Celebrate the Haul-idays!

I have a super library of books that range from art to cooking, but I'm always adding to it. Here's a list that I wouldn't mind adding to my reading list...

Reprodepot Pattern Book: Flora
By Djerba Goldfinger
Foreword by Grace Bonney
Crafts by Mollie Green

Creative, Inc. | The Ultimate Guide to Running a Successful Freelance Business

By Meg Mateo Ilasco & Joy Deangdeelert Cho

The Small Stakes | Music Posters

By Jason Munn
Foreword by Nicolas Harmer, Death Cab for Cutie

Paper + Craft | 25 Charming Gifts, Accents, and Accessories to Make from Paper

By Minhee and Truman Cho With Randi Brookman Harris

Cake Pops by Bakerella

Tips, Tricks, and Recipes for Irresistible Mini Treats
By Angie Dudley

Little Book of Letterpress

By Charlotte Rivers

Count

By DwellStudio™

Street Sketchbook: Journeys

By Tristan Manco

Bike Journal

Over and Over | A Catalog of Hand-Drawn Patterns

By Mike Perry

Princess Tea | Parties and Treats for Little Girls

By Janeen A. Sarlin

Pulled | A Catalog of Screen Printing

By Mike Perry

Art Direction Explained, At Last!

By Steven Heller & Véronique Vienne

Cult Streetwear
By Josh Sims

Fast, Fresh & Green

More Than 90 Delicious Recipes for Veggie Lovers
By Susie Middleton

MoMA Lacing Shapes

Skinny Dips

60 Recipes for Dips, Spreads, Chips, and Salsas on the Lighter Side of Delicious
By Diane Morgan

Grid Systems | Principles of Organizing Type

By Kimberly Elam

Make It Bigger

By Paula Scher

Color & Count Placemats

By DwellStudio®

Pops! | Icy Treats for Everyone

By Krystina Castella
So, here's what you do...

Post a list of Chronicle Books valued at up to $500 that you’d like to haul in, and you’ll be automatically entered into a drawing to WIN your list of books! And, one of your readers who comments on the post will win the list too! Last day to submit entries is December 10th!

Click here to find out how you can win!

It's a Heavenly Giveaway!

Hello lovelies. Long time no post! Well, I have an offer you cannot refuse. My lovely friend Carlene, over at It's Heavenly has an awesome pair of teardrop stone oval earrings by Sheila Fajl she would like you to have! It's easy, just follow these steps and you could be the winner of these beautiful earrings.

How To Enter...
Increase your chances... 4x!

1. Go to chickdowntown.com and find something you'd wear these earrings with. A pretty Alice + Olivia Dress... or maybe some Jules Smith Bangles?

2. Comment: Comment on Its Heavenly with your fabulous fashion find to go along with the Sheila Fajl Teardrop Stone Oval Earrings

3. Post: Got a blog? Well post about this giveaway on it and link em' back on here. Feel free to grab the images above to lure em' in. In order to track this please email Carlene at itsheavenlycarlene@gmail.com to confirm your entry.

4. Twitter: Got Twitter? All you gotta do is RT the following:
RT @ItsHeavenly - Enter now to win this Heavenly JulyGiveaway. http://itsheavenly.blogspot.com

That's it! Easy huh?

Good Luck!
Giveaway ends on Tuesday, July 31 at midnight, pst.

photo & contest rules via Carlene @ It's Heavenly

Let's win something!

Danni from oh, hello friend is having an awesome giveaway! Don't miss out on this! Click here for details.

Madsen Cycles Link Contest

This is my chance to get the bike I always wanted! Please help my dreams come true. hee-hee.

How do I win?

It's simple, just click on the link to MadsenCycles.com (the image below) and on July 15th they will select two winners from those who have linked and sent traffic to Madsen.

Stuck on Sara

I'd like to say that I have good sense when it comes to music. My dear friend may seem to differ, and I have to give him credit for introducing me to some pretty awesome artists. However, I am stuck on Sara. You know, Sara Bareilles, that girl who sings that "Love Song" song. Or as I like to call it, my happy song. I got the opportunity to see this fabulous gal in concert at the Wiltern last October and despite the 2 bimbos who kept singing EVERY song to each other and hitting me with their huge purse because of their dancing (who brings a purse the size of a bus to a concert anyways?), I still swoon over Sara's music and I was not disappointed.

Ok, here comes the good part. She's having a contest to design a poster for the Gravity tour. How excited are you now? I'm super duper excited. I've never designed a concert poster before, but with some inspiration I think I can come up with something. Here are the details from Sara herself (actually from the email I got from the mailing list!)...

We are embarking on a month of incredibly intimate shows where we are taking a new approach to our performance. Not so much costumes and circus dogs, (although that would be AWESOME) but new instrumentation and arrangements, some new songs and covers, and hopefully just a lovely bookend to wrap up our touring for this record.

The chosen submission will be picked by yours truly. (me, sara, duh.) We will do a limited edition printing of YOUR design and offer the posters for sale on the Gravity Tour ONLY!

ALL NET PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT A CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.

The winner will also receive a pretty cool package of stuff:
not so much costumes and circus dogs but...

4 tickets to the show of your choice

Meet and greet with moi (that's where we MEET and GREET each other)

Signed copy of Little Voice on Vinyl

DVD of Between the Lines

Sara B t-shirts and other fun stuff.

Submissions must be received no later than
MIDNIGHT FRIDAY, JANUARY 23.

SEND THEM TO: gravitypostercontest@gmail.com

Ok, so how awesome is that! If you're a big fan like me, I'd like to see what you come up with. And we'll inspire each other! Good luck and go Gravity!

photos and info from Sara B Website photos by Autumn De Wilde