08 February 2010

giveaway: darling blog templates


today's giveaway is from my dear friend hilary. she is the doll-faced designer behind simply yours designs. she offers premade templates as well as custom built blogs, buttons and etsy shop designs. if you just need a fresh tune-up for your website, take a peek at her design packages.

fyi. hilary is the html genius who helped me center my new blogger tabs. she can work her magic on your blog too. if you'd like her personal assistance, purchase the Navigation Bar kit ($25.00) in her shop.

giving :: one $30.00 gift certificate
towards a pretty premade blog template
and/or installation assistance


please comment today to enter to win.
do tell, what stylish blog do you love to read (and look at)?

thank you hilary!

congratulations...
the winner is mary elizabeth who kindly comments, i do love your blog, it is simple + clean + oh-so-charming! :) merci.. enjoy your new designs!!


p.s. simply yours designs has begun raising awareness and funding for the Ebstein's Anomaly Foundation. hilary lost her sweet little one to this heart condition this past november. the template below has been created with a lot of love. she named it after her stillborn son, Michael. she is donating 100% of the profits earned from this template to the Ebstein's Anomaly Foundation. please read more about her efforts to support this good cause.

85 comments:

  1. Rebecca5:31 AM

    I love Nie Nie dialogues. One of my favorite "stylish" blogs.

    rbalderas at nc dot rr dot com

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  2. Anonymous5:35 AM

    I love a field journal. The header is great.

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  3. Love Design Gal and Her Handyman. Definitely a stylish blog. :)

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  4. Lovely little giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  5. Lovely giveaway! :)
    The stylish blog I really like Creature Comforts!
    http://www.creaturecomfortsblog.com

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  6. Anonymous6:54 AM

    What a great giveaway!
    One of my very favorite stylish blogs is decor8.com. I always come away inspired and refreshed.

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  7. i like thesefavoritethings.blogspot.com

    fun giveaway!

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  8. I love the Nie Nie dialogues as well! I wish I were a html genius but, alas...I'm not. So, thanks for the chance at winning this one!

    elizachallis at hotmail dot com

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  9. I love to read younghouselove.com for all sorts of home reno inspiration.

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  10. Oh, I love these blog templates! Especially the one with white polka dots. I could use a face lift on my blog too!

    It's really hard to just pick one stylish blog. SimpleLovely.blogspot.com is definitely one of my favorites.

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  11. really nice giveaway! i love so many blogs, coco+kelley, diaries of a rockstar, too many!!
    Thanks

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  12. I love the Mint Chocolate. Love the colors:) Great giveaway!

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  13. oh what a lovely giveaway! I love ohjoy.com and your site, of course :)

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  14. Linda7:39 AM

    martawrites (of course), designsponge,twig and thistle, smitten kitchen and how about orange.

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  15. I hope I won!
    I love to read City of Dion. She posts the prettiest illustrations.

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  16. I love reading The Rockstar Diaries. She has great style!

    Thanks for the giveaway. My blog could use a little nip and tuck!

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  17. I really like Mighty Girl's layout. It's so colorful and just pops!

    Psst, secret though: I haven't found her blog to be as interesting since she started getting paid to do her Mighty List.

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  18. I've been hooked on dearlizzy lately, and I also really like eliseblaha. Those girls have style.

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  19. i love reading your blog!! :) thanks for the awesome giveaway! my blog could really use some help!non

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  20. Katie Did Journal, she makes the cutest clothes for her adorable little girls

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  21. what beautiful designs. I love them!

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  22. ok, yes, I want this pretty bad.

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  23. Just what I need for my blog. I don't have a cute one yet and her stuff is darling.

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  24. green wedding shoes and 100 layer cake - both wedding blogs but so beautiful and inspiring!

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  25. I am loving all the craft blogs...like u create. thanks for the giveaway oppertunity!

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  26. Apartment Therapy gets me through my day!! :)

    xox

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  27. i like elefantitasalegres lately. i also love amazing trips. and yours.

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  28. Nie, of course! And www.livingproofministries.blogspot.com.

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  29. Anonymous8:33 AM

    Honestly, this is the first blog I check every morning. But I also love Hil's blog, and my sil Jessica's blog, livingtheswelllife dot blogspot dot com.

    I would love one of these blog templates!! I'm working on my html skills but haven't built anything as pretty as these!

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  30. I love LakeJane - she is one stylish traveller right now!
    xx

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  31. Those blog designs look great!!!

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  32. I love your blog miss Marta! So inspiring! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  33. makeovers are always so fun...even for a blog!

    there are so many out there that have such great designs.

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  34. I love Morgan Moore's blog. Such a beautiful girl. The sucking up part of me reminds me that I love your blog too. So inspiring!

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  35. What a great idea! I've got so many blogs that I read on daily basis - for simplicities sake, I'd have to say I love reading yours, Gooseberried and Blogfully Yours.

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  36. I like blogs with white backgrounds, there are many, yours included. Another suggestion is inspireco.blogspot.

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  37. Anonymous8:58 AM

    I love hostess with the mostess! Always fun party ideas!!!

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  38. i have too many favorites! team boo and color me katie are a few.

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  39. Anonymous9:00 AM

    I like Nie's too. But there are several others I read and enjoy. My blog really needs a make over!

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  40. My boring, plain text header could use some sprucing up. What a great idea.

    I've been loving academichic lately.

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  41. I love http://www.cardiocandyography.com/

    the posts are great and the blog design is eye candy.

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  42. I love a clean looking blog like speakingfromthecrib.com

    My son also has ebstein's and I am doing a CHD awareness series in his honor.

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  43. oooooo, fun! I love her designs.

    And for brownie points I'm going to say your blog :)

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  44. i do love your blog, it is simple + clean + oh-so-charming! :)

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  45. I read so many I have lots of favorites. :)

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  46. I love Rock Star Diaries.
    http://taza-and-husband.blogspot.com

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  47. Who's more stylish than Design Mom?

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  48. I love to read Hilary's blog!! I check it everyday! What a strong woman!

    -aegirl7 (at) gmail (dot) com

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  49. I love the simplicity and elegance of Duet Letterpress. http://duetletterpress.com/blog/

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  50. oh, my pallete is so varied. I check shimandsons, made.com, stephmodo and of course yours!
    love that foundation title. so cute.

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  51. Anonymous10:01 AM

    why yours of course! Will kissing up help me win? I hope so :)

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  52. I am in desperate need of a blog re-vamp, mine is so ammature.

    I cant go a day without reading Rockstar Diaries. I love their stylish life.

    PS your pot roast looks delish. cant wait to give it a try!

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  53. I love your blog! I also like eat, drink chic.
    Thanks for the giveaway... my blog needs a little revamping!

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  54. Ooh great giveaway!

    One of my blog favorites is Katie, from allbowerpower.wordpress.com. She is HILARIOUS and gives lots of inexpensive DIY ideas!

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  55. Design*Sponge is one of my favorite daily reads. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  56. tangled and true. love their style.

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  57. Yay! I have finally learned how to comment on blogs! This is my first time, I am a blog (and commenting) virgin but your blog is just so cute I figured it was worth the effort to figure this world out. Which blog do I love to look at? Yours, of course! By the way, yesterday in church a girl made a comment and just happened to tie in the fact she's been reading this amazing blog of a girl she doesn't even know but which she loves - and guess what? It was your blog and Hillary's! You ladies get around!

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  58. Fun giveaway!!
    I love to read Just A Girl
    (j-a-girl.blogspot.com)
    And, even at the risk of sucking up, I'll say I love the simplicity/prettiness of your blog.

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  59. i love tartraz, she is so stylin'!

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  60. I love my friend's mostlymartha.
    amazing interior designer, writer, creator. love the gal, love the blog.

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  61. what happy looking templates!

    my favourite stylish blog is design*sponge - love the variety. and it's always exciting to see the befores and afters of furniture makeovers.

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  62. pick me!!! and the most stylish blog i read is yours of course!

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  63. I've got a blog roll 100+ blogs long that is mostly stylish blogs. How can I ever choose?

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  64. i read an array of blogs and enjoy each for various reasons. the styles are varied over the same spectrum. i couldn't possible pick one.
    thanks for hosting these giveaways. i get to see so many more cool little corners of web.

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  65. I actually love to real Hillary's Blog! and I also LOVE her blog designs! I really really hope I win!

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  66. I like the simplicity and clean lines of Becky Higgins blog.

    I like Tara Whitney's photography blog. The advertisements and such are at the bottom, so her work is the focus.

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  67. super cute - my family blog could use a makeover

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  68. Honestly - yours in one of my favourites :) Thanks for the chance!

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  69. Danielle N.5:03 PM

    Ohhh there are so many. Design is Mine, Creature Comforts to name a few. And of course, yours is in my top ten. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  70. i really like the one you posted on this post! So cute!
    but i also love this one: http://elizabethkartchner.blogspot.com/

    Thanks!

    Megan

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  71. My favorites are family members blogs and I very much enjoy thepioneerwoman.com.
    Thank you!

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  72. Apart from your lovely blog, I adore a cup of jo. It has an elegant simplicity.

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  73. I like to read www.designwithchristine.com. Fun giveaway! Thanks!

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  74. Diaries of a rockstar! Great giveaway, thank you!
    Kim

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  75. I have a new blog and am looking for a template! I have so many favorites but lately I've always love Style Me Pretty and Unruly Things

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  76. oh goodness... there are so many!!

    i would have to say sometimes sweet, a beautiful mess, and smile and wave are all my favorites :)

    xoxo,
    christen

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  77. Anonymous9:20 PM

    Looks like there are a lot of fans! I love Hil's blog and would want one of her designs... I just can't squeeze it into the budget just yet.

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  78. what a treat this would be...

    my favorite design blog...probably design mom.

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  79. I love this giveaway! I also love to look at http://cupcakesandcashmere.com/
    So stylish!

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  80. honestly, martawrites is a blog that i look at daily, without doubt! when i have time, i love searching other blogs! what creative and amazing individuals are out there!!

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  81. beautiful work!

    my 2 latest favs:
    cakies (ruby ellen)
    smile & wave (rachel denbow)

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  82. i like lola b's
    i am so sorry for hilary's loss. my brother died two years ago and his name was michael also. i believe that name has to mean 'a big heart'.

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  83. so sorry to hear of her loss...

    her blog templates are lovely and our family blog could use some design love...the one I update for all of the grandparents and birth parents...
    too many fav. blogs to name but joslyn at simple lovely has amazing style. i also love new to me this little red house.

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  84. I sure could use this!

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