Hi all you lovelies! Today could be your lucky day…if you are one of the lucky winners of the Purple Lemon Designs stamp giveaway :)

One thing before I announce the winners…I hope everyone take a second to sign up for my e-newsletter list. I won’t bombard you with thousands of emails (I send less than one a month – more like one a quarter). You will get my exclusive sales and new product introductions. You can sign up by visiting my sign up page.

Now, it is time to announce our winners of a medium Purple Lemon Designs stamp:

Our first winner is rachel S. She said:

I really like the Medium Fleur de Lis Customized Address Stamp!
Thank you for the great giveaway!

The second winner is Gena. She said:

I love the Celebration Wreath Address Stamp. So adorable! Thanks for a chance to win :)

Last but certainly not least is Laura. She said:

I LOVE the Christmas wreath stamp! It would be the perfect finish for our Christmas cards!

I will be getting in touch with each of our winners today. Thanks so much to everyone for the wonderful comments. You have all made my week :) You are all so sweet!

Don’t worry…if you didn’t win, you can still purchase a stamp :) Take a look at my little shop, http://www.etsy.com/shop/purplelemondesigns, and pick your favorite. I would love to create the perfect Purple Lemon Designs stamp for your personality.

Thanks to all of you fabulous lemonheads!

Hello all you lovelies! I hope you are having a wonderful day. If you aren’t, maybe this little post will help make your day a little brighter.

To all of my regular readers…I am sorry that i have been scarce these days. Life as a pregnant lady with a “real job” and a home business has been overwhelming.

To all of you new visitors from the Nesting Place…Welcome! I am so glad that you have jumped over to join in the fun of my giveaway :)

Sooo, what am I giving away? Not one but 3 of my medium sized Christmas stamps! 3 winners will be able to choose their favorite Purple Lemon Designs Christmas stamp! (If you already have a Christmas stamp, I am sure I could be persuaded to giveaway one of my regular stamps.)

Here are a few of the designs you could win:

This is one of my brand new stamp designs, the Flourishes Christmas Tree Address Stamp.

This stamp is my best selling Christmas design, The Celebration Wreath Address Stamp.

This is also one of the Christmas favs, The Grinchy Christmas Tree Address Stamp. This the stamp I actually made for myself :)

Of course, there are many other stamp designs you might want to give for Christmas gifts (hint! hint!).

Then there are the Christmas cards…they have matching address stamps too!

So, what do you have to do to enter? Just leave a comment on this post and tell me what your favorite stamp or Christmas card from my shop is. You can view my shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/purplelemondesigns.

Pretty simple, right? The giveaway is open through Thursday, November 18th at midnight. I will announce the winners on Saturday, November 20th.

Don’t forget to go to the Nesting Place site and enter to win all of the other giveaways! Jump to the site here: http://thenester.com/. Good luck!

UPDATE: Thanks everyone for entering! Check back on Saturday for the winners!

Happy Thursday lovely lemonheads! Today I have a wonderful Etsy find for you. It is SimplyTempted, a bath and body shop run by the fabulous Karen. She makes the most wonderful smelling and beautiful soaps, lotions, scrubs and bath bombs you could imagine.

This Blackberry and Vanilla Bean Cream flavor is yummy!

I was frantically searching Etsy for a great Mother’s Day present for my mom and mother-in-law this year when I stumbled across SimplyTempted. I decided to give it a try! I ordered lots of luscious scrubs and lotions, and the two lovely ladies in my life adored them. Want to know the best part about it? I got to try some of the product myself because Karen includes lots of little samples for you to try.

Aren't these beautiful?

Those little samples led me to the discovery of the best body scrub…The Good Morning Grumpy Coffee Butter Sugar Scrub. It is to die for!

The best smelling scrub ever!

It starts out wonderfully grainy and turns into a foamy moisturizing delight…It makes my skin so hydrated and soft.

How pretty is this soap?

So, do yourself a favor and purchase some lovelies from Karen…I am a satisfied customer and you can be too!

SimplyTempted on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/SimplyTempted

SimplyTempted on Facebook: www.facebook.com/simplytemptedbathandbody

Hello all you lovelies. I hope you are all having a good start to summer. I am about to start laying some randomness on you with a new series I am starting…”What I’ve Been Thinking About.” I might be thinking business stuffs, personal stuffs and stuffs out of left field. These posts will probably be sporadic, but that keeps it super fun, right?

I have been thinking about media/press/product kits since I took the most wonderful Bakery Business course in the spring. I want to put one together, but I really don’t know where to start. I want to use it to take my business to the next level.

If you are unfamiliar with what one of these kits are/do, they are a kit that a business owner can send either by snail mail or by email to a blogger, magazine, etc. for your product or wares to be considered for publication. I think I would like both a digital and a hard copy version…What do you have?

I am so overwhelmed by this task, that I am considering hiring someone. Not only with the creation of it, but the distribution of it as well. I might ask those super fab ladies of the Bakery, Jaime and Erin, who they recommend. I just don’t want to get caught up with a PR person that wants to push my product to anyone without putting some thought into it.

So, do you have any smashing media kits that you would like to share? Did you hire someone to help you with your kit or are you a DIY kinda business owner?

I would love to see any kits you would like to share or any you think are just top notch. Also, any tips? You can email them to me at kelly {at} purplelemondesigns.com. I hope to hear from you!

Did you see this fabulous find in today’s Etsy Finds Email?

Rotating bike wheel pot rack via plaidclad on Etsy

This is the most genius reuse I have seen in a while. It spins, holds your pots, and it uses something that might have otherwise gone into the trash…Awesome!

Today, I am really excited to finally unveil a new line for Purple Lemon Designs. Hand-stamped journals! I have been working on illustrations and polling you guys for what seems like years {I know it is only months, but I have been so excited about this project!}, so this has really been a labor of love.

This project came about through need. I wanted a small Moleskine journal to take in my Bible to church, but I couldn’t find any artwork that expressed my faith. So, I thought, why can’t I make some with my designs on stamps? I created two scripture verse based designs for Bible study journals. Great for sticking inside a Bible for jotting notes and verses.

From there, I expanded the line to also include “regular” artwork journals too. I love to carry these little darlings around in my purse. So handy.

This hand-drawn illustration is full of lovely little curls and flowers wrapping around a saying I heard of all places on the last season of Project Runway – “Someday You Will Be Amazing” – don’t you just love that?

So that is my big news! To celebrate, I am running a special just for my faithful bloggy readers. Enter the code CELEBRATE in the notes to the seller in check out to get $2 off of each journal you purchase. Offer ends midnight CDT on Sunday, May 2, 2010. You can peruse my journals here.

So, I learned something interesting on the Etsy Forums the other day. There was a long discussion going about how to ship Internationally from the US without having to visit the post office. Today I am going to share with you.

Triple Postage Stamp Necklace by foxgloveaccessories

Here is how you do it:

Before you get started, you need to get customs forms and all increments of stamps {I purchased $1 stamps, 28¢, 5¢, 2¢, and 1¢ stamps}.

1. Use your scale to calculate the weight of the package you are shipping.

2. Enter a little info about your package and where it is going in the International Price Calculator on USPS.com. Use the first class international rate that the page calculates.

3. Fill out a customs form and attach it to your box.

4. Place the proper postage stamps on your package.

5. Now drop it in your mailbox…Easy peasy!

After I read this forum post, I asked my postal worker about it and she said that was fine and legal. Very cool. Read more about this topic on the Etsy Forums.

Since the theme of the Lemony Fresh Etsy features have been gardening over the last couple of weeks, I thought I would wrap it up today with lovely ways to indulge yourself after a long day in the garden. Your skin can get so rough and chapped if you don’t care for it, so here I am to the rescue! Grab a glass of wine and get ready to relax…

First, after you have gotten finished digging, planting, tilling, weeding and all those other trillion outdoor chores you need to do, start your pampering regiment with this cute gardener-friendly soap.

Gardeners Soap by carvelcountrysoaps

Next, pop one of these lovely lemon verbena {doesn’t that sound heavenly?} bath bombs in your bath. How fab is that?

Lovely Lemon Verbena bath bomb by swanmountainsoaps

After you jump out of the tub all clean and relaxed, slather your rough skin with this gardener’s lotion.

Gardener's Lotion with organic jojoba oil by mirasolfarm

Don’t forget an extra moisturizer for those rough hands, feet and elbows…This should do nicely…

Garden Sage Gardeners Therapy Skin Salve by RightAsRainCreations

Last but certainly not least, don’t forget those lips! Keep this in a gardener’s apron or a pocket for all day moisturization while you are out in the garden.

Natural Sweet Orange Lip Balm by MoonlitHerbals

So, what are your favorite gardener’s pampering treats? I am always looking for new ones, so let me know in the comments below.

Chat with you tomorrow!

XOXO ~ Kelly

On this fine Friday morning, I would like to thank everyone that purchased from my shop in the month of March. You helped raise $133 for The Parker Reese Foundation, which helps raise awareness for the congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Thank You Card - Purple Lemon Designs

Thank you so much for helping these sweet babies that come into the world stricken with this birth defect. You guys rock!

Also on a side note…Happy Birthday Dad!

Well after last week’s post about Garden Markers I found on Etsy, I started to think about other garden accessories I want to fill my new yard. I have lots of blue birds that are just longing for a lovely little home to raise a family in, so I started searching. I found these fabulous houses that are so cute I want to move in!

Don’t you just love these nails in the front that are painted like flowers? Such cute details!

Birdhouse, 'Donette's Cottage' by DayLynn79

The vintagey colors and detail on this house are great. This Etsy seller has been making bird houses for 25 years…Amazing!

Vintage Wren House by DoorCountyWoodworks

How fun is this? A beachy cabana is a perfect dwelling for your favorite birdie.

Pink Stripe Cabanna Bird House by margarts

Love the flower detail on the perch of this bird house…This is so very shabby chic!

Turquoise Flower Birdhouse by JHannah

Do you have a favorite Etsy seller that builds beauties like these? If so, shout in the comments below! I need a friendly house for my tweetie friends.

Have a lovely day and thanks for reading.