Thank you for your continued support!
Ashley

Our experience with the new game became even more exciting when my friends at Brisk told me about their new promotion. For the month of April, only, you can go into any 7-Eleven store and buy a specially labeled 1 liter Brisk Kinect Star Wars bottle. This limited time only bottle has a special Micorsoft tag on it that you can scan using your Kinect sensor and it will unlock an exclusive Anakin Skywalker pod racer. You can ONLY get this pod racer by scanning the M-tag on this exclusive bottle and you cannot get it any other way! It’s way cooler than the generic pod racers in the game!

The fun doesn’t stop there…make sure you go to www.BriskFeelTheForce.com and you can register to win several prizes like a limited edition Xbox 360 Star Wars bundle, the Kinect Star Wars game or a 12 month Xbox live Gold Membership. You only have 7 days left! The promotion ends on April 30th, so make sure you register before it’s too late!

This is an awesome game and something that you can do together with the entire family. It’s also great exercise! I highly recommend it but don’t wait too long or you’ll miss out on this fun promotion by Brisk!

May The Force Be With You!
Ashley

Look for this special M-tag on 1 Liter Brisk bottles in 7-Eleven stores only during the month of April

Disclosure: In accordance to the FTC Guidelines and WOMMA Code of Ethics, I am disclosing that my time and efforts have been compensated by Pepsi Brisk for my participation in the Brisk X Star Wars campaign. Although I have a material connection to Brisk, any publicly stated opinions of Brisk remain my own.

Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve checked in! Truthfully it’s a busy time of year as we are gearing up for a very busy summer season! We are working on designs for two NEW major Sci-fi franchises but we are keeping it under wraps for a little while longer until we have some of the new merchandise ready. I cannot WAIT to share more with you…I think you will be really excited!

In the meantime, I have some thoughts that I wanted to share with you. Apparently, I’m a little late to the party, but Her Universe is now on Pinterest and I am addicted! Pinterest is right up my alley! I’m actually a pretty private person, so my first instinct is not always to post something about my day on Facebook and Twitter. However, I love to share new discoveries or my favorite things with people. I get so excited to share things that I like with people and Pinterest is the perfect way to share things with your friends! Whether it’s finding shopping tips, recipes, arts and crafts ideas or just inspirational words, I am finding myself constantly wanting to check the Pinterest boards. If you haven’t checked out Pinterest yet, make sure you do and don’t forget to follow my Her Universe boards!

So after, flying and crying through the entire Hunger Games trilogy of books, I was SOOOOOO excited to see the movie. Bottom line, I enjoyed the movie. They cut out a lot of the book which was a bit frustrating at times, but I understand that, because of time, they had to. Overall, it was a nice adaptation. However, what I really want to talk about is Jennifer Lawrence and her performance as Katniss Everdeen. WOW!!! She blew me away!!! I personally thought she was fantastic! As an actress we can sometimes be tough critics. There is a big difference between “acting” the role (when someone can tell that you are reciting lines) and “becoming” the role (this is when the audience forgets they are watching an actor or actress perform and they truly believe they are watching that character). Jennifer Lawrence BECAME Katniss. Jennifer Lawrence, the actress, went away and I felt like I was watching the heroine from district 12 that we have all grown to love. Becoming a character is not easy and Jennifer Lawrence gave a tour de force performance that I hope will, once again, earn her many awards nominations.

I am excited to tell you that we are introducing new t-shirt styles into our collection! We have some racer-back tank tops coming out this summer and a new Dolman top that I am in LOVE with! It’s super soft, has a scoop neck and it drapes the body in a very flattering way. It’s not fitted so it’s very comfortable all the while staying flirty and feminine! Here is a photo of one of my samples of a new Star Wars shirt we are working on. In person it looks vintage, like it’s been in the closet since 1977 and now you’re pulling it back out to wear with some colored jeans for a cool spring/summer look. This top and several new items will be available starting in May!

New Star Wars Dolman Top!

Well, this is all for now…I am actually writing this on an airplane during flight! They will be telling me to power down soon!

All my best,
Ashley

Are you getting ready for the release of Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D in theaters starting on February 10th? Who are you going with? Are you going in costume or just your favorite Star Wars t-shirt? I am super excited! To be perfectly honest with you, Episode I is not my favorite movie of the 6 movies, The Empire Strikes Back would take that title. However, what I am so excited about is that I get to enjoy this movie with my nieces and nephews who will be seeing this movie in a movie theatre for the first time. I had the opportunity to watch all of the prequels in the movie theatre when they were originally released, but my nieces and nephews were too young or not even born yet. To introduce a new generation to their first Star Wars movie theatre experience will be a really special moment for me.

As I gear up for the release I found something new to do with my time. For those of you who don’t know, I travel A LOT. To help me with my business and travel, my husband got me an iPad for my birthday last year and I am constantly using it on the road or the long plane flights. Well, my husband and I had to travel this weekend and we found a new Star Wars game for my iPad called Star Wars Brisksaber. Let me tell you what,  it’s so much fun and addicting! It made our plane flights go by so much faster! This game is FREE and is available to download for your Apple or Android products by going to the iTunes store or The Android Market. The game is simple, once you’ve downloaded the game, press play and it will give you a choice between the Light Side or The Dark Side (I prefer the Light Side). Then you choose whether you want to play under a timed trial or fight for your survival. Finally, choose your lightsaber (I prefer Qui-Gon Jinn’s because it’s green like Ahsoka’s) and then tap Play. You will see your chosen lightsaber center screen and you control the lightsaber by touching the screen with your finger and Here’s where the fun begins! You have to use the lightsaber to slice in half all of the enemy objects and characters that fly onto the screen. It’s SO much fun to cut Darth Sidious or Darth Maul in two! Be careful though because your friends will fly onto the screen and you do not want to slice R2-D2 in half! I accidentally killed many R2-D2′s and not only did it make me sad, but it’ll end your game quickly. As I mentioned before, all of this is for FREE, however, look for certain Brisk drinks with the special Star Wars labeling and under each cap will be special codes to unlock new gear like new lightsabers, characters and ships.

You can also post your scores to your Facebook or Twitter pages and share your scores with your friends. Of course, my husband currently holds the high score between the two of us! This is a simple and somewhat mindless game that kept us going for three hours straight, and we only stopped because the stewardess told us we had to power down our electrical equipment for our decent. I also introduced this game to my nephew, David. He is a HUGE Star Wars fan and he really enjoys this game too. Next to Dave Filoni, my nephew David knows more about Star Wars than anyone else I know. He is very smart and I am very proud of him. He very quickly surpassed my high score within minutes of playing the game for the first time. I asked David to do a video with me and give a demonstration of the game. See the video below.

Just a reminder that Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D comes out in theaters on February 10th! I hope you get to share Star Wars and this movie theatre experience with someone new, like I do with my nieces and nephews! I also hope you will check out this new Star Wars Brisksaber game! It’s so addicting and so much fun!

All my best,
Ashley

Disclosure: In accordance to the FTC Guidelines and WOMMA Code of Ethics, I am disclosing that my time and efforts have been compensated by Pepsi Brisk for my participation in the Brisk X Star Wars campaign. Although I have a material connection to Brisk, any publicly stated opinions of Brisk remain my own.