Today, Maggie and I are all giving away giant gift bags of awesome that were given at Mighty Summit. With lots of treats. Treats that you’ll actually use and wear and read and love.
We’re giving away two bags (each of us is giving away one)….and each bag full is worth over $750. That’s right. So let’s talk about what’s up for grabs. Are you ready?
Let’s do this!
I just love the designer, Maile Wilson, and I’m super loving their fall line. Basically, you need one of these. Even if you don’t tote around a camera, the compartmental component is brilliant. They have a ton of new designs right now, and if you win, you get to pick they bag you’d like to receive. Check out their fall collection…
Epiphanie | Fall Collection 2012 from The Barkers on Vimeo.
X-Large Natural Zip Top Canvas Tote Bag by Lands End
Classic design, giant cargo space. These are my go-to bags for travel. They’re great as huge purses or for weekend getaways. You will use this a lot. Related: My sister-in-law bought one for a diaper bag and uses it daily 9 years later. Perfection.
I received a pair of Tieks at Mighty Summit last year, and then I bought two more versions throughout the year. These are great because you can keep them in your purse if you want to change out of heels (Tieks fold in half so you can stuff them in your purse), and the quality is amazing. They’re the only flats I’ve found that don’t hurt my feet. And they’re cute. And easy. Basically, I wear them everyday. For real. They come in a ton of colors. The winners get to choose a color they’d love.
Flower Scarf from Mixed Bag Designs
Mixed Bag Designs has great products and offers an easy way to do cool fundraising projects as well. Smart items and smart fundraising possibilities. Check into it.
Chevron Necklace by Feisty Elle
This is my new favorite necklace. I own a number of items designed by artist/designer Leslie Yang, but I believe this Chevron necklace is my charm of choice.
$100 in blood orange + white pepper body butter, sugar scrubs, and soapy saps. Goodness.
Jordan made mini pinatas. They are cute. You’ll get one.
Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Rubin is one of my favorite people. She was one of our Mighty Summit attendees last year, and she just launched her second new New York Times Bestselling book, which is about a school-year-long quest to be happier at home. If you liked The Happiness Project, you’ll love this book. It’s already changing my year.
Let’s Pretend It Never Happend by Jenny Lawson
We all love Jenny Lawson. She is a Mighty (Broad) Summit alum, and the “Making Friends With Girls” chapter is all about Mighty Summit. And serial killers. Complete with photos. If you haven’t read this, I don’t know what to tell you except: You should start reading this book today. Go. Now.
Daring Greatly by Brene’ Brown
I am currently reading this book, and it’s literally shifting my brain in such a good way. I can not recommend Daring Greatly highly enough. It is simply extraordinary in the simplest most extraordinary ways.
Oh, and did you see Brene’ and Jenny on Katie Couric last week? They rocked it.
You also get a Daring Greatly Action Book by Behance. (Which I like to pronounce Bee-han-say…like, you know.)
The Quintet Necklace by Lemonade Handmade
Each year, Mighty Summit attendees make a list of five goals they want to accomplish over the next year…and then they receive a five-ring necklace to symbolize those five Life List goals. This piece is tiny and simple. I love it.
Okay, that’s it. And that’s a lot.
More than $750 in excellence right here. To enter please leave a comment here about something on your Life List.
The contest closes next Friday night (9/21) at midnight PST. Again, Maggie is doing a giveaway as well, so head over there for another chance to win.
Now for the fine print: Please only leave one comment here, because it’s the nice thing to do, and also because multiple entries will be disqualified. I’ll use random.org to select the winner, and I’ll announce who won at the top of this post and in a separate post next Monday (Sept. 24). Offer eligible only to U.S. and Canada.
Learn conversational Latvian.
Meditate!
I want to live at the beach.
perhaps one of the more shallow entries on my Life List, but i’m dying to get a body scrub at a Korean Spa.
To cook a beautiful tarte tartin (sp?).
Do a headstand… without a wall!
To buy, and successfully wear, red pants.
To learn just enough Portuguese to get by in Brazil.
To live off the grid.
live a year abroad!
I want to start learning to play guitar again!
to adopt a shelter dog <3
Visit Ireland and have a drink in an actual Irish Pub.
Learn how to creat hand lettering.
Fencing lessons!
To buy a vw bus and travel.
I want to see gorillas in the wild.
I want to try every different discipline of horseback riding
I want to become a better photographer and travel all over the world taking breath taking photos~ *^^*
Watch baby sea turtles emerge from the sand and dash toward the ocean!
To stop the cycle of anger for my 2 children
Really learn French! I’ve been faking it, and picking it up and dropping it in spurts since I was 14. Now that my nephew is growing up bilingual, I really, but really, want to make it happen.
Become conversational in ukulele. Be able to take it anywhere and play a little tune for everyone to sing along with.
Learn to paddle board
Clean out my overflowing closest and become a better photographer.
Finish settling both of my parents’ estates. And sing in public.
To be an artist who sells her in demand creations for copious amounts of money! :0)
Travel across Europe.
Learn how to develop film. Well, and take a photography class. It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was about 11, but other things have taken precedence and it’s time to do something about that!
To have a baby
Travel the world while looking good – winning this would help!
I would love to go on a road trip!
Workout enough so I can wear a bikini and have no reservations about my body!
Be gracious, always
Spend a night with my husband, watching the cicadas come out.
Fail harder: Quit my day job and build a private practice in the office space one block from my home.
Walk the Camino de Santiago
I want to finish the studio we started in the building in our backyard affectionately known as “The Raccoon Palace” for the critters it has taken three years to evict…
I’d like to write a large check to support local arts.
jump out of an airplane. And swim our local pier to pier race. and jump out of an airplane
Learn to ski – water-ski, cross-country, downhill.
I must live in California.
Get tenure!
Taking my daughter to see a panda. Not in China or anything. She’d settle for San Diego, I bet. She just really loves pandas and we live in Montana.
Play my saxophone again.
Learn to surf, at a women’s surf camp in Mexico.
Which really requires me to over one a near drowning and learn to swim. Properly.
I live the water, and I want to feel strong in it, safe in it, confident with it.
To learn the guitar and be able to play “Jolene” at parties.
I want to develop a nighttime skin care routine.
Run 5k without crying.
To actually get paid for writing something, instead of spouting off for free all the time.