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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Life for Dessert DOT COM Ya'll!

I have to show ya'll a couple of the super fun things I've gotten in the mail recently.  I ordered them both and they came within two days of one another.  This first thing I ordered for my sister who's having a baby in February (EEEEK....I'm so excited to be an auntie!,) and the second was a present that I ordered for the Hubs for our anniversary.

Gussy Sews Wristlet

Red Letter Words Cafe Print

Aren't they both so great?!  

And here's where it gets better for YOU!  Life for Dessert will be getting a serious facelift and upgrade to dot com on Monday August 22nd.  That entire week will be full of awesome prizes for you guys to win.  Each day there will be a separate giveaway and you'll have just 24 hours to enter for that day's product.  And I have some AMAZING stuff lined up to giveaway!  Of course it's stuff that I love, because I'm not a sell-out and I won't tout something that I don't think isn't completely great.

So....you'll have a chance to win products from both of the above talented ladies (Gussy Sews and Red Letter Words), as well as some Annie Sloan Chalk Paint from a brand new Distributor (Jennie Leigh Designs based right here in Greenville), some Hanky Panky Undies (my personal fav) and a pair of my newly designed Goody Goody knock offs, and Keen Footwear will be giving away both adult and children's shoes of your choice.  Cool beans huh?

So...don't forget...mark your calenders and tell your friends that Life for Dessert will be making your life sweeter...
the entire week of August 22nd! 

I can't wait to show ya'll the great new look for Life for Dessert that my friend Erin from Design by Insight and I have been working on.  It's gonna be fun and I can't wait to roll it out for ya!

I'm off to take a shower now....I foolishly took another spin class today and now feel that I could collapse from utter exhaustion at any moment.  I figure if I'm gonna be a heap on the floor, I might as well be a clean heap.


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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Polebridge Mercantile Giveaway Winner



Sorry I didn't post yesterday. We went to the east side of Glacier with some friends and had a fantastic and crazy day with 5 kids ages 5 and under.  Yeah...it was an adventure.  I'll write more about that later.  I did want to announce the winner of the Polebridge Mercantile giveaway thanks to Random.org.  Next time I do a giveaway, I have to figure out a better way to number the entrants and need to get all of you guys to leave separate entries for each action...it was tricky to appropriately number your comments based on the time they were left in multiple locations, but my friend who's an accountant and good with numbers helped me do it properly.  Anyways...the number that won was #17 and that means that winner is...

Clay Danner

I have to tell you that I found this particularly funny... because to my knowledge, Clay is the only man who entered the giveaway this time.  He is also the father of 2 girls...so it seems hilarious to me that he now will be the proud owner of a deer antler slingshot.  I put all the numbers into random.org and Clay randomly won.  I actually do know him in real life since he is a good friend of my husband's, and I feel sure he will put the prize to hilarious use.

Congratulations Clay!  I'm going back to Polebridge today to take our friends, so I'll just pick up the prize then and save on the shipping since I know where you live.

 - Logan

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The Polebridge Mercantile...one of the coolest places EVER!

Today has been an absolutely incredible day!  My aunt treated Tid Bit, the Hubs, and myself to a helicopter tour over Glacier National Park.  It was another one of those kinds of experiences where words are insufficient.  "Magnificent" is such an understatement.  I could go on and on for days about it and still fall short in my description...get a load of this picture to the left though.  Just breathtaking....

After our helicopter tour, we all went to an off-the-beaten-path place that might just have made it to my list of Top Ten Most Favorite Places Ever (and that's saying something because I've been to some pretty cool places in my life.)

The PoleBridge Mercantile


The place was built in 1914 by a man named Bill Adair.  He originally owned and operated a store in 1907 in what is now Glacier National Park.  When the national park was established in 1910 and a bridge was constructed across the North Fork of the Flathead River, the traffic patterns changed, so Bill and his wife moved to the present location in PoleBridge onto a 160 acre homestead in 1912.  The store was completed in 1914 and an icehouse and shop were added soon after.  From its inception, the store was the social and business hub of the North Fork and a gateway to the new national park across the river.  The 5 buildings of the property (the home, a barn, the mercantile, icehouse, and shop) were added to the National Historic Register in 1983 as a representative of an early Montana mercantile enterprise.  The location has maintained it’s early charm and continues to be one of the last outposts of its kind in the country.


The present day Polebridge Mercantile boasts a bakery, general store and cabins, serving the most adventuresome families, floaters, fishers, hikers, bikers, artists and "lifers". Nestled up to the primitive west entrance to Glacier National Park, on the Wild and Scenic North Fork of the Flathead River and in the North Fork Valley is where you can find them. 35 miles from pavement, electricity and "civilization" you can find fabulous baked goods, spices, t-shirts, prints, books, etc. from Polebridge artists and complete separation from the everyday grind. No street lights. No cell phone service. Unbelievably serene views.  We ate the most melt in your mouth homemade sandwiches and literally bought every last one of their famous huckleberry coconut macaroons.  The food alone is worth the drive out there, but if you don't stick around longer than that I promise you'd be missing out!  And, for just $35 per night you can rent one of their adorable cabins and take it all in even more. 


The next time we come out here, it's on my list of things that absolutely cannot be missed!


The current owners are some of the nicest people I've ever met.  Flannery Coats (pictured on the left above, with staff Caroline Canarios on the right) and her husband Stuart Reiswig bought the Mercantile property just 3 years ago and have been serving up authentically old-fashioned goodness ever since.  Flannery told me that part of the agreement with the purchase required an apprenticeship with the bakers who ran the store for years after the Adairs had passed.  The same recipes are still being served with improvements such as the inclusion of more organic and local ingredients. The original home now houses the Northern Lights Restaurant and Saloon where you can also get a bite to eat and a drink to wash it down.

And for some added fun, Flannery agreed to host a giveaway for all of you, my fabulous readers!  The winner will receive a Polebridge Mercantile t-shirt, a slingshot made from a real deer antler, and half a dozen of their famous huckleberry coconut macaroons!!!!  The contest will end at Noon EST on this Friday, June 17th.

How to Enter
Mandatory entry: Like Polebridge Mercantile on Facebook and leave a comment here telling me you did so.







Additional entries:
  • Follow Life for Dessert on Google Connect and leave a separate comment here saying you did so
  • Like Life for Dessert on Facebook and leave a separate comment here saying you did so
  • (if you receive the feed, you can't just reply to the email to comment.  You must leave separate comments here...it gets seriously confusing to try to order all of the comments from other places based upon when they were left.  If you have trouble leaving comments on the blog, I will count comments left on the Life for Dessert Facebook page towards the entries.)
Loads of thanks to The Polebridge Mercantile for such a fun day today and for hosting this great giveaway!  I promise friends, you do not want to miss out on this!

Happy Trails!

- Logan



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Friday, June 10, 2011

31 Gifts Giveaway Winner!

I bet you've all been wondering who won the super fun bag from Thirty-One Gifts?!

Thank you to random.org for generating a completely random number, and that comment was...

#32 Chris and Katie said...
The large tote is my fave! I want it!!!   
So, Chris and Katie...Congratulations!  It appears that the large tote must have wanted you too!

Also, the second winner selected by random.org to win 20% off of your total order was....

I follow Life For Dessert on Google Friend Connect!

If ya'll would send me an email to LifeforDessert at gmail dot com with your name, address, and emails then I'll pass your information along to Lauren so that she can get Chris and Katie's bag in the mail, and Kenan's discount applied to an order!  Congratulations to both of you!

If you're super bummed that you didn't win, which I always am because seriously, I never win anything, don't be dismayed!  If you order this month then you can take advantage of the following special and still get your tote!

 
Thanks to everyone for entering and I'll host another fun giveaway soon!  Help Life for Dessert reach 150 followers and we'll have one for sure then!  It's fun for me to line up great giveaways and who doesn't like winning something free and clear?!

Congratulations again to #32 and #7!




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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Giveaway!!! Tote from 31 Gifts!

I promised you a giveaway once I reached 100 followers on here, so here goes making good on that promise!

My amazing sister-in-law, Lauren, is a consultant for 31 Gifts. You may know about them because they make some super cute and stylish purses, accessories and products to help organize the lives of busy women and their families. Or you may not know about them at all, so consider this your introduction.  

31 Gifts makes loads of fun items to meet the needs of just about anyone!  Their mission is "to celebrate, encourage and reward women through offering quality products and an outstanding opportunity to become successful business owners."  They have tons of great patterns and anything can be personalized. 

Today, we're giving away this great multi-purpose tote!  I'm always on the look-out for any good sized bag to get all of my gear around and half the time I end up grabbing a reusable grocery bag...which is not cute.  This bag though is perfect for a trunk catch all, grocery store tote, pool or beach tote, sports equipment and many more!  The tote is wipe-able material so perfect for all the fun crazy stuff you do will your kids!  Check it out!


This giveaway will end at noon tomorrow, Friday June 10th.  And here are the rules for how to enter.

Mandatory 1st entry - Check out the 31 Gifts catalogue and come back here and leave a comment with the name of your favorite item.

For additional entries:
  • Follow Life for Dessert on Google Connect and tell me you did so in the comments section
  • Follow Life for Dessert on Facebook and tell me here that you did it
  • recruit friends to follow Life for Dessert and when they enter, tell them to put your name in their comment with their item selection so that I can credit you for each recruit
  • Follow LifeforDessert on Twitter
  • Repost this post on Facebook or Retweet on Twitter (1 entry for each action) and let me know what you did.
  • Like 31 Gifts on Facebook HERE and tell me you did so
I'll also be randomly selecting a second winner who will receive 20% off of his/her favorite item for purchase.  I'll announce the winners tomorrow, so get commenting!



PS. If you have trouble commenting on here for any reason, I will count comments on the Facebook page as entries as well!

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Fascinator Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations to comment #23 on the Fascinator Fascination post belonging to Rachael! 

You have won the Fascinator from Fascinate Me!  You have 48 hours from the time stamp of this post to email me at LifeforDessert at gmail dot com with your email address and shipping address so that I can pass it along with your choice of the Diamond White Nymph Fascinator to the fabulously talented Joanne of Fascinate Me!

Congratulations Rachael and thanks to everyone for entering!  I hope to have another fun giveaway soon, so stay tuned and pass Life for Dessert on to your friends!




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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Fascinator Fascination...and a Giveaway!!!

I didn't watch the Royal Wedding.

I know...gasp, right?!  I would have, but we don't have cable.  When you turn on the tv's in our house, you get this  ------->

We got rid of our satellite a couple of months ago when we realized that we were paying $80 per month to watch about an hour's worth of cartoons and some late night HGTV on any given day.  It's been a good thing for us, but missing the Royal Wedding was the first time I personally really started feeling the pain of the loss. 

So I did what everyone else who missed it has probably been doing...    I got online in search of pictures.  Loads of pictures!!!

And as I poured over the pictures of a beautiful bride and her handsome prince, the thing that I really kept noticing in all of the photographs were the amazing hats of all the guests.  So i dug a little deeper to find out more about this fascination with fancy hats...and much to my delight, it's not only a fascination, but it's actually called a Fascinator (even better?!)

Here were a few that jumped right off of the screen at me!

<---This cross between a bow gone wild and an octopus belongs to the frontally affixed fascinator of Princess Beatrice

<---the blue feathery buggy fascinator beside her is her sister Princess Eugenie

Heaven help the Brittish throne if the 5 people in line before these gals don't make it.  Or maybe in that unfortunate case, a stylist can in fact help the throne!

Here are a few more for your viewing pleasure that I thought were absolutely fabulous though!

I confess that I really want one! 













I have a fascination with fascinators!



























So, to make this Fascinator Fascination more fun for everyone, I'm teaming up with the uber talented Joanne Castillo of Fascinate Me who creates the most gorgeous Fascinators!  We're giving away the fascinator of your choice from her Etsy store (valued up to $100!)



So here's how to enter:

Each entry must be submitted in a separate comment on the blog.  You will have 1 entry for each separate action that you take, for a grand total of 7 entries if you do them all!  Contest ends at midnight EST on Monday May 9th.



  1. Go to Fascinate Me and choose the Fascinator that you want, then come back here and leave a comment with the name of the fascinator of your choice
  2. Follow LifeforDessert on Google Friend Connect and comment here saying you did so
  3. Subscribe to LifeforDessert in a reader or by email and comment here saying you did so
  4. Follow LifeforDessert on Twitter and comment here saying you did so
  5. Retweet this post to your Twitter followers and comment here to let me know
  6. Like LifeforDessert on Facebook and comment here saying you did so
  7. Like Fascinate Me on Facebook and comment here saying you did so
The Facinator Fascination winner will be announced on Tuesday May 10th here on LifeforDessert!  ***(addendum as of 5/5/11) Some people have had trouble with the blog allowing them to leave comments, so if you leave your entry comments on Life for Dessert on facebook I'll count those entries as well.  I think I'll throw in another way you can enter to win the Fascinator...for every one of your friends you get to do each of the entry steps, I'll credit you with that step entry as well...basically I just made your entry potential jump up big time!  The friend must comment either on here or the facebook page letting me know you are their reference person when they enter.

I'm pea green with envy for the lucky dog who wins this!  GOR-GE-OUS!!!!


 - Logan



 above pictures from WWD.com and Fascinate Me

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