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Sponsor Giveaway: Borealchick Designs

last updated 05.08.2012

Fungi Note cards set by Borealchick Designs

Coming up in the next few weeks Fourth Floor Walk Up and Borealchick Designs will be teaming up for a giveaway! For those of you who love handcrafted paper goods and stationary, this is your lucky chance win some lovely designs!

Wildeflower Pocket Jotter by Borealchick Designs

Kelli Shedd of Borealchick Designs is based in Northern – far Northern New Hampshire. The designs Kelli creates are whimsical translations of the beautiful environment in which she resides. The most popular products Borealchick Designs produces are the unique blank gift cards (suitable for all occasions) & the stylish yet functional pocket jotters for your everyday lists & adventures. New this spring is the first line of wedding stationary & accessories including custom menus, place cards, buntings and table decorations. All items are printed on paper made of partially or %100 recycled materials, and always sensitive to nature.

Tea Inspired Notecards by Borealchick Designs

Kelli says of her company, “The most satisfying aspect of owning Borealchick Designs is being able to share my artistic passion & creativity with others.”

Floral Pocket Jotter by Borealchick Designs

Please join us in the continuing celebration of Fourth Floor Walk Up’s three year anniversary and take the opportunity to participate in the upcoming giveaway! I’ll choose a winner at random Monday, May, 21 at 9pm EST. GOOD LUCK!!

TO ENTER:

1. On Fourth Floor Walk Up leave a comment (by clicking on the comment bubble at the top right corner of this post) letting us know that you’d love to be a participant.

HOW TO GET MORE BOREALCHICK WINNING OPPORTUNITIES:

3. After following the step above you can earn an additional entry if you “Like” Fourth Floor Walk Up or Borealchick Designs on Facebook or follow on Twitter! borealchick1 or 4thfloorwalkup

4. After that step or if you already “Like” FFWU & BD, mention this giveaway to your followers and post a link on Twitter to this giveaway http://fourthfloorwalkup.com/2012/05/08/sponsor-giveaway-borealchick-designs and include the hashtag #ffwugiveaway

Important Details:

Borealchick Giveaway starts: May 10, 2012 @ 9:01 am (EST)

Borealchick Giveaway ends: May 21, 2012 @ 4:59 pm (EST)

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News on the Fourth Floor: Part 2

last updated 03.29.2012

As you may have noticed I have been a bit quiet on the blog recently, but what readers have not been able to see is the amount of work I have been doing behind the scenes. In addition to new DIY projects – the list is unending. I have been redesigning the blog with the help of website developer Kevin Hurley. It has been a long process, as we both can not quit our day jobs but finally we have reached a pivotel point and the new site should be up within the next few weeks. Hopefully in time for the blog’s three year birthday! With the new design, other than looking great I hope the blog will be easier to navigate and accessible for our readers.

: Read On to Learn About Giveaways!

To support the redesign launch, I have reached out to a few friends whom are doing wonderful things with their passions and talents. Salt Surf, Borealchick Designs and Jammy have agreed donate products to Fourth Floor Walkup’s Birthday Giveaways! Not only are the individuals who run these companies close to me, they make products that I greatly value. Please check the blog for details on these giveaways in April!

Categories:ART / EVENTS / FOOD & DRINK

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Take a trip to Boston

last updated 01.09.2012

The Rubbish Bin

This weekend we headed to Boston for a short birthday trip. Since my birthday was on January 2nd and most of the museums were still closed from the holidays, we decided to wait until this weekend to celebrate. I booked a room at the Ames Hotel, which is a luxury boutique hotel that opened in 2009 after renovating the historic Ames skyscraper. Usually, we wouldn’t be able to afford such a room, but thanks to Living Social we stayed in the Deluxe One Bedroom Suite (room #303).

Upon entering the room you are presented with a light filled open space. The arched windows are floor-to-ceiling, and the decor of the room is crisp, chic and grand. I especially loved the juxtaposition of the 19th century architectural details with the modern furnishings. Even though I typically am drawn to more traditional spaces, this design of this space provided an opportunity for me to really feel like I was on a vacation. The hotel room in itself would have been a terrific birthday gift in itself. But to make our trip worth while, we took to the streets to visit museums, soak up some history and window shop.

The Living Space

The Bedroom and Bathroom – Loved that Tub!

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Holiday Ornaments

last updated 12.12.2011

Clockwise: 1. Unicorn – Gumps.com 2. Owls – Gumps.com 3. Blaze the circus horse – Etsy.com (cheswickcompany) 4. Felt Critters – WestElm.com 5. Porcelain Origami Swans – Gumps.com

I’m finally feeling the Christmas spirit! We decorated the tree this past week, began Christmas shopping and settled on our plans with the family.

Every year that I decorate the tree I reminisce about years past with each ornament I hang. I know it sounds cheesy but really in my mind, ornaments are one of the greatest Christmas elements. I made a point after moving out of my parent’s house to put up a tree every year. In order to build my collection, I started purchasing a new ornament each year. It never failed that my mom took part in this tradition as well (thanks mom!). Then when Jack and I began living together we carried on the tradition. In addition to ones purchased around Christmas, we try to purchase ornaments as souvenirs when we travel.

Clockwise: 1. 12 Days of Christmas – Potterybarn.com 2. Vintage Glass Strawberries – Etsy.com 3. Vintage Glass Ornaments – Etsy.com 4. Hello Kitty – Urbanoutfitters.com 5. Vintage Indent Ornaments – Etsy.com 6. Mercury Glass Tree – Potterybarn.com

I thought it would be fun to pull together some of my the favorite ornaments I’ve discovered across the web this year. I think I’m going to have buy Blaze the circus horse! I hope these little treasures can inspire you to start a new tradition yourselves. Anyone have a favorite holiday tradition to share?

The Narwhal Whale Ornament

On another note, a great place to purchase wonderful ornaments is Anthropologie and they happen to have a great website for their ornaments this year. So great, that almost of all them are sold out! You must take a peak though, they’ve animated all of the ornaments and it’s really sweet! To Visit Anthropologie’s Branch Bunch click [here].

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