Makeover In A Box

Hi everyone, Katie here.

Glogirly and I have been hard at work making the blogosphere a more stylish place for the winners of the GLOGIRLY DESIGN Big Blog Makeover. We promised to share our progress and we're super excited to show off our first before and after with you today.

It's not clear whether or not Benny & Lily of Two French Bulldogs knew what they were getting themselves into when they entered the Blog Makeover Drawing. After all, a couple of dogs in a clearly cat-dominated contest didn't stand much of a chance. But the two frenchies lead a charmed life. Lucky dog, lucky dog.

B&L's New Profile Avatar

During our initial consultation with the two doggy bloggers, we talked about their vision for the blog. When they finally stopped with all the sniffing and playing around with each other's tails, they asked me to stick them in a cardboard box. Seriously? Since when do DOGS get all lathered up over a box? Everyone knows that boxes are a cat thing. But who am I to argue with a couple of DOGS. Glogirly says the client is always right. Yeah, except when they're wrong. Or when they're DOGS.

But I'm a pleaser. A giver. A lover of all animals. (Ok I really only tolerate dogs...but I that counts, right?)  So I was only following instruction when I created their new look.

Benny & Lily's New Blog Header & Logo

Here's what we gave them:

• Custom header and logo
• Profile avatar for their sidebar
• Custom blog background
• The full-service magic wand switcharoo. (That's code for: We went into their template for them, loaded up all the files, switched out fonts and colors and tweaked the layout.)  

The Big Ta-Da

We're already thinking about some fun ideas to update their designs for Halloween, Christmas, Valentines Day, Cat Appreciation Day...

Please swing by Two French Bulldogs and take a look around and leave them some kitty love. Truth be told, B&L have been our friends for a couple years now.  Don't tell...but we actually LOVE their blog. They're always cracking us up with their antics and silly remarks. Let's just hope they find their way out of this box so they can start blogging again.

GLOGIRLY DESIGN Giveaway Week Winners Announced

Hi everyone, Katie here.

I bet you haven't slept a wink. Well neither have we! Last week we received nearly 250 entries in the GLOGIRLY DESIGN Week-O-Giveaways!  It was so exciting to see so many names of our dear friends.  So exciting to know there would be winners, but so sad to know not everyone could win. It wasn't until we gathered up all the names and started putting Random.org to work on picking the winners that we felt knots in our stomachs. Thank you for your support and loving us so much.  We can't even begin to tell you what you all mean to us.

Ok, Glogirly made me say all that gushy stuff....come ON already!!!

Double The Fun
Ok, one more thing. We decided to DOUBLE the fun!  And we're not talking about Doublemint Gum, kitties! We're giving away DOUBLE the design prizes. What does that mean? Well, MORE WINNERS, that's what!

Ok, now?  PLEASE?

Ok, now.

The WINNERS

Monday GLOGIRLY DESIGN Personalized Profile Avatar Double Winners

Nerissa from Nerissa's Life

Junior, Orion and Sammy

Tuesday GLOGIRLY.com Tote & Pen Swag Winner

Prancer Pie

Wednesday GLOGIRLY DESIGN Personalized Celebration Graphic Double Winners

Patty Woodland from The Maaaaa Of Pricilla

MaggieTKat from Kruse Kats

Thursday Katie Mug Shot Note Cards, GET REAL Greeting Card and GLOGIRLY Pink Pen

The Island Cats

Friday The BIG BLOG Kahuna - GLOGIRLY DESIGN Blog & Facebook Makeover Double Winners

Oui Oui from Twinkletoe Tails

Benny & Lily from Two French Bulldogs

Congratulations to the winners and THANK YOU to everyone who entered and left us some love in the comments! We'll be sharing the exciting before and after's of the makeover winners soon!  And please don't feel bad if you didn't win this time...I have a feeling this isn't the last GLOGIRLY DESIGN giveaway you'll ever see!

Note: All winners were determined by random sequence drawings using Random.org. 

OMC! Did you know I'm a finalist for Best Blog Post in the 2012 Petties!?

Click here to vote for GLOGIRLY and your other favorite blogs.

You can vote once a day and every time counts. Thanks SO much for your support and your vote. XO

Saturday PhotoHunt - Dance

:: Dance::

That's what GLOGIRLY DESIGN'S Giveaway Week Winners are going to be doing soon!  There's still time to enter all 5 drawings.  You've got until 11:59 CST tonight!

Day By Day Giveaway Schedule

• Monday - GLOGIRLY DESIGN Personalized Profile Avatar
• Tuesday - GLOGIRLY.com Tote Bag and Pen
• Wednesday - GLOGIRLY DESIGN Personalized Celebration Graphic
• Thursday - Katie Mug Shot Notecards, GET REAL Greeting Card and Pen
• Friday - GLOGIRLY DESIGN Blog and Facebook Makeover

OMC! Did you know I'm a finalist for Best Blog Post in the 2012 Petties!?

Click here to vote for GLOGIRLY and your other favorite blogs.

You can vote once a day and every time counts. Thanks SO much for your support and your vote. XO

GLOGIRLY DESIGN Giveaway Week - The BIG Kahuna

Hi everyone, Katie here.

Has this been an awesome week or what!  It's the final day of GLOGIRLY DESIGN'S Week-O-Giveaways.  We've been celebrating the launch of our new design business all week long with amazing design and swag prizes!  In case you've been living under a rock and are just coming up for air, there's still time to go back and take advantage of a whole week's worth of winning opportunities.

Ok, drum roll.  Now the horns please.  ...and-a-1, and-a-2, and-a-3, all together now:

EXTREME BLOG AND FACEBOOK MAKEOVER

You've been nibbling on your claws all week in anticipation of today's unprecedented prize announcement, haven't you? It's finally here. Today's lucky winner will receive a GLOGIRLY DESIGN Extreme Blog and Facebook Makeover! Today's drawing is open to anyone anywhere in the world. I suppose even a DOG could win, although given the number of cats around here, the odds are NOT in his favor. 

Today's fabulous prize package includes:

-Custom Blog Header and Logo

-Custom Profile Avatar

-Blog Background

-Personalized Guidance on Blog Template including color palette, fonts and layout

-Custom Facebook Cover Image

So what does this look like? Well here's a recent before and after of Bunny's Blog. There's plenty more inspiration on our GLOGIRLY DESIGN page too.  We'll help you create your own unique brand identity. That's marketing-speak for, "we'll make you look super cool." So read the rules, leave a comment, cross some paws and dream of the possibilities!

Day By Day Giveaway Schedule

• Monday - GLOGIRLY DESIGN Personalized Profile Avatar
• Tuesday - GLOGIRLY.com Tote Bag and Pen
• Wednesday - GLOGIRLY DESIGN Personalized Celebration Graphic
• Thursday - Katie Mug Shot Notecards, GET REAL Greeting Card and Pen
• Friday - GLOGIRLY DESIGN Blog and Facebook Makeover

The Rules

• Leave a comment letting us know that you want to be included in today's giveaway.
• Make sure your email address is connected to your profile, or just leave it in the comment. YOU CAN'T WIN IF WE CAN'T EMAIL YOU. 
• Have you Liked us on Facebook?  Well you better!  (But if you're just not a Facebook kind of kitty, that's ok...we want you to have a chance at the drawings too.)
• Today's design giveaway is open anyone anywhere in the world.
• All comment entries for all the week's giveaways must be received by 11:59 PM CST, Saturday, July 14.
• Winners will be determined through random drawings.
• Winners will be notified via email and announced the week of July 15.
• You will not be disqualified for the Grand Prize if you win another prize.

A special note for those living outside the US and Canada

• Some of this week's giveaways will be design-only prizes and some will be actual swag. Since we can't ship overseas, we are giving you TWO chances to win the design prizes!  
• Just make sure we know where you live and we'll count you twice for the design drawings.

OMC! Did you know I'm a finalist for Best Blog Post in the 2012 Petties!?

Click here to vote for GLOGIRLY and your other favorite blogs.

You can vote once a day and every time counts. Thanks SO much for your support and your vote. XO

GLOGIRLY DESIGN Cat Card Giveaway

Hi everyone, Katie here.

Welcome back!  We're still giving away cool stuff as we celebrate the launch of GLOGIRLY DESIGN, your one-stop-shop for stylish graphic and blog design.  There are only two days of giveaways left, so if you've been napping for the past 72 hours, you better go back and make sure you haven't missed any winning opportunities!

Today's Greeting Cat Card Giveaway
Who WOULDN'T want to receive a heartfelt card featuring your favorite criminal cat?  Today's prize includes a set of four Katie Mug Shot note cards and an official GET REAL greeting card from The Real Housecats Of The Blogosphere collection! The cards are printed on a super-high quality heavy-weight stock and each comes with their own envelope.  Glogirly says the quality is amazing...and you KNOW how picky she is.

The note cards feature my Mug Shot from "Framed," my blog post that's nominated for a 2012 Petties Award! (voting is OPEN NOW... gee, is that a hint?)  The GET REAL greeting card reads *MEOW* on the inside and features the Real Housecats logo on the back.

But wait!  There's more! (You saw that coming, didn't you!)  The winner will also receive a highly-coveted GLOGIRLY.com pink pen.

So what are you waiting for? Leave us a comment and start crossing those paws.

Day By Day Giveaway Schedule

• Monday - GLOGIRLY DESIGN Personalized Profile Avatar
• Tuesday - GLOGIRLY.com Tote Bag and Pen
• Wednesday - You're just going to have to wait
• Thursday - Katie Mug Shot Notecards, GET REAL Greeting Card and Pen
• Friday - Did someone say Blog Makeover???

The Rules

• Leave a comment letting us know that you want to be included in today's giveaway.
• Make sure your email address is connected to your profile, or just leave it in the comment. YOU CAN'T WIN IF WE CAN'T EMAIL YOU. 
• Have you Liked us on Facebook?  Well you better!  (But if you're just not a Facebook kind of kitty, that's ok...we want you to have a chance at the drawings too.)
• Today's swag giveaway is open to US/Canada residents only. (see note below for outside US/Canada)
• All comment entries for all giveaways must be received by 11:59 PM CST, Saturday, July 14.
• Winners will be determined through a random drawing.
• Winners will be notified via email and announced the week of July 15.
• You will not be disqualified for the Grand Prize if you win another prize. 

A special note for those living outside the US and Canada

• Some of this week's giveaways will be design-only prizes and some will be actual swag. Since we can't ship overseas, we are giving you TWO chances to win the design prizes!  
• Just make sure we know where you live and we'll count you twice for the design drawings.

OMC! Did you know I'm a finalist for Best Blog Post in the 2012 Petties!?

Click here to vote for GLOGIRLY and your other favorite blogs.

You can vote once a day and every time counts. Thanks SO much for your support and your vote. XO

GLOGIRLY DESIGN Winning Wednesday

Hi everyone, Katie here.

Welcome back to GLOGIRLY DESIGN'S GIVEAWAY WEEK! If you've been living under a rock and are just tuning in, we're celebrating the launch of GLOGIRLY DESIGN, your one-stop-shop for stylish graphics and blog design, with a whole week of cooler-than-cool giveaways.

From graphic design prizes to actual swag, you don't want to miss a single day. In fact if you're just waking up, you can still go back and enter to win Monday's and Tuesday's drawings.

Today's Design Giveaway
As much as our humans don't want to admit it, we all have birthdays. What better way to celebrate than with a GLOGIRLY DESIGN Personalized Celebration Graphic.  Today's lucky winner will receive a customized graphic to celebrate or remember a special day in their lives. Here's a few to get you thinking.

The Sky's The Limit

• Birthdays and Gotcha Days
• Blog Milestones
• Anniversaries
• Pet Weddings
• Holidays
• Remembrances

Don't get your kitty tails bent out of shape.  Charlie Rascal and I are JUST friends.

Day By Day Giveaway Schedule

• Monday - GLOGIRLY DESIGN Personalized Profile Avatar
• Tuesday - GLOGIRLY.com Tote Bag and Pen
• Wednesday - GLOGIRLY DESIGN Personalized Celebration Graphic
• Thursday - Something swaggy!
• Friday - Did someone say Blog Makeover???

The Rules

• Leave a comment letting us know that you want to be included in today's giveaway.
• Make sure your email address is connected to your profile, or just leave it in the comment. YOU CAN'T WIN IF WE CAN'T EMAIL YOU. 
• Have you Liked us on Facebook?  Well you better!  (But if you're just not a Facebook kind of kitty, that's ok...we want you to have a chance at the drawings too.)
• Today's design giveaway is open anyone anywhere in the world.
• All comment entries for all giveaways must be received by 11:59 PM CST, Saturday, July 14.
• Winners will be determined through random drawings.
• Winners will be notified via email and announced the week of July 15.
• You will not be disqualified for the Grand Prize if you win another prize. 

A special note for those living outside the US and Canada

• Some of this week's giveaways will be design-only prizes and some will be actual swag. Since we can't ship overseas, we are giving you TWO chances to win the design prizes!  
• Just make sure we know where you live and we'll count you twice for the design drawings.

OMC! Did you know I'm a finalist for Best Blog Post in the 2012 Petties!?

Click here to vote for GLOGIRLY and your other favorite blogs.

You can vote once a day and every time counts. Thanks SO much for your support and your vote. XO

GLOGIRLY DESIGN Week-O-Giveaways Continue

Hi everyone, Katie here.

Welcome back to GLOGIRLY DESIGN'S GIVEAWAY WEEK!  If you're just tuning in, we're celebrating the exciting launch of GLOGIRLY DESIGN, your one-stop-shop for stylish graphic and blog design, with a whole week of amazingly cool giveaways.

From graphic design prizes to actual swag, this is a giveaway extravaganza you DON'T want to miss. In fact, if you slept through yesterday, you can still go BACK and enter to win Monday's fabulous prize.

Today's Tote Giveaway
If your human was lucky enough to make it BlogPaws this year, they couldn't miss Glogirly and her signature pink tote!  To say it's A-DOOR-ABLE...is an understatement. In fact Glogirly loved it so much, that she ordered an extra just for this giveaway.

It's made from a heavy-duty natural colored canvas with my signature pink trim. It's very generously sized and has two interior pockets and one on the outside. It's very stiff and holds its shape beautifully. And the best part?  My ears and GLOGIRLY.com are printed in jet black for all the world to see.

But WAIT! There's MORE! You'll also receive an equally cool GLOGIRLY.com pink pen.  Don't let your human leave THIS one at the bank.

So what do you think?  Don't you just love it!  Okay, here's the skinny...


Day By Day Giveaway Schedule

• Monday - GLOGIRLY DESIGN Personalized Profile Avatar
• Tuesday - GLOGIRLY.com Tote Bag and Pen
• Wednesday - You're just going to have to wait
• Thursday - Seriously, you have to WAIT
• Friday - Did someone say Blog Makeover???

The Rules

• Leave a comment letting us know that you want to be included in today's giveaway.
• Make sure your email address is connected to your profile, or just leave it in the comment. YOU CAN'T WIN IF WE CAN'T EMAIL YOU. 
• Have you Liked us on Facebook?  Well you better!  (But if you're just not a Facebook kind of kitty, that's ok...we want you to have a chance at the drawings too.)
• Today's swag giveaway is open to US/Canada residents only. (see note below for outside US/Canada)
• All comment entries for all giveaways must be received by 11:59 PM CST, Saturday, July 14.
• Winners will be determined through a random drawing.
• Winners will be notified via email and announced the week of July 15.
• You will not be disqualified for the Grand Prize if you win another prize. 

A special note for those living outside the US and Canada

• Some of this week's giveaways will be design-only prizes and some will be actual swag. Since we can't ship overseas, we are giving you TWO chances to win the design prizes!  
• Just make sure we know where you live and we'll count you twice for the design drawings.

OMC! Did you know I'm a finalist for Best Blog Post in the 2012 Petties!?

Click here to vote for me and your other favorite blogs.

You can vote once a day and every time counts. Thanks SO much for your support and your vote. XO

GLOGIRLY DESIGN Announces Giveaway Week

Hi everyone, Katie here.

THIS JUST IN.  Glogirly and I are proud to announce the (birth?) of GLOGIRLY DESIGN.  Most cats get their jollies out of playing with stuffed mice. A select few are lucky enough to get their paws on the real deal.  But it probably comes as no surprise that MY toy of choice is Photoshop. So with the help of my reluctant trusty assistant, Glogirly, I'm helping to make the blogosphere a better looking place, one cat, one bunny and even one dog at a time. Squirrels, goats and ferrets...don't despair. I'm here for you too.

Glogirly and I just finished up an extreme blog makeover for our friend Bunny Jean Cook over at Bunny's Blog. In fact, she's running a GUEST POST BY ME on her blog today! As long as I promised not to eat any of the bunnies over there, she graciously turned her blog over to me for a day. Please stop by to see her new look and to give her some bunny-love.

Sneak Peek at Bunny's Before & After

A WEEK OF GLOGIRLY DESIGN GIVEAWAYS!
So this week, we are having a GIVEAWAY EVERYDAY...that's Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. That's FIVE GIVEAWAYS for you dogs that can't count. OMC!!!  Even *I* can't believe it.

Each day we'll be featuring something SO cool, you're going to think, "OMC!  How can I possibly live without this?" There will be something for everyone. From graphic design to actual swag.  Even our friends north of the border and across the pond will have a chance to win BIG.

I'm not going to divulge the details of each day's prize yet, but suffice it to say, you WON'T want to want to miss a single day.  Especially Friday's GRAND PRIZE.  Ok, I'll give you a hint:  Extreme BM. And I'm not talking about my litter box.  Can you say Blog Makeover?


TODAY'S GIVEAWAY
Haven't you always wanted a fun profile avatar to use on Twitter, Facebook or your blog?  Well now you can win a GLOGIRLY DESIGN personalized avatar.  The winner's human will need to supply a photo of you and a couple ideas to get the design wheels turning.

Here's a few examples to whet your appetite.

The Rules

• Leave a comment letting us know that you want to be included in today's giveaway.
• Make sure your email address is connected to your profile, or just leave it in the comment. You can't win if we can't email you. 
• Have you Liked us on Facebook?  Well you better! (But if you're just not a Facebook kind of kitty, that's ok...we want you to have a chance at the drawings too.)
• This giveaway is open to anyone anywhere in the world.
• All comment entries for all giveaways must be received by 11:59 PM CST on Saturday, July 14.
• Winners will be notified via email and announced the week of July 15.
• You will not be disqualified for the Grand Prize if you win another prize. 

A special note for those living outside the US and Canada

• Some of this week's giveaways will be design-only prizes and some will be actual swag. Since we can't ship overseas, we are giving you TWO chances to win the design prizes!  
• Just make sure we know where you live and we'll count you twice for the design drawings.

OMC! Did you know I'm a finalist for Best Blog Post in the 2012 Petties!?
Click here to vote for me and your other favorite blogs.
You can vote once a day and every time counts. Thanks SO much for your support and your vote. XO