freebie friday!

hey y'all! 

i don't have a series on my blog besides cheap chic 

(but that's not weekly so it doesn't count)

i've been brainstorming on a series idea that i though everyone would like! 

currently my most read story is free iphone backgrounds. i still constantly get e-mails asking from people asking me to make one for them, but i just haven't had the time to make individualized monogrammed backgrounds (which i'm super sorry about) 

that being said i've decided to take the freebie route! 

every friday i'm going to have one or two background freebies for you! 

ahh get excited 

sometimes i might switch it up and make computer backgrounds or printables, but it'll be a surprise every week.

today is the first friday of this series and I couldn't be more excited! 

my mom and i have a website together called popcosmo and i made these backgrounds for that website too! 

i'm only going to share two of my backgrounds on here, but if you want to see what else i made definitely go check the others out! 

also, i made this Jack Spade inspired noel little picture

i just think it's so clever, even though i didn't come up with it ;)

i think it would look adorable in a little frame!

if you make any of these backgrounds your background, then tweet/instagram it and tag me and popcosmo (@preppydiaries and popcosmo)

if you have any ideas for next week's backgrounds, then leave a comment below! 

let me know what text, background pattern/color, or anything else

if i really like your idea i just might make it! 

thanks for reading! 

xox

big brand giveaways!

i used to think that having a ton of e-mail was cool, so i signed up for every single e-mail list i could get my hands on.

 i get e-mails from places i never even shop at, but i'm too lazy to cancel my subscriptions.  

that being said, there are two companies that i am so so so happy that i get e-mails from : 

RueLaLa and Kate Spade. 

today I received e-mails that told my i could enter to win free stuff from these to companies.

um, heck yes, count me in! 

each of these brands have facebook apps that are basically mini contests! 

for the ruelala contest all you have to do is pick one of three boxes to "open" and you have the potential to win a $500 shopping spree on the website! 

ahh! 

for the kate spade contest all you have to do is answer a trivia question and you have the potential to win something from the gift guide! 

ahh again! 

I played both of these games today but didn't win anything, but I will most definitely be playing again tomorrow. and the next day. and the next. and the next! 

here are the links to both of the facebook pages. 

http://www.facebook.com/RueLaLa

http://www.facebook.com/katespade

if you win anything, then feel free to share with me! 

jokes, jokes. 

kind of ;) 

thanks for reading! 

xox