Music Monday: Sylvie Vartan 1960s French Pop

After some long, hard thinking I decided to start participating in Music Monday. I've sort of resisted doing themed days, but music is something near and dear to my heart. I'd like to believe that my taste in music is pretty varied (though I guess that's questionable). People also often come to me asking for recommendations so I figure, why not post up some favorites here? Lately I've been on a French Pop kick so today's feature will be Bulgarian born 1960s yé-yé girl Sylvie Vartan.

Reminder: $50 CSN store giveaway ends tonight!

Just a quick reminder that the CSN stores giveaway ends tonight (2/27) at 11:59 PM PST. All it takes is a quick comment to be placed into the drawing for a CSN item under $50 of your choice, so you should definitely give it a shot!

While the CSN giveaway is only open to readers residing in the US, my CoverYourHair giveaway which ends next weekend (3/5) is open worldwide, so keep those entries coming. Keep in mind that due to a rule change international readers now have 2 extra days to enter that particular giveaway (until 3/7).

I also just wanted to give a huuuuge thank you to everyone who has taken the time to enter the giveaways, leave a comment, or just to stop by and visit. I really wish you could all win each and every giveaway, but alas.... if you don't win this time stay tuned because I will have more, more, more and more giveaways coming soon!

Good luck!

This week's Karmaloop picks : 10 under $30

The Feather and Satin Rose Pin By *The Extras was $22 now $9.95

Tokidoki Adios and Ciao Ciao Pillow Case By Snooze City was $32, now $15.95



The Odyssey Long Shirt by CTRL was $52 now $16.76



The Domani Dress By Jack BB Dakota was $48, now $17.95



The Emily Dress in Dogtooth By Motel, was $52, now $19.95



The Novak Skirt By BB Dakota was $65 now $20.95



The Audreys Dance Dress By Insight was $77, now $24.95



The Bow with Hanging Multi Charms Necklace By Betsey Johnson was $50, now $24.95



The Cory Zip Dress was $70 now $26.95



The Audrey Dress in Baroque By Motel was $62 now $29.95

During check out rep code "CUTEY" gets you 10% off all your Karmaloop orders (20% for new customers)!

Olympic mascot plushes & other collectibles

Vancouver 2010 Boxed Mascot Plush — Quatchi $19.99

Quatchi, Miga, MukMuk and Sumi are this winter's Olympic mascots and the whole bunch is just cute, cute, cute *pinches cheeks*. These 4 characters are the brain child of Meomi (which consists of 2 artists based in LA and Vancouver) who are no stranger to teh cuteness.

The official webstore for the Olympics has a ton of goodies in stock featuring the mascots, but it appears that quit a few of the items are already out of stock (and I have no idea if any of the items will be restocked). So if anything catches your eye, be sure to act quickly!

Coin Purse, $18

Miga 9.5" plush, $25

Sumi 10.5" plush, $25

MukMuk, 8.5" plush, $25

Quatchi Shirt, $23

Tons more here: http://www.vancouver2010.com/store/mascots/catmascot.html

Anna Chambers' limited edition apple plushes

These adooooooorable plush apples by Anna Chambers were available starting early last year but I never had the chance to post them here. I was recently browsing some webstores and was shocked to see that a few places still have these available. Considering how limited (Happy Red :450 pieces, Happy Green: 200 pieces, Sad Red: 200 pieces, Sad Green: 150 pieces) and cute they are that was a huge surprise!

Here's a list of some of the stores that still carry the apple plushies:

• Shoprockcandy : all varieties available, $14.95 each
• Gallery Nucleus : sad red only, $14.95 each
  
• My Plastic Heart : sad red only, $14.99 each
  
• Dragatomi : happy red only, $14.99 each