Photo Contest Rules

May 25, 2011 | Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Countdown to Reopening Begins with a fun military themed Photo Contest!!!!!

How this will work:

Each person can submit one photo for each category. Voting will occur on my blog The top ten finalists in each category will then move to the final round. Final round of voting will occur on my website. Voting for each round will last a week. Winner in each category will win (1) $50 gift certificate to anything in my shop (not including shipping fees).

BONUS: Are ya ready for this one? One random lucky participant will get the opportunity to get drawn for a special prize just for playing. Also– More prizes will be given out the more fans I get on Facebook. If we reach 1500 fans– I will add a second place prize in all categories. 2000- Facebook fans & we get a third place prize, etc.

CATEGORIES

Military Heroes– A photo of our military men or women in uniform.

Military Homefronters– A photo of your hero and/or those that support them.

Military Life– A photo of life around your military base/area. This is your chance to be creative & show us what it is to be a part of the military community.

Submitting Photos/ Rules:

Photos MUST be submitted via email by June 7, 2011 . Email: mybraggbag@yahoo.com You must include a category & caption. Please mark the subject line with the category the photo belongs to. One photo per person per category. Include in email submission:

Name & contact email.

Caption for the photo & don’t forget to upload the photo!

ALL SUBMITTED PHOTOS CAN NOT BE COPYRIGHT PROTECTED. BY EMAILING YOUR PHOTO YOU ATTEST THAT THE PHOTO IS YOUR PROPERTY AND YOU ARE GIVING ME PERMISSION TO USE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PHOTO CONTEST.

Round one for voting will occur on my Facebook fan page— www.facebook.com/mybraggbag. Each category will have a separate album. A vote for a photo will occur by simply commenting on the photo. The ten photos that have the most comments voting for them will move on to the final round.

Final round of voting will occur on my blog. Photos will be listed and numbered. My Bragg Bag will use a polling software to allow one vote per IP address per category. Poll will close at deadline for the final round and a winner will be announced & contacted for each category.

Contest is in no way affiliated or endorsed by Facebook.

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Photo Contest & New purse designs!

May 24, 2011 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Household goods boxed and gone….check!

Cleaning for final housing inspection….check!

Working on three new purse designs….check!

Yup, that is right! I have 3 new purse sketches completed. I’m super excited to get to my sewing machine and whip up a few tester bags for testing. These purses will incorporate the feminine touch found in all My Bragg Bags, while being new and modern. They are not like anything seen in my shop & are classy & sophisticated. Nothing like anything on the market for military purses.

Hardware, piping, rings….oh my!

I can’t wait to show my faithful fans my concepts & let a few of them test my new purses before they go on the market.

In addition to being able to test new purses, I am also going to be having a photo contest for my fans to compete in.

In anticipation of my reopening mid- July, I will be hosting (3) THREE military themed photo contests!!! The winner of each catagory getting a $50 gift certificate toward anything in my store. Stay tuned for catagories and rules.

36 hours and my life is in a box

May 17, 2011 | Filed Under Military Life Ramblings | 1 Comment

One of the tougher things about being a military wife is something we face every 2-4 years. We have to watch your entire house packed in under 3 days and placed into cargo sized crates for shipment to your next destination.

In under 36 hours, my whole life and all my belongings will be boxed, taped and thrown on a tractor trailer to be either moved by semi truck or by sea from Alaska to Maryland.

Ask any military wife and we can all give tips on how to live for a month, two months, sometimes more with just what you can take on a plane or pack into your car. Most of us own at least one air mattress to sleep on while we finish clearing housing or until we get our household goods delivered.

Most families look forward to buying homes and bringing their kids home. I know many wives who can remember each house that was their first family home. The home we are saying good bye to at Fort Richardson, Alaska is such home. While I didn’t bring my daughter home in this house– this surely is going to be the first home she remembers. Three months ago, I brought my son home from the hospital to this home. We have such fond memories & I don’t want to leave it. Can a tornado pick it up and take it to our “Oz” at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital?

In 36 hours, my possessions will be heading out the door. By Friday, we will be living on an air mattress and cleaning a home for housing inspection. After that, a cross country trek from Alaska to Maryland by way of ferry and car with two small children , two cats and a husband.

This isn’t the first time we will be moving, and it isn’t the last. Just because I am becoming a more seasoned mover–doesn’t mean saying goodbye is easy. The first step is seeing our stuff packed, the next is saying goodbye to our military family.

Army threw us a curveball!

April 14, 2011 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

So the Army has thrown us a curve ball. We have orders to PCS to Walter Reed. So with a 3 month old, 3 year old and two cats we will be trekking by car from Alaska to Maryland. We plan on taking 3 weeks to travel & visit many family/ friends along the way.

What does this mean for my business?

It means I will stopping custom orders April 15 to clean the house, get rid of items we don’t want and prepare for the movers to take our goods. I will keep the shop open until May 2 so my ready-to -ship items can be purchased.

We are looking to get into Maryland the end of June. We hope to find a house and move in early July. Once we are settled and our household goods delivered, I will reopen. This will happen as early as mid-late July, but may happen sometime in August. I hope everyone understands & I will update this blog and my Facebook page as we travel and arrive.

Good bye Alaska— hello Washington, D.C!!!!

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News- Nov 2010

November 11, 2010 | Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments

This month I took the last of my custom orders until after our newborn comes into the world. My due date is 2/5/2011 and we are super excited to meet Baby Seth! Please check back to see photos of our new arrival and a time frame of when I will reopen for custom purses.

I will sew custom orders and then stock up on ready made items for all branches– that way everyone can still have a Bragg Bag for Christmas. Click on the Shop tab to browse each branch’s items.

Enjoy the holidays! They are right around the corner