A Giveaway! Elizabeth Taylor for Avon Necklace

On Monday I commented that I would be doing a giveaway for a vintage Elizabeth Taylor for Avon necklace. I love this necklace because it is bold and definitely a statement necklace. I have this necklace and have worn it on the blog. This is not the necklace I have worn (I could not give it up), it is a new in the original purple box, beautifully packaged and with a purple drawstring storage bag. In 1994 when this came out as part of her Signature Gold Coast Collection it originally sold for $75.00.  It is a beautiful, well crafted piece of jewelry. I hope one of you will enjoy owning it. 

Elizabeth Taylor for Avon Necklace
Hammered metal (brass?) with and E in the center of each disc.

The necklace is shiny like it is shown here. It is really hard to photograph its true beauty. I would describe it as somewhere between the top photo and this photo. Really hard to capture.

This contest is open to all followers of my blog. You can follow me either through Google Friend Connect or BlogLovin'. Please leave a comment in the comments section which you use to follow this blog and you will be entered in the contest.  I will run this contest through next Sunday and announce the winner on Monday, March 12th. I will give the winner 48 hours to contact me. If I am not contacted, I will chose another winner. Good luck to you all.

Winter arrived today and a handbag giveaway from Fashion Chalet

First I would like to thank you all for your comments on my previous post about the unprofessional photographer. It means so much to me to read your words of support and encouragement. As a result of your suggestions, I am in the process of writing a letter to City Arts about my experience. There were no feedback forms to fill out after the class and I think I will suggest they should have them available. Feedback is important to anyone who wants to improve as an instructor and to any organization providing classes.

I wanted to share with you a fantastic handbag giveaway from Fashion Chalet. If you have ever admired Balenciaga handbags this might be your chance to win an Arena Giant City bag. I would dearly love to win this bag and would likely carry it the rest of my life. Please check out the post quickly as it ends tomorrow! While I would love to win it, I would also be thrilled if one of you won it.

Wow, it has gotten really cold today. What a change after a winter where the average temperature has been in the 50's. I had to go out today to exchange a nail polish that I had duplicated and wore this outfit without a coat over it when I started out at 11am. It progressively got colder and very, very windy. After I got the polish, I decided just to go back home since it was getting too cold to be out without an overcoat. 

I am not sure that I like this outfit now that I am seeing the pictures. It is hard to tell, but the jacket is a really pretty rich purple with velvet appliqued flowers. I am not sure the scarf looks as good as I thought it did when I put it on.

Jacket: Talbots
Lace Top: Von Maur
Jeans: FDJ
Scarf: from eBay
Boots; Thrifted



The scarf ring is actually one of those stretchy rings you see everywhere.



The scarf has a cut out and appears to be painted silk.



 Harry gets so excited when the camera comes out. He has gotten to be a real ham and insists on having his picture taken which makes me laugh. We both look silly in this picture.

When I worked, we always called Wednesday "hump day" because once you made it through Wednesday you were over the hump and it was downhill to the weekend.  I am just happy to have another day here on earth to enjoy. Happy Wednesday to you all.

Reminder: There is only one more day to enter the Laura Mercier giveaway

I just wanted to remind you all that the giveaway ends tomorrow evening. So far there are only 11 people entered. The odds of winning are pretty darn good. Please just comment on the Laura Mercier Giveaway post to be entered. I am going to put all the names in a hat, then draw.

Thank you to everyone who commented so kindly on my post yesterday. I cannot I let a churlish (don't you just love thesauri?) anonymous person get me down when there are so many wonderful people like all of you that I have the pleasure of interacting with most every day. Happy Thursday to you all! 

Giveaway day - A Laura Mercier product sampler

If you have shopped at Sephora you may know about their Beauty Insider card. For every dollar you spend, you accumulate a point that can be redeemed for products when you reach at least 100 pts. When you hit 500 points you can get a limited edition product sample. When I was in there this past week, I redeemed 500 points for a set of Laura Mercier sample products for this giveaway.  I have not used these particular products but I have used her eye shadows and lip stain and like both quite a lot.

This Laura Mercier sample box contains Mini Full Blown Volume Lash Building Mascara in black, Mini Eye Basics in Wheat, Mini Face Polish, Mini Tinted Moisturizer SPF20 in Nude, and Mini Foundation Primer.  These are sample sizes, not full product sizes.  

All you have to do to enter is giveaway is to follow me on Google Friend Connect and leave a comment that you are following me. That's it, nothing else.
I will close this contest on Friday, November 18th at 5:00 CST, so you will have a few days to comment. One entry per person please.

Giveaway

I will announce the winner on Friday evening and give the winner 48 hours to contact me at SheAccessorizesWell@cox.net with their name and address. Good luck everyone!