autumn breeze {fourth giveaway}

Item No. 1 another month has come and gone. i can hardly believe that September has now passed us by, and October is fresh upon us once again. summer has waved a sweet goodbye, and autumn is now heavily upon us. the leaves have changed from green to tones of red and gold and yellow. the air has kissed the heat of melting summer goodbye, and now the gentle brush of wind cools us.  our hearts turn to thoughts of apple orchards and shivery autumn bonfires. Item No. 2 and now, after such beautiful patience on all of your parts, i am so pleased to announce the start of October's inspired giveaway. the gifts this month are so very beautiful, and come from such hearts of love and inspiration.  three shops. fours stunning pieces.  i am so greatful to brightANDcloudy {Stef}, Cscharms {Cecilia}, and alanainlove {Alana} for their beautiful work and their generosity to this corner of the world.  Item No. 1: 9x12 print -- quote from The Help -- from alanainlove Item No. 2: tan and blue rosebud stud earrings from brightANDcloudy. Item No. 3: mum floral bobby pins {neon and kelly green} from brightANDcloudy Item No. 3 Item No. 4: silver acorn charm from Cscharms {here is how to enter to win one of these beautiful items. please leave each entry as a SEPARATE comment, and please leave your blog address or email address in at least one of the comments.} (IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are one of my lovely international readers...i.e. not from the United States...please comment as such in one of your entry comments. This giveaway is certainly open to you, as well, but one of these shops is not an international shipper. Many lovely thanks!) Entry No. 1 (mandatory): what is your favourite aspect of autumn and why? (+1) Entry No. 2 (mandatory): follow this blog and put the new and improved button on your sidebar. (+1) Entry No. 3: blog/tweet/Facebook about the giveaway, and leave a link to your post/tweet/blog post in the comment. (+3, one entry per and one comment per, please) Entry No. 4: visit Alanas shop and comment with your favourite item from her shop. (+1) Entry No. 5: visit Stef's shop and comment with your favourite item from her shop. (+1) Entry No. 6: visit Cecilia's website and comment with your favourite item from her shop. (+1) Item No. 4 Entry No. 7: purchase an item from any shop. {+10 entries per purchase; MUST BE VERIFIED before entries will be accepted} autumn is beautiful.  it may be my favourite season, this time of change and fading to rest. nothing more beautiful, nothing more refreshing.  welcome to fall, friends.  this giveaway closes at midnight CST on October 30th, 2011. winners will be drawn using Random.org and will be announced the following day. winners have 48 hours to accept their prizes, or new names will be drawn.