It's My Birthday and You Get a Present! (JUNIEblake Giveaway)

This week I celebrated my birthday! We had a little family party to celebrate the Utah holiday of Pioneer Day and my nephews birthday, and Spencer took me to the zoo too. The coolest part was seeing a polar bear... and eating a churro.

Since I have been celebrating... I have a gift for you! ANOTHER GREAT  GIVEAWAY! You can enter to win 1 of 2  $30 gift cards to JUNIEblake. This is a new clothing company that sells trendy and modest clothes. You can see a few options in the photo below, but go to their site to see all the products.

JUNIEblake is really trying to get the word out about their company so there are a few things you need to do to help them in order to be eligible to win. Be sure to leave a SEPARATE comment for each thing you do. If you just leave one comment you will only get one entry.

1. Like JUNIEblake on Facebook
2. Share something about JUNIEblake with your Facebook friends (click SHARE on a JUNIEblake post so that it reposts to your wall.
3. Leave a comment on the JUNIEblake Facebook page (tell 'em YBB sent you)

The contest will close on THURSDAY, AUGUST 2 and the winners will be chosen by random.org on Friday. Even though you can enter multiple times, you cannot win both of the gift cards. Random numbers will be selected until 2 different people win.

Good Luck!

Shabby Apple $50 gift card giveaway!

That's right, friends. Shabby Apple is offering a $50 gift card to one lucky Yellow Blackbird reader. (If you don't already know Shabby Apples sells beautiful dresses, skirts, tops, accessories and more.) There are only a few things you need to do to enter:

1) Like Shabby Apple on Facebook, then come back here and leave a comment telling me you did.

AND

2) Visit the Shabby Apple website and then come back here and leave a separate comment telling me what you might purchase with your gift card.

YOU MUST LEAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE COMMENTS (or if you know I can reply to your blogger comment that will suffice. I just need to easily contact you.)

OPEN TO U.S. RESIDENTS ONLY

The last day to enter will be Friday, July 13th and the winner selected randomly on Saturday, July 14th.

I know there are a billion blog giveaways out there but I would suggest entering this one because there won't be hundreds of entries and you have a pretty good chance of winning!

More Colors for Anthro Bracelet Kits and a GIVEAWAY!

Remember these beauties? I did a tutorial on how to make the bracelets, and I have been selling kits to make your own in my Etsy shop.

Keep reading for info on the giveaway!

I just added many new colors to my shop to add variety to the kits. There are still some of the pastels left, many neutrals, and now some more fun bright colors for spring and summer!

CURRENT COLORS AVAILABLE:

Orange
Mustard Yellow
Light pink
Brown
Black
Cream
White
Bright green
Bright blue
Purple
Red
Yellow
(You can see all the colors in the listing.)

I WANT TO GIVE SOME AWAY!

THREE lucky readers will win a kit with materials to make 1 bracelet in the color of their choice, based on what is available at the end of the giveaway.

To enter, make sure you are a blog follower and do one or more of the following:

LEAVE ONE COMMENT FOR EACH THING YOU DO

1. Leave a comment telling me what colors you think you might choose
2. Pin these bracelets on Pinterest (either from here or the tutorial) and leave a comment
3. Talk about this giveaway or the bracelet kits on Facebook, Twitter, or your blog and leave a comment
4. Follow Yellow Blackbird on Facebook and leave a comment
5. Like Yellow Blackbird or the kits on Etsy and leave a comment

If you enter more than once there is a chance that you could win more than one kit!

The giveaway will be open until Friday, April 13. That's got to be a lucky day, right? After that, random.org will choose a winner and it will be announced! Please be sure to make sure I can contact you via your comments.

Good luck! And thanks for supporting me!

Modest Sea Winner and Discount!

Drum roll please.....

The winner of the Modest Sea Swimsuit is.... comment #6

Bethany said...

I love the Stephanie and Kara! So cute and feminine! :D
Bethany

CONGRATULATIONS!!! We'll be in touch soon!

Jealous of Bethany? Not to fear... you can get a discount on your order from Modest Sea. For the next two week, receive 20% off your order just for being a Yellow Blackbird reader!

After choosing the swimwear, and adding it to your “bag”, proceed to checkout. It is required to have a user account in order to make a purchase. After logging in and choosing a shipping and payment methods, there is a box to type in the code 507090. After entering it and pressing the update subtotal key, you will be able to see the discount applied.

Happy Shopping!

Giveaway from Modest Sea (modest swimwear)

Today's post is brought to you by Modest Sea. They would like to giveaway one swimsuit of choice to one of you!! "Modest Sea Alternative Swimwear is an exclusive modest swimwear collection designed to conceal and reveal according to your desire." Read more about the company here.

They offer several choices for body covers:
There are also many dresses to wear over the body suits (these are just some):

These dresses would work as cover ups for other suits too if you don't want to wear the body suits.

To see the full cover swimwear, click here. If you are interested in more moderate coverage, click here. To mix and match click here.

To win, leave a comment below and tell me what your favorite suit is and why. For extra entries, blog, Facebook, and/or tweet about this giveaway (one entry each) and comment about it below.

This giveway is worth over $100! Wow! The giveaway will be open for 2 weeks so the last day to enter will be March 28. A winner will then be randomly selected and announced. You MUST include your email address in the comment if it is not in your profile.

Good luck!

Who I Met and a Winner!

And the winner, as chosen by random.org, is...... comment #7- Laura Woodbury! Woot woot! Congratulations! : ) Email me your address and I will send you the belt!

Thanks so much to everyone who participated. It was really fun to get to know you and check out your blogs. Here are a few of the fun things I found:


Camille at Sugar Baby Boutique made this gorgeous version of the book page wreath. This is one project that has been on my to do list for a long time!


I love fruit, I love trifle, and I love red, white, blue. This dessert is on my to do list. It is from AJCrazies.

I met Melissa at That Girl who made this darling bird charm. I love birds. I must make this. She also has some other great jewelry tutorials including a cool Anthro necklace knock-off.

These amazing shoes were made by Suburbs Mama. They are Mod Podged with glitter. She also made a better than the original Shabby Apple dress, and has several great tutorials on belts. We all know how much I love a good belt!

If you were featured, feel free to jet right over HERE and grab a button!

Thanks again! It was lots of fun!

Two Announcements and a Reminder

First, I have been meaning to tell you friends that I am on Pinterest for over a month now. My pin boards are currently: craft projects, outfit inspiration, refashion projects, shoes, and ideas for my craft room. Check it out or follow me at http://pinterest.com/aubreelarsen/.


Second, coming up soon on Yellow Blackbird will be Bracelet Week! From June 27-July 2 there will be a myriad of different posts and tutorials about bracelets. I really want to increase my bracelet collection and what better way to do it than make them myself? You can follow along and learn with me. I have never had guests on Yellow Blackbird before, but if you have a tutorial that you would like to share during bracelet week, send me an email (aubreelarsen at gmail) and we'll see what we can work out. Woot! Be excited! There will be some designer knock-offs, my original designs, and I might be sharing my attempts to follow other bloggers amazing tutorials too.


Finally, there's still a few more days left to enter the Get to Know You Giveaway! Not many have entered so there's still a good chance of winning! Even if I already know you personally, you can still enter. If the reason you haven't entered is because you don't like hot pink, I am willing to negotiate the color of the flower! The belt would also make a great gift if it isn't quite your style. Get your entries in by Wednesday!

Get to Know You Giveaway

I think one of the things that my blog could really use to improve is more of a personal touch. I don't think that you, my readers, really know who I am. You don't feel any kind of connection with me, so you don't leave a lot of comments, follow on Facebook, etc. In turn, I don't really know who is reading this blog, except for the few of you who have left comments (thank you!!).

So today we are going to get to know each other. And to bribe you to participate I am going to giveaway one hot pink Blooming Sash Belt to one lucky follower. All you have to do is read a little bit about me, then follow the instructions below to tell me a little bit about you.


Hi. My name is Aubree. I am a happily married wife of about 4 years. Husband is Spencer. We are both from the same town. We are both jr. high teachers. We both have our own side businesses, although his is much bigger. : ) I teach history, health, PE, student council, and yearbook. I run Yellow Blackbird. He teaches Spanish and owns a flooring company.

This is a list of things I love in no particular order: history, WWII propaganda posters, esp. Rosie the Riveter, the movie Tron: Legacy, chocolate ice cream, learning, taking pictures, clothes, shoes, fall, bird watching, brightly colored paint, books, reading, crafting, going to church, music, driving, mornings, roller blading, pasta and playing ski ball.

I strongly dislike ketchup, most all condiments, carrots, when people say "going down" to a northern location and vice versa, late night, and making mistakes.

I wear contacts. I am allergic to nuts. I am terrified of snakes. I have a pretty ridiculous laugh (called the "cackle" by my family). I have a strong conscious and great desire to be a good person. I am a terrible speller. I wish I could be an awesome fashion blogger with lots of great photos. I love to hang out in bookstores and libraries. I know that God lives and loves us. Right now, I am really into nautical stripes, vacation planning, and the new Adele album.


Okay your turn. You have two chances to win the beautiful belt pictured below. For your first entry introduce yourself to me briefly. Perhaps you can mention what state/country you are in and some sort of random fact and/or a link to your blog. Second, leave another comment telling me what you like about Yellow Blackbird and why you follow. Also, what would you like to see more or less of?


Good luck! The contest ends Wednesday, June 8th. The winner will be announced the next day on my Facebook page.

Refashion #7 Lace t-shirt and a giveaway!

On our recent Disneyland trip we stopped at an outlet mall in Nevada. I found this shirt at Charlotte-Russe for $3. While I bought two yellow shirts to make a tone on tone refashion (coming up later) I only bought one in this color so I could embellish it with something else. I began by cutting a 20 inch strip of lace from a bolt I had. I cut it in half lengthwise because it was pretty wide.

I used my sewing machine to stitch down the edge of the lace. I pulled the bottom thread and gathered the lace to create a flower. (It helps to wrap it around your finger).


I cut the second half of the lace in half again to make 2 smaller peices. One is scalloped, the other is straight, which creates two different flowers.




I used the same method to make 2 smaller flowers.

Next, I cut small strips of ribbon and folded them as shown above.

I hand sewed the flower and the ribbon to one side of the neckline of the shirt. (I didn't even glue!)

Ta da! It is a little "floofy" but I think it's cute.

I wore it with this fabulous gold flower necklace, but it slipped under the shirt for the picture so you can't see it. I am also wearing skinny jeans and gold flats. I think it makes a cute outfit.

Like the look but don't want to make the flowers yourself? Well, you are in luck! You have two ways to obtain a lace flower pin you can add to t-shirts, cardigans, scarves, etc.

#1 Win this flower.

Leave a comment below to enter. You MUST be (or become) a follower of Yellow Blackbird to win. Please leave an email address if it is not accessible in your profile. Only one entry per person please! The contest will be open for 1 week. Entries must be submitted by Monday night at 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be chosen on Tuesday, September 7th. The winner will have 24 hours to answer my email or another winner will be chosen. Good luck!

#2 Purchase this flower in my shop.

Click HERE to buy.

Thanks to Dorian for the blog award!

This post will be linked up to the following parties. Click HERE to see their buttons and other parties I regularly link to.

I Made the World Cuter
It's So Very Cheri
Just Something I Whipped Up Monday

Winner and another giveaway.

And the winner chosen by random.org was comment #20. Congratulations Sherry! I will be emailing you soon!

And now time for another giveaway! If you liked the gray, lime, and orange ruffle necklace better, you have a chance TODAY only to win one! Go to the Dandy Giveaway blog to sign up!

http://dandygiveaway.blogspot.com/

My first giveaway

I am pleased to announce Yellowblackbird's first giveaway! My new ruffle bib necklaces have arrived and to celebrate I am giving away one for free! (See post below for info and photos). They are super cute, fun, and fashionable. Would make a wonderful gift. There are three ways to enter (make a comment below for each one):

1- You can enter just because you want to win!
2...- Make a second comment if you facebook, blog, tweet, email, text, tell or somehow promote either my shop or this giveaway (and tell how you did it).
3- Make a 3rd comment if you have ever purchased something from Yellowblackbird or do purchase something during the time of the giveaway.

All entries must be received by 11:59 pm MST on Monday, November 30th. The winner will be chosen by random.org on Tuesday morning.

This giveaway was originally posted on Facebook- but I found out that it is now against the rules to hold giveaways on Facebook so it has been moved here. The first several comments are all from me just reentering those who had already entered the contest on Facebook.