New York Juant.

I was back in New York this week with work and I wanted to share some highlights.

Everything is in full bloom. The older I get, the more I notice and appreciate these things.


These peonies were simply for sale on a corner. I was tempted to buy them for my hotel room but that would be a little excessive.

My tour guides took me to new places such as the boat basin, corner flea markets and olde good things, an antique store. Susanna, the blond, writes A Fork in New York where she gives great recommendations where you should eat while traveling or living in New York, Miami, Canada or LA.
Angela, dark redish hair sans bump-it writes Take Comfort in the Choas. She's changing lives one kid at a time in the lower east side. They both are co-founders of 100cameras.



A bar I really loved was the Campbell Apartment in Grand Central. It was a former office turned into a bar.

We walked on the High Line, a park built on a section of the former elevated freight railroad. I swear New Yorkers are so innovative because they have to be. When all else fails, build up! It was a clever way to see the city on the lower west side.

Don't forget to enter to win a customized sign from Ramsign. Entry closes tonight at 9. Have a great weekend.

Ramsign Giveaway!!!

I am delighted to start this week off with a fabulous giveaway that I myself want to enter. It is an address plaque from Ramsign, a company from Denmark that might be the geographically furthest Smitten reader!

Ramsign offers real, old fashioned, hand stenciled signs, featuring original design, thick and glossy enamel and a 30 year warranty. There are numerous fonts, styles and sizes you can choose from.

Here are the details: the winner can choose one house number sign. There are signs available from 1 digit up to 5 with 5 different styles. Entries will be open until Friday, May 6th at 9pm.

You can have up to three entries by:
1.) Leaving a comment telling me your favorite mother's day gift you have received or given
2.) Like Smitten Design on Facebook. (If you already like it, thank you. Go ahead and enter yourself again in the comment section again)
3. Tweet, Facebook or link this giveaway and you can have another entry.

Good luck and thank you Ramsign for your giveaway.

We have a winner.

I wish I had 34 zigzag pillows to give away, but the winner of this entry is...

Alaina at Live Creating Yourself. You are the proud new owner of the Twinkle Living Zigzag pillow!!!! (Pretend that was in Oprah's voice)

Thank you all who entered and a special thanks to CSN Stores for allowing me to host this giveaway. It was so much fun to watch the comments grow each day.

A Zigzag Giveaway.

Oh hello, I have some very exciting news for Smitten Design... a giveaway, courtesy of csnstores.com! CSNstores is a one stop shop for homegoods and when they asked if I would be interested in selecting a giveaway for my blog, I started browsing among their living room furniture and accessories and found this Twinkle Living zigzag pillow

I have been saving these images from the blog-o-sphere and found the common, playful theme of zigzags that others have been using in their home decor.

via Rubie Green, Making it Lovely and Pink Wallpaper.

Don't you love them? The rules are simple. Leave a comment on smitten design and tell me where you would place this pillow if you are the winner.

Submit your entry by Sunday, 1.10.10. The winner will be announced Monday morning.

We have a winner.

Congrats to Danielle for winning the Hello Robertson giveaway and thank you to Hello Robertson for hooking Smitten Design up with such a fantastic giveaway.

Enjoy your weekend bloggers!

Here's a good laugh.

via Audrey Hepburn Complex

also,

Don't forget to sign up for the GIVEAWAY

Oh Hello, I have a giveaway!

Man oh man I am excited to tell you about this giveaway. The lovely founders of Hello Robertson have decided to give Smitten Design readers a chance to win a headband.

Here are the rules:

• Visit Hello Robertson's website and sign up for their mailing list (lower right corner of the homepage)
• Leave a comment on my page
• Winner will be announced on Friday so act quickly!

(*Note* the headband for this giveaway will have one "hansie", the little bunched poof, instead of two as pictured in the photo above. They're items are selling like hotcakes so you need to act quickly.)