GIVEAWAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS

True romantics are in for a

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L TREAT!!

The lovely JO ANNE COLETTI has created a stunning one-time magazine

"THE FEMININE HOME"

and it's available right now.

Take a look at the cover and a few excerpts below then hurry up to order your copy and also make some dear friends very happy by giving them one for Christmas.

No doubt it's going to sell out in a flash so don't delay!! You won't be sorry, I promise!! It's sure to become a collector's prized possession.

 I will be giving a copy of THE FEMININE HOME in this month GIVEAWAY starting TONIGHT and ending SUNDAY DECEMBER 5 at midnight. Here is what you need to do to enter: 

1)Leave a comment

2)Join my my blog by adding your name to "Join this site" with the Google Friend Connect on the left sidebar of my blog.

But there is more yet!!

Two other lucky winners will receive one of these charming, dreamy and heartfelt prints by

Audrey Emsel Heredia

compliments of 

The McCharles House

mccharleshouse.com

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On a totally different topic: the weather has not been very fall-like, here in Florida. In fact, today, it was, again, 83. "They" say it's going down to the mid 60s by Wednesday.....we will see about that. I hope it does because I really would like to wear my boots...meanwhile everything is blooming! I cut some of my bougainvilleas this afternoon and made a "thing" with twigs , Mason jars, Spanish moss..and hung the whole mess above the island in the guest house kitchen (really had to do that for a photo shoot.)Here are some quick shots.

Feels more like spring than fall!!!

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Don't forget to enter the GIVEAWAY!!

SEE YOU SOON......

Comments

[Sue]

Count me in!!
I have a dear friend who would adore this mag, she is such a romantic!
It looks beautiful.

[Judy Crenshaw]

The feminine home looks wonderful!

[Donna]

Adorable..... Adorable... Love it, actually, I love everything!
Donna

[Diane Huey]

Love this! How fun...
Hugs

[Brenda @ Shabby Cats and Roses]

Hello Fifi :) I just ordered a copy of Jo~Anne's magazine yesterday, and I CANNOT WAIT to get it!! Those sneek peaks of what's inside truly make my heart flutter :) Love your "thing" you made, and especially like those blue Mason jars...I so need to get one of those jars for myself as they are the PERFECT shabby blue, don't you think. I'm also looking forward to what will be in the next issue of Romantic Country!! I know it will be FABULOUS!!

Warmest hugs, Brenda

[Anne Marie]

Hi Fifi! I really think that one time book looks beautiful....I'll have to go check that out -
and all your sea glass blue color and fresh flowers are so refreshing looking after seeing nothing but dried hydrangeas and evergreens lately at the farm :)
cheers!
xo+blessings,
Anne Marie

[bevie pearl]

What a sweet giveaway. It is always a wonderful feeling to open a magazine that is full of inspiration and get lost in the ideas, so thanks for the chance to win one free!!

[Julie Harward]

What a great give a way..love it! I also love these darling blue bottles hanging like that..so cute! :D

[Rachel@*FrenchFarmhouse425*]

~*LOVE your giveaway Fifi!! Im already a follower! Im having a giveaway at my blog too!!! Would love for you to enter~*~HUGS,Rachel ~*

[Joy]

A beautiful magazine and a beautiful post - I love the colored glass with white on your table! I am already a follower - thanks for the chance to win this nice giveaway!

[Sue]

The magazine looks beautiful and so do those prints.

My daughter lives in Orlando and she has been saying how hot it has been but going to be in the 30's later this week? She loves it when it gets chilly for a day or two...reminds her of home.

I'm a follower!

[Jacqui]

Count me in, if it is possible! What a lovely post, thank you!!

[Pamela Massey]

Beautiful giveaway Fifi! And yes I am a happy follower!
Pamela :) from French Buttons

[Sue]

The magazine looks beautiful and so do those prints.

My daughter lives in Orlando and she has been saying how hot it has been but going to be in the 30's later this week? She loves it when it gets chilly for a day or two...reminds her of home.

I'm a follower!

[Connie]

Oooo, a new magazine! I gotta have it!

It's hard to hear you speak of 80 degree weather when it is snowing and blowing here! But your pretty photos keep me warm!

[Jeannie McDowell]

Count me in! Thank you!
Jeannie
juanakmcd@aol.com

[Connie]

I got so excited over a new magazine that I forgot to tell you that I am already a follower!

[Wanda Contreras]

Love your giveaway!!! I also love your pictures. Here in Tucson,AZ is very cold. Tonight it will be 24 degrees!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
best regards,
Wanda
wanda.contreras@yahoo.com

[Sharon Wengel]

Love the hanging thingy over the island , it's really pretty !
Put my name in the giveaway. I am a follower.
Sharon

[Willow]

Wonderful giveaway, count me in.

Willow

[beth smith]

love it all!

[Karen Hoida]

Love the very generous give away! I am a huge fan of McCharles house too. I think they just do private parties now.....had many a tea and scone there in Old Tustin.

Thank you again for the beautiful gift. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

[La]

Your guest house kitchen is beautiful!

[gayle]

i could get lost in that magazine.the photos are amazing.

[Lavender Dreams]

Oh, I would LOVE to win! And we must live close to each other...it was about the same temp here today! I'll look around and see if I can figure out where you live! heehee! Thanks! I'm a new follower! Hope you'll visit me soon, too! ♥

[amy@maisondecor]

Hi Fifi! I would love to win a copy of this magazine. It looks like it is right up my alley and I am always looking for inspiration. I am having a giveaway of the Romantic Home book, and not too many have entered so chances are good to win~so come on by!

[amy@maisondecor]

Oops, my book giveaway is Romantic Style!! I must have been thinking of your fab magazine!

[cityfarmer]

I would adore anything you're giving away ... particularly this book!!!

send it along my way honey!

[Cyndy]

I really enjoy your whimsical creativeness. Very fun and light hearted. Thanks!

[Mariette VandenMunckhof-Vedder]

Dearest Fifi,

That is mighty sweet of you to help Jo-Anne! Love her work and blog so this one-time magazine is a great thing to opt for.

If Florida is not ready for making you wear your boots, here in Georgia we almost need our Wellington boots... a wet day. Tomorrow Thunderstorms so my official ribbon cutting will not have a lucky day. We'll see.

Lots of love,

Mariette's Back to Basics

[Julie Marie Vicknair]

Hello dear Fifi... oooh, I love your beautiful creation with the vintage fruit jars... so pretty! You are lucky enjoying nice warm weather, it is cold and SNOWY here!... Please enter me in your generous giveaway... I have already ordered my copies of The Feminine Home from sweet Jo~Anne... (I am honored that Jo~Anne used one of my very own photos in it!)... but I would love to win one of those dreamy prints... I am already a follower of course! Love to you... xoxo Julie Marie

[Josephine]

Hello Fifi,
Count me in! The magazine looks beautiful. I'm about to renew my sub for Romantic Country so I hope it's still going! So many magazines seem to have folded in America that I'm a bit tentative but I love it so much. xx

[gretchen nation]

I am totally jealous of your weather...the flowers look nearly too perfect to be real and your jar/thing is lovely. you make it all look much easier than it really is.
I am heading over to order this magazine now! thanks for letting us all know.

[Daria Pew]

Beautiful magazine!! Thank you!@!

[Allison]

It looks like a lovely and romantic magazine. I'm a follower. Your flowers and all of your pastels look beautiful in your guest house.

[Marisa]

I'm fortunate to have a husband who lets me indulge my 'feminine home' style. I'd love the magazine!

[Barb Langlois]

The magazine looks great - fabulous giveaway.
Love the hanging blue mason jars.

[My Blessed Serendipity Life]

What a beautiful guest house kitchen. So pretty and romantic. I would like to enter your giveaway for that gorgeous book.

-Danielle

[My Blessed Serendipity Life]

I follow.

-Danielle

[Janet (Shabbyfufu)]

How sweet of you to help Joanne and the magazine that she published! It sure has been hot here, have to do my exercising so early in the morning outside. They have been having snow in Paris my daughter tells me....hard to believe! xoxo, Janet

[Sandy @ My Shabby Streamside Studio]

Fifi, you are the most creative woman that ever lived.

You'd look adorable in boots, take a picture of that, too!

Bisous,

Sandy @ My Shabby Streamside Studio
http://myshabbystreamsidestudio.blogspot.com/

By the way, I’m having a Jeanne d’Arc Living Giveaway!
http://myshabbystreamsidestudio.blogspot.com/2010/11/worldwide-giveaway-jeanne-darc-living.html

[Sandy @ My Shabby Streamside Studio]

I'm already following!

Bisous,

Sandy @ My Shabby Streamside Studio
http://myshabbystreamsidestudio.blogspot.com/

[Piroska]

I'd love the chance to enter your lovely giveaway!
I follow your blog via GFC.
:o)
pippirose59 at gmail dot com

[the gypsy chick]

what a great giveaway!!!! my fingers are crossed :)

[HHL]

Looks like a great read.. the pictures you shared are breath taking.

Fabulous giveaway ... yes I'm a devote follower.. HHL

[Gina]

What a sweet giveaway!! I am a follower too! Thanks!

[Susan]

That magazine looks like the most gorgeous magazine I have seen in a long time!! The photos are to die for!!

[Candylei]

Wheeee! Please enter my name. That is so kind of you to give one of these books away.
Candylei

[Melaine Thompson]

Hi Fifi! That book looks simply amazing and I am truly jealous of your hot weather! Have a great holiday season! Love your blog! Melaine

lakeliving4@msn.com

[The Polka Dot Closet]

I would love to win, your guest house is darling!

Carol

[The Polka Dot Closet]

OOps forgot to say that I am a devoted follower!

Carol

[Christine]

very pretty decorating...love to be included!

[heather]

Oh! How gorgeous! I have such a weakness for pretty books and pretty art, so please do count me in! Hope you are having a lovely Fall and almost winter in Florida! At least you need some good sweater weather! :)

[Rhonda]

What a wonderful giveaway. LOVE,LOVE to win!!!

[Mystica]

Would love to be counted in for this giveaway.
Thank you for sharing.

[Lady Dorothy]

The cover alone makes me swoon! (I am a follower.)

[DOLLY MARTINEZ]

what a great idea hope it start a new trend,magazines are my escape!!!!!! looks so lovely, hope I WIN !! GOOD LUCK TO ME, TEE HEE !!

[Karen]

I'm a follower and that book looks divine.I love the romantic style.

[Clare]

Looks like a beautiful mag, Fifi!
I'm a follower!

~ Clare x

[Andrea Tarling]

So pretty! I am a follower of your pretty blog!

[Darla]

I just love it. You never fail to show great decorating skills. You make it look so easy. Thanks for the chance to win.

[Heather]

I am a follower of your blog and would love to be entered for this delightful giveaway. As for the weather, I would gladly send you a couple of days of our cold temps from CA. Happy Holidays..

[Wendy Cordero]

Cannot wait to see it all. I love to be the one:)Blessings!

Wendy

[Mme de Thil]

Hi Fifi, Is just asking myself when we'll have the pleasure of reading one of your post!
Count me in for that wonderful giveaway!
Have a nice day. Paris sous la neige vous salue.

[Nataly]

Oh, Fifi! It seems to be magic - I follow your blog for a long time, but never saw this gadget (to follow) and simply posted a link on my side bar to check news from you. And today I became a real follower! :))))
Count me in, please!

Regards, Nataly

[Julie]

Fifi, I love your blue jars. Wish they were also a giveaway! The book looks amazing and so do the prints, would love them in my home. Your blog is awesome and I'm now a follower!!

[It's Me]

O my...Fifi ...that magazine.......truly amazing........i go for that !!....may i ?? because i do not life in America ??? i put a link on my blog......but more important...their is always a link in my heart for you darling...you know that !! love you ....happy day warm hugs from me Ria......

[marian]

WOW what a great magazine, please PLEASE enter me too. I am already a long time follower (stalker haha)

[Elaine L.]

The magazine looks beautiful.

I wouldn't mind trading places with you. I live in the high desert, north of LA, and it started to snow, here on Sat.

I had my chemo on Sunday in Santa Monica and it was freezing and the wind was blowing. Thank God I took a coat. I usually don't.

~elaine!

[Riet]

Hello Fifi, I like to join your give away.
I am already a follower from your blog.
Here in Holland it's very cold and we have snow! BRr... Nice weather for blogging.
Regards Riet

[The Shabby Rose Bunny]

Hi Fifi :) What a beautiful giveaway!! I want that magazine so badly :) Please include me. I am of course a follower of your beautiful blog, it is a favorite for sure!
I LOVE what you did with the mason jars! I have ton of those and hung them from my porch full of wildflowers all summer. It was so pretty and inviting. Yours looks amazing!
Hugs,
Amy

[JackieR]

Can't wait to get the new magazine---LOVE IT!

[Ellen Prinsen]

This is a once in a liftime chance , please count me in . Thanks for sharing this with us !!
Hugs, Ellen

[Tina]

What a wonderful giveaway, It looks like such an amazing dreamy magazine one that would be cherished along with romantic country homes, and oh my the guest kitchen twig, mose hanger is adorable, It has inspired me to do one for my home over the dining table, I love it.

[Diane Dainis]

What a wonderful way to live. So serene and this day and age isn't that what we are all looking for. The pictures immediately gave me a sense of calm and peace. The new magazine looks amazing. Can't wait to see more. Love it all
Diane MA.

[sherryhicks]

Please enter me in your giveaway! I love seeing pictures of your guest room, I particularly love the touches of gray in the linen. The flower vase is beautiful! I am a follower already. Thanks!
Sherry

[Linda]

The magazine looks beautiful. I'd love a chance to win. Also love your guest house & all that you've done to it.Linda

[Linda]

I'm a follower too! Linda

[Jennifer Pearson Vanier]

The magazine looks divine! Do count me in. You are always an inspiration.

[Sandi ~ A Cottage Muse]

I can't wait to see it!! Looks so beautiful just like your kitchen! You can send those temps this way!

[Lynn A]

This looks like a wonderful magazine - I'm not sure I can wait to win a copy!

[Jackie]

FiFi, I would love to be in the giveaway. The cover is beautiful and yes so feminine looking. Jackie

[Alaina]

This magazine looks wonderful and I would love to win.

[Jana T]

Count me in too! Looks like a wonderful magazine! Love your blog, Fifi. You inspire me!

[Dianne Morana]

Would love to add this beauty to my collection.

[Michele]

Pretty kitchen--love all of the soft colors. The magazine looks beautiful. Such talent. I DO follow you and enjoy your blog entries.
; )
~Michele

[Carla Mayfield]

Beautiful mag, and your hangy thingy is simply gorgeous!

[Landra]

I Can Hardly wait , It' looks so exciting !

[jerri Wood]

Oh, my! I love this hanging thing. I follow your blog and have never been disappointed. Keep it up and enjoy your week.

[Fabulous Finds Studio]

Thank you for the giveaway, I hope I win :)
The weather has been really weird here in Dallas (as usual). I've worn my boots a couple of times and that's it! I know the cold weather is coming, though.
The guest house kitchen is really lovely, I love what you did with the canning jars. I have several that I inherited from my grandparent, they are such a lovely color!

[Jean Elliott]

Oh my; I think you can never top your previous posts and then you do (I should know better!). I would love to have that magazine, please enter me in your contest.
Happy Holidays (can't wait to see your holiday pictures!!)

[Tracy]

Fifi, is that your kitchen? It is gorgeous! I am a follower. Please enter me in the giveaway.

[Simony @ Art and Life]

Dear Fifi, thank you for inviting us to participate on this beautiful giveaway!
About your arrangement, it looks so happy and delicate, everything you touch you turn into magic! Love it!!!

[Tracy F.]

Great-looking magazine! Please cont me in!

[Sherry]

I would love to be a winner! Please enter me in your contest. I am already a follower of your beautiful blog.

Sherry @ A Happy Valentine

[zaira]

Hello Fifi!! You always surprise us with these amazing news and giveaways....I'm a follower of course and going to blog about it right now!! I will get in touch girl!

Zaira xoxo

[Debbie Guess]

What a beautiful looking magazine. It would keep me busy for awhile enjoying every page.

[Lynda Dishner]

Oooooooooh PICK ME! PICK ME! PICK ME! I do soooooo love love love this style.
I wish I could have a cottage that looked like this. This style is so beautiful. When I found you I got on the phone to my sister and told her I had finality found my true style.
Thank you FIFI.

[Suzann]

Hello Chez FiFi,
Please enter me in the giveaway!!! I have seen some great previews of the magazine and it is just gorgeous!!!
Thank you!
Suzann

[Suzann]

Oh and I am already a follower of your beautiful blog :)
Suzann