Now that my exams have finished, I've finally got time to write a very important post that I've been meaning to write forever and ever, about BSB's lovely best friends! They've sponsored us through our Christmas competition, and they deserve a lot of love for that, so we're here to tell you all about them. We promise that Body Image Season will be back very very very very soon :)

Don't forget that you can read What Katie Thinks About Body Image (featuring Katie of 'What Katie Wore') now - CLICK HERE.

Illustrator Claire

Can be found at -  www.illustratorclaire.com

Claireis a BSB columnist and professional illustrator,who also runs an Etsy shop, selling "hand-drawn magnets, craft-based sculpture and my Mum's old jeans".

She donated her Fridge-Style Game  to the Christmas competition prize-fund, but our favourite of her products at the moment is her Magnetic Romance set, worth $6.50, which is about average cost for her products.

Take a look;

"A gentleman, a lady, and the flowers she breathes over him, depicted in magnets.

Hand drawn! One of a kind set."

See it HERE

We'd recommend this shop to anyone looking for a unique, eclectic gift for a friend, or for someone who just wants to jazz their kitchen up a little bit!

CoCo Rose London

"Unfold when the going gets tough"

Can be found at - www.cocoroselondon.com

CoCo Rose Londonis run by a very lovely lady named Janan, who kindly donated a pair of CoCo Roses for the winner, as well as a bunch of other stuff for everybody else. They sell foldable shoes to store in your handbag, for nights out when those heels get too much... and foldable bags to keep the heels in afterwards!

Shoes cost between £30 and £35, and bags cost £3.50.

Our favourites are their Vesper Shoes -

You can see them HERE.

We'd have to recommend these to literally anyone who has ever felt the strain on their feet after too long in their stilettos - they come in a range of colours and styles, so everyone is sure to find some that they like :)

I Love Cutie Pie

"Cute, Kitsch Vintage Jewelery"

Can be found at - www.ilovecutiepie.com

The lovely Dani of I love Cutie Pie donated a beautiful necklace towards the competition. They sell a lot of wonderful, unique jewelery - necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings in cute vintage styles. Jewelery can vary in price significantly, as is to be expected, but prices are reasonable, and everything is beautiful!

Despite the fact that my ears aren't pierced, my personal favourite product is a pair of gorgeous earrings called Stupid Cupid -

See them HERE

We'd definfitly recommend this store to all lovers of unique jewelery, and the vintage look - it's an absolute goldmine for that kind of thing!

So, thank you, once again, to all our lovely best friends - make sure you check them out!

We'll be back to normal, and talking Body Image again very very soon!

LoveLoveLove

- A -

Too add the official BSB Christmas Competition Press Release to your blog, please head copy and paste this code into a post;

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If you click HERE, you can find the full details - we are considering lengthening the deadline for you all to have time to write your posts!

Can't wait to see you all at the (virtual) Christmas Party!

LoveLoveLove

- A -

Here at BSB, we're all feeling a little bit festive, a little bit early this year...

Well, Ok, that's a little bit of a lie. Amy's feeling a little bit festive a little bit early this year - she's even listening to Christmas songs on YouTube as she types this!

Anyway - to celebrate our first Christmas at BSB, we're having a faaabulous competition, inspired by the wonderful Dream Sequins and her blog's virtual birthday party...

So...

Yep - that's right! We're having a very special Christmas Party this year, and it's happening right here, right now!

We've hired a very large, imaginary room in a very stylish somewhere in London, with pink and silver tinsel, and star-shaped fairy lights everywhere... and we'd love for you to be there to celebrate it with us!

"So tell us about this competition, then, Amy..."

All our members are invited to the party (yes, you are allowed to sign up just so you can par-taay with us), and as a community of fashion bloggers, we thought it was only right to hear about what you're wearing to the party... as well as some other stuff.

In fact, that's how you enter - we'd like you to write a post on your blog, with a photo of you in your Christmas Party clothes (there's no theme, m'afraid - whatever you feel festive and party-ish in is good with us!), telling the world about the party, and about what you'd wear.

It's a bring-a-plate party, too, so we want to know what you're bringing for us all to eat or drink - be inspired, and bring something festive and cool! Show it to us, or give us a recipe, and we'll love you even more.

We'd also like you to tell us which song you'd like on the playlist - festive and fun, or the one you always dance to, or the one that means the most.

Anything goes...

"Recap that, then, a second... I have to write a blog post with what?"

• A photo of you in your party clothes
• An explanation of what you're wearing and why
• What food (or drink!) you're bringing to our non-existant party
• And what song you'd like on the playlist

"Then what?"

Then post the link to your blog, as well as your email address, as a comment on this post! You have until December 10th to do it!

"Um... Ok. But... what do I win?!"

We have three prizes, kindly donated by our lovely new sponsors;

First Prize is - A pair of Coco Roses and a strawberry bag, kindly donated by Coco Rose London, Claire Napier's Fridge Style game, and a Look of Love necklace, kindly donated by I Love Cutie Pie

Second Prize - A £20 voucher for Coco Rose, and a Coco Rose strawberry bag, kindly donated by Coco Rose London

Third Prize - A £15 voucher for Coco Rose, and a Coco Rose strawberry bag, kindly donated by Coco Rose London

"How're you judging this thing, then?"

The judging panel hasn't quite been decided, yet - it'll definitly be all of the BSB contributors, and hopefully reps from Coco Rose and I Love Cutie Pie, too, as well as maybe some other people... Ho humm, who knows?

The judges will whittle entries down to five, and then those will go to a public vote - so you need to get your supporters out in force to help you win!

"Anything else?"

Of course!

Firstly, it would be amazing if entrants could please follow @ilovecutiepie and @cocoroselondon, on twitter?

And secondly, terms and conditions - this competition is only open to members of British Style Bloggers (although you can join just to enter). You must be a UK resident to enter, and you must provide all elements of an entry in order to be elligible. You must display a BSB badge or Blog of the Month badge on your blog to be elligible. Contributors, sadly, can't enter.

We'll let you know anything else as we think of it!

Good luck, and see you at the party (we'll be posting our party blogs here, even though we can't enter the competition, to keep you in the spirit of things!)...

And, merry Christmas, happy hannuka, and a thoroughly joyous holiday season to all!

LoveLoveLove

- Amy and the BSB team -

I am fully in love with our brand new logo, courtesy of columnist and absolute blooming star, Claire Napier!

(c) British Style Bloggers & Claire Napier 2009

Before you all tell me what you think, I'm going to explain the concept to the logo - Claire and I decided that we wanted to keep elements of the old logo, but build on it, to make it more "British" - the figure is based on "Britannia".

So that you can look and compare...

The old logo, and then Claire's first sketch for this one, and then the new logo...

So, what do you think? Personally, I absolutely blooming love it, but I'd love to know what you think!

LoveLoveLove

- A -