Just go here to enter to win this adorable Antiqued Brass Apple Necklace from Sweet & Simple. The contest ends at 12:00 noon EST on Thursday, September 9.

Most of the items in Sweet & Simple are pastel colored, so this vibrant apple necklace jumped out at me immediately! And you know how we Twilight fans love apples…

One winner will receive this gorgeous Antiqued Brass Apple Necklace. A jumbo red czech glass crystal and a green leaf are set together perfectly to make an apple, and hang from a twisted jumpring and an antiqued brass chain. It closes with a lobster clasp, but is also long enough to slip over your head (chain measure 30 inches). The winner can request a different length chain, if preferred.

So here’s the important stuff – how to enter to win. There are three ways to enter:

1. Visit Sweet & Simple and take a look at Kelly’s items. Then post a comment below letting me know which piece is your favorite.

2. Tweet a link to this giveaway.

3. Post about this giveaway on your Facebook page.

Once you’ve done any combination of those three things, fill out the form below and you’re entered to win! (please keep in mind that you can only enter once) The contest will last until 12:00 noon EST on Thursday, September 9. Then I’ll randomly select a winner using random.org.

See more on TwilightItalianMoms.com

Grazie!!! to the Italian Moms!

We are so excited to be a part of the Beautiful Darkness teaser series! We have the honor of posting the SECOND video clip in the series!

From Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl:

“This is a unique series that will culminate in a message at the end of the last teaser.  The teasers themselves are also full of hidden images that are not easy to catch the first time you see them.

It’s not easy!

So, from the authors who wrote their first novel on a dare (us), we challenge YOU to figure out the message/theme of the series — and the images embedded in each teaser.  If you can . . .”

Keep an eye out for the contest!

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Congrats, ladies! I’ll be sending each of you an email with details

Don’t forget this epic week long event! Beginning tonight on Eve’s Fan Garden, A Midsummer Night’s Chat is sure to have something for everyone! Give-a-ways, Contests, Guest Author Blogs, Author Chats and more!

August 9th – 14th

Check out the long list of participating authors which is sure to include some of your YA favorites!

Lisa Schroeder, Dia Reeves, Heidi R. Kling, Sherri Browning Erwin, A.S. King, James Kennedy, Ivy Devlin, Sydney Salter, Bree Despain, Cassie Clare, Christine Johnson, Tracy Trivas, Jeri Smith Ready, Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Sarah Rees Brennan, Elizabeth Eulberg, Cynthia Lord, Holly Cupala, Jennifer R. Hubbard, Lorie Ann Grover, Beth Fantaskey, Lauren Oliver, Sydney Salter, Aprilynne Pike, Sarah Rees Brennan, Kelley Armstrong, Cheryl Renee Herbsman, Janni Lee Simner, Gayle Forman, Malinda Lo, Robin Wasserman, Lee Nichols, Alyxandra Harvey, Angie Frazier, Mindy Klasky, Jackson Pearce, Lesley Livingston

For all the details click here to go to evesfangarden.com

A Midsummer Night’s Chat

They’ll have blog features, author chats, contests, and give-a-ways!

The entire series will run for one week beginning Monday August 9th – 14th. The day’s are split into “Acts” just like the Shakespearean play.

• Check out the individual posts for each “Act” on Eve’s Fan Garden HERE & visit our Midsummer Night’s Chat Group Facebook page HERE.
• Click on each “Act” for a chance to enter to win an unmoderated spot in the chat with the authors!

You won’t want to miss this!

*Visit evesfangarden.com The fangirl paradise!

Check out what we will be reading for August! We have 2 new books for you:

White Cat by Holly Black

White Cat tells the story of Cassel Sharpe, a young man who comes from a family of so-called Curse Workers. They work magic with the simple touch of a hand — and that’s why everyone wears gloves, out of fear of being cursed by an unknown Curse Worker. Oh, and Curse Working is illegal — so Cassel’s family are all mobsters. Con men. Of course, Cassel just so happens to be the only non-Worker in his family. But he’s not the “good kid” in a bad family. He also killed his best friend (and childhood crush) Lila three years earlier.

But after waking up on the roof of his school dorm — and not sure how he got there — Cassel begins to suspect something isn’t quite right. And then there’s the mysterious white cat that keeps showing up. Pretty soon, Cassel is convinced that all is not as it seems.

Everlasting by Angie Frazier

“Sailing aboard her father’s ship is all seventeen-year-old Camille Rowen has ever wanted. But as a lady in 1855 San Francisco, her future is set: marry a man she doesn’t love in order to preseve her social standing. On her last voyage before the wedding, Camille learns the mother she has always believed dead is in fact alive and in Australia. When their Sydney-bound ship goes down in a gale, and her father dies, Camille sets out to find her mother and a map in her possession – a map believed to lead to a stone that once belonged to the legendary civilization of the immortals. The stone can do exactly what Camille wants most: bring someone back from the dead. Unfortunately, her father’s adversary is also on the hunt for the stone, and she must race him to it. The only person Camille can depend on is Oscar – a handsome young sailor and her father’s first mate – who is in love with Camille and whom she is inexplicably drawn to despite his low social standing and her pending wedding vows.

With an Australian card shark acting as their guide, Camille eludes murderous bushrangers, traverses dangerous highlands, evades a curse placed on the stone, and unravels the mystery behind her mother’s disappearance sixteen years earlier. But when another death shakes her conviction to resurrect her father, Camille must choose what – and who – matters most.” [Amazon product description]

Both books are available in the TwilightMoms Amazon Store HERE.

COME READ & DISCUSS WITH US HERE.

*Due to forum technical difficulties the August BOTM Discussion Forum has been placed at the very bottom of the TwilightMoms Forums. We hope to have this fixed soon! Thanks!

If you would like to order a shirt in time for the Eclipse premiere

be sure to order by:

Tuesday, June 15 at the latest.

*International orders should be placed asap!

We’ve received an overwhelming number of orders for the Twilight Mom Sparkly T-Shirt and we want to get everyone’s out to them in time for conventions and premieres so we’re working our hardest!!! Thank you for showing off your Twilight Mom pride!!!

*Order your rhinestone sparkly Twilight Mom Shirt HERE.

Available Now!

Have you gotten your copy of Stephenie Meyer’s latest addition to The Twilight Saga? The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is out NOW! You can order your copy online HERE! And take part in the book discussion! HERE! ...and don’t forget the playlist posted on Stephenie’s website HERE.

Thank you Stephenie!

Order your copies HERE. Take part in the book discussions HERE.

One lucky person will win a 1 hour photo shoot at the famous Viewpoint Inn, located in the scenic Columbia George by Jeanine Kolkemo from Photos by Jeanine. Stand in the same place as Bella and Edward danced the night away at the Prom Your prize will include a disc of the photos taken at your shoot at the Inn and the nearby Women’s Forum (with a view of the Inn in the background).

Jeanine, a declared Twilight Mom, lives in Camas, Washington with her husband and two daughters and owns her own photography business Photos by Jeanine. She was recently published in an upcoming edition of Northwest Travel Magazine. You will need to live in or around the Portland area, or be willing to travel there at your own expense in order to win this prize.

Check out Jeanine’s website and gallery HERE

One lucky person will receive a software package from Send Out Cards for sending out printed greeting cards.  This is SOOO cool!  I love snail mail, so when I saw this I got totally excited.  This package is valued at $99 and includes the software, your login id and password, and 10 cards and stamps.  Tara, who is the wonderful TM offering this to us today, sent me a card with an Edward theme that I just love.  The quality was beautiful and I know you will be impressed.

Check out Send Out Cards HERE

And last but not least, 3 (thats THREE) lucky people will win a New Moon Goodie Bag from NECCO!  These look so yummy  I am a sucker for candy, I just love these!  They each contain various New Moon candies, chocolates (yum chocolate!) and sweethearts.

Follow them on Twitter @my_sweethearts
And also on their Facebook page HERE where they have awesome links and movie info.

OKAY, now for the details.  All you need to do is leave a comment on this post and you are entered into the contest one time.  For a second entry, please tweet or blog about this giveaway and LEAVE A SECOND COMMENT here on this post.  VERY IMPORTANT: if you are eligible to win the photoshoot with Jeanine, meaning you live in or around the Portland area or are willing to travel there AT YOUR OWN EXPENSE you MUST let us know in your comment by saying “I WANT THE PHOTOSHOOT.”  That is the only way I will know who is eligible from the comments for that particular prize.

Please remember that for each entry you MUST leave a new comment on this post, when leaving your comment it’s important that you leave a valid e-mail address in the e-mail box because that is how we will be contacting our winner. A winner will be chosen at random from the comments. The deadline to enter in Tuesday November 24th at Noon Pacific time. Good luck everyone!

This quilt is going to be auctioned at The New Moon Experience in Salt Lake City November 19th & 20th.  All proceeds from the quilt will go to the TwilightMOMS official charity, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. 

Here are close ups of most of the squares-

Aren’t they gorgeous?!?!?!  WOW!!!

You can get all the details about the quilt here.

We are thrilled to announce our new featured artist- Hana Pestle.  Hana’s song Need is a song that describes Bella’s feelings after Edward leaves in New Moon.  TwilightMOMS had the opportunity to interview Hana.  Watch the interview and several of Hana’s performances here.

Hana gave us a copy of This Way to give away on the blog!  Respond to this post with your favorite song from her MySpace page.  Get extra enteries for posting about this contest on your blog, MySpace, Twitter…Please leave the link to your posting in your entry post and if you Tweet, make sure you have #HanaonTMs in your tweet. 

The contest runs through midnight pacific time on October 27 and the winner will be announced October 28th.

Congratulations to Cody for winning our Mixology Makeup Giveway!

OME!! I love it. I am sending a Christmas wishlist to the hubs right now. LOL I like the victoria collection! Partly because I am also a redhead and partly becaause I love maroon colored makeup and it’s so hard to find. Awesome!!!

Cody- we will be contacting shortly via e-mail.

Thanks to everyone for participating! Make sure you enter this weeks giveaway! Find all the details here.

We will be chatting with this month’s Book of the Month Author, Kaleb Nation, on Tuesday October 13th at 8:00 pm Eastern Time. 

The chat will take place in this thread.  We hope you can join us!

Hey everyone!

I have a really fun announcement for you all, and I hope you will be as excited as I am.  I have spent the last several weeks lining up a bunch of contests and giveaways that we will be holding here on our blog.  These giveaways will range from Twilight related, to non-Twilight related but just freaking awesome.  I am seriously giddy from the things we have lined up; I honestly am in awe of the talent out there in the world.

The fun will begin this coming Wednesday with a fabulous giveaway that you will not want to miss out on, I promise.  I will have each giveaway run for one week, and I hope to announce the winner AND the new giveaway each Wednesday. 

Please, don’t forget to check back on Wednesday, you will be sad if you do!

~Gypsy

Although Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation is our official charity we like to also spotlight other charities.  This month our September Charity Spotlight of the Month is one that is very near and dear to the reader in me- The American Library Association.  How perfect is that for a fan site that started because of a love of reading?!?!?

Read all about this extremely important cause here.   

(Special thanks to Pixie for our new Spotlight graphics! Aren’t they fabulous?)

Our TwilightMOM of the Month for September is the amazing graphics guru Lara, a.k.a. Singer.  Read all about her here.

It’s September 1st (How did that happen?!?!?) which means that our September Book of the Month forum is now open!!!  This month we’re discussing the Poison Study Series by Maria V. Snyder. You can find our discussion forums here.  I loved, loved, loved these books so I hope lots of you will join the discussions.  I’m anxious to read your reviews!

Exciting news!!! We have a chat scheduled with the Maria V. Snyder on September 10th. I will be posting the times when we have that information solidified.  It will be in the evening so clear you calendars now!