Giveaway Winner

I said I would draw yesterday, but the inlaws are in town and we ended up having an impromtu Bama party. Roll Tide! The baby has been up since 4am (we are getting our top two teeth) so Mama is behind on life in general. ANYWAYS, on to the important stuff!

The winners of The Paper Cafe and Donovan Design contest are:

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:10 34
Timestamp: 2009-11-08 22:17:11 UTC

Congrats to number 10...Elizabeth KS

Congrats to number 34...Whitney Walker Alexander


Please email me at magnoliasmarriageandmanhattan@gmail dot com and I will get you in touch with The Paper Cafe!


Thanks so much to The Paper Cafe and Donovan Design and thank you readers for entering!

Last Day To Win Free Stationery!

Click here for more details. The contest ends tomorrow!

Baby Gift Ideas

How cute are these signs that my friends make! I know I've shown you them before, but I am going through old drafts so forgive me for the random posts.

If you need a unique baby gift be sure to email Two Girls and a Glue Gun. S is Baby J's Godmother and she made him a custom birth annoucement that matches his nursery and also did his name in blue letters with white polka dots. I wish I could share, but you know A's rules about sharing our names for the entire world to see. =) These signs are great for baby showers, doors to the hosptial or nursery decor.

Check out Two Girls and a Glue Gun's blog here or email them at twogirlsandagluegun@gmail.com. You can get all of your baby gifts and Christmas shopping done with one email to the girls!

They have some great Thanksgiving/Christmas/Football signs too! I've got to take my Trick or Treat sign down and put up my Gooble Til' You Wobble! Of course, our Roll Tide sign stays up year round as does our "Welcome Y'all!"

BTW, have you signed up for our giveaway? The Paper Cafe and Donovan Designs are giving away a set of notecards and notepads! Click here to enter and get all of the rules. Donovan Designs also has some great baby gifts.

These bagtags are awesome for the stroller or diaper bag!

Another great baby gift would be a set of notecards for the Mommy to Be or for the new baby. I've loved using all of Baby J's stationery and we went through A LOT because of our generous friends.

Fall Giveaway from The Paper Cafe and Donovan Designs!

The Paper Cafe &

Thank you to everyone that attempted to dress me. I am going to go to JCrew and try out all of your ideas on Friday. The baby boy is going to backup daycare at Daddy's office and Mama is hitting Jcrew!

So, it's giveaway time again! Yeah!


The Paper Cafe is giving away TWO prizes to my sweet readers. The rules are pretty standard.


RULES:

1) Go to The Paper Cafe website here and check out the AMAZING Donovan Designs

2) Pick your favorite. Good luck with that one...there are SO MANY!

3) Come back here and post your favorite

For additional entries (please remember to post your additional entries in separate comments or they will not count):

1) Become a follower or let me know you are a follower

2) Become my follower on twitter or let me know you are follower on twitter (I promise to update more now that I have a new laptop)

3) Tweet about this contest

4) Blog about this contest

That is a potential for FOUR additional entries and there will be TWO winners.

The first winner will receive a set of Large, personalized notepads (comes wrapped and tied with a cute grosgrain ribbon) of their choice. The second winner will receive 25 personalized note cards/envelopes of their choice (also wrapped with ribbon).These are the perfect stocking stuffer, teacher gift, gift for a friend, etc. Or, you can keep your prize for yourself. I won't tell.

Here are a few of my favorite Donovan Design products. I would pick one of these sets of note cards for myself:

Baby J said he would pick one of these precious designs for himself:

Now, what are your favorite products? Can't wait to see. I'll show you more of mine tomorrow! Happy Tuesday. I've got to go run before the baby wakes up. Don't forget to vote if you live in NYC!

Dress Me Contest

I have a last minute request for my sweet readers. I need something to wear for our portraits in Central Park on Saturday! This is what Baby J will be wearing:

It's light blue corduroy from Bailey Boys and Emory monogrammed it. Cute, right?

So, what should I wear? I'm definitely going to do jeans and either gold/silver Tory Burch flats. I really just need a top. A classic sweater? Something with ruffles? A button down with pearls? Something classic, something trendy? Something pink or something black? If you can help me create my picture outfit TODAY by posting links in the comment section here, I will pick one of your options, order it today and send you a little thank you surprise! Thanks in advance for your help!

Happy Halloween!

Hope y'alls Halloween is filled with lots of treats!

Here are a few posts from Halloween's past:

Daisy as Little Red Riding Hood

Amazing Kids Halloween Party

Preppy Halloween Finds

Happy Halloween 2008

A Special Trip

Tomorrow morning, we are packing up and heading to Memphis until Tuesday. This will be J's sixth state to visit in his 9 months of life (NY, GA, AL, FL, NJ.) We are going to Memphis so that J can meet his only living great grandparent, A's grandmother, "GaGa." (You might remember that my Grandmother passed away two weeks before Baby J was born.) GaGa has dementia so she probably will not understand our visit, but I know how much the trip means to A's Mom and A. I pray that she will have a few moments of understanding this wonderful event. We will be staying with A's Uncle and Aunt. I'm hoping to eat lots of good BBQ and maybe do a little Southern shopping. Any Memphis readers out there have suggestions for baby stores and stores for me?

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I'll be back on Wednesday. BTW, I'm typing this on my NEW laptop! Lots more posts to come.