Fresh Produce Fabulous Vacation Wear (A Fashion Friday Giveaway!) *winner*

UPDATE 11/12/10 Winner of the Fresh Produce cardigan is... Jay! Congratulations and check your email.

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Raise your hand if you have NOT heard of Fresh Produce clothing?

{hand raised}

Because apparently I'm the ONLY person in my little world to have not heard of them.

But I have now.
And I LOVE them.

Fresh Produce Sportswear Looks and Feels sooo Good

Fresh Produce approached me to review some of their clothing and while the season seemed off (seems like warm weather beach wear) I agreed because I have a little 40th birthday trip planned... to MEXICO!

Oops - did I just date myself? Oh well.

They sent me...

This fabulous wrap dress

Fresh Produce Cafe Wrap dress perfect for vacationSuch a perfect dress! The style is very flattering and the fabric is lightweight and doesn't seem to wrinkle which is great for travel. They sent me one in the sangria (pink) color and I love love love. I can't wait to wear it out shopping or to dinner. It would make an elegant cover-up for the beach, no?  I'm going to end my sentences now with 'no?' because it's very international sounding...no?

Three letters: O. M. G.

The folks at Fresh Produce also sent me this unbelievably gorgeous and PERFECT cardigan

Fresh Produce Crystal Cove Cardigan is frilly and fun

The Crystal Cove Cardigan is lighweight, however, they sent me one in black so I will be wearing it ALL winter long! Seriously - you will have to force me out of this cardigan. It too is very flattering...no?... (I will upload photos of me in both as soon as I can but I wanted to get this post and giveaway up asap) with fitted arms but loose around the edges and the ruffle to give it that extra special 'ooh cute!' look. It will look great with jeans and a t-shirt or with a work skirt, pants, and a blouse.

WIN Your Own Fresh Produce Cardigan

Yup! I'm giving away a Shore Front Cardigan from Fresh Produce!

This sweater will warm you on cool summer or vacation nights and will look nice with a casual outfit or over a summer dress. If you win it, I bet once you put it on you'll be like me and want to wear it all winter long!

Here's how to enter the Fresh Produce Giveaway

1. Leave a comment telling me what other Fresh Produce item you'd consider buying.

Extra entries - leave separate comment for each

2. "Like" Fresh Produce on Facebook (check out the Free Shipping tab on Facebook good until 10/31) and post something like, "I hope I win the Shorefront Cardigan from TwoferMom.com!" on YOUR Facebook wall.

3. Post something like this on Twitter, " I entered to win a @FreshProduceNow cardigan from @twincident on TwoferMom.com " (grab the url for your tweet and post it in a comment here)

4. Subscribe to TwoferMom (click on the coffee cup RSS in the right column)

Contest open to residents of US & Canada 18 & over with valid entries and ends November 5, 2010. Winner will be chosen using Random.org and notified within a week.

Good luck and enjoy browsing! I will update this post with photos of ME in my dress and cardigan as soon as I can take a decent shot of me. In other words, shave, apply makeup, set the right lighting and have The Mister take the photo thankyouverymuch.

Janine

Disclosure: as I already clearly stated in my post, I received a Cafe Wrap Dress and Crystal Cover Cardigan from Fresh Produce for the purposes of this review. All opinions are my own and this post was neither approved nor reviewed prior to being published. Fresh Produce is also covering the cost of the giveaway item and shipping.

Fashion Friday - More Fashion Toys for Girls

While visiting Grandma the girls are often allowed to pick out one toy from the toy store in town. I was surprised to see an entire section of toys devoted to little fashionistas. Of course Em dramatically gasped, and then proceeded to pull everything off the shelf. But not before I snapped a few photos of some fashion crafts that I think she'd love.

Fashion Design Portfolio

Little Fashionistas will love being able to sketch their own designs or use stencil designs and add accessories.

Creativity for Kids Special Occasion Fashion Kit

This fashion kit will need some supervision or works best for older kids. It comes with a mannequin, yards of fabric, and even trim.

Fashion Design Paper Doll Kit

Em settled on this fabulous book of fashion paper dolls. Easy for her test different styles, mix and match accessories, and then pack it up to take with us!

Have you found a really cool fashion toy? I'd love to hear about it!

Janine

For more fashion games for girls (DS games too!) see this post.

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Fashion Friday: Never Enough Shoes for Twin Girls

Girls Like SHOES

Just one reason my house is a mess.

There are shoes by the front door, by the back door, in the kitchen, in the family room, in the bathroom and in the mudroom.

The mudroom is where I want the shoes to live. I like them to live on this bench:

The problem is that this bench can't possibly hold all the shoes. The left 2 sections of the bench are for El and Em and you can see it is overflowing.

Because this is how many shoes they actually have:

And notice this does not include winter boots, rain boots, riding boots and the 8 pairs of flipflops!

Where do we keep all of their shoes when we clean up the front door, the back door, the kitchen, the family room , and the mudroom?

In those nifty drawers that came with my Frigidaire affinity washer and dryer set!

pedestal drawers of Frigidaire washer and dryer hold shoes too

Because who needs to store laundry detergent when we only do laundry once a week because the twins have so many clothes? But that's another post.

Janine

Fashion Friday - Don't play with mommy's Choos

The twins love to play dress up in my closet. They love the handbags, the scarves, and Em especially loves my shoes. Here's what the floor of my closet looks like after she is done:

But there is one pair of shoes that are off limits and apparently even The Mister knows this.

Me, whining... "Ohhhhh - Emmmmm! Can you please put my shoes back when you are done with them!"

Em, "I'm sorry mommy!"

Me, "Oh nooo - not my Jimmy Choos."

To my shock and surprize I hear from The Mister,

"Jimmy Choo?!?! You have Jimmy Choo shoes?? Em you are not allowed to play with those shoes!"

Me after picking my jaw up off the floor, "YOU know Jimmy Choo?"

The Mister, "Everyone knows Jimmy Choo! When did you get those??"

The Mister - football loving, fashion hater who broke into a sweat when I brought home an orange shirt (he's never branched out beyond navy, white, green and grey). This man knows Jimmy Choo?

Everyone. Knows. Jimmy Choo.

But not everyone can wear my Choos.

Janine

Fashion Friday - Focus on Makeup with e.l.f. coupon code & how to get smokey eyes

I first met e.l.f. (eyes lips face) cosmetics at last year's Blogher conference. After a few freebies I was sold. Well, I wasn't sold, I was bought? No wait. That doesn't sound right. I was freebie-d?

Whatever - the fact is that a free sample can go a long way to brand loyalty. Not because it's free. But because the product you get to sample for free is actually really great!

e.l.f. Coupon Code

Right now and through September 16, 2010 you can get  20% off any e.l.f makeup purchase with code: TAKETWENTY

Not only that but I see a great sale going on at e.l.f. right now so, while it's not entirely free, you can sample e.l.f. for a very low price! And, it's already affordable. This makes it, well, freebie-ish!

Need Help Applying Makeup?

These days if I swipe some powder across my nost (e.l.f. mineral powder of course) and brush on some mascara I'm lucky. But for the nights I want to be a little more dramatic I turn to...Carmindy.

I love the show What Not to Wear and Carmindy's makeup tips always seem a) realistic and b) totally do-able. I've been trying to take notes during the show but really, isn't it easier just to buy the book, The 5-Minute Face.

That Carmindy - she knows we moms barely have 5 minutes so she's come up with easy steps to get us looking our best with makeup but also - she has product recomendations for high and low budgets! For example, do you have combination skin? You can splurge on Dr. Hauschka Cleansing Milk, or get great results with Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser (my personal favorite).

Janine