English Tea Paperie Giveaway!

Chloe of English Tea Paperie is giving away: one $25 gift certificate to ETP, one set of anchor notecards (seen here) and one set of whale cards (seen here) (so 3 winners!)

I've posted about English Tea Paperie before. I have several sets of notecards from ETP. Chloe does the cutest nautical designs!





So many designs to choose from! Here are 2 others I love:



TO ENTER:
1. MANDATORY: Please go to the English Tea Paperie website and leave a comment with your favorite design/product

ADDITIONAL ENTRIES:
2. Like English Tea Paperie on Facebook
3. Blog or tweet about this giveaway

GIVEAWAY ENDS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 22

Happy Valentine's Day!

Here's the card I bought myself and will keep on my bulletin board. It's just too cute to send! Let's Get Knotty


Reader Michie sent me this nautical valentine. So cute!

And the winner is...

This giveaway had almost 200 entries (194 to be exact)! As usual I imported each entry into an excel spread sheet. Then I used random.org to choose a random number between 1 and 194. The winner was entry 161



Congrats to M.L.G! Melanie of The Pink Washingtoniette!. I've actually met Melanie and I know she is going to look so cute in this hat!



Her comment:


This Marley Lilly hat is perfect for any occasion (wear it to the beach, wear it to the Kentucky Derby, Easter Sunday, shopping, inside, outside WHEREVER!). The hat is available in 6 color trim options: pink, lime, brick, black, turquoise, and orange.





Don't forget to check out the Marley Lilly website to see more adorable monogrammed gifts!

Gap Valentine's Day gift guide

ETA: It appears that the headband and boxers are now sold out

Headband:


Heart Cardigan (KIDS):


Boxers (MEN):


Onesies:


Socks (KIDS):

Favorite TV Couples!

Valentine's Day 2009 I posted about my favorite couples and I loved reading all of the comments. Apparently I forgot to do this in 2010 (oops!)

So let's hear it: which couples do you love? Which ones should be broken up? Who has the best chemistry?
Rachel and Finn OR Rachel and Puck? Or maybe you liked Rachel and Jesse? Finn and Quinn? Sam and Quinn? (Glee)
Damon and Elena OR Elena and Stefan? (Vampire Diaries)
Chuck and Blair? Blair and Nate? Serena and Nate? Blair and Dan? (I could go on and on...) (Gossip Girl)
Casey and Cappie OR Casey and Evan? (Greek)
Nikita and Michael: should they get together? (Nikita)

I always have to throw these 2 in:
Dawson OR Pacey? (Dawson's Creek)
Ben OR Noel? (Felicity)


Comment away with your favorites (feel free to include couples I didn't post-these are just the ones I thought of first)!

Valentine's Day gift guide

Giant Magnetic Chalkboard Heart:


Heart Measuring Cups:


Kiel James Patrick bracelet:


Heart Hoodie:


Coozie:

The Dahl House Valentine's Promotion

20% off all new love picture frames from The Dahl House with code: love2011 (expires 2/16)

Happy 1st Birthday, H!

Happy 1st birthday to my favorite little man!!!

I don't know how this year has flown by so quickly! Taking care of you doesn't feel like a job at all. Your parents are the best. I really should write a whole post about how much I love them but that isn't as fun and it is YOUR birthday. We've had our fair share of adventures (Yosemite, our sketchy blind playdate that didn't work out, that time I fell in a hole while I was carrying you) and I look forward to many many more (maybe without the falls and accidents)! I'm so lucky you are happy, affectionate, independent, curious, musical, etc etc (basically all around amazing baby).

It seems like just yesterday you were this teeny tiny:

***this photo is so unflattering of me I had to draw a heart over my face, haha. I didn't realize I was in the photo (thought it was just of H) so WAY too closeup!

Now you are walking, talking, pointing at everything and everyone, and just generally being crazy (and I LOVE it)!

Happy Birthday, buddy!

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Marley Lilly Monogrammed Floppy Hat Giveaway!

The winner of this giveaway will receive a MONOGRAMMED floppy hat from Marley Lilly! This hat is perfect for any occasion (wear it to the beach, wear it to the Kentucky Derby, Easter Sunday, shopping, inside, outside WHEREVER!). See it on one of my favorite bloggers, The College Prepster, HERE. The hat is available in 6 color trim options: pink, lime, brick, black, turquoise, and orange. The winner can also choose the thread color (for the monogram).









TO ENTER:
1. This is MANDATORY! Go to the Marley Lilly website and comment with your favorite Marley Lilly product

For additional entries:
1. Like Marley Lilly on Facebook
2. Tweet or blog about this giveaway (please include link)

GIVEAWAY ENDS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 11

Nautical Outfit of the Week: A Wedding!

Reader Marianne submitted photos of her nautical wedding and I was blown away! I am saving the photos as inspiration for my own (way in the future) wedding.

The theme: Love Anchors All
September 2010, San Dimas, California (over looking Puddingstone Lake)

Favors: Soul Mateys (LOVE it!)


The cake and cupcakes!


Decorations!


Yes, they even had an anchor above them at the ceremony!

FRANCESCA JOY Palm Beach Wristlet WINNER

And the winner is... Royar!

Remember 10% off all Francesca Joy Palm Beach totes when you mention Nautical by Nature when you order (email elise@francescajoypb.com)

Brand new designs (coral, sailboat and elephant):


You can now buy Francesca Joy PB guest towels!


Just in case you missed the beautiful HAND PAINTED designs I featured before:
Nantucket:


Anchor:


Parrot:


Sydney Opera House:

Vineyard Vines Spring 2011

My favorite new arrivals:

Seawater Cardigan:



Banded Ocean Drive Cardigan and Ceezee Skirt:



Seawater Sweater:


Rainbow Row Skirt:



Shep Shirt

Nautical Valentine's Day Cards!

You Float My Boat:


Nautical Love Cards:


"Whale you be my valentine?":


Coral Heart:


Octo Love:


Seahorse Love:


ALL IMAGES ARE FROM ETSY