Lady Vanderbilt Giveaway!

Yay! Another semester is done! I hope everybody is starting to relax. 
 I am very excited to announce my first ever giveaway. As many of you know, I have been an intern with Lady Vanderbilt since May. Lady Vanderbilt is a company founded by Caroline Orlando and makes incredibly cute necklaces. We have a really cool tumblr blog, you should check it out.
  The necklace I am giving away is the "It's in Key" special edition pendant. I thought it would be an appropriate celebration since my thesis topic revolves around music. 

Here is how to enter to win the pendant:
1. "Follow" this blog using Google Friend Connect.
2. "Like" Lady Vanderbilt on facebook.
3. Leave a comment on this entry saying you have done these things.

Only enter once. If you already follow the blog and like LV, just say that in your comment.

Want one more chance to win? Follow me on twitter @francescalyn and comment in this entry with your twitter username.

The deadline for all entries is Monday, December 20, 2010 at noon. I'll use a random number generator and a hat to pull names out of so it will be fair. I will announce the winner on December 21, 2010. The winner will have to email me their address so I can have LV ship it out!

Do you tumblr?

Hi. I now blog for  LADY VANDERBILT's tumblr. I also decided to revive my own tumblr which is just going to be interesting pictures and things I like.

LV tumblr

OST tumblr

virtual internships

I have an internship with a jewelry company called Lady Vanderbilt. This internship is being conducted entirely virtually, we mostly correspond by emails throughout the day and then conference by phone or online once a week.

I am handling social media PR and some online marketing. It's interesting how these things are changing due to Twitter and Facebook. So far we have really had a lot of success contacting fashion bloggers and having them host giveaways. It's an amazing amount of press for a very little money spent. Plus, fashion bloggers are really driving trends. Blogs are much more accessible than most print media. 

quick update

I'm loving life right now. I'm at my parent's house in South Florida relaxing.

I'm interning with a great company, Lady Vanderbilt. It's a newish jewelry brand. The look is very young and fresh. I've always fantasized about working in fashion so this is great. I really want to learn more about branding, I think that is an area I could really succeed in. 

I just read Kelly Cutrone's book If You Have to Cry Go Outside. It was awesome! Kelly Cutrone is one of my personal heroes. I would love to meet her. It's amazing how she basically made herself. I highly recommend it.

Okay, now I have to get back to work!