'Spring Into Renovation' Giveaway featuring Mythic Paint and Accubrush!

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This giveaway is now CLOSED. Thanks so much to our wonderful sponsors ‘Mythic Paint’ and ‘Accubrush’! We look forward to working with you again! The winner is "~dab". We post winner usernames instead of full  names. Official Winner Announcement can be seen HERE. Remember: There are still some great giveaways active on the upper right hand side of the page!

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Ascending Butterfly 'Spring Into Renovation' Special Feature 'Today's Butterfly' Sponsored by:

ACCUBRUSH

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Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - We are a few days shy of the official first day of Spring. And you know what that means, Spring Cleaning! After getting rid of clutter and clearing out closets and drawers of stuff you haven't touched in 12 months (some even say 6 months), it's time to think of the rest of the rooms. It's time to paint and re-decorate! My favorite part of the whole process, is finally seeing a room transformed!

My birthday is coming up soon (it falls on Easter Sunday this year), and as a result, I am taking the whole process of  spring cleaning and renewal seriously. I am also trying to work quicky because I want to see it all completed BEFORE my big day.

I like to start with high traffic rooms first, and for 'casa de butterfly' it's the kitchen! It gets the most visitors daily and the most foot traffic. It was also begining to remind me of a sanitarium. There had been a massive leak in my apartment and the landlord repaired the walls and white washed them. Meaning, All white paint all over, UGH!

I couldn't take it! I decided I couldn't continue creating my culinary masterpieces in an all white kitchen! It was time for a change, an immediate change!

Maybe it's the Aries in me, but I'm a strong personality type and I definitely like color. If I'm going to use color I want it to make a statement, I want it to inspire me. My favorite place to be inspired is by the ocean, and it's also a popular spring color this year!

I like to accesorize my kitchen in blue and yellow so picking a paint color was a total no brainer for me.  I chose Mythic Paint's 'Comfortable Blue' for my kitchen. (Now if only Le Creuset would send me their new 'caribbean blue' cookware set to test, it would put the perfect final touch on my new kitchen!)

I am asthmatic and one of my biggest criteria for paint is low odor. I'm also very picky about how I want the room done, I want the paint color on the walls but the borders and ceiling white, which requires precision 'cutting' and is the most time consuming part of the whole process. I knew I wanted low odor paint, and I knew I would need to be able to 'cut' to get the look I wanted. Thankfully I found a way to get everything on my checklist!

About the Paint:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Mythic® paint is a non-toxic, ultra low odor paint that provides the durability and coverage you expect from a premium paint without the off-gassing VOC’s and cancer-causing toxins that emit years after drying. Stronger, safer, smarter paint®. Now that’s a breath of fresh air!

About the Brush:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Paint Edger has brush which cuts in precisely to the edge

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Rollers are washable and reusable
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Patented Roller-brush combination - speed of a roller and the accuracy of a brush!

I was supposed to film myself painting, but in all the excitement I forgot, but I did get some before and after photos of the kitchen to show you!

Below is a picture of my 'Before' - the all white sanitarium Kitchen - (see the tin ceiling?)

Now peep the new blue kitchen! (Don't you just love my chefs?)

My new blue walls are just what I need to get into a 'Spring' mind frame! I am a much happier cook now! I was pleasantly surprised by just how fast I was able to get this done with the Accubrush! It paints around crown moulding quickly and easily and it handled the tin ceilings with ease! I was also amazingly surprised that I did not have to open every window. When Mythic says, 'very low odor' I can tell you with confidence that they mean it, and it's accurate advertising! I am incredibly pleased with both the paint and the brushes!

Check out the booty you could win:

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WIN IT! - Ascending Butterfly and our friends at Mythic Paint and Accubrush would like to provide one lucky winner with the opportunity to complete a Spring Renovation Project of their own! The Grand Prize winner will receive a color book (to help you pick the right color with accuracy!), 2 gallons of Mythic Paint in winner's choice of color as well as 2 Accubrush MX Jumbo Kits with Video to get the job done quicky, easily and efficiently! (This is a $180 retail value!) - Not to mention the time savings of having the paint and brushes delivered directly to your door...priceless!

Don't you just ♥ Mythic Paint and Accubrush?

How to Win: (1) You must be a PUBLIC follower of Ascending Butterfly to be eligible for this and all giveaways. Indicate in your entry that you follow (if your 'comment name/user id' differs from your profile id, please let me know what name you follow under) and (2) Tell us what room you will be painting and Visit Mythic Paint and select your Paint Color Preference and leave the LINK to that color in your comment entry! (3) You must also leave your email address somewhere in your comment. (You can format it this way for security, example: ascendingbutterfly AT mail host DOT com, If it is visible in your profile, just say so, that's OK!). Please follow the easy 1, 2, 3 steps to winning! This giveaway is open to USA residents who are 18 years of age or older.

Please follow directions or you will be disqualified! All comments are moderated, they may not appear on the site right away (comments like "I want this" or "I want to win" will not be entered). You have from Monday, March 15, 2010 until Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 11:59 PM (EST) to comment and be entered for a chance to win. You will have 48 hours to confirm if we do not hear from you we will be forced to move on to an alternate. (We only notify winners DIRECTLY via email, so if your profile or your comment does not have an email your entry will not be processed)

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Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Tweet this: Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - #ascendingbutterfly Spring Into Renovation #Giveaways! #win 2 gallons of paint + 2 Accubrush MX kits - http://tinyurl.com/yhz2l2m

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Just a helpful Reminder: How to Follow Using Google Friends Connect:

Please look to the upper right hand side, where the follower pictures are. (Note the number of followers before you start this process)

1) press the follow button - the google pop up wizard will open, this is not an ad and your pop up blocker will not block it

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Are you getting the dreaded 'Your Entry Can't Be Processed' message when leaving an entry or comment? Before hitting enter, highlight your comment and COPY it. If you get that message after hitting enter and your comment is still there, just ignore the message and hit enter again, then you will get a screen with a captcha code, enter the captcha code, then submit and VOILA. If after you hit the submit button the first time, you get the dreaded message and the comment 'disappeared' no worries, that's why I asked you to copy it in the first step. Paste it back in and submit again. This has worked for me when comment boxes have glitched on me, and I hope it helps you too!

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FTC Disclosure Info for this Giveaway: This is not a paid insertion. This is a non-compensated post and all opinions regarding the products are expressly my own experiences. I was provided product to review and the sponsors are also fulfilling product to prize winner(s), this in no way influenced my opinion of my experiences with this product.