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Hello Lovelies!

Today I'd like to share with you a great promotion from BHG Live Better:  Get Cozy, Give Back.  If you've been to Walmart lately, you may have seen the great throws and blankets from the BHG line of home goods there.  (And they're super affordable too!)





Well, the BHG Live Better Facebook page is running a promotion right now...if you upload a photo of yourself, your family,

Welcome to The Ivory Homes Gingerbread  House and Christmas Link Party!

Remember a while back when I posted about the Ivory Homes Gingerbread House Contest and Charity Event?  Well, Friday night, I had the opportunity to go spend some time with some fabulous Utah bloggers at a special blogger event to launch the contest.



As part of the event, we each got to build our own gingerbread houses.

I'm very concerned about the safety of my family, as I'm sure all of you are as well.   And making sure that we have working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors are two of things that are foremost on  my mind when I think about keeping them safe.  So when I was contacted by Kidde to talk about their Worry-Free Smoke Detectors, I thought it was a good thing to share.





I'm sure you've

I have been missing-in-action for the last little while, I know.

Thanks for you patience with me!  Hopefully things will be back to usual here at The Shabby Nest soon.

But I wanted to pop in today to announce the winner of The Vintage Pearl $50 Gift Card!

And the winner is  STEPHANIE of The Huntley Home!

Congratulations Stephanie!  Please drop me an email and we'll set you up with your

Happy Sunday Lovelies!

Today, I'm really excited to welcome one of my newest sponsors: The Vintage Pearl!





I have long loved the beautiful hand-stamped jewelry from The Vintage Pearl. 

Check these out..

























all images via thevintagepearl.com

Aren't they pretty? 

And today, The Vintage Pearl is generously offering one reader of The Shabby Nest the chance to win $50

Okay, I realize it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but today we're talking Gingerbread Houses....and we're talking about them because I have something fun to share.

Do you love building Gingerbread Houses?   If so, you'll definitely be interested in the 3rd Annual Gingerbread House Contest sponsored by Ivory Homes.  Not only do you have the chance to win money for your creation...if you win, Ivory

Today, I have a fun giveaway for you!

 A-Thread is a new on-line clothing boutique that sells great clothes and has a great philosophy as well!

5% of every purchase from A-Thread gets donated to one of four charities, and you get to choose which one!  They call this Shop & Effect.  I think it's awesome.

I had fun scrolling through their website and checking out all their great clothes and

I'm going to admit this right at the beginning of this post.  I'm a neutral-loving girl.  Give me a white room with linen, gray, flax, or white furniture, subtle accents, and texture and I'm in heaven.  Inevitably, when I get on Pinterest or browse through a shelter mag and look at all of the fabulous interiors, those are the sorts of rooms I'm drawn to. 

That said, in this house, I've been