A Portuguese Love

Winter Cheer Giveaway List from Floating Lemons ! 2 Butterflies & Ladybugs bone china mugs, with matching Butterflies & Ladybugs keychain. (Original art by our talented friend Tara Gillies Ghale) Daisy Joy Yellow tote bag, with matching Daisy Joy Yellow notebook, Daisy Joy Yellow Thank You note card, Daisy Joy Blue Thank You note card, and Daisy Joy Blue note card. Simple Flowers Teal Orange premium magnet, with matching Simple Flowers Teal Orange Birthday greeting card, and Simple Flowers Purple Orange Birthday greeting card. Duck Kiss Dots note card, with matching Duck Kiss Dots stickers, and Duck Cool Dots stickers. Rosebud Joy Color note card, with matching Rosebud Joy Color stickers. One lucky person will be receiving 2 lovely bone china mugs, a tote bag, a notebook, 5 note cards, 2 greeting cards, a keychain, a premium magnet, and some cute stickers. What do you need to do? You just have to leave a comment on Floating Lemon's blog and she'll pick a winner at ran...

Hello once more! Yes, I bring you another Giveaway! It's Cara Carmina's Giveaway. Cara makes paper dolls, textile creations, and children's illustrations! She's celebrating the new year and the fact she has reached over 1,700 fans here on her Facebook page! You can also check her blog here . To participate in this Lovely Giveaway: 1. You have to be a fan of her page (like it) and write a comment below the photo I am showing above BUT ON HER FACEBOOK PAGE letting her know your favorite love story and why! 2. You can have a 2nd vote if you share this giveaway on any social network or blog (please write a 2nd comment letting her know you did so and where) The winner will get: -1 Calendar -1 print of the inside illustrations with an 8x10" mat -1 brooch with one of my fav. illustrations LAST DAY TO PARTICIPATE is Saturday until midnight - Cara will announce the winner on SUNDAY! ♥♥♥ GOOD LUCK ♥♥♥

Enter this lovely Giveaway Treat for Valentine's Day from Floating Lemmons! Hurry, hurry! Here's what Mariana posted on her blog: "Hey, listen, guys - we're celebrating the new year with our first Giveaway Treat! As Valentine's Day is coming up, we're giving away our adorable Sulky Sue (she's part of our new Grumpy Cat Collection) on a really cute Valentine's Day Note Card, and also Candy Heart Stickers. So she won't feel too lonely, we've got some other fun items lined up to join her. Here's what we've got for you... One lucky person will be receiving all of the above. If you like the giveaway treats we've put together and would like to be that person, just leave a comment below and we'll pick a winner at random in 3 days time. We'd also truly appreciate it if you spread the goodness and shared our January 2013 giveaway with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, your blogs or anywhere else you prefer. This giveawa...

Entrance order - Draw order 1 - Carol - Gift 5 2 - Helena - Gift 3 3 - olimpio - Gift 6 4 - clara - Gift 4 5 - leb - Gift 1 6 - Ana - Gift 2 Congrats to the winners! Next week I'll contact you all so you can provide me your address contact. I have some gifts left. I do not know if I should make another giveaway and try to deliver it! Maybe in the near future. I could not make the draw on 21st July as I mentioned, I had a busy week, sorry. But now it's done! Hope you enjoy your gift! Thank you!

This morning I made the random drawing for the Fotolia Coupon. Just 3 entries, what a shame. Congrats on the winner! It's entry number 3. Folks, there's still another giveaway going on this month, just a few gifts from Licor Beirão, a famous and traditional Portuguese drink. I don't want to keep those prizes for myself, so, check it, there's still time and it's so easy to enter. Enjoy the week, Sunday is almost ending!

Summer is my favorite time of the year. As I live by the sea it’s a great time to enjoy the beach every minute I can. My readers may remember Licor Beirão. I wrote a post about this traditional Portuguese liquor some weeks ago. Licor Beirão enjoyed my post and sent me some merchandise to distribute to my blog readers. It’s time to accessorize for the Summer that officially starts today and these are the gifts Licor Beirão is offering 10 of my lucky readers: - A fabric case for your laptop as I know you will be going outside to enjoy the sun! - Cute tattoos (4 different ones) to show with your summer light clothes! - Magnetic bookmarkers because reading in a garden or on the beach is a must with this weather! - A diary where you can draw or write down stories about your summer days… - And 6 very cute small bottles of Licor Beirão, 6 of my readers will have a chance to taste this traditional Portuguese drink. All winners will also be sent an informative sheet on Licor Beirão with a fe...

You may wonder why I am hosting a Fotolia Coupon Code giveaway on my blog. Usually, I promote Portuguese products. Fotolia offered me the possibility to try it for free and this is my review of it. I really enjoyed my experience at the site. One thing I discovered is that Fotolia accepts photos from professionals and amateurs. That’s positive as it adds variety and makes photo prices more accessible. If you live in Europe, know that the Euro is accepted as the currency. Paypal can be used. It has photographers and designers contributing and I got excited about it and thought of sending some vector files too and earning some cash. They even provide training that you must follow before uploading any work. As they state somewhere on the site, "detailed attention is given to the quality, copyright, and editing of files." I found great photos. I can say that I found what I needed. I did an accurate search for photos so I can say the search mechanism worked for me perfectly. I ...

F irst, let’s learn about FOTOLIA and what it can do for you. 1. What’s Fotolia ? It’s the first worldwide social marketplace for royalty-free stock images, allowing individuals and professionals to legally buy and share stock images and illustrations. In fact, it’s the largest image bank of free and most affordable royalty-free photos and illustrations perfect for any medium, web or print. 2. What are Fotolia ’s advantages? - Time is money! Fotolia’s services will save you time, as you are much more likely to find what you need quickly. Plus you don’t get poor search functionality on Fotolia. If you look for baby photos you can be sure you’ll get baby photos and not puppy photos. When you look for a photo and can’t get it fast enough you’ll be stressed. Fotolia will help eliminate this kind of stress so you can dedicate your strength to create just brilliant work! - Many times I used free photo sites. I had to read about every photo I used! Sometimes I had to contact the photo’s o...

Jenna(Mariposa Soap) and Tammy(O melhor) ,both from Ohio,and Frannie (O meu sabonete),from New York are the lucky winners! Congratulations!In a few hours they will be on the mail on its way to you!

THE SOAPS : O melhor - O meu sabonete - Mariposa - read about it, here ! CONFIANÇA'S HISTORY AND PRODUCTS - Visit the site ! A SHORT LIST OF REASONS TO ENTER CONFIANÇA’S SOAPS GIVEAWAY 1.Confiança is a brand of reference for Portuguese cosmetic industry! 2.It has lots of history as it was funded on 12th October of 1844 3.Confiança is the only Portuguese company to obtain the ISO 9001:2000 quality certifications in its field! 4.All soaps ingredients used are natural and 100% vegetable. 5.No animal test is conducted. 6.Quality control is made in all production stages and the final products are evaluated by external certified laboratories. 7.Confiança produces even today according to its traditional methods passed from generation to generation. 8.To Confiança each of its products is more than a cosmetic. It’s a piece of history, a memory and a small part of each one of its co-workers. 9.It's so easy to enter Confiança's portuguese bar soaps giveaway! 10....

10 days till closing time on A portuguese love first giveaway.You still have time to grab one of this these soaps.Read previous posts for detailed information on this giveaway products and Confiança's rich history.To acess more information on lots of marvelous products visit Confiança's site .I am very pleased that Confiança’s offering three fine soaps to my blog visitors. They are quality products and full of tradition and carry Portuguese history of success.What an excelent Christmas gift,I just wish I could enter it myself! O meu sabonete - This line of soaps doesn’t dry your skin and leaves it perfumed and with a soft touch. An exuberant combination of Art Deco sensuality for your body.O meu sabonte Individual Soap Silver. Mariposa - With the restyling of an original dated from 20 th Confiança re-launched the Mariposa in a refined and traditional Portuguese packaging. Mariposa embodies the spirit of the butterfly spreading joy over the fields. The ...

You are still on time to enter Confiança's bar soap giveaway. O Melhor is a product range specially formulated for men’s skincare. Translated as “The Best” it includes shaving cream, exfoliating soap, and balsam after-shave. The stylish retro packaging is the result of the restyling of an original logo dating back to the 1920s. The strength of this line is reinforced by a back-to-basic old-school fragrance with notes of musk and marine. Still represented in Confianças’s ranges Art Déco and Art Nouveau art was popular influences during the ’20s. Rich design and recipes portfolio were recovered as Confiança’s aim is to bring back that heritage to the XXI century. The old molds are still in use to preserve the original soap shape. Soap characteristics and packaging is an art passed on by generations that allows Confiança to still preserve all of its essence. O Melhor is an example that is still in the memory of many and will bring to the present the scents of another century. Abo...

People are getting online quite often to find products for the lowest price or even for free. I do not know if it’s kind of a trend or a reflex of how the economy is. Or if it’s just an online hobby for those who spent lots of hours in front of a computer. But this seems to please everybody. People get free stuff and companies get good publicity. Companies sponsor giveaways because they know that products will reach the hands of consumers through a personalized approach. Take my example. Why am I hosting Confiança’s bar soaps giveaway? I know the brand, I and my family used these soaps for many years. We know the product. We’ve tried it many times. There’s no better marketing tool. You can trust my opinion. There are lots of reasons to praise this soaps. The production process is carefully accompanied according to quality standards in the cosmetic industry. All ingredients used are natural and 100% vegetable. No animal test is conducted. Final products are evaluated by external certi...

I am very pleased that Confiança’s offering three fine soaps to my blog visitors. They are quality products and full of tradition and carry Portuguese history of success. The soaps - make your choice O meu sabonete Lady’s Tenderness - Founded in 1920, this line has been enhanced with ever most pure and healthy bases. Keeping the same fragrance, this line of soaps doesn’t dry your skin and leaves it perfumed and with a soft touch. An exuberant combination of Art Deco sensuality for your body.  O meu sabonte Individual Soap Silver. Mariposa With the restyling of an original dated from 20 th Confiança re-launched the Mariposa in a refined and traditional Portuguese packaging. Mariposa embodies the spirit of the butterfly spreading joy over the fields. The soap has an enriched formula with a 100% vegetable base. Mariposa is dermatologically tested to respect most delicate skins. O Melhor O Melhor is a product range specially formulated for men’s skinca...

Confiança produces even today according to its traditional methods passed from generation to generation always respecting its quality tradition but never forgetting innovation and the search for new opportunities. Still represented on Confianças’s ranges Art Déco and Art Nouveau art were popular influences during the ’20s. Rich design and recipes portfolio were recovered as Confiança’s aim is to bring back that heritage to the XXI century. The old molds are still in use to preserve the original soap shape. Soap characteristics and packaging is an art passed on by generations that allows Confiança to still preserve all of its essences. O meu sabonete, Mariposa and O Melhor are examples that are still in the memory of many and will bring to the present the scents of another century. To Confiança each of its products is more than a cosmetic. It’s a piece of history, a memory and a small part of each one of its co-workers. By using a Confiança soap, aft...

http://www.confiancasoaps.com/index.php From time to time, you will find in this space my impressions of Portuguese brands or products of solid reputation, tradition, or cultural value. I'm starting with a brand that's quite dear to me. As a child, I lived in the north of Portugal and visited Confiança´s soap factory. When in Elementary school we often had study visits, many to factories in the surroundings. I never forgot those very big boilers full of liquid soap! But we also had Confiança’s soaps in our house so it was very interesting to discover how it was made before reaching our hands! I am very pleased that Confiança’s offering three fine soaps to my blog visitors. This week you will learn how to enter the giveaway. They are quality products and full of tradition and carry Portuguese history of success. First, get to know this Portuguese brand a little! Founded on 12th October of 1844 by Silva Almeida and Santos Pereira, Confiança is a reference for the Portuguese co...