Random Thursday and an Awesome Giveaway

Contrary to all that autumn should be, this week has been hot, humid, rainy and cloudy. The past couple days have felt like it's 4 o'clock all day. (y'know, darkish, quiet, and boring) I made a trip to Trader Joe's yesterday after Bible Study (since I was already like 1/2 way to the store) and bought...........(drumroll) AN OREGANO PLANT!!! Yay, one more herb to add to my 'garden' (haha, pots on my porch). So far I have basil, chives, and oregano. What other herbs should I add? Mint? Lavender? Give me some ideas, folks!

Ok, so enough about that for now. (i'll include pictures of 2 awesome new items i bought at TJ's at the end of this post) 

What about that giveaway? Long story short: it's time to do something fun and get more feedback from you!  :)  One of these awesome totes will be given away to you! I'm trying to build up my etsy shop and reopen it with some exciting and new items. These totes will be available once I reopen my shop, but for a special preview, I'll be giving one away! The winner will be randomly selected using an online number generator and will get to choose one of the 4 totes below. (you can specify if you would like black or flamingo for the words)

also available with flamingo lettering (as are all totes)

doesn't he? 

perfect for toting around the necessities, y'know, like music.... ;)

So are you ready to enter the giveaway? Here's how to enter:

:: you must be a follower of fifteenevergreen (it's super-super simple if you have a gmail account) and leave me a comment telling who your favorite composer is right now.

:: for additional entries you can post a link to this post on your blog or facebook account

be sure to leave a separate comment for each thing you do!

The winner will be announced on Monday, September 8th!

Now for my 2 happy purchases at Trader Joes: 

These things are seriously good. like your eye brows go up and your eyeballs pop out when you taste them.

way better than I expected.  what's a day without coffee? oh yeah, one where your eyes are closed the entire day. 

Happy Friday folks, and dont' forget to enter the giveaway!

Birthday Giveaway!

To celebrate my 25th birthday, I'm doing my first giveaway! I'm hoping to get more followers and  business in my etsy shop (found here: FifteenevergreenOnEtsy). I had meant to post this on Monday, but haven't been able to find the time to actually take the pictures, load them and post them. My excuse is that we don't have internet in our apartment. (That's right, or any TV. Or text messaging on our phones. We save our money and buy Chipotle Burritos instead ;) )

Last week I spent some time making new products for my etsy shop. The giveaway necklace is one of them. Like it?

The grey flowers are made of a wool/felt blend, and the red flower (as well as the red centers) are merino wool from upcycled Banana Republic material.

All three flowers are mounted on a silver clasp chain.

So here's how to enter the giveaway: 

1. Follow this blog and leave a comment

For additional entries:

2. Tweet it

3. Share it with your friends on facebook

4. Share it with your readers on your blog

The giveaway starts today and ends in 1 week on Wednesday, May 11th at midnight. I'll select a winner using a random selector website and announce it on Friday, yes Friday May 13th. (something good should happen on that day!) Just make sure you leave an email address so I can contact you if you win. Also, leave separate comments if you tweet, facebook or blog about it!

Let the fun begin!