We’re heading to the airport to leave for Germany! I’m soo excited and can’t wait to see my dad’s side of the family! The one downside is that I just started to feel like I was getting the hang of the basics of this whole blogging thing…But I’ve decided that it’s so much more important for me to be soaking up every last minute with my family and to focus on enjoying the experience, than to be worrying about blogging and whether I’ll have sufficient internet to do so…I only get to see my dad’s side of family every few years, and it’s not everyday you get to hang out and explore a place like Germany! So even though I know this decision may take a hit on the number of readers that’ve been visiting my blog, I’m confident its the right decision! and I hope you will come back when I get home in two weeks!! **I’ll still be trying my best to respond to emails while I’m gone though!
In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to do a giveaway! A few weeks ago, I saw this apron at Anthropologie and couldn’t help but think that it matched my new branding perfectly! Anthropologie has the BEST aprons. It’s kind of an ironic thing for me to give away, because I’m not the best at cooking…Ryan is an AMAZING cook and can somehow create a gourmet meal out of nothing..so he does most of the cooking in the Akins household…but who says you can’t at least look cute while TRYING to cook??
I’ll also bring back some of my favorite german chocolate from my trip for the winner! It’s called Kinderschokolade, and if you havn’t tried it you NEED to!!! I think we have it in America now, but its called Kinder Chocolate…and I swear its not as good as having it straight from Germany!
All you have to do is like my Facebook page here…if you’ve already liked it, then you’re already entered!! I wanted to do this as a way to say thank you for supporting me in my first week of being a blogger! I’ll randomly pick a winner when I get home from Germany and then mail you your gift!
P.S. I’m looking for new home decorating blogs to follow, since I’m trying to plan out how I want the rooms in our new house to look…does anyone know of any good ones? I already follow Young House Love and Design Sponge…If you give me a suggestion I’ll enter your name twice in the random drawing!! thank you for your help in advance!
Auf Wiedersehen and Happy Friday!!
July 13th, 2012 at 4:58 pm
AH! I want this so badly!! I DROOL over Anthro’s aprons but haven’t brought myself to buy one yet. AWESOME GIVEAWAY!
July 13th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Good choice…I LOVE anthro aprons!! They are the cutest. My favorite color is turquoise so naturally I love this blog: http://www.houseofturquoise.com/ Have a wonderful trip!!!
July 13th, 2012 at 5:27 pm
We’ll miss you Annamarie! We’ll keep a good watch on your house while you are gone :). I think you’d love The Lettered Cottage blog(http://theletteredcottage.net/). They DIY lots of things on the cheap and I think you’ll like their style. And you know I want that apron!
July 13th, 2012 at 6:06 pm
oh my gosh the little kinder chocolate cakes are my absolute FAVORITE!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 13th, 2012 at 6:33 pm
LOVE this apron :) I was actually going to suggest House of Turquoise as well but since someone beat me to it, I will give you another one. http://7thhouseontheleft.com/ is great! (and its a Richmond blogger :))
July 13th, 2012 at 6:34 pm
That apron is so cute!! I’ve never owned an apron before! I don’t read a lot of home decor blogs anymore because I spend a lot of time reading photographers blogs, but I really like Bower Power Blog (she’s friends with Sherry from Young House Love), and I also read We Met in a Bar, though it’s not entirely about decor. I can probably think of some other good ones…I’ll let you know lol.
July 13th, 2012 at 9:34 pm
Hey Annamarie! Love the new blog and your photographs are so beautiful! I went to Belgium this past year and loved it (my in laws live there) I wanted to go to Germany so badly though- so next time I will most definitely hop over to Germany! Okay so here are a couple suggestions for home blogs to follow: apartmenttherapy.com & tommyandellie.com
July 13th, 2012 at 10:43 pm
YAY!! this is SO cute! i love looking at this blog’s style but she doesn’t have lots of DIY tips:http://www.llhdesignsblog.com/
and this one has tons of cute stuff: http://theletteredcottage.net/
July 13th, 2012 at 10:52 pm
This is awesome Anna! A few of my absolute favorites are http://www.thenester.com, http://www.censationalgirl.com, theyellowcapecod.com, and thehandmadehome.net
I am king of a blog addict. If you haven’t already you should set up google reader so you can get all your favorites in one place :)
July 15th, 2012 at 6:00 pm
i’ll be ready to read your posts when you get back! have a blast in germany and spending time with family. can’t wait to see how your trip goes! :)
July 18th, 2012 at 11:22 pm
such a cute apron! I just read The Perfectly Imperfect Home by Deborah Needleman, which I really liked for some general basics/rules to follow when decorating. Also I’ve heard that her Domino Book of Decorating is really good, but I haven’t had a chance to pick that one up yet.
July 19th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Awe i love this cute little apron! Have fun in Germany!
July 24th, 2012 at 11:04 am
That apron is so cute! And I agree that the German Kinderschokolade is awesome! I’m from Denmark and my family sometimes takes a few trips to Germany and we sometimes get that chocolate! Mmmh!