Fabulous Country Soaps By Marlene Giveaway

Mocha loves Etsy Shop Country Soaps by Marlene and she is very excited to announce a fabulous $20 giveaway!

Marlene is a fabulous mother of 11 who is no stranger to Stunning. Last summer she also did a giveaway with us - man has she expanded her inventory since then, way to go girl!

countrysoapsbymarlen is a successful Etsy shop with wonderful variety of goat's milk products that are out of this world! Plus, Marlene herself happens to be one of the nicest people around she is an absolute joy to work with!

I would recommend trying out any of Marlene's products. Everything I've tried so far is fantastic for my super sensitive skin plus, it all smells phenomenal!

Here we are with our favorite scent, Endless Love!

Enter to win $20 to Etsy shop Country Soaps by Marlene:
(Winner is responsible for shipping costs)

• To Win You Must Follow this blog!
  Example Post: I follow this blog under the name Stunning.
  

• Visit the Country Soaps by Marlene Etsy Shop - Share what you would spend $20 on!
  Example Post: I would spend $20 on several different bars of soap which I would then attach to gifts for bridal showers and birthday presents as well as use in my own home!
  

• "Like" Country Soaps by Marlene on Facebook - Say "Hi" to Marlene on her wall!
  Example Post: I "like" Country Soaps by Marlene under the name Stunning Anna K. Designs.

• "Like" Stunning on Facebook
  Example Post: I "like" Stunning under the name Stunning Anna K. Designs.
  

** This giveaway will begin 8.8.11 at 8 am Eastern and will end on 8.12.11 at 7 pm Eastern. Limit 4 entries per person. Winner will be announced on 8.13.11. **

Country Soaps by Marlene Giveaway

Drum Roll Please...

I am very excited to announce my very first sponsored giveaway:
countrysoapsbymarlen

Marlene is the mastermind behind countrysoapsbymarlen and she is a wonderful woman who is very talented when it comes to her goat's milk products. Not only are her products beautiful, but they are functional, fairly priced, and made with great attention to detail.

^ Berries & Pears Goats Milk Soap

Marlene is the very busy mother of 11 children, (some of their adventures are shared on her blog, http://thegrahnhomestead.blogspot.com/). She stumbled upon goat's milk products when some of her children got into raising goats - which produced a lot of milk. This caused Marlene and her children to become very creative making cheese, ice cream, yogurt, and now beautiful soap and bath products. Marlene and her family create and test the products themselves which are made of 100% goat's milk.

^ Cucumber Mint Shampoo Bar

countrysoapsbymarlen is becoming quite a successful little shop. Bar soaps are the most popular item in stock and there are a multitude of fragrances. I got really excited when I found the soap of the month club. For either 6 or 12 months Marlene will send you a new bar of soap, this also includes one wooden soap dish.

^ Unscented Body Lotion

Marlene is an Etsy shop owner who is very committed to her craft and pleasing her customers. She finds inspiration in comments and suggestions that she receives. Etsy has been a challenge for her as it is for many, now a shop with over 300 sales, it took countrysoapsbymarle 8 months to make her first Etsy sale! Now she is a frequent vendor at Farmer's Markets and she may soon have her products featured in local WI stores!

^ Soap of the Month Club - for 6 Months!

Now that you've learned a little something about countrysoapsbymarle I'm guessing you really want to be her friend, oh! and you probably want to try some of her products. Well, here's your chance!

For your chance to win $15 to countrysoapsbymarle this is what you can do:
There are 6 chances to enter:

1) Go to countrysoapsbymarle and pick out your favorite item, heart it, then post the item here.
2) Give Marlene's shop a heart, post that you did so here.
3) Tweet about this giveaway and Marlene's lovely shop, post link to tweet here.
4) Blog about this giveaway, post link to blog post here.
5) Follow this blog, mention in post.
6) Purchase from Marlene's shop, receive awesome wedding favor free gift with purchase, and post link for transaction here.

This giveaway will begin at 8 am 6/7/2010 and will end on 6/13/2010 at 8 pm. The winner will chosen from a random number generator and will be announced in a post Sunday evening.

p.s. If you are entering I will be checking to make sure that you aren't cheating - so don't cheat.

Wallaby, Vegas, and Chirping Birds

As much as I love nature I don't like how the teeny little birds sit on my balcony and chirp into my apartment at me. They seem to mind when I ask them to take a break or keep their comments to themselves... I am kind of getting scared as they are getting brave enough to approach the screen door... The next step will probably be having them in for dinner and to watch the news. I finally got a good picture of the bust of Abe Lincoln that I found at the Flea Market I went to last weekend. I got this amazing statue for $10! Happy 200th Abe! I am so happy that you now have a place on my make-up counter! He's just such an honest guy! :D This morning I was a wonderful girlfriend and woke up super early 6 am... ok so not that early... to take John down the street to his cousin's apartment. They left for Vegas around 11 and just got there around 7:30. 6 College boys in Sin City... I am super excited to hear the stories and I also hope that John doesn't show up on a future episode of cops or married to a random show girl. Nothing like a little trip to Vegas to put all these crazy thoughts in my head. While John is in Vegas I'll be at my families place in Northern Michigan for the long weekend. I will be relaxing and working on this sculpture of a Wallaby that is due on Wednesday: I still have to wrap most of him... The ears are the only thing that are really done. I have so many nicks and cuts on my hands now from working on this lovely thing. I'll keep posting pictures of my progress. Today I bought fabric for a pattern I bought the other day. The pattern is for a little clutch/make-up bag. I got some great floral material and am super excited to post progress on that. Hopefully I'll get to it over the weekend... although wallaby is first priority. My friend Christie is coming over tonight and we are going to eat this great frozen cake I got at Meijer and watch a movie. The cake is like a molten chocolate carmel combination... yum! Ironically, we will be watching "What Happens in Vegas..." Christie just recently purchased the movie.. ha ha ha! If I don't get to post before the long weekend, hope everyone has a great and relaxing long weekend!

A great coupon that I just got: CLICK AND ENJOY!

$3 Antibacterial Soaps!!! YAY Bath and Body Works!