… Over a $1,200.00 $1500 worth of products and gift certificate giveaways!

Every week I will be giving away fabulous goodies such as:

• Girls Night Out at Sweetest Sin Boutique with a $50 gift certificate. Enjoy a private shopping party with your girlfriends complete with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, bra fittings, and exclusive specials

• Dramatically change your eyes with a set of Flirt Lash Extension by Winks for naturally looking fuller lashes

• Gift certificates to the empowering Woman Rising classes with Vivian Taormina at Tao Massage

• Vintage inspired shabby chic Carla Gizzi jewelry and home decor products gift certificate

• a Glowing full body tan with Airbrush Tanning by Nikki

• an Airbrush tanning party with Airbrush Tanning by Nikki

•a Gift basket of  Soapmarket‘s very own MarketBody collection of natural bath and body products including rich and moisturizing body lotion, creamy organic sugar scrub, relaxing bath salts, olive oil & shea butter bar soaps and a vegetable & soy blend candle.

• Explore the incredible potential of hair color! Whether you are battling grays, going for a color change or intensifying your natural color, the expert colorists at Salon Concrete will award one lucky winner with a brilliant hair color service.

• Gift certificate to Frame to Please for beautiful custom framing

• a Petite Portrait Session (for either engagement, maternity, kids, or family portraiture) with BGP

Grand Prize is a PRIVATE BOUDOIR SESSION with BGP

So, what do you have to do?

It’s simple! All you have to do is show some love by liking each of the 9 service provider’s facebook pages (links above lead to their pages). Then, head back on over here to my blog and leave a love note in the comments section of the this blog post (April Showers) mentioning that you just spread some facebook love to BGP and our fabulous friends.
Your name will be placed in the tri-weekly drawings for our goodies.

The GRAND PRIZE drawing  will be on the last day of the month (Saturday, April 30th 2011).

**Winners will be announced here each Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday!

For all of you women that love shoes and do not know about Shoedazzle… look out!

I will admit that some of the shoes are a bit out of my wardrobe scope and comfort height. However, I would live in flip flops all year round if I could and still I find shoes that are practical, stylish, and comfortable.

This is my style for the summer, what’s yours? Have fun with it!

I love this store! If only I had more space to put all of the things I want to buy.

I met Carla at a Sweetest Sin event at the tail end of last year, but I was already very familiar with her Red Bank boutique. She rocks! Carla Gizzi is the owner of a great little shop, rightfully named after Carla herself, in the antique district of Red Bank, NJ.

The boutique is filled with all things shabby chic, vintage inspired and romantic, including home decor, jewelry and accessories for women and babies.

Carla just opened another boutique at Convention Hall in Asbury Park, NJ.

Here are some shots from her grand opening that was on Sunday May 23, 2010. Congratulations Carla, I know you will do well there!

I was making my mental wishlist so that I would not go overboard (so hard not to).  I got a few things for myself, and I even picked up a little something for my husband too… a plaque that says “Gone Fishing”.

‘energy cannot be created or destroyed… but it can be refashioned.’
– jae.c.maie* (jay-cee-may)

Meet Jolie Maimone of Jae.C.Maie

Custom Works of Art

Jolie is owner & creator of “refashioned ” jewelry designs, better known as jae.c.maie. Her work is absolutely gorgeous!

Have Jolie refashion a custom piece of art for you out of your old jewelry, or design a unique work of art with your personality in mind from her eclectic collection.

Refashion Parties

Creators for Creators! Design and host your own party! Have a jae.c.maie showing at your house and receive great customer benefits; host a creative workshop for you and your girlfriends or have a ‘princess party’ for your little girl! 

Collect old keepsakes, costume jewelry, scarves – anything really and revamp it at Jolie’s ‘accessory reincarnation’ seminar! The possibilities are endless; ask and you shall receive!

creativity is contagious… catch it! – jae.c.maie

Meet artist Melissa Heid, of The Turquoise Pony! Are you thinking, “Where have I heard that name before”?

Well, you might remember Melissa from Dina & Gary’s wedding… you know, the carnival wedding! Melissa was the creative forces behind Dina’s candy bouquet and jewelry.

Melissa’s creations are absolutely fabulous!

Check out this crafty mama’s works of art on Etsy, Blacktanktops.