Want a bag from a la mode?

Giveaway closed

We have a winner!

Amy guessed correctly! 
The number is 132 and can be found in this post.

It's been a busy couple of weeks. Between getting the house in order for the move and my back going out (may be a ruptured disc), my studio giveaways have been lost.  So today, I'm happy to get back on track with this bag giveaway.

I've chosen a number between 1 and 250.  Guess the number and this bag is yours.  Here's a hint...the number can be found in one of my blog posts.

Bag details:  This OOAK (one of a kind) bag is made from high end upholstery.  The modern design is a favorite of mine.  It is approximately 12"w x 13"h x 1"and sits nicely on your shoulder.  A magnetic snap closure will keep your valuables safe inside and the compartmentalized slip pocket will help keep you organized.  The seatbelt shoulder strap and tab closure are signature á la mode features. 

This giveaway will end when someone guesses the number correctly.  You can guess 2 times a day.  Let me know your answer by commenting below, tweeting me, or a comment on my Facebook fan page.

'I blog therefore I am' print now available for purchase and I'm giving one away!

Giveaway Closed

Congrats, Ann!

Last February, I wrote a post on the Scoutie Girl Blog about why I blog.  I just revisited the post and actually like what I wrote more now than I did originally (don't worry, I was very careful as I patted myself on my back).  The post actually inspired ME today.

Oh, so that's why I blog!!

When I wrote the post, I created a typography image that I included.  It's a modern version of Descartes' famous quote, "I think therefore I am."  I had no idea that it would be an image that people would like.  I've had many people use it on their own blogs (with links back to me, thank you!) and requested that I make it available for purchase.  So, I've updated the print a bit, with the brick background, and it's officially on my website for purchase here.

Giveaway:

As a thank you for your support and encouragement, I'm going to give a print away.  Here's how you can get one:

You can enter up to five (5) times!

1.  Leave a comment as to why you blog OR, if you don't blog, tell me one of your favorite blogs that you read. (one entry)

2.  Follow me on Twitter  (one entry)

3.  Retweet this giveaway (one entry) - make sure to include @alamodestuff in your tweet for tracking purposes.

4.  Become a fan on Facebook  (one entry)

5.  Follow my blog (RSS, Google Friend Connect, etc.)  (one entry)

Giveaway ends Friday, February 4th, at midnight EST.  One person will be chosen randomly (via Random.org) and notified by Monday, February 7th.

Meet Danielle from Reshape Studio and enter to win a cable knit ceramic cup

   Giveaway Closed  
Congratulations to star_momma!
Many thanks to all the participants and a special thanks to Danielle!

Not too long ago, I came across Reshape Studio and immediately loved what I saw.  Danielle Spector, a product designer out of Brooklyn, is the clever and talented artist behind these wonderfully quirky mouth vases. 

 After getting a degree in product design from Parsons School of Design and working as a corporate furniture designer, she realized that she missed getting her hands dirty.  She recently founded Reshape Studio where she now works with clay, mostly slip-casting handmade ceramics, reinterpreting everyday objects in new and unexpected ways.

What inspires your designs? How did you come up with your whimsical mouth vase?

I am usually inspired by things that are kind of whimsical or humorous. Or often times it is all about taking a classically beautiful idea and reinterpreting it in new, or more interesting way.  Some favorite designers are Hella Jongerius or most of what is being made in the design collective Droog.

The 'Mouth / lip Series' project originally started as part of a senior thesis in college on how to treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in the home, through the use of therapeutic products. For example, if you were germaphobic, the idea of using a cup and saucer with lipstick stains and dirty fingerprint would probably creep you out, right? But through repeated use (exposure therapy) of this cup and saucer, one may become desensitized to the anxiety, and eventually get over their fear of contamination. As time has passed, I realized that this project had more applications than just the therapeutic realm. It has morphed into something funny and unique. Hey, at least the act of pouring tea and milk through a spout that was cast from an actual human mouth should make you chuckle!

Other than on Etsy, how can people find/see your work?

my website: 

www.reshapestudio.com
 
my blog:

reshapestudio.blogspot.com
 
twitter:

http://twitter.com/ReshapeStudio

facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Reshape-Studio/133165150063615

What other art form would you like to try/learn?

I would like to explore Jewelry making a little more. I already have some jewelry projects going that involve ceramic, but I would like to learn more about casting and soldering with metals. I also love textile arts like quilting, but have never had the patience to really take on a quilt project myself!

GIVEAWAY

Danielle has generously offered this great cable knit tall cup for this giveaway.  This tumbler was slip cast with the texture of a cable knit sweater.  It's handmade from high fire stoneware clay, with 14K gold luster edge. Clear crackle glaze on inside and transparent glaze on outside. Food safe. Hand wash, do not microwave due to metallic edge.  Dimensions: 5” tall x 3” wide

Thanks, Danielle!!

Entry details:
Visit Reshape Studio and come back to this post and leave me a comment about your favorite item.  Make sure your comment includes contact information. (1 entry)

4 Additional entries when you:
1) Tweet about this giveaway. Be sure to include @alamodestuff in your tweet so I can keep track. (1 entry)

2) Share this giveaway with your Facebook  friends with @a la mode in the mention (1 entry)

3) Follow this blog.  If you already follow, let me know. That counts, too. (1 entry)

4) Follow Reshape Studio's blog, Twitter, and/or Facebook and let me know. (1 entry) Please let me know if you done any of these to ensure you get your extra entries.  

Contest ends Friday, November 19, at midnight EST.  One (1) winner will be notified by Monday, November 22.

Home is wherever I'm with you - new print by a la mode Stuff

Giveaway closed
congrats to Liz, Lindy, and Mary Ann!

Greatly influenced by my recent Pin it Forward post about what home means to me (seen here), I  designed these prints over the weekend.

Coincidentally, I heard this song on the radio this weekend and thought I'd share it with you.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros "Home" from Edward Sharpe on Vimeo.

I'm thinking about selling these prints but need to experiment with papers and printing.  In the meantime, I've printed several on 8 1/2" x 11" matte 8mil brochure paper.   I'd love to give 2 of them away.

If you like them, leave your choice between the two in the comments.  I will choose 2 names via Random.org on Wednesday, June 16, at noon EST.  One entry per person, please.

alamode May giveaway with Septic Soaps

- Giveaway closed - congrats to Cyn!

A few months ago I posted some funny Etsy finds.  Septic Soaps, a handmade soap shop with sass, was one of the shops I featured.  You know how I'm a sucker for marketing (and a cheeky sense of humor) and these soaps caught my eye immediately. 

Need to wash some childhood trauma from you life? 

Here's the solution! 

Lori Holcomb is the creator of these soaps:   

I began making soaps about 2 years ago because everything seems to bother my skin and I ended up making my Lucky Lather Soaps (luckylather.etsy) first. They are so pretty and yummy. My husband and I both have a pretty naughty/wicked sense of humor...one night we wrote up about 3 pages worth of funny/insulting soap names and said we should try to make some. I came up with the "Septic Soaps" name when our septic tank at home exploded (fortunately outside of the house and not in)...it seemed very appropriate for what we wanted to do. It took me around a year of procrastination and unhappy packaging problem solving that was holding things up...then BAM! I figured out what I wanted to do and did it. (Standard creative process for me with both soaps and my jewelry shop: cherrymatador.etsy) I am always doing things in bursts, leaps and bounds. 

My husband helps with the creative, brain-storming, back-seat driving part of our business but I am the one-person workforce cooking, pouring, wrapping, designing, selling and all the other nonsense that goes along with this business. [He has the 'real' job...I used to work for attorneys but, once my two kiddies (8 & 5) got big enough for school, the hours were murder on our household and I was forced to make some changes.]

My soaps are currently in two local boutiques and I plan to try to expand that number by the end of the year. Cooking is probably my most favorite thing in life (aside from my family). Soaps fall into that same category...I get to cook/create, mix and sniff (instead of tasting) and try to get the color and texture 'just-right'. I am all about a good laugh, too...and I hope that our Septic Soaps give people a good chuckle or a blush with a "oh, my!" or something that takes away from the monotony of the everyday for them. We will have many more coming very soon!

Lori has generously offered her OCD 3 bar set of soaps to be given to someone with a wicked sense of humor!  The set will include lonely loser, childhood trauma, and lawyer lather.

Thank you, Lori, for sponsoring this giveaway and for your fun sense of humor!

Entry details:
Visit Septic Soaps here and come back to this post and leave me a comment about your favorite soap and why.  Make sure your comment includes contact information. (1 entry)

3 Additional entries when you:
1) Tweet about this giveaway. Be sure to include @alamodestuff in your tweet so I can keep track. (1 entry)

2) Blog about this giveaway with a link to the post. (1 entry)

3) Follow this blog.  If you already follow, let me know. That counts, too. (1 entry)

Please let me know if you done any of these to ensure you get your extra entries.

One (1) winner will be randomly chosen (through Random.org). Contest ends Friday, May 21, at midnight EST.  Winner will be notified by Monday, May 24.

Jar head - canning jars become objet d' art for Etsy Artists

fine art photograph by Alicia Bock
mason fruit jar by Matt and Laura Jones
print of original painting by Briana Taylor
jar pendant by Lamp Goods
fine art print by Madeline Bea
fine art print by Georgianna Lane
soap dispenser by Midwest Finds

As I was about to post this, I saw that my friend Cyn (aka River Dog Prints) is having a wonderful 'canning and preserving' giveaway.  She is giving away this book by Ashley English and 1 set of canning tags along with 1 set of canning labels from her lovely shop.

I've not had an opportunity to introduce you to Cyn's great shop of custom paper goods, so I'm thrilled that this giveaway and my jar post serendipitously transpired.  Please visit her links below and enter her giveaway.  You won't be disappointed.

Etsy shop:  http://www.riverdogprints.etsy.com/
Website:  http://www.riverdogprints.com/
blog:  http://riverdogprints.com/photocardblog

Giveaway Congrats goes to Additions Style!

Congratulations, Additions Style! You now own a seat belt tote bag!

Thank you to all who participated in this Blog Shower giveaway! It was lots of fun. A special thanks goes to Candied Fabrics, Sea Find Designs, and Smidge Box for c0-hosting and sponsoring! Again, best wishes Lindy!!

Be sure to look for the next month's giveaway!!

Here's a picture of Sophie, our new pup, smelling some of my birthday flowers. It's a rainy day here, but that photo brightens my day. Hope it does the same for you.





Enjoy your weekend!!

Blog Baby Shower Giveaway #3 - seat belt tote

This giveaway is closed. See winner announcement here.

Yesterday's winner - Rita at Mochi Studio! Congrats!!

If you've been following my blog in the last 2 days, Candied Fabrics, Smidge Box, and I have been "blogging" a baby shower for Lindy of Crafted by Lindy who's having her 2nd baby very soon. Lindy is a regular contributor to my blog and I wanted to thank her by throwing this fun virtual shower.

First I want to thank everyone involved:

Candied Fabrics
Smidge Box
Sea Find Designs

and our guest of honor, Lindy!

These are all great women with wonderful talent. So, if you are looking for special gifts for yourself or someone else, please think of them.

Lindy, we wish you all the best!!

Now, today's giveaway...

I'm giving away one of my popular seat belt mini totes in dark grey! You can find more details about it here. This bag is made from first quality seat belt overruns and is a great size for both day and evening!


To Enter (1 entry):
1) Leave Lindy a fun comment on this post with a fun parenting story, favorite baby book, well wishes, etc.

1) Visit any shop mentioned above.

2) Choose 1 favorite item from the shop of choice and come back here and comment.

3) Be sure to leave contact info!



Additional entries:
Visit Candied Fabrics and Smidge Box to enter on their sites as well! Names from all three blogs will be combined and 1 winner will be chosen randomly (http://www.random.org/) at midnight tonight (March 12) EST. The winner will be announced tomorrow morning (March 13).


Spread the word!

Blog Baby Shower Giveaway #2 - Tutorial and 6 onesie sets

This giveaway is CLOSED. Congrats to Rita @ Mochi Studios!

Congratulations to Boliyou! Your name was chosen for yesterday's giveaway!

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Day two of our fun Baby Shower for Lindy at Crafted By Lindy (co-hosted by me, Candied Fabrics and Smidge Box)! Today, Candied Fabrics is sharing a wonderful (and easy) tutorial for making your own hand dyed onesie with sock set! This is the perfect go-to present for a baby shower! Download this great tutorial on Candy's blog.

But wait, that's not all! It isn't a shower without great gifts!! Candied Fabrics is giving away 6 bright rainbow color onesie sets...yes, 6....in today's giveaway!


How to enter:

1) Visit BOTH shops, Crafted by Lindy and Candied Fabrics shop.

2) Choose 1 favorite item from each shop and come back here and comment (must comment on 1 item from each shop).

3) Be sure to leave contact info!

Additional entries (4 possible entries in all):

•2 additional entries: you can enter this giveaway on all three sponsor’s sites! Enter once at Candied Fabrics and once Smidge Box for 2 more entries! [All three blogs are on different time zones. If their post isn't up yet, please visit them again later.]

•1 additional entry: subscribe to my blog, tweet, or blog about this giveaway and receive 1 additional entry. Please leave an additional comment here telling me you did so!

One winner will be chosen randomly (random.org) at midnight tonight (March 11) Pacific (3 more hours to enter than yesterday – woohoo!) The winner will be announced tomorrow morning (March 12). Spread the word!

A Blog Baby Shower Giveaway!!

This giveaway is CLOSED. Congrats to Erika @ IHeartRhody.com!

Lindy of Crafted By Lindy is having baby #2!! To celebrate, we (me, Candied Fabrics and Smidge Box) are having 3 days of giveaways!!

Today's giveaway is sponsored by Tracy at Sea Find Designs! This gorgeous necklace can be yours!!

Genuine sea glass... RARE lavender /amethyst from Newport, RI. Cut heart.... Eco Love.... Amethyst swarovski crystal. Sterling plated teenie ball chain!




How to enter:

1) Visit BOTH shops, Crafted by Lindy and Sea Find Designs.

2) Choose 1 favorite item from each shop and come back here and comment (must comment on 1 item from each shop).

3) Be sure to leave contact info!

Additional entries (4 possible entries in all):

1) 2 additional entries: you can enter this giveaway on all three sponsor's sites! Enter once here on my blog, then go to Candied Fabrics and Smidge Box for 2 more entries! [All three blogs are on different time zones. If their post isn't up yet, please visit them again later.]

2) 1 additional entry: follow my blog, tweet, or blog about this giveaway and receive 1 additional entry. Please let me know which one you chose in your comment.

One winner will be chosen randomly (random.org) at midnight tonight (March 10) EST. The winner will be announced tomorrow morning (March 11).

Save the Date - Crafted by Lindy Blog Baby Shower - Giveaways

Lindy Turner (aka Crafted By Lindy) has been a contributor to this blog since September of 2009. She has become an online friend through blogging, Twitter, and Etsy. She is a member of the Alberta Street Team on Etsy and writes for the Indie Girl Blog as well as her own, Crafted by Lindy. Lindy is a self professed paper fanatic and creates whimsical illustrations and stationary which she sells in her Etsy shop.

Baby #2 is on her way!!

Being a friend from afar and through blogging, I thought it would be fun to throw Lindy a virtual BLOG BABY SHOWER. You are invited to join in on the fun!! No fuss, no muss...just well wishes and great fun!

Next week - March 10-12 - I will be co-hosting this shower with 2 other blogs, Candied Fabrics and Smidge Box (please take a moment to vist these great blogs). We will host several giveaways and share some fun stories, antecdotes, and tutorials.

In the meantime, get to know the co-hosts, sponsors, and guest of honor!

Guest of honor:
Crafted By Lindy: shop :: blog

Co-hosts:
alamodestuff: shop :: blog

candiedfabrics: shop :: blog
smidgebox: shop :: blog

Sponsors:
SeaFindDesigns
CandiedFabrics
alamodestuff

Oh, and spread the word! The more the merrier!!

Mad Housewife t-shirt giveaway - The dishes can wait, dinner be damned!

- GIVEAWAY CLOSED -
a winner has been chosen and notified

I recently partnered with a great micro-winery, Mad Housewife Wine. They are a label out of Seattle that combines great affordable wine with fun marketing (two of my favorite vices). I designed several exclusive switch plates for them, for a recent giveaway, using some of their popular by-lines (wine charms are in the making).
Mad Housewife Wine can be found in most states and parts of Canada. Currently, it is not available in RI but I understand you can request it at your local wine shop and liquor store. Girlfriends, it is the perfect wine to take to your next book club or girls night out!!

I will be giving away 2 Mad Housewife t-shirts this week through my blog and 1 additional t-shirt via Twitter. Warning: these t-shirts get attention!

click photo for closer view

Entry details:

Visit the Mad Housewife website or blog and come back here and leave me a comment about what made you smile. Familiar with the wine, let me know! Make sure your comment includes contact information.

3 Additional entries when you:

1) Tweet about this giveaway. Be sure to include @alamodestuff in your tweet so I can keep track.

2) Blog about this giveaway with a link to the post

3) Follow this blog (if you already follow, let me know. That counts, too.)

Please let me know if you done any of these to ensure you get your extra entries.

Two (2) winners will be randomly chosen (through Random.org).
Contest ends Friday, October 23 at midnight EST.
Winner will be notified by Monday, October 26.

End of summer giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED

I am resisting the urge to throw my name into the draw for this next giveaway. I love photography, especially Polaroid pictures, and I love note cards. Lindy Turner's Polaroid greeting cards are simply too hard for me to resist.

Lindy lives in Alberta, Canada, and admittedly has a paper obsession:

"I've been obsessed with paper for a number of years. When I made the decision to stay at home with my son full time I decided I needed something for me. I've been making cards and stationary for a number of years so I quickly started working on some images and opened my Etsy shop in February of 2009. I didn't realized how much my shop would feel like work, how many great people I would meet and how much I would love it! It's been a fantastic experience so far.

I'm currently obsessed with single images on solid white backgrounds. I can't get enough which is why you'll notice the majority of my products look this way. I love creating and nothing beats the rush of discovering something new or having a project turn out just how it's pictured in my head."

Lindy's work includes adorable characters such as Olive the Octopus, Beatrice the Birdie, and Timmy the Turtle. All are colorful and irresistible. A collection of them would make a very cute statement on the wall of any nursery or children's room.


Lindy is generously offering 2 sets of Polaroid greeting cards (6 cards in all) to one lucky person randomly drawn in this giveaway. Cards include:

Be Yourself - Just Be - Beautiful

Wish You Were Here - Best Wishes - Make a Wish

The cards are blank inside and ready for your personal message. They can be used for any occasion or can be given as a gift. Each card comes with brown bag envelopes.

Details:

Visit CraftedbyLindy look around, come back to this post and leave a comment about what you find. Please be sure to leave me contact info.

One entry per person. Follow this blog (if you already follow, let me know) and/or retweet for additional entries. Yup...that's 2 extra entries if you do both. Max. 3 entries in all.

One (1) winner will be randomly chosen (through Random.org).

Contest ends Saturday, August 29, at midnight EST.

Winner will be notified by August 31 and must confirm within 24 hours or a new winner will be chosen.

Get to know you giveaway

closed - a winner has been chosen and notified! Congratulations!

I want to get to know you, the readers, more. I've enjoyed forging new relationships with some of you, but others are lurking in the background...I know you are there. So, this giveaway is all about me getting to know you. If you are new to the blog, please introduce yourself!

What you get:
This fun bracelet that I made: printed quotes atop 1/2" hand painted wood rounds, sealed with glass-like resin, connected with steel washers and a toggle clasp. It's tongue and cheek quotes will make you smile. Fun and easy to wear, it will add a bit of levity to you day.

Entry details:

Leave me a comment with something, anything, about yourself.
Make sure you comment includes contact information.

Additional entries:

1) Tweet about this giveaway
2) Blog about this giveaway with a link to the post
3) Follow this blog (if you already follow, let me know. That counts, too.)
Please let me know if you done any of these to ensure you get your extra entries.

One (1) winner will be randomly chosen (through Random.org).

Contest ends Friday, July 24 at midnight EST.

Winner will be notified by Monday, July 27.

Easy as that! May the force be with you!

July giveaway - zipper pouch from Bags and Buds

You may have noticed that on the right side of the blog --------> I've been featuring current giveaways and some great freebies I've found. If you are just now noticing, there are great giveaways and freebies on the right side of my blog --------->. I update often so be sure to check them out.

It dawned on my that I haven't had a giveaway on my blog since...well, last summer. Hard to believe. So, it's time for me to start doing some in addition to promoting others.

My July giveaway is sponsored by Bags and Buds. A fellow Carried Away Bag team member, Wendy has generously offered this great summer zipper pouch. Besides a keen eye for color and fabric, Wendy is known for her gorgeous bags with their signature fabric flower detail. This bright and cheery little number is perfect as an addition to your bigger bag or as a small clutch to grab and go. AND, it could be yours!

Giveaway details:

1. Visit Bag and Buds, look around, come back to this post and leave a comment about what you find. Please be sure to leave me contact info.


2. One entry per person. Follow this blog and/or retweet for additional entries. Yup...that's 2 extra entries if you do both. Max. 3 entries in all.


3. One (1) winner will be randomly chosen (through Random.org).


4. Contest ends Wednesday, July 8 at midnight EST.


5. Winner will be notified on July 9 and must confirm within 24 hours or a new winner will be chosen.

A little hunting could get you a lot of luck during St. Patrick's Day week. Are you ready to get carried away with us (the Etsy Carried Away Bag Team) and a win big bag of prizes? The excitement is building over on our team forums as we finalize the prize list and start hiding lucky shamrocks for our giveaway next week.

Join us for Carried Away: The Big Bag of Luck GiveawayMarch 13-23rd, 2009.

The giveaway is pretty simple, just hunt through all of our SHAMROCK SHOPS to find the hidden clover or the words "bag of luck" in the item description and you could win the grand prize, valued at over $100(US!). There are many smaller prizes as well.

MAKING A PURCHASE ABSOLUTELY INCREASES YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING! If you've been thinking about snapping up a handbag or other great handmade delight from our team mates, the giveaway week is the perfect time! Browse through our team member shops (a full list is at the bottom of our blog here) and mark your favorites. Come back during the giveaway and make a purchase of just $10 for ANY team shop to earn five entries for FIRST PLACE (value+/- $60 (US!). Purchase just $25 from any SHAMROCK SHOP and get 5 extra entries towards the GRAND PRIZE !

This promotion is available worldwide and many of the prizes include free shipping.

Full details will be posted on March 12th.

...and the winner is...

Mary512!

Congratulations, Mary! I'll be contacting you for your shipping information!

Thank you to all who participated! It is very helpful to me to see what you like and boost traffic to my blog and website.

I'll announce the next giveaway in the coming week. You won't want to miss it!

Have a great weekend!