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A BLEUBIRD GIVEAWAY - CLOSED.

today's giveaway is from stylemint, the coveted members only t-shirt brand designed by style icons mary-kate and ashley olsen. the tees are constructed out of premium cotton and are made with impeccable design to ensure the perfect fit. each month the stylemint tee's change but the prices stay the same, just $29.99 plus free shipping. recently stylemint has expanded their range to include a few select pieces other than their signature tees. here are some of my favorites...

stylemint is being extremely generous and offering up THREE TEES of the winners choice to FIVE different bleubird readers. yep, five of you will win three tee shirt credits to choose your favorite tees and stylemint will ship them to your door. that's a $90 value per winner, $450 total value. pretty sweet!

to enter please CLICK HERE to visit stylemint.com and sign up for FREE or sign in if you are already a member. you are not obligated to purchase a thing. then come back here and leave a comment below telling me your favorite. that's it! winners will be announced here next thursday 7/19 sunday 7/22, the date was extended. good luck and thanks for playing. 

not interested in the giveaway? click here to receive 20% off of your first purchase.

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the winners are... one: kinsey. two: elizabeth. three: tabetha. four: mairead mackenzie. five: brooke marrelli.
congratulations to you lucky ducks. for those of you who did not win click here for 20% off your first stylemint purchase. 

terms: this giveaway/stylemint is open to US residents only. all entrants must provide a valid email address and first name along with your comment entry. please avoid putting your contact information directly into your comment, winners could be posted publicly. once the giveaway has ended and winners are chosen, they are contacted via email and put in touch with the sponsor. bleubird does not handle nor distribute giveaway items at any time. giveaway items are directly distributed to the winners by the sponsors themselves. if a winner fails to claim their prize within 10 days, they forfeit their winnings and another winner is chosen and contacted via email. all winners are chosen randomly.

WHEN THE RAIN STOPPED.

a quick note: recently the image quality when uploading my photos to my blog has been extremely low. if you click on the actual photos themselves they will be viewable in their own window and there you can see the true quality of the images. i am working with typepad to fix this hiccup as soon as possible.

playing outside because the clouds gave us a break from the rain. we're wearing long sleeves and long pants to hide from those pesky skeeters. i got some wonderful tips on keeping the little suckers at bay... listerine in a spray bottle or a light spritz of equal parts water and vinegar, keeping dryer sheets in our pockets, lavender oil, vitamin B... so many great natural mosquito repellents. thank you.

birdie's wellies can be found here.

i will be back tomorrow with not one but two posts. one of them being a friday giveaway. see you then.

SO MUCH RAIN.

it has been pouring on and off for days. i have a love/hate relationship with this wet weather. i love it because it cools temperatures down a lot and with the heat that summer brings it's a nice break from the swelter. i also don't have to water most of my outdoor plants or my lawn, that is a great advantage. we get to wear our beloved wellies and there is puddle jumping to be done. things are green and lush and beautiful as opposed to when we have little to no rain and things are dry and brown. on the other hand there is not much day light, the gloom starts to creep in and shadow our house making it dark which in turn makes me feel lazy and complacent. we stay inside for the most part and most outdoor activities have to be put on hold. i crave chocolate and sweets. i don't know why this is, it just is. people can't drive in the rain which results in me honking my horn an obnoxious amount of times. but the main reason that i hate the down pour is because it brings a whole new generation of asshole mosquitoes. i loathe mosquitoes. in the days after the rainfall we are usually covered in bites. we itch, we hear buzzing in our ears, it is quite frustrating.

so here we are, stuck indoors, for the most part at least. and here we are having to keep ourselves entertained. birdie and i have read lots of books, watched too much netflix, played animal hospital, built block towers, ate cookies, listened to records, danced like crazy, threw pillows, threw food (her not me), we drew pictures, she chased the cat, she rode her scooter inside... it's been fun, but we are ready to go outside. we are ready for the sunshine to come back. we want to go on bike rides and walks, and swim and run in the sprinklers. it's supposed to rain through sunday. more lightning, more thunder, more wetness. ho hum.

...i think, as i type this, that i should get off this computer. i should go dress birdie and myself in some old clothes, wrangle up the husband, throw on our rain boots and go play in the puddles. we should take advantage of this cool, wet weather instead of complain about it. yep, that sounds good.

i'll be back.

update: back already (just fifteen minutes of being outside.) the rain had stopped and the mosquitoes were out and on a mission. drats.

COLOR.

we are slowly making progress on this house that we call home. we plan on staying put until next year. the baby is coming in october and we have the holidays shortly after that, so it makes sense for us to make this place a home until we decide that it's time to move on. i have been heavily inspired by dutch and swedish homes lately. the crisp white walls with big bursts of color. when we move i am excited to dive into the world of pretty wallpaper. a wall here and there, not the whole shebang. exciting stuff.

this is our kitchen. well, a piece of our kitchen. that wall used to be turquoise if you can remember. i fancy the white. just a simple coat of paint really transformed this space. i hung some old crocheted pot holders up last night that i found over the weekend. (ooh, i found so many wonderful treasures. i will share soon.) i kinda love them. aubrey is not so sure. what do you think?