Autumn Giveaway

Reflect Visual Arts is giving away 2 card sets -- one on Facebook and one on Instagram

For how to enter on Facebook ~https://www.facebook.com/ReflectVA

For how to enter on Instagram ~ #reflectvisualarts

Special Valentine's Giveaway!

We want to give a gift to you!

One of our sponsors, Reflect Visual Arts, is giving these printable Valentine's cards! Share them with your father and mother as a special way to express your love!

Just copy and paste into a Word document and print on cardstock!

A Gift for You!

Our author Season Sinclair has a book for you!

All you have to do is email us saying you want this book and you will receive a free digital download (kindle) of "That We Might Have Hope."

Act quickly -- this giveaway will end on Christmas Day!

Reclaiming Beauty Giveaway (Closed)

Silk and Purple has teamed with Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin to give away one registration to the online webinar series Reclaiming Beauty!

All you need to do to enter is leave a sweet comment on this post and share this giveaway with your friends. Winner will be selected at random, so enter by Thursday, August 30, 2012.

Winner will be announced August 31, 2012.

If you are new to Silk and Purple and like what you see, follow us or like us on Facebook.

What is beauty?

Some say beauty fits in a size 0. Some say beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. Some say beauty is only skin deep. Some say beauty is only a quality of the heart. Some say beauty is truth. Some say beauty is a lie. Some say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some say beauty is as beauty does. Some say Elizabeth Taylor and Grace Kelly are beautiful. Some say everyone is beautiful. Some say beauty is divine. Some say beauty is corrupting.

From all this confusion, one idea emerges clearly: The world knows beauty matters. They talk a lot about it, write poetry and paint paintings celebrating it, and spend $160 billion dollars a year on it. But what’s equally clear is that they don’t know what it is. The question is: Do we?

Today’s young Christian women have grown up in the most image-obsessed generation in history, a generation that worships some of the most twisted ideals of beauty the world has ever seen. But whether we love them or hate them… they tend to shape our own perceptions of what beauty is. Some of us accept its ideals, and struggle to fit into its mold – others of us are repulsed by it, concluding that physical beauty itself is immodest, worldly, and unspiritual, and reject the realm of beautification completely. But when all we’ve ever seen is the counterfeit the world offers, we can sometimes forget that the world did not create beauty – God did. And though we all know the world has a lot to say about image, we sometimes don’t realize how much God does too.

It’s time to reclaim beauty. For thousands of years, believers, pagans, Gnostics, Humanists, Neo-Platonists, iconoclasts, and creators of culture have battled over this critical turf called “beauty.” Today, we have only to look at who designs the fashions, markets the beauty icons, rules the red carpet, adorns magazine covers, crowns Miss America, and designs clothes-and-makeup advertisements, to know who is currently holding the turf.

It’s time to take beauty back. When faced with an industry that runs on photoshop airbrushing, plastic surgery, starvation diets, grotesque catwalk styles, and billions of squandered dollars, our response can no longer be, “Beauty is not for us.” It’s time for our response to be, “Get your flag out of our ground.” It’s time for us to be a light in a culture that uses beauty as a weapon against God. 

It’s time for God’s ambassadors to make His principles – such as modesty and femininity – look as beautiful as they really are. It’s time for us to show the world: Ugliness is not beauty. Emaciation is not beauty. Androgyny is not beauty. Immodesty is not beauty. Unnatural distortion is not beauty. From Genesis to Revelation, God paints a different picture of the inner and outer beauty of a woman, and it’s time to show the world what it really looks like – one soul, one body, one face, one closet at a time.

Find out more here!

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Winner Announced

8/31/12

McKenna!!!!

"I'm so excited about this webinar! I have posted this on Pinterest and Facebook. It's so nice to find some sisters in Christ around the web. What a blessing this is!!! 
God Bless,
McKenna"

Please contact us to claim your prize!
silknpurpleprov31@gmail.com

Sponsor Giveaway!! {Closed}

A Slip Shop is hosting a giveaway!

We are happy to welcome a new sponsor, A Slip Shop. An Etsy shop that makes modesty oh-so-effortless and provides a unique way to express your personal style! They are giving away any one slip from their shop to one Silk and Purple entrant.

Here is how you can enter:

"Follow" our blog and/or "like" our facebook page, then post a link about this giveaway on your blog and/or facebook (google+ or twitter works, too).

Leave a comment on this post with the link describing what and where you have posted about this giveaway and tell us what your favorite slip is over at A Slip Shop. 

Giveaway ends Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. CST. Winner will be drawn at random and will be announced

Friday, August 10, 2012.

Happy Entering!

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Winner Announced!!

8/10/12

Bekah

"I follow your blog via GFC.

I tweeted about this giveaway here: 
https://twitter.com/Miss_Mousie/status/231548568777928704

I quite like this one, cause it would go very nicely with my 1940s swing skirt I am makin'! :D http://www.etsy.com/listing/99600228/slip-extender-wide-scalloped-embroidery"

Giveaway! (Closed)

One of our lovely sponsors, Mountain Laurel Valley, is hosting a giveaway!

Mountain Laurel Valley creates special soaps, greeting cards, home decor, and so much more. To enter to win these beautiful natural, lavender soaps with decorative bag and charm, please follow the instructions below.

Here is how you can enter:

"Follow" our blog and/or "like" our facebook page, then post a link about this giveaway on your blog and/or facebook (google+ or twitter works, too).

Leave a comment on this post with the link to how and where you have posted about this giveaway. Giveaway ends this Monday, April 16, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. CST. Winner will be drawn at random and will be announced

Friday, April 20, 2012.

Happy Entering!

To find out more about Mountain Laurel Valley and their beautiful products, email Missy Wesson ~ wesson.missi@gmail.com

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Winner Announced 4/21/12

Sherri!!! 

Congratulations!

Please email us at silknpurpleprov31@gmail.com for details on how to claim your prize!

Living a Legacy Conference

We recently found out about a great opportunity -- the Living a Legacy Conference. Three blogging friends (friends in real life, too) are hosting this conference with incredible topics for wives and daughters, with wonderful giveaways. Come and be encouraged!

For more information, be sure to check out the website here!

And don't forget Silk and Purple will be there with fabulous giveaways, so be sure to visit our booth!

Giveaway! (Closed)

An over-sized tote is a wardrobe basic! Enter for a chance to win this beautiful bag!

Here is how you can enter:

"Follow" our blog through blogger and/or bloglovin.

Leave a comment on this post telling us how you are following Silk and Purple and why you like this bag! Giveaway ends this Monday, February 13, 2012, at 11:59 p.m. CST. Winner will be drawn at random and will be announced Tuesday, February 14, 2012.

Happy Entering!

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Congratulations, Rachel!

"I am following you and blogloving AND blogger! I love this bag because of the beautiful weaving on the sides and it's simple yet very classy style" ~ Rachel

 E-mail us at silknpurpleprov31@gmail.com to claim your prize!

New Vlog Post

For more information about our biggest giveaway, click here.

Hurry! Time is running short!

Baby Steps to Health - Step 5

Today is our final baby step for the month of January. I hope that you have been blessed by my efforts to help you experience better health!

Baby Step Number 5:

Eat more whole foods!

 You may be thinking, "What are whole foods?" By whole foods, I mean raw fruits and vegetables, whole milk, eggs, butter, and plain yogurt.

-Raw fruits and vegetables increase the amount of oxygen in your bloodstream (which is proven to cure cancer) and they give you energy and life.

-Whole milk provides calcium (which prevents osteoporosis later in life) and vitamins which are necessary for our health.

-Butter is rich in vitamins A, E, and K. Butter is a source of the vital mineral, selenium, and it also prevents tooth decay. 

-Eggs contain much protein and many essential amino acids (the building blocks of protein).

-Plain yogurt contributes to colon health, boosts the immune system, lowers cholesterol, and is a rich source of calcium.

God has designed our bodies to be consuming these wonderful whole foods, not processed junk food! Whole foods contain life-giving energy and vitality, unlike any processed food. 

So indulge yourself in eating the way God intended for you to and experience vibrant health!


Don't forget about our biggest giveaway! ~ http://silkandpurple31.blogspot.com/2012/01/31-days-for-500-likes-giveaway.html

31 Days for 500 "Likes"

We are trying to reach a goal of 500 likes on facebook in 31 days! If we reach it, we will have a super giveaway (to be announced)! For more info, visit our facebook page and event page.

Find our facebook page here!

Find the event page here!

New Year's Giveaway!!!!! (Closed)

If you don't like working out to boring videos with people whose muscles are larger than life, then enter this giveaway! We are giving away this DVD and purple hand weights to encourage your healthy lifestyle.

Ballet is a great way to tone and strengthen your body in a way that will not injure you, but will also stretch and balance you. The best thing about ballet is that as you are working out, you are having fun! Dancing takes your mind off the pain and allows you to focus on the art.

Here is how you can enter:

"Follow" our blog and/or "like" our facebook page, then post a link about this giveaway on your blog and/or facebook (google+ or twitter works, too).

Leave a comment on this post with the link to what and where you have posted about this giveaway. Giveaway ends this Friday, January 6, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. CST. Winner will be drawn at random and will be announced

Saturday, January 7, 2012.

Happy Entering!

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Winner Announced 1/7/12

Melissa!!! 

Congratulations!

Please email us at silknpurpleprov31@gmail.com for details on how to claim your prize!

Opening Weekend Giveaway! (Closed)

It's pretty cold around here so a warm, cozy scarf is a great way to help stay toasty and modest!

We are giving this scarf away this weekend! Here is how you can enter:

"Follow" our blog and/or "like" our facebook page, then post a link about this giveaway on your blog and/or facebook. (google+ or twitter works, too).

Leave a comment on this post with the link to what and where you have posted about this giveaway. Giveaway ends this Monday, December 5, at midnight

(12:00 a.m. CST). Winner will be drawn at random and will be

announced Tuesday, December 6, 2011.

Happy Entering!

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Winner Announced 12/6/11

Amanda!!!

Congratulations!