WINNING!!!

I tell ya, I am one very lucky, lucky lady! It's official, I won the Better Homes & Gardens Pin & Win contest! This was by far the most fun contest I've ever entered; picking out images from an awesome source for my dream home? Sign me up!

pinterest.com/hertels/my-better-homes-and-gardens-dream-home/

Never in a million years did I think I'd walk away with the grand prize (which is 4000 beans, btw). I just thought I'd get to have some fun looking at cute ideas for my home. In fact, when I received the first e-mail saying I was being considered for the potential grand prize I thought they must have sent that to lots of people or had a disappointing number of entrants, but wrong again. Over 11,000 entries. Let me say it again, I am one lucky lady. Check out the winning board here or follow all my pins on Pinterest here.

Who says my Pinterest addiction won't pay off!

Smitten

A new online mag came out today, Smitten, focusing on real weddings. Now the cat's out of the bag, I follow wedding blogs and now apparently wedding mags... and I feel I have to clarify, it's not that I'm wedding-obsessed like the stereotypical single gal, but I just love the visual inspiration. I mean look at all of the beautiful (and some unique) color palettes, photography styles, and even graphic design layout/typography elements! I'm totally... smitten.