Alrighty, so I randomly picked (okay, a plugin picked) out of all of your comments to win these table numbers and the winner is….
Rachael, who said…
Congratulations Rachael! I will be emailing you shortly for your address! And to all you who entered, thank you SO much for the sweet words and for helping to spread the word about ELD! I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you! I love you all! :)
[This giveaway is now closed. Love the table numbers? You can find them available for purchase in my Etsy shop!]
It’s TIME! In honor of Every Last Detail’s 2 year Blogiversary, I’m doing a GIVEAWAY! It’s true, I usually don’t do giveaways here on ELD, but this time it’s special. I want to thank you all for being such awesome readers, and so I’m giving away 15 of these acrylic table numbers!
The font of these table numbers is a modern block, in white. The winner of this giveaway will receive 15 numbers- and if you have more than 15 tables, no worries- we’ll work something out! ;) So if you think these table numbers would be perfect for your wedding, or even for a friend’s wedding, go ahead and enter!
I have a few different ways to enter. When you complete each, just leave a comment on this post- each comment will count as an entry!
1. Comment on this post with why you love Every Last Detail, how it’s helped you in planning your wedding, and/or what you hope to see more of on ELD in the future!
2. If you tweet, follow me and @ELDBlog and tweet, “Happy Blogiversary to @ELD_Lauren! I want to win these table numbers! http://ow.ly/7RXJi”
3. If you’re a Facebook-er, Like ELD, and then tag Every Last Detail in a status saying, “Happy Blogiversary to Every Last Detail! I want to win these table numbers! http://ow.ly/7RXJi”
4. And just for the heck of it, if you don’t already, go ahead and follow me on Pinterest and pin an image from this post!
So there you have it- 4 chances for entries to win these table numbers! For the methods that require you to go elsewhere and tweet, Facebook, or pin, don’t forget to comment here saying you did it! :) So now go on and get your entries in and tell your friends! A winner will be announced on Monday the 12th!
December 7, 2011 2:18 pm
I love ELD! I religiously check it every morning! My fave post for the details to love, everything is so unique and I get so many fun ideas for my upcoming wedding!December 7, 2011 2:20 pm
I am following ELD on Twitter and tweeted about this awesome giveaway!December 7, 2011 2:22 pm
I liked ELD on FB! and Posted about this awesome giveaway!December 7, 2011 2:22 pm
Well, i am a pinterest addict so of course I will pin this!December 7, 2011 4:08 pm
I have pinned this awesome giveaway and followed you on pinterest!December 7, 2011 4:13 pm
I am a modern bride with an eclectic style. Well I refer to myself as such because I incorporate all styles into my personal style. I would love to see more low-budget friendly wedding DETAILS. What an awesome sight so much inspiration who could not focus on EVERY LITTLE DETAIL!December 7, 2011 4:15 pm
I tweeted you :)December 7, 2011 4:19 pm
I love Every Last Detail! :) I check it every day, I love how beautiful the photos are, and I am always looking for unique ideas. It just really gets me in the wedding planning mood :)December 7, 2011 4:22 pm
I just started using ELD! It's fantastic with ideas for everything!!!December 7, 2011 4:45 pm
Love Every Last Detail it's such an inspiration and I've got TONS of ideas for my wedding in February :), THANKS!December 7, 2011 5:31 pm
ELD is so great for ideas for my future wedding. i find myself noting so many great ideas i get from the awesome blog posts. keep up the great work!December 7, 2011 7:18 pm
I love ELD! I check it every night after I get home from work. I love all the different styles of weddings, the inspirations and all the tips! One of my favorite wedding sites!December 7, 2011 9:04 pm
love eld because of the practical advice; more than just pretty pictures. hope I win the giveaway!December 7, 2011 9:06 pm
love eld for the practical tips; more than just pretty pictures. hope i win the giveaway!December 7, 2011 10:16 pm
What an amazing giveaway for one lucky bride! Those tables numbers are so unique and chic :) Happy blogging anniversary eld xoDecember 7, 2011 10:34 pm
I read ELD every day, it's on my Google Reader so I can make sure not to miss a single post! I love your Thursday Tips the best. I appreciate the straight talk and insight.December 7, 2011 10:36 pm
I am also following you on Pinterest! I can't believe I wasn't before. I am addicted.December 7, 2011 10:36 pm
I AM ALSO NOW FOLLOWING BOTH YOU AND THE BLOG ON TWITTER, AND I TWEETED THE MESSAGE! THANKS.December 7, 2011 10:37 pm
FORGOT TO MENTION MY TWITTER HANDLE -- @CHRISTINAINESDecember 7, 2011 10:54 pm
i am in love with every last detail, from simple ideas to the more important everything is always so unique for each bride and her wedding day i have attained so many ideas from this site, it was def. the most helpful with finding my flower combo. eld rocks!December 7, 2011 11:30 pm
ELD has given me so many great ideas for my big day!! wITH SO MANY BIG DECISIONS TO MAKE IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOUR WEBSITE HERE TO INSTRUCT ME ON HOW TO DO EVERYTHING!December 7, 2011 11:39 pm
I just put your link on my facebook!! I am hoping it also attracts my other newly engaged friends to your page because it is so wonderful!!December 7, 2011 11:40 pm
Pinterest is what brought me to your website in the first place!! And now I follow you! Would love these table numbers can not wait to see who wins!!December 8, 2011 1:13 am
I love all of the beautiful weddings and great posts you put up each week!December 8, 2011 8:51 am
Love ELD! Congratulations!December 8, 2011 10:46 am
I <3 ELD! My mom & sister are hooked as well, they tell me ideas for my wedding they saw on this blog & I tell them I already have it pinned :) The photos are amazing and the advice and tips are extremely helpful. I tell anyone that gets engaged to check out this blog, because its fabulous!December 8, 2011 10:47 am
Just Pinned the table number photo :)December 8, 2011 10:58 am
Just re-posted onto Facebook :)December 8, 2011 2:25 pm
Love ELD! It's where I can always count on fabulous little inspirational ideas, not just for the wedding but for many parties as well. Always something you can borrow from and make your own!December 8, 2011 4:20 pm
I've been looking at this blog before I met my now Fiance and it has helped me so much in how I've gone about wedding planning and how to keep a cool head being engaged (and having a happy time on my wedding day knowing it was my day so well planned and exactly what I wanted thanks to ELD Blog). I put the statuses on my twitter and my facebook and I'm working on Pininterest right now. :)December 8, 2011 7:21 pm
I found ELD after getting engaged just 3 weeks ago! The pictures are inspiring, and I'd love to see more budget-friendly ideas, particularly for invitations! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!December 8, 2011 7:27 pm
I have pinned an image, and I'm now a follower too!December 9, 2011 4:56 pm
I love ELD because you always have huge, beautiful inspiration pictures in your posts. Your commentary is always on point, complimentary, but not overly...frou frou (if that makes sense).December 11, 2011 11:30 pm
I am totally obsessed with ELD! Every since I've been engaged I've been checking in everyday to get unique ideas for my own wedding. I would love our wedding to be as pretty and elegant as the ones that you feature.. I would love to see more real wedding and some DIY's.December 11, 2011 11:39 pm
I follow you @mskenyaf and tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/MsKenyaF/status/146086050434007040
I have the winner of last week’s giveaway for you! The winner will be receiving the new book “How I Planned Your Wedding” and $50 Sephora gift card!
And the winner is….
Congratulations Melissa! I will be emailing you, so keep an eye out for my email! And for everyone who entered the giveaway, thank you so much! If you would still like the book, you can find it here!
It’s Thursday, and because on Thursday I like to stick to more of an “advice” theme, I thought a giveaway for this new book, “How I Planned Your Wedding” would fit in perfectly!
I’ll be honest- at first I was skeptical of this book, as I am with all “wedding planning” books, mostly because the ones that I read didn’t help me at all in planning my own wedding. But when I actually flipped through “How I Planned Your Wedding” and read a few pages, I was sold. Mostly because it’s written by a mother and her daughter about their experience in planning a wedding together. I planned my wedding with my mother (and a planner) and let me tell you- it was an interesting experience. :)
So what is “How I Planned Your Wedding” all about?
You basically join Elizabeth (the daughter) and her mother (Susan) through the process of planning her wedding. It’s always helpful to learn from other people’s experiences, and Elizabeth shares all of hers in the book! From choosing a dress and bridesmaids and finding a wedding planner to gift registries, thank you notes, and the day of the wedding, there is a lot of “real bride” advice in this book- and stories to back it all up too!
Elizabeth’s mom, Susan, shares her own perspective with other mothers of the bride, suggesting they try to provide a sea of calm and maintain the voice of reason—even as they waffle between delight at their daughter’s happiness and denial that they can’t be old enough to be the mother of a bride. It’s absolutely perfect to share with your mom!
Before I get down to business with the giveaway, I thought I would share some excellent advice from the mother & daughter authors:
The single best piece of advice that Elizabeth gives a bride: DON’T FREAK OUT. No matter what happens, or how much you want to stab your mother, your wedding will be the happiest day of your life. Just keep your eye on the prize. And the prize is not the $15,000 Oscar de la Renta gown; it’s the man with tears in his eyes watching you walk down the aisle to become his wife.
Why Elizabeth recommends a wedding planner: I was planning the wedding while living in Chicago, and I needed people on the ground in Seattle. A good wedding planner pays for herself many times over, and that was definitely my experience with my team. In the end, they managed to negotiate some amazing deals for us that saved thousands of dollars—way more than they cost. Also, they kept me from going all Exorcist on my mom when we were disagreeing with one another.
The single best piece of advice for the mother of the bride: Don’t ever lose sight of the ultimate goal of this whole process–the launching of a magnificent new love. If you’re doing something that doesn’t nudge you toward that goal, like shrieking over the cost of vegan cupcakes, stop and take a breath. And above all, leave the Spanx at home. Nobody will think less of you if you forget to put on your Spanx.
EXCELLENT advice from both of them! From what I’ve seen, most of the time brides and mothers ask their friends about their own wedding experiences and then base their decisions on that. “How I Planned Your Wedding” will definitely provide some great insight for a bride and her mom who are working together to plan a wedding!
And now for the giveaway! In addition to receiving a copy of “How I Planned Your Wedding”, the winner will also receive a $50 Sephora gift card! Um, I wish I could win!! :) So here are ways you can enter to win:
1. Comment on this post with why you and your mom would love to have this book.
2. Become a fan of ELD on Facebook and post a status update with “I want to win ‘How I Planned Your Wedding’ and a Sephora gift card on Every Last Detail!” tagging Every Last Detail, and then commenting again on this post.
3. Follow ELD on Twitter and tweet “I want to win ‘How I Planned Your Wedding’ and a Sephora gift card on @ELD_Lauren!” and of course comment again on this post.
So you have 3 ways that you can enter. You can do just one or you can do all 3! The more entries, the better chance you have of winning! :) The winner will be announced Monday of next week (the 23rd, also my anniversary)! So let the entries begin!
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored giveaway from Big Honcho Media and Every Last Detail. Every Last Detail has in actuality received and reviewed the featured giveaway product. Big Honcho Media is responsible for providing the winner with the prize.
May 19, 2011 10:29 am
My mother and I would love to have this book to giggle about what we have in common with the stories. it looks great - thanks!May 19, 2011 10:36 am
both My mom and I have never planned a wedding before...so we need all the help we can get!May 19, 2011 10:41 am
I would love to have this book because my mom is helping me right now plan my wdding, and if my teenage years are any indication of how it's going to be......we need all the advice we can get!!May 19, 2011 10:42 am
“I want to win ‘How I Planned Your Wedding’ and a Sephora gift card on Every Last Detail!” Tagged on FB :)May 19, 2011 10:43 am
This looks a planning book that actually might be fun to read!May 19, 2011 10:52 am
I actually just finished reading this book, I laughed and I cried many times. The relationship between Elizabeth and her Mommie is like a spitting image of my mommie and I. I would love to have an extra copy to send to my mother because I just can't seem to let mine go, I just know I'm going to read it over and over again throughout my wedding planning just to know I'm not crazy and neither is my mom.May 19, 2011 10:57 am
It would be so great to win this book!! I will have my wedding at my parents place and I leave 1500 km away!! So i am sure that i need some advices!May 19, 2011 10:57 am
my mom and i would love to have this book so we could reminisce about the things we did and didn't have disagreements about! haha.May 19, 2011 10:59 am
This book seems like it would help both me and my mother. she and i are both very strong willed women and over the past few months since my engagement we've looked at each other like, are we related?! Even though we try to remind one another to focus on the main goal, i think reading another real-life experience would give us both the comfort of know that what we're going through is normal!!May 19, 2011 11:01 am
i think this book would be perfect for both me and my mother. since my engagement, we've looked at each other asking, "are we really related?" we try hard to remind each other of the main purpose of my wedding, but i think reading another real-life experience would help remind us both that what we're going through is "normal."May 19, 2011 11:20 am
My mother and I would love to have this book!! She is not only planning one wedding this year but two!! My sister and I are both getting married. it would be great to have a resource like this to help us.May 19, 2011 11:27 am
would love to have this book because we would be able to laugh together and share memories. littlegray88 at yahoo dot comMay 19, 2011 11:28 am
My mom and I are really close and we can always use something to laugh about- or something that might lead us to a big "AHA!" moment for my wedding. :)May 19, 2011 11:29 am
I updated my status on Facebook and tagged ELD! I want that gift card and the book sounds hilarious!!May 19, 2011 11:31 am
I updated on FB and tagged ELD! :)May 19, 2011 11:53 am
Oh wow, this sounds so much like me and my mom! I love her to death, and i'm so grateful to have her help planning my September wedding, but there have been times when i've had to remind her that it's my wedding. So, this would definitely be a great read for us!May 19, 2011 11:55 am
This sounds so much like me and my mom. I'm so grateful to have her help planning my September wedding, but there have been times where I've had to remind her that it's my wedding. This would be a great, enlightening read for us!May 19, 2011 12:11 pm
My mom and I are planning my wedding 1700 miles away from the location! I need this book so we can sane and remember what the outcome should be...chic and glamourous!May 19, 2011 1:03 pm
I would give this book to my best friend who is getting married and i'm in her wedding! :)May 19, 2011 1:04 pm
I tweeted http://twitter.com/KrystalS/status/71259871646990336May 19, 2011 1:23 pm
Oh wow. I'm not engaged yet, but we are 5 years in and he's gotten approval from my parentals so fingers crossed that it's coming. My mom and i are very close. We are also on a budget and would prefer to either not have a wedding planner, or just use someone for the day of. I've been dreaming of planning my wedding with her for as long as I'm been dreaming of my wedding. I already have about 40 venues around the Tampa/St.Pete area to check out!May 19, 2011 1:25 pm
I follow you on Twitter and I just posted my status! http://twitter.com/#!/JLoBug/status/71265128296873984May 19, 2011 2:35 pm
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My mom has great taste, and i like to think i do too.. but we live 300 miles apart so wedding planning details get lost in translation. this would be super helpful for us, and something fun to laugh about!May 19, 2011 4:14 pm
I would love to have this book for my mom and I...we seem to have vastly different ideas when it comes to planning a weddingMay 19, 2011 4:40 pm
i'd love this book! I'm already having a hard time figuring it all out! i think it would help my mom and i's relationship knowing there are other people out there who also deal with the conflicts of planning a wedding and we're not crazy!May 19, 2011 8:43 pm
I just became a fan on Facebook!! :) I'd love to share this book with my mom ..... I get the impression she's feeling a bit left out of the planning (especially compared with when my sister was getting married) since I'm living in chicago and she's home in Michigan. I love her to pieces though and she has been my "person on the ground" up there .... a valuable helper that i couldn't do without!May 19, 2011 8:49 pm
I love reading other people's advice on how to plan a wedding.May 19, 2011 8:56 pm
I just became a fan on facebook!! (bout time, love your blog!) I'd love to share this book with my Mom as I get the impression she's feeling somewhat left out of the wedding planning process as I'm currently living in chicago and she's home in Michigan. I love her to pieces though and couldn't pull this off without her help as my "person on the ground" up there!May 19, 2011 9:14 pm
I tweeted!! http://twitter.com/#!/quinkatherine/status/71383136096882689May 19, 2011 9:17 pm
I would love to win this!! I saw the book at the bookstore the other day when I was snooping in the wedding section! I feel like if I bought them all, I'd blow half my wedding budget! This book looks great!! My mom certainly needs it.. she is on her way to owning stock in spanx with many MANY options for the wedding! oye!May 20, 2011 12:02 am
I'm a fan of ELD on Facebook & I posted the message: http://www.facebook.com/calidreamin87/posts/219665504719635May 20, 2011 9:28 am
I would love to win this book in order to share with my mom the experience we are starting to embark on. I am the only girl in my family and the fact that i am getting married is both an exciting time and a hard time in order for my mother to let me go. This will give us one last thing to share with each other as we both go on planning such an important day!May 20, 2011 9:30 am
Just became a Fan/Liked ELD on Facebook! Status update as well!May 20, 2011 11:47 am
this book sounds like it would be extremely helpful, especially considering it is a mother/daughter team planning the wedding. Insights on how to make decisions with different opinions would be amazing!May 20, 2011 1:06 pm
My mom and I are in the middle of planning my wedding right now...she's a DIY queen and I'm worried about logistics. We need all the help we can get!May 20, 2011 5:38 pm
My mother is my best friend and i want nothing but to share my wedding with her in the best way possible. it's already hard enough just naming her my matron of honor! this book is definitely something the two of us would devour.May 20, 2011 6:44 pm
I would love to get this book! i think it would be a great help when trying to plan my wedding because my mom will be there through the entire process. Thanks!May 20, 2011 6:45 pm
I tweeted the giveaway!! @meganegibson20May 22, 2011 11:39 pm
I planned a friend's wedding awhile back but could always use help for my own :).May 22, 2011 11:51 pm
My mom and I would love this book because I am her only daugther & her only child and reading and planning my wedding is going to be amazing!! Thanks for a lovely giveaway! kfloveinme(at)gmail(dot)comMay 22, 2011 11:52 pm
I follow you & tweeted @mskenyaf http://twitter.com/#!/MsKenyaF/status/72509424102686722May 23, 2011 8:14 am
I want to win this for my best friend. She is getting married and has a bit of the bridal blues..no one is making her feel special and this would be a nice pick me up!May 23, 2011 8:16 am
http://twitter.com/#!/Superfrugalette/status/72636758474506240 Super Frugalette is following you on Twitter.May 23, 2011 12:59 pm
My mom and I would love this book because we love weddings. We watch say yes To The Dress. She tells me of all the things she would help me in, and then we get teary eye together. My mom and I would have so much fun together because of the bookMay 23, 2011 1:10 pm
I liked ELD FB and did my status http://www.facebook.com/krispytincan/posts/161848530545115May 23, 2011 1:11 pm
I am following you on twitter as KrispyTinCan and i tweeted http://twitter.com/KrispyTinCan/status/72710955288641536July 13, 2011 3:55 pm
My mom and I will planning my wedding long distance as I'm in grad school and she is two states away. We would love to have a book that is helpful and joyful!July 22, 2011 1:18 am
This book seems absolutely necessary because it's only 2 weeks in and my mother is already texting myself and my fiance nonstop--she has also been acting quite a bit like a diva. this would be really helpful and might calm things down.July 22, 2011 10:18 pm
My mom and I are both leos and tend to either get along swimmingly or butt heads! This would be a great way to focus together, because she will be helping a lot!September 9, 2011 11:45 am
I would love to win this book so that my & I can get a different perspective on how to plan my wedding. She has been great so far and this would help even more. Thanks for this contest!October 3, 2011 10:49 pm
my mom would've loved this book if she were still living. unfortunately, she passed away when i was a sophomore in high school. now i have adoptive mothers trying to fill the void. they could really use the support of some great written advise.
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