107 Days to Go: Thursday Giveaway!

Jul 5, 2012 | 91 Comments

For those US folk, how was everyone’s 4th of July??

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Star Spangled Cookies!!

I spent the day at the beach commemorating independence while also cheersing the birth of TJ.  We had red, white, and blue cookies not to mention those chocolate wonders above (my contribution!!) to cover all our celebratory bases.

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Go shorty, it's yo birthday!

I wore my new top, my straw hat, and a bathing suit which didn’t even get close to the water…only my feet touched the chilly Pacific.

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Anchored in place!

Volleyball nets were set up and there was even a taco stand serving carne asada.  Yep, my grub got it’s groove on!

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Beach Day!

It wasn’t crazily hot either which was a treat.  (I know, I’m SO sorry rest of the country in the triple digits…I wish I could send you all sprinkles of the 75 degrees we’ve got now!)  We all got to lay out and veg on towels, catch up with friends and family, read trashy mags, and just enjoy the beauty of the day.

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Nails in Action!

I thought it was fitting to giveaway something that I’ve been chatting about the past few days…ANCHORS!

Today’s loot consists of costume anchor stud earrings in gold, pink, and rhinestone!  Three pairs, three winners!

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Win Me!!

To enter, leave a comment below with your fave color choice and three winners will randomly get selected next week (7/11)!  Last week’s goodies will go to a lucky winner tomorrow.  I’ve been overwhelmed with reading (and note-taking) all of your skin routines which are truly incredible.  I’ve already started to pick up a few items to try out.  One last day to enter that contest, so if you haven’t signed up yet (SIGN UP HERE), now’s your chance!!

  • Sue

    Looks like you had a wonderful time and I want those cookies now. :)

    I think I like the gold ones best although I have been known to wear sparklies once in a while. 

  • Julie Smith

    gold or sparkles!  glad you had a fun day!  wish I could have been at the beach too! :)

  • meghan

    i like the pink ones!

  • Kristina Cortes

    I <3 the punk ones…they would have gone perfect with your new top!

  • http://theperfectnose.wordpress.com/ theperfectnose

    Please don’t enter me in the giveaway, I don’t need any more stuff, just wanted to say thanks for sharing the happy pics and I love, love that anchor top. Just found you today and realised I’d bookmarked your old site ages ago (before my last laptop died) so I’m RSS’ing your feed now as insurance against possible future mishaps XD

  • DinaB

    I love the gold ones!  I have allegies to some metals an am not able to wear earrings but I could do my own little re-fashion! They would look really good on my navy blue shirt as a lapel accent!

     My 4th was spent with my Dad and oldest son sorting and cleaning garlic (amazing crop this year) in the AM and gaming & BBQ with both my sons in the PM, they love their Minecraft and I was happy just to relax with family and friends!

  • Btejkl

    Well, I must say, anything sparkly is my favorite:)

  • Cait

    I’m all about the “bling bling” ( Thank you my Big Fat Gypsy Wedding) 

  • Vivettesdance

    My favorite color is “glitter”.  At my dance studio we’re fond of saying that “Everything looks better with glitter on it.” and “Glitter matches everything” so my favorite pair of the 3 earrings is the rhinestone pair.

  • Flying Dutchie

    I’ve been following you forever, your blog is so inspiring! :) I love the pink/red anchors best, they’re nice and conspicuous! ;)

  • Grammyd01

    I like the red ones… Dee

  • Teresa

    Good morning, Oh that beach party looks like so much fun. I got to go the beach for the first time 6 years ago. It was deserted., to cold lol.. but I still waded in the ocean & grabbed some shells. Oh I think the red ones I would get more wear out of. Actually, I could wear any of them. Have a great day

  • Storyteller Mary

    I love the sparkles!  . . . but the cookies look awfully good as well ;-)

  • amandal

    I am completely torn between the gold and the rhinestone ones… however, the dancer in me knows that you can never have tgoo many rhinestones, so the rhinestone ones it is!

  • Vicky L.

    You can never go wrong with sparkles! 

  • Fluffsababy

    Gimme the bling…Love ‘em!

  • CrystalN

    Looks like you had a fun 4th!  We spent ours with good food & good people!  I love the gold anchors! (i’m a simple gal) :)  

  • Giniamagers

    I love the gold ones!

  • Heather Sullivan

    I like the pink!

  • Allison

    Ohhhh… Tough choice. As much as I like the bling, I think that would be too much for me. I’ll have to say I like the gold!

    We’d love to have some of your 75 degree weather here in Northern Illinois! It was over 100! I spent my fourth hanging with my friends! We went and watched the Avengers at the theater then thankfully a local station broadcasted the parade and fireworks downtown so we could watch them in air conditioning.

  • http://www.facebook.com/eSelle Erica Selle

    I like all three! Plus, Those cookies look yummy!

  • Kristinmulderig

    Bling! I am obsessed with anything sailor!

  • Katrina

    I love sparkle so I would be the diamond like ones.

  • Emily Goodson

    For sure the pink!! I wish it would even drop to 75 degrees at night here. I has been 107 for 3 days! I love your blog soo much!!! Thanks for posting and sticking to it :)

  • Tanya S.

    I think the sparkly ones are best. And because of my last name, they are perfectly suited for me. :-)

  • Anna W.

    I love anchors!

  • Peggy

    I love the red ones! I tried to keep cool yesterday (in my basement) but after a while, even down there I started to sweat! It was 102 yesterday here in Mi.-and HUMID!! love the cookies.

  • Ksmiff

    You know, all three are incredibly cute.  But if I had to pick just one…   you can’t go wrong with sparkles. 

    On a separate note, love the flowered sides you’ve got going on here on the blog!!   

  • Mrs. Parker

    I love the pink ones! I also love your bog! I am so inspired by you!

  • Lish

    I could use a win in life right now and pink would brighten my day! Thanks for the giveaways!

  • Char

    I vote for red.  You can’t go wrong with red white and blue.

  • maria eads

    Its hard to say which I would choose without trying them on with my outfits lol. But I think I would choose gold

  • Linda Oldham Burns

    Oh, anchors!!  They are my sorority, Delta Gamma, symbol so I  LOVE anchors.  I would choose the bling ones!!

  • Brunette

    I’m having a difficult time choosing between the pink and gold…I might have to go with gold, but I love the idea of those pink ones!!

  • Jess

    OOOO!! THE PINK, THE PINK, THE PINK!!!!! <3 YOU MARISA!!!! I got into the mood and painted my nails alternating sparkling red and blue, also made a killer strawberry short cake! :)

  • Amanda

     Oh man, those gold ones. Me gusta!

  • Emily Jencson

    Love the sparkles! So cute! 

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/KEOXFOCRFNOGE75OB6MBBRM6QE Maggie

    I love them ALL!  But the gold is my fav!  How fun!

  • Molly

    I love all of them and will take any of them, but the gold are my favorites…12 years after pledging Delta Gamma, I still have to pick up any anchor jewelry I see…

  • Akarsten

    I love them all!! Plain gold is my fave though!

  • KayDee

    I have to say the pink ones, even thought the bling ones gave some pretty good competition! :)

  • Sofi M

    They’re all gorgeous! I would have to say the O.G. (original gangster… haha, always makes me laugh)  Gold colored ones. They would go so great on wrapped scarf/cowl <3

  • Mandymans123

    I would love the bling ones!

  • Bnhorneker

    I love the bling! It makes me want to go sailing!

  • Minnie

    I would love the gold ones! 

  • E_solou

    It has to be the red.I love it to bits!!!!

  • Hrcant

    Love, Love, Love them all, but Pink is my fave!

  • Margo Gillaspy

    Gotta go with the rhinestones!  They are all so cute!  Those cookies all looked so good!

  • Littleandi3

    i love the pink ones! they are amazing!!!

  • Biz

    The gold are awesome, Marissa!  And if you did that anchor shirt on one of your blogs… AMAZING.  I wanna make one!  :)   Hope you had a happy 4th! xx

  • Taysha Riggs

    Adore the gold! 

  • Julie P

    Gold or Hot Pink!!  Love anchors!!

  • Jameisha

    I love the ones with rhinestones! I can accessorize those earrings with any outfit in my closet!

  • Claudia

    Pink!

  • http://www.facebook.com/devyn.lundy Devyn Lundy

    I want the Bling!!!

  • Sofie

    so cute! I like them all hehe. The gold and red are both my favs.

  • ElizS

    rhinestones!!!! Gold makes me look like a rotten banana :(

  • ElizS

    rhinestones!!!! Gold makes me look like a rotten banana :(

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1113911831 Kim Pritchard

    the gold ones are cute!

  • LeeAnn

    How cute is your little thumb fireworks!!?

    Hard to choose between the rhinestone and the pink anchors.  They’re both so cute!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=632179562 Sophia Shwartz

    You wore such a cute outfit!!! The ones with the rhinestones are most definitely the cutest <3

  • Laura Whitman

    Love the pink! SO cute 

    xoxo, 
    Laura

  • Katie

    Sparkly!!!

  • Katlyn McNeil

    i love anything with bling! so cute!

  • LeighZ

    Rhinestones! Definitely!

  • Margoslaby

    Oh goodness… bling bling bling! :D The Rhinestones! :D

  • Heatherbug737

    I think the gold ones are my favorite.  I’m going on a riverboat cruise in Boston in about a month, and these would ROCK and push my nautical maxi-dress to the next level. 

  • Ariananicole105

    Asking us to pick our favorite color is sooooo hard!  So I decided to categorize it (the list maker in me is coming out!)

    Favorite color to wear- peacock blue, it brings out my eyes!
    Favorite color to decorate with- red, love a bold statement!
    Favorite color for shoes- pink, especially my sparkly ones!
    Favorite color of car- black, love the mysterious look!
    Favorite color to dress my man in- dark green! 

  • CourtneyB

    Love the pink. They’ll clash with the red jacket I have to wear for my job, but I’ll wear them proudly anyway.

  • Christine in HOUSTON, TEXAS

    RED of course! Just like it is RED HOT in the big state of TEXAS!!!!! RED HOT PEPPERS!

  • http://www.facebook.com/kelsie.stark Kelsie Stark

    The Gold ones are my favorite. They will look great with a 40s pin up outfit!

  • Thenotorious Ren

    bling bling is always my fav ^^

  • Vmfisher

    I am drawn to the rhinestone earrings, but the gold would also be great.

  • Claudia

    Wow. Those earrings are so cute! I would definitely say the gold are my favorite though. 

  • jennifereastman1973

    I would love to win the rhinestone anchor earrings, they look to cute!!

  • Raeraggs

     I think the red work work well with a nautical dress I’m making from a bed sheet.

  • Jennifer Pruitt

    Ah, the gold are so classic!

  • Gibbles0072005

    Bling me baby!!! The daughter has the perfect outfit for the sparkly ones.

  • Rebecca Leung

    Pink PLEASE! :D

  • Crazypony

    Oh my gosh, I love them all! But I probably like the pink ones best………. I’m 12, what young girl doesn’t LOVE PINK!

    ps, Marissa, I love your nails…….. how in the world do you do that???

  • Maureen

    I’m luvin the rinestone earrings myself.Oh those cookies look toooooooo good! Got to make some of those!

  • Elrohiril

    I love the gold anchors!

  • tess

    rhinestones!, I love your creativity in remaking clothes

  • Erica Newhart

    Rhinestones please!  Such a cute top!

  • ChickpeaG

    I like the pink earrings!

  • ChickpeaG

    I like the pink earrings!

  • Kate Tidaback

    I love the gold ones! Still classy but also super adorable & fun :)

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/C6CA4CARDB7X7NKU5YQAJ72Y3I EmilyE

     I just LOVE the pink pair!!  Super cute and fun!  I could go for one of those cookies about now as well!!

  • Lara Wingler

    I LOVE ANYTHING in hot pink! So cute. Thank you.

  • http://gonewiththesummer.wordpress.com/ Sarah Emm

    I would go for the gold! My golden birthday is coming up on the 17th, and they would look great at my party! (:

  • Katie G.

    It is a toss up between the pink and the gold!