Blog celebration + give away!

so  D o m e s t i c  s t o r i e s  are celebrating!

what are they celebrating?

&

eventually what am I as their editor, writer & godmother celebrating?

let's see together, shall we?

cause most important of all, 

all this is taking place thank's to 

YOU!

You, Domestic stories and I are celebrating:

~ almost a year since the first "Welcoming" post back on the 10th of August 2010

~ more than 200 blog followers (currently 221)

~ more than 444 {currently 472} fans on the Facebook page created just 3 months ago,

~ more than 1320 people favoriting our respective etsy shop New Ivy Style {newivystyle}

~  addition of our shop to more than 611 circles since it reopened this April

{these etsy treasuries we are creating are making us quite popular & beloved indeed!}

~ 40 etsy Front pages

~ around 2830 hearts for the 54 items currently available

~ almost 1.500.000 views of my personal flickr acccount since July 2009

~ a year of cooperating with Ikea Family Live

& new ones to be coming!

~ a few publications & mentions of printed press like {this} feature among others

~ numerous mentions & features

on interior design blogs

like decor8, Apartment therapy, sfgirlbybay & many wonderful others

{some are mentioned in the "elsewhere, thank you" section on the sidebar on your left}

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

and then apart from numbers

D o m e s t i c  s t o r i e s  are celebrating a year of sharing creativity, reality, life, happinesses, worries,

hard times, good times...

a year of sharing life through a lens, a screen, a couple of keys on a keyboard

&

 a very eager to place herself out there person,

communicating who she is, 

what she does

what she loves,

sharing her passions, her experiences, her insight, her bright & sometimes goofy moments,

 right here with people like you,

who are inspired by living a creative, beautiful life, no matter the odds

last but not least  D o m e s t i c  s t o r i e s  are celebrating a year of  l e a r n i n g

cause this online community has be proven to be a fantastic teacher,

with the most fabulous of classmates & friends!

so before I go on with announcing the presents awaiting you,

let me THANK YOU one more time for brigning me right here,

exactly where I am...

It is just the perfect place to go on with my life, wishes & dreams to be coming true one by one,

day by day...

........................................

.... so time to put the cleenex away and proceed with a festive mood!

Here it is dear all:

one lucky winner will receive a 

F E S T I V E   G O O D I E S  B A G 

 from  D o m e s t i c  s t o r i e s  including:

a. 2 prints of your choice

b.  one paper boat garland from the {three designs available},

with the ability to customise the order

c. a little notebook much like {this one} 

currently available only off line,

which can also be customised

d.  a little secret surprise you'll love

e. another little secret surprise you'll love even more ;)

...and because D o m e s t i c  s t o r i e s  believe that whoever joins us* here is entitled to receive a present and be a winner,

starting Monday the 1st of August until the 10th of August 2011,

you may be entering the shop with

the code

"DOMESTIC STORIES CELEBRATE"

and receive a 50% recuction to ALL items of the shop

{* s u b s c r i b e  to receive the posts by email, simply fill out THIS form}

.... so what do you think, are we festive enough?

here is a glimple of our  home decor shop:

.........

now... what do you need to do so that you are entitled to enter the give away

& use the reduction code?

1. follow D o m e s t i c  s t o r i e s  blog via google and/or networked blogs

2. "like" our FB page

3. visit our shop {right here}

4.  return + leave a comment that you follow & like us + share which

prints you'd like to win 

& 

which is your favorite paper boat garland from {these}

5. in the very probable case that you are already a blog follower & our FB liker,

simply share the link to this celebration on your wall

& tweet about it!

........

that's it my dears!

wishing everyone good luck!

The winner will be picked on the 11th of August 2011!

happy sharing with your friends & happy commenting!

and the loveliest of weekends ahead : )

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P.S: you wouldn't happen to be too shy to share an opinion on {this recent post} would you? ;)