Fashion to Figure Giveaway!

I was pretty excited last week when I was contacted by Jessica from Fashion to Figure (www.fashiontofigure.com) asking if I'd like to host a giveaway for my readers. 

Of course I would! 

Fashion to Figure caters to women sizes 12-26 and they have so many great items - 

from tops to jeans to dresses to bodyshapers. They even have fantastic accessories, 

so no matter your size I'm betting they'll have something you'll love!

This giveaway is for your choice of any item $30 or less from their site. 

Their prices are so affordable that you won't have any problem finding something 

perfect for you. In fact, the only trouble may be narrowing it down to just one item!

Here are a few of my favourites:

Wish Upon a Frock Cap-Sleeve Dress

$26

Open Front Cardigan with Pockets

$22

Short-Sleeve Tee with Beaded Neckline

$28

Suede Flap Messenger Bag

$38.99 (not <$30 but I still want it!)

So what do you have to do? Go to www.fashiontofigure.com to see their selection.  

Come back here and leave a comment with your name and email address 

letting me know what you would choose if you won!

The giveaway is open now and closes this Friday night at midnight (May 4th).  

I'll choose a comment using random.org and announce the winner on Monday, May 7th.  

(Note: Giveaways can only ship to U.S. addresses.)

Good Luck!

To Disqus or Not to Disqus?

I'm asking for your help today.  

Next week I'm planning on having a cool new giveaway 

and I want everyone to be able to enter.  

VS

The Problem

I currently use Disqus for commenting - mainly because it allows me to reply directly to all comments. Blogger currently won't let you do that. With Blogger I can post a reply but it just shows up at the bottom of the comment list, not below the original comment. So Disqus wins a point.

However, I personally can't view Disqus when I'm at work because it's considered a social networking site. That means I have to wait until I get home at night or on the weekend to reply to your comments and questions. That point goes to Blogger. (Maybe I shouldn't be messing with my blog during work hours anyway, hunh?)

The Question

Do you have any difficulty commenting here using Disqus?  Is it slow, hard to maneuver through, impossible to access at all? Of course, if you can't use Disqus at all you won't be able to tell me, so if you could drop me an email at bamarshall@hotmail.com it would help a lot. I can then decide whether or not to disable Disqus and go back to using the Blogger commenting form.

Have a great weekend!  

I'll be spending mine painting, painting, painting. Oh, and Big Bike riding! I raised $340 for Heart & Stroke research. Thank you to everyone who helped me do it!

Terrycloth Pillows

The need to sew pillows overcame me again yesterday. You all remember my dollar store placemat pillows? They were very popular in blogland, and with a certain big yellow dog. I find her snuggling one all the time.

I had planned to go buy some striped placemats to make pillows for the patio furniture, but then decided I wanted something softer. Suddenly it hit me - what about teatowels? Bonus that the dollar store has a far larger selection of pillow-suitable teatowels then there had been of placemats.

The ones I chose came in a two pack for $2, one patterned and one solid. I bought two green and two blue because I couldn't decide. And you can never have enough pillows, right? I scooted over to Walmart to buy some zippers and headed home.

Sewing them up was pretty easy, although I did have to put the zipper in twice because - surprise! - the two teatowels weren't exactly the same size and I'd started with the larger one. Nothing like pinning a zipper in place and finding that it ends an inch past the edge of the material.

What do you think?

The pillow is a little longer than I'd anticipated. If I make more in the future (after these four), I might cut the material down to two-thirds of the length. The total price was $2 for the teatowels + $3 for the zipper  = $5 for a brand-new (oversized) pillow! I have a closet full of throw pillows from Goodwill so I didn't even have to buy new stuffing.

And Chloe loves this one just as much as the Paris pillow.  

She even went looking for it when I put it up out of the little dog's reach (The new pillow is not a chew toy!)  But I see why she loves it - it is really soft and cushy. The terry cloth makes you just want to snuggle right into it. Plus with a zipper the cover will be easy to remove and wash when it gets dirty - and you know it will.

I love the bright green & yellow stripes. The blue towels have polkadots. I can't wait to show you those. And I can't wait to test the pillow out on the hammock.

Come on warm weather, where are you?

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I'm linking up here this week.  

And check out the Pillowpalooza link party at It All Started With Paint.