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Emily Rose @ Home is the exciting new home party network for Mom (or Grandma or Aunt, etc.) and Daughter entrepreneurs. We are so pleased to announce the winner of our “Win your Own Home Business” contest - and welcome our first “Founder’s Circle” member.  Christa Zellar is our lucky Mom - randomly chosen from our hundreds of entries.  Congratulations Christa!!

But don’t despair - there is still lots of free goodies on the way for those of you signed up for our VIP list.  We also can assure you that we are working to make sure that there are very affordable starter packages.  And guess what?  We have decided that we will give one more business away for free - on July 14th we will randomly select one starter package purchase and give that Mom her money back!

Our main website is currently unavailable as we work on adding all of the new information we have for you. So, if you are not on the VIP list, make sure you sign up here.

Emily Rose @ Home is the exciting new home party network for Mom (or Grandma or Aunt, etc.) and Daughter entrepreneurs.  To celebrate the launch we are giving away a Platinum Business Starter Package (including the @Home Business Builder manual, products samples, catalogs, business cards, marketing materials, etc.) AND membership to the exclusive “Founder’s Circle” community absolutely FREE!

To enter the contest you must be sure to follow these directions exactly:

1.  If you haven’t already done so, sign-up to our mailing list here:

AND

2.  You MUST visit this informational home party post on the Emily Rose Home Party blog and leave a comment telling us why you think you could be successful as an Emily Rose @ Home business owner.

Optional…

3.  For 3 extra entries leave a comment on this post at my friend Char’s cool blog Doll Diaries.

4. Get even more bonus entries and a very special bonus - click here to tell friends.

Contest closes June 21st at midnight.  Winners will be announced on June 22nd.

Good Luck!!!

You can find this contest listed on:

http://www.contestalley.com/contest/morelinks.cgi?category=5 

http://www.grandmajam.com/ 

http://www.sandysrealm.com/new/new.html

I have never seen any cupcakes like these before - but now that I have it’s all I can think about!!!  They look so unbelievably yummy and are just screaming for my spoon.  I found this cupcake recipe on a great blog with tons of craft ideas called Joy’s Hope.  I want these cupcakes - and I want them now!

First a disclaimer - we haven’t tried this and don’t know anyone who has.  But what a great idea!  In the current economy we are all looking for steals and deals; ways to save our pennies for the uncertain future.  How many outgrown, but perfectly respectable items of clothing have you taken to the Salvation Army?  How many used toys have you surreptitiously placed in the garbage to make some room in your kid’s room?  We found this website called Zwaggle.com, that let’s you share, trade or swap your kid’s used stuff. 

It sounds like such a great idea and we plan on taking a good look at it.  If anyone has given it a try please let us know your results.

We are shining the spotlight today on one of our favorite products.  This American Girl Soccer outfit is our favorite soccer outfit in the Emily Rose store for a few reasons:

• We love the lavender - not only are the soccer shorts lavender but there is adorable matching lavender stitching on the very stylish soccer shirt.  Such attention to detail. 
• We love the bag!  When an outfit comes with accessories we notice that (whoops) they tend to get lost or disorganized amongst the pile of clothes on your American Girl floor.  Emily stashes the soccer ball, and a washcloth she has turned in to a towel, inside this cute little matching sports bag.
• Did we mention the soccer ball?  Plus don’t forget the one printed on the soccer shirt.  There can be no mistake where this American girl is going.
• The price!  Four pieces for only $15.99… it’s a steal!
• FInally - we have one of the biggest soccer fans on the planet here at our house (Emily’s Dad, Mark).  He likes it - so we like it.

You can buy it here!

I am always looking for age appropriate stories and books for Emily.  She is an avid reader and especially enjoys it when the story continues in a series - she always wants to know… what’s next.  We have just discovered a sweet little website based on the book, “For The Love of Lauren; Diary of a Young Girl” by a very nice lady named, Lauren McKenna.

You can read a summary of the book below.  Emily’s favorite part about the website is that she can read, “Lauren’s Blog” and catch up on what is happening in her life.

• “Meet Lauren McKenna, an inspiring eight-year-old girl with dreams in her heart and stars in her eyes. Her life revolves around her family, and around their home, a stately old mansion called Hailey Grove, nestled on the outskirts of the small town of Hailey Hollow. As Lauren faithfully writes her thoughts and feelings in her diary, from the mysterious clues awaiting her at the end of a daring treasure hunt to the birth of a young girls courage, they magically unfold in the stories she tells. She writes about her first giddy crush and she shares life’s most enduring lessons. Lauren’s diary holds secrets she wouldn’t even tell her best friend…
  Meet Lauren McKenna, an inspiring eight-year-old girl with dreams in her heart and stars in her eyes. Her life revolves around her family, and around their home, a stately old mansion called Hailey Grove, nestled on the outskirts of the small town of Hailey Hollow. As Lauren faithfully writes her thoughts and feelings in her diary, from the mysterious clues awaiting her at the end of a daring treasure hunt to the birth of a young girls courage, they magically unfold in the stories she tells. She writes about her first giddy crush and she shares life’s most enduring lessons. Lauren’s diary holds secrets she wouldn’t even tell her best friend…”

…and get a cool pattern at the same time.  We have talked about the Doll Clothes Patterns blog here on the website before.  Right now they have a really cool offer.  If you sign up to receive the FREE Hobo Bag pattern (and let me add that this bag is very cool!) you can get FREE printable money for your American Girl Doll.  Print her as much cash as you like - make her a millionaire.  Or, give her an allowance and use it to teach your daughter some money skills - what do you think your American Girl should spend her cash on?  What should she save for?  Perhaps she should be giving some to her favorite charity?

Congratulations to Sarah Foster and her two daughters aged 9, 10 Reynoldsburg, Ohio.  The Foster family are the lucky winners (chosen by random number by Emily) of Our Biggest Contest Ever.   The gorgeous Carpatina doll, Isabella is on her way to Ohio today, as well as seven of her beautiful outfits.

I just caught Sarah on the phone before she left to take the girls to school and boy was she surprised :-)!  Congratulations - we hope you all enjoy her!

Stay tuned… more great contests from Emily Rose are on their way.