"You're the Bee's Knees Mom!" GIVEAWAY!!!!!!

You guys I am beyond excited for this giveaway!

Mom's work hard! 

You know who else works hard? 

Bees.

In honor of all things awesome about 

Moms and Bees

I have put together a very special giveaway.

The Grand Prize winner will receive the following:

A coveted bottle of Madhava Organic Salted Caramel Coffee Syrup

Madhava, meaning "Born of Honey", is a company that's 

beyond totally sweet!  

This Boulder, CO based company was founded on roots of a 

healthier living for not only us sweet tooths,

but also the Bee's.

Please take the time to check out their full story here!

Something to drink your amazing Iced Coffee in?

Absolutely! 

How about this sweet little mug 

with the recipe for the world's best iced coffee?!?!?

All hand crafted by your's truly.

Humble Bumble B Hats

has also chipped in beautiful little 

vintage style hat for the sweet Momma Winner!

Brenda designed this hat around her shared passion for Bee's and 

Madhava's bright and colorful packaging.

So technically you must wear this hat while enjoying your 

delicious Salted Caramel Coffees!

You must proclaim that you are officially

the "Bee's Knees"

with this custom 

Sparkle & Stone bracelet.

How cute will you be sipping away!

What's that? 

You can't see how stinking cute you look Mom?

Do you need new glasses?

Maybe some sweet (see what I did there with the Honey reference)

new Vintage inspired Cat Eye glasses!!!!

You know, to go with your bee hive and vintage hat! 

Well Firmoo, you remember how awesome they were before,

they are at it again! 

They are gifting the Grand Prize winner a 

$30 gift voucher towards your choice of frames 

from their Cat Eye collection! 

These glasses are so cute! 

I have my eye on a new pair!!!

They have the best styles and they are so completely affordable,,,

$30 off is practically a free pair of glasses people! 

So that's it….Grand Prize:

Madhave Coffee Syrup

Mug and recipe

Handmade Vintage Inspire Hat

Handmade bracelet

$30 Gift for new glasses

Not too shabby! 

How to Enter?

Find this post on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter

Leave a comment on the post telling me why your Mom is 

"The Bee's Knee's"

And share the link to the blog giveaway.

Each comment and share will give you additional entries.

The winner will be drawn at random on Sunday Night, May 11th, 9pm mnt time.

 Good Luck! 

and 

Save the Bees!

A Valentine's Gift for You!

Just in time for Valentine's Day,

Firmoo.com and I wanted to spread the love.

As you probably read here yesterday,

I am in love with Firmoo.

My new glasses are to die for, but I have fallen for another pair too!

Firmoo.com not only offers great basics at an affordable price, 

they also carry a line of high fashion glasses.

F-Designer Glasses.

All of these super hot glasses retail for $68.

(Anything comparable in a store would cost at least $300.)

I am totally lusting after these!!!!

There are so many beautiful, handcrafted, 

and quirky colors and styles to choose from.

Firmoo.com and I are gifting six $30

gift certificates to use towards your purchase of any

F-Designer Glasses.

(That means you only pay $38+shipping)

To enter the giveaway just leave a comment below.

Tell us your favorite frame (leave the style # in your comment).

Want to better your chances to win? 

Follow Firmoo on Facebook and tell me about it! 

Contest ends February 14th at 5pm. 

30x30: Giveaway

I am so very excited to share Day 13's 30x30 event! 

Today marks the start of a giveaway.

For those of you that follow e.trumble photography,

you know that I adore photographing families and kiddos!

What you may not know is that I also really really love photographing nature.

The winner of this little contest will receive an 

8x10 print of the the flower of their choice.

Here's how to play:

Simply choose the photograph that you like the best.

They are each numbered above and the full size images are all below.

Leave a comment here or on Instagram.

All votes count as an entry.

Want to better your chances?

Spread the love!

Share this post on your blog, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram

and receive additional entries for each! 

(that's 6 total entries if you hit up all your social media!)

The winner will be chosen at random,

5pm eastern time on Feb. 6th

Best of Luck to everyone!

(did anyone get that lucky day 13 reference?)

10 things i couldn't live without this week

1. it had been about 3 full weeks of no dancing until this past monday! finally, i was better from the death cold, the studio was back open after the holiday break, and in was time to dance.  it's amazing what that many days off can do to destroy what you have been working so hard for. but none the less it felt amazing to be back at it.  although i came to the realization this week that i really need some new dance clothes.
2. we made some new friends on new years day....the irony is kind of awesome. we ran into the mongol family at john d. mcarthur park. they are just in the process of moving to the area from texas. well, we swapped emails and met up a couple time this week to hang out. they have an awesome son that's the same age as the boy.  i love new friends! our new friends introduced us to a new park in the palm beach gardens area. super cool play structure that's a little different than your average park. it amazing to me the excitement that we all get from new playgrounds.
3. i have an awesome giveaway going on this week. ends friday so please to wait to enter! you could have your very own pair of earrings made by yours truly!
4. on a totally different play structure experience, we finally went to "a latte fun" and i have to say.....we will NEVER be returning. i had been pretty clear in the past with my thoughts on this place, and pretty firm in my standing that i would not be paying the insane admission fee to go, but some friends had free passes....so we went. what a nightmare. there were far too many kids, zero supervision, and a terrible cafe to boot. at least now i know what we have been missing out on all this time.
5. well i finally did it...i purchased www.turquoiseviolets.com. it's something that i have been meaning/wanting to do for quite some time, and just never bit the bullet. well it's mine now folks. i feel some pretty amazing things to come this year!
6. the bachelor started this week! want to know a little secret - my bachelor/bachelorette obsession is thanks to my dad....yup that's right my dad. i had been really looking forward to this season for some reason... nothing like a train wreck love story to make you really love the one you're with.
7. we had an awesome cold snap this past week. it was so nice to have a break from some really hot winter days and have a taste of some seasons. we got to wear jackets and scarves and put the heater on. pretty awesome if i do say so myself. but no worries we are back to normal 80° weather.
8. with the above noted cold snap i had to bring all of my plants inside. this really opened my eyes to how much i really love having a lot of plants inside. so when it was time to move them back out i was a little sad. so i made some changes in the homes of all the greenery. and now.....i have a ton of plants in side - and i am happy.
9. oh man, i made my dark chocolate zucchini snack cake this weekend. but i got a little crazy with it this time. i used the same recipe from here, but i added a cup of dark chocolate chips, and instead of topping it with greek yogurt i covered the entire cake in cream cheese frosting. the changes really took this cake to a whole new level. i am pretty sure that i managed to cancel out any sort of healthy factor that the cake used to have, but on the flip side i didn't hear the hubs say "there are vegetables in this cake" one time.
10. one of the hubs restaurants is now the sole food vendor at the international polo club in wellington. today was the first match of the season, so to make sure that everything was going smoothly we made the journey west to see our first polo match. i have to tell you....i had no idea everything that went into this sport. i was really hoping to come home with an amazing story about the beautiful animals, the thrill of the sport, and overall excitement....but we had to leave before it ever even started. next time i guess.

rosebud earring giveaway!

it's time again for another giveaway! 

yay! who's excited?!?!?

so here's how to play...
you have 4 chances to win these adorable handmade earrings.

• step 1: share a link to the giveaway on facebook, and then leave a comment on this blog post telling me that you did.
• step 2: tweet about it! share the tweet with me @erinisturquoise... then leave a second comment.
• step 3: pin it. repin it. do what you have to do.  you know i love me some pinterest. pin a picture of the earrings and then....you guessed it...leave a third comment.
• step 4: blog about it! spread the love! share the link to your blog and then leave one last comment to tell me that you did.

this giveaway will end friday, january 13th at 5pm. the winner will be chosen at random and announced saturday morning! best of luck! don't forget to make sure that i have your contact information so that i can tell you when you won! if you have any questions feel free to contact me! 

"the frenchie" tote giveaway!

CONGRATS TO KELLY! YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THIS ADORABLE TOTE!

random.org chose the comment:

"What I love most about Turquoise Violets is the inspiration it provides me to be a crafty, creative mom!"

here it is folk, the fist ever turquoise violets giveaway!

this is "the frenchie" tote. made just for you.....you lucky winner! this tote is great for the market or the beach. handmade by me.

the exterior is an olive cotton twill, with a hand embroidered mustache. the mustache was screen printed by the hubs. so cute. the handles are red and cream scraps (from another project you will see soon) of a super soft jersey. they are so comfortable.

the interior is a whimsical white polka dot.

here are the rules:

1. you can enter up to three times for this giveaway.

• for your first entry, just leave a comment telling me what you love the most about turquoise violets.
• for your second entry, sign up to be a follower. then leave a comment telling me what you want to see more of from turquoise violets. for those of you that are already followers, just skip to the leaving the second comment second comment. only entries submitted by "followers" will be accepted.
• for your third entry, post a link of facebook. tell all your friends how much you love this blog and then leave one last comment with a link to your post. only entries submitted by "followers" will be accepted.

2. you have until april 30th at 11:59 pm.

3. the winner will be chosen by random.org first thing may 1st.

4. thanks for playing and good luck!