Giveaway: $75 Worth of Workout Gear

Onzie Active Apparel, originally created by a Bikram yogi for hot yoga, blends traditional yoga wear with modern technology making it perfect for pilates, spinning, running, and the rest. Better yet, all the pieces are under $60. Onzie fabric is durable, breathable, and fast-drying, and it’s all 100% made in Los Angeles. Here’s a sampling of styles. Comment on this post to win a $75 online gift certificate.

Workout Wear Yoga Clothing Designer Onzie

 ENTER NOW!

Leave a comment on this blog post sharing your favorite way to keep in shape. (I could use some inspiration!)

Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 at 12:00 noon ET

One StyleCarrot reader will be chosen at random to win a code for $75 off an order at Onzie.

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Giveaway: Odyssey Boston Father’s Day Cruise

Odessey Ship Boston Entertainment Cruises

Entertainment Cruises is giving one StyleCarrot reader a family four pack of tickets for the Father’s Day Twilight Dinner Cruise on Sunday, June 16 aboard the Odyssey cruise ship in Boston.

This cruise around Boston Harbor includes a plated dinner, live entertainment, and historic harbor views. To enter: Leave a comment on this post noting what your dad’s dream present would be. Contest ends Thursday, June. 13 at midnight ET. Winner will be notified on Friday morning. Don’t forget to include your email address!

C R U I SE   D E T A I  L S
Date: Sunday, June 16th
Board: 5:00pm
Cruise: 6:00pm – 9:00pm

This cruise features an acapella group for entertainment, called The Honeymooners, a dynamic quartet who will perform a lively and eclectic set of classics, standards, and originals.

S A M P L E  M E N U  C H O I C E S

  • Farmer’s Market Garden Salad Chef’s daily selection of the freshest salad greens
  • Roasted Chicken Pan-roasted chicken breast infused with our traditional Moroccan chermoula seasonings, topped with our chef’s inspired harissa sauce and served with a citrus couscous and bok choy
  • Grilled Salmon Fresh grilled salmon topped with a ragoût of braised cherry tomatoes and black olives, served with sautéed spinach
  • Short Ribs Grilled and slow-cooked boneless short ribs with smoked Gouda mashed potatoes and glazed baby carrots, finished with a cabernet wine demi-glace
  • Vegetable Napoleon Layered portobello mushroom, roasted red peppers, zucchini, eggplant, summer squash and tofu grilled atop basil marinara
  • Chef’s selection of cakes and mini pastries

C O N G R A T U L A T  I O N S  to our winner,
Christina Marie of Christina Marie Interiors.
Have an amazing day!

 

Site Spotlight: Novica + $75 Gift Certificate Giveaway

In association with National Geographic, ecommerce site Novica provides a platform for artisans around the globe to sell their artwork and wares. There’s sterling silver jewelry with druzy gems from Brazil and turquoise from Mexico, African masks and handwoven baskets, batik scarves and pillows from India, rugs from the Andes Mountains, Mayan hammocks, Balinese coconut carvings, Thai ceramics, and other home furnishings, fashions and accessories with an ethnic flavor. Novica gave me a $75 gift certificate to pass on to one of you. If you win, consider using it for a unique gift for your mom, seeing how Mother’s Day is not far off.

ENTER TO WIN $75 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO NOVICA: Leave a comment on this post noting in which country you’d most like to shop. And if you could “like” StyleCarrot on Facebook, that’d be cool too (though not required to enter.) Deadline to enter is Monday, April 8 at midnight ET.

Fair Trade Home Decor Accessories Global

S H O P P I N G

1 ‘White-Eyed Lotus’ pearl flower earrings by Nyoman Rena, $24.49

2 ‘Night Thunder’ beaded basket by Wayan Sukerni, $59.99

3 ‘Blue Jasmine’ silk batik scarf  by Yuni Kristina, $36.95

4 ‘Surya the Sun’ Madhubani painting journal, $27.95

5 ‘Blossom’ sterling silver + garnet pen by Dewi Putera, $89.95

6 ‘Elephant Pride’ gold-plated ring by Jantana, $67.99

7 ‘Modern Mexican Jade’  ceramic lamp by Ismael Rodriguez, $119.99

8 ‘Conquistador’ bronze sculpture by Goga, $907.95

9 ‘Dazzling Rio’ buriti palm tote by Carlos Paiva, $72.99

10 ‘Pacific Night’ Andes wool rug, $399.95 

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Giveaway: Matouk Linens

In addition to writing content for the newly launched Matouk blog and creating the Matouk Pinterest boards, the Massachusetts-based Matouk bedding company has asked me to participate in its blogger giveaway extravaganza. Each week over one month Matouk will be giving away a sheet set (top and bottom sheet) through a different blog. Marissa Marcantonio at Stylebeat kicked it off, and now it’s StyleCarrot’s turn. So scroll down, see what you need to do, and hopefully you’ll win!

Matouk StyleCarrot Sheet Set Bedding Giveaway

TO ENTER: 

1.  Like Matouk on Facebook

2.  Follow @Matouk on Twitter

3.   Leave a comment on this blog post with the size and color you’d like

Deadline: March 17, 2013, midnight ET

One StyleCarrot reader will be chosen at random to win the bedding in the next 3 weeks. Good luck!

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Matouk is also giving away a monogrammed Lowell Duvet Cover on its Facebook page.

For a chance to win, complete the following by March 17, 2013,  midnight ET,

1. Like Matouk on Facebook
2. Follow @Matouk on Twitter
3. Share a photo of a beautifully made bed on the Matouk Facebook wall, along with your bed size, initials, and preferred color.

 

Find My Chair in House Beautiful’s Scavenger Hunt!

House Beautiful’s  4th Annual Chair Scavenger Hunt kicks off on Wednesday and I’ve got a chair in the mix. The magazine has assigned StyleCarrot this ikat-patterned Dane recliner by La-Z-Boy. Like it? You could win it.

On Wednesday ant Thursday, the HB team will hide 20 black and white chairs (including this one) in iconic locations around Los Angeles.  Follow @HouseBeautiful and @StyleCarrot on Twitter for clues on where to find and win my chair in LA! We’ll be marking tweets with hashtag #hbchairs.

UPDATE: On Thursday, March 7 at around 2:30 PT the HB team will hide this chair in the vicinity of the Urth Café at 8565 Melrose Avenue between Robertson and La Cienega. FIND IT!!!

 

House Beautiful Los Angeles Chair Hunt

With its classic lines, I can easily picture this chair in the New York City apartment of Laura, the 1944 film noir directed by Otto Preminger. In addition to fitting in with the decor, the ikat swirls also reflect the dizzying machinations of Laura, the femme fatale, who captivates the men around her.

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Dana-Andrews-Clifton-Webb-Laura

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If you’re wondering what the occasion is, this is all in celebration of House Beautiful’s March 2013 “Color Combinations” issue, for which they’re toasting the most classic color combination of all—black & white—along with the glory days of cinema. The event is called “Beautiful in Black & White.”

House Beautiful March 13 Cover jpeg

 

 Other chair brands include American Leather, Crate & Barrel, Hickory Chair, Kravet, Room & Board, Target, and more, and participating bloggers include Tobi Fairley, Lisa Mende, Tamara Stephenson of Nest, Megan Arquette of Beach Bungalow Eight, Christian May of Maison21, Jennifer Mehditash of Dec-a-porter, and plenty of others. Feel free to gather clues for all of them!

Finally, stay tuned for House Beautiful’s Pinterest contest in which you will be asked to pin the chair from this post. Meanwhile, follow StyleCarrot and HouseBeautiful on Pinterest.