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The Trade Market: Looking to Buy

Welcome to the Trade Market! This is Effortless Anthropologie's weekly buy posting. You are welcome to create classified-style listings in the comments or link to an outside auction service. Please note that resellers are not permitted. Please note this post is for buying only -- there is a separate selling/trade post below.

All transactions listed within are conducted independently of this blog and as such I have zero involvement. If you have a positive experience you're welcome to leave a comment stating such. If you have a negative experience please send me feedback directly via email to snapsparkchik (at) gmail.com. Please make sure to read The Trade Market Guidelines before posting. You can view past Trade Market posts by clicking on the "trade market" button in the sidebar. Cheers to a wonderful community!


The EA Trade Market is now also on Facebook. Get the details here.
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The Trade Market: Looking to Sell/Trade

Welcome to the Trade Market! This is Effortless Anthropologie's weekly buy/sell/trade posting. You are welcome to create classified-style listings in the comments or link to an outside auction service. Please note that resellers are not permitted. Please note this post is for selling/trading -- there is a separate buying post above.

All transactions listed within are conducted independently of this blog and as such I have zero involvement. If you have a positive experience you're welcome to leave a comment stating such. If you have a negative experience please send me feedback directly via email to snapsparkchik (at) gmail.com. Please make sure to read The Trade Market Guidelines before posting. You can also view past Trade Market posts by clicking on the "trade market" button in the sidebar. Cheers to a wonderful community!


The EA Trade Market is now also on Facebook. Get the details here.
Guide to commenting with IntenseDebate.
How to add photos to your IntenseDebate comment.

Playing the Sale Guessing Game

Tomorrow is the last day of 2012 and something tells me Anthropologie will not be giving us any new markdowns til the clock has struck 2013. But I've certainly been wrong before! Perhaps we'll see 2nd/3rd/etc cuts finally? Or maybe a larger % off sale? Your guess is as good as mine. Last week saw many of the holiday dresses go on sale as well as a few long-awaited stragglers. What will this week bring? Let's play the Sale Guessing Game and find out!

Eye Candy: Effortless Anthro Reader Outfits!

MC of Mom Cat Diaries

Dress: Anthropologie

Slip: A Slip Shop

Tights: Target

Belt: Forever 21

Shoes: Seychelles

Jacket: Tulle from Nordstrom Rack

Happy weekend! I hope all that celebrate had a lovely Christmas and wishing everyone Season's Greetings. It's a shorter version of Reader Outfits this week but still plenty of lovely looks to take in! I'm excited to see some NYE looks next week!! If you'd like to submit a look for Reader Outfits please read through the guidelines and then snap away!

Just a quick thanks to everyone who included me on their Christmas card list!! I was flattered to receive email versions from a bunch of community members. It's so lovely to see your families' smiling faces and I hope to someday send out my own family card.

On to the outfits...

The weekend in-store community post

I have noticed a lot of community members sharing in-store deals and spots in the comments of various posts. Inspired by the weekly Seek & Find posts started by the lovely Alexis over at J.Crew Aficionada, I think now is a good time to start a similar weekly post here.

{Weekly} Popbacks Open Thread

Note: Today is possibly the last day to get 30% off Anthropologie's sale items! Details in this post. Eye Candy will run tomorrow, Reader Outfits will run on Sunday! (To send your Reader Outfit in, simply email me.)

By request of the community comes this weekly post. Please use this post to list website popbacks that you see on your wishlist, via search engines, or in your shopping cart. Popbacks go very quickly but hopefully by having them in one place will be helpful. Please do not use this post for store sightings -- the Weekend in-store community post will run later this afternoon.

The Trade Market: Looking to Buy

Welcome to the Trade Market! This is Effortless Anthropologie's weekly buy posting. You are welcome to create classified-style listings in the comments or link to an outside auction service. Please note that resellers are not permitted. Please note this post is for buying only -- there is a separate selling/trade post below.

All transactions listed within are conducted independently of this blog and as such I have zero involvement. If you have a positive experience you're welcome to leave a comment stating such. If you have a negative experience please send me feedback directly via email to snapsparkchik (at) gmail.com. Please make sure to read The Trade Market Guidelines before posting. You can view past Trade Market posts by clicking on the "trade market" button in the sidebar. Cheers to a wonderful community!


The EA Trade Market is now also on Facebook. Get the details here.
Guide to commenting with IntenseDebate.
How to add photos to your IntenseDebate comment.

The Trade Market: Looking to Sell/Trade

Welcome to the Trade Market! This is Effortless Anthropologie's weekly buy/sell/trade posting. You are welcome to create classified-style listings in the comments or link to an outside auction service. Please note that resellers are not permitted. Please note this post is for selling/trading -- there is a separate buying post above.

All transactions listed within are conducted independently of this blog and as such I have zero involvement. If you have a positive experience you're welcome to leave a comment stating such. If you have a negative experience please send me feedback directly via email to snapsparkchik (at) gmail.com. Please make sure to read The Trade Market Guidelines before posting. You can also view past Trade Market posts by clicking on the "trade market" button in the sidebar. Cheers to a wonderful community!


The EA Trade Market is now also on Facebook. Get the details here.
Guide to commenting with IntenseDebate.
How to add photos to your IntenseDebate comment.

Anthropologie's SALE is here for the after-holidays!!

That holiday dress you bought a few weeks ago at Anthropologie went on sale this morning! And that's not all, it's a pretty large list this week. Plus there's a 30% off sale items promo! More after the jump...

What are you hoping to see under the tree?

With Christmas so close I thought it would be fun to share what we're hoping to find under the tree! Not only is it fun to wish, it might give us some ideas to use our gift cards on. My list after the jump, please add yours in the comments! (Links welcome.)

Playing the Sale Guessing Game

It's the day before the day before Christmas. This weekend hasn't seen any special promotions from Anthropologie and I have to wonder if they'll wait until Dec. 25th or 26th before making any more cuts. Last week saw a small group of cuts focusing on shoes. What will this week bring? Let's play the Sale Guessing Game and find out!

Eye Candy: Effortless Anthro Reader Outfits!

Meagan

Jacket: Lace Delphinium Blazer 

Top: Fading Floral Ruched Pullover

Skirt: Spun Sweater Skirt 

Tights: Some black tights

Shoes: Classic Tall Ugg boots

It's a holly jolly time of year and this week's Reader Outfits have caught the holiday spirit!! Plenty of pretty festive looks lie within this week's post, sure to put a smile on even the Grinch's face. Thanks to all of our contributors -- please show your love in the comments.  If you'd like to submit a look for Reader Outfits please read through the guidelines and then snap away!

On to the outfits...

The weekend in-store community post

I have noticed a lot of community members sharing in-store deals and spots in the comments of various posts. Inspired by the weekly Seek & Find posts started by the lovely Alexis over at J.Crew Aficionada, I think now is a good time to start a similar weekly post here.

{Weekly} Popbacks Open Thread

Note: Eye Candy will run tomorrow, Reader Outfits will run on Sunday! (To send your Reader Outfit in, simply email me.)

By request of the community comes this weekly post. Please use this post to list website popbacks that you see on your wishlist, via search engines, or in your shopping cart. Popbacks go very quickly but hopefully by having them in one place will be helpful. Please do not use this post for store sightings -- the Weekend in-store community post will run later this afternoon.

Win a vintage locket from Bellflower Bay Antique & Vintage Jewelry!

Who's ready for a giveaway? Effortless Anthropologie and Bellflower Bay Antique & Vintage Jewelry have teamed up to give one lucky community member a gorgeous piece of vintage jewelry!

Artist Interview: Meet Jenn & Joyce of Bellflower Bay Jewelry!

Let's take a break from the crazy Christmas shopping season! It's always a pleasure to team up with independent artists and showcase their work for the community. Jenn and Joyce of Bellflower Bay Antique & Vintage Jewelry are a mother-daughter team based out of metro area NYC who hunt down and sell beautiful vintage and antique jewelry pieces. Their finds are beautiful and fit right in with my love for exquisite baubles and statement pieces. Later on today EA will host a giveaway with Bellflower Bay. But first, get to know Jenn & Joyce and learn about their Etsy store in this artist interview!

A tiny set of Anthropologie markdowns appears this morning!

Some new sale goodies appeared this morning. It's a short list but there's a hint of what might be coming this weeekend! What the community sees after the jump...

2012 Gift Guide: Light and bright

Candles and votives are easy to pack and easy to give! They're one of my favorite winter hostess gifts. I've picked out a bunch of my favorites for today's mini gift guide.

Email: Last day of FREE SHIPPING for anthro members, plus Anthropologie's 25 best gifts

Perks for anthro members continue to flow in! Hopefully every anthro member in the community has received their one-time use Free Shipping code for Anthropologie's website. If not you should email the anthro team to request your code. Although this code is advertised as having no minimum you need a full-priced item in your cart for the code to work.

In addition to the one-time use Free Shipping code for anthro members, Anthropologie is also giving us a list of their 25 favorite gifts. I've got a few more to add!

The Trade Market: Looking to Buy

Welcome to the Trade Market! This is Effortless Anthropologie's weekly buy posting. You are welcome to create classified-style listings in the comments or link to an outside auction service. Please note that resellers are not permitted. Please note this post is for buying only -- there is a separate selling/trade post below.

All transactions listed within are conducted independently of this blog and as such I have zero involvement. If you have a positive experience you're welcome to leave a comment stating such. If you have a negative experience please send me feedback directly via email to snapsparkchik (at) gmail.com. Please make sure to read The Trade Market Guidelines before posting. You can view past Trade Market posts by clicking on the "trade market" button in the sidebar. Cheers to a wonderful community!


The EA Trade Market is now also on Facebook. Get the details here.
Guide to commenting with IntenseDebate.
How to add photos to your IntenseDebate comment.

The Trade Market: Looking to Sell/Trade

Welcome to the Trade Market! This is Effortless Anthropologie's weekly buy/sell/trade posting. You are welcome to create classified-style listings in the comments or link to an outside auction service. Please note that resellers are not permitted. Please note this post is for selling/trading -- there is a separate buying post above.

All transactions listed within are conducted independently of this blog and as such I have zero involvement. If you have a positive experience you're welcome to leave a comment stating such. If you have a negative experience please send me feedback directly via email to snapsparkchik (at) gmail.com. Please make sure to read The Trade Market Guidelines before posting. You can also view past Trade Market posts by clicking on the "trade market" button in the sidebar. Cheers to a wonderful community!


The EA Trade Market is now also on Facebook. Get the details here.
Guide to commenting with IntenseDebate.
How to add photos to your IntenseDebate comment.

Shoes once again star in Anthropologie's SALE!! PLUS FREE SHIPPING!

This week in Anthropologie sale we've got tops and we've got shoes. The natural combination before Christmas, right?

Playing the Sale Guessing Game

This weekend Anthropologie is running a special promotion where you save $25 off every $100 you spend (get the details or shop it). Last week we got a nice sale after the promotion ended -- will this week see the same? Let's play the Sale Guessing Game and find out!

Eye Candy: Effortless Anthro Reader Outfits!

Shannon of Shannon Hearts
Dress: Anthropologie Skies of Ore Dress, 
Tights: Target, 
Shoes: Hinge, 
Scarf: Target, 
Jacket: Nanette Lepore

Good morning ladies on a slightly subdued Sunday. What we need after a heavy ending to last week is something to make us smile -- so it's time for Reader Outfits! I'm sitting this week's post out but we've got plenty of beautiful looks to ooh and aah over. I hope that all our Jewish community members are enjoying the last day of Hanukkah as I am. Christmas is right around the corner! Please show your love for our wonderful  contributors in the comments! If you'd like to submit a look for Reader Outfits please read through the guidelines and then snap away!

On to the outfits...

The weekend in-store community post

I have noticed a lot of community members sharing in-store deals and spots in the comments of various posts. Inspired by the weekly Seek & Find posts started by the lovely Alexis over at J.Crew Aficionada, I think now is a good time to start a similar weekly post here.

{Weekly} Popbacks Open Thread

Note: Anthropologie is running a $25 off every $100 you spend promotion this weekend! Get the details here. Eye Candy will run tomorrow, Reader Outfits will run on Sunday! (To send your Reader Outfit in, simply email me.)

By request of the community comes this weekly post. Please use this post to list website popbacks that you see on your wishlist, via search engines, or in your shopping cart. Popbacks go very quickly but hopefully by having them in one place will be helpful. Please do not use this post for store sightings -- the Weekend in-store community post will run later this afternoon.

This weekend only! Take $25 off every $100 you spend on Anthropologie's website!!

Here's an Anthropologie website promotion we've never seen before! Starting today and through Sunday at 11:59 PM ET, Anthro is offering $25 off every $100 you spend on their website using the code MERRYMERRY.

{Weekly} EA Community Anthro reviews!

Welcome to the weekly EA community reviews post. This post was inspired by a similar J.Crew-themed community reviews post over at J.Crew Aficionada.

In this post, you can:
- Leave a comment with your Anthropologie product review
- Link to your reviews page on anthropologie.com
- Link to your own  blog reviews
- Ask if there are any reviews for an item in  the community
- Link to someone else's blog if they  have reviewed an item someone is inquiring about (no links to copycats please)

For full guidelines, please read this post.

Guide to commenting with IntenseDebate.
How to add photos to your IntenseDebate comment.

These are a few of my favorite charms!

As a kid I used to love charm anything. Charm bracelets. Charm necklaces. Lucky Charms. Even now as an adult I love the idea of connecting seemingly unrelated items in a way that may make sense only to me. It's why I've been so delighted by the Charm items Anthropologie is carrying! And for today only they're all 30% off on Anthropologie's website.

It's a sparkly holiday season with Swarovski Elements, plus a contest!

See the full Swarovski Elements calendar on their Facebook page!

I love a little sparkle to go with my holidays! Today on EA we'll be focusing on jewelry, charms, and sparkly gifts. Swarovski Elements wants to connect with the Effortless Anthropologie community to unveil its sparkling advent calendar.

The Trade Market: Looking to Buy

Welcome to the Trade Market! This is Effortless Anthropologie's weekly buy posting. You are welcome to create classified-style listings in the comments or link to an outside auction service. Please note that resellers are not permitted. Please note this post is for buying only -- there is a separate selling/trade post below.

All transactions listed within are conducted independently of this blog and as such I have zero involvement. If you have a positive experience you're welcome to leave a comment stating such. If you have a negative experience please send me feedback directly via email to snapsparkchik (at) gmail.com. Please make sure to read The Trade Market Guidelines before posting. You can view past Trade Market posts by clicking on the "trade market" button in the sidebar. Cheers to a wonderful community!


The EA Trade Market is now also on Facebook. Get the details here.
Guide to commenting with IntenseDebate.
How to add photos to your IntenseDebate comment.

The Trade Market: Looking to Sell/Trade

Welcome to the Trade Market! This is Effortless Anthropologie's weekly buy/sell/trade posting. You are welcome to create classified-style listings in the comments or link to an outside auction service. Please note that resellers are not permitted. Please note this post is for selling/trading -- there is a separate buying post above.

All transactions listed within are conducted independently of this blog and as such I have zero involvement. If you have a positive experience you're welcome to leave a comment stating such. If you have a negative experience please send me feedback directly via email to snapsparkchik (at) gmail.com. Please make sure to read The Trade Market Guidelines before posting. You can also view past Trade Market posts by clicking on the "trade market" button in the sidebar. Cheers to a wonderful community!


The EA Trade Market is now also on Facebook. Get the details here.
Guide to commenting with IntenseDebate.
How to add photos to your IntenseDebate comment.

Anthropologie's SALE focuses on warmth!

There seems to be a theme to Anthropologie's markdowns this week and that theme is warmth!

Playing the Sale Guessing Game

This weekend Anthropologie is running a 30% off full-priced sweaters promotion (get the details or shop it). What does that mean for sale tomorrow? Last week saw a very large sale featuring a ton of shoe markdowns. But with holiday shopping in full swing Anthropologie should bring some new cuts tomorrow if they want to keep drawing shoppers in. What will they do? Let's play the Sale Guessing Game and find out!

Eye Candy: Effortless Anthro Reader Outfits!

Jenni of Found in My Closet

Floral Still Life Pullover-Anthropologie

Mossimo Skinny Cords-Target

Miz Mooz "Siri" Knee-High Boots-Endless (now Amazon)

Mixed Spectra Necklace-Anthropologie

Bracelet-Twisted Silver

"Leafing So Soon?" Earrings-ModCloth

Marc by Marc Jacobs "Henry Chrono" Watch

Ring-Forever 21

Happy Hanukkah everyone! The festivities kicked off last night in the roxy household with latkes, menorahs and a small gift exchange. It's rare that the Festival of Lights gets its own spotlight away from Christmas and I'm enjoying the double celebrations we get this year. Also worth celebrating? Our fantastic Reader Outfits this week!! Thanks to all of our contributors -- please show your love in the comments.  If you'd like to submit a look for Reader Outfits please read through the guidelines and then snap away!

On to the outfits...

A Friday sale surprise! Take 30% off full-priced Anthropologie sweaters

It's a weekend sale surprise, Anthropologie style! Now through Sunday December 9 at 11:59 PM ET all full-priced sweaters are 30% off! This sale is both online and in-stores.

The weekend in-store community post

I have noticed a lot of community members sharing in-store deals and spots in the comments of various posts. Inspired by the weekly Seek & Find posts started by the lovely Alexis over at J.Crew Aficionada, I think now is a good time to start a similar weekly post here.

{Weekly} Popbacks Open Thread

Note: Eye Candy will run tomorrow, Reader Outfits will run on Sunday! (To send your Reader Outfit in, simply email me.)

By request of the community comes this weekly post. Please use this post to list website popbacks that you see on your wishlist, via search engines, or in your shopping cart. Popbacks go very quickly but hopefully by having them in one place will be helpful. Please do not use this post for store sightings.

Reviews: Winter Waves Cardigan, Marna Fairisle Cardigan, Webbed Tales Boatneck, Skien Coat

The Skien Coat ($288) gets reviewed, plus three sweaters.

Winter is coming and sweaters have my full attention. Three in this set plus one coat just for kicks.

Reviews: Pintucked Arpeggio Skirt, Wood Grain Pencil Skirt, Brocade Shimmer Skirt, Josephine Smocked Top

A few pencil skirts today with a top that snuck in, including the Pintucked Arpeggio Skirt ($98).

After a few seasons of really mini miniskirts and calf-grazing tablecloths I'm somewhat over skirts. And so of course now Anthropologie is releasing tons of cute options and dragging me right back into the knee-baring love. Let's see how a few of the newest options fared under the review microscope.

{Weekly} EA Community Anthro reviews!

Note: Reviews from me coming up tomorrow!

Welcome to the weekly EA community reviews post. This post was inspired by a similar J.Crew-themed community reviews post over at J.Crew Aficionada.

In this post, you can:
- Leave a comment with your Anthropologie product review
- Link to your reviews page on anthropologie.com
- Link to your own  blog reviews
- Ask if there are any reviews for an item in  the community
- Link to someone else's blog if they  have reviewed an item someone is inquiring about (no links to copycats please)

For full guidelines, please read this post.

Guide to commenting with IntenseDebate.
How to add photos to your IntenseDebate comment.

Wishlist: December 2012

While my focus is mostly on gift-giving this month that doesn't mean I don't have a few pretties in mind for myself. Never know what gift cards Hanukkah and Christmas may bring! Here's what's dancing through my head this month...

Anthropologie's giving away $15,000 worth of gifts!

Anthropologie's feeling the kindness of the season, big-time. From now through December 16th they're giving away a multitude of prizes to some lucky Anthropologie lover! One person is going to win it all! What's up for grabs? Find out inside.

The Trade Market: Looking to Buy

Welcome to the Trade Market! This is Effortless Anthropologie's weekly buy posting. You are welcome to create classified-style listings in the comments or link to an outside auction service. Please note that resellers are not permitted. Please note this post is for buying only -- there is a separate selling/trade post below.

All transactions listed within are conducted independently of this blog and as such I have zero involvement. If you have a positive experience you're welcome to leave a comment stating such. If you have a negative experience please send me feedback directly via email to snapsparkchik (at) gmail.com. Please make sure to read The Trade Market Guidelines before posting. You can view past Trade Market posts by clicking on the "trade market" button in the sidebar. Cheers to a wonderful community!


The EA Trade Market is now also on Facebook. Get the details here.
Guide to commenting with IntenseDebate.
How to add photos to your IntenseDebate comment.

The Trade Market: Looking to Sell/Trade

Welcome to the Trade Market! This is Effortless Anthropologie's weekly buy/sell/trade posting. You are welcome to create classified-style listings in the comments or link to an outside auction service. Please note that resellers are not permitted. Please note this post is for selling/trading -- there is a separate buying post above.

All transactions listed within are conducted independently of this blog and as such I have zero involvement. If you have a positive experience you're welcome to leave a comment stating such. If you have a negative experience please send me feedback directly via email to snapsparkchik (at) gmail.com. Please make sure to read The Trade Market Guidelines before posting. You can also view past Trade Market posts by clicking on the "trade market" button in the sidebar. Cheers to a wonderful community!


The EA Trade Market is now also on Facebook. Get the details here.
Guide to commenting with IntenseDebate.
How to add photos to your IntenseDebate comment.

Anthropologie's not the only one having a sale today (round 3)

Once again it's time to take a peek inside the EA closet for round 3 of my great closet cleanout! All of these items are either in new or like new condition unless otherwise noted. Some even still have the tags on them...nuts. Help me feed the contest fund and my travel fund and I'll help you build your own wonderful closet! Interested in purchasing one of my items for sale? Email me. I mail out twice a week.

Anthropologie's SALE features plenty of new markdowns!

It seems to be tradition that the week after Black Friday/Cyber Monday brings tons of markdowns to Anthropologie and 2012 is no exception. Lots of new cuts this morning including about 100 new shoes/boots markdowns and plentiful clothing cuts too. Details inside.

Playing the Sale Guessing Game

Word is that a sale is on the way tomorrow! Seems about right with Free Shipping on full-priced items in USA orders of $100+ expiring tonight and more than a week in time since our last sale. Will we see markdowns in the morning? Let's play the Sale Guessing Game and find out!

Eye Candy: Effortless Anthro Reader Outfits!

Thessa of To Look For: Style

Top: StyleMint Ruth T

Bottom: Gap 1969 Always Skinny

Boots: Anthropologie Amity Boots

Scarf: Anthropologie

Sunglasses: Stunner

The weekend keeps rolling along and just like clockwork it's time for Reader Outfits! Some of the community's most popular items made it into this week's set. I always love seeing fresh styling ideas from our fabulous ladies! This week is of course no exception. Take a look at all the Eye Candy within and show your support for all of our participants in the comments. On to the outfits...