We Have a Winner

Thank you to the handful of you that entered LCW's first giveaway!  I realized that many of you already have the book, but for those of you that don't it is such a fabulous book that I wanted to give you the opportunity to win one too.

So without further ado - the winner of the Handmade Weddings book is...

Congrats Megan!  So happy that you can use it for your wedding ;-)  Please send me an e-mail at lunaandchloe@yahoo.com with your mailing address, and I will get it out to you as soon as possible. 

~ Ciao

Happy Monday & A Giveaway

Happy Monday loves!  Do you notice anything different around here???? Do you like?  Well as I mentioned in a post at the start of the new year - there would be some changes around here...this being one of them!  This redesign has been in the works since last July...colors chosen, header created, all of it...it just took some time to get the code written.  There are still a couple tweaks (date tab, extra spacing, etc...)that need to be made, and I thought that I would have had time to do them this weekend...but no such luck.  Anyhow, you can only imagine how happy I am to finally see the design live on the blog.

Since LCW has a new look, I think a celebration is in order!  And how I would like to celebrate LCW's new look, is by having a giveaway.  Yep, LCW's first.  What am I giving away you ask?  Well this my dears...

An absolutely amazing book that I am totally over the moon about!  Everything about this book is perfection - the ideas, styling, photography - all of it!!  There is no doubt in my mind that you will love it too. 


It's just my way to say THANK YOU to all my readers, fellow bloggers and friends for your continuous support and encouragement.  My goal for this blog is, and always has been, to share my ideas with you!  I hope I am holding up my end of the baragin.  My promise to you is that I will continue to strive to create something new and different, and share those creations with you.  There will be some new things coming soon - like video DIY's, a new series, and a project that I hope will be out by the end of the year. 


So I bet you are wondering how to enter this giveaway, right? So here is how to do just that...


To enter:

1. Leave a comment on this post telling me one of your favorite homemade items you have either made or received.

Additional Entries:

1. Follow this blog (please let me know if you already do)
2. Follow me on twitter @lunaandchloe, and leave me a comment here that you did (please let me know if you already do)
3. Like Luna and Chloe on Facebook, and leave me a comment here that you did (please let me know if you already do)
4. Tweet about this giveaway.  For example:  "I just entered the Handmade Weddings book giveaway on @lunaandchloe...http://bit.ly/eNStvn."

You have until midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on Friday, January 28, 2010 to enter.  The winner will be chosen at random and announced on Monday, January 31, 2010.  Good luck to all of you!  I sincerely wish I had a copy for everyone.


~ Ciao


...image via barnes and noble

~ homemade: linen and lace escort cards ~

Hi my dears!  Happy Thrusday.  Hope all is well with you.  Me, slowly recovering...but I'm getting there! 

Back in May I did a photoshoot at a family friends estate, yet haven't really done anything with it.  I think I was saving it for a rainy day.  And guess what?  Yep, that rainy day is finally here.  I figured that I would end the year off with this photoshoot.  I have already shown you the photobooth area - if you missed it, you can see it here.  So for the next couple of Thursday's I will be showing you the escort area, table, dessert area and the details, and finally ending with the whole shoot.  Let's start with the escort card area, shall we?

My inspiration was vintage linens, lace and books with a homemade feel.  Go figure, right?  So here it is...

I used a vintage drying rack for the escort area.  To make it tall enough, I stacked two drawers on top of each other and covered with a vintage linen.  On each arm there is a "Chapter" page from a vintage book I had.  So there is Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc...  Each Chapter page is the table the guest is to sit at.  And I included favors in with the escort area.  The boys receive vintage handkerchiefs, and the girls receive vintage linens or doilies...both attached with clothespins with their names and chapter on them.

Can you tell it was a little windy?  

So there you have it - a very vintage homemade escort area.  Hope you enjoyed this week's homemade post.  Check back next Thursday for more! 

~ Ciao

...concept, design, styling and photography all by me

~ booktastic ~

Oh I do have to tell you that I am SO over the moon about these...

Total fabulousness don't you think?

And the flowers and bird are killing me.  Seriously...L-O-V-E these amazing creations!  I want one, or two, or three too please.

Note to Self:  Try making these this weekend!

~ Ciao


...photography sudio emp

Fortune Telling

Here is something just for fun...

I found this book at Pottery Barn, and thought that it might be fun.  Now Pottery Barn is selling it for $9.95, but when I went to Amazon to see if I could see inside it was listed at $4.93.  Bargain!  And yes here is what it looks like inside...

Enjoy, and happy weekend everyone!

~ Ciao

...image 1 via pottery barn, image 2-4 via amazon