter Basket (and a cute little boho bunny too!)

Good morning everyone! We are entering the countdown to Easter! All those last minute projects have about 5 days to get wrapped up or they're going back into the closet for next year. At least that's what I keep telling myself! Luckily, I think I've got the last of my Easter projects here to share with you today.

Baby A's Burlap Easter basket and Boho Bunny!

This is kind of a two-fer this week, but I can only take full credit for the basket. I found the tutorial for this adorable little bunny HERE at The Quilted Cupcake {complete with instructions and downloadable pattern}, I just tweaked it a bit to fit my style. :)

This little cutie is made with smooth minky fabric in brown and pink paisley. I just LOVE this stuff! I ordered it a few weeks ago from fabric.com for like $2.99 a yard! Crazy! Anyway, I thought for Baby A's first Easter she should have a mommy-made bunny for her basket. I call him the "Boho Bunny" since he's sporting the awesome paisley print. ;)

Of course, she also needed a basket. Duh! However, every place I've been lately has been hugely disappointing in the cute basket department so I decided I would make that  too. It wasn't too bad, just lots of measuring and cutting. But what a great outcome!

Here's what you need:

Cardboard box {or cardboard pieces}

Burlap

Fabric {optional}

Ribbon {optional}

Glue gun

Scissors

The measurements for this project will be dependent on what size basket you want to end up with. I scoured my kitchen until I found this bowl that I thought would be the perfect size for an Easter basket. I traced it onto the large side of my cardboard box and cut it out with my scissors.

Then, I measured the circumference of my cut circle and cut 2 strips of cardboard to wrap around it. Carefully, glue each edge down to the side of the cardboard. While that's drying, measure, cut, and get your burlap pieces ready for covering!

Just be sure to tuck in all the loose edges and use plenty of glue. I used a pen cap to shove all the little corners in and make everything nice and neat. The glue also helps with the pesky way burlap seems to shed all the time, so that's a plus too!

Next, decide if you want extra embellishments {the possibilities are endless!}...

I just hemmed and ruffled some pretty striped fabric that I've been stashing away and glued it over some coordinating ribbon. If I was any good at making fabric flowers, I would totally do that too, haha!

Once everything is in place, attach your handle behind the ribbon and you're finished!

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Now, in case you missed yesterday's edition of Merchandise Monday all about the sensation that is Scentsy, be sure to click over here to check it out! 

There's a ROCKIN' Scentsy giveaway, and you can also read my personal review of the Scentsy product line, and enter for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for the warmer 

and scents of your choice! {or anything else you want from their awesome catalog!}
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OK! Now it's time for YOU to link up! Show me what you've been working on and I'll pick my favorites to showcase on this week's Saturday Linky Favorites!

Grab yourself a button to share the love for the party, and please link directly to the project post so they're easy for me to find when I come visit. :) Ok, GO!

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XOXO

Scentsy Product Review & GIVEAWAY!!

{GIVEAWAY CLOSED}

Ok all you lovely bloggy friends, you know what's coming today if you've been following along on Facebook and Twitter... and since SO many of you have emailed or requested some access to this company, YOU GOT IT!

I am proud to introduce to you all the is the hottest new thing in home fragrance - Scentsy! It is a wickless system activated by a super low-wattage bulb and intensely fragrant, easy melting wax. It will change the way you think about "candles" forever.

First of all, let me just tell you that I am a HUGE candle junkie. At any given time there are 6-8 candles displayed around the house (not including votives, tea lights and taper candles used in sconces and decor) and probably 20 more stashed away in various cabinets. I may be a little obsessed with home fragrance, I can totally admit that. That being said, I've tried EVERYTHING out there. High end/high dollar candles, drug store varieties, etsy handmade candles, oil burners, incense, you name it - I've tried it.

Scentsy is by far my favorite one.

Mary, our very own Scentsy rep sent me a mid-size warmer along with a scent bar in "Tea Party" to try out so I could tell you guys all about it. I was excited, but I had no idea!! Smelling is believing, haha! I've been using it nonstop for the last week! In just a few days I have already picked out about 50 other scents I want to try... There are SO many to choose from!

{this is just a small sampling, there are literally hundreds to choose from!!}

Fresh scents, clean scents, floral scents, fruity scents, manly scents... there's something here for everyone, and they're always introducing new scents so you'll never get bored!

The really fun part is choosing your scent burner though! There are different sizes to choose from, many different styles, as well as plug-in burners, on-the-go scent tins, and even scents buddies for kids! There are just as many burner choices as there are scent choices so you're sure to find one that compliments your home decor.

{There's even burners for your favorite sports or team!!}

Mary has graciously decided to giveaway a $30 gift certificate for any combination of Scentsy products! You can get a mid size burner and a starter fragrance, if you're already a Scentsy fan you can get more fragrance bars, you can try the plug-in system, or even a DIY burner with customizable decals! The options are endless, and she is SO sweet to offer you guys such an awesome prize!

Before I tell you how to win, I should also mention that she is holding a virtual Scentsy party on her website just for Little Birdie followers, complete with great deals just for you! If you just can't wait to try it out, head over HERE and click the link to "Buy/Party Center" then join up via the The Little Birdie blog link and get to shopping. :) {purchase not necessary to win!}

Now... How can you win??

Mandatory Entry:

1. Head over to RockMyScents.com, Mary's Scentsy Website and tell me what you would like to try if you won!
{You can click "Buy/Party Center" for the shopping site, or download a pdf of the catalog.}

Extra Entries: (please leave a separate comment for each entry)

2. Sign up for Mary's newsletter so you can stay on top of all the fun new fragrances being added every month! She will also keep you up to date on specials, discounts, and discontinued items.

3. Be or become a follower of The Little Birdie blog (this will be easy because I know you already are!)

4. Be or become a "fan" of The Little Birdie on Facebook

5. Be or become a follower of @lilbirdielady on Twitter!

6. If you make a purchase via The Little Birdie party between now and April 30th, you may ENTER YOURSELF 5 TIMES!! {Purchase is not necessary to win, but you get lots of extra entries! ANY purchase eligible! Entries will be verified.}

Ok!! Once again there are a possible 10 entries available so get to it! Winner will be chosen via random.org and announced Monday May 2nd. That's 2 whole weeks to get your entries in!! :)

Thanks so much to Mary and her awesome Scentsy business for sponsoring this giveaway! You Rock!!


XOXO

Thankful Thursday - 4/14/11

You guys...

YOU GUYS!!

You always surprise me... but I love it!

Thanks so much for the outpouring of answers in response to my Questions For the Masses post yesterday. And the emails! I totally did not expect that at all. But guess what?

Because of you all, I have some great ideas to get rolling on here at The Little Birdie in the coming months. But I can't tell you just yet... I hope you love them as much as I do! After all, if it weren't for you, I would just be babbling on into space. And no one wants that, right?

After yesterday, I do have one definitive thing to let you in on:

I am not Superwoman.

There, I said it.
Whew.

It feels good to admit that I just can't do everything, though I am SOOOO bad at trying to "do it all". So, in the true spirit of why I created this blog in the first place, I'm going to be working YOU right into it, as much or as little as you like. Each and every week I see more and more just how freakin' awesomely talented you guys are, and you need a stage. Ta Da! You're looking at it.

More shop reviews, more giveaways, more of YOUR tutorials, and more ways to improve your business/blog/life in whatever ways we can come up with to share. Sound good? It does to me too. :)

This week- hats off to you: my readers, my friends, my colleagues. You're awesome, and I love ya!

And listen, honestly, I am always open for ideas. If you've got a good one, email me! I would love to hear it! Don't hesitate... I don't bite. Promise. Consider this an open invitation. :)

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By the way, I am SUPER excited to let you guys know {in case you haven't been following along on Facebook and Twitter- which I know you have!} that we're starting a new giveaway this coming Monday!

The web has been a buzz with talk about Scentsy, and now I personally know why. I'll be doing my product review of the awesome Scentsy products I received last week, and opening up a LIVE Scentsy party right here at The Little Birdie. But that's not all... you'll also get a chance to win your own free Scentsy products!! YAY!

Want to get a preview of the goods? Check them out here. Specials going on for Little Birdie followers now through April 30th!

Mark your calender, set your phone, or tie a string on your finger {do people actually still do this? haha!}... whatever you have to do to remind yourself that the party starts on Monday morning!! See ya then!


XOXO