Julep lovelies dance the polka!

Hey there, readers!   I was honored to receive 8 entries into the "Show me your mug" contest, and am awaiting a decision from the 3rd judge before the unveiling will happen!   I can tell you that you are gonna be blown away!

But while you're waiting, here's a quick post featuring the manicure I did for Julep's NOTD contest.  It features Julep's Samantha, Hayden, and Amy - all go on so nicely, too!   If you'd like to vote for my entry, you can do so up to once per hour by clicking here and then clicking "vote" - feel free to share it on your wall so your friends can get involved, too!

Special thanks to Mommy Does her Nails for loaning me Hayden and Amy for this one!

Show me your mug - contest!

Hi friends!   I was admiring my collection of mugs today.  I don't know if you love mugs the way I do, but I'm a huge fan.  Starbucks has a tenancy toward designs I like.  I like to eat soup or cereal from a mug rather than a bowl too.

So, it inspired a fun giveaway in my mind - show me your mug!  I want you to do a manicure inspired by a mug you love, photograph them together, and email them to me - then I will compile all the entries and choose a winner!   If I get more than 25 entries, I'll give away two prizes.  Here's the details;

*Email me your picture (to MamaCaswell@gmail.com) containing the mug & manicure you did inspired by it!

*Entries may be submitted until January 22nd 2012 (one per person, please!)

*Prize is $8.00 worth of nail polish and a mug that I choose from your awesome manicure and blog stalking ;)

*Myself and a panel of impartial judges (my best friends and darling daughter) will choose our favorite(s)

*I will post the winner (and all the amazing entries), and contact the winner by email - they will have 3 days to contact me back with their mailing address

ALSO one winner will be chosen for an additional prize - there are 3 ways to enter for the second prize.  The second prize will be chosen by random.org drawing, and you can gain a separate entry for each of these methods;
*Enter your mani to the contest
*Share publicly and leave a comment with a link via facebook
*Reblog about the contest, and leave a link in the comments on this post

Contest winners: July Comments and Peek a Boo Mani winner!

I used Random.org to choose my two contest winners today!  

First was the drawing for my monthly comment winner!  Anyone is eligible to enter this one, it happens EVERY month, and you just need to leave me a relevant or nice comment on any of my posts, you'll be automatically entered to win!  THAT'S IT!

Comment number 10 HAPPENS to be one of my really good friends, Serendipitously Create who runs Mommy Does her Nails.  You should check out her blog and follow, I happen to know she recently went dusty hunting and found something OSM!

Second drawing, is for my Peek A Boo mani givaway!  "Ace" is the winner here, and has until Wednesday to email me with an address to send the prize to, otherwise I'll redraw (since I have no way to contact this person directly).  Ace, leave a comment to let me know you'll be messaging me, and send an email to MamaCaswell@gmail. 

Congrats to the winners!