AE Finals! (Throw your girl a vote?!)

I felt bad enough about begging you all to vote for me in the first round of the AE contest, but all of you came through and I placed first in one of the three categories. I don't know what happened to the other two first place winners in the two categories I placed second in, but apparently they were disqualified (?!) and I took their spot in the final round. Yep, that means all three categories I was competing in, I won! Well, that'd be all fine and well if that meant much but the finals just started (!!!) and I could really really use any and all votes possible!

I'm competing in Most Likely to be a Rock Star, Coolest Hipster, and Aspiring Artist (Yes, go ahead and laugh at those ridiculously juvenile categories, but whatever!). This is huge. If I win even one of these categories then I'll get $3,000 to put toward the Honeybean Mobile Boutique! This is my dream! If I win all three categories (Is that even possible?!?) then perhaps it could be a wonderful (and oh so early!) start to a Honeybean brick and mortar shop. You have the ability to help decide the future!

I apologize for getting all sentimental on you, and then clamoring around, begging for votes, but really... I'd get on my knees and plead if it'd help! You can only vote once in each category, and I'm competing in three. Yes, I'm asking you to go vote for me. I'm also asking you to share it with absolutely anyone you think might be willing to click a little button (yep, just one click per category!). Share it on Facebook (visit the LCH page and click "Share" underneath my post... write your own sentiment if you'd like!), Share it on Twitter, Share it on your blogs/Tumblrs/whatever (You can reblog my post on Tumblr, too!)! I feel so silly and childish asking for your votes, but I don't give a crap about the trip or the photoshoot... what I care about is starting my business debt free, living my dream and possibly being able to bring Honeybean to every single corner of the country (the world, one day?! I dream!)

For the next week I will probably drive you absolutely bonkers asking for you to throw a vote my way. Asking you to ask your grandma (who is totally on Facebook, you know it!) to throw a vote my way. My gratitude and appreciation for you putting me in the finals could never be expressed. But if I won... oh my stars... I'd do everything in my power to show you just how grateful I am. (Heck, no matter what happens, I'm thankful for each one of you. If it wasn't for you then I wouldn't have made it this far!)

If you're willing to help me out, please click HERE and vote for me in the following categories: Most Likely to be a Rock Star (Pink tab!), Coolest Hipster (Navy/Dark Blue tab!), Aspiring Artist (Yellow tab!). 

Speaking of Honeybean... the family restoring her has been on the hunt for the black and white checkered floors. Apparently it's harder to locate than one might believe. They're doing everything in their power to have her ready for us to pick up next weekend. Cross your fingers, Honeybees! It's happening!

Blog Design + Contest

Phew! I've been busy these last few days. I knocked out two full blog redesigns and I installed the first last night. I'm finishing up the coding for Susannah's new look and I am in loveeee with it! I really am. It's so fun and bright and colorful! Polar opposites in style to the one above! The one above was a test in my ability to design a simple, minimal layout. I liked the final outcome. Even better that I finished it in like 24 hours! I'll be sure to share with you SB's when it's up!

If you saw the ETA at the bottom of the previous post, I went ahead and entered that AE contest that my friend Shelby shared. It's a longshot that AE would ever partner up with a tattooed gal but whatever, it's worth a shot! It'd be fun to try I guess! Below are the three looks I submitted and the links to vote! I'd really appreciate any and all support, of course! (It's a simple "one click" process!) I'll probably bug you a lot over the next few weeks. Sorry in advance! 

ONE // TWO // THREE
(they're each in different categories, so please vote for all three!)

You can vote for Shelby, too! HERE! Our votes don't go against each other so don't worry about that :)

I'm working on getting the shoppe ready this weekend. Today I'll be launching the felt bows (as seen in yesterday's post!) and then this weekend will hopefully bring fabric bows and other fascinators! I'd love it if you snagged something up! I've kept H+H on the backburner for a few weeks and I need to get back into the swing of it! Oh, and Mike will be shooting some lofty pictures this weekend, too!

I wish you could see my to-do list. It's six miles long! I'm happy to be so busy though! I need to get dressed and ready to go. We're meeting Christina and Brian at Taco Mamacitas for a lunch date! Yummm! 

What are your plans for today/this weekend?!

Anyone gonna snag up a bow or two from the shoppe?!

SHOPBOP Designer Sale $100 Giftcard Giveaway!

Phew! Say that five times fast! I'm excited to be partnering up with Shopbop, a leading online designer retailer, to be bringing one lucky reader a $100 giftcard! Shopbop boasts a wide variety of clothing and accessories such as Juicy Couture Swim, Vix swimwear, and even L Space designs! There's even a Shopbop designer sale list! Squee! It's your one-stop-shop for all things designer! Perfect for this time of year. After months of shopping for everyone else on your list, don't you deserve something nice?

Below are a few of my quick pick favorites!


Entering to win is easy! Just be a follower of this little blog [click "Follow" in the top nav to follow with Google, Twitter, AIM or Yahoo!] and  visit Shopbop's website via one of the links above and tell me what you'd spend your $100 on! 


It's that simple! The contest will be open until December 28th and the winner will be notified via a blog post! [So be sure you drop back by to see if you won!] Good luck to everyone who enters!

Featured Giveaway from our Sponsors!

Hooray! It's giveaway time! This time around I've got five awesome giveaways for you from five of our darling sponsors! This time, however, there will be just ONE winner! That's right! One lucky winner will take home each of the following little treasures! Let's find out what they are!

First up, a super cute canvas painting of a little deer family from Kelsey at Artichoke Designs! 

"Mommy and baby deer! They are dark brown with a 'Jamaican Sea' acrylic background. The stretched canvas is 8 inches by 10 inches. (Little deer figures are not included)."

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The second prize is the winner's choice of embroidery kits from Kam of Campfire Chic's shop!

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The third prize is a PDF printable of the winner's choice from Flapper Doodle! You can see the full list of available downloads here!

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The fourth prize is a gorgeous vintage Pyrex dish from Kristina of Standardisms!

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And last but not least, April of Laughing Dog Photo wants to give a winner their choice of 2 awesome prints from her shop!

"Hello there, April at Laughingdogphoto again. I don't know about you guys, but I love a good contest. Isn't it great that Kaelah gives back to her readers in such an awesome way? In the spirit of giving I'm offering up the chance for one lucky reader to receive 2 8x10 photographs of their choice from my etsy shop! Good luck and happy holidays!"

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Now here is what you do to win!

Visit each shop or blog and leave a kind and considerate comment! *[If it's a shop and you can't comment,  "heart" your favorite item from their shop!]* Then just come back here and leave your email address or a way for me to contact you if you win! [This is just one entry!]

You can get extra entries by: tweeting about the giveaway, updating your facebook status with a link back to the contest, blogging or tumbl'ing about it! Just leave a link in a separate comment each entry!

A winner will be drawn at random on December 17th for all 5 prizes! Hooray! Good luck!

And The Winner Is...

Winner of the Mary Sew Giveaway is...

Emilie Lynn!

Congratulations Emilie! Shoot me an email at KaelahBee (@) Gmail and I'll have your cute little necklace shipped to you this week! Thanks to everyone else who entered! I'll have the big Birthday and 600 Followers Giveaway this week!

xoxo

PS; I'm still accepting sponsors for June! You can partake in a sponsored giveaway to boost your traffic! Shoot me an email if you're interested or have any questions! New sponsors will be up tomorrow! Keep your eyes peeled, y'all! (Email me at: KaelahBee (at) Gmail (dot) Com!)

GIVEAWAY WINNER ANNOUNCED!

Congratulations Sherri!

(aka ColoredMirrors)

Please email me with your shipping address at kaelahbee (at) gmail (dot) com so I can have that in the mail for you today or tomorrow!

Thanks for entering, everyone! I'll try to have another one soon!

xo

300 Followers Giveaway!

Even though I never blogged about it, I had plans to have a giveaway when KaelahBee.com reached 300 followers. Well... we reached it much quicker than I had anticipated but that makes me giddy! I wanted to share some of the cutest little things I snagged up and offer them to the winner! Eeep!

300 Followers = Super Sweet Giveaway!

The winner of the giveaway will receive:

• 2 spiral bound notebooks (1 Cupcake, 1 Ice Cream)
• 1 pack of sweet temporary tattoos
• 1 pack of (8) sweet treat pencils
• 1 magnetic Owl notepad
• 2 Ice Cream Cone things of bubbles!
• 1 Sassy 50's notepad
• 1 Mini-Heart picture frame

Here's how to enter!

• 1 ENTRY: Follow the blog publicly! (You don't have to have a blogspot to follow! Simply click "Follow" in the upper left of the Nav bar and follow with your Google, Aim, Twitter, or Yahoo accounts!)
• 1 ENTRY: Tweet about this! (Leave the link to the tweet in the comments! If your twitter is private, include a screenshot!)
• 1 ENTRY: Blog about the giveaway and link back to KaelahBee.com! (Leave the link below!)
• 1 ENTRY: Post one of my blog buttons over on the right-hand side to your sidebar in your blog, myspace, livejournal, or tumblr! (Leave a link below!)
• 1 ENTRY: Leave a picture (well, link to a picture) in the comments of your favorite sweet treat and tell me why you love it!

*** PLEAVE LEAVE EACH ENTRY IN A SEPARATE COMMENT! It's much easier for me to count them this way and I won't run the risk of missing your entries! ***

The contest will run from March 1st until Sunday, March 7th at 10pm CST. The winner will be notified and I will await the address. The package will be shipped Monday the 8th! Good luck everyone!

xo

BME World Tour Finalist!

How exciting! I've been chosen by Rachel, Jen, and the BME team as one of the 18 finalists! So far so good! I'm sitting nicely in the Poll. The poll doesn't choose the winners, but it helps give an idea of who the BME community supports and likes, etc.

If you have time, it'd be so great if you could zip on over to the ModBlog and throw a vote my way! (Only if you legitimately think I'm qualified for the position though!) By all means, please watch the videos of the other applicants and vote for who YOU think best fits! (You can vote for 4 people, but you can only vote once! Make it count!) Please familiarize yourself with the project at hand and know WHAT you're voting for! It won't feel too tiring to watch the videos... They're actually all incredibly interesting!

Click HERE to visit the ModBlog and see the other candidates and myself. The poll is at the bottom of the page!

Winners should be announced on March 1st so keep your fingers crossed, y'all! Until then, I'm calling my Academic Dean religiously! :D

xo

GIVEAWAY WINNER ANNOUNCED!

Congratulations to comment #6:
Jamie Cheroske!

Jamie, please email me with your shipping address so that i can send your box of goodies! [kaelahbee at gmail dot com]. happy happy monday, y'all!

Sweet Treat & V-Day Giveaway!

it's that time again! and if you know me at all you know that Valentines Day is my FAVORITE HOLIDAY OF THE YEAR! [even when i'm single]. i just LOVE this holiday! I love all the love! the pinks and reds and whites and cupcakes and hearts and lace and romance! asdklfjs;aldj eep!

Here's what you'll win if you're the lucky one!

• One Yellow & Pink Cupcake Puppy [the cupcake opens & a puppy pops out!]
• One Fuschia Pink Bow [handmade by me]
• One White Lace Bow on Black Elastic Headband [handmade by me]
• One Goody Bag of Candy & Valentine's from Mike and Me!
• 3 Heart Shaped Plates [I'm Yours, I Love You, Hug Me]
• Pack of Valentines Cupcake Baking Cups & Heart Flags
• 2 Different Fridge Magnetic Photo Frames
• One Pack of Farm Animals [Random? But Cute!]

Now! Here's how you win!

• One entry for following my blog! [You don't have to have a Blogspot to follow! You can follow with your Twitter, Yahoo, or Google accounts! Just click *FOLLOW* in the top left navigation bar!]
• One entry for tweeting about this giveaway! [Please provide a link to your tweet in the comments!]
• One entry for mentioning this giveaway in your blog! [Please provide a link to the entry in the comments!]
• One entry for adding my button to the sidebar of your blog! [Please provide a link to the entry in the comments!]
• One entry for posting my "What makes your heart Flutter?" picture with it linking back to my blog! [Please provide a link to the entry in the comments! You can do this on tumblr, livejournal, blogspot, or even Twitter! The HTML is provided for you HERE]
  
• And earn extra entries for EACH time you blog or tweet about my giveaway! [thats right! this time you can earn EXTRA! but obviously please don't flood your friends list, thats just rude! :P just provide a link to each instance in the comments below!]

BUT PLEASE NOTE: EACH ENTRY MUST BE IN A SEPARATE COMMENT TO BE COUNTED! this way i dont have to go through and count each individual comment and divide up the entries! it's the easiest and fairest this way! :D

The contest will run from tonight until Sunday, January 24th and 12 midnight EST/11pm CST. I will post the winner and ask that you contact me via email with your mailing address! The package will be mailed Monday, Jan 25th!

Good luck everyone! xo

NEW GIVEAWAYS! (thats right, more than one!)

okay okay, so i didnt get around to posting my mixtape monday yesterday, but to make up for it, i'm doing TWO GIVEAWAYS THIS WEEK! thats right.. two! and they're not two measly giveaways... no sir! they're fantastic. pretty much think domesticated 50's housewife meets valentine's day 2k10. my love language is to definitely buy people i adore things that i think will make their heart flutter so i LOVE LOVE LOVE to do giveaways! (plus these are very PINK inspired and valentine's day is my FAVORITE holiday, hands down! granted i'm a little early but give me any excuse to buy pink heart shaped things and i'm SO there!) i love to see y'all get excited about them and i love to make people smile. so here you have it! but pay close attention to the rules! they are two separate giveaways with separate ways to enter! onward ye! lets get to the first one!

giveaway #1: domesticated betty!

in the domesticated betty giveaway, you will win:

• 1 white OWL dishtowel
• 1 blue CUPCAKE dishtowel
• 1 small white BIRDIE dishtowel
• 8 heart-shaped measuring cups on a ring (1/4 tsp to 1 cup)
• 1 pink silicone HEART ice cube tray (14 cubes)
• 1 white/silver metallic bow tie
• 1 white/pink gingham bow handmade by me
• 1 glittery snowflake ornament
  
• 1 pink MAILBOX filled with tissue paper & CANDY! (reese's!)
• 1 BURNING LOVE mini-flower pot!

HERE'S HOW TO ENTER THE DOMESTICATED BETTY GIVEAWAY! you can earn multiple entries just like prior contests!

• 1 entry for following my blog! (*note: you do NOT have to have a blogspot to follow me! all you need to have is a google account.. you can click "FOLLOW" in the top nav bar!*)
• 1 entry for tweeting about this giveaway! (*please post the link to the tweet in the comments! if your twitter is private, please post a screenshot!*)
• 1 entry for blogging about this giveaway! (*please post the link to the blog in the comments!*)
• 1 entry for posting my banner to your blog/myspace/livejournal! (*please post the link to the blog in the comments!*)

PLEASE NOTE: PLEASE LEAVE INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS FOR EACH ENTRY YOU HAVE FOR THE DOMESTICATED BETTY CONTEST! (*e.g.: 1 comment for following, 1 separate comment for tweeting, etc*)

giveaway #2: hello 2010! so long 2009!

in the hello 2010! giveaway, you will win:

• 1 pink HELLO KITTY journalism notepad
  
• 1 holographic HELLO KITTY spiral notebook
  
• 2 large/long gem ornaments (earrings if you're feeling frisky!)
  
• 1 lace elastic headband
  
• 1 STRAWBERRY mini-flowering pot (grow your own strawberries!)
  
• Reese's mini-peanut butter cups
  
• 3 LIVE-LAUGH-LOVE ceramic vases
  
• 1 glittery CUPCAKE ornament
  
• 1 vintage SPARROW brooch
  
• 1 round container filled with tissue paper to store it all in!
  

HERE'S HOW TO ENTER THE HELLO 2010! SO LONG 2009! GIVEAWAY! you can only enter ONE time per person for this contest!

• All you have to do to enter is leave a comment below with YOUR NEW YEARS RESOLUTION FOR 2010! and YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY OF 2009! your resolution can be anything. lose 10 pounds, learn a new language, spend more time with your friends, etc etc. please be honest and please be sincere. i will choose a winner at the end of the contest.

BOTH CONTESTS WILL END AT 11 PM CST/12 MIDNIGHT EST ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 3RD! The winner for the DOMESTICATED BETTY contest will be chosen at random using RANDOM.ORG. The more entries you have, the better your chances will be to win! The winner of the HELLO 2010! SO LONG 2009! contest will be chosen by Mike and myself. Winners will be notified via the internet for shipping addresses and packages will be in the mail on MONDAY, JANUARY 4th!

Good Luck to everyone who enters! I had a lot of fun shopping for these giveaways! You can be expecting lots more in the future!

tshirt contest!

i entered Brickfish's Charlotte Russe's Next Design Star online.. its nothing major.. just design a shirt and if you win you get a trip to NYC and a $750 shopping spree at CR. we all know i could spend $750 at CR fairly quickly. i entered 14 designs i think. none of them are anything special. i just played around in Illustrator for a couple of hours. The reason I didnt submit anything amazing is because if you read the fine print of the Terms of Use, you'll notice that Charlotte Russe owns anything you upload, therefore you give them a license to duplicate, alter, and produce your design even if you don't win.

now, i dont necessarily find this fair.... but that is life. many contests do this so i've refrained from uploading anything i'd like to keep copyright to and produce myself. however, i invite you all to come join and submit a few entries! just be smart about it! most of the competition is undeniably 14-17 years old, and most uses the graphics provided by CR. but its still fun nonetheless.

i just did a few quick illustrations and slapped them on. if you'd like to view my entries and possibly vote, that'd be awesome. i'm not going to beg for votes, i'm just putting it out there. if you think it's worthy of your vote, i'd highly appreciate it. if not, all is well :P

you can view my entries and vote by clicking HERE!

here are a couple i put in...





anyway, have a great sunday night, y'all!

xo