by Laura Parker Roerden
Many of you know that I’ve been a green ambassador for Karina Dresses for some time now—bringing tips for green living to the Karina Nation through their blog.
Karina Dresses and Jo-Erl Farm have a lot in common. Founder Karina Cousineau is from Uxbridge, MA, where Jo-Erl Farm has fed five generations during our various incarnations as a poultry, a dairy, and now offering grassfed beef and pastured poultry. I remember Karina and her mother Lorraine and sister Pat sewing in her childhood home back in the 1970s, where I would visit with Karina’s younger sister Su and a large group of closely knit girls including Jane Clarke, Gail Carey, Lauren Steele, Christine Gervais, Deb Lamontagne and Jeanne Beaumier. I’m grateful to say that 45 years later, that group of close knit girls all still retain our friendships as women, along with our fondness for things local, home made, and sown (or sewn) with care.
Karina has founded her company on those very principles: her dresses are handmade here in the U.S. with love. And her commitment is to empowering women of all ages with dresses for every body. I like the slightly nostalgic feel of her designs and their easy-wear comfort, which reminds me of the dresses my grandmother wore every day of her life on the farm. I’ve worn Karina Dresses to the beach, to meetings, on dates, to evening functions, fundraisers, to church, and yes, even occasionally to the barn, before I dash off to somewhere else.
Enter the Giveaway
This Valentine’s we want to show YOU some love by offering you a chance to win a Karina dress in a giveaway. We are partnering with other bloggers to show all the ways to wear a Karina Dress. The Frockstar™ Nation Event will show how a Karina Dress truly is a dress made for every body.
Here’s where you enter the giveaway:
Karina Dresses has a newsletter you will want to get in your inbox. Each weekly newsletter has a winner of a new dress selected from the email subscribers. You have to open the email to see if it is you! In addition to giveaways, the Karina Dresses newsletter also has flash sales with the hottest prints at almost 50% off! To make this newsletter even more desirable to join, if you sign up and confirm your subscription (or are already a subscriber and enter this giveaway) you will be entered into the sweepstakes for $1000 in Karina Dresses! Are you ready to join the Karina Nation? Subscribe here! http://bit.ly/KDnews
If you are a blogger and you would like to do a review of a Karina Dress, they choose their reviewers from their affiliates! You can sign up to be an affiliate here: http://bit.ly/KDAffiliate
Are you ready for extra entries?
Use @KarinaDresses and #frockstar to let Karina know your favorite dress from the Frockstar™ Nation Event bloggers. You can also get 100 entries a day by commenting on each of the bloggers posts from the linky below!
such a cute dress, good length and very flattering
Thanks so much, Melissa! I love it, too.
I like the Patti dress you are wearing!
Thanks! It truly is my favorite right now, too. You can throw a blazer on it and go to a meeting or a sweater for a night out. And it’s so comfortable!
Love the dress. You look amazing and I really like the mix of patterns.
I like this floral print. It’s very pretty.
After the winter we’ve had here in the northeast, the florals really speak to me, too. SPRING!
I like it, bringing floral back!
I agree! I almost always love florals. And I’m really picky about prints in general.
I really love the pockets too because that’s what I always miss when wearing most dresses…the pockets!
LOVE this dress!
Me. Too!
That is a cute print.
Yes! What a great print–it goes with everything, I think.
You look very beautiful!
Aww! Thanks! I love this dress.
This dress looks very flattering on you.
Thank you so much!
The patti dress is gorgeous and so flattering on you. I would love to give it a go.
This dress is beautiful! It fits you so well too. Floral patterns are my favorite and I like how you mixed and matched. So cute. 🙂
cute , love the lines color, print, love pockets on dresses, very slimming
Thanks, Cathy!
I really like how your own vintage style shines through in this dress-very cute!
I enjoy all of the flowers in the dress – it’s perfect for spring!!
that dress looks lovely on you,but dont think it would on a plus size woman,,but you rock it!
Nice dress
What a beautiful dress! You are a #Frockstar!
I love how this can be dressed up or down. I love the colors in the dress.
I really like the pattern mixing that you did with the dress, tights and cardi-very, very cute!
I’m LOVING this!
Your dress is very feminine and pretty- it looks great!
Thank you so much for a chance at grabbing one of these beautiful dresses for free!
I love the pretty floral dress. It looks great on you and the boots really look chic.
I like the print on the dress even though I can’t see the rest of it. I love your boots!
I love when dresses have pockets! Fit looks great on you!!!
Love this dress and the interesting way you styled it.
The style and pretty print look wonderful on you!
I really like these dresses, and this looks great on you. However….I don’t think I could pull this one off. They all look so comfy to wear though! AWESOME!
I would love to choose a new dress from Karina dresses.
I don’t usually wear such a busy look, but I think you’ve pulled it off!
The floral print seems to work well on you and you look great.
love floral dress