The Well-Dressed Home~And an Annette Tatum queen size duvet Giveaway

I have a great book I want to share with all of you and a very generous giveaway!

I wanted to repost this because I want to make sure you are aware of what is in the giveaway!

I think my post might be a bit confusing and some of you thought I was giving away the book!

I am really sorry if I confused anyone with my post. I wanted the giveaway to be a surprise at the end of my post! So I thought I better state at the beginning what the giveaway is so there isn't any confusion!

This is what is in the giveaway~

Annette Tatum is giving away a queen size duvet from her new

Annette Tatum Home Collection to one of my readers!

This is very generous of her!

Her duvets are gorgeous! They are valued at $253.00!

I have just recently discovered Annette Tatum's new book The Well-Dressed Home, and love it. I wanted you to all know about her new book. Annette has been generous enough to offer one of her queen duvets from her Annette Tatum Home Collection for one of my lucky readers.

Please read the following and you will find the giveaway information!!!!

Have you read The Well- Dressed Home?

Annette Tatum is an interior designer and is the author of this fabulous design book,

The Well-Dressed Home.

She is also the founder of the successful House and Little House lines of high end apparel, accessories, bedding, and furniture.

Annette is also a mother of four children!

Annette is an amazing woman. She is a very talented designer and has an eye for beauty.

I can't wait to share her new book with all of you! I also have a big surprise to share as well!

First I want to tell you about The Well-Dressed Home!

I am really excited about this book!

I took a few pictures of the book so you can all see how fabulous it is!

I know there are a lot of you who love fashion and love interior design.

This book is filled with fashion and interior design inspiration!

Annette teaches you how to let your own personal fashion choices be an inspiration for how you decorate your home.

Annette highlights eleven popular fashion styles in her book,

Romantic, Couture, Classic, Casual, Bohemian, Retro, Resort, Modern, Eclectic, Vintage, and Eco

In the book Annette says you will learn how to embrace the idea of

designing

your own home in the same way you choose your day's wardrobe!

I haven't been able to put it down since I received it in the mail.

There are over 200 beautiful pictures!

The homes she features in her book are stunning.

I am really excited about this book!

It is filled with fashion and interior design inspiration!

I have learned a lot from this book!

If you are interested in purchasing The Well-Dressed Home

you can purchase it for a great price at

Annette Tatum's Website

if you click here there is a great preview of the book

Giveaway!

Okay girls now here is the SURPRISE!

Are you ready?

Annette Tatum has a new spring catalog out.

It is called

Annette Tatum Home

This catalog is filled with beautiful linens for your home. All designed by Annette Tatum.

I actually can't believe I am going to say this,

Annette is offering one of my lucky readers, that would be

YOU,

a chance to win a beautiful queen duvet

from her

NEW

Annette Tatum Home Collection

The lucky winner gets to pick the design of her choice!

I want you to take note

The queen duvets are valued at $253.00!

Annette is very generous and kind!

Here is what the giveaway is again and what you have to do to enter the giveaway!

Annette is giving away one queen duvet to one lucky winner, from her new

Annette Tatum Home Collection

The winner gets to choose the design.

My international readers are welcome to enter as well!

1. First you need to visit

The Annette Tatum Home Collection Catalog!

2.Then You need to come back to my site and leave me a comment on which lovely design of duvet you would like to win! This will give you one entry.

3. If you want a second entry become a follower and leave me a comment stating that you are a follower. If you already are a follower please still leave an extra comment stating that you are already a follower! I am using the random counter! That is two entries.

4. If you want a third entry, post about my giveaway on your blog and leave a comment telling me that you are posting about my giveaway. That is three entries

Important: You need to leave a separate comment for each entry!!!

I will be using the random counter.

So be sure and leave me a comment for each step you complete so you get the right amount of entries. The entries will close April 2nd at 9:00 p.m. pacific standard time.

I am so excited about this giveaway!

Good Luck Girls!

Thank you so much Annette!

I hope you all have a great weekend!

I will see you back here on the 2nd!

You should be sure and visit Annette's website!

click on all the colored links

Annette Tatum's website

Annette Tatum

The Well-Dressed Home

Annette Tatum's blog

Thank you Annette for providing us with a new inspirational design book to read! I love it!

Thank you for your generosity in giving one of these lucky girls a chance to own one of your beautiful duvets!

I know you are going to make someone feel very special!

An Honored Beach Cottage Guest

photo by me

Hello everyone, I have something really fun to share with all of you!

photo by me

Can you guess why my table might look a little beachy?

photo by me

Well there is a very good reason for it!

I am in Australia at my dream beach cottage today!

I am visiting my friend Sarah.

I have to thank Sarah for giving me this opportunity!

Sarah is one of a kind!

I can't get enough of her style and her writing! I know all of you feel the same!

So to be asked by Sarah to be a guest at her beach cottage,

Is TRULY an HONOR!

click here

to see my house with a beach cottage twist!

A Beach Cottage

Thank you Sarah you are way too much fun!

photo below is courtesy of A Beach Cottage

I love crystal chandeliers.

This was the first crystal chandelier I bought.

It has its original Made in Italy tag on it.

It has macaroni beads. Those are what the little beads are called you see hanging in strands.

It is quite a bit smaller than the chandelier I have hanging over my sectional.

They are really quite magical.

I found one just like it on ebay for my sister. She paid $200.00 for hers.

I am going to be featuring the store I found these at in the near future!

You are probably wondering how many pictures I could take of one chandelier.

You would be surprised!

I am doing something fun tomorrow evening.

I hope you will come back for a visit tomorrow!

So many of you have asked what kind of camera I have.

My husband bought me a Canon EOS 40D. Hopefully someday I can take classes and actually learn how to use it properly!

I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Hope to see you back tomorrow!!!

Oh and one more thing

My friend

Desiree from Vosges Paris is celebrating 2 years of blogging!

She is giving away a goodie bag!

She has a beautiful blog!

Vosges Paris

photo by me

I want to share 3 great blogs with all of you!

I love farmhouse kitchens, and hope to have one in my home someday. Until that time comes I love to admire my blogging friends' kitchens. All three of these girls have great kitchens.

The first blog is

Rubies Place

Tina lives in the cutest home in Australia

Photo courtesy of Rubies Place

I love Tina's chalk board wall in her kitchen. Great idea Tina!

Photo courtesy of Rubies Place

Love her farmhouse sink.

Photo courtesy of Rubies Place

If you have a chance stop by

Rubies Place

and say Hi to the talented Tina, she is a real sweetheart. Thanks Tina for your friendship.

Next up is the

Canadian Cottage

photo courtesy of Canadian Cottage

Janice from Canadian Cottage has the sweetest little Cottage.

photo courtesy of Canadian Cottage

Janice also has a farmhouse kitchen.

photo courtesy of Canadian Cottage

I love her sink and faucet. I LOVE farmhouse sinks!

Janice bought her cabinets and sink from Ikea. (I happen to love Ikea, and have to admit my heart races when I step foot into this store)

photo courtesy of Canadian Cottage

Love this kitchen, and I love those floors!

photo courtesy of Canadian Cottage

If you have a chance hop on over to

Canadian Cottage

and say hi to the talented and sweet Janice!

Then there is my friend Lulu from Dusty Lu Interiors. It just so happens that Lulu is an interior designer. I bet you couldn't tell??? I love Lulu's style! I love her photographs as well.

Take a look at her kitchen and home!

photo courtesy of Dusty Lu Interiors

photo courtesy of Dusty Lu Interiors

Photo courtesy of Dusty Lu Interiors

Photo Courtesy of Dusty Lu Interiors

Photo courtesy of Dusty Lu Interiors

Photo Courtesy of Dusty Lu Interiors

Photo Courtesy of Dusty Lu Interiors

So what do you think? I am pretty sure you are thinking what I am thinking!!!

If you want to see more of Lulu's home

click on the link below & I know you want to see more!

Dusty Lu Interiors

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

I just want to thank all of you for all of your sweet comments you left about my kids. You all made my day. My kids loved reading them as well! Thank You! You all really know how to make a girl feel special!

Oh and before I forget my talented friend Ness is having another giveaway! She is giving away two pillow slips from her shop. You get to choose! I just bought 3 pillow cases from Ness and LOVE them. Her pillows look very professional. I will be doing a post on these in the near future.

Picture below is courtesy of Marley and Lockyer

She is also giving away a set of her clay tags. The tag below is one Ness made for me. I love it!

If you want a chance to win this great giveaway then you better hop on over to

Marley & Lockyer

and sign up!

photo by me

Have you heard of minted.com? I discovered this wonderful website last year, I had been looking at different stationery sites and trying to decide which one I wanted to use for my Christmas Cards. I always do something special for my Christmas Cards. I want the person who is receiving my card to feel like they are receiving a Christmas gift from my family when they open their card. My cards always have pictures of my kids included in the card. I used to have their pictures professionally taken, but lucky for me, my husband bought me a very nice camera for Christmas 3 years ago. So now I take my own pictures.

So when I discovered minted, I was really excited. It was something different. They have a wide selection of great designs to choose from.

One thing I liked about this site, is they use designers from all over the world. They hold design challenges. If you win the design, your winning designs are sold on minted.com. You also earn cash prizes and 5% of ongoing revenues. Then their best designers are commissioned to create minted originals. If you know anything about graphic design you should really check out minted. Maybe you are a graphic designer waiting to be discovered! This might be your chance!

Or maybe you are a mom like me who loves to take pictures of her kids, and wants to create a special Christmas card with your own photographs. So I thought I would share this site with all of you.

I also thought I would share a few pictures that I took of my kids for my 2009 Christmas Cards.

I uploaded some of these pictures to minted.com and created a mini photo book.

This gives me an excuse to share pictures of my precious kids with all of you!

My kids know that they are blessed to be able to grow up on a horse ranch.

They show horses and cattle.

I just wanted to tell my friends from Australia, the dog pictured here is a McCallum bred dog. Tony McCallum is from Australia and started this breed. My husband loves using McCallum dogs for working cattle.

My kids LOVE animals.

Remember the post I did on the bird cage, a lot of you suggested I put feathered friends in the cage, well this is what my sons keep in the cage during the summer months, praying mantises, aren't they cute?

They love insects & reptiles!

My kids are the REAL treasures in my life!

If you look in magazines such as Martha Stewart Living you can find coupons for minted.com. I also watch their site for sales.

Have fun checking out this great site, minted.com. I was really happy with my purchase from them. I know I will be purchasing Christmas cards from them again this year.

If you are someone with graphic design talent and are looking to be discovered you should think about signing up for their design challenge.

I hope you all have a great weekend. I want you to know how much I appreciate all of your comments you leave me. Just remember you don't have to leave a comment about me, feel free to share something about yourself. I love learning something new about YOU!