Leelou Blogs

February 27, 2009

Blogger chaos!

So obviously blogger/google is still having some issues. Depending on what layout you currently have, any free layouts online may or may not work. We really want to figure this out!!

We're making desperate pleas with google to change this issue back to normal. We'll keep you posted! Sorry!!!
Please subscribe to us from our sidebar so that you will get an email letting you know when this is all resolved!!!

Thanks!

**UPDATE**
Google finally did fix the problem! Yahoo!

New free blogger templates

So on about Feb. 13th blogger changed the coding on their templates and a heap of stress and chaos was spread through blog designers everywhere. No one was able to use any free layouts at all!!! I finally figured out a way around the problem!

If you are new to Leelou and have a Minima layout, when you put in the HTML and click save a few of you will get a message saying it will delete profile2, archive2 and followers2. You can not have 2 profiles, 2 archives or 2 followers on your blog so this is why it wants to delete them. Clicking the save button will not delete anything on your blog! I know it sounds scary to delete something that says archive, but it is just referring to the link on your sidebar. Nothing will be erased from your blog! I pinky promise!!!

If blogger doesn't fix this issue within the next few days, I will go through all of my layouts and change the coding.

Below are some free layouts to shake up your blog. The first two have some slightly custom headers that I thought might be fun. Enjoy!!!

Chirp

Happy Day

Mango

Retro

Pinky Pie

Moo

Fresh

March 2009 free desktop theme

I love these little Chirp birdies so much that I thought I'd make the March desktop out of them. These desktops are free for anyone. Just click below on your monitor size to download them to your computer!

March 2009 desktop: 1024x768 version

March 2009 Desktop: 1280x800 version (widescreen monitor)

February 24, 2009

Pre-made blog layouts

To order one of these pre-made layouts for your blog, click here. They are only $10.00.

Click here to view even more pre-made layouts.

Rustic

A Little Funky

February 20, 2009

Twilight Buttons

So I found this new site that I LOVE called Lauren's Bite. She had made these cute Twilight buttons and I knew I had to find a way to put them up here for anyone to take! They crack me up. Go visit her blog for more hilariousness and adventures of Pocket Edward :)
Thanks Lauren!!!!!

www.LaurensBite.blogspot.com

February 13, 2009

Baby shower is over!!!

Thank you everyone who came to our baby shower! Hope you had fun!!!

Below are the random comments that won!

The photo contest was really close!

The winner of the Cutest Baby Photo Contest

0-2 age group is

Campbell - one year - South Carolina

and the winner for the 2-4 year old category is

Kiara - 2 1/2 years - California

They will each receive a 12x12 custom canvas gallery wrap from Scrapping Simply and a pre-made layout of their choice from Leelou Blogs.

The 2 runners up will also receive a pre-made layout of their choice from Leelou Blogs.

Zane - one year - Utah

Emma M. - 3 years - Texas

Below is a list of winners from the giveaways. They were drawn from the comments using a random number generator.

If your comment was chosen please email us and let us know which item you won!!!

-Shabby Apple Creamsicle girls dress-

hjg said...
this is so awesome...what a great fun day!
February 9, 2009 11:40 AM

-Send Out Cards $25.00 package-

The Daley's said...
Lots of fun! Love all of the great giveaways. You guys are so awesome!Rickie
February 9, 2009 9:22 AM

-BabySteals.com Kee-Ka organic onesie-

Melly said...
Leaving my two entries for the link in my blog. :) You guys rock!
February 9, 2009 12:42 PM

-Initial Designs custom, hand-painted canvas-

Emma said...
You guys are so sweet for doing this! ♥
February 9, 2009 9:51 AM

-Scrapping Simply 50 custom designed 5x7 cards/invitations, including envelopes-

The Cunningham Clan said...
Would love these prizes, they are wonderful!
February 9, 2009 9:46 AM

-Scribble it vinyl large whimsy tree with birdie-

Coupon Clippin' Mommy said...
With baby #2 on the way any of these would be great!
February 9, 2009 4:56 PM

-Veronica Reeve $150 towards a photography package-

Just Another Hofeling said...
Blogged about this giveaway!!http://justanotherhofeling.blogspot.com/2009/02/leelou-blogs-is-having-quite-awesome.html
February 11, 2009 5:37 PM

-The Orange Plum headbands-

Laura said...
Wow, tons of great giveaways! Hope I win one!!
February 11, 2009 5:53 PM

-Daisy Craft and Jailbird a total of 20 custom cards-

Beth said...
and now I just added you on my blog! .................
February 9, 2009 6:24 AM

-The Dress-up Drawer little baby cape-

John and Alisha Stults said...
I just subscribed.
February 9, 2009 9:24 AM

-Forever and a Day hand-crocheted newborn booties-

Brianna said...
Oh how fun!
February 9, 2009 7:14 AM

-BabyBug diaper and wipe case-

Tiffany Hewlett said...
Awesome giveaways! I would love to win any of them!
February 10, 2009 7:34 PM

-Savvy Girl Candy Apples Bracelet-

Brianne said...
Wow! What great giveaways!
February 9, 2009 11:02 PM

-Ribbon Blossoms Bitty Baby Bundle Pack-

Shelly Beth said...
What a great giveaway! Here is my first comment.
February 9, 2009 11:19 AM

-Memory Mixer complete Memory Mixer program-

Alex's momy said...
I also signed up to follow and subscribe to you today...
February 9, 2009 6:42 AM

The I spy... game was really fun and kind of hard! I'm impressed with how many of you found all 3!

The baby was hiding on The Little Window Shoppe website.

Just Another Hofeling said...
I knew I had seen it somewhere earlier..such fun.You should make the giveaways interactive more often.http://justanotherhofeling.blogspot.com/
February 11, 2009 5:22 PM

and won an awesome photobook from Memory Mixer!!

The Ducky was hiding over at Savvy Girl and Company.

Liz said...
found the duck!
February 9, 2009 12:20 PM

and won some AMAZING goodies from The Sweet Tooth Fairy!!

The binky was hiding over at The Dress-up Drawer.

Laura said...
Woot!! This one took me a bit!
February 12, 2009 2:46 PM

and has won a huge 6 sheet photo package from Kiddie Kandids!!

And the amazing Bumbleride bassinet goes to...

The Heizzys said...
I am due July 22nd, 2009 with baby #2. We would love to be entered to win! Our blog is www.heizzyfam.blogspot.com! Thanks!
February 11, 2009 2:26 PM

Thank you to everyone who played along and entered the contests. And a special HUGE thanks to all of our sponsors!!!!

We're also so grateful for the sweet babies we were able to benefit during this shower. If you haven't read their stories click below to check out their blogs.

Baby Mia

Baby Kayleigh

If you'd like to make a donation to the families you can do so through their blogs. If you make anything custom or work for a company that would like to donate any items to these families, please email us by clicking here . We are putting together a gift package for each family and request that all items get sent to us by February 20th so that we can ship them off!

Thank everyone!!!

If your comment was chosen please email us and let us know which item you won!!!

Blog Baby free link buttons

February 9, 2009

It's time to party!

Welcome, Welcome!!!

I'm so glad you came to check out Leelou's baby shower! Below are lots of posts with LOTS of giveaways! We've been working hard to come up with some really fun things, so scroll down and enter for lots of goodies!!!

The real reason why we wanted this baby shower was to benefit 2 of the sweetest little babies, Mia and Kayleigh.

Mia spent 5 months in the NICU and Kayleigh has been in the NICU for 7 1/2 months so far.
Reading their blogs made such a huge impact on me. What these parents and many other parents out there have gone through is unbelievable. I can't even imagine! And to see these families handle it all so well and really grow from these experiences is amazing!

If you haven't read their blogs please take a few minutes, grab some Kleenex and look at what these sweet babies have gone through.

This baby shower is truly for them. We would like to encourage all of you to make a donation to them and their families by clicking on the link buttons below. Both families have medical bills in the millions and any amount given would help them!!!

In addition to donations, almost all of our giveaway sponsors are also donating the same item they're giving to each of these families. I've had several requests from others as well who would like to donate an item. I know so many of you make and sell things on your blogs or websites. If you would also like to donate to each of the families please email us by clicking here.
We are going to be putting together a care box for each family and would love to have your donation in there as well.

These babies are truly awesome and I hope we can help them in any way!
Thanks so much and good luck with the giveaways!!!
They will all run through Thursday night until 9:00 pm pacific standard time.

Giveaway overload!

Check out these babylicious giveaways!!!

Have you been to Shabby Apple?? If not go look at their stuff right now! I have been coveting several dresses on their site for some time now, and they also just came out with maternity dresses! Yahoo! This little dress is called Creamscicle and would look absolutely adorable on any little girl. The winner can pick whichever children's size they'll need.

Send Out Cards is one of my new favorite things ever. Tiare is an independent distributor for them and got a hold of me. She had me try a couple cards out and it was so much fun! You pick them out online, can customize them, add pictures, make thank you cards, birth announcements...seriously, you can do anything! And they're so super cheap. The very most that a card can cost is $1.65 and that includes the shipping (which they do for you)! I will be using them all the time now. The winner of this giveaway gets a $25.00 package!!

BabySteals.com is designed to save fellow moms serious money on newborn necessities and the occasional 'splurge'. They are going to be giving away this Honey Bunny organic onesie in size 6-12 month or 2T.
BabySteals.com have daily 'steals' that are 50-80% off retail. Go check them out! It's not just a Deal, it's a Steal!

Melissa at Initial Designs made me a custom canvas painting last year and it is absolutely perfect! She really is great at painting and was so nice and easy to work with. She is going to be giving away a custom, hand-painted piece of art of the winners choice, in acrylic. The painting is on a canvas up to 16x20 inch. Custom gifts are the best!

Scrapping Simply is giving away gallery wraps to the winners of the photo contest, and they're also being so generous and offering 50 custom designed 5x7 cards/invitations, including envelopes. These cards don't expire, so you could even save them for next years Christmas cards if you wanted!

Scribble it is going to be giving away a vinyl large whimsy tree with birdie. This wall decal is perfect for any space in the house. Looks great above a crib, headboard or baseboard and the winner gets to choose what color they'd like it in. Tree's and birdies...so hot right now.

Approximate tree size: 24"h x 22"w
Approximate bird size: 4"h x 6.5"w

Veronica Reeve is a photographic genius! Coley has had her boys' pictures taken several times with Veronica and they have turned out AMAZING! You have to go check out her blog to see her great work. She is giving away $150 towards a photography package to one of you lucky ladies!...(or gentleman)

The Orange Plum is giving away one wide and one skinny non-slip headband. And the winner gets to choose which ones! How great is that? These headbands have Velcro on the underside so they won't slip off and they tie with ribbons so you don't get headaches! If you're the lucky winner you can spoil yourself, your daughter or someone you want to impress with a cute new accessory :)

This giveaway is a bundle of cards! Daisy Craft is going to give 10 birth announcements or shower cards and Jailbird is going to also give 10 "I'm here" cards to be used as birth announcements or thank you cards. These are all hand-made and perfect to make others think you actually had time to make cute baby cards, when really you're passed from exhaustion out on the couch :)

Ohhhh the Dress-up Drawer! Could you get any cuter? Every kid needs their own cape. I need my own cape! Jaime at the dress-up drawer is super awesome. She made capes for the kids at my daughters birthday party. Even my hubby got one. In honor of these sweet babies we're benefiting, Jaime is going to giveaway a cute little baby cape! You can customize it however you'd like. She also just came out with some more super cute items, so go check 'em out!

Ok...how cute are these? Forever and a Day has been operating for 3 1/2 years and just started selling stuff online. They make hand-crocheted items for newborns and adults. These tiny little newborn booties would be perfect for your little girl or a perfect gift to give!

So I ALWAYS throw diapers in my purse at the last minute and by the end of the day they're somewhere floating in the bottom of my bag all crumpled up in a ball. Drives me nuts! Which is why I totally LOVE this giveaway from BabyBug! This diaper and wipe case is not only super cute and funky, but holds diapers, a pack of wipes and a bottle of diaper cream or hand sanitizer. Keeps all the baby essentials in one compact place. And if you're on the go and don't need your whole diaper bag, just grab this baby and run! Love it!

Savvy Girl is one of my absolute favorites!!! Love Cydney, love her stuff! It makes me happy :)
Red is the perfect piece to have in your wardrobe, it's a great look all year round. Pair it up with the perfect pair of red shoes and wa-la! Stinking cute outfit!
This beautiful Candy Apples Bracelet could be yours come Friday!!

Ribbon Blossoms is a company made by 2 friends (with a total of 6 daughters). They began making girly accessories for their little chicas and everything is hand-made by them. This giveaway is for their Bitty Baby Bundle Pack which includes: a pink bracelet, head band, 2 leopard bows and a pink and brown bib.

We can't say enough about Memory Mixer! We love love love it! ...and not just because they're giving away stinkin' awesome stuff! It is so easy to pop out pre-made or custom scrapbook pages. It doesn't make a mess all over your dining room table, it doesn't require 10 different kinds of scissors and it doesn't leave your fingers all sticky from glue. You can actually keep up with your family or childrens scrapbooks! Plus, you can make custom calendars, videos, cards, books...oh the list goes on and on, and so could we. We're totally sold on it.
And on Friday we're giving away a complete Memory Mixer program for one lucky blogger out there! Yeah we know! You're welcome!!!

Pretty cool giveaways hu?? All you have to do to enter these giveaways is leave a comment below!

Want an extra entry? Become a follower and/or subscriber and enter again! (current followers and subscribers can enter again as well!)

Want 2 more extra entries?? Write a post on your blog about Leelou's baby shower! Make sure to link back to us and you can go leave us 2 more comments!

Contest ends Thursday February 12 at 9:00 pm pacific time
Please make sure that your name in the comments links to your blog so we can get a hold of you if you win!!!
Thanks and good luck!