Winners! (And computers hate me.)

Please, someone PLEASE hold me back from throwing the computer in a lake. I’ve fought with one computer all week and now I’m on our archaic one and it’s power cord is jacked so it shuts down randomly while I type.
…like just now.
Technology hates me.
Anyway, I hope you’ll understand the reason for this brief post tonight, and I hope to be back shortly (maybe even this weekend if I can get one computer working) with a new post. :)
I wanted to make sure to announce the four lucky winners of recent giveaways!
The two $50 winners of the Rusted Chain giveaway are:

1. Holly at Hollyprobably AT hotmail DOT com
2. Megan at megankrous(at)yahoo(dot)com
And the two winners of the Antique Farm House giveaway are:

1. Dawn from Dabble with Dawn
2. Kristi at kgirl418(at)gmail(dot)com
…OK I’m back. Shut down again. :)
Whew. I’m not pushing my luck anymore – I am outtie. ;) I hope you have a lovely weekend and may your computers be nice to you.

Home Decor Giveaway!

Hello hello! I’m ready for the weekend because the weekend means the Hunger Games movie! So psyched! (I swear I’ll stop talking about it after this weekend. Probably.)

I haven’t been this excited for a movie in…well, ever. And then Titanic comes out in 3D in a couple weeks! Hubby isn’t quite as excited about that one. ;) (Although I think he secretly loves it.)

But first, one of my favorite decor sites is back with another great giveaway this weekend!

Antique Farm House carries a whole slew of beautiful vintage and antique-inspired decor. They have new sales “events” every week or so, and it’s like walking into a (different) fabulous little shop every time!:

Here are just a few of my favorites up on the site right now!

I love that they carry smaller decorative items as well as furniture pieces, like this cute wood table and chalkboard bins:

How fun! And it would work perfectly in a mud room, with the table as a bench and the crates for shoes or mittens!

Speaking of crates, I loved these – they are very similar to a set we got from AFH:

  

As you can see, one works perfectly to hold the wood on our patio. Inside they’d be great for newspapers, magazines, toys, throws…anything!

So many of their accessories look like they’ve been around for hundreds of years. This wood caddy has endless possibilities!:

You could use it for napkins and silverware when entertaining, put Ball jars in each section with flowers, fill them with Easter eggs and grass in spring, leaves in fall…told you, endless. ;)

This little wicker caddy is too cute too!:

It would be super adorable sitting on the table filled with salt and pepper shakers.

I REALLY like this piece and may have to get it for our (future) mud room:

Not only does it offer daily organization, but hooks as well! Perfect!

I’m smitten with dough bowls lately, and these are extra long, which are hard to find! I used a similar one in our living room bookcase:

 

I think those long ones are especially lovely down the middle of a kitchen or dining table. Again, they are easily changed up for any season!

Subway signs are still all the rage and I don’t see them going away any time soon:

They even have one with Indianapolis on it! Whoo!

I think no matter what their style, just about anyone could find something they love at Antique Farm House. My style is all over the place so of course I always see numerous things I want on there. :)

You can stay up-to-date on the latest listings over at AFH and know when they’ll go live by subscribing to their emails here! That means you’ll get first dibs. Which is important, cause (most of the time), when an item is gone, it’s gone for good.

Here’s the best part of the post -- the lovely folks at Antique Farm House are giving away $50 to spend as you wish on their site to TWO of you! Yessss!

Here’s how to enter to win $50 towards goodies at Antique Farm House:

1. Leave a comment here. Are you Hunger Games crazy like me? Have you read them? Going to to the movie?

2. Visit Antique Farm House here. Check out the beautiful pieces and find one you love. Come back here to let us know what it is.

3. Visit their Facebook page and “like” it here. Come back and let us know you did in another comment.

* You can enter one, two or three times – it’s up to you! All three options are not mandatory to win.

* Remember if you comment anonymously or you have a private blog, please include your email address in each entry, and spell it out with “at” and “dot” to avoid any spammy emails coming your way.

This giveaway is open to the contiguous US only. It will be open till this Monday, March  26 at noon EST.

Secret Santa (and a few things)

Hello there! How the heck are ya?!

First of all…AHHHHHH!!!:

Are you freakin’ out yet?

Just a friendly reminder, that’s all. ;)

I had to tell you about a FUN idea my friend Stefanie over at Brooklyn Limestone came up with. She coordinated a bunch of bloggers and we’re doing a blogland Secret Santa:

How great is that? (I’m in good company, eh?) I love it cause it’s the same kind of fun I used to have in the office setting (in my old life), but this time it’s via the good old US Postal Service. ;)

I’m dying to know who has me – I got these lovely coasters the other day:

I think I know who they came from…but I’m not guessing out loud quite yet. ;) I’ll let you know who it is when I find out! I hope my gal likes her treats as well!

I wanted to share a fun linky party as well -- my friend Melissa is hosting a favorite things party, and I love sharing mine, especially this time of year:

Go check out my favorites here and see how I created the snowflake bokeh-like photo of our tree:

By the way, there are nearly 550 gorgeous trees linked up at the Christmas tree party – it’s a feast for the eyes! Go here to link up you’re own! (It will be open till Wednesday this week.)

And finally, the winners of the Antique Farm House giveaway are:

Beth at The Rhamy Roost
Amy at Wine Country Mama

Congrats ladies! Please email me at thriftydecorchick (at) gmail (dot) com and I’ll get you connected!

Hope you’re having a lovely week! Any guesses who my Santa is? ;)