Friday, September 3, 2010

{Giveaway!}

I'm sure most of you who visit a fair share of bride blogs have seen similar giveaways going on right now and I wanted to wait until I got to 250 followers, but this one is just too exciting! I don't know anyone who wouldn't want one of these:

Yes, that's right, an $80 Nordstrom gift card!

It seems like the process of finding a Mother of the Bride dress is one of the most stressful items on the to-do list for brides. This surprisingly difficult task is made infinitely easier with the resource of DesignerApparel.com. They've designed a page specifically for brides-to-be and their mothers to find perfect Mother of the Bride Dresses. They offer brands like Adrianna Papell, Tadashi, and Eileen Fisher among others! 

DesignerApparel.com is an incredible resource! Can you imagine how much easier and more enjoyable your shopping experience would be with their site? They partner with retailers like Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Bluefly, Zappos, and Nordstom and they have helpful tools like price comparison, sale notification, and free shipping notice!

So how do you enter?

First, comment and tell me about your experience looking for a Mother of the Bride dress.

For additional entries:
  • Become a follower or let me know that you're already one (in a separate comment.)
  • Become a follower of my new blog!
  • Follow me on Twitter and tweet the following: Check out this #giveaway for an $80 Nordstrom giftcard from @les852 and DesignerApparel.com! http://bit.ly/ac3DP4
The giveaway will close on Sunday, September 12th at 7 PM CST and the winner will be announced Monday morning! Good luck!

122 comments:

  1. I follow this and your new blog! We just went to Nordstrom's and that was that, easy peasy!

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  2. My mom found her dress (which was actually a St. John's suit) all on her own. So my search was easy peasy ;-)

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  3. I tweeted about your giveaway http://twitter.com/FrenchieBirdie/status/22904756257

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  4. My mom went shopping without me! Her friend told her she NEEDED to buy the dress...and it was perfect!

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  5. Of course I follow your blog =] I actually have this same giveaway in the works haha

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  6. My mom and I still haven't found one, though we'd use this to get it. We've been looking but nothing has been *perfect* yet.

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  7. Oh MOB dress. . . well my mother is convinced MOB dresses are old-fashioned so she has been dragging her feet about it. Her cousin finally decided to take her to a local store. Hopefully this won't traumatize her. Eventually she does need to buy a dress . . .

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  8. I tweeted!

    http://twitter.com/wellcalcedlife/status/22905138513

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  9. We found the perfect dress for my mom at Macy's on the first shopping trip. Super easy!

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  10. Robbie's mom ordered her dress form Nordstrom.com and my mom got hers when I found my dress!

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  11. My mom's search was pretty easy. She got her dress from JcPenney of all places!

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  12. And a new follower of your new blog as well!

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  13. I'm testing my luck on this one :) LOVE this giveaway! The mother of the bride dres was easy for my mom - she wore her wedding dress!! It was perfect.

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  14. My mom wore something she already owned, so no stress there!

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  15. My mom is still in her 40s, and DB definitely didn't have anything appropriate for a young, hot MOTB. We live in different towns, but she went shopping at a bunch of different places (Nordstrom was one of them!) armed with my wonderful father and the ever-so-handy camera phone! It worked out fabulously!

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  16. And I follow your new blog, too!

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  18. I just gave my mom examples of colors and styles I liked and she bought two dresses and asked me if I liked either of them and the one was perfect and so that was the one!

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  19. I am a follower of your new blog and of course your "old" one.

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  20. Dress shopping with my mom is probably going to be rough. lol. We have completely different taste and I'd like to make sure she wears something appropriate for a MOB, but she seems to think all MOB dresses are "old lady" looking. haha.

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  21. I'm also a follower of his blog, of course.

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  22. and I'm a follower of your new blog too! Yay!

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  23. my mom is having such a hard time finding one...and half the battle is getting her into the store!

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  24. i'm definitely a follower! :)

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  25. MOB dress shopping has been difficult-especially since she wants to wear a SUIT! And none seem to be to her liking.

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  26. And I'm heading over to your new blog to become a follower there!! Yay!

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  27. Oh goodness, our experience shopping for wedding attire with our mothers can be summed up in one word: stressful. And long. Okay, two words.

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  28. my mom picked out her dress by herself!

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  29. My mom found hers at Dillards... she had gone there by herself on a whim and brought it home!

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  30. My Mom ordered SOOO many dresses trying to find the perfect one... it was soo hard. She ended up wearing TWO dresses at our wedding. haha. Out of control!

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  31. I follow :) Fun and fun! What a great giveaway!

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  32. My mom had a hard time at bridal boutiques finding a dress she liked and ending up ordering one from Nordstrom and loved it!

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  33. I already follow your blog!

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  34. I'm following your new blog now, also.

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  35. My wedding planning has been a bit of a struggle seeing my whole family lives in another state. My Mother has hit up a few stores with no luck. This site is definitely a nifty lil' tool! I sent her some dress links already...

    ninjapandawedding(at)gmail(dot)com

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  36. Blog follower via GFC.

    ninjapandawedding(at)gmail(dot)com

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  37. Following your new blog...

    ninjapandawedding(at)gmail(dot)com

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  38. I followed on twitter and did the tweet! (@kjpugs)

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  39. My mom's dress search was her searching and picture messaging me the dress she REALLY wanted! I asked her to get black or green, but it was purpley blue. It looked so good though that I was like OF COURSE get it!

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  40. I EXCITEDLY follow your new blog!

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  41. My mom found a MOB dress while I was trying on dresses at David's Bridal. I didn't end up finding a dress I liked there, but she found a beautiful dress that was really flattering on her (it was black and white)

    demureprincess7(at)gmail(dot)com

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  42. I let my mom pick out whatever she wanted. She ended up finding something great at a local consignment shop!

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  43. My Mom found a dress she really liked on clearance at Dillard's one day. Then she wasn't sure, so she got another dress a couple weeks later. She finally settled on the original!
    soonerpsych@gmail.com

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  44. We found my mom's cute MOTB dress at JcPenny a few daysd ago & I hafta say it's so cute...I'd wear it myself.

    shanban456@sbcglobal.net

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  45. I'm already a follower.

    shanban456@sbcglobal.net

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  46. I also follow your new blog.

    shanban456@sbcglobal.net

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  47. I just added you on Twitter & tweeted the message about the giveaway. Username swnurse2010

    shanban456@sbcglobal.net

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  48. My mom bought something like 5 dresses before she picked the one that she wore. It was more stressful than finding my dress, but hey it's her little girl's big day- so I completely understand wanting it to be "perfect"
    AZinAugust{at}gmail{dot}com

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  49. I've been a follower via Google Friend Connect :o)
    AZinAugust{at}gmail{dot}com

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  50. Tweet: http://twitter.com/AZinAugust/status/22947077124
    AZinAugust{at}gmail{dot}com

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  51. My mom actually got hers at Nordstrom and it was the first one she tried on, it was just what she was wanting!

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  52. My cousin and I got married within a month of each other so my mom and aunt went MOB dress shopping together and found perfect dresses.

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  53. My mom didn't come to my wedding.

    I'm a follower of your new blog!

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  54. I was actually pretty fortunate with the MOB dress shopping: my mom was walking through the mall one day and happened upon her dress...it was on sale and she couldn't pass it up! My job was done before it began!

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  55. I follow your new blog now too! Looking forward to keeping up with your new life! :)

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  56. I tweeted! (@SheLikesRuffles) :)

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  57. we went to nordstroms and the shop where we bought my dress!

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  58. i'm already a follower! thank you!

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  59. Great giveaway!

    I gave my future mother in law a booklet from Alfred Angelo circling all the dress styles I liked and the colors that would match our theme. She is excited to start looking and shop for the dress elsewhere where she can find cheaper/similar styles. Nordstroms would be a great place for her to get a dress!

    I would love to win this to give to my fiance though. It would be nice to apply this towards a khaki suit for him to wear on our wedding day as we're on a very tight budget.

    Thanks for the opportunity girlie!

    Seasidesmitten@aol.com

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  60. I already follow this blog!

    Seasidesmitten@aol.com

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  61. I'm a follower of your new blog now! It's very cute! :)

    Seasidesmitten@aol.com

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  62. I let my mom look for hers. I got married on a beach so it was fairly easy. She did try to wear white, which almost made me scream, but opted for yellow instead. Thank goodness!

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  63. I follow!
    meganleigh123@gmail.com

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  64. I'm a new follower!
    Jeska @
    livinglovesong.blogspot.com

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  65. I'm now a follower of your new blog!

    Jeska @

    livinglovesong.blogspot.com

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  66. I followed you on twitter & tweeted about the giveaway!

    Jeska @
    livinglovesong.blogspot.com

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  67. My mother found her dress at Macy's! It was cream colored with some sequel. It was perfect on her!

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  68. My mom's already bought her dress from Nordstrom (such a fun and easy experience!) and I'd love to use this gift card to have a special moment with my future mother-in-law - she's lost a significant amount of weight over the past year, and I think finding the right dress would be magical for her.

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  69. After shopping and shopping and shopping, I finally ordered a dress...not my first choice, but it had to do. I got rid of it as soon as the wedding was over. For the next wedding I plan on using this Nordstrom gift card!

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  70. And now a follower of your new blog as well!

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  71. We found a perfect but expensive dress at the same place that I bought my wedding dress....so we looked EVERYWHERE for weeks until we decided to bite the bullet and buy the expensive one.

    http://oursweetlifeasthree.blogspot.com/

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  72. ...and I am now following your blog!

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  73. Our MOB was a tad difficult because she didn't want to look too matronly or too young (her words) and she wanted to coordinate with my future MIL who lives in England. All's well that ends well and looking back, it really didn't matter- she looked lovely!

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  74. Looked for the MOB dress at Nordstrom Rack! Got a great deal, but you do have to shop around

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  75. NIGHTMARE! my mil bought her dress, brought it over, and expected me to change my colors to match her dress. we smoothed it all out, and it was a trully beautiful wedding!

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  76. My mother doesn't like to shop so I had the honor of shopping for her MOB dress. I love shopping for other people (smile)

    Bernadette
    www.b3homedesigns.blogspot.com

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  77. I follow your blog via bloglines

    Bernadette
    www.b3homedesigns.blogspot.com

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  78. I tweeted about your giveaway on twitter

    Bernadette
    www.b3homedesigns.blogspot.com

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  79. Mine actually went out and bought her all herself. I was lucky. it was very informal and she looked fabulous!
    smilin_chick@hotmail.com

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  80. follower of new blog

    smilin_chick@hotmail.com

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  81. I couldn't sign onto beign a follower of this blog...

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  82. Oh hi! I'm a Mrs F too :)

    For my mother-of-the-bride dress..I had it easy. I had a small wedding and I didn't care too much about alot of the small details that alot of other people think are important. So I turned my mom loose in Macy's and told her to pick something pretty :)

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  83. I don't really remember too much about mother of the bride dress shopping. I think she found the actual dress on her own. There was one dress that was marked by the maker wrong and it was at least 4 sizes smaller than marked. It was so funny watching her try to get it on and off!

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  84. I follow this, your other blog and I follow you on twitter (and am tweeting your giveaway now)! My mom found a dress in an ad in a magazine for a Lilly Pulitzer dress (I had a beach wedding) and decided that was it. She tracked it down and it was super super cute and perfect for the day!

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  85. I just let my mother-in-law pick out her own dress because I didn't want to deal with it :D

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  86. Tweet! http://twitter.com/akmglines/statuses/24113701942

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  87. Well I haven't had this experience for myself yet, but I did go with my mom for my two sister's weddings. She was really young so traditional MOB dresses didn't really work. I think the first one we got at JCPenny, it was red which looked wonderful with the black BM dresses in pictures. The second was a maroon color. I'm not sure if my sister was upset that it wasn't in her color scheme, but my mother looked beautiful!

    amberf_03@hotmail.com

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  88. I'm a follower!

    amberf_03@hotmail.com

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