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As you know, we planned on picking two winners for our Mother’s Day Necklace Giveaway. Well, our 10 month old baby Shane had his own plans!

Were there only two winners? Let’s see

Watch as our son Shane picks the winners…

Congratulations to aliaskys, Erinn S, and Daria!!! Please email us at giveaways@shoppingbadger.com with all of your mailing details!

That’s right, we have THREE WINNERS!

~ Aliaskys wins the CZ Double Open Floating Heart Necklace.

~ Erinn S wins the Crystal Mom Heart Necklace.

~ Our bonus winner Daria gets the CZ Double Open Floating Heart Necklace.

Thank you everyone for making this giveaway over THREE times as popular as our first!

Congratulations to our winners!

Tim & Liz

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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face. – George Eliot

We’d like to celebrate Liz’s first Mother’s Day with ANOTHER necklace giveaway! (If you missed it, click here to see our son Gavin picking the winners for our last giveaway.)

TWO lucky participants are going to win one of the following necklaces from our gifts for mom category! You can choose between our Crystal Mom Heart Necklace and our CZ Double Open Floating Heart Necklace (this one kinda looks like a mama heart and a child heart snuggling together, right?).

What do you have to do to win?

We are giving you 3 separate chances to win and we recommend doing all of them (you’ll be entered 3 times!!). Remember, we are picking TWO winners:

1. Answer one of the following questions by leaving a comment below

- If you won, which necklace would you choose?

or

- Do you have any plans for Mother’s Day?

2. Click the Like button on our Facebook page and leave a comment there (on our wall) letting us know that you “liked” us! To go to our Facebook page, click here. If you have already “liked” us, tell us that too!

3. If you decide to blog about our giveaway and tell all of your friends, please leave us a comment here letting us know you did with the URL of your blog post.

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED! Please check our blog for future giveaways!

Good luck!
Tim & Liz

P.S. Have you signed up for our newsletter? We will send you coupons and giveaway more jewelry!

The winners are…

Mistyobrien76

and

Vicki E

Congratulations!!!

You both chose the CZ Triple Butterfly Necklace! Please email us at giveaways@shoppingbadger.com with all of your mailing details.

Watch as our son Gavin picks the winners!

Check back with us tomorrow for our next giveaway!!

Congratulations!
Tim & Liz

“Sometimes,’ said Pooh, ‘the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
— A.A. Milne

About a month ago, I found the Facebook page for Team Linus.  I took one look at the pictures of sweet Linus and I was hooked.   This little guy grabbed ahold of my heart and hasn’t let go.

Here are some facts about Linus from the Team Linus Facebook page:

- 6 month old triplet with an identical brother, a fraternal brother & 2 moms
- he’s spent over 3 mos, more than half his life, in the hospital
- critical aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis, 2 VSD (Shone’s Variant)
- 18 blood transfusions
- 4 heart catheters starting at 2 days of age (3 balloon, 1 diagnostic)
- 2 open heart surgeries (1 aortic valve repair & 2 mitral valve repairs)
- imminent mitral valve replacement
- loves to play in his jumperoo
- known by all for being a smiler, a flirt and a hand holder
- significantly smaller than his brothers, but still big for a “heart baby”

Recently, I saw that they were holding an auction to help Linus’ family during their difficult journey.   Tim and I decided to donate this Shoppingbadger.com necklace to the auction.   We chose the Triple Heart Drop Pendant Necklace in honor of the triplets Linus, Dexter and Simon.

Please check out the Facebook page for Team Linus.  New auctions items are added every day.  Just “like” the page and then comment with your bid!

Here is a picture of Linus and his brothers. Can you stand the cuteness?

Liz

Breathless, we flung us on the windy hill, laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass. – Rupert Brooke

We’d like to celebrate the arrival of spring by giving away jewelry!  TWO lucky winners are going to win one of the following necklaces from Shoppingbadger.com!

For our first giveaway, you can choose between our CZ Triple Butterfly Necklace and our CZ Open Heart Necklace.

What do you have to do to win?

We are giving you 3 separate chances to win and we recommend doing all of them (you’ll be entered 3 times if you do!!). Remember, we are picking TWO winners:

1. Answer one of the following questions by leaving a comment below:

- If you won this giveaway, which necklace would you choose?

or

- Is there another necklace from ShoppingBadger.com that you would like to see in our next giveaway?

2. Click the Like button on our Facebook page and leave a comment on our wall letting us know that you “liked” us! To go to our Facebook page, click here.

3. If you decide to blog about our giveaway and tell all of your friends, please leave us a comment here letting us know you did with the URL of your blog post.

Spring necklace giveaway closes at 4 PM Eastern on Wednesday April 27th. United States only.

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED! Please check our blog for future giveaways!

Tim & Liz

P.S. Have you signed up for our newsletter? We will send you coupons and giveaway more jewelry!

In addition to donating 2% of every purchase to women’s and children’s charities, ShoppingBadger has recently added a PTA fundraising program. With stretched state budgets and schools facing austerity, I think this program can really help.

The General Idea

Every customer will have the opportunity to pick a school. That school’s PTA will receive a check equal to 10% of their jewelry purchase. That means if you buy a necklace for $50, then five dollars goes to your child’s school PTA! What a cool passive fundraiser.

The Possibilities

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the average school size in the U.S. was 446 students for primary schools and 595 students for middle schools in 2000. Let’s assume your school has 500 students. What if your school actively promoted the jewelry school fundraiser and each student found one person to order jewelry from ShoppingBadger.com for your school? With an average order of $50 for 500 students, your school just raised $2,500! That is assuming just one (more…)

Here’s a little one on one with CC Skye on PopSugar TV. CC Skye is a Los Angeles based handbag and jewelry designer. Celebs like Lauren Conrad, Niki Hilton, Eva Mendes, Brittany Spears, Kim Kardashian, and Miley Cyrus have been seen sporting CC Skye’s edgy but elegant jewelry designs. CC’s Double Wrap and Leather Chain Bracelet put her on the map when Nicole Richie was seen wearing it everywhere.

Signature Ring – CC’s favorite ring
Screw Bracelet – seen on Miley Cyrus
Double Wrap Screw Bracelet – seen on Niki Hilton
Deco Bangle – seen on Kim Kardashian
Bentley Bracelet – seen on Jessica Alba
Pink Crew Bracelet – 20% of proceeds donated to The National Breast Cancer Coalition. We love that!

If you want a look behind the scenes at CC Skyes Santa Monica headquarters you can watch CC Skye on E!.

What is your favorite CC Skye design?