Did you know that we have a sister store that sells scarves? We do indeed! And they’ve got some exciting things going on over there that we’re thrilled to share. They’ve recently moved to a new home at Scarves Dot Net! Check out the adorable video they made to celebrate the launch. {Psst…you may recognize some of the regulars from Handbag Heaven in the video!}

We’re also very excited about our Gal’s Guide to Valentine’s Day! With advice on what to wear {even if your plans involve a night of dancin’ like a fool with your girlfriends}, what to get the dude in your life, and a chance to win a bag from us!

Hope you’re having a great week!

Hey, fellow fashionistas! We’ve got a fun way for you to get you in the Valentine’s Day spirit AND enter to win the handbag of your choice from Handbag Heaven! We’re huge fans of Polyvore and designed a contest to get share some of that loving feeling! Enter your set for the chance to win a $65 gift card to Handbag Heaven.

Here’s what to do: Make a Polyvore set that features your favorite Handbag Heaven purse in a Valentine’s Day ensemble and submit it to us for a chance to win!

1. If you don’t have one already, you’ll have to create an account on Polyvore.com.
2. Join our contest group so you can enter the contest.
3. Add the Polyvore Clipper to your browser. For this contest you’ll need to include one of our handbags. Go here and follow their easy instructions. Once the button is up on your bookmarks toolbar, you can click it whenever you want to add a product to your items!
4. Once you’re all registered and have your Clipper ready to go, you can start making a Handbag Heaven Valentine’s Day outfit!
5. Once you’ve created the perfect Valentine’s Day look, don’t forget to submit your set to our Polyvore contest page for your entry to count. Happy styling!
6. You can also tell your friends about the contest by sharing via the “promote” tab on Polyvore!

Other rules & details:

• No limit on entries! If you’re feeling inspired and want to share multiple sets, go for it! Each set will count as one entry.
• The contest will run from January 23-February 13 2012. At the end of the contest we’ll use a random generator to select the winner of the contest. We’re trying to be as fair as possible!
• The winner receive the virtual gift card the day the contest ends – so you can take advantage of some last minute outfit planning!
• This contest is available to US & Canada only (sorry guys!)

We love sharing beautiful things and will be pinning these sets via Pinterest & tweeting some of them as well. Get on the bandwagon and share with us!

Hit us up on Twitter and Facebook!

Take Me Back to the Gal’s Guide to Valentine’s Day

So the results are finally in, and it’s official: Justin Bieber is the most popular superstar according to you fans! We had almost 1500 total votes, which made for a great contest! Thanks to everyone who voted! We had over 30 reblogs and tons of Facebook likes and tweets – there’s no doubt you all are the best fans on the planet! You can see some of our most fav quotes from you all about why your superstar is the best below.

As much as we wish we could let everyone win, we had to pick three random winners. After careful counting of the entries, the winners are:

• Grand Prize of a $200 Ticketmaster Gift Card & 2 pairs of SunglassWarehouse.com sunglasses: Heather Whitehead!
• 2^nd Prize of a $25 Best Buy Gift Card: Maddie Henderson!
• 3^rd Prize of a $25 Gift Card to HandbagHeaven.com – Coral Winkel!

Congratulations to all winners and stay tuned for more fun Handbag Heaven contests!

Here are some of the things you all had to say about this head to head:

• Justin is UNBELIEVABLY talented, especially for his age. Coming from a vocalist, both his range and control are amazing. Not to mention he can play numerous instruments and play them well, dance, rap, be he’s an athlete, he’s adorable…whats not to love? lol. But I mostly am just crazy about his voice. It literally always puts me into a better mood when I hear it! –Hannah
• I like Taylor for her music and amazing lyrics, and not just for the fact that she has nice hair or is from a small town in Canada. The Biebs is good, but I listen to her more. –Taylor
• Justin talks about his faith in God & that inspires me daily. His voice is amazing and he has worked his way up from the bottom. I just relate to him. I wanna meet him. Not to mention he is adorable. <3 Every girls dream for sure. –Carly
• Taylor’s songs are true and full of meaning very emotional and inspiring. She is my role model and her songs changed my life. –Alyssa
• Justin Bieber has always been a huge artist. I love and enjoy all his music. I have every cd and I’m getting his christmas album (: ive been to his concert in Vancouver and it was absolutely amaaazing ! <3 –Chloe
• Me and my Fiance love one of Taylor Swift‘s songs, and he would not be happy if I took him with me to a Justin Bieber concert. To him it would be torture! -Cynthia
• Because he’s JUSTIN BIEBER… DUH! –Casey

Congratulations, Katie! We love how you used the Elliot Studded Satchel in your festive look! Enjoy spending your $65 gift card.  We enjoyed seeing all of your entries! We will be adding several of the holiday sets to our Style Guide so keep a look out and we’ll be sure to announce when the sets have been added.

Keep up with us because we’ll be running more Polyvore contests next year with more chances to win handbags and other fun products!

*The winner was chosen by a random number generator:

We’ve had some awesome entries for our holiday Handbag Heaven looks! Have you entered our contest to win a free handbag yet?

The crew at Handbag Heaven is teaming up with Sunglass Warehouse to start weighing the credentials, but who will win when we put Taylor and Justin in the ring together? We’re hosting a contest to find out. Our fansite friends at Taylor-Swift.nu and Justin Bieber Zone have joined the match in hopes that they can tip the scales in favor of their favorite artist. We tend to favor Taylor, with her killer style and mag cover credentials, but Sunglass Warehouse has their money on Bieber. Guess we’ll have to see who comes out on top!

And guess what else?

One very lucky fan will win TICKETS to see their favorite artist in concert.

Head over to the contest to find out how to enter and how to WIN! Good luck fans!

Our good friends at WikiFashionista.com hosted a video contest where fashionistas entered street styles that feature their favorite accessories. Meet the contest winner, Zoe B from Century City, CA.  As a winner she got one of our handbags and said she chose the Jamie Buckle because it fits her busy lifestyle as a student. You’ve got great street style, Zoe! Congrats on winning the contest and hope you love the Handbag Heaven messenger bag.

Inspired by her look? Get the Jamie Buckle Satchel for yourself!

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Congratulations to Terri Patillo with the name the Savannah Spring Satchel! See it.

We’re thrilled to announce the start of our ‘Name It To Win It’ handbag-naming contest! This lovely new bag needs a name to be featured on the Handbag Heaven official site.

Enter the contest simply by leaving your name idea in the comment section below.

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Earn extra entries!

1. Tweet this giveaway and leave a comment telling us that you did so. Feel free to copy and paste this: What’s in a name? A free handbag, that’s what! I just entered @handbagheaven’s Name It To Win It giveaway. http://bit.ly/e3D9Sl (One additional entry per day)
2. Blog about this giveaway and leave us the direct link in the comments.
3. Leave you entry as a comment on our Facebook Page in too.

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Want to buy this bag now? Get exclusive early access here. This contest ends at midnight EST on Thursday, April 21. Open to US and Canada.

Spring’s finally starting to poke its beautiful head out from behind the cold, grey clouds, and it’s making us here at Handbag Heaven a little antsy.

To kick off the wonders of Spring, we wanted to host a little giveaway for our lovely handbag enthusiasts!

Check out our friend’s blog, Divine Secrets of a Domestic Diva, to find out how to win a bag of your choice from Handbag Heaven.

The contest closes this Friday, 1 April, so get your entries in now!

Best of luck, ladies!