Sleigh Bells Ring...

Are you listening? Christmas is around the corner, ready or not!  I have started preparing myself by thinking about decorating my new home for the holidays.  We have plenty of room for a big tree - may two! 

I have the opportunity from Red Envelope, who I met down at the BlogHer convention, to review a few of their items on my blog.  One of these is a personalized ornament.  This particular one is so simplistic yet classy, I know it's going to fit right into my decor. 

I chose the personlized inscription to be "The Ward Family" "2011" since it is the first Christmas my husband, our cat and I are spending in our new house and I wanted to commemorate it.

They certainly do offer other styles and options so I recommend go checking it out.  These would make fabulous presents! 

Red Envelope has a whole assortment of great gift ideas!  I'm going to go do a little browsing...

Giveaway: Paper Culture

Paper Culture was one of the vendors at BolgHer '11 that provided me with a giveaway to my clients.  I loved getting a few samples of their thank you cards.

While I love stationary and cards, what I was really interested in at their booth was the bamboo wall art which would be so fun in a kids's room.

 

You can chooses one of their great designs, personalize with names or even upload your own photo.

 

They are applied to 3 ply bamboo plaques and very green since as you know, bamboo is a renewable resource.

 

 So I am giving away a $50 voucher to Paper Culture!

To enter to win: Leave a comment after perusing the Paper Culture website and let me know what you would like to get with your voucher.

Bonus entries:

1. Become a new follower and leave a comment
2. Tweet about giveaway and link back to @rwarddesign or in comments
3. Facebook mention with "Rebecca Ward Design" or link back in comments

Winner will be selected next Monday, August 22nd via random.org.
Best of luck!

Photos via Paper Culture and Rebecca Ward

BlogHer '11

Last weekend I jetted down to San Diego to attend BlogHer 11.  It was a wonderful weekend in one of the best California cities.  I was able to meet up with two blogging friends who author ChicGeek Designs and Be Healthy Well and Inspired. 

We toured the 100 sponsors booths, gathering tons of swag and free things I probably don't need. 

I did win a free 5'x7' area rug from CarptetOne featuring carpet from Lees to my delight!  It actually was the one vendor that fit into my blog category!

I was also able to sit in on some fabulous sessions about blogging in your local community and blog design (you may see a few changes soon!)  Our keynote speaker on Saturday was the CEO of Pepsico Indra Nooyi, who was very inspirational in telling her story of how she got to where she is and the future of her company.

Amidst all the swag, I did receive some good giveaway items so stay posted for those!

Photo by Rebecca Ward