Update: The winner is LEAH! Thanks everyone for entering.

If you read the Holiday Guide you might have noticed that I said I’d give away an item I featured. I mean, what’s the holidays without a little gift giving? And what’s the Art of Accessories without giving away a great accessory?

The folks at Helzberg Diamonds were kind enough to give me a piece from their latest collection, Pop Expressions. The concept is that you can change your jewelry up for the occasion or your mood – I love customizable jewelry!

I’m giving away the Pop Expressions Swirl Pendant with two Pop charms! The faceted green crystal Pop and the red and white stripe crystal. I think this is absolutely adorable and a perfect treat for yourself or someone else for the holidays.

So how do you win? You can enter up to three times, once for each of these options:

1. Leave a comment here telling me what your favorite gift to give during the holidays is…
2. Leave a comment on the Art of Accessories Facebook page telling me what you loved the most about 2011…
3. Tweet  the following message: I want to win a @helzberg Pop Expression from @theaofa for the holidays! www.theartofaccessories.com

And the winners of a New Gent Collection Swatch are…

Tamarus & Edythe!

Ladies, I’ve sent you an email to find out which watch you want and where to ship it to.

Thanks for entering everybody!

Have you see the new Jessie J video, Who’s Laughing Now? Apparently Jessie J loves Swatch and the New Gent Collection and is rocking them in the video.

She’s also rocking an incredibly FIERCE hot pink lip. I swear I’m on a quest to find the perfect lip and that might be added to my list of lips I lust over. I actually like Jessie J, her voice is so bold (and you probably know her from her song  Price Tag – and I danced to it last night on Just Dance 3) . She sang at the VMA’s and she was doing a lot of covers and I actually thought she sounded better singing some of the songs than the artists that originally sang them. And I guess when I think about that bold voice, her very bold personality, a Swatch New Gent watch is kind of perfect for her. It’s a great combination.

Another great combination? Swatch and the Art of Accessories! Since I’m a fan of Swatch and probably because they knew I rocked out to Jessie J on Just Dance 3, Swatch is letting me give away 2 watches from the New Gent Collection today! YAY!  You can choose from 1 of the 10 colors: White Rebel, Warm Rebel, Red Rebel, Purple Rebel, Petrol Rebel, Olive Rebel, Burgundy Rebel, Brown Rebel, Blue Rebel and Black Rebel. You all know how much I love a good Swatch watch and the New Gent Collection is on that list of Swatches I love. The colors are bold and rich but the design is still simple and clean. I think the Petrol Rebel is my favorite in this collection and the Purple is a close second.

So how do you enter? I’ll give you until Sunday night at 8pm (eastern) to enter. Leave a comment below this post and tell me what’s your favorite bold match up and which color Swatch New Gent you’d like to own. And for extra credit you can also tell me on the Art of Accessories Facebook Wall and Tweet me, “@theaofa I want to be bold and win a @SwatchUS New Gent Collection Watch!”

Good luck!

Bobbi Brown Cosmetics has opened up their Pretty Powerful Contest once again with Pretty Powerful 2.0. This year they’re doing things a bit differently and looking for women by state.

I’ve been a huge fan of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics for years and I’d love to win this contest just to get the chance to meet Bobbi Brown (is that weird?). So do me favor and vote for me so perhaps I can get a step closer to meeting Bobbi Brown in person. And enter and tell me what your profile is in the comments section and I’ll vote for you too!

Good luck!

I thought since it’s a Monday and I’m dragging today, it would be nice to perk up five folks Monday morning by announcing the winners of my Love & Happiness giveaway. I loved reading everything that brought you love and happiness in your life and I see there are a lot of moms who read the blog and your children fill you with joy. It was sweet.

Thank you to everyone who entered, I got a lot of entries. Hopefully I’ll have some more fun Bare Escentuals giveaways like this in the future.

And the winners are:

From Twitter
@Sassy_Jeweler/Courtney

From Facebook
Jeannette H

From the comments
Jennifer T (she left the very first comment)
Isa
Jeanie

To the winners, please email me at dwj@theartofaccessories.com with your full name and mailing address. Bare Escentuals will be sending you the packages directly.

Thanks again to everyone who entered!