Giveaway! Blog Designs Etc.

April Showers Blog Design is having a HUGE giveaway and celebrating her OPEN waiting list that starts January 1st! April not only does blogs - but also invitations, announcements, calendars, cards, business cards, custom illustrations, and so much more! Just by pasting this paragraph on my blog I'm a winner! www.aprilshowersblogdesign.com




I am so excited about this!! The sooner you comment, the better your prize!! So hurry!


Love,
Newlyidentified

And the Winner Is...

Thanks for random.org I was able to find a winner from commenter #12. Congratulations FutureMama for being the winner of my first giveaway! You must be getting karma for all of the giveaways you are doing, haha. I hope you love your new Mary Kay products perfect for your eyes, and perfect for traveling. Don't forget you also get a 50% off coupon for one item on my Mary Kay website, www.marykay.com/analeehjelm, which will never expire.


Are you sad you didn't win? Don't worry, I already thought about another way I could say thank you to the rest of my readers. For ONE WEEK I am going to allow ALL of my readers to get 50% off their entire order by mentioning "Newlyidentified" in the comments section of your order. This offer expires Friday, September 18th, 2009. I'm so excited to share this with you, I don't even care if you share this deal with your friends!

Thank you everyone for your participation in my first giveaway, and for all of the advice that you gave me. You guys are great! I look forward to future giveaways.

Home Again - First Giveaway!

It feels really good to be home again, especially after being away for nearly a month. Everything is jumping right into full swing. My husband is back in school and has started work already, and I am frantically running errands and trying to get everything in order again. I am extremely grateful that I have not lined up a job yet, because somehow I am filling every single minute of my time. How does that happen so easily? It seems that no matter how hard you try to avoid exactly that, it still happens.

I want to share some great advice that I received when I was running my own successful business as a Mary Kay Consultant, going to school full-time, and working another job.

Instead of making a huge To-Do list that never seems to get done, every night plan your "6 Most Important Things" list for the next day. It helps you focus on the important things, rather than fill your time with the less important ones. Plus, you feel great when you actually accomplish your list!

I'm always looking for great tips on how to stay organized, be healthy, or be financially smart when life is busy! This little tip has helped me many times. Today my list read (in no particular order of importance): 1. Workout, 2. Redo My Resume, 3. Get organized with Credit Cards, 4. Take Chair to Grandma's House, 5. Buy Fertilizer and Bug Killer for my Flowers, and 6. Shop for New Bedding. That list is totally manageable, right!?

In celebration of the "going back to school" or "things are chaotic" season, I have decided to sponsor my very first giveaway. I have recently relaunched my Mary Kay business! In celebration--and because I love you and think you deserve to be pampered--I am going to giveaway a Mary Kay gift AND a 50% OFF Coupon to one of my followers. You can flip through the latest catalog here. Most of all, I just want to say thank you to everyone who reads this blog and bounces their thoughts around with me.

Do you want some awesome FREE product that will make you feel pampered?! This Giveaway will end on Wednesday, September 9th, 2009. I will select the winner using Random.org. Here is how you enter:

To qualify you must:
1. Follow my blog, comment for your first entry.
2. Leave a comment sharing some advice on "how to stay organized, be healthy, or be financially smart when life is busy!"

For additional entries comment again if:
3. You tweet/facebook about this giveaway (each day you get an extra entry!), please say:
"I just entered to win a Mary Kay gift on @newlyidentified's first #giveaway!! New Blogger=Great Odds! Enter here http://tinyurl.com/nd3r9g"
4. You become a fan on Facebook.
5. You favor me on Technorati.
6. You subscribe to my blog.

The Remodel

I was fortunate enough to WIN this beautiful blog design by The Design Girl (TDG). I participated in the giveaway BabyMakinMachin was having last week, and was the lucky winner of a blog remodel! I love it! The new look feel fresh, and makes me feel more at home with my blog. I feel a little inspired, and I can't wait to get this rolling.

Are you proud of your blog design? Would you like a remodel yourself? Lucky for you, TDG is doing a giveaway of her own right now! I recommend you zip on over there and make sure you're entered in it!