And the winner is!!!!!!

Well it's been a whole month and a half of tweeting, facebooking, blogging, etc. and everyone has worked hard at trying to win that FREE YEAR OF SOAP!! The time is here and I have to say I'm not surprised at the winner as she has worked so hard and wanted that soap so bad that I think she lost sleep over it ;-)!

Sara Valor is the big winner of a whole year of soap. Congratulations Sara, you have certainly earned it. Your first soap will go out this week. So pamper yourself every day this year as more soap will always be on the way LOL!!

I want to thank everyone who participated.  This was really a lot of fun and there will be plenty more fun giveaways in the New Year so keep following and you might be the next winner!!

DeShawnMarie.com

Win a free year of soap!! That's right soap at your doorstep every month for free!

Ok I know, I know I've been slacking on blogging. I've just been so busy getting ready for the season, making, wrapping, and packing soap that I'm exhausted at the end of each day and haven't been able to get myself motivated to blog. So I'm going to make it up to you all with a giveaway!! This isn't just any giveaway, this is a whole year of free soap from me.

Here's the deal, I have a soap of the month club on my website Soap Club. I have just recently started promoting it and have had several people sign up, but I really want to get the word out. It's a great gift idea since it is only $6.75 a month, which helps a lot if you don't have a lot of money to lay down at Christmas but still want to give a substantial gift. If you add the entire year up it comes to $81, but it's easy on the wallet at only $6.75 a month. That special some one will be remembering you all year long when a new delicious gourmet soap shows up in their mailbox each month.

Now not only is it great for gifts, it's great to treat yourself to something like this too. It's a nice inexpensive way to pamper yourself every month. Since I've had so many people comment on it I thought that I would have a giveaway to promote it. So I'm giving away one of my soap of the month club subscriptions.

YOU MUST BE FOLLOWING THIS BLOG TO ENTER! So if you aren't following please follow now if you would like to participate.  From now until December 15th-- tweet, blog, facebook, etc. about my soap of the month club, be sure to include a link to my soap club page DeShawn Marie Soap Club in your promotion.  Then come back to this post on my blog and make a comment including the link to your promotion.  Each time you do it will give you more chances to win.  You can enter as many times as you want, so tweet away, blog away, facebook, digg it, stumble it all you want, just be sure to let me know in a comment to this post so I can put each of your entries in the hat to draw December 15th!  Only entries that include the link to their promotion will be entered.  As you enter I will put them in the hat each day and then draw the lucky winner on December 15th.  So what are you waiting for?...tweet, blog, etc. and you are on your way to a year of free soap from me! :-)

***THE WINNER HAS TO EITHER LIVE IN THE USA OR HAVE IT SHIPPED WITHIN THE USA UPON WINNING.**

DeShawnMarie.com

We've got a winner!!

We've got a winner!! The winner of my soap giveaway is Kat Lollar of Vegkat (http://vegkatsyarns.blogspot.com). She chose the Jasmine Jubilee soap as her winning soap.

 

I want to thank all of you for being so enthusiastic about my giveaway.  It was a lot of fun since every one was trying so hard to win.  Due to this I am offering all of you that participated in my giveaway a special at my ETSY shop. I was so happy to see every one involved I felt it was only fair to do something special for the rest of you.  So only for giveaway contestants I am offering a buy 2 get 1 free special at my ETSY shop  To redeem this all you have to do is purchase 2 soaps and then when checking out tell me in the message to seller the 3rd soap you would like and I'll stick it in for free!! Oh and also be sure to mention that you were a giveaway contestant.  This offer is good until Sept. 30th.  

Again congratulations to Kat and thank you to all of you!!

DeShawnMarie.com

It's time for another giveaway! In celebration of 200 followers on my blog I'm giving another soap away.

I'm so happy that everyone is enjoying my blog that I've decided to give another soap away.  It's super easy to win too.

First off you must be following this blog to win, so if you are not please do.  Secondly, once you are following all you have to do is twitter about one of my soaps on my website DeShawn Marie Soap and include a link to it in your tweet. If you'd like you can also twitter one of my soaps from my Etsy site too DeShawn Marie Etsy Once you have twittered about any of my soaps (make sure you include a link to the soap) then just add a comment to this post with the link to your tweet.  It's that easy. Make sure with your comment that you leave a way for me to contact you if you win.

You can tweet as often as you want just be sure to leave a comment back here with each tweet as the more you tweet the more chances you have to win.  You can enter as many times as you want. This giveaway ends on Wednesday Sept. 16th.  That evening I will put all the names in a hat and draw a winner.  So tweet all week and next week you might have one of these gorgeous soaps in your home. Winner gets to pick which ever soap they would like.

If you are reading this in a Facebook note, a reader or some other format then go to my blog at DeShawn's Blog to see the original post.

DeShawnMarie.com

What time is it? It's Handmade Soap Giveaway Time!

In honor of reaching 100 followers on this blog yesterday I'm giving you a gift. Bet you are wondering what kind of grueling process I'm going to put you through this time? Well you are in luck cause it's really not all that hard to get your hands on one of these sweet handmade soaps!


A little of this and a little of that and one of these babies might end up in your mailbox. I'm giving you mega options to win this time. Also this time around the winner gets to choose the soap of their choice! That's right...any soap you want, you can get with just a few clicks.

Ok here are the ways in which you can win one of these delicious treats and be smelling sweet all throughout August!

FIRST THING TO REMEMBER, BE SURE TO LEAVE A WAY TO CONTACT YOU WHEN ENTERING!

1) If you aren't following this blog, follow it and then comment on this post saying "hey I just followed!"

2) If you are following this blog then you can follow one of my other blogs. Then comment to this post which blog you followed. Click on the "view my full profile" in the upper left hand corner of this blog to see "my blogs" that you can follow.

3) If you want to be a party pooper and not follow don't worry there are other ways to enter.

Here they are:
a) twitter something from my website DeShawn Marie and leave the link in a comment to this post.

b) stumble any page in my website DeShawn Marie at stumbleupon.com and leave the link in a comment to this post.

c) Fave my blog on Technorati and comment that you did to this post

d) Rate my blog on Blog Catalog DeShawn's Blog at Blog Catalog and comment that you did to this post.

e) buy a soap from any of my shops and comment to this post that you did. (starting today, past purchases do not count)

f) Kaboodle any of my soaps from my shop on my website DeShawn Marie and comment to this post with the link.

g) Recommend any of my soaps from my website DeShawn Marie on ThisNext and comment to this post with the link.

Wheeeeew I told you I would give you options! The fun part this time around is you can enter as many times as you want with any of the options above. So follow and twitter and Kaboodle and Stumble and Rate Me and Fave Me...they all give you more of a chance to win. This contest ends Tuesday August 4th at 5pm. At that time I will take all of the entries put them in a hat and draw the lucky winner....if I'm feeling extra generous that day I might even give away more than one ;-)

If you are reading this in a Facebook note, a reader or some other format then go to my blog at DeShawn's Blog to see this post and enter.

DeShawnMarie.com

Updating DeShawn Marie Handmade Soap Website

Well some of you might know that I've been at this craft for quite a while. Going on 13 years now. I've had store fronts, sold wholesale, sold internationally, designed gift packs for Broadway plays and more. Getting caught up in all of that doesn't leave much time for focusing on things like websites ;-) So I've finally taken some time to do some improvements to my handmade soap website at www.deshawnmarie.com

I'd really appreciate some input from my fans, readers and customers. It's not perfect yet LOL, but it's getting closer to what I would like it to be. I would really appreciate if any of you would take the time to drop by www.deshawnmarie.com and let me know what you like or don't like about it. Also if you have any suggestions or ideas?? It still has a ways to go and I know that in certain browsers it shows up differently. If there is anything that you notice is really annoying or out of place please take the time to let me know :) There's a little something in it for you later this week.

Anyone who takes the time to do this will automatically be entered in to win a special prize later this week. Stay tuned for details. In the meantime take a look at my site www.deshawnmarie.com and make comments on this post. Thanks in advance for your help xoxo, DeShawn

and the winner of the Jasmine Jubilee soap is? Camille!!

That's right, we've got a winner!! I put all the names that entered into a hat and drew out a name. I'm happy to announce the lucky winner is Camille!! I've just sent her an announcement of her winnings. Congratulations Camille.

Free Handmade Soap Giveaway!

Well with tomorrow being the first official day of Spring I thought what better way to bring it in than to give a floral scented soap away.  So start voting in the poll on the top right of this blog on which floral scent is your favorite?  This will help me decide which soap to give away.  Thanks, giveaway will be announced tomorrow.  Start voting now!

Happy Spring Everyone!

If you are reading this in a facebook note or other location than my blog, just go to DeShawn Marie Handcrafted Soap blog to participate.

FREE SOAP, a Valentine from me to you!

That's right I'm giving away one of my soaps this Valentines to spread the LOVE! You've all been voting on your favorite scents on my blog poll and with just a few hours left for voting it looks like Orange is in the lead and Lavender is second. That means I'll be giving away one of my Lavender Orange soaps. Which is pictured above. Here is a link to it in my Etsy shop
Lavender Orange Handmade Soap

Now you're wondering what do I have to do to get my hands on that yummy soap? Well not much. Here's the contest requirements:

Go to any of my online shops
My Artfire
My Etsy
My Website
My DaWanda
My 1000markets
My Made it Myself

Bet you didn't know you could find me in so many places did you? For a chance to win the Lavender Orange bar of soap just visit one of my sites listed above and make a comment on this blog post about which site you went to. Then give your opinion, some advice or tell me which soap you like the best in your comment. Be sure to leave a way for me to contact you in your comment so when the contest is over I can award you your winnings (email, phone, blog or something.) This contest will run through February 22nd. When all of the comments are in I will then print them, put them in a hat and draw a winner!! Winner will be announced on Feb. 23rd. At that time I will need an shipping address to send you your free soap :)

HAPPY VALENTINES!

If you are reading this in a reader, facebook note or some other format than my blog just click this link to go to my blog and participate
DeShawn Marie Handcrafted Soap Blog

Today is a Happy Day :)

Don't know why, but for some reason today I woke up in a happy mood. I've felt very creative the last few days and full of thought. Some of that came out this morning in the form of collages. The picture above was a small collage I made for an empty picture frame I had on my dresser.

I also made some candles in the last few days. For those of you who don't know that candles were my focus for many years I will post some photos of them soon. I hadn't made candles in about a year and then yesterday I busted the old wax melter out and started creating. Maybe it's the slightly warmer weather we've had the last few days or the fact that it is clear beautiful skies here today. The sun really boosted my spirits. Needless to say I'm glad that boost arrived. Some of that trapped energy is coming out to create again. I'll have lots of photos of projects posted soon.

Also stop back by this week as I'll be posting a free soap give away! Be sure to vote on your favorite scent in the poll on the right as that is going to help me choose which soap to give :)