Shop Feature and Giveaway - Sand and Starfish

I have been blog friends with the lovely Stephanie from Sand and Starfish for awhile. She is super talented and creative, as well as just plain nice, and a mommy to a sweet little girl. Stephanie recently opened up an Etsy shop, also called Sand and Starfish and she asked me to review (and giveaway!) some items from her shop! Lucky me and lucky you! I chose to review some of her fabric covered notebooks as I was gearing up for NaNoWriMo and feeling very authory. Meanwhile, I only managed to sit down 4 times to write during the month of November and have yet to produce more than the prologue and first three chapters of the next great American novel . . .

But let's not focus on my total NaNoWriMo fail. Let us instead focus on Sand and Starfish's awesome notebooks . . .

Stephanie sent me a Fabric Covered Composition Notebook to review . . . and an adorable scrappy Fabric Covered Mini Composition Notebook and Fabric Covered Steno Pad to give away to one lucky winner!

The Composition Notebook is covered in cute fabric, giving it a really special feel - which makes me even sadder that I have failed it but not putting much other than my first sad attempt at a timeline for my novel in it. . .. but hope springs eternal, and at least my story notes have a really cute place to go once I like, you know, write them.

The Steno Pad is covered in a really fun pink argyle and leopard print and is perfect for lists . . . it was really hard for me not to steal it and start madly filling it with lists . . . I love lists!

The Mini Composition Notebook is adorable, I love the scrappy details! So much fun!

Here are some other things from Stephanie's shop, I had to start with more mini composition books notebooks because they are to die for cute! You know how much I love ruffles! And they are a steal at $4 for the pair!

Stephanie also makes awesome fabric covered mouse pads, it is ok to add a little style to your computer desk!

Reusable snack pouches are all the rage! They are economical and eco-friendly! Stephanie makes the cutest ones I have seen! I love the Christmas prints . . . and of course there are everyday prints too!

Stephanie also has a bunch of really great appliques. Make sure to check out her Etsy shop and see all of the yummy goodness!

Want to win these?

Mandatory Entry

Leave a comment on this post telling me what you would use the fabric covered notebooks for.

Extra Entries (please leave a comment for each entry)

1. Follow this blog, or let me know you already do.

2. Follow the Sand and Starfish blog (scroll down to the bottom to follow via GFC or RSS).

3. Favorite an item at Sand and Starfish on Etsy.

4. Follow me AND Sand and Starfish on Twitter

5. Tweet about this giveaway and link back to this post.

Sample tweet (feel free to use your own):

#Win some lovely fabric covered notebooks from @sandandstarfish on @narniamum #giveaway http://t.co/TX7uBPK

6. Like Sand and Starfish on Facebook.

So that is 7 possible entries . . . if you do all 7 make sure to leave 7 comments!

This giveaway will end on Tuesday, December 7th, and is open internationally.

This giveaway is now closed. Thanks!

Shop Feature - Studio H Designs

Awhile ago I won an awesome giveaway on The Ivy Twines for a set of monogram wooden letters from Studio H Designs. I love initials and monograms (my friend makes fun of me for paying as much attention to initials as I do), so I was really excited to get monogram letters for James! He and I have the same initials actually! The awesome Charissa of Studio H Designs was absolutely lovely to work with and put up with me not knowing at first what I wanted. I decided that Jamie's "big boy room" is going to have a sort of vintage baseball feel (oh my gosh, you are all so surprised, aren't you?). Charissa knocked it out of the park! Here is a mock up she sent me to approve - my incredibly detailed directions to her were vintage, baseball and red, I prefer to let the artist work - ok I really prefer not to have to think to hard . . .

When the letters arrived I was totally in love with them. They are great quality and just gorgeous!

Love!

Studio H Designs offers Monograms, like the ones I won, in a variety of colors and themes, how cute are these?

As well as individual letters so you can spell out a name or word. Perfect for nurseries!

Charrisa is also an amazing photographer and offers prints, photo cards and photo bookmarks in her shop too!

She also has sewn items in her shop like adorable wristlet key fobs.

I asked Charissa for some info about her and her shop to share with Narnia Mum readers:

- I am a stay at home mom of a 3 year old daughter who loves to 'make' with me. My major in college was Art! Photography and oil painting.

- I started this business when my husband was in seminary, trying to earn some extra money while doing what I love.

- We live in Birmingham, Alabama.

- I offer a giveaway at least once every other month. They are announced through my newsletters which are sent out 7-12 times a year. To sign up for my newsletter, visit http://studiohcontests.blogspot.com (there is a giveaway going on now!)

Charissa has generously offered a discount to Narnia Mum readers!

You can get 20% off a wooden monogram set or 10% off any other wooden letter purchase (for example if you want to spell out a name or phrase like the "BABY" pictured earlier).

All you have to do is mention this Narnia Mum post when you purchase and the discounted amount will be returned to your paypal after purchase. How awesome is that?

Many thanks to Charissa for all her help with Jamie's lovely monogram letters, and with her patience with me! Make sure you visit her shop and blog!

Shop Feature - MP Photography

I cannot express how much I love these pictures of Maddie and James.

I was so excited to get the cd of photos from Marisa of MP Photography. We had the kids take pictures with her in early June, and I am so beyond thrilled at how they turned out.

My children are more interested in checking out the sound and lighting system hidden in the bushes than they are posing for pictures.

Some of these shots leave me speechless . . .

I cannot reccommend Marisa enough. She was so sweet and worked so well with my rambunctious children, especially Maddie who just takes off and runs around like a wild thing when she sees any open space.

These pictures take my breath away.

If you are in the Southern California area, please consider using MP Photography, I know you will have as good of an experience as we did!

Shop Feature - Rya Creations

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Just a quick reminder - you can still enter to win one of my zippy ruffle pouches on Miss Print - giveaway open until July 23rd!

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I recently won a giveaway on Shey B, which is pretty amazing because she has a ton of readers and hundreds of entries for giveaways. I won a bracelet from a shop called Rya Creations and I love it so much I thought it would be fun to feature the bracelet and the shop in a post!

Rya Creations is a shop full of gorgeous one of a kind bracelets and brooches, run by the lovely Robin. Here is what she says about her shop:

***I am a proud SAHM, living in beautiful Montana, born and bred. I dabble in all sorts of crafts and art, basically anything I can get my hands on! I will be adding some photography to my shop very shortly and closer to winter will be adding some crochet scarfs. And who knows what else! Congrats to Jessica for winning!***

Here is the bracelet I won!

It has gorgeous, creamy pearls in three different sizes. I wear it to work all of the time, it instantly classies up whatever outfit I am wearing for the day (is classies a word? If it isn't, it should be.)

Here is an action shot of my bracelet at work:

My coworker claims it makes me look tan(ner), there are few things whiter than me, but thankfully I am not lighter than pearls ;)

Robin's shop is full of lovliness . . . here are a few of my favorites:

Shades of Gray

Spring Me Some Green

Apple Corral

Pearls at the Wedding

Are you drooling yet? You should be!

Be sure and visit Rya Creations and Robin's blog Robin in Reality.