One Year Giveaway

Thank you to everyone who entered the One Year Giveaway! It was extremely fun for me to go through all the entries. I was so flattered as I read each of your posts! The whole point of doing this giveaway was to able to give back to the people who have made this last year of blogging absolutely incredible. After seeing all the entries I knew I had to give more than just the two necklaces. I decided that I'm also going to give a $20 gift certificate to either Tree & Kimball or Clyde's Rebirth to two more girls!

You all did such amazing jobs! Everyone found something different to take from blog and make it their own. Whether it was inviting their adorable pets into the posts, finding similar locations to take pictures, mimicking styles I repeated over and over, or recreating some of my favorite meals, everyone found a way to do their best "Morgan and Lua".

Without further adieu, here are all of your wonderful submissions for the giveaway!

 

Employed Panache : Like Morgan & Lua 

 

Della Grace's Life : Daily Wear - Morganized 

 

What Would a Nerd Wear : Life Sentence, No Parole

 
Sweet Laundry : Inspired: Morgan and Lua

Ordinarily Urbane : Buttoned Up

Sparkling Footsteps : Morgan-esque

Stylish White Female : Morgan & Lua blogger birthday

 
Babes in Thriftland : Erin and Ace

Style by Santina : Santina and Marley as Morgan and Lua

 

The Daily Fashionista : Best Morgan-esque

 
Between Laundry Days : Have My Own Conversations

Eat Sleep Wear : My Furry Accessory 

Tomorrow Never Knows : Emily and Hurley

 

My Edit : Sisters From a Different Mister

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

Clyde's Rebirth fish pendant goes to Santina from Style by Santina!
Tree & Kimball morgan necklace goes to Clare from Between Laundry Days!
Clyde's Rebirth $20 gift certificate goes to Jentine from My Edit!
Tree & Kimball $20 gift certificate goes to Emily from The Daily Fashionista!

Congratulations ladies!! Thank you so much for entering and don't forget to send me the links when you post pictures wearing your new jewls! 

One of these lovely ladies was hand picked by me and the rest were chosen using random.org. The entries were numbered by the order the comments were received in on the original giveaway post.

I'd also like to thanks Merl and Lisa for being such amazing ladies to work with! You should make sure to check out Merl's post "morganesque." as well. She wasn't entered in the contest, for obvious reasons, but if she was there would have been some serious competition!
Merl and Lisa create some of the most beautiful jewelry, and are certainly my favorite places to shop when I'm looking to add new jewls to my collection. Even if you didn't enter, or win, please head over to their shops to check out some more gorgeous pieces!

Tree & Kimball  -  Clyde's Rebirth

One Year

One year ago today I published my very first post. I can't believe it's been an entire year. So much has happened. I've shared, traveled, and posed my way through all of it. This blog has had a bigger impact on my life in this past year than I ever thought possible. One of the main reasons is because of all the wonderful people I've met since I started Morgan and Lua.

In order to celebrate and show some appreciation to everyone who I have come to know in the last year, I decided to host a giveaway. I contacted two of my favorite, not to mention very talented lady friends, Merl of Clyde's Rebirth and Lisa of Tree & Kimball. They did not disappoint.

Merl created a Morgan inspired pendant necklace in the likeness of one of my favorite pieces from her shop. There's a single fish nestled among an assortment of real sea shells and gold toned vintage chains. I wear my fish pendant nearly every chance I get. It adds a unique touch to the simplest outfits and makes me feel extra special every time I wear it.

A few months ago Lisa created this vintage inspired lace necklace and named it after me. The olive toned lace and blush colored pearls fit in seamlessly with my personal style, which is one of the reasons this necklace has become a staple in my wardrobe. I get so many compliments when I wear it because it's such a striking and original piece. 

    

To enter: 

Show me your best Morgan and Lua -esque post. I've definitely developed some repetitive styles in the last year, so for this giveaway I decided it would be fun to ask you to try and incorporate some of those in a post of your own. 

You could do a post including things like the following: a chambray shirt, lace up booties, layers, pendant necklaces, cuffed pants, neutral colors, or things like posing with your pet, talking a lot about tea, playing up your bangs, copying some of the locations I've been in etc. etc. It's completely up to your interpretation. I want it to be fun, so the criteria isn't strict at all. Whatever you do, if you can relate it back to this blog it will work! 

Post the look on your blog along with a link to this giveaway. Then leave a link to your interpretation post in the comment section of this post and you'll be entered! (Feel free to leave other comments as well. I'll go through and renumber all the entries once the giveaway comes to a close.)

One winner will be hand picked by me and the other winner will be drawn randomly. In order to further boost the incentive the hand picked winner will get first choice to pick which one of these beautiful necklaces they want.

I'll showcase all the looks on the blog and announce the winners on April 22nd! You have almost four full weeks to plan, photograph, and post to your blog. 

I'm hoping this giveaway will be a great way to meet new blogging friends, get some lurkers to come out of hiding, and give my current blogging buddies a free pass to poke a little fun at me (keep it friendly please!). This is meant to be light hearted, and I just want everyone to have fun while trying to win some free and AMAZING jewelry made by some of the most gifted ladies I know. 

I couldn't think of a more perfect way to use these beautiful pieces than to give them away to some of the people who have been beyond incredible and so supportive of me in this past year. Thank you times a million and good luck!

 

Clyde's Rebirth   -   Tree & Kimball

Enter away. Tweet, re-tweet, tell a friend, call a neighbor, blog about it to your heart's content. Big thanks to Merl for creating the collage for me! I don't know what I'd do without all the talented, inspiring, and creative friends I've been lucky enough to meet through this community in the past year. Heart you girls.

New Year's Eve

I'm guest posting for Kristina from Pretty Shiny Sparkly today. These pictures were taken a few weeks ago when I was in Philly visiting Kim and her beau. It just so happens that I'm back in Philly right now to ring in the new year. I guess I just couldn't get enough. 

While in town my last trip I also met up with Lisa from Tree & Kimball. She gifted me this amazing deadstock vintage sweater. It is so soft and my absolute favorite olive green color. She couldn't have found anything better for me. 

Head over to Kristina's blog to check out a few more pictures and read a little about my feelings on dressing pretty, shiny, and sparkly. Nothing like my standard sunglasses, wrapped scarf, cropped pants, and booties to lead me into the new year. 

Thank you so much Kristina for letting me be a part of your blog for the day! It was alot of fun and I am so lucky to be in the company of such amazing guest posters. I hope you're having a wonderful time in Norway and enjoying the heaps of snow, time with family, and much deserved relaxation. 

Happy New Year's Eve everyone! I will definitely be celebrating tonight. Especially while in the company of two of my very favorite people, Kim and Merl, that I've met these past few months blogging. This year has certainly been quite a wild ride and nothing like I ever would have imagined. I think it's because of those reasons why I'm so grateful for everything that has come my way through this community. Feel free to look through my archives, but I feel like my "real blogging life" didn't actually start until August (ehem). I'm absolutely looking forward to starting a new year with all the amazing changes that have come into my life. I can't wait. 

I promised to announce the winner of the $50 giveaway to either Tree & Kimball or Tree & Kimball Market Etsy shops today. So (drumroll please) the winner is:

Congratulations Annie! I hope it gives you an extra reason to celebrate tonight, well that and the baby on the way and the husband, you have alot to celebrate tonight!

Thank you so much to everyone who has come into my life by way of this blog. These past few months would have been greatly different without you. Happy happiest New Year. 2011 here we come. 

A Merry Gift

Merry merry everyone. I wanted to do something special this year for all the new friends I've found over the last ten months I've been blogging. Since I can't exactly give everyone an extra special long holiday hug I had to think of the next best thing. How about $50 to spend on vintage clothing or handmade jewelry? 

 

 

For this huge thank you gift I decided to contact Lisa from both Tree & Kimball and Tree & Kimball Market to offer a special giveaway from yours truly. Since I'm not exactly sure what you wanted this year I thought it would be best to give some credit to spend in either of her amazing shops.

 

 

The giveaway will be open until December 31st, New Years Eve. I hope it will give someone an extra reason to celebrate that night. One winner will be chosen randomly and will get a $50 credit to spend in either the vintage or handmade jewelry shop.

 

 

To throw your name in the figurative hat leave a comment below! You don't have to say anything special unless you want to. If that's the case feel free to share a special memory from the past year, or what you're grateful for, or how much you love Lua even though you've never met her, or you know whatever.

Tree & Kimball • Tree & Kimball Market

I hope in some small way this giveaway represents the huge thank you hug I would give all of you if I could. Merry merry everyone!!