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Share Your Style #500 + Giveaway!

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Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Share Your Style #500!!!!! I thought I’d take a moment to reminisce just a bit this week as I have been on board since SYS #197 published in February 2019. A few months later, I took over by myself after all of the other hosts or “chatelaines” dropped off. Crazy to think that 300 posts later we would still be here! I do enjoy visiting with you each week. Thank you for that… We have a bevy of summery features this week plus a surprise for you…

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This week, dear friends, I have something special to share with you in honor of Share Your Style reaching #500: I am creating my very first giveaway and you have several chances to win!

Our giveaway includes: a “Tea Party in a Basket” with two tea mugs, two matching dessert plates, a tea mystery book to read, some apricot jam, a gluten-free blueberry muffin mix, a few yummy teabags, some pretty soaps (curated on my trips), and a lovely basket to use in your home!

To enter, please subscribe to my blog/newsletter here, if you haven’t already. Sorry, RafflePress plugin doesn’t give an option of earning a point for blog subscriptions using the “free” level. But I thank you with Big Hugs for subscribing!

There are four ways to earn points, though. The Raffle widget shows you all the parameters and rules for this giveaway. 🙂

Tea Party in a Basket Giveaway and Share Your Style #500 will be open through next Tuesday at 6:00p.m. Central Time.

The winner’s name will be announced after I have contacted this person via email, and I will share the winner’s name at Share Your Style #502 when it publishes. This tea basket and all its goodies will ship via UPS to the winner!

Wishing you all the best of luck!

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Now onto our party…

Here’s what I shared this past week at French Ethereal…

Image collage showcasing a road trip theme with a view of mountains, a scenic landscape with vegetation, and an industrial area featuring a flare stack. The text reads 'Kick-Off to Summer Road Trip to Reno!'
America 250 ~ Road Trip Adventures: From Texas to Reno ~ The first post from this two-week early summer roadtrip out West. 😉
A decorative display showcasing silver and fine French antiques at The Silver Legacy Resort & Casino, with an elegant antique piece featuring intricate details.
French Antiques & Victorian-Regency Glamour at the Silver Legacy Resort & Casino ~ A lovely look at the gorgeous beauties representing the wealth created by the silver rushes.
A street view of an urban setting featuring a historic building with a dome, accompanied by traffic lights and trees. The image has the text overlay 'Remembering... Old Reno w/ Gramma'.
Remembering Old Reno, Fond Memories & Grampa Pete ~ A driving tour around Old Reno seeing sites where my inlaws lived back in the 1960s, and how it looks today.

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And here are this week’s featured posts…

A beautifully set outdoor dining table featuring colorful plates, turquoise placemats, and wine bottles, alongside a wicker picnic basket.
We start off this week with Sandra from Dinner at Eight‘s bright and colorful tablescape post ~ A Perfect Backyard Summer Picnic under the Trees. So cheery!!!
A vintage decor display featuring a collection of blue and white porcelain teapots and bowls, adorned with red roses and candles, set against a painting of a seaside lighthouse. American flags are visible, alongside a wooden display with small decorative items.
Debbie from Debbie-Dabble Blog shares this lovely RWB post ~ Creating an Americana Look with Transferware, 2026. Love this!!!
A cozy, elegantly decorated room featuring a white bench adorned with decorative pillows, a floral arrangement, and a collection of art pieces displayed on the walls. A patterned rug covers the floor, and softly lit lamps add a warm ambiance.
Penny of Penny’s Treasures has the prettiest patriotic post ~ Memorial Day… Remember and Honor ~ softly honoring soldiers who have fallen. Lovely…
Full view
Melynda from Scratch Made Food is back with this delicious summer recipe ~
Beef and Carrot Stew with Barley, a Dinner Idea. Yummm!!!
A vibrant quilt made up of 16 unique patchwork blocks, featuring various geometric and floral patterns in multiple colors including red, green, blue, orange, and brown.
Our final feature for this week comes from Melva Loves Scraps who completed this colorful quilt ~ Thank Goodness It’s Finished Friday (TGIFF) ~ Past Revisited. Do any of you quilt? I recognize a few of the quilt squares from when I quilted long ago while living on base at Camp Pendleton.
Beautiful work!!!

Honorable Mention

Esme from Esme’s Salon brings us this yummy recipe for Cranberry Almond Crunchies.
Soooo yummy looking and I wish this photograph had come through for you! Do visit Esme and check out her recipe, friends. Soooo delicious!

Thank You so much to everyone who linked up this past week. A special thank you to everyone for always promoting Share Your Style on your blog and on your social media channels! I do see it when I stop by and I appreciate the love. 💜

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Thanks for coming along on this SYS journey, best of luck!

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French Ethereal is a lifestyle blog sharing tips on decorating, table settings, crafts, gardening, DIY and travel. I love an elegant Shabby Chic/Old World French decor all decorated with Faith. <3

16 thoughts on “Share Your Style #500 + Giveaway!”

    1. Thank you, Jeanie! It has been fun doing all the write-ups, now that I feel recovered. 😉 Hopefully more fun adventures soon.

      Hugs,
      Barb 🙂

  2. Loving your trip to Reno posts especially the side trip to Albuquerque as we were there about a year ago and went up the Tramway.

    1. Jackie!!!! Nice to hear from you! I think about you and Eric, and “the kids” all the time! Time flies, doesn’t it? To think we have 30-year-olds now?… I’m glad you are enjoying this series of posts. I saw that you had traveled to Arizona, I think it was. I hope you had a nice drive and time there, too. 🙂 Albuquerque is beautiful and the tramway is just magical with the views… I keep trying to get Charles to go with me as I think he’d like it there.

      Thank you for stopping by and always lending your support, <3
      Many hugs,
      Barb 🙂

  3. Congratulations on SYS 500! That’s quite an achievement and I’m so glad you’ve continued the party. I really enjoy visiting each week and seeing what amazing ideas, adventures and creativity are being shared. And thank you for featuring my backyard picnic! A lovely surprise on a hectic day. I hope to enjoy many more SYS parties while sitting beneath the trees.

    1. Sandra, I hope things slow down a bit for you. I know work must get really busy… Plus writing your own blog, which I love! Thank you for your kind thoughts and I hope we can keep the party going for another 500. 🙂

      Big hugs,
      Barb 🙂

  4. Woohoo! Congrats on party #500! That is amazing! We’re grateful to you, Barb, for continuing to offer this space to gather each week and for your ongoing support and encouragement, too! We love stopping by to see what you and this SYS community have been up to! I loved your Old Reno recap! What a special trip for you and Gini to share!

    1. Laura, thank you for your sweet thoughts! I am happy to host this party and I hope it continues bringing you joy!! Hanging out with my mother-in-love again was really fun. I will be sharing a bit more from this trip next week since I followed her home through the Sierras to the Sacramento area of California. Spent a little over a week there, as you saw in the Mobile Home Park Gardens post. (not exact title) 😉

      Thanks again and I hope you entered the giveaway,
      Hugs,
      Barb 🙂

  5. I read almost all the laura childs novels and the basket is full of lovelies I wish I could win… not on FB
    LeeAnna

    1. Hi LeeAnna! I love Laura Childs’ tea mysteries the best, but I also like her Charleston scrapbook series. I actually had the book I put in the basket as the next one to read, so it is brand new. But I could have donated a bunch. 😉 I do tend to pass “beach read” books onto my best friend and her daughter in California.

      Best wishes!
      Barb 🙂

  6. Congratulations to Nr. 500. That´s quite a lot. Nice that you are still here and let us take part at your link-parties.
    have a good time and all the best
    Violetta

  7. Barb, congratulations on #500 SYS! Wow, I remember it from the beginning, you joining, and then you taking the helm solo. A very generous giveaway, and good luck to all the readers participating. I’m not as frequent in posting (gardening calls!), but I’m happy to be here this week with two of my favorite things: gardening and tablescaping!

    1. Wonderful, Rita! I am glad you are out in the garden. I’ve been hiding from mine; the mosquitoes are out in force… Hubby has hidden the bug spray somewhere in the garage, but he will be needing it for mowing this weekend, so I’ll be out there once it is found, lol! Glad you were able to stop by this week. Best wishes!!!

  8. Barb, quite a milestone! Your travels sound fun, and thanks so much for featuring my Beef and Carrot Stew with Barley. Have a wonderful week ahead!

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