We’ve got an awesome giveaway courtesy of the folks at Design Star for ya this weekend!

The new season starts this Monday, July 11th (9/8 central) and will once again feature 12 talented designers, all competing for a chance to host their own design show on HGTV.





The show takes place in New York City, and like we mentioned in this post, the fabulous Mr. David Bromstad will be mentoring the contestants this time around.

Host, Tanika Ray is joining the cast this season and she’s tons of fun, so I’m stoked they’ve added her to the show! And, of course, judges Genevieve Gorder, Candice Olson and Vern Yip will be back to critique the contestants designs at the end of each episode each week.

And look! David was right! The judges are smiling and laughing more this time! (LOL)

This season will also include a few celebrity guests such as Nate Berkus, Robert and Courtney Novogratz, Kathy Ireland and Paula Deen.




Here’s a couple sneak peek videos…
And because we all love outtakes…
I’m so excited for Monday night!!!
Alright- now for the giveaway! Leave us (and the Design Star peeps!) a comment on this post and on Monday (July 11, 2011) at noon (Central Time) we’ll randomly select one lucky Lettered Cottage reader to win a $100 American Express giftcard courtesy of Design Star!

Good luck, have a great weekend, and we hope to see you next week!


________________________________________________________________
Join us on Twitter or Facebook!
________________________________________________________________
Need design inspiration? Need help arranging your furniture?
Check out my e-book!




I’m excited to see Design Star for the first time! Thanks for the chance to win.
Love David!!! Can’t wait till Monday.
How exciting! Soooo looking forward to Monday!
Can’t wait! Hope this year is better than last. New producers, I heard. Here’s hopin’!
Oh I am sooooo excited for Monday night! Love ya HGTV!
Lucky you, getting to spend time with Nate Berkus!
Design Star is all set up on the DVR so I never miss an episode 🙂 Wahoo!
I love Design Star and can’t wait for the new season to start. Thanks for the giveaway!
WhooP! What a great opportunity! Thanks guys! Looks like many of us are VERY Exicted for the new season to start. Looking forward to Monday! P.S. Pick Me!
Looks like it’s going to be a great season!! Good luck to ALL of the contestants!!
I am a HGTV addict. I could sit and watch this channel all the time. My husband & I flipped and house and got some great ideas. Thanks
I’m excited to watch!
So exciting! I can hardly wait. Thanks for the heads up, btw… I love your blog, so inspiring. Thank you.
Looking forward to watching this season of Design Star!!
I love getting ideas from Design Star!
Love your blog and love David Bromstad! David +TLC Blog = Gravy!
I love watching HGTV. So many great ideas and designs. My husband & I flipped a house and watched shows to help us get some ideas.
Thanks
Have got it TiVo’d and ready to go. Our family all gets together and watch it, everyweek. Looking forward to some A plus designers 🙂
I can’t wait to watch! This season is going to be great! Thanks for the sneak peek!!
Love HGTV and I love Genevieve and Vern and Candace !!
I’ll be watching! Can’t wait for when ya’ll have your own show!
Have a GREAT weekend!
Yay looks like an awesome season! Can’t wait for Monday!
What a fantastic giveaway! I could get started on my kitchen update wi that gift card…
Can’t wait for the new season of Design Star…a gift card would be nice too!
I would love to be my own DESIGN STAR! I have a couple of projects that $100 would sure help!
Laura
I love Design Star!!! And, I could definitely use the gift card for some new curtains and throw pillows!
I can’t wait for Design Star. Love, love, love it!
I’m re-doing my room over and need just about $100 to finish it off. this would really help me considering i haven’t had a room makeover since i was in the fifth grade! thanks for this giveaway and good luck to everyone who enters! 🙂 *fingers-crossed!*
YAY for Design Star! I SO wish you were on Layla. You would have killed it.
I think you and Kevin should be guest judges on Design Star!!! How cool that would be…!!!
Hugs, stef
I can hardly wait for Design Star and what a fun way to kick it off Layla and Kevin! So excited for you!!!
Ashley
I’m SO excited about the new season!
I am excited about design star. I watch it every year.
fun! fun! fun!
Awesome giveaway! I am excited for the new Design Star! Thanks for getting me hooked!
Looking forward to this new season! Some of my favorite designers are participating (now if Layla and Kevin were there, all my favorites would be on). Many thanks for the chance at this great give-a-way!!!
I love all the inventive ways the contestants do their designing. It’s so hard to think outside the box sometimes.
Loved the sneak peeks! My girls were watching w/me just now! We all said we have to watch it! We’ll be new viewers to the show bcuz soccer runs our lives. Thank God for our DVR! So this season will be our first & we’re excited! Great giveaway too!
I love that show! And what a great gjveaway. Thanks!
I love Design Star and can’t wait to watch the season. I hope it gives me some ideas for our new house in the country! 🙂
WOW!!! What a great give-a-way!!! 🙂 We are in the middle of sprucing up our pad and would love to have the extra cash to throw into the mix! 😉 And LOVE DESIGN STAR!!! Can’t wait to watch the new season!!!! 🙂
xo~K
Hey there Layla and Kevin just wanted to say a big thanks for always inspiring me weekly to try new things around our fixer upper. I can’t wait for the new DesignStar to begin. My daughter who is a natural craft master is really excited as well to watch, it’s her first IT show. Big hugs from California!
The season sounds like it will be lots of fun. I love the giveaway.
LOVE David – so glad he will be there this season and I am also VERY excited that Nate is helping out – so cool! I love Paula too, but what does she know? Desserts, yes! Design ? haha, love ya Paula 🙂
I am so excited about the new Design Star! I have watch it from the very beginning. This will be a great season cause David Bromstad brings so much fun and excitment to the screen. Cyndy
Woot! Design Star time again. Looking forward to the new season….
Looking forward to watching, and to the changes they’ve made this season.
I’ve missed Design Star and am really looking forward to this star-studded season…anyone miss Cynthia Rowley? I do!!
Can’t wait!!! I heart Vern!!
Great season coming up. Great giveaway too!