Mini Bunting Banner Giveaway!

Hi friends! One of the hottest trends in home decorating right now is buntings and banners. And I can see why, they are super adorable. I've used them myself quite a few times.
If you love this trend, then you've got to check out The Banner Girls. They make the cutest ones I've ever seen! Almost daily they are sharing new ones on their Facebook page, which makes it so easy to see new inventory as well as see what types of prices and sets they offer.
Each banner is handcrafted and made with love. The Banner Girls offer custom items as well as the inventory they list, so you can have just what you need. Right now they have some super cute sets that include a Valentine banner and a matching garland. LOVE IT!
Here's one of the gorgeous banners in their Etsy store right now:

The other day they contacted me and let me know that they would be giving me a free mini banner, and I simply adore it. I chose a Valentine one for in front of my fireplace.

 

It looks perfect and will compliment my mantle wonderful. Now, since The Banner Girls were so generous to give me a banner for myself, I thought that I would pass that generosity on to my readers with a giveaway of a mini banner. The winner of this giveaway will receive a mini banner that says FAMILY on it.

This banner is made on burlap with a crochet lace trim, brown lettering, and cute brown/white polka dot ribbon. Would look great under a family picture! The winner will be announced on Monday, January 21st. 
Good Luck!!!

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A Pretty Christmas Giveaway

Happy Weekend Friends!! I want to share with you all that I am participating in the Pretty Christmas Giveaway hosted by Michelle's Pixie Dust. You can enter this fun giveaway here!!
Winner takes all!

$10 Ulta Gift Card from The Eclectic Grab Bag

L'Oreal Voluminous Smoldering Eyeliner in Black from My {Not So} Glamorous Life

Mary Kay Mint Bliss Energizing Lotion for Feet and Legs from The Bubbling Blog

Glam Chick Metallic Eye Shadow from Michelle's Pixie Dust

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Gold Canyon Giveaway, Sales, & 90 Day Challenge Update

Well, I've completed my first week of the 90 day Body by Vi challenge. So far, so good. I really like the shakes, so that makes it easy.
I lost 2.6 lbs this first week. My measurements are pretty much the same. I didn't take any photos to share this time, but I do hope to have some for next weeks update.
I did go "off track" one day, but remained persistent afterwards.
My energy levels are increased. I'm planning to increase my activity level this week. I walked only twice this past week, but something is better than nothing. I am really looking forward to increasing my activity!

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Now onto the fun stuff!

Don't wait until Black Friday to start your holiday shopping! I will be hosting specials for Gold Canyon and Stampin' Up! Between now and December 10th!
For the holiday ambiance in your home, or for fabulous gift giving, take 20% off the retail prices for Gold Canyon. These candles will fill your home with a cozy glow and the candles and warmers both offer incredible fragrances for all seasons!
For those of you who are crafty, or need to shop for someone crafty, I will offer 15% off the retail prices for Stampin' Up! products. And to sweeten the pot, I will offer a 20% discount to anyone who buys a Sizzix Big Shot machine.
To take advantage of specials from either or both of these companies, simply browse the websites, and then contact me at mynotsoglamorouslife@gmail.com to place your order! 
Let me know what you need!

Finally, today I am sharing a fabulous giveaway with you!! One lucky reader will win a Gold Canyon Black Candlestick Scent Pod Warmer and a Gold Canyon "Days of Christmas" Scent Pod.
The warmer was used during my party demonstrations. It has been discontinued, and I need a current one for parties, so I am offering it to one of my lovely readers! The warmer is a lovely black candlestick design. 
What I love about Gold Canyon Scent Pod Warmers is that they have a timer on them... you can set it for 4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, or just leave it on. Also, with the Scent Pods, there is no messy wax to deal with or clean up. Once you have used up the fragrance, you just throw the pod away. If you want to switch scents, there is no wait time while your wax hardens, because you can simply take the pod off, and replace it with your new desired scent. Easy Peasy!
The Scent Pod up for grabs is the Days of Christmas scent. I just love the aroma this one provides. Gold Canyon describes it as "Spiced. Heartwarming. Sweet. Notes of Pear, Apple Cider & Spice."

Enter in the Rafflecopter form below to enter this fab giveaway!

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Giveaway Winner AND a FREE Printable!

Happy Friday friends!! I hope that you all had a good week, and that this Friday finds you well.
Last night, my 200 GFC Follower Giveaway ended, and the lucky winner was: Laura E., who was already contacted via email. Congrats Laura!
For those of you who didn't win, I'd still love to share a special treat with you. I Created this printable, and I just love it for a kids room, a playroom, a classroom, or even a colorful kids/guest bathroom! (I also have a pastel version of it available, just comment or email me if you'd prefer that one!)

Click HERE for the PDF Download!

Enjoy! Have a great weekend!
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"These Are a Few of MY Favorite Things" GIVEAWAY!!!

Hello friends, I hope that you all had a lovely weekend! Ours was very nice. Relaxing, and much needed. The weekend left me feeling blessed and refreshed. Yay!
Last week, this sweet little blog of mine hit (and exceeded) 200 followers!! This is very exciting for me. That means there are 200 people out there reading what I'm writing, and (hopefully) relating to it. For the longest time my blog had 20-something followers. I wasn't really an active blogger then. Eventually, I made it up to a whopping 67 followers. And stayed there for a long time. But now I've surpassed 200 and I'm thrilled!
Because I'm so excited, I thought we should celebrate. And here in the blogosphere, what better way to celebrate than with a giveaway?
Recently I've seen a few "My favorite things" giveaways (and even won one!), and I just think those are so fun. It's a great way to see who the blogger is.
So, without further ado, I present my version of "My Favorite Things". This is a winner takes all giveaway.

Included in this fabulous giveaway: 
I love Ad Space!! 3 months of FREE  {Not So} Glam ad space for your shop or blog.
I love snacks! A fave candy of mine is Gummy Lifesavers, the winner will receive one box. Additionally, the winner will get one bag of Pumpkin Spice Caramel Popcorn (as mentioned here. YUM!)
I love planning!  Blank notebook and a 2013 pocket planner, (as mentioned here).
I love coffee!! Included is a double walled travel mug, a $5.00 gift card to Starbucks, and 1.25oz bag of Entenmann's Chocolate Donut flavored ground coffee (wait, chocolate donuts and coffee all in one?!?! YES!).
I love new socks! Perfect for fall, I've included a pair of striped women's knee high socks.
I love books! The winner will get one of my fave books ever. The Christmas Box written by Richard Paul Evans. If you've never read this book, you're missing out.
I love Lip Balm! Winner gets a fresh tube of ChapStick on me!
I love easy hair accessories! Winner gets a new pack of Goody brand "Ouchless" rubberbands and a Scunci brand headband.
I love Gold Canyon Candles! Gold Canyon is my favorite ever brand of candle, and the winner will get 3 "Lavender Chamomile" scented tea lights. One of my favorite scents, great for all times of year.

So there you have it! Those "are a few of my favorite things" and I'm sharing them with one lucky winner! You can enter in the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck!!
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Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!!! And the Winner is...

Whitney from Sippy Cups and Pearls! Congratulations Whitney, please check your inbox for further details!
Thanks everyone for entering! Hope to offer you another great giveaway in the near future.

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Summer to Fall Fun & a GIVEAWAY!!

September is such a "transitional" month, don't you think? It's the season of back-to-school, baseball is ending, football is beginning. You might be laying by the pool one day, and shopping for Halloween costumes the next. It's kind of an odd time of year, I think. So, during these transitional months, here are some fun activities for you to do, that will give you the best of both Summer and Fall:

1) A Berry Good Time. August and September are great months for berries! If you have a wild berry location nearby, or a "U-Pick" location, this is a fun way to get lots of berries for very little money. And the kids love it! Then you can go home and make a fabulous pie or parfait for dessert. It will taste that much better when you pick the berries yourself!

2) Take me out to a ball game! September is the last month of regular season professional baseball. October is the playoffs. If you have a major or minor league team near you, go out for a fun night enjoying America's Pastime! Baseball games are fun for the whole family, for date night, or a night out with friends! Buy me some peanuts and Crackerjacks!

3) Friday Night Lights! There's nothing quite like the atmosphere of a hometown high school football game. Go cheer on your local boys at a football game. A great time for all, and admission is usually super cheap!

4) Go pay Johnny Appleseed a visit! While you're waiting for the pumpkin patch to open, find an apple orchard. Make a day of picking apples, picnicking, and having some tasty fresh cider or pie!

5) Go to the fair! Many areas host their County Fairs in the months of August and September. This is a great activity for all ages. Ride the rides, eat something deep fried, check out the livestock, and shop the vendors!

Do you have any favorite fun activities for this time of year? Share them with me!

Are you ready for a giveaway?!?!?! Why? Because I like you people, that's why! You should check out the Rafflecopter form below to enter to win some good stuff. You could score a $25 Macy's gift card (hit up the clearance rack for some cute tanks, or get a new scarf for the upcoming fall weather!), $5 Starbucks gift card (have a drink on me! Treat yourself to a refreshing iced beverage or a pumpkin spiced latte!), and finally, so GLAMOROUS ad space here on my sidebar.
Who's ready to win?!?!
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Giveaway Winners Announced

Hello Friends! I was so excited to share with you the winners of the giveaway!!
Drumroll please...

These winners were chosen using the rafflecopter form used to enter the giveaway.

The winner of the Grand Prize was from entry #17 and goes to Kassie from K plus J equals love!!! Congrats Kassie!

 The Winner of the 1st Prize was from entry #36 and goes to Kelsey from Ladies in Navy!! Congrats Kelsey!

 The 5 winners of the Runners Up prize (1 year subscription to REDBOOK Magazine) are as follows:
Jessie H (entry # 49), Delilah from Confessions of a Semi-Domesticated Mama (entry #8), Kassie from K plus J equals love (entry #47), Alexis from Getting a Wesley in Edgewise & Laelia Sky (entry #4), and last but not least, Ileana from sILLYness (entry #6).

Congratulations to all of the lovely winners, and thank you for your participation! If you won a prize pack, it will ship to you within 2 weeks of today. If you won a magazine subscription, I believe you'll get your first issue in 6-8 weeks. I will be emailing all of you for your address's

Oh Look, Something Shiny!!! A Summer Mantle, and No Reading Nook

Whoa. I'm so scatterbrained today. I want to share with you a few minutes in my head here. The thought process is absurd, even to me. And they are my thoughts. Really.

"I wish I was in Indianapolis right now. I miss my people. This sucks. Hmmm... I should get a few more ad spots for the blog in July. I'll add a few potential blogs to my list. Oh look, my favorite blogger, Angie put a new post up today. *Reading her post, reading her post, reading her post* I should text my mom that I love her (so I do). She texts me back asking if want to go do yoga with her and my sister at a church tonight. *Train of thought shifts, again* Oh, I'm going to Google "political parties in the U.S.". Read about Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian Parties on Wiki. Oh wow, look at Big Boy dance a jig while he licks Nutella off of his fingers. That's funny. I wonder how much Nutella is on the kitchen floor right now?"

What?!?! Yep, that was all in my head within just a few short minutes. No wonder I can't manage to get anything done around here. Sheesh! So random.
Today I had been planning to write about the reading nook that I have been working on for my Little Boy. It's coming together very nicely, and since he's not "too cool", it's way better than the reading nook in Big Boy's room. But it was in less than desirable condition for photographing today, so I opted to post about something else.
Obviously my train of thought was not in a good place for having to think of something new.
In any case, I'll share my summer mantle with you all.

Recently, I did give my mantle a little bit of a new look, but I wanted to dress it up a little for Summer. I found a lovely FREE Summer Printable Subway Art on Pinterest, and just knew that it had to go up on my mantle. I downloaded it and had it printed at Staples. It cost me $.98 to get printed, and the quality was way better than I could have done with my home printer. It came out great.

Then, I picked up a frame at the 99¢ Only Stores (my favorite!) and spray painted it with some of the leftover paint I had from a teacher gift I did last month.
I went to Ross and found a gorgeous twine wrapped vase, for only $2.99! I keep seeing this trend on Pinterest, and while it's a little outside of my normal decorating style, I decided to go for it (because it was Soooooo cheap!) and really like the results.

 So overall, with the printable, the frame, and the vase, my Summer mantle cost me $4.96. Not bad! I'm considering making a bunting similar to this one as well, but it might be Fall by the time I get around to it...
I'm sure that I'll nickel and dime this project until for the next month or two, but for today, I figured I'd share.
Do you have a summer mantle?

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Menu Monday and FABULOUS GIVEAWAY!!

Hello Friends! I hope that you all had a great weekend! Mine was full of fun in the sun and wonderful family time. I love the weekends when The Hubs is home with us. His job requires that he commutes, so we don't see much of him during the week most of the time.
Here's what's on the menu for this week:

Monday~ Pasta, Garlic Bread, Green Salad

Tuesday~ Tacos (ground turkey), Mexican Rice, Refried Beans

Wednesday~ Teriyaki Chicken, Steamed White Rice, Veggie Spring Rolls

Thursday~ Chicken Kebabs,  Foil Pocket Potatoes, Cucumber & Onion Salad

Friday~ 10 Year Wedding Anniversary!!! We're going out to eat!

Saturday~ BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Coleslaw, Sweet Potato Fries

Sunday~ BBQ Chicken Legs, Corn on the Cob, Pasta Salad, Green Salad

For anyone who hasn't gotten it yet, you can get a great weekly meal planning printable for free here.

Now, onto the GIVEAWAY!
I am so excited to share this with you all! Recently I was chosen by houseparty.com to be a hostess for their Redbook Happy Hour House Party. If you aren't familiar with House Party, I urge you to head over to their website and check them out! It is such an awesome program! Here's a little bit about House Party from their website:
"House Party makes it easy to have a party in your own home and get exclusive access to awesome products for you and your friends. We provide the fun, you provide food, your friends and feedback and promise to have an amazing time.
Our parties are sponsored by the brands you love. By hosting, you and your guests get to try their products and receive an incredible Party Pack chock full of goodies! You don’t pay anything or sell anything. It’s a no-pressure party. Just tell us what you and your guests think.
But it’s more than just you and your friends who are having a blast. Thousands of other hosts and guests from across the US are also having an amazing time, on the same day. Your party just went from event to epic!"

So does that sound like fun, or what? Between myself and my mother, we have been fortunate enough to host some fabulous parties, and to get some super fun loot in the process! If you haven't already, you should absolutely get in on the fun and sign up with House Party!
This recent party that I was lucky enough to host was sponsored by Redbook and Loreal Paris, as well as Lipton Tea, Best Foods/Hellmans, and by Nook. (Thanks to Lipton, I'm sitting here enjoying a delicious glass of Lipton Tea & Honey Mango Pineapple Iced Green Tea! YUM!! I'm not much of a tea drinker, but this stuff has me hooked!). A few of my invitees didn't show up for the party, and they missed out on these great products. So, their loss is your gain!!
The Grand Prize Winner is going to get a tote bag full of some super fabulous items, including Loreal Paris Youth Code Dark Spot Correcting & Illuminating Skincare Serum Corrector, Voluminous False Fiber Lashes mascara (black), Voluminous Smoldering Eyeliner (black), Loreal Magic Lumi Light Infusing Primer, Loreal Age Perfect Hydra-Nutrition Golden Balm (.5oz),  5 predetermined shades of Loreal Nail Polish, 2 predetermined shades of Colour Riche Balm for lips (I LOVE this product because it goes on so nice and sheer, with just a tint of color AND it has an SPF in it!), 3 sample packs of Loreal hare care products, a one year subscription to Redbook Magazine, and various coupons, samples, and information. (Whew! That was a lot of goodies to list!)

There's MORE!!!
The 1st prize winner will recieve a tote bag including, the Voluminous False Fiber Lashes mascara (black), Voluminous Smoldering Eyeliner (black), Loreal Magic Lumi Light Infusing Primer, Loreal Age Perfect Hydra-Nutrition Golden Balm (.5oz), one nail polish, one Colour Riche Balm, 1 hair care sample, various samples/coupons, information and a 1 year subscription to Redbook Magazine!

But wait!! There's MORE!
5 third prize winners will recieve a Free 1 Year Subscription to Redbook Magazine.

Okay friends! Start getting your entries in with the Rafflecopter form below! The winners will be announced on Tuesday July 5th! Good Luck!
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****I received products as part of the House Party program, and I am simply passing on the fun to you! In no way was I asked to write this or host the giveaway or compensated for this post/giveaway.

Just for Fun Friday (and link to a great giveaway!)

Today was an eventful day for us here, but I'd like to save that for a post of it's own. So in the meantime, I hope that you are all having a great Friday, and ready for the FIRST WEEKEND OF SUMMER! Go get your toes wet!

When I was reading through some of my favorite blogs today, I came across a fabulous giveaway on The 36th AVENUE that I wanted to share with all of you!
If you aren't familiar with GroopDealz, you should check them out! I have gotten a few adorable things from the site.
The two sites have joined together to offer a great giveaway for a Nikon D3100 DSLR. Now, I don't know about you, but I might keel over and die of excitement if I were to win this!
Below, I'm sharing the entry links. Have fun!

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Giveaway from illystrations Announced here!!!

Thank you to everybody who entered to win these fabulous prizes from illystrations!
Our first winner is Erin, who will receive the Peacock on Black print reproduction and the hand doodled Heart notecard!!!
Our second winner is Betsy, who will receive the Guanajuato print reproduction and the hand doodled Rainbow notecard.
Congratulations ladies! You will be contacted via email.

What I Love About Sunday (And LAST DAY to enter Giveaway!!!)

Please don't forget to enter to win some fab prizes from illystrations!! It's the last day to enter! You don't wanna miss this!

GIVEAWAY!!! Doodles & Notecards

Hello friends!! I'm so excited to announce that I am hosting a giveaway here at My (Not So) Glamorous life. My good friend Illy is an incredibly talented artist. (Also, she has a great blog called sILLYness. If you are in the mood for some fun, eclectic reading, check it out!)
I've ordered some custom work from her for my computer room redo (check out the room here and here), and I absolutely could not be happier with it!

Illy has a shop on Etsy called Illystrations where some of her work is showcased. Take a look and see how stinkin' cute her doodles are. I just adore them!
Illy has partnered up with me for this giveaway and I'm excited to announce that she is offering not only one, but TWO prizes! How exciting is this?!?!
Each of the two winners will receive an 8x10 doodle reproduction print and and original hand doodled notecard from Illystrations. Take a look at what's up for grabs here:

There are several different ways to earn entries into this giveaway.

~Follow My (not so) Glamorous Life here on Blogger via Blogger or Google Friend Connect. (You must physically hit the follow button, not just bookmark the page, for your entry to count!)

~"Like" My (not so) Glamorous Life on Facebook .


~Leave a Blog Post Comment below saying which item from the Illystrations shop is your favorite.

~"Like" Illystrations on Facebook.

Please check them out below on the rafflecopter form. Good Luck!!
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