the raddest accessory: a tumbleweeds giveaway

who wants to be a million times more awesome?  then you need these sunglasses.  my friends at tumbleweeds handcraft not only let me co-design a pair of sunglasses, but they were generous enough to offer up a pair of the danielle clubmasters to one lucky winner!  see the entry rules below to get your name in the drawing!

the danielle clubmaster sunglasses are handcrafted with walnut and maple inlays on the temples and arms, and are offered in a super limited quantity (aside from this giveaway), which makes them even more special!

here's how to enter:
1 entry (MANDATORY): leave a comment with your email addy or some way for me to contact you if you win.

additional entries (leave a separate comment for each):
-visit the tumbleweeds shop and leave a comment telling me your favorite item.
-tweet about this giveaway and leave me a link to the tweet.
-follow the tumbleweeds blog and leave a comment letting me know you did (or already do).
-follow this blog and leave a comment letting me know you did.
-leave a comment telling me what your dream sunglasses would look like if you could design them.

i feel like such a celebrity

i'm SO excited to finally be able to share this secret with you guys - i've been working with two of my favorite people (beca and doug) on one amazing pair of sunglasses to be sold in limited quantities.  and how exciting is it that they're named after me?!  amazing, right?!  i feel famous.  they're currently on sale on fab, and i'd be lying if i said i hadn't checked two ten or more times to see if they'd sold out.

the danielle sunglasses are handcrafted with walnut and maple in the clubmaster style, and i think my favorite part is the two-tone arms.  as always, it was so much fun working with tumbleweeds (because it's no secret i'm beca's number one internet stalker, i mean fan), and being able to see the finished product as well as the other blogger-designed styles!

now i know what you're probably thinking; 1. wow, those danielle sunglasses are fantastic.  you'd be right, they ARE fantastic.  2. these pictures look a lot better than what i'm used to seeing on danielle's blog.  you'd be right again, and i can thank mr. douglas switalski the first, photography master inc., tm, etc. for making me look like a model!  i felt like i was drunk on giggle juice though because i hate being in front of the camera, but that doug is one talented guy to take pictures that don't make me look nearly as awkward as i felt!

fly, fly away: an outfit post

you won't see me wearing jeans often, and that's because i don't like them and they don't like me. genetics deprived me of the highly-coveted twig thighs, and because of that i always think jeans make me look ridiculous. but sometimes i'm just too lazy to shave my legs so it's a jean day whether i like it or not. sometimes it's also a good day to pretend you're a bird (translation: if you're prone to falling, like me, just play it off like you've got wings and are flying) and maybe people won't recognize you're actually clumsy as show in exhibit a:

sweater: target, bird blouse: vintage/gift from beca, belt: vintage/thrifted, jeans: target, boots: vintage/thrifted

yes, i was actually falling in the first picture, but it looks like i was just enjoying a day of flapping, right? i thought it only fitting seeing as how i was wearing a shirt covered in birds. speaking of that shirt, i got a package from my good pal beca, and in it was that awesome shirt, plus an AMAZING pair of sunglasses from the tumbleweeds new spring line! i cartwheeled and air punched for hours after opening it, because how much better can a package get?!

so how was your weekend? mine was really nice. chris was gone from about 6am to 10pm on saturday which meant i had the house all to myself; the perfect setting for watercolor painting and singing songs from grease. on sunday we did what we always do when we have date day: we ate too much, then followed it up with an unhealthy dose of eating some more. we also planned where we're going next week for lunch, and my mouth is already watering thinking about the roasted red pepper humus. now you can see why i'm so anal about staying on schedule with running.

i hope you're having a nice start to your week, and to make it a little brighter, be sure to enter yourself to win the $25 gift card giveaway before it ends on wednesday!

these just make my face happy.

hey friends! i hope your weekend was as cram packed full of sheer awesomeness as mine was. you want to know one really exciting thing that happened on saturday? when i went to the mailbox i saw that there was a package from my sweet friend beca, and before i even opened it i was giggling and squealing like a school girl around boys. i wasted no time ripping in to it to discover i had my very own pair of wood grain sunglasses! WOOOOO! some women like diamonds and manicures, but not me, i much prefer sunnies! i'm still so excited, and i couldn't wait to take pictures to share. the sunglasses beca makes are not only awesome and unique, but totally unisex uniSEXY, and even look good on dogs!

awesome, right? you can find them in beca's shop in different styles and colors! and can you believe she makes them?! i'm impressed. so is kona...or maybe he's just a stoner (which he seriously looks like in that picture).

well, i'm putting on my big girl pants and acting like an adult tonight (if all goes well) because i'm going to a book club this evening, and i'm pretty nervous. i know one person, sarah, but the rest are strangers, so wish me luck! since my mouth has no filter and not everyone gets my sense of humor, i realize it's a possibility i could make a complete fool of myself...