Shabby Apple Dress Giveaway!

Valentines day beauty! 

This is such a nice time of year to focus on getting a little gussied up.

To kick off celebrating Valentines day I have the honor of giving away one of the women's dresses at www.shabbyapple.com! 

The lovely women's blue dress above is offered in this give away.

For some 'gussying up' inspiration, in the spirit of planning Valentines, I picked a few more photos of the lovely women's dresses from www.shabbyapple.com to show off.

This black flirty dress with pleated skirt is so fun, this would be great for a Valentines afternoon in the park.

Or if you are in the city and need something a bit spunky this yellow vintage dress is perfect!

Casual and flirty, I love how they accessorized this pretty white dress.

A little more elegant and reserved, maybe a dinner and a show, this teal women's dress in the evening would be enchanting.

An attention grabbing spring green dress would go well on any date!

Stunning red dresses on Valentines just cannot be ignored!

On a sea side adventure, an adorable beach dress would be fun.

And for a formal evening a classic women's dress, so lovely! 

To enter:

(Please leave a separate comment for each)

1. Like shabby apple on Facebook: {Shabby Apple on Facebook} and you will also get in on special promotions and exclusive discounts!

2. Visit {shabbyapple.com} have a little look around, come back here and leave a comment describing your favorite dress.

For additional entries:

(just pick the ones you are comfortable with, and if you already do these, just leave a comment saying so.)

*Tweet about this faboulous giveaway, come back and leave a comment with your twitter name.

*Share this give away on your facebook page and/or facebook wall, come back and leave a comment.

*Follow Holiday Haven on facebook {HERE} and leave a comment letting me know you did so.

*Follow Holiday Haven on Twitter {HERE} and leave a comment with your twitter name.

 *Follow me on Pinterest {Here} and leave a comment here.

Contest details:

There are no exchanges for the winning dress. Winner will be picked at random and listed on this site. The winner must have a U.S. shipping address. I will need a way to contact you after the give away for the important info, please make sure your email is in your profile or listed in the comments here. Contest ends Midnight Tuesday January 31, 2012! Winner announced on Wednesday Feb. 1st, 2012.

And there is a coupon code for Holiday Haven readers!! Enter "holidayhaven10off" for a limited time to receive 10% off!

A few more photos of the give away dress:

I love how versatile this dress is, pretty enough to go out on the town, casual enough for everyday, wonderful for most work settings too! This dress is called 'the Azure Coast' it has puff sleeves, a shirt collar, wrap styling to the skirt, it is made from 100% cotton and fits true to size. Retail on this dress is $82. Good luck!

And remember they are offering Holiday Haven readers 10% off for a limited time using the coupon code "holidayhaven10off"

Easy Heart Shaped Pretzel Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

After seeing an amazing cookie post ( Easiest Peanut Butter Cookies) on Simply Sweet Home and some candy cane/almond bark hearts last year, I decided to try to combine the two ideas using pretzels and it worked!

 Two pretzels

 with peanut butter sandwiched between

 dipped in melted almond bark

 and topped with some sugar pearls.

 I used mini pretzels and they were just right as tea cookies.

A little salty, a bit sweet,

full of flavor, but still a dainty treat.

And so simple to make!

These are now my favorite treat to make for my family for Valentines.  

And as my hubby has gone out and bought more pretzels, (a huge bag too) I am waging that he might just agree.

P.S. I am having a Shabby Apple Dress give-away later this week!! You can see their shop buy clicking the link at the top of my sidebar or by going to Shabbyapple.com

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Free Printable Spring Banner

A fun free printable banner for spring!

 

 And I created an extra flag to act as spacers if you need a longer banner:

 

To print: (do not use the printer friendly button below) Click on each banner flag to expand it, click again to make sure it is fully expanded. Then right click print or use 'file' and 'print' options from the top of your page. If using google chrome you may need to right click and open the image in a new window and then click the wrench from the upper right hand corner to print. If you have any trouble you can save the image to your computer and then print from there. Personal use please, and it is always ok to share this on your blog/facebook/etc.


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Applying fabric to walls

With spring cleaning and decorating just around the corner I wanted to share some u-tube videos from NYDraperyGuy.

Applying fabric to walls- this video is kind of long (14 min) but it is so amazingly detailed! He walks you though just how to apply fabric to all of the walls in a house.


Here is another (shorter) demonstration of how you would apply it to just one wall.


The 'ask the drapery guy' feature has some great tips on hanging curtains on curved windows, what to do if your curtains stick when you open them,  and cleaning your drapes.


This vid. is kind of a 'behind the senes', but about half way through is a gorgeous example of finished work with fabric on the walls of a beautifully decorated home.


These are the first few of his videos, hoping that he publishes a lot more! Here is where you can find him on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NyDraperyGuy
(I subscribe to his channel).

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