August Empress

A big thank you to all the lovely ladies and gentleman who entered the giveaway. I loved reading your posts and I wish I could have all of you in the workshop, you’re all incredibly amazing and deserving!

So, let’s see who the lucky person is…

Congratulations Alle! I will be in touch with you shortly with information on your placement in the next workshop.

Your Darling Blog is for bloggers who want to infuse more of their personality into their online space. Over 6-7 weeks I’ll be teaching you how to create a blog design that expresses who you are, including:

• Access to a private blog and daily posts delivered to your inbox
• Tutorials demonstrating various design styles and techniques
• Step-by-step process of designing 3 unique blog designs
• Creative lessons and assignments to craft your brand and inspire your blog design
• Private Flickr group to share your work and connect with others
• Shared insight from a selection of talented web designers
• An extensive collection of examples, inspiration and resources
• 3 weeks of individual emails with me to get feedback on your work
  (limited to 25 places)

Be sure to read the lovely testimonials from past students. A reminder that registration for the next workshop opens on the 12th of September (or the 11th for most of those outside Australia). I can’t wait to get started with a new bunch of amazing students.

Beginning on the 8th of October I will be running the next Your Darling Blog design workshop, and I am beyond excited to be giving away one scholarship to Your Darling Blog which includes the workshop & 3 weeks of feedback on your design!

This is a great opportunity for blogger’s to create their own blog design, learn lots of new skills and be inspired.

Your Darling Blog is for bloggers who want to infuse more of their personality into their online space. Over 7 weeks I’ll be teaching you how to create a blog design that expresses who you are, including:

• Access to a private blog and daily posts delivered to your inbox
• Tutorials demonstrating various design styles and techniques
• Step-by-step process of designing 3 unique blog designs
• Creative lessons and assignments to craft your brand and inspire your blog design
• Private Flickr group to share your work and connect with others
• Shared insight from a selection of talented web designers
• An extensive collection of examples, inspiration and resources
• 3 weeks of individual emails with me to get feedback on your work

Be sure to read the lovely testimonials from past students.

To be in the running to win a Your Darling Blog Scholarship, you must complete these three steps:

1. Create a blog post explaining why you want or need to participate in the next Your Darling Blog workshop. Your post must include a link to the Your Darling Blog Website. Please also leave a link to your post in the comments below.

2. Tweet about your post, this giveaway post, or about the workshop on Twitter, including the handle @yourdarlingblog.

3. Sign up to the Your Darling Blog Mailing List (if you are already signed up to this list, you can skip this step).

This giveaway is open to anyone worldwide and will close on 24th August ,2012. I will read all entries and select a winner to be announced on the 27th August, 2012. I repeat, all three steps listed above must be completed to be eligible to win. The giveaway is valued at $295 AUD.

I wish you the best of luck and I can’t wait to spend the next workshop with one of you!

Update: I’ve created a little download of design elements you can use in your blog post.

Update: This giveaway has now closed, good luck everyone!

Over the last few days I’ve been soaking up this book with enthusiasm, Chris Guillebeau’s ‘The $100 Startup‘ is full of great stories, inspiration, advice and easy steps to action a more fulfilling path to a new or better business. Seriously, once I made it to the end of the book I had jotted down pages of notes and possible ideas. Only a few might become a new service or product upon further development, the underlying concept of the book is to just get started, and launch as soon as possible, with the passion and skills you already have. And because it’s such a great book, I want to give another person the opportunity to get their hands on a copy.

This giveaway is open to anyone worldwide and will close on the 29th May 2012, I will announce the winner on the 30th May 2012.

*This giveaway has now closed*

The lucky winner is: DANA F! Thanks to your comment you have won a copy of this book, congrats!

This month I am giving away a copy of the new second edition of Print & Pattern by Bowie Style. The first book is still one of my favourites and the second looks just as gorgeous with loads of amazing patterns and designers. To be part of this giveaway you simply need to complete at least one of the three methods below, if you complete all three, you will receive three separate entries into the giveaway:

• Leave a comment on this post sharing what types of patterns you love.
• Tweet about the giveaway using the Tweet button below (make sure the twitter handle @thedarlingtree is included)
• Signup to the Empress Society mailing list in the sidebar (now is a great time as I am preparing a sparkly new email for early next week).

It’s as simple as that! This giveaway is open to anyone worldwide and will close on the 14th March, I will announce the winner on the 15th March.

*This giveaway has now closed*

The lucky winner is: VANESA! Thanks for signing up to the mailing list to win a copy of this book.

Thank you to everyone who joined this giveaway!

The lucky winners are… Elle for comment #3 and Ashley for comment #19!

Congratulations! I will be in contact with you to receive these lovely items.

A big thank you to The Joy of Ex Foundation for supporting this giveaway.

The Joy Of Ex Foundation is back again as part of this month’s giveaway! Two lucky people will win a ‘My Book Club Only Reads Wine Labels’ Tote Bag, and a set of 5 Mixed Postcards featuring various funny quotes. A special thank you to Sally, founder and writer, for offering these to the readers of August Empress. Her products generously help people pay for legal and counselling costs after a break up.

To be part of this giveaway simply visit the The Joy of Ex Foundation website and leave a comment on this post telling us which quote is your favourite.

This giveaway is open to anyone worldwide and will close on Thursday 17th November, 2011. The winner will be chosen at random.org. and be announced on Friday 18th November, 2011.

*This giveaway is now closed, thank you to everyone who participated*

Thank you to everyone who joined this giveaway!

The lucky winner is… Jadyn for comment #42!

“Wow – what an amazing store. I love the zinc cabinet, it’s not within my price range but a girl can dream. I love it that Olive Manna has so many great things at different price points, love the leafy garlands as well.”

Congratulations! Thanks again to everyone for entering!

August Empress loves August! To celebrate this fabulous month, I am giving away a $100 Gift Certificate to the equally fabulous Olive Manna online store! The place to go for craft, paper and packaging products and textiles has extended it’s range to also include vintage decor and storage.

To be part of this giveaway simply visit the online store and leave a comment on this post telling me which product is your favourite.

This giveaway is open to anyone worldwide (that USPS ships to as per Olive Manna shipping terms) and will close on Thursday 18th August, 2011. The winner will be chosen at random.org. and be announced on Friday 19th August, 2011.

*This giveaway is now closed*