Handmade Giveaway-Flower Of The Dead

This giveaway is now closed! Thanks to all who participated! Winners to be announced.

Would you like to win a flask, print, block print, or coaster set from Flower Of The Dead?
Seth is kind enough to allow you to have a chance at winning one of the above items mentioned from his shop. Isn't that fun?!

Entering is easy, and there are 4 ways you can enter. You may use all 3 ways to have more of a chance at winning. Please leave a way for me to contact you in your comments.

For your first entry method, go to Flower of the Dead's shop, and pick out a favorite. Come back here and leave a comment telling us what your favorite item is.
Please note this entry method is required.

Additional entry methods:
2- Purchase something from Flower of the Dead, and you will have 3 additional entries! Leave 3 separate comments to be

Handmade Giveaway-Red Calla Lily Flower Bookmark

Update: This giveaway is closed, and a winner has been chosen! Stay tuned for announcement.

At last! I'm doing a giveaway! It's been awhile hasn't it? I am excited to be giving away a beautiful calla lily bookmark like the one in the picture. I would like to thank everyone for voting in the poll, which will be left open so you can continue to vote if you'd like :) after all, I do like knowing what your favorites are!
The Lily and Aster received the most votes, and I've decided to go with the Calla Lily.

Ok, so for the giveaway. This is what you will win!



Gorgeous isn't it? The thread I used in this one is hand dyed from another Etsy Artist, Crochet 4 U 2 Dye For. The calla lily flower is in a color called Lust, and the stem is mint green. This bookmark can also be purchased in my Etsy shop, along with many others (they would make wonderful Christmas gifts, and I have some poinsettias coming out soon too!)

Here are the rules for entering this giveaway.

1: Mandatory for everyone is that you must visit my shop, Joyous Treasures, and come back here and leave a comment letting me know what your favorite item in my shop is.

Here are additional entries. You must leave a separate comment for each entry. Each comment will be counted as an entry. Please do not cheat and leave more comments than entry methods.

2: Follow this blog and leave a comment stating so.

3: Follow me on Twitter and leave a comment stating so.

4: Like my facebook fanpage and leave a comment stating so.

5: Blog about this giveaway and leave a comment with the link to your post.

6: Tweet about this giveaway and leave a comment with your twitter username.

7: Buy something from my shop Joyous Treasures and leave a comment. This counts as 5 extra entries, so leave 5 separate comments!

This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents. Sorry it is not open worldwide.

Make sure you leave a way for me to contact you in your comments.

A winner will be chosen using random.org.

Giveaway ends on November 9th.

Have fun, and thank you so much for participating! Please help spread the word and tweet and blog this giveaway.

Help Pick a Prize For a Giveaway!

Well what would you know, I don't know what I want to give away! Well, obviously a bookmark, but which flower?
So to help me out, won't you please check out the poll at the top right of this blog and let me know which flower is your favorite? If you can't decide on just one feel free to pick 2.

If you aren't sure what the flowers look like, you can browse through my shop to see, at Joyous Treasures. Don't forget to look at the sold section if you don't see some of them in the shop.

Thank you, and hopefully your answers will help me decide so I can have a giveaway for you!

Interview With Illumina Jewelry and GIVEAWAY!

This giveaway is closed! Thank you to everyone who participated!

Laxa from Illumina Jewelry has generously offered to give away a pair of gorgeous pearl earrings. How fun! I had the chance to interview her so we could all get to know her a bit better. She makes beautiful earrings, bracelets, and necklaces, which you can see more of at her shop, Illumina Jewelry.




But before we do the giveaway, lets read the interview first!

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Tell us a bit about yourself and your family!-

I live in beautiful California with my dear hubby! We fell in love while doing our graduate studies and got married 3 years back. I love each and every moment of being with him! He is my right hand in this new venture of my life! He takes photos of my jewelries and I ask for his advice in everything!
My mom and dad have always been encouraging me to achieve the best in life. And fortunately, my in-laws too are very supportive. In fact, they are the ones who help me find the best quality semi precious gemstones to make my lovely jewelries! Family means a lot to me…

When did you start making jewelry?-

I made the first piece of jewelry 15 years back (I remember it had beautiful pearls and cubic zirconia!) and I am so proud to tell you that my mom still wears it on special occasions like weddings etc!

Your jewelry is lovely! What inspired you to start creating?-

I love wearing beautiful jewelries just like any other girl! And I love creating things. I get a feeling of accomplishment when I finish making my jewelry design. I am very passionate about it!

What are your favorite materials to work with?-

I like to use semi precious gemstones and precious metal to make my jewelries. I believe that when you are spending money for the jewelry, the value of your money should hold (and even grow) as time passes. At the same time, you can enjoy wearing beautiful jewelry pieces!

Where do you get your ideas...anything in particular that inspires you?-

I get ideas for creating my jewelry designs from anything that is exotic, lovely and classic, and of course from the beautiful nature! You can’t go wrong with the color combinations nature presents to you!

Do you attend art and craft fairs/shows?-

I try to, whenever possible. Though, I have never had my jewelry booth at any of the craft fairs yet, as I just started making jewelries for public. So far, I have been making it for myself and to give as gift.

What are your long term goals for your shop?-

I would love it if I can start selling regularly through my IlluminaJewelry Etsy shop! If I can sell more, I can afford to buy my supplies in bulk to reduce my overall jewelry making expense, which will result in reduced item prices for my customers!

What is your favorite piece you have created?-

Well, I cannot be partial towards any one piece, I love them all! 

What is your favorite color?-

Purple

What do you do when you're not creating?-

Selling on Etsy requires us sellers to do a lot of other stuffs besides creating! When I am not creating new designs, I work with my hubby to take photos of my latest designs, write item descriptions and promote my shop.

What are some places we can find you on the web?-

Main Store - http://www.illuminajewelry.etsy.com
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Illumina-Jewelry/115867811785068
Twitter – http://twitter.com/IlluminaDesigns - Still exploring
Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/illuminajewelry/
Blog - http://illuminadesigns.blogspot.com/ - just started blogging!

Tell us a fun fact about yourself!-

I have taken classical dance training for 9 years and gave a 3 hrs dance performance on stage in front of ~500 people…


500 people....that's a lot of people lol! Thank you Laxa for taking the time to answer my questions. I'm sure my readers will enjoy reading as I have! I love your jewelry, you do a wonderful job of creating artful pieces that any girl would feel lovely wearing.

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Now for the giveaway! Laxa is giving away the Eva pearl and sterling earrings to one lucky winner.

The lovely earrings, which are also on sale for $15 in her shop, are made of freshwater pearls and sterling silver.




Rules:

First you should know that this is open to US and Canada residents only.

For your first entry, you need to go to Laxa's Etsy shop, Illumina Jewelry, and pick a favorite item. Come back here and post about it. (This entry is required, or all other entries will be disqualified!)

NOTE: make sure you post a SEPARATE comment for each entry, as each comment will count as 1 entry.
Also make sure you leave a way for me to contact you in your comments.

Additional entries:
Become a fan of Illumina Jewelry on Facebook, and come back and post that you did. = 1 entry

Follow Illumina Jewelry's blog, and come back and post that you are a follower. = 1 entry

Follow this blog and post that you are a follower. = 1 entry

Follow me on twitter, and post that you are a follower. = 1 entry

Follow Illumina Jewelry on Twitter, and post it here = 1 entry

Tweet this giveaway and leave a comment with the tweet link. = 1 entry

Blog about this giveaway and leave a comment with the blog post. = 1 entry

Purchase something from Illumina Jewelry. = 5 entries! Make sure you post a comment 5 times for them all to count (sorry for the inconvenience)

Please be honest, and don't post that you follow unless you really did follow! I will be checking :)

Giveaway ends on Friday July 2nd. Please hurry and enter to win! One winner will be chosen using random.org
Open to US and Canada residents!

Interview With BonitaBellita and GIVEAWAY!

This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who participated! Winner will be announced soon.

I was recently introduced to a beautiful new shop, Bonita Bellita, where Stephanie sells wonderful hair accessories.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Stephanie, and also of giving away a gorgeous hair piece to one lucky reader....but first read the interview!



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Tell us a bit about yourself and your family!

Well, I am a happy little bride to a wonderful (ie very patient) man, we are the classic high school sweetheart story. I'm lucky to have found love so young. We also have two young children who teach me to take a second look at everything in life and see it with open eyes.

I also have my mom, brother, and sister, who are all big influences on my life and store. My mom is so supportive about this new adventure in my life. My brother is my business advice, he's always thinking ahead. As for my sister, she's my main model!

When did you start creating?

The flowers I use in most of my store I just started to create this year, but I've been creating my whole life! I started out with crayons and blank paper, worked my way up to markers and colored pencils, and of course graduated to just about everything else! I use paint and do photography as well, but one day I was looking through some fabrics and just fell in love. A needle, thread, and hours later, Bonita Bellita was born.

Your hair pieces are amazing...what inspired you to start creating?

Why thank you! I've always liked the freshness of flowers, they are always beautiful and when they bloom it is simply captivating. I wanted to bring that into the pieces I create. I wanted to make them at affordable prices as well. Similar items sell at chain stores for much more, I want to make sure that everyone has a fair chance at owning a pretty blossom for themselves!
I also have a friend Emilee who started her own Etsy store, and she's the one who inspired me to start my own! (This is her store - http://www.etsy.com/shop/tastefultatters)

Where do you get your ideas...anything in particular that inspires you?

I get inspiration from life in general! I definitely get a big chunk of that from looking at other blogs I find to be unique and thus inspiring. I also get it from the music I listen to and photos that I take or what I see from other artist's work. Gardens and nature hold a large role in my creative thoughts too!

Do you attend art and craft fairs/shows?

I do attend these shows, but right now just as a pastime or to purchase something for myself. I'd like to try and have a tent at a show one day though!

What are your long term goals for your shop?

Since I'm still fresh, I'd like to work on getting more people to take notice of these pretty little flowers. I'd eventually like to start becoming more diverse in the pieces I create, and maybe one day open my own real life boutique, featuring not just my work but other artist's as well.

What is your favorite piece you have created?

You may be surprised, but it's the yellow headband featured in this giveaway! It was an accidental success, and for that I hold it dear.

What is your favorite color?

Ooh, that's a tough one... I am a longtime lover of scarlet, but right now I'm obsessed with bold, jewel tones; in particular emerald green, teal, and royal purple.

What do you do when you're not creating?

I love to go to the beach, I practically live there in the summer! The library is another favorite, or even just catching up on my favorite shows and movies. That may be cheating though, I sew when I watch TV too! I spend a lot of time with my kids and husband too, they (of course) get a majority of my focus!

What are some places we can find you on the web?

Right now I have my main store...
http://www.bonitabellita.etsy.com
...my facebook fan page...
http://www.facebook.com/bonitabellita
...and my new (still in progress) blog...
http://bonitabellita.blogspot.com/
...I'm still debating on that twitter idea.

Tell us a fun fact about yourself!

Hmmmm... when I watch movies that take place across the pond (think Love Actually, Sense & Sensibility, ect;) I will end up speaking very proper with a British accent afterward. It's true, ask my husband!

Thank you Stephanie! I really enjoyed getting to know you better. Your shop is gorgeous and every girl should have flowers for her hair! I love how your yellow flower headband came out...my favorite as well! You have a great attitude and a great love for your family, something I really appreciate! And you seem like such a fun person as well. Wishing you much success!

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Now for the giveaway.

I'm excited to give away this gorgeous yellow flower hairband. When Stephanie asked me what piece she thought we should give away, I was immediately drawn to this one.
Isn't it pretty?





One winner will receive this beauty, read on to find out how to win.

Rules:

For your first entry, you need to go to Stephanie's shop, Bonita Bellita, and pick a favorite item. Come back here and post about it. (This entry is required, or all other entries will be disqualified!)

NOTE: make sure you post a SEPARATE comment for each entry, as each comment will count as 1 entry.
Also make sure you leave a way for me to contact you in your comments.

Additional entries:
Become a fan of Bonita Bellita on facebook, come back and post that you did. = 1 entry

Follow Bonita Bellita's blog and come back and post that you are a follower. = 1 entry

Follow this blog and post that you are a follower. = 1 entry

Follow me on twitter, and post that you are a follower. = 1 entry

Tweet this giveaway and leave a comment with the tweet link. = 1 entry

Blog about this giveaway and leave a comment with the blog post. = 1 entry

Purchase something from Bonita Bellita. = 5 entries! Make sure you post a comment 5 times for them all to count (sorry for the inconvenience)

Please be honest, and don't post that you follow unless you really did follow! I will be checking :)

Giveaway ends on Friday June 25th. Please hurry and enter to win! One winner will be chosen using random.org
Open to worldwide residents!

Thank you everyone, and have fun!

Treasure Hunt! Win a Bookmark for Mother's Day

DING DING DING!

This treasure hunt is now over, as we have ourselves a winner! To be announced soon.

Thank you to all who participated, it was fun!

Alright, so I've finally decided to do a treasure hunt for you all! If you find the treasure, you get to keep a lovely bookmark, either to keep for yourself, or to give to your mother this coming Mother's Day.

What say you to that?!

Ok, so here's how it's going down. Somewhere on this blog, in some blog post, I have inserted this picture...



No, this is not the actual bookmark you will be receiving, but this is the picture you must find in order to win. I chose this picture because it's easily recognizable.

Ok, so here's what you get to win! You will win one bookmark, but you will get to choose between 3 bookmarks.

Either you could choose this 3D rose...





Or this lovely Primrose...




Or this wonderful rosebud!


And the cool thing is that you can choose a different color for any of these too, since these will be made to order.
The colors you get to choose from are red (shown, purple (shown), rose (shown), blue, brown, orange, white, and cream.

So start hunting! When you find the picture, simply email me at wordofgodspeaks (at) gmail.com, and tell me what post you found it in. I'll then announce the winner and we'll work out what bookmark you want.

There will be only 1 winner. First person to get it right wins!

Happy hunting!

Valentines Winner Giveaway!

Our winner for the Valentines Giveaway goes to number 24. Congrats Colleen!Colleen will be receiving her goodies soon.

Growing Hearts Valentines Giveaway!

 This giveaway is now closed! Thanks to all who participated, a winner will be announced soon!

 Yep, it's that time! This giveaway is for a beautiful heart collection, hand crocheted by me, the perfect gift for this Valentines.

What's in the package? One gorgeous heart bookmark, and a set of two heart hair pins. This is a heart garden, hand grown just for you, by me!







What you see in the pictures is exactly what you will get if you win!

How to enter:

Simply visit my shop Joyous Treasures, and come back here and leave a comment telling me which item in my shop is your favorite.

Additional Entries:

1: Follow this blog, leave a separate comment with your name - 1 entry
2: Follow me on twitter, and leave a separate comment with your twitter link - 1 entry
3: Put my button on your blog (located here) leave a separate comment - 1 entry
4: Tweet about this giveaway, leave a separate comment - 1 entry
5: Blog about this giveaway, leave a separate comment with a link- 1 entry
6: Make a purchase from Joyous Treasures - 5 entries! (Post 5 separate comments with purchase links please!)

There you have it! You have 7 ways to enter, and you may use all of them, but please leave a separate comment for each entry you use. If you cram more than one entry into one comment, it won't count as a separate entry, since I'll be going by how many comments there are when I choose a winner.

One winner will be chosen through the use of random.org. Please leave a way for me to get in touch with you in case you win.

Please use only each entry method once per person. (in other words do NOT comment that you followed me on twitter 3 times to get 3 extra entries)

Open to US and Canadian residents only, sorry I cannot ship a giveaway overseas:(

Giveaway ends on February 1rst at noon CST!

Thank you everyone, please enjoy and spread the word!

We have winners!

Alright folks, here are our winners from the lovely giveaway with Geek Details!

Here we go.....

1rst winner, number 109!
Michele P.




2nd winner, number 78!
tiltcreations.etsy.com




3rd winner, number 94!
Sara Z


Congrats to all 3 of you! I hope you enjoy your prints from Amanda!

Win one of my wrap around bookmarks!

No, it's not here! It's being given away at this blog, Women-prenuers galore! It's so pretty, and you get to choose the color! So head on over there and win!

Giveaway for lovely guitar string earings and beads! 2 winners!

This giveaway is now closed! Thank you so much to everyone that entered!
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I have the privilege of hosting a giveaway for a lovely shop! Tanith has unique guitar string jewelry in her Etsy shop.
(for details on what and how to win, scroll to the bottom of this post. But first, read about Tanith's shop!)
Here are a couple of examples of her earrings.
These first ones are really cool. I like how she coils the string. Reminds me of my guitar...on my guitar, where the ends are attached to the head, I left a length of wire and curled them. My guitar head looks like it has a perm :-D


These ones are really nice too. I think Tanith's guitar string jewelry would make a really great gift for a guitar lover!

Also, Tanith has another lovely shop where she makes paper beads from lovely vintage paper. There are musical notes, as well as varies languages such as French, Chinese, German, etc. These beads come in an assortment of about 20 beads.




Now for the giveaway!
Tanith would like to give away a pair of guitar string earrings from tanith.etsy.com, and a bead assortment from tanithsoddsandends.etsy.com to 2 lucky winners!

1 winner will win the earrings, and 1 winner will win the beads!

1rst winner will get to choose which pair of guitar string earrings they want from her shop, and the 2nd winner will get to choose which foreign language bead assortment they want!

There are several ways to enter. Make sure you leave a separate comment for each entry! I will count each comment as 1 entry! Please do not cram all your entries into one comment, as I will not be able to count them all up as separate entries. I will be going by how many comments there are when I choose a winner.
Please use each entry method only once. In other words, you can only enter 6 times.

Also please make sure you leave a way for me to contact you! Email, or Etsy shop is fine.

Here is how you enter.

1rst entry, (Required):
Visit either one of Tanith's Etsy shop, either her jewelry shop here, or her odds and ends shop here, and leave a comment telling us which item you like most!

Additional entries:

2nd entry method: Follow this blog

3rd entry: twitter about this giveaway (leave a link to your twitter in a comment)

4rth entry: blog about this giveaway (leave a link to blog post in a comment)

5th entry: follow me on twitter (leave your user name in a comment)

6th entry: Spread the word about this giveaway by posting about it on any social network site, forums, etc besides twitter. (leave a link to your post in a comment)

There you are! You have a total of 6 ways to enter, and you can use all of them!

2 winners will be chosen on August 7th, via the random number generator at random.org.

Thank you for stopping by and participating, and have a good week!



Something to note: Some people are not sure how to link to a single tweet. It's easy! go to your twitter profile, and under each tweet there will be the time of when you twittered that tweet. Click on that time, and you will be taken to that tweets very own URL!

Giveaway at Ohio Girl's Blog

Just a quick note to let you all know that Vanessa is having a giveaway at Ohio Girl's Blog, so check it out and be sure to enter.

And the winner is.....

And the winner of the Fabulous Handmade Soap giveaway is...

Courtney!

Congratulations Courtney! You will have 3 wonderful bars of handmade soap sent your way soon.

Way to go!

Following my Blog

So I'm such a dork sometimes! Remember how I accidentally messed up my template? Well, what I did was upload a new template because I thought I was on a different blog. Of course, that erased all of my widgets.

And guess what?

I forgot to put the followers widget back. Until now of course. So I'm very sorry if I've made it so hard for you to get that extra entry by following my blog, and I apologize.

You can still enter again if you haven't yet followed my blog for that entry. It ends this afternoon, so hurry!
http://etsytreasurechest.blogspot.com/2009/07/fabulous-soap-giveaway.html

Fabulous Soap Giveaway!

This giveaway is now over...winner to be announced soon!

This week I'm having an awesome giveaway. Rebecca who makes soap and sells on Artfire has offered to give away 3 bars of soap to one lucky winner! You can visit Rebecca's shop at SoapDeli, where you will find splendid soaps in yummy scents for your bath.

She will be giving away 3 soaps.

Star City Seduction Shea Butter Soap (NEW!)






Mango and Papaya Shea Butter and Goat Milk Soap (it's great for dry skin).





Garden Mint Gardener's Shea Butter Soap (very exfoliating).


If you are the winner you will receive all 3 of these great soaps! I'm very jealous!


How to enter.

Go to Rebecca's shop on artfire, soapdeli, and pick a favorite product. Come back here and leave a comment telling us about your favorite.

Additional entries:
1 extra entry: Tweet about this contest
1 extra entry: follow both me, and Rebecca on twitter. (counts and 1 entry, not 2)
1 extra entry: Follow this blog.
1 extra entry: blog about this contest.
1 extra entry: become a fan of soapdeli on facebook
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Make sure you leave a separate comment for each entry. After the contest is over I will assign each entry a number and put them in a hat. The number I draw is the lucky winner!

Please enter by July 11, noon!

I will draw the number over the weekend after noon.

Good luck!

Mother's Day Blog Givaway!

I just found a cool blog that is having an awesome Mother's Day giveaway! Kimberly at Pretty Pink Momma is giving away some yummy chocolates from Michelle's This and That Etsy Shop. The chocolates are artfully made and wrapped, and would be perfect for any chocolate loving momma! Just check out Kimberly's blog for the details on how to enter!

Congratulations Avlor!

Today is Tuesday! Don't you know what that means? It's giveaway time! And the winner is....*drum roll*.....

Avlor!

Congratulations darling! I even did it the old fashioned way, by putting all the names on a piece of paper, shaking them up, and drawing one!

Avlor has a whole bunch of neat stuff, including printed and PDF stationary, banner sets, photography, scrapbooking, and much more, so check out her shop!

Update on the drawing

Don't forget the drawing is still open, so hurry and enter! Click here to enter.

Also, in case of confusion, I made a mistake in that post. I said that the drawing was Tuesday the 23rd, but I meant Tuesday the 21rst! So, the drawing WILL be on Tuesday the 21rst, just in case anyone got confused. I also did correct my earlier blog post.

Giveaways

Would you like to give away a goody on my blog? Sure, why not?! It means more publicity to you, with me exposing my own readers and twitter followers to your shop, and encouraging them to visit you.
If you want to participate, please let me know and contact me with the item(s) you wish to giveaway, and together we'll work out the details.


Giveaways:

Valentines Growing Hearts giveaway Ends February 1rst.

Giveaway for guitar string earrings and bead assortment...2 winners.

Fabulous Handmade Soap Giveaway Ends July 11, 2009

Personalized Bookmark Giveaway Ends April 21rst, 2009