Weekly Moment of Inspiration: #MotivationMonday Edition + Winner Announcement!

What I am grateful for:

 Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - The Joys of the Holiday Season! -  Passing the rows of live Christmas Trees on my way to the subway in the business district and taking in that great smell of Pine, holiday lights in the windows, and getting Christmas Cards!

What are YOU most grateful for today Butterfly?

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What are you grateful for today? I'd love for you to write in and share what you are grateful for this week. The more you say it, the more you speak it, and the more you live in gratitude, the more you will find reasons to be grateful for, and the more reasons that the universe will send you to be grateful for. So join me on this journey of gratitude and inspiration. And you can post here daily (even though my list will be posted weekly).

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me on Twitter here (@Tracy_Iglesias) Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field at Twitter:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias This Week's 'Moment of Gratitude' and Active Giveaways!  - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

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 Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT:

 Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Featured #Handbag in the Spotlight: It's YOUR choice! Win a $100 @wilsonsleather Gift Card with @Ascending1 Giveaway!

Winner Is:

 Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Samantha F.

We are working on closing entries and processing the 5 winners for the Terox Footwear Giveaway and will have all the winners announced shortly!

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Gratitude Journal Reco:

For those of you who are interested in keeping a gratitude journal this year, here is my recommendation and where to purchase it:

Make this Your Best Day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

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FTC Disclosure: This is NOT a sponsored post, all opinions are 100% my own. Journal Recommendation uses an Amazon Affiliate Link. Questions about our Disclosure? Please visit: http://www.ascendingbutterfly.com/p/disclosure-policy.html

Winner Announcement for the @NicoleMillerNYC Addison Handbag Giveaway on @Ascending1 + this month's holiday #handbag #giveaway

Winner Announcement!:

After the feature being on hiatus so long, it was no surprise that October's Featured Monthly Handbag in the spotlight garnered a ton of entries! It took me awhile to close this one because before I even draw a winner, I eliminate all entries that did not comply with giveaway instructions. All 'blank' entries etc. This way when I go to draw a winner, only qualified entries are in the running. I know oftentimes people are under the assumption that when bloggers use rafflecopter we just draw and if that winner did not comply with instructions we just re-draw, I can't speak for everyone, but I refuse to do that. I eliminate all dis-qualified entries first THEN draw the winner. So my actual entry numbers for any given drawing may go 'down' after it closes which most people wouldn't want, but I like the drawings to be fair and only the folks who played by the rules get the chance to win!

 

Our October Featured Monthly Handbag in the Spotlight Nicole Miller Addison Handbag Giveaway Winner is Naomi S. Hers was entry #227!

Join me in congratulating Naomi!

This Month's Giveaway:

For this month, we are doing a unique twist with our favorite feature, and letting YOU pick the bag. That's right, this time you pick the Featured Handbag in the Spotlight and have a chance to win it! We are giving away a $100 Gift Card to Wilsons Leather so you can select the item of your choice! If you are a leather lover like I am and can't wait to nab a great new bag or coat, Wilson's Leather just launched their '12 Days of Deals' where Select Styles are now 70% OFF their original prices! (And not to fear my Vegan gals, they offer faux leather styles too!)

Holiday Gift Buying Guide VLOG:

Did you check out Ascending Butterfly's Video VLOG for Procter & Gamble's #PGHoliday Buying Guide? Not only did Lifestyle Expert, Celebrity Stylist and Television Personality, Robert Verdi interview me about my holiday buying tips and tricks, I also shot a video vlog presenting holiday gift buying ideas for everyone on your list, which you can view in full detail with a behind the scenes HERE.

I am working on closing out the McDonald's, Purex, and Gund Boo + Mini Boo Giveaway Winners this weekend, so stay tuned for the next winner's announcement!

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FTC Disclosure: This is NOT a sponsored post. No monetary compensation has been received for this post.

Winner! Twitter Party, Prizes & More!

It's all in the Thursday Bag! First up: Winner Announcement:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Congrats to our Winner Hoa Le who won a Britax Accessories Prize Pack for the car that includes:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ  - 1 BRITAX Vehicle Seat Protector (MSRP $29.99)

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ  - 1 BRITAX Back Seat Mirror (MSRP $19.99)

Once I get Hoa's information, the prize will be shipped directly by our wonderful sponsor @SafeConBritax

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TWITTER PARTY INFORMATION FOR TODAY!!

Special Guest Celeb Tweeter: @GiulianaRancic

Did you know that one in eight women will get breast cancer in her lifetime? Fortunately, there is hope! When breast cancer is detected early, the five-year survival rate is 98 percent. Early detection saves lives.

We’re teaming up with P&G GIVE Hope to fuel a breast cancer early detection movement among women everywhere, kicked off by the “Do It For the Girls! Day of Action” on Thursday, September 20 with breast cancer survivor and TV personality, Giuliana Rancic. Join us for an afternoon Twitter Party at 3 p.m. We’ll be spreading the word about this important call to action – and more importantly – rallying women to take action. All while giving away some fabulous prizes, including a $200 gift card to the spa of your choice!

RSVP to be eligible for the door prize by commenting on this post with your Twitter handle (Ex. @SheSpeaksUp)!

I'm joining a very special twitter party and I hope you will too!, Here are the deets:

Party Details:

When: Thursday, 9/20 at 3pm ET
Where: Twitter - follow hashtag #GIVEHope
Custom Tweet Grid: http://bit.ly/S0sxO0
RSVP: http://bit.ly/ghope
Brands: @PGmyGIVE
Special Guest: @GiulianaRancic
Panelists: @Zipporahs, @LisaSamples, @StacieInAtlanta, @haveuheard1, @MommyBlogExpert, @goodenufmother, @MamaMaryShow

Prizes:

We're giving out over $750 in prizes! You could win our grand prize - a $200 gift card to the spa of your choice!

Don't forget to RSVP for these amazing prizes, and great conversation with Special Guest Star Giuliana Rancic, who is a Breast Cancer Survivor and New mom!

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The Fashion Forward Conference in New York City

I attended a Fashion Conference in New York City yesterday (which is why my Wordless Wednesday was a little late yesterday, it was fantastic, and I was live tweeting from the event, so you can check out my tweets by reading my twitter stream @Tracy_Iglesias

Once I'm more caught up, I have multiple events back to back to back through Sunday, I will get my recap photos posted!

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FTC Disclosure: This is NOT a compensated post. This post is NOT sponsored. All opinions are 100% my own.

Hollywood Movie Money Winner Announcement! Was it YOU?

TGIF Butterflies! Thanks for all the 'blogaversary' wishes yesterday! It's been an amazing three years and I can't wait to see what the next three will bring!

Winner's Announcement:

Congrats to Joy F. she won the Hollywood Movie Money Passes Giveaway to see the movie What To Expect When You're Expecting!

I will work on closing out and contacting the Wilson's $200 Gift Certificate Winner this weekend, so if you were bummed that you didn't win, don't worry, while the giveaway is closed, the winner has NOT yet been selected. I verify the validity of every single entry and it's taking a bit longer than I expected. The good thing is that when I do select a winner, all the entries in the running are actually valid, which makes everything not only fair, but also improves your odds!

Stay tuned for a Father's Day themed giveaway this weekend!

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FTC Disclosure: The Britax Hispanic Digital and Social Media Outreach is in partnership with Mami Innovative Media, a communications and Digital marketingcompany that pairs multicultural and Latino bloggers with influential brands and blogging campaigns. I am a blogger brand ambassador for Britax and  I am part of a long term campaign that does provide additional incentives for my participation. However all opinions are 100% my own. My movie pass and the movie money being used for the giveaway was provided by Britax USA. The original giveaway and this post are NOT affiliated with Hollywood Movie Money.  This post is NOT sponsored. Questions about our Disclosure? Please visit: http://www.ascendingbutterfly.com/p/disclosure-policy.html

Weekly Moment of Gratitude - It's Motivation Monday!

What I am grateful for

 

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Family -  I had a great Sunday afternoon yesterday celebrating my cousin and uncle's birthday, I got to see extended family I hadn't seen in a long while and it was a great reminder of all the things that are really important in life.

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Church - Late afternoon Sunday service yesterday after the family party at a church I hadn't been to in many years. The last time I was in that church was for a funeral. It was a bit bittersweet being back there. But it filled my spirit to spend time in prayer as I have quite a bit to be thankful for!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Blogging Opps - One of my blogging opps is taking me on quite an adventure this week and I will be sure to share more as soon as I can!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Annual Mother's Day Buying Guide: Our annual Mother's Day Buying Guide this year, will open with a double whammy promotion, AND it will also include the May Featured Handbag of the Month, butterflies you are going to LOVE this promotion! If you love to travel, want to travel in style and love handbags, this promotion is definitely for YOU.

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - STARTING TODAY MONDAY, APRIL 30th PLEASE ROCK THE VOTE: I could really use your vote on my Swag Mom contest entry! (If you are in a voting contest and need a return vote, please leave a comment on this post, I'd be happy to return the vote!)  - bit.ly/HGRmzN

Happy Motivation Monday Butterfly, May this be a week full of surprise blessings to be grateful for!

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What are you grateful for today? I'd love for you to write in and share what you are grateful for this week. The more you say it, the more you speak it, and the more you live in gratitude, the more you will find reasons to be grateful for, and the more reasons that the universe will send you to be grateful for. So join me on this journey of gratitude and inspiration. And you can post here daily (even though my list will be posted weekly).

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me on Twitter here (@Tracy_Iglesias) Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field at Twitter:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias This Week's 'Moment of Gratitude' and Active Giveaways!  - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

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Winners

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - All Winners in our #HHMilkBank Twitter Party have been notified, the list is as follows:

Door Prize: @LLLSummer

Party Prize Packs: @SecretsofKristi, @EileenCCampos, @soulfliesfree, @Shihtzuation, @candacki, @abbebrown,@kymnasium, @SweetmatchaJail

Grand Prize Winner: @Paramedic_Mom2

All prize packs will include an Amazon Gift Card and will also include some fun branded merchandise from our wonderful sponsor, Prolacta Bioscience's Helping Hands Milk Bank! As a reminder, the door prize winner receives a $50 Amazon Gift Card with their prize pack, the Party Prize Pack Winners will receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card with their prize packs, and the Grand Prize winner's prize pack will include a $100 Amazon Gift Card with their prize pack!

I want to personally thank all my butterflies for your participation, by joining in this party, your participation has helped spread the word about how Helping Hands is working to save the lives of preemies everywhere, thank you! Stay tuned for our next twitter party!

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Gratitude Journal Reco:

For those of you who are interested in keeping a gratitude journal this year, here is my recommendation and where to purchase it:

Make this Your Best Day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

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FTC Disclosure: Journal Recommendation uses an Amazon Affiliate Link.

Weekly Moment of Gratitude, Twitter Party Tomorrow + Winners!

What I am grateful for:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Sometime the best lessons are learned the hard way -  {Motivation Monday Thought}: Sometimes you KNOW something, but you just don't apply it until life hits you HARD, and one of the lessons I've had to re-learn the hard way this year is that there are literally but so many hours in a day, and if I don't stop and take some time for myself to let my body heal and rest, it won't. So for the first time ever, I'm not answering emails within 24 hours and I'm not yet totally caught up since my return from my last hospital stay most of March and early April. The True Lesson: IT'S OKAY. And I know some people will understand and be patient, and others won't. The True Lesson? You can't be ALL things to ALL people ALL of the time. And yes, that's OKAY!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Twitter Party! - That's right, 'The Official #TwitterPartyDJ' is hosting a great twitter party tomorrow! On April 24th from 9-11pm EST/6-8pm PST Ascending Butterfly's Editor @Tracy_Iglesias along with @JessieNuez will be hosting a twitter party sponsored by @hhmilkbank! (Make sure you are following all three twitter accounts before the party!) So if you haven't already done so, RSVP for the #HHMilkBank Infant Nutrition Twitter Party HERE. The prizes are amazing (Prize packs and Amazon Gift Cards that total over $350), and the tweet chat is going to be super fun and fast paced as always, they don't call me 'The Official #TwitterPartyDJ' for nothing!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Blogging Opps - I have some amazing Blogging Partnerships/Brand Ambassadorships to share with you, and will reveal them all one by one very soon.

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Annual Mother's Day Buying Guide: Our first Mother's Day Buying Guide Gift Recommendation this year, is actually a double whammy promotion, it will be the first gift featured as it will cover two different regular features, our buying guide for Mother's day as a Mother's Day Suggestion, AND as our May featured Handbag of the Month, butterflies you are going to LOVE this promotion!

Happy Motivation Monday Butterfly, May this be a week full of surprise blessings to be grateful for!

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What are you grateful for today? I'd love for you to write in and share what you are grateful for this week. The more you say it, the more you speak it, and the more you live in gratitude, the more you will find reasons to be grateful for, and the more reasons that the universe will send you to be grateful for. So join me on this journey of gratitude and inspiration. And you can post here daily (even though my list will be posted weekly).

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me on Twitter here (@Tracy_Iglesias) Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field at Twitter:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias This Week's 'Moment of Gratitude' and Active Giveaways!  - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

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Winners/ Closed Giveaways:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - WINNER: ashleymorrissey90:  Ascending Butterfly Monthly Book Club: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Devotional Stories for Tough Times Book Giveaway! Ended 03/25 - Let's Congratulate our winner! I genuinely hope that the winner of this giveaway finds this book to be a huge blessing and source of hope!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - WINNER: Nightowl: Think you've got the moves? Ideology by Macys DOUBLE Giveaway! (ARV $100) Ended 03/19 - 1 winner! - Congrats, Enjoy your new fitness gear!

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Gratitude Journal Reco:

For those of you who are interested in keeping a gratitude journal this year, here is my recommendation and where to purchase it:

Make this Your Best Day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

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FTC Disclosure: Journal Recommendation uses an Amazon Affiliate Link.

Ascending Butterfly's Monthly Book Club Giveaway Winner + twitter party with cool prizes + May: Annual Mother's Day Buying Guide!

Congratulations to Ascending Butterfly's Monthly Book Club winner who has won the Chicken Soup for the Soul Devotional Stories for Tough Times Book! 'ashleymorrissey90' is our winner! I hope the book brings her just as much peace, comfort and hope that it gave me during a very difficult time.

Join me in congratulating our winner!

All outstanding giveaways that were put up before I went into the hospital are now officially closed with winners announcements posted. Thanks for your patience as I'm just out the hospital and still trying to get outstanding promos, reviews, and giveaways sorted through to get caught up again.

We are now working on Finalizing placements for our annual high traffic review with giveaway Mothers Day Buying Guide. (Definitely some fantastic giveaway promos coming!)

And stay tuned this week for a very special twitter party announcement being hosted by yours truly with some really amazing co-hosts. Sign up page will be posted shortly!

How is Spring Treating you so far butterfly? How are you getting in the Spring Spirit? Is it Spring Cleaning? The sounds of the birds chirping outside? Or the butterflies maybe?

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One Down, One to Go! Winner's Announcement!

Thanks for your patience butterflies as I get myself more caught up, I didn't factor just how slow I really have to take things now.

Congratulations Kimberly Beauchamp, you are the Ascending Butterfly Macy's Ideology Giveaway winner! Don't forget to reply to your winning email notification. I hope you enjoy your new workout gear! Hope your new gear is just the inspiration you need to kick start your fitness routine!

In the next few days I will close out our last Book Club Giveaway and hopefully have the new title up soon!

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Ascending Butterfly Monthly Book Club: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Devotional Stories for Tough Times Book Giveaway! Ends 03/25

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This giveaway is now CLOSED. Thanks so much to our wonderful sponsor Chicken Soup for the Soul! We look forward to working with you again. Our winner is 'ashleymorrissey90', Congrats! Remember: There are great giveaways active on the upper right hand side of the page!

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Ascending Butterfly's Monthly Book Club March Title, Sponsored By:

Our monthly book club has returned this month with a very inspirational title! Because it's being posted so late in the month, this will be officially considered our March title and we will return a new title in April.

About the Book:

Life has always been filled with trials, including illness, job loss, grief, addictions, and much more. God never promised that our earthly lives would be without difficulties, but He assured us that He will always be with us to share our burdens. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Devotional Stories for Tough Times is filled with stories that show God's presence during a time of trouble. Readers will find encouragement, solace, and strength in these personal stories and prayers.

About the Authors:

Susan M. Heim is a long-time Chicken Soup for the Soul editor and Christian author, specializing in family-oriented books and women’s issues.

Karen C. Talcott is an author and educator with an expertise in women’s issues, faith, and angels.

My Take:

In the midst of quite a bit of upheaval in my life, I have spent countless hours when I was in the hospital catching up on my reading, but this book by far ended up with the most Post-it® Flags in it and remained faithfully by my bedside table. This book and my In Bloom by Jonquil Pajamas attracted quite a bit of attention from the Doctors and Nurses.

Each story/chapter ends with a Prayer, called My Prayer that relates to the story but almost every single story end prayer resonated with me and spoke to my heart directly so I'd flag it. My book looks like a rainbow of Post-it® Flags, but I still refer to the prayers almost daily to provide me with encouragement and strength through the difficult journey I have been facing. I have enjoyed the Chicken Soup series and began reading them well before my blogging days, but this is the first of all the series I've featured here.

I think in these times of economic upheaval where we are still pretty much in a recession, with people out of work and many people I know affected by major life crises including deaths in the family, health scares and more, this book is very much needed in everyone's library. There is only one other book of prayer that has touched me in the same way and if I can I will try to feature that book here as well.

I can't recommend the series and this particular book more highly. I can tell you that for me, it's a book I would rather not loan out. I'd much rather buy someone their own copy. If you yourself, or someone you care about is going through a hard time, this is the gift to bring them. If you have a loved one in the hospital, bring them this book. Many hospitals no longer allow flowers or plants in patients rooms, and teddy bears are sometimes difficult because the bedside table is so small, but this book when not being read can go safely in a drawer.

There is such a wide variety of stories of inspiration that bring such hope and a renewal of Faith to your spirit. While the Chicken Soup series has often been classified under books of Faith and sometimes Self help, I don't want perspective readers to feel you have to adhere to a certain religious or Faith Background to enjoy them, they are tales of everyday people in sometimes extraordinary situations that share that moment in a very raw, open and honest way.

I greatly enjoyed Chicken Soup for the Soul: Devotional Stories for Tough Times and was super happy to make this our first book of 2012. I hope you enjoy it as I much as I do!

And you know the drill, with all our book club titles, one reader has a shot at taking home the book also! As you know we switched to rafflecopter for our giveaways, so please enter using rafflecopter, we will not process any comment entries. You can however use the comments to let us know what you thought about this title if you read it. Or to suggest future Monthly Book Club Titles you'd like to see us feature here.

Remember with rafflecopter you need javascript enabled, and if it doesn't appear for you right away, just refresh the page. And if you are a first time follower on twitter after you hit follow in the widget, hit refresh and then enter your twitter username in the form.

Happy Reading Butterflies!

What YOU need to know about how we use Rafflecopter + Winner Announcement + Grammys!

First the serious stuff:

Unfortunately I strongly think an explanation of how Ascending Butterfly has integrated Rafflecopter into our giveaway process is necessary.

Butterflies you asked for Rafflecopter and you got it. I have no problem exploring options that make things easier for us both, but it does NOT and I repeat do NOT substitute me moderating the entries. I still moderate EVERY entry. So for those who thought it would allow them to bypass the rules, I'm very sorry to tell you, that nothing slips past me. It is my job to give sponsors accurate numbers. And I will not allow entries that do not comply to pass through to 'pad' my numbers. I do everything with a very high level of integrity. I do not let Rafflecopter do my work for me.

Comments that read:

I want this
I want to win
I like that
Enter me

ARE NOT, and I repeat are NOT being entered, they are being DELETED before the random number generator picks the winner.

All of our entries, and this is PRIOR to our use of Rafflecopter, have had the same 2 mandatory requirements, since 2009, you have been informed clearly that to 'play' you need to be following us via GFC, this is mandatory, not an extra credit, and you need to post a URL link to an item from the sponsor that you like OTHER than the review item. Please don't tell me you can't copy the link. If 500 other people were able to copy a URL link so can you. No exceptions. If you do not post a URL link, regardless of whether or not you completed a million extra credits, all entries have to be deleted. and they will.

Mid 2010 we posted very clearly that we no longer email entrants when their main entries do not comply with win it instructions. We posted this clearly for a full year and a half. We are not emailing people to tell them their entries were voided for not complying with instructions.

I'm not naming names, but for the MOR giveaway instead of linking to another product from MOR's website, someone actually copied and pasted the link to our giveaway page and put in the rafflecopter form. All those entries from those that did that were deleted. Yes I do notice, yes I do check everything.

I look at it this way, I'd rather show 500 entries that are complete and fair and followed instructions than 1,000 that were not all legit. For those that took out the time to do things properly, I assure you that when a winner is being drawn, the only entries the random number generator will be choosing from are VALID ones.

Giveaways are truly labors of love for the bloggers that run them. We are not being paid for them. We do not profit from them. Bloggers can host plain reviews instead of going to bat to get a giveaway in addition.

I am not saying landing reviews are 'easy', but brands are of course more apt to welcome a review, but for the giveaway component, we are pitching and selling to that brand as to why they should consider including another item for our readers. Dear Butterflies, giveaways are a thank you. They are not required. They are not a given. Rafflecopter for the most part is making this process easier for YOU, I am still moderating all entries. So please help make this easier on us BOTH. Do not put in incomplete entries, do not put in false links, do not leave entries blank and think they won't be caught. The more my way of thanking my readers becomes a chore, the less prone I feel to keep doing it.

Now on to the fun stuff:

Lucky Winner:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Annie A. - Winner of the MOR all 9 Lip Macarons Giveaway <-Comment 222 won! Please note Rafflecopter announces the winner in the widget, so you no longer have to wait for us to post the Winner Announcement to any Closed Giveaway, within 3 business days of any giveaway close date, the winner's comment number and user name will appear in the widget automatically.

Join me in congratulating our winner! And don't forget to show our current active Rafflecopter Giveaways:

 In Bloom Pajamas or Nightgown of YOUR Choice Giveaway 

AND Ugglebo Seattle Low Style Shearling Boots Giveaway! ARV $309 Ends 02/18 LOTS of love! (The In Bloom PJ's ends VERY SOON, so act fast!)

And as many of you already know my twitter alter ego is as 'The Official #TwitterPartyDJ' and I'm currently live tweeting during the Grammy's, follow me @Tracy_Iglesias and feel free to share with me your Grammy impressions, anything from performances to the fashion, nothing is off limits!

Hope you are enjoying the Grammy's tonight. Any big plans for Valentine's Day?

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Ascending Butterfly received the products mentioned above free of charge for editorial consideration. However, all opinions expressed are 100% my own. I am disclosing this information in accordance with the Federal Trade Commisions 16 CFR, Part 255 Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. Our full Giveaway Rules and Disclosure Policy can be found HERE.

Winners Announcement + Sneak Peek, Guess what's coming up this week?

A special thanks to our Sponsors Jockey, Purex, and Trop50,  for sponsoring such awesome giveaways! Here are our lucky winners:

We have two very lucky winners:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Tamara B. - Winner of the Full Size Purex Crystals + Jockey Sports Bra Giveaway! Ended 01/20

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Chelsea R.  - Winner of the Trop 50 True Resolutions + $50 Spa Week Gift Card Giveaway! Ended 01/31

Join me in congratulating our winners! We hosted the Trop50 giveaway as a Flash giveaway using Rafflecopter and apparently butterflies you really like Rafflecopter! If the Amway giveaway does just as well as the Trop50 Flash Giveaway did, we will continue to use Rafflecopter as a method of giveaway entry, so if you like Rafflecopter, show it by giving our Amway Rafflecopter Giveaway LOTS of love!

And for those of you who tweeted and posted on Duane Reade's Facebook Page regarding my NYC VIP Blogger entry nomination, THANK YOU, I most certainly appreciate it. Many of you that weren't entering a giveaway here did it too and you have no idea just how much it meant to me to see that!

New giveaway coming soon! (Bet you want a hint right? Check out the picture with the Christmas theme on this page HERE, there is something in that picture that will appear as a giveaway this week! Can you guess what it is?)

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Ascending Butterfly received the products mentioned above free of charge for editorial consideration, and is also eligible for additional incentives as part of the Trop50 campaign. However, all opinions expressed are 100% my own. I am disclosing this information in accordance with the Federal Trade Commisions 16 CFR, Part 255 Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. Our full Giveaway Rules and Disclosure Policy can be found HERE.

Winner's Announcement - Pair of Marc Joseph Shoes of YOUR choice giveaway winners!

A special thanks to the sponsor Marc Joseph NY for sponsoring such an awesome giveaway! 2 winners had the chance to select the pair of their choice in either mens or womens, how sweet is that?

I wanted to also thank you all (as well as our sponsor) for your patience. This giveaway was supposed to close the same night I landed in the hospital which is what caused the delay in getting entries sorted out and processed.

We have two very lucky winners:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Stef
Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - JanetFaye

We will return on Monday with the next 'New Year, New You' giveaway promotion!

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Winners Announcement + Extended Deadline!

We have winners! It's been a busy holiday season and it took a bit longer than expected to process entries and notify winners for the last three giveaways, but I spent some time getting caught up, and have 3 winners to announce today. Yay!

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Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - {CLOSED} Make 2012 your most fit year yet with our Zumba Fitness 1 and Zumba Fitness 2 Prize Bundle Giveaway! Ends 12/18 - The Winner is *'Centsable Lady'*

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - {CLOSED} 3 Month The California Wine Club Review AND Giveaway! Ends 12/15 - The Winner is *'Gina Nuzio'*. 

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - {CLOSED} Earthies Jasko Boots Review and Giveaway! ARV $209 Ends 12/22 - The Winner is *'Swtlilchick'*.

Extended Deadline:

 

This extension is mostly for me, but definitely benefits you as well, if you were away for the holiday weekend and thought you missed the chance to get in our Marc Joseph Giveaway, we extended the deadline! It will now close on 12/30 giving you a little more time to get your entries in if you haven't, and a chance to rack up more extra credit entries if you have already entered!

Active HOT Giveaway:

Remember you can select a MENS style shoe or a WOMENS style shoe:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Pair of Marc Joseph New York Shoes of YOUR Choice Giveaway - Mens or Womens - 2 Winners! Ends 12/30

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