Hi friends! I’m here with the (appropriately random) winners of our extremely random Black Friday giveaway!  With over 300 comments in just a few short days, we have confirmation that you love random stuff!  We promise to clean out our closet more often now for your grab bag pleasure.

Congratulations are in order for:

– Bradi, who loved spending time with family
– Jordan, who loved wedding dress shopping with her family (brave girl!)
– Katherine, who loved cornbread stuffing and family
– Sara, who loved sharing what she was thankful for with the help of corn kernels
– Heather, who was thankful for many things, including a healthy family and new grandbabies
– Andrea, who loved the beautiful table her mom set
– Natalie, who loved getting ENGAGED!
– Shannon Foote, who loved hearing her nephew exclaim he was thankful for “jackets and God!”
– Brooke, who loved chocolate pie
– Allie C, who loved watching the parade, a cinnamon latte, and her husband beside her

Ladies, please email Emily (emily at iloveswmag dot com) with your mailing address to claim your prize! Thanks to all who entered — this was fun, and is already making us look forward to the next time we have to clean our closet!

Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit! A new month and a brand new site! Happy December! Last winter, we started cooking something to help you get in the holiday spirit. After 12 long months of waiting for the big reveal, it’s finally here! A little sneak peek from our friend Shannon Sewell of some major winter goodness coming on the blog next week. So, get that hot cocoa ready and snuggle up for a whole lot of snowy prettiness! More to come…

Hey, ladies! Just a quick note to say that I sent out the emails with your swap partner information a few minutes ago.

If you don’t receive an email by the end of the day, please let me know! As a reminder, you can read all of the details on the intro post here. Don’t forget to ship before December 15, and remember, earlier is always better!

P.S. I may have made a mistake on a few of the emails. :) Katie B, Libby B, and Paloma N, you are the only ones with a swap partner in Italy. Everyone else, please disregard that line in the email!

Over the long Thanksgiving weekend, the girls of Southern Weddings have been thinking about all of the people we are so grateful for. We are so lucky to have an extensive list of amazing people that deserve a billion thank yous. One of these people is calligrapher extraordinaire Moya. Her contributions to V2 AND V3 were to-die-for gorgeous and we are so happy to announce today’s MM Ink winner!

We asked readers to go to the recently revamped MM Ink website and pick out their favorite calligraphy style for the chance to win 75 hand-lettered escort or place cards! We randomly selected Katy as our winner. Her favorite calligraphy style was the Belle and we couldn’t agree more with her choice (though you really can’t go wrong with any of Moya’s calligraphy styles). Katy, please email whitney {at} iloveswmag {dot} com to claim your prize!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to Moya and to all of our fabulous readers! Come back soon for another fantastic giveaway.

All photos by Jose Villa

Or, I suppose, Black Friday grab boxes would be more appropriate! We hope y’all had a fabulous turkey day and are enjoying time with family and friends! (Or just enjoying some good old fashioned retail therapy… that’s okay, too!)

In the name of cleaning out our office, we’ve unearthed a pile of exceedingly random items. Some are awesome (think freebie products from events, ever-so-slightly damaged items from photoshoots), and some are, well, random :)

To wit:

Told you! Anyway, in honor of Black Friday, we have 10 awesomely random Southern Weddings grab boxes to give away. In addition to assorted remnants from our infamous office closet, you might even find a copy of V3 in your box! After that, we really have no idea what you’ll find.

Interested? Just leave a comment below telling us your your favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner. Have a great weekend, y’all!