MAJOR giveaway alert: Spa day at Everything But Hair

Okay, so if you follow my Twitter machine, you might have seen a couple tweets about a blog-post-for-service kind of exchange. And I promise, I’m not gonna be one of those lameo bloggers who completely sells out and just schleps her posts for swag. I’ve always maintained that the only sponsored posts you’ll ever see here will feature products and companies that I really love and stand behind, and this post is no exception. So read on…especially if you wanna win free spa services because that is totes about to happen, yo.

Like I said, I got a freebie Shellac manicure from this incredible salon here in Columbus. It’s called Everything But Hair and, as the name implies, they do just about everything but haircuts and styles. If you were a client at Erika Taylor Urban Spa, the atmosphere might seem familiar; Erika closed up shop to open this little haven in German Village. (She worked at a number of top Columbus salons before starting her own gig—think Charles Penzone, Salon Lofts and Jacob Neal.)


The salon is located in a former residence-turned-spa. So the whole ambiance is very homey, which I love. You feel like you could just kick off your shoes and hang out! And, well...you can.


Fresh flowers, decadent products and massage chairs on the pedi station equal ultimate comfort.
And when she says they do everything but hair, she really means it. In addition to the standard manis, pedis, waxing, facials and massages you’d expect at a salon/spa, you can also get permanent makeup (including eyelash extensions—sign me up, please!), Reiki, and even a personal psychic consultation. I haven’t had my cards read yet, but I’m curious to try it out—supposedly the woman, Susan Rawlings, is phenomenal. The local upscale hotels recommend Erika’s former and current salon to guests, and as a result, some pretty big names have benefitted from her salons’ services. Who, you ask? Oh, no one special…only Britney Spears, Julia Roberts, America Ferrera and Margot Kidder, to name a few. (Most of her male clientele prefer not to be named, to save face—after all, who could take a famous rapper seriously if they found out he got pedicures?)


The psychic consultation area is designed to feel both comfortable and luxe.
Anyway, enough name-dropping. Let’s get down to the serious stuff, like why you’d wanna go there. Um, how about cause it’s awesome? Leona did my mani and oh girl, it was pretty awesome. She sent me home with a little bottle of oil for my ravaged cuticles. What a sweetheart. I also got little hand/arm massage and a mini Reiki sesh from the very talented and charismatic Starr Dillon. So much love. Oh oh oh, and I almost forgot the best part. This is a booze-friendly salon, y’all. That’s right. Just sign up for an annual membership (or a one-day membership for just $3) and you can BYOB your choice of libation. Bring a six-pack or bottle of wine, or write your name on a bottle of your fave liquor and leave it there; membership comes with other perks, so it’s definitely something worth considering.


It's all about the details. Booze and gummy bears? Gorgeous chandeliers, stained glass and local art? Yes, please.
So here’s where the post gets really fun for anyone in the Columbus area. (Sorry everyone else. Come visit?) Between now and December 31, you can get 10% off any service at Everything But Hair if you just mention Verbal Mélange, or say that Emma sent you. (Cue announcer voice.) But that’s not all!!

Erika also has oh-so-generously agreed to give away an amazing spa package to one lucky Verbal Mélange reader! It’s the “Everything Package,” which consists of a “Pampered” manicure and pedicure (that’s the whole shebang; see details here), plus a “Blissfully Beautiful” facial and brow shaping. That is a $228 value, you guys. I KNOW, RIGHT? Easily the biggest giveaway I’ve been lucky enough to share here. Again, this is technically open to anyone, but you have to use the package here in Columbus before February 28, 2014. And gents, don’t be deterred; you can gift the package to someone else! I know a lot of girlfriends and wives who would be pretty psyched to find a spa day gift certificate in their stockings.

Giveaway is open until midnight on November 24. Winner will be announced and contacted via email within 24 hours. And folks, I do check to see whether you actually did the things you said you did to enter. So please don’t cheat. I’ll kick your butt to the curb! So what are you waiting for? Get to entering below.

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Celebrating Earth Month with Aveda

So if you've read this blog for any length of time, you might know about the love affair I have with the Aveda salon I go to here in town, Nurtur the Salon. Every year, Aveda salons celebrate Earth Month by having special events and raising money for various charities. In the Columbus area, the charity is the Central Ohio Sierra Club's Clean Water Campaign. And for Nurtur, the events are twofold.

First up is Beauty for the Earth, next Monday (the 22nd) from 11 am to 9 pm at both the Upper Arlington and Grandview Nurtur salons. At the Upper Arlington salon, you can get a haircut, facial or makeup application for $20. At the Grandview salon, you can get a haircut, color gloss or shampoo style for $20. All proceeds--you read that right, 100 percent of your $20, not to mention any additional donations--will benefit the Central Ohio Sierra Club Clean Water Campaign. Both salons will also have a bake sale, raffle baskets, an art silent auction, a giving tree and a prize wheel (You can read more about the giving tree and other cool things here.) Just make sure you call and schedule an appointment if you want a $20 service; spots fill up fast! (Addresses and phone numbers for both locations are available on the website, linked in the paragraph above.)

The second big event is the annual Earth Jam fashion show/fundraiser. It's a week from today (the 23rd), from 6:30 to 10 pm at the LC Pavilion in the Arena District. (You might remember my post and photos from last year. If you didn't catch it then, click over for a second. Go on. I'll wait.

You back? Ok. OMG HOW SWEET DOES THAT LOOK? Pretty sweet, I know. That hair! That makeup! Those clothes! I can say that, based on last year's show, this year's is not something you want to miss. It was a blast. This year, the beneficiary of the event's fundraising portions is Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio and its Camp Oty’Okwa in Hocking Hills, which focuses on educating children about the environment. So not only will you be entering raffles and bidding in live and silent auctions for the chance to win some truly incredible prizes, but the money you spend will benefit a truly awesome cause. On top of the auctions and fashion show, Earth Jam also will feature mini spa services (score!), door prizes (double score!) and an in-house DJ. Plus, I'll be there, so we can meet up! (Not that meeting me is nearly as sweet as the rest of that, but you know, I'm a little bit cool.)

You can buy tickets to (and find out some more info about) Earth Jam here. Or you can enter to win two tickets below!

(Giveaway runs from now until Friday, April 19, at midnight. I will contact you within 12 hours of the giveaway ending to arrange for a time to give you the tickets. Giveaway is open to anyone, but the show is here in Columbus, so please don't enter if you're not actually going to be in town on Tuesday :) Thanks!)

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UPDATE! I got free stuff for hosting this. Namely, two tickets to Earth Jam and a free service at Nurtur. Sorry, guys. I'm not trying to be sneaky, I promise.

Local review: Nurtur Salon

When I moved to Columbus, one of the first things I looked for was a new stylist. Having just graduated from college in a town with approximately three salons to its name, I was overwhelmed with the options this city had to offer. Luckily, my friend Allory recommended a salon she'd been frequenting for years. Now, I'm a die-hard fan of Nurtur, an Aveda salon in the Columbus-adjacent suburb of Upper Arlington. So when their marketing person contacted me to do a review of their newest location, in the trendy little neighborhood of Grandview, I was thrilled.

(Bear with me on this review. It's long, but only because I love this place. And at the end, there's a giveaway!)

Nurtur is an Aveda salon, so it has great product and exceptional customer service. The Grandview location (1325 Grandview Ave.) doesn't disappoint there. When I walked in, I was promptly greeted by the smiling faces of the staff, who checked me in and offered me something to drink.

This location features a unique drink menu, with Staufs coffee and two blends of Staufs tea that were specially made for the store. The original location has coffee and tea, but they're not from Staufs, which is a locally owned coffee house here in Columbus that has what is, hands down, the best coffee I've ever had. So. Good.

Anyway, my stylist John was waiting for me once I got my drink. John's been doing my hair for about six or seven months now, since my original stylist left the company. He's fantastic; he knows my hair better than I do and is always able to tweak my style a little bit to keep it fresh. Plus, he's a great conversationalist, which in my opinion is almost as important in a stylist as actual talent.

All hair appointments start off with a quick stress-relieving chair massage. This is a major selling point for me; I have constant knots in my shoulders. I know what you're thinking, and yes, it's totally included in the cost of your cut/color. So yeah, that's pretty awesome.

After the chair massage, it's off to the super-comfy hair washing station. I know what you're thinking...comfy hair washing? At a salon? It sounds like a contradiction, but I promise it's not. The chair and sink are both adjustable, so you can really settle in for the shampoo-and-condition routine, complete with scalp massage. But it doesn't stop there. While the conditioner is soaking in, you get your choice between a mini facial or a hand and arm massage. I've had both, and I highly recommend the mini facial. It's basically pure heaven.

Then it's off the chair for the actual cut. I was really impressed with the clean, uncluttered design of the styling station. Most salons just have a mishmash pile of product and brushes and tools jumbled on the counter. Here, everything's grouped together off to the side, so all I saw in front of me in the chair was the mirror and a nice, clean counter.

Of course, the cut itself was phenom, as always. Like I said, John really knows my hair better than I do, and he always seems to know exactly what I want, without even having to ask. He knows his stuff.

In addition to hair cut and color, the Grandview location also does texture treatments (like relaxing), makeup application, brow waxing and hair spa treatments. And if you live here in Columbus (or plan to visit soon), you can win a $25 gift card for any of the aforementioned services! Enter below...giveaway's open until Tuesday the 11th, so jump on it :)

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Giveaway: Jada's Jewels!

I'm super excited to announce an awesome giveaway! I'm collaborating with Jada's Jewels to give away a $25 gift card for their site. It might not sound like much, but I promise you, on this site $25 will go a long way! They're based here in Columbus, which is awesome, so I got to meet up with Marketing Intern Allison. That was cool because as a blogger, you rarely get to real-world interact with people you work with. It was also cool because she brought a present! It was the jewelry and earring set I'm wearing here:






shirt: Old Navy
cropped pants: The Limited
shoes, belt: Target
necklace, earrings: Jada's Jewels Update: This should say "c/o Jada's Jewels...my bad, guys!
I freaking love the jewelry. It looks really heavy, but it's not. Score. And there's new stuff on the website every day...and there's something new I want just about every day, too, haha! Good thing it's all affordable :)

Ok, so I'm using Rafflecopter for the first time on this giveaway. That means no commenting! I mean, you can comment if you want, but it won't count as an entry. Hopefully this will be easier for everyone :) There are two mandatory entries, 11 extra entries, and an additional option that's worth TWO entries, that you can do every single day of the giveaway. So really, you can enter up to 29 times. Bam.

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A short one

shirt: The Limited
skirt, belt: Modcloth
flats: Target
A short post, that is, as I don't have much to say today and I only had two photos I liked from this shoot. Usually, I take five to nine photos of each outfit. Any more and I start to get bored. (Yes, I have the attention span of a five-year-old.) So sometimes, in those few I'm-not-bored-yet shots, I have like seven good photos to choose from. Sometimes, I can't even find three that I like.

Anyway, tomorrow I'm having lunch with a marketing rep from an online jewelry store startup that's based here in Columbus. The concept is a little like Groupon or Google deals, only substitute all the discounted food/haircuts/whatever with jewelry. CUTE jewelry. I'm really excited to be collaborating with this company...and I mean really excited, not oh-I-got-free-stuff-I'm-gonna-pretend-to-be-enthusiastic excited. I can't wait to introduce you guys to the site, and with any luck, do a little jewelry giveaway!

Huh. Look at that. Guess I did have something to talk about today :)

We have a winner!

Before I announce the eShakti giveaway winner, I just want to give a huge THANK YOU to everyone who entered. The response was truly overwhelming, and I'm so excited that there were so many entries. I wish everyone could have won! But alas, the prize was just for one person, and that person is...(cue drumroll)...




Kelly, of one of my fave blogs, Enter Kelly! Congrats, love. Can't wait to see what you pick out and how you style it! Check your email shortly for details on how to claim your prize.

Well, I'm signing off for the weekend, folks. Come back next Friday for the return of Fiscal Fridays, and of course there will be outfit posts throughout the week :) Have a lovely weekend, y'all!

Giveaway love

Have I ever mentioned how awesome you guys are? I have? Well, I'll say it again. Whenever I blog about having a bad day, I get a slew of comments with kind words and hopeful thoughts, and it never fails to cheer me up. So when eShakti asked if I wanted to do a giveaway, the answer was a resounding YES! So this is for you all, loyal readers. Thanks for rocking my socks.

eShakti giveaway pics by verbalmelange on polyvore.com

This giveaway is for one item of your choice from the amazing eShakti. You can even choose a custom-sized/styled product. Custom sizing allows you to enter all of your measurements for a custom-made item that is perfectly tailored to fit you like a glove. Or, you know, a dress. Whatevs.

Mandatory to enter:
- Visit eShakti and pick out which item that you'd get if you won. (Personally, I'm drooling over everything pictured above.)
- Comment below and tell me which item you'd pick. Make sure you leave your email address in the comment. If I can't contact you, you can't win!

For extra entries:
- Like eShakti's Facebook page
- Like Verbal Mélange's Facebook page
- Follow eShakti on Pinterest
- Follow me on Pinterest
- Follow eShakti on Twitter
- Follow me on Twitter

That's a total of seven possible entries! And with the great quality of eShakti's clothes, this is a giveaway you definitely want to enter as many times as possible ;) Just make sure you enter before midnight on May 31. Winner will be announced on June 1! Good luck!

Disclaimer: I was not paid, perked or compensated for hosting this giveaway. I just love y'all and I love eShakti and I wanted to do something nice :)

Giveaway winner chosen!

Ladies and...well, mostly ladies (eh, I know my audience, haha)...we have a winner! Cue the trumpet fanfare. Congrats to...




Loren of The Inclined Plane! (Good thing I already have your email address, otherwise I'd have to select again, haha.) Check your inbox for communications from PrintRunner and/or myself on how to submit your business card design and get your prize.

To everyone else...I am considering hosting another PrintRunner giveaway next month, for stickers instead of business cards. But turnout was disappointing for this giveaway, so I'm on the fence. So I'm asking you...If I hosted a PrintRunner giveaway for stickers (design of your choosing), would you enter? Thanks :)

PrintRunner giveaway!

Well, it's been a while since I've been able to do a giveaway, so I was super excited to hear from PrintRunner, a website with tons of different things you can print online, like stickers, post cards, calendars, flyers and more. You can also use PrintRunner to print business cards for, say, your blog, Etsy shop, small business or whatever else you can think of. Which is what I'm teaming up with PrintRunner to give away today!





One winner will receive 250 standard size (two by three-and-a-half inches) business cards. Your cards can be standard 4/4 color on both sides, and will be printed on 14 pt. paper with UV coating on both sides. You will not get a proof or rounded corners on the cards.

Other technical stuff:
For hosting this giveaway, I will also receive a set of business cards as described above. This giveaway is open only to U.S. residents age 18 and up only. (Sorry international friends...I'll get a giveaway going for you guys soon!)

How to enter:
This one's easy. Just comment on this post with your email address (so I and PrintRunner can get in touch with you if you win). If you don't provide an email address, you will not be eligible to win.

You can do any of the below to get extra entries (one entry each). Just make sure you leave a separate comment for each one.
- Follow Verbal Mélange via RSS
- Follow Verbal Mélange via Bloglovin
- Like PrintRunner on Facebook
- Like Verbal Mélange on Facebook
- Follow PrintRunner on Twitter
- Follow me on Twitter
- Follow me on Pinterest

This giveaway is open until Wednesday, May 16 at midnight. So enter now!

Do the Shamrock Shake!

You guys. It's back. It's finally back!!! The Shamrock Shake has returned to McDonald's!!



Okay, so maybe I'm a little too excited about this. But I'm kind of obsessed with this seasonal treat. It's sooo delicious, and I think the limited availability just makes it that much more special. So when I was contacted about doing a giveaway for this tasty treat, I was more than a little excited.

This year, McDonald's is partnering up with Skreened to sell some sweet vintage-style T-shirts celebrating the best shake ever created. Proceeds from the sales of these shirts (as well as 25 cents from each Shamrock Shake sold here in Central Ohio) will benefit the Ronald McDonald House charity. And you can win one of the unisex fitted T-shirts!



Mandatory steps to enter:
1. Follow @McDonaldsCMH_OH on Twitter.
2. Tweet this message: "Do the Shamrock Shake! Check out McDonald's vintage Shamrock Shake T-shirts: http://bit.ly/AlftPa"
3. Leave a comment saying you did the above. Make sure to INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL so I can contact you if you win!!

Extra entries (leave a separate comment for each):
1. Follow me on Twitter.
2. Tweet about this giveaway (make sure you mention me in the tweet so I'm sure to see it).

Giveaway closes Thursday, March 8 at 5pm. That way, the winner will get his/her shirt by St. Patty's Day :)

Giveaway winner announced!

Hi all! First, a huge thanks to Raych of Marriage by Design for hosting this amazing giveaway! I'm super jealous of the winner, who is...



Ashley P! Congrats girl. Check your email momentarily, we'll get you in touch with Raych so you can get your gorgeous new necklace!

(And if anyone's wondering why the random.org number only goes up to 20, even though the post says there were 37 comments...well, there were a lot of deleted comments, and a number of people who were ineligible because they entered after the giveaway closed on Friday.)

If you didn't win, check back here tomorrow (yep, tomorrow) for ANOTHER giveaway. Man, March is shaping up to be all about the goodies, no?

Giveaway Monday!

It's been a while since I've done a giveaway here, so I was super excited when one of my sponsors, Raych of Marriage by Design, asked to host one this month.

The prize? This gorgeous multi-strand, vintage-inspired necklace from her friend's Etsy shop. Not gonna lie, Raych and I are both a little jealous of whoever wins this necklace...it's beautiful!



To enter:
1. This giveaway is open to Verbal Mélange followers only. So make sure you follow via Bloglovin, RSS feed or Google Friend Connect.
2. Leave a comment on this post, telling me how you follow (see above), and your email. I cannot contact the winner if you don't leave me your email. So yeah. That's pretty important.

For extra entries (Please leave a separate comment for each; if you already follow via one of these things, it counts! Just comment to let me know):
1. Follow me on Twitter.
2. Follow Raych on Twitter.
3. Follow VM on Facebook.
4. Follow MBD on Facebook.
5. Follow MBD on Bloglovin.
6. Follow me on Pinterest.

Update: I'll say it one more time. You MUST leave a separate comment for each of the above extra entries. I use random.org to select winners, so 1 comment = 1 entry. If you leave a comment saying "I follow on Twitter and Facebook and Bloglovin and Pinterest," that's still only one entry. Cause it's one comment :) Kthanx!

Good luck, everyone! Giveaway closes Friday, March 3 at 7 pm. Winner will be announced shortly after!

Giveaway: The Limited gift card

Yesterday, I mentioned that I was going to my first blogger event. It was the grand opening of the new The Limited store over at Easton. A bunch of Columbus style bloggers were invited, and I thought was a great effort on The Limited's part to reach out to us. I got a $50 gift card for attending, and I got another $50 gift card to give away to you guys! How cool is that? But first, I'm going to make you look at all my pictures of the store. Muah ha ha.


10TV's Angela Pace.


The Limited CEO Linda Heasley. Got a chance to speak with her later, it was pretty cool!


Nichole Dunn, president of the Women's Fund. The Limited is partnering with the Women's Fund and even donating a portion of all sales this weekend!


Cutting the ribbon!


Free food! Yes, please :)




Clearly, gold is in again.


How cute are these watches?


Belts galore.


Loving this top!


An open dressing room concept for parties and events. They have regular hard-door dressing rooms too.


This store wins the award for coolest dressing rooms. They have these buttons you can use to call an associate for a different size or just an opinion. Below that is a button that lets you adjust the light in your fitting room so you can see how it would look during the day, at night or in the office. In the next few weeks, they're setting up an area with a camera that will let you take a photo and email it to friends for their opinions. How cool is that?!


Got a chance to meet Heather of H&K Style Journey. Great blog, and she's such a sweetie :)
Thanks for scrolling through all that :) The event was fun, I only wish I could have stayed longer (darn work breaks). I wound up getting one of their Merino sweaters (in mustard yellow, hecks yeah!!!) and a pretty gold necklace. And you can get something too!

To enter to win this $50 gift card:

1. You must be a follower of Verbal Mélange via Bloglovin, Google Friend Connect or RSS feed. Make sure you mention which one you use in your comment!
2. Pop over to The Limited's website and tell me what you'd use your gift card on. Come back here and comment with the name of the item.
3. Make sure you leave your email address so I can contact you!!!!

For bonus entries (leave a separate comment for each):
- Like VM on Facebook
- Follow me on Twitter
- Tweet about this giveaway with a link. Something like "Verbal Mélange's @elfrankart is giving away a $50 gift card to The Limited! Enter here: http://bit.ly/vjokY8". You can do this entry every day that the giveaway is open! Just make sure you comment each time.

Giveaway open until Thursday, Nov. 10 at 11 pm EST. Winner will be announced via a new post on Nov. 11. Open to all US and international readers!

Update: Just found out they don't ship to Canada. I'm going to guess that means they don't ship overseas, either. Sorry, non-US readers :( I wanted to include you!

Moved in and a giveaway winner

Well, Matt and I are pretty much moved in to the new place! We still have some major cleaning and hole-filling at the old apartment, but we have three weeks to finish that and I think we'll take our time, haha.

The new house is coming along, slowly but surely. There are a few major changes that we'll need to make, like adding a cabinet and some counterspace in the kitchen, building a vanity in the bedroom, reworking my closet and adding lots and lots of shelving (this place has wayyy less storage space than our old one). But the good news is that our landlord is completely cool with us doing all this mini-remodels. He told us to make the place our own, so that's entirely what we intend to do! I'll get some photos up just as soon as the house stops looking like a tornado hit it. Which may be a while.

Did I mention we don't have Internet yet? (Or cable, for that matter.) Our installation appointment isn't until the 20th (!!!) so there will be a lot of coffee shops and sitting on the floor of our old apartment (thank God we didn't cancel the Internet yet) to do my blogging and freelance work. That being said, posts might get pretty infrequent until we have reliable service again, and returning comments might be even more sparse. Advance apologies for that.

But enough about my boring moving stuff. I have a giveaway winner to annonce! And it's...#9, JeNeal!

Congrats, JeNeal! I'll give your email to Ashley and she'll contact you about your print (or prints, if you choose).

Until next time, whenever that may be :)

Giveaway: Print(s) from After Nine to Five

It's Monday, folks. And what better way to get rid of those Monday Blahs than an awesome giveaway? Ashley of After Nine to Five is relaunching her shop today, and it has a few sweet graphic subway art prints in addition to her stock of adorable jewelry. The prints are either custom-made to include words and/or dates of your choosing, or they have themes that would appeal to a wide range of people. Current themes in the shop include True Blood, outdoors, Office Space and Star Wars.

And the winner of this week's giveaway gets a choice: two non-custom prints, or a single custom print of your design!

To enter, all you have to do is visit Ashley's shop, pick out your favorite item and leave a comment here telling me what it is. And don't forget to leave your email so I can contact you if you win! (The last giveaway I hosted, the original winner didn't leave an email address, so I had to pick a new one :( So leave your email! If you're afraid of spambots, just write out the words "at" and "dot com" to protect yourself.)

Extra entries (make sure to leave a separate comment for each!):
1. Follow Verbal Mélange via RSS, Google Friend Connect or Bloglovin'.
2. Follow Ashley's blog, After Nine to Five, on any of the above outlets.
3. Follow me on Twitter.
4. Follow Ashley on Twitter.
5. Like Verbal Mélange on Facebook.

Giveaway will close this Friday, August 26 at 11:59 pm EST. Winner will be announced Monday morning!

Giveaway winner!

So, I'm a little behind on announcing the winner to this giveaway. My apologies, guys, this weekend had me a bit frazzled/distracted. But I used random.org to select a winner this morning...and the winner didn't include an email address. So Brooke of A New View 365, you have 48 hours to email me with your contact information! It's verbal{dot}melange{at}gmail.com.

If I don't hear from Brooke, I'll select another winner, again with random.org. Stay tuned!

Couldn't wait!

I was going to wait until my 100th post to make this announcement, but I couldn't keep the secret any longer! (This is post 97. I am not a patient lady.)

So, without further ado...my first giveaway!! It's sponsored by my good friend, Kree, who has an awesome shop on Etsy called Leslie's Baubles. (And for you Columbus-ites, she also sells at Accent on Nature in Grandview.) Her jewelry is absolutely gorgeous! And it's really high quality stuff, too.

The stones in this necklace are prehnite and emeralds, set in sterling silver with an 18 inch sterling silver chain. And it could be yours! All you have to do is:

Mandatory entry:
Leave a comment saying which item from Kree's shop is your favorite.

Make sure you leave your email too, so I can contact you!

Additional entries (leave a separate comment for each)
1. Follow Verbal Mélange on Twitter.

2. Follow Leslie's Baubles on Twitter.

3. Like Verbal Mélange on Facebook.

4. Like Leslie's Baubles on Facebook.

5. Favorite Leslie's Baubles on Etsy.

6. Make a purchase from Leslie's Baubles on Etsy.

7. Follow me on Bloglovin or via Google Friend Connect or RSS (links on the right).

8. Tweet this giveaway with a link and my handle (i.e. "Check out this sweet giveaway hosted by @elfrankart on Verbal Mélange: http://bit.ly/prSF7V)

Giveaway is open until Friday, July 15. Winner will be chosen via random.org at 7 pm EST and notified via email.

Oh, and did I mention that all Vérbal Melange readers get 10% off at the shop while the giveaway is open? Cause you all do :) Just enter the code MELANGE10 at checkout.