Introducing Embellish Essentials

Life has been a *little* busy for me the past couple of months. I relocated to a brand new city, started a new job, and added a new side business into the mix “for fun.” I wanted to share a little about that new side venture of mine both as a way of explaining my absence from the blog for a few weeks and to hopefully provide you with some new “creative entertaining” inspirations.

My new venture is an Etsy store that I’m running with a good friend of mine. Etsy is an online marketplace where people can buy and sell handmade goods. Never in my life have I seen so many amazing talents and passions lived out by so many people in one place! My passion is for special events, and my friend’s is for creative design. We are also recovering scrapbooking addicts, so what you get when you put the two of us together is a hybrid of fun, creativity, and functionality. Our store is called Embellish Essentials. We aim to sell handmade party supplies, décor, gifts, and much more. The Etsy store is a creative outlet for us, albeit one that consumes quite a bit of time and energy. :-)

What's in a name? Embellish Essentials was created with the philosophy that there are just some things you just can't live without, and when those things are in your life, they "embellish" it by adding a little something special...

So here's the exciting part! If you are interested in learning more and/or coming along on the journey with us, I invite you to participate in a giveaway opportunity from Embellish Essentials. Our giveaway runs from Sunday, November 14, 2010 from 1:00 PM (PST) until Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 1:00 PM (PST). Winner will be notified by 5:00 PM (PST) on Sunday, November 21, 2010. Winner will be randomly drawn from all entries and will win the fabulous Essentials pack shown below! (Sorry, at this time we are only able to ship the prize to addresses within the United States and outlying territories.)

Essentials pack includes Cupcakes recipe book, mini cupcake pan, polka dot cupcake wrappers, $15 iTunes gift card, $10 Embellish Essentials store certificate, ceramic travel mug, candy cane truffle coffee, Trader Joe's milk chocolate bar, Orbit gum, and pink and black tote bag... all of which happen to be things we consider to be "ESSENTIALS" :-)

You will receive one entry for each of the following actions:

-- Become a fan on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and add us to your favorites list on Etsy (if you have already done so, you are entered!) [up to three entries!]
-- Tweet about us (be sure to include @embellishinc in your tweet) [unlimited entries!]
-- Refer your friends; tell them to leave us a comment or message on FB, Etsy or Twitter telling us you referred them (one entry for EACH friend you refer!) [unlimited entries!]
-- Just for you bloggers, if you post this giveaway on your blog and leave me a comment here with a link to view it, we'll give you three entries PER POST [unlimited entries!]

Easy, right?? No limit on the total number of entries you can have. Good luck!!

This has been a labor of love for the past couple of months (yes, WHILE I was in the process of moving), so I really appreciate you helping me get the word out. Plus, the giveaway is just plain FUN! Who doesn't like free stuff?? :-)

Thank you so much for your support!