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Today, I’m super excited to bring you a super fashionable giveaway, that is so perfect for summer!  I have paired together with Shabby Apple and couldn’t be more excited!  If you aren’t familiar with Shabby Apple’s Women’s Dresses then I’m not quite sure where you’ve been hiding.  They even sell kids and maternity dresses, accessories, swimsuits, and more!  And because I’m sure you all know just how obsessed I am with bows, the winner of this giveaway can pick one of these items that has a lovely bow on it! 

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The winner’s choice between…

a. the beautiful turquoise colored ahoy! dress

b. the sweet and summery lighthouse dress

c. your choice of a navy, black or olive bow dress

To enter:

1. Visit Shabby Apple and leave a comment with your favorite item!

For additional entries, leave a separate comment for each action.
2. Like Shabby Apple on Facebook and leave a comment saying I sent ya
3. Be a Google Friend Connect follower of this blog
4. Follow @sandyalamode on Twitter
5. Follow @shabbyapple on Twitter
6. Blog, facebook, or tweet about this giveaway (make sure to include @sandyalamode and @shabbyapple in your tweet) and include the link (one entry each)

Feel free to use this tweet:
There’s a @shabbyapple #GIVEAWAY on @sandyalamode! Enter to win a perfect summer dress or a skirt! http://bit.ly/ijxAJe

This giveaway is open to U.S. readers only and closes on Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 12PM CST. Good luck!

Don’t want to wait?  Take 10% off your order with code “sandyalamode10off“!

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Dress: H&M | Cardigan: Ann Taylor | Tights: Forever 21 | Boots: Steve Madden | Belt: Gift From Mom

Here we go again with the boots and photos from a month ago.  I promise, these are the LAST photos for the season with these boots (I think).  This photo shoot was taken by my dad (yup, our family is totally talented behind the camera) at a park near my parent’s house.  One of my nephew’s absolute favorite things to do is go to the park, his ears perk up at the sound of “gong yuan”, or “park” in Chinese.  And then he repeats “gong yuan” incessantly and asks you to put on his shoes for him so we can leave to the park ASAP, melts my heart.  If you look at my outfits, I don’t actually own a lot of red.  But I am utterly in love with how this red bow belt (yes, bow!) looks against black and white.  And it ties together my coordinated outfit with Evan too, didn’t plan that one. 

Highlights from my Easter weekend?

1) Getting some orders made and packaged up to be sent out on Monday.
2) Sharing a booth at a craft fair with My Little Sunshine Handmade and going on a double date BBQ run!  If you ever come visit in Kansas City, we’ll take you to Oklahoma Joe’s, YUM!
3) Preparing for my best friend’s Bridal Shower and Wedding in Vegas next weekend!
4) Spring Cleaning. Like for serious.
5) Seeing me and Much Love, Illy’s Connection’s post go up on Susannahbean’s blog!  Head on over to check it out!

What did you do for Easter weekend?

Happy first Friday of 2011!!!   Hope you all had a great week!  For this week’s Flavors to Follow I wanted to start it off with the 2011 color of the year, Honeysuckle (picked by Pantone)!  This is so exciting because pink if my absolute all-time favorite color!!!  Yellow and grey are my faves too but those are only recent faves haha.  Honeysuckle, is a reddish-pink that is encouraging, uplifting and as I like to describe it “big girl pink”!  I think this color would go well with blacks, greys, browns as well as darker green tones, don’t you?  WellI’ve scoured the web and found some perfectly honeysuckle finds for you to swoon over!

1 Bedroom designed by Grant K. Gibson seen on Creamy Life
2 Chaise Louis XV Jacob chair seen on Dodeline Design
3 Valentine Crochet Heart Garland made by BobbiLewin found by Mandipidy
4 Essie nail polish in Fiesta
5 Lovely long bridesmaid dress from Dessy
6 Abstract watercolor greeting card by Chic Geek Designs
7 Inna flats by Simply Soles seen on Dedicated Follower of Fashion
8 Mini Chalkboard sold by The Door Stop
9 Wesley Purse made by So Cute It Hurts

Don’t forget to enter the FOUR GIVEAWAYS going on right now!!!  You could win two beautiful prints from City of Blackbirds, a mustard headband from Maie Dae, a Polaroid pocket mirror and postcard set from OPB Studios, or a cowl in your favorite color from Holly Knitlightly!!

Are you a fan of honeysuckle?  What colors would you pair with it?

Hello from sunny (and slightly chilly) California! We’re out here to surprise my brother for his birthday and for our friend’s wedding! And he just ain’t any old friend, but he’s the reason me and Marvin met each other, he’s our matchmaker! I’m also getting a perm today, I’m soo excited and nervous at the same time!! Don’t worry, it ain’t no Shirley Temple curls, it’ll be big waves (I hope anyways)! And lastly I have a few blogger meet-ups lined up, as long as the LA traffic doesn’t hold us back, hopefully I’ll be able to see them all!

I totally think today’s Flavors to Follow is quite fitting for the weather right now.  It’s not quite super cold yet but it’s just starting to get chilly, especially in the mornings, and I can attest to this for the Midwest and California!  My obsession with sweater dresses pretty much began last year and guess what?  I am still obsessed this year too!  You can wear them over jeans or tights (colored ones as Much Love, Illy would say) with flats or boots, one dress, so many looks, you can’t go wrong!

1 cozy up to this leMuse milk sweater dress seen on bug miscellany
2 slip your hands into the pockets of this adorable striped Rag & Bone/JEAN knit pocket dress from shopbop
3 brighten up your day with this golden opportunity sweater from modcloth
4 feel sexy and sleek with this lurex sweaterdress with ruffle hem from victoria’s secret
5 seen on honeysuckle chic and also from victoria’s secret, this slouchy fair isle sweaterdress looks stylish and comfy
6 take yourself back to the 80s with this vintage red cable knit slouchy sweater dress from enid and edgar
7 be warm (sorta) and sexy with this McQ – alexander mcqueen cable knit dress from shopbop

Are you a sweater dress fan?  Is there one that you’re currently eyeing?

Hope you adore this pretty collection as much as I do!  Have a wonderful happy beautiful weekend my friends!  Don’t forget to check previous posts for the TWO giveaways going on right now.  And come back next week for TWO more giveaways as well, boom chicka boom.

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Hello October!  Wow already!?!?  I think I say this every month but time sure does fly.  But this month is particularly exciting because it means that MY BIRTHDAY is exactly ONE MONTH AWAY!! Oh don’t you worry, I’ve already started my birthday wishlist already!   Speaking of birthdays, yesterday was my sponsor, We Heart Paper’s birthday and today is Much Love, Illy’s birthday… sooo don’t forget to send them some birthday love!!

And next up I just wanted to announce the winner of the scratch and sniff custom dog silhouette giveaway!  Random.org picked…

This comment was left by the beautiful blogger Diana from exPress-o!  Congrats lady!  I will send your email to Mary Lou and she will contact you shortly to get your mailing address.  Can’t wait to see your custom print!

And speaking of animals… I’ve done quite a bit of shopping lately and my newest obsession is none other than… LEOPARD PRINT! I just bought my first pair of leopard print flats at Target and I love them, the best part being that you can pretty much wear both black, brown, and brights colors with it.  Honestly, I was never a huge fan of it before, guess I was missing out!!  Here are some other ways that leopard has inspired me this week:

1 spice up your neck with an ultra fabulous coco leopard necklush
2 be the trendiest lady on the streets with this kate spade leopard print shoulder bag seen on lord and taylor
3 how about a cute little leopard print bow headband from irispancy?
4 this betsey johnson leopard watch seen on fantabulously frugal totally had me with the pink!
5 since you probably use your phone all the time like me, why not make it stylish with this phone case seen on made by girl
6 although i already have flats, i might just need this joan & david chanteur pump from dsw to complete my shoe collection
7 just saw this blumarine spring 2011 dress on the alternative bride, check out her post for much more!
8 decorate your furniture with leopard print handmade snow leopard throw pillows by highstreetmarket
9 and finally score his zara shoulder bag for $79.99, thanks sogni e sorrisi for sharing with us!

Well, that’s all friends!  Have a beautiful, wonderful, merry, lovely weather fall October weekend! 

Are you a leopard print lover?  Do you own anything leopard print?