{Friend Celia M. ~ Living My High Heeled Life - Beauty Bag GIVEAWAY}

Long time friend and a blogger I admire, Celia M. is having a FABULOUS Beauty Bag GIVEAWAY! 
Her vision is to create a virtual world, where women can come together to support and inspire each other to live their Resilientista Life. Just enter FREE, by signing up tot the top/right for RESILIENTISTA's VIP by clicking on this link.

The Goodies: Mascara Volume - Yves Saint Laurent; Orchidée Impériale The Cream- Guerlain; Base Coat - deborah lippmann; the cream - Clé de Peau; tinted moisturizer - laura mercier; Gold Dust transformative mask - Oribe; fruit and flower acids mask - Chantecaille; Custom-repair serum - Clinique; perfume - Hermès

Great value!
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See link below post about this incredible lady that survived a near fatal accident and recovered from brain injury. 
Such a feisty girl and she must have been brilliant before as she still leaves many of us behind; the way she is now. 
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One to admire - no doubt!
Let's support her in her efforts for getting where she is now and doing so much for others that face(d) the very same...

All goodies arrive in this adorable beauty bag!

So don't wait: click an the above RESILIENTISTA link and enter.
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GOOD LUCK!

Related link:

{"A Blogger I Admire" - Celia from High Heeled Life} | previous post mentioning her near fatal accident and healing from brain injury

{WINNER of my GIVEAWAY}

On September 23, I did start my GIVEAWAY for English speaking readers, to win the book: THE SKINNY RULES.

Readers only had to go to my website: Mariette's Back to Basics and click on my Google+ Page button and follow.

Once on my Google+ Page, leave a message there.

If you do Tweet about my Google+ Page let me know via: AngelsnRosebuds

From my website, you can have another entry when going to the top right and click on the FB Page logo. Click LIKE  and do leave me a message; making sure to do so UNDER any story that is on my Timeline.

If you again do Tweet about my FB Page, or share, let me know and that too counts as an entry.

THAT'S IT - GOOD LUCK

Ends September 30, 8:00 PM EST

Well, only 2 English speaking ladies did click through to my Google+ Page of Mariette's Back to Basics LLC and they were: +Deborah Montgomery and +Marie-Anne Barelier-Synodinou 

On my FB Page Mariette's Back to Basics LLC it was only Marie-Anne who liked my page so that made her the winner for this book!

Even if I did leave Deborah a message on her FB on September 25th, with the link for having another chance, she obviously did not check it yet... Sorry Deborah!

Congratulations to you Marie-Anne and please do email me your mailing address in Greece so this book will be on its way to you!

Enjoy a happy new week!

And yes, on October 23, I will start posting about our trip to Arizona and to the Grand Canyon.

All other posts I had lined up as they would no longer make much sense when posted later.

THANKS to ALL!

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{THE SKINNY RULES + GIVEAWAY}

As promised earlier, here is my GIVEAWAY for English speaking readers, since it is written in English.
 'THE SKINNY RULES' by BOB HARPER with GREG CRITSER.

Just LOVED this book; not for trying to lose weight but for EATING healthy and especially in regard to Diabetes type 2 and Pre-Diabetes.

What I learned from this book especially is Rule #18: Finish eating your meals by 8:00 PM for having a better and healthier sleep too. Makes sense! All babies are being fed on a very regular schedule, so where did we all get side-tracked?

Yes, BOB HARPER is a world-renowned fitness trainer and star of the NBC reality series The Biggest Loser, which finished its thirteenth season in 2012.

His way of writing is also full of humor!

Being Bob Harper appeared in the Costco Connection on June, 2012 (click it) on 

Pages 26, 27 and 28.

Page 27

Page 28

His book I only can highly recommend to anyone wanting to find out more about eating healthy!

The book also is full of practical, easy to follow recipes.

Harper's approach on Page 18, about going vegan...

'But after a few years, the benefits start to wane. I was fatigued. And I was getting... soft, which is not a particularly good thing if you are the trainer for a show called The Biggest Loser...

Page 55 - BE YOUR OWN SUGAR POLICE

Page 57 - We like potatoes so much we're beginning to look like them.

Page 65 - Let us now come to your pancreas and liver. Chronic eating of concentrated sugars and bad fats tells the organs to make more insulin and more blood fat, as your muscles become resistant to the insulin. This is called type 2 diabetes. 

Page 77  Salt - Puffy bags under the eyes...

Page 161 about PROTEINS

Protein helps keep blood sugar and insulin in check, making it easier to maintain weight loss and keeping chronic diseases like diabetes and high cholesterol at bay.

Guess this did give you a good insight into what type of book it is.

Very beneficial for all those that like to prevent Diabetes Type 2 or even Pre-Diabetes.

For the year 2050 it is said that one in three could end up having the disease. You can read more in my previous article, via link below. 

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You can either order THE SKINNY RULES book at Amazon (click) or get a FREE copy as a GIVEAWAY if you manage the English language. 

How can you earn this FREE book?

Go to my website: Mariette's Back to Basics and click on my Google+ Page button and follow.

Once on my Google+ Page, leave a message there.

If you do Tweet about my Google+ Page let me know via: AngelsnRosebuds

From my website, you can have another entry when going to the top right and click on the FB Page logo. Click LIKE  and do leave me a message; making sure to do so UNDER any story that is on my Timeline.

If you again do Tweet about my FB Page, or share, let me know and that too counts as an entry.

THAT'S IT - GOOD LUCK

Ends September 30, 8:00 PM EST

Related link:
{Diabetes Type 2, & Iranian Medicine about Sesame Seed Paste or Tahini} | previous post

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{ LOOK - I won this IRIS GOLD Jewelry from Georgia in Greece}

On Monday the postman rang the doorbell with a small parcel I had to sign for. It came from Greece... all the way from the Old World. Greece was my favorite country in history classes and look now; I won this beautiful IRIS GOLD piece of jewelry from Georgia, from: Armoniaart.blogspot.com. This hyperlink shows you all three giveaway pieces of jewelry... Georgia lives in Xylokastro, in the Korinthia region of Greece. Now, I cannot wait to show you my winning piece...

How about this beautiful 925 silver pendant with Brown-Red Zirkon on a black silk necklace by IRIS GOLD for a Giveaway from Armoniaart.blogspot.com?

It even does have small Zirconia on the bale and around the Zirkon crystal! 

THANKS A MILLION dear Georgia!

Look at Georgia's beautiful handwriting...

Georgia can also be found on Bloglovin; just click the hyperlink.

Beautiful stamps from Hellas...

Georgia's handwriting in more detail...

She selected her three winners together with her daughter. Actually three pieces of incredible jewelry; one for every 100 readers she got for her blog. SO GENEROUS!

Inside the parcel was this map that was wrapped around the gift...

Map from Thassos; complimentary by IRIS GOLD - what a nice gesture!

If you can dream it, you can do it.

Great and very appropriate slogan...

This has been printed by Georgia for me; how beautifully done!

The map of Thassos shows more jewelry from IRIS Gold on one side...

And finally the little green box becomes visible!

All the way from Greece...

Bi-lingual card is used for this 925 silver pendant with brown-red Zirkon crystal.

For anyone that did fall in love with this very elegant piece, you can still order it on line.

IRIS GOLD pendant with brown-red Zirkon crystal and small white zirconias.

Just click on above hyperlink!

Does blogging not give us MUCH?!

Related links:

IRIS GOLD BLOG | blog with more of those elegant Greek design jewelry pieces.

BROWN-RED ZIRKON | Gemstone information

IRIS GOLD | website and they do ship worldwide

IRIS GOLD | FB Fan Page

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{The Winner of the Lanarte Cross Stitch Kit IS...}

Okay, by midnight the final for my Worldwide GIVEAWAY of the Lanarte Cross Stitch Kit was over with. There were 20 valid entries and using Random.org the number selected was: 9. The lucky winner gets this Lanarte Cross Stitch Kit...

And here comes...

Number 9 = Claudia from NuNu's Garn-und Stofflabor in Germany... Congratulations!

Please let me know your address so I can send this kit your way.

Thanks to all that participated!

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{The Winner of the Burlap Fabric IS...}

Okay, finally found time to check all the entries for the Worldwide GIVEAWAY of the French style burlap fabric. There were 52 valid entries and using Radom.org the number selected was: 4. The lucky winner gets one yard of this fabric...

And here comes...

Number 4 = Janny from Rozen van Papier... Congratulations!

Please let me know your address, so I can send the winning fabric your way.

Thanks to all that participated!

Don't forget my other Worldwide GIVEAWAY; check my blog at the top to the right.

Just click that button. Good luck!

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{Worldwide GIVEAWAY - Lanarte Cross Stitch Kit}

Another Worldwide GIVEAWAY for my loyal followers and readers. This time a Lanarte Cross Stitch Kit, complete with DMC thread. 

For all garden lovers this beautiful cross stitch kit.

Dimensions are 49 x 39 cm or 19¼" x 15¼"

How to enter:

* Make sure you follow me and leave a comment.

(Those that currently follow; please leave a comment that you are already following.)

* To double your chances, put the 250 pixel wide GIVEAWAY BUTTON below, as a picture in your sidebar as well and leave a comment telling me you did so. 

* Another chance, put the 500 pixel wide GIVEAWAY BUTTON below, as a picture in your blog and post about it. When posting about it, please do put a hyperlink of this very post: Click on the blog subject line and copy that link for putting it into your blog. But let me know about it in your comment so I can verify if it indeed is a working link.

* Another chance you get if you start following me on Twitter AngelsnRosebuds; click the previous hyperlink and let me know you did  so and give me your Twitter name in the comment section.

* Another chance if you Tweet about this giveaway and letting me know. This is also valid for those that follow me already on Twitter.

* One more chance you get if you click the Like button on my Facebook Page Mariette's Back to Basics LLC; Just click the previous hyperlink and again let me know if you did so! Posting about my giveaway on FB counts as another chance, this also counts for those that already Like my Facebook Page.

* Additional chance for those of you that use Google+ just add me to your Circles. You find my Google+ link below this post. If you mention this giveway on Google+ that's another chance!

Good luck. Giveaway ends by midnight on November 27

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GOOD LUCK!

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{186 Countries Visited - Welcome Burkina Faso}

It is a pleasure to welcome another new visiting country to my blog; Burkina Faso from West Africa. There has been one more in-between but I missed it... Sorry for that!

This will not be a long post as I am in a grieving mood. The 30 year old son of my dear friend went to heaven today. They are close like family and in June, Pieter and I said our fare-well as we knew he would go to heaven soon. This brave young man lost the battle of brain cancer with his lovely wife and family at his side. 

Welcome Burkina Faso!

Don't forget my Worldwide GIVEAWAY, you find it to the right on my sidebar at the top... Just click it.

Good luck.

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{Worldwide FABRIC GIVEAWAY}

For all loyal readers in 184 countries, as a Thank You, I offer here another Worldwide GIVEAWAY. This time I got some French print burlap style fabric for you. One yard (or 91.44 cm) of this 88% cotton 12% rayon fabric from Ballard Design. It is 55 inch wide or  139.7 cm and enough for a pillow or whatever you want to use it for. That's up to the happy winner.

French Document style being printed all over. A very nice burlap look and feel.

How to enter:

* Make sure you follow me and leave a comment.

(Those that currently follow; please leave a comment that you are already following.)

* To double your chances, put the 250 pixel wide GIVEAWAY BUTTON below, as a picture in your sidebar as well and leave a comment telling me you did so. 

* Another chance, put the 500 pixel wide GIVEAWAY BUTTON below, as a picture in your blog and post about it. When posting about it, please do put a hyperlink of this very post: Click on the blog subject line and copy that link for putting it into your blog. But let me know about it in your comment so I can verify if it indeed is a working link.

* Another chance you get if you start following me on Twitter AngelsnRosebuds; let me know you did  so and give me your Twitter name in the comment section.

* Another chance if you Tweet about this giveaway and letting me know. This is also valid for those that follow me already on Twitter.

* One more chance you get if you clik the Like button on my Facebook Page Mariette's Back to Basics LLC; again let me know if you did so! Posting about my giveaway on FB, counts as another chance, this also counts for those that already Like my FB Page.

* Additional chance for those of you that use Google+ just add me to your Circles. You find my Google+ link below this post. If you mention this giveaway on Google+ that's another chance!

Good luck. Giveaway ends by midnight on November 16. <center> <a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2012/11/worldwide-fabric-giveaway.html"><img border="0" src="http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae37/MariettesBacktoBasics/FabricGiveawayMariettesBacktoBasics500pixel.jpg"/></a></center> 500 PIXEL BUTTON TO TAKE  FROM MY BLOG TO YOURS (CLICK ON ▼ AND SCROLL DOWN; COPY ENTIRE TEXT, THAN CLICK ON HTML, PASTE IT AND BACK TO COMPOSE!)  <center> <a href="http://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2012/11/worldwide-fabric-giveaway.html"><img border="0" src="http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae37/MariettesBacktoBasics/FabricGiveawayMariettesBacktoBasics250pixel.jpg"/></a></center> 250 PIXEL BUTTON TO TAKE FROM MY BLOG TO YOURS FOR ON SIDE BAR: CLICK ON ▼ AND SCROLL DOWN FOR COPYING ENTIRE TEXT. CLICK ON DESIGN; ADD A GADGET AND PASTE INTO HTML/JavaScript Related links: Giveaway hos Mariette | ASTRIDS HANDARBETEN blog Rainy Day | Tammy@ T's Daily Treasures blog

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{Back Home from Curaçao}

For my MIA (Missing In Action) the explanation is, that we had left the country. On my iPhone I was only very limited for visiting some blogger friends. I've learned one more thing, that on iPhone you can't even leave a comment for those that use the Word Verification... Another reason for taking it OFF; see Word Verification is Time WASTE! ←(click it) for how to. 

As for our tropical vacation in the Caribbean, just one photo for you to see where we left after eight lovely nights. Our view was grand and so were the many walks and strolls through the huge botanical gardens of the Hyatt Regency's 27 acres or 10.9 hectares property. Santa Barbara Beach & Golf Resort Curaçao ←(click it) is a gem on the south side of the island, hurricane free and only 35 miles north of Venezuela. Next month it will have its 2nd birthday. We both were in Curacao, in August of 1988 so that was a long lapse of time.

Every day it was 29°C with 24°C night temperature or 84°F - 75°F.

Great for swimming in one of the many pools.

We had showers during the first nights and that made the gardens extra lush.

For the rest it was very pleasant due to the wind and some clouds. 

The last night there was a wedding on the beach...

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Wanted to mention the arrival of my 925 silver Giovanni Raspini Alphabet Angel Letter for Nani from Macedonia. 

She was the winner of my International Giveaway that ended on February 4. 

Sure enough this piece of jewelry has traveled a long time to reach its destiny but it looks like the guardian angel took care of itself!

Nani has graciously posted about it.

Thanks for the mention and you just enjoy this great piece.

For those of you that want one like it, you can find it at Spectrenoir on line: ←just click it.

Related link:
{Our Curaçao Vacation} | previous post by me

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{WINNER of the 925 SILVER GIOVANNI RASPINI CHARM Giveaway...}

Here comes the drawing of the WINNER for the high end solid 925 SILVER GIOVANNI RASPINI CHARM Giveaway from January 10, 2012... Straight from the Heart of Tuscany, Italy.

From the 119 valid entries the number 99 got selected by random.org.

99 is...

Nani from Macedonia!!

Congrats Nani and you let me know your address so this can be send off to you!

THANKS to everyone for participating and those that did not win can always revert to my online Spectrenoir. 

Have a great week ahead and thanks all for following and for your comments.

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Worldwide GIVEAWAY: 925 SILVER GIOVANNI RASPINI CHARM | previous post by me

{2 Days left for International GIVEAWAY - 925 silver Giovanni Raspini Charm!}

Just a final reminder for the final 2 days of my Worldwide GIVEAWAY: 925 SILVER GIOVANNI RASPINI CHARM of the 925 silver Giovanni Raspini Alphabet Angel Charm of CHOICE! Hurry for being included in the drawing, which ends on February 4 by midnight, Pacific Standard Time. The Charm is of your own choice as there are many available. Just have a peak at Spectrenoir online. Wishing you good luck! Click on the GIVEAWAY hyperlink here above to participate...

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{GIVEAWAY = YOUR Choice of 925 silver Giovanni Raspini Letter!}

Because I got some reader remarks, as to the photographed 925 silver Giovanni Raspini 'M' would be perfect for them, I want to state the following: This Worldwide GIVEAWAY is about a 925 silver Giovanni Raspini Alphabet Letter of CHOICE! If you look at my Zen Cart powered Mariette's Back to Basics Boutique here you can select the one you would want to win. Hope this did clarify any doubts. Wishing you GOOD LUCK! And if you don't win by February 4... you can always order one at my Boutique! Hoover over the red words with your mouse; they are hyperlinks. Right click on them for opening in a new tab. 

P.S. the Dutch chocolate Alphabet Letter is NOT included...

You can order yours at Vander Veen's the Dutch Store or at The Dutch Market.

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