by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . July 16, 2010 . 1:29AM
Coveryourhair.com was kind enough to send me a freebie hat to review and a free giveaway for you! Let’s be honest, I look like crud in hats. However, I think I may be able to pull this one off, just not with the shirt I chose for this picture. I think it’s my ears. My usual complaint about hats is that they are too big/small for my head or they aren’t comfortable. What I found with this hat was that it was the perfect size for me, but was too big for my 14-year-old sister. However, it was immensely comfortable. This is going to be a staple for me in the winter when I don’t feel like doing my hair and pull half of it back with a barrette.
It goes with most of the items in my wardrobe. My mother didn’t like the pattern because she thought it was busy, but when worn with a solid color shirt, I felt like it dressed up the outfit a great deal. With some dangly earrings and dress pants, I think it would be great and stylish. Probably the most attractive thing about this hat is it’s price, which is less than $15. Overall, this is a great deal for the cost and well worth it.
You can own some items from Coveryourhair.com as well! They have graciously offered to sponsor a surprise giveaway for the readers of my blog. They will mail a box containing $25 worth of surprise freebies that can be shipped worldwide to the winner of my weekly July drawing!
It can be yours if you win.
Here’s how to enter and the types of chances you can take to win. All entries WILL BE VERIFIED. If it can’t be verified, it doesn’t count. If you make it easier for me to verify by linking me to it, I will like you more as a person. Leave a comment before July 22, 2010 at 5pm CST telling me which of these you’ve done so I can verify your entries.
1) Visit http://CoverYourHair.com and write into your blog comment which items you would love to have.
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Things to know:
**Comments posted after the deadline won’t be included in the drawing.
**If you win, you must email me your mailing address within a week of the drawing end in order to receive your prize. If you do not, I will re-draw for the prize. I am not responsible if you do not receive your prize. If it gets lost, etc., I’ll feel really bad, but I can’t replace it.
**I will be using a randomizer to choose the winner of the giveaway. As long as your entries fit the criteria, you are eligible.
by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . July 16, 2010 . 1:10AM
Congratulations to my second giveaway winner, Michele Pineda! You’ve won the flexpod tripod. Email me your address and I will mail this stuff out within the week. If you didn’t win, don’t dismay, another giveaway begins in less than a day! Check back tomorrow for another sweet summer giveaway from Blueshelled.com!
by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . July 9, 2010 . 10:10AM
Have y’all had enough of the dog days of summer? This heat has about given me a stroke and I’ve had plenty of it. Congratulations to the winner of yesterday’s giveaway. Thank goodness I have this to look forward to every week because the air conditioner alone sure isn’t cutting it. I’m about to start bathing in ice cream just to stay cool.
I decided to break up the make-up and give the guys an opportunity to maybe participate this week if they wanted to do so as well. This time I’m giving away something I consider so cool it’s ice cold. This little flexpod minitripod gripper can hold digital cameras and camcorders and the best part is that you can wrap the legs around objects so it doesn’t require a flat surface to get your picture/video. It is one of the coolest little gadgets I’ve seen. See that amazed face in the picture. That was me saying “OoOOOoOoO.”
It can be yours if you win.
Here’s how to enter and the types of chances you can take to win. Please make one comment with a note to all of the things you’ve done to enter. All entries WILL BE VERIFIED. If it can’t be verified, it doesn’t count. If you make it easier for me to verify by linking me to it, I will like you more as a person
1) Leave a comment before July 15, 2010 at 5pm CST telling me one thing you’ve done or want to do this summer. (1 chance)
2) You can tweet this giveaway and/or link it on facebook and/or link to it on your own blog for extra chances to win! You can do this as often as you like, but it only counts once. (1 chance each)
3) You can add the blueshelled facebook page to your facebook pages! This is going to make me really happy. (2 chances)
3) You can put a blueshelled.com blog button (seen in the sidebar-along with code to add it to your blog or website) on your blog or website, or if you already have one, you qualify, for 3 extra entries. I will verify this before your entries will count. Let me know it’s there and where I can find it. It’s pretty!
Things to know:
**Comments posted after the deadline won’t be included in the drawing.
**If you win, you must email me your mailing address within a week of the drawing end in order to receive your prize. If you do not, I will re-draw for the prize. I am not responsible for anything that happens once this stuff leaves my hands. If it gets lost, etc., I’ll feel really bad, but I can’t replace it.
**I will be using a randomizer to choose the winner of the giveaway. As long as your entries fit the criteria, you are eligible.
Things to remember here: 1/the giveaways are made possible by me. I rely on word of mouth to bring people to my blog. Please spread the word about blueshelled.com! 2/If you or anyone you know might be interested in sponsoring a giveaway here, please let me know. 3/ This blog sucks up the love. 
Thanks!
by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . July 8, 2010 . 6:17PM
Random Generator says: #1 DeeBean come on down! Email me your address and I will mail this stuff out within the week. If you didn’t win, don’t dismay, another giveaway begins in less than a day! Check back tomorrow for another sweet summer giveaway from Blueshelled.com!
by Jillian @ http://blueshelled.com . July 5, 2010 . 9:51AM
Last week, I was in class and fumbled in my pocket for the quarters that were there. In a 4 hour class that runs in the evening hours, it is almost impossible to go without a bottle of water or a snack. I was living on the one slice of peanut butter coated bread I’d brought with me that was supposed to last the whole day, but my mouth felt like sandpaper and my lips like little cactus pricklies.
Pricklies is a real word. And if you don’t believe me, don’t you dare play Scrabble with me, ever. I mean it.
It’s hot here.
That was a redundant statement. It’s hot like those peppers that if you eat the whole pepper it will eat your stomach from the inside out are hot.
Everyone was smart enough to bring water to class, but I had a peanut butter sandwich. Not just any peanut butter. The stick to your friend if you blow them a kiss while eating it peanut butter, which is also known as Peter Pan. Because of “the Pan” the SmartWater the size of Mexico I brought with me was gone within 10 minutes of class starting which also necessitated me leaving class an average of 12 times per hour.
So, I ran out of water and I didn’t exactly trust the water fountains. No, there was a time I walked by and there was poop in one of those fountains. I’ll get bottled water. Sometimes, I have no quarters, but, by golly, I had a single dollar and 4 quarters. On break, a scheduled one, not a Smartwater necessitated one, I grabbed a water and threw the quarters in my pocket.
Later, as I was thinking about the “England!” incident with A.J. and the quarter question at trivia, I pulled the remaining quarters out of my pocket and examined them closely. One was from 2006 and had nothing that made it different than any other quarter. Another from 2005 was the same. However, the third was an old style quarter with the eagle on the back. This one I examined more closely. The edges were worn smooth and George Washington’s hair had no definition. The year was 1966.
1966. Long before I was born. How many hands held this quarter? How many pockets? How many wallets? Had anyone famous held this quarter? Infamous? How many children bought something special with this quarter? Had it been in piggy banks? Jars for saving? Retirement funds? How many cans of soda had this quarter bought for someone as thirsty as I was? That quarter has been around through so many historical events, just traveling the world. Or has it been sitting in someone’s home collecting dust until someone cleaned out a carpet or a couch? Was it in a landfill?
The one thing I know is this: That rough edged quarter has seen more life than I ever will.
I slowly put it back in my pocket and wondered where it will go when it leaves my hands.
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Coveryourhair.com was kind enough to send me a freebie hat to review and a free giveaway for you! Let’s be honest, I look like crud in hats. However, I think I may be able to pull this one off, just not with the shirt I chose for this picture. I think it’s my ears. My usual complaint about hats is that they are too big/small for my head or they aren’t comfortable. What I found with this hat was that it was the perfect size for me, but was too big for my 14-year-old sister. However, it was immensely comfortable. This is going to be a staple for me in the winter when I don’t feel like doing my hair and pull half of it back with a barrette. 
Life is like a game. We all have challenges, thoughts, opinions and beliefs. Often, it feels like something out there, life, karma, catty people, or blue shells (for the Kart lovers), seeks to bring us down. Luckily, we always get up. This is where I wear my heart on my sleeve and my foot in my mouth.
