Giveaway...At The SHABBY TIARA BOOK SHOPPE!

Yep...it's that time again...giveaway time!

Did you notice the Shabby Tiara Book Shoppe picture in the right sidebar? I know...it's cute, if I do say so myself;-) But it's more than just a cute pic. It's an actual book store with Amazon. Go ahead, click on the picture in the sidebar or on the above link to check it out
and see for yourself. Actually, we have much more than just books. We have DVD's and a great section called "Pink Home" with all kinds of great things for every room in your home, including the nursery. Coming soon...Barbies...woo-hoo!!!

The sections of the store are Suzanne's Corner (me!), Taylor's corner, Jordan's corner, Decorating (TONS of great books here!), Holidays & Entertaining, Faith~Family and Crafts, DVD's and PINK Home. (The girls made so many great suggestions for teen reading!)

If you see something you like, just click on it and you will go through the Amazon checkout process you are familiar with. The only difference is you entered Amazon through our store...and thank you for doing that, by the way!:-) All transaction details, including returns and shipping will be handled by Amazon. Be sure to check and see if an item you want is limited quantity so you don't miss out! If you already have a user account with Amazon, you still use that. So simple! Here are a few items we are loving right now, starting with this cute little teapot and my favorite blender.

Personally, I would pick this book...



GIVEAWAY DETAILS:
To celebrate the opening of our little "store", I am giving away any one book or DVD in the store PLUS a $20 Starbucks Gift Card! I might even throw in a few cute little items for Fall. In fact, you can count on that!

How To Enter...
1. 1 entry...Browse around my store and then come back to leave me a comment telling me one book or DVD you would like. (By the way, we are adding new items daily so if you win, there may be many more choices by that time.)

2. 1 entry...Follow...and let me know. If you already are, let me know that too so I can give you another entry.

3. 3 entries...WOW...On your blog, make a post about the giveaway and link back to my blog.

That's it...easy, easy, easy. A book and Starbucks (just in time for a Pumpkin Spice Latte)

Winner will be chose on Monday, Sept 14 by random number generator.

Good Luck, my friends!

Things I love about Fall...

These are a few of my favorite things about Fall. Now that I live in the south, some are just a fond memory but I still love them. Please visit The Inspired Room and share some of your Fall favorites.

~Pumpkin Spice and Gingerbread Lattes
~Apple Anything...apple crisp. caramel apples (see below for a fabulous caramel apple idea), apple cider and donuts
~Pumpkins...pumpkin decor, pumpkin pie, gooey butter pumpkin cake
~Fall Scented Candles...pumpkin spice, apple orchard, cinnamon, clove...
~College Football...Go Gators!!! (and for my husband...Go Blue:-)
~Fall Fashions...especially sweaters and cute jackets
~Back to School Shopping
~Planning for Christmas :-)
~Old-fashioned Church Bazaars
~Cooler Weather (as in not in the 90's and no humidity)
~Impatiens (Hey, we are in the sub-tropics :-)
~Soup! Soup in a bread bowl...even better!!!
~Pumpkin Patches and Hayrides
~Fall Colors
~It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
~Long morning walks
~Sunflowers
~Halloween Candy
~Trick-or-treaters


Apple Pie Caramel Apples
~Coat apples in caramel of your choice
~Dip in white chocolate
~Sprinkle with apple pie spices and a little cinnamon sugar
Yum!!!!!
(from Marini's)

Vintage Ceiling Tiles...

A few years ago, my friend Pam and I went to our favorite salvage yard, Adam & Eve Salvage. We wandered around those yards filled with architectural salvage, pretending to be Rachel Ashwell from Shabby Chic. Well, at least that's what I was doing:-) We both bought a few pieces of ceiling tiles that were truly shabby, tattered and worn and they sat in our garages for the longest time.
We knew they were awesome but what did we do with them? Oh my gosh...if only I had those tiles now. I knew they made mirrors and picture frames but look at what some very creative people have done with their tiles...

Pretty tile mosaic

"sweet" hearts

Shabby Angel

This bulletin board is STUNNING!

More shabby love


And you had to know this would show up on The Shabby Tiara!
Happy Thursday!!!

"First you are young; then you are middle age; then you are old; then you are WONDERFUL."
Lady Diana Cooper


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