Once Upon a Story GIVEAWAY CLOSED

Congrats Angie B. for winning! I will be emailing you soon! Thanks to all who entered! Be sure to check back this week for another great giveaway!

How sweet are these pictures? I'm so glad it's finally spring summer (because we don't have a spring) weather here. It goes from 40 to 80 degrees, and right now, I'm okay with it. I needs that vitamin Dizzle on my face.

Anythatlastsentencesoundswrong, Once Upon A Story, an extremely wonderful shop on Etsy, sent Adrienne the most perfect mushroom tee in all of the forest. The shroom was hand cut and even hand stitched for the sweetest look. I could just eat this mushroom shirt up. ::side eye:: I mean, all that delicious cuteness.

Once Upon A Story specializes in hand made boy's clothing. From hand stitched and hand printed rowdy t-shirts to handsome little bow-ties, this shop is your go to site. I pretty much picked the girliest thing they had. One can never go wrong with a gender neutral mushroom shirt.

Since I obvs don't have a little boy, I rarely have little boy giveaways. But times are a changing! Well, no, I'm not preggers with a prince, I'm just teaming up with Once Upon A Story to offer one lucky winner their choice of anything valued up to $25! CLOSED

Just log into the Rafflecopter below (or make a new Rafflecopter account), and follow the directions for each entry. Please make sure to actually do what's required for each entry. If you just click enter and not do what it's asking, I'll know. If you are unsure how to do one, skip it and contact me. I can't stress this enough. I go back and check to make sure the winner actually did what was required. I will not let cheaters win. DON'T CHEAT. Meh. CLOSED

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Congrats Angie B. for winning! I will be emailing you soon!

This giveaway will last one week and end on April 26th, 2013! One winner will be picked at random and will receive the item of their choice (up to $25) from Once Upon A Story. This giveaway is only open to US residents. The winner will be announced on Coffee and Cashmere and will also be notified via email. The winner will have ONE week to respond to the email and claim their prize. If the winner never responds, a second winner will be picked at random.

Big high fives to Once Upon A Story for making such awesome boy stuffs.

Adrienne is also wearing a tutu from Mud Pie and Sun San saltwater sandals.

The winner from our last giveaway is Marlene T.!

My BIRTHDAY and a WINNER

It's my birthday. I have two more years of my twenties. I'm pretty bittersweet about it. I feel like crying, because, you know, it's my birthday and all. I can go right ahead and cry if I want to.

I jest. I'm not going to boohoo. I'll probably wine it up instead. Care to join me? Also, don't forget, I love presents.

a Rafflecopter giveaway 

Congrats Marlene T.! You are the winner of the Truly Sanctuary giveaway!! Lucky you! I will be contacting you asap! It's my birthday but I'm giving gifts? Whuut tha what?!!

A big thanks to everyone who entered! An even bigger thanks to my frands over at Truly Sanctuary. They make some awesome shirts. Plus it helps that the people churning out those shirts are pretty cool themselves. You can read about Truly Sanctuary by going HERE.

Check back tomorrow for another great giveaway! Much love you guys.

Boston

Today I had planned to start my newest giveaway. But then, as I start typing, my heart is heavy. How could I just go on with my life without addressing Boston? I can't.

Yesterday was another senseless act from a human being. Not even a human being. A creature. A monster. Darkness. Straight evil.

I saw so many gruesome images yesterday. Some that will be ingrained in my memory forever.

Who knows who placed the bombs and for what reasons. But I do know that I witnessed so many brave individuals throughout the day on the news. People who, just seconds after the blasts, ran towards the blasts, to help strangers in need. They didn't know what was going on. They didn't think about their destiny. They were thinking about helping others. Something that should be instilled in every person on this earth. Compassion. Love. Goodness.

Not hate. Not violence. But for some effed up reason, we have so much of the latter two.

From the Oklahoma City bombing, to 9/11, to Aurora, to Sandy Hook, to now another one that we'll never forget, Boston, we have to stay strong. But then I think about all the other countries who live in daily fear of bombs going off. We aren't used to that fear.

A friend of mine pointed out, "Not to be callous, but drone bombings have been killing thousands of innocent civilians for a decade. "Be a Bostonian" today, then maybe think about being a Pakistani tomorrow and Yemenian the next day. That's how empathy works."

He's so true.

It's not just America. It's our whole world. Our world is has been broken for a long time. I don't know if it's too late to fix, but we really need to try. We need to try hard. For ourselves. For our kids. And for our kid's kids.

Even though it's so difficult not to, don't loose faith in our humanity. Don't give up.

Sending so many good vibes to Boston.

ProCook Sponsored Post

My child is basically my shadow. Especially in the kitchen. She always wants to help me cook. It doesn't matter what I'm making, she has to do her part. I supervise her part time jobs as the stirrer and pourer. We usually end up with a big mess, but that's what it's all about. Plus, she loves sweeping. Hey-oh. I should milk all this helping out for as long as I can. Amirite or am I right?

Regardless and irregardless at the same time, ProCook, a family-owned online store, has a children's baking set that is on sale right now! That would be perfect for Adrienne's little helping hands. They also have plenty of cookie cutters to choose from! How adorbs are the numbers cookie cutters set? Those are even 40% off! Plus, the only way I can ever save money is to buy stuff on sale. Win slash win.

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So, make sure you check out ProCook for everything your little chef's heart desires. Like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter, too!

This post was sponsored by ProCook. Be sure to always take a quick minute and check out all of my wonderful sponsors. I only work with companies I'm compassionate about. ProCook is one of them. 

Min_e Fashion Friends

Adrienne made it onto Min_e's fashion friends this week! What a great group of stylish littles! If you haven't checked out Min_e yet, you pretty much have to! They find only the coolest children's clothing and accessories. So, get in the know. Ya hurrd?

Adrienne is wearing a Butterflies and Moonbeams coat, a flower crown from JAH Designs, and holding a Mizy.me dolly. You can find more photos of Adrienne's outfit HERE.

BLOG PROBS

Coffee and Cashmere is experiencing BLOG PROBS. BEAR WITH ME. The maintenance fairies are hard at work trying to get everything fixed.

*UPDATE*

We are back up and running!

- The Maintenance Fairies (William)

EcoShag

I'm a lover of neck candy. Scarves are like security blankets for me in the fall and winter months. I wear them religiously. So when EcoShag let me choose one of their scarves to rock on the regular, both me and my neck were thrilled.

EcoShag has so many different handmade scarves that it was so hard to choose. I loved the tie-dyed, the colorful stripes, and the confetti cupcake scarves. I ended up choosing the equestrian scarf, because TINY HORSES. I can't even handle.

My wild horses scarf can't be dragged away from me. Ever.

Equestrian scarf c/o EcoShag. Be sure to check out all their beautiful head scarves, too. For even more eye slash neck candy, like them on Facebook!