Please Meet TattooAnnie

I promised a special little something to my 100th follower over on the Twitter a while back, and while that didn't exactly create a stampede to the ol' poorly-updated blog here, I did sign in today to the pleasant surprise of that milestone. Thank you to fellow Etsy seller TattooAnnie for being my 100th lovely regular reader! Previously blogging about her time as an American new to Japan at Akarui Days, TattooAnnie is currently crafting beautiful jewels, hair accessories, buttons, etc. in the TattooAnnie Etsy shop - like these delicious bobbies in some of my favorite colors:

While she could surely do more than justice to her own version, TattooAnnie wins a pair of custom-made chandelier earrings in her choice of colors and finding style (and gigantic-ness). Examples of my own work here of course...

So... I have been devouring design blogs of late as I contemplate a home equity loan or line of credit with which to supplement my already-dwindling savings in order to remodel my really, honestly, crappy little condo. If you have any experience with one or the other of the options for the loan, do leave a comment! But, to that end, the only shopping I've been doing is for carefully-planned full weeks of menus (fresh produce supplemented by my CSA share) and attempts at container gardening and de-purplifying the decor so my fiance feels less like he's moved into my house and more like we've begun a new life together. Right? But yeah, not working all that well; we'd like to renovate enough to rent or sell so we can have a fresh page to start on together.

K'na mean? Have you gone through the move-in process without the benefit of a clean slate?

Congrats Annie and Thanks to you and all of my lovely readers! Happy giveaway winning!

Giveaway Winner!

Drumroll please...

Generated by random.org based on order of entry, the winner of the 100th-post Giveaway of the Aurora set from our Etsy shop DesireeDesigns is...


STRUGGLER! (Check out her awesome style/decor/lifestyle blog!)


Congratulations, Struggler! Please contact me to send your address so I can ship these lovelies off to you.

Thanks to everyone who participated and shared the giveaway! There will surely be others as this blog reaches various milestones, so keep an eye out ;)

Happy Hallowe'en!

100th Post: Giveaway!!!

It's hard to believe that time has flown so fast, but we here at Thrifty Stylist Boston have reached the 100-post milestone. We didn't know we had quite that much to blather on about.

As a way of thanking you, lovely readers, who have been here with us or joined us along the journey, and keep coming back as we grow, we are commemorating this momentous occasion by offering a giveaway!

Win this glittering bracelet-and-earrings set from our Etsy shop!

Bracelet details here
Earring details here

To enter, all you need to do is be (or become) a Regular Lovely Reader (follower sounds so outre), and leave a comment on this post. It can be about the blog, about the Etsy shop, about your outfit or what kind of jewelry you wear; heck, it can be about the weather if that's what you want to say!

You will receive one entry for your comment, and if you choose to "tweet" or re-blog the giveaway, leave a second comment with a link to your blog or twitter feed, and you will receive another entry!

You can receive a third entry via referral- that is, if you link someone to Thrifty Stylist Boston and they become a Regular Lovely Reader, too-- just have them send us a quick message with your info to desireedesigns@gmail.com so that you receive proper credit!

This is a great chance to get started on your holiday gifting, or perhaps just to reward yourself for being awesome. This set is extremely versatile and the many facets will sparkle in the light whether you dress it down in jeans or up in a pretty dress.

This giveaway is open to readers in all countries (but please note that beyond providing reasonable insurance, we cannot be responsible for the individual postal practices of a given country).

The winner will be chosen from all entries via random number generator on Friday, October 30th, so get those entries in soon!

Happy winning-free-stuff to you :)

Giveaway Alert: Fabulous Handmade Skirt

Quick! Get thee over to PrettyLittlePictures, where Jennifer Lauren is having a giveaway of one of her gorgeous handmade skirts from her newly opened Etsy shop, JenniferLauren (please give her a heart when you check out her shop!).

Not just an existing skirt, but a custom skirt. Made for you. Exactly how you want it. Yes, please, we say. And we're telling you all about it because we love you, even though it will doubtless minimize our own chances of ever possibly having a JenniferLauren belong to us!

Here is just one example of her adorable modeling and highly impressive seamstressness (we're coining the word):

Turquoise! Full circle! Pockets! Oh My!

The giveaway ends next Friday (9/11) so enter soon! All you need to do to for a chance is leave a comment on the blog post about why you should be the winner. Or if you really wanted to you could enter for us, instead, because we so deserve to have such a pretty thing but it's out of our price range. Hee hee.

Happy freebie-winning (or attempting, anyway) and happy Etsy shopping!

High-End Denim Giveaway (Current/Elliott)

Chickdowntown and JustMyStyle have teamed up to offer this amazing giveaway of one pair of Current/Elliott wide-leg jeans.


If you check out the site you'll notice that the price is waaaay over our normal expenditure limit... But, you'll see some markdowns which are in the general spirit of being thrifty, right? If you're saving hundreds, does spending hundreds hurt so much? Hmmm. Not sure :)

All you need to do in order to enter is comment on the blog post! How super-easy did they make that? But while you're at it check out JustMyStyle (FashionablyAlaskan)'s great outfits, too, and we suspect you'll want to follow her!

Good luck... may the best chick win ;) (Us, hopefully, no offense or anything... We desperately need anothe pair of work-appropriate jeans!)