Indie Wed Giveaway!

On January 29th 2011, Chicago will be the location for a unique wedding event. The event, called Indie Wed is the first of its kind in the Midwest, bringing together local vendors with a twist. Indie Wed caters to not only unconventional couples who are taking a more modern, edgy, or eco-friendly approach to their special day but also the more conservative couples who simply want to add some special touches. The event highlights the work of independent designers specializing in various wedding related fields including stationery, cakes & pastries, fashion, catering, floral design, photography and more.

Poppytalk has four tickets to giveaway here this week (including choice of the  11:30 or 2:30pm runway show).  We will pick two winners (two tickets each) that leave a comment here at this post by Wednesday, January 12th by 9pm (Pacific).  We'll then announce a winner on Friday, January 14th!

The event on the 29th is from 10am - 4pm and will include:  90+ vendors, live music/dancing performances, food tastings, 2 runway shows (separate ticket required), swag bags for first 50 couples in line, separate bride and groom lounges with free pampering (mini mani's, massages etc),  and much more.

Indie Wed - Saturday, January 29th, 2011 from 10am-4pm at the Ravenswood Event Center
Entrance at 4043 N. Ravenswood Ave.,  Chicago, Illinois.  Visit Indie Wed for more info.

Little Otsu Giveaway Winner!

We have chosen a winner for the Little Otsu mini art book series giveaway, Living Things Series Vol 1+2 ! Congrats to iamrobyn out of Toronto!

And the winner is....

Congratulations to jrlinklater - you were Number 190 as chosen by our Random Generator pals and are now the winner of our Poppytalk | Specimental Design Ring Giveaway! Please email us at poppytalkblog[at]yahoo[dot]ca with your mailing address and ring size so we can mail send you your beautiful ring!




Thanks to Laura of Specimental Design for her unique craftmanship and generosity with this beautiful giveaway!

Little Winter: Poppytalk Exclusive Giveaway!

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Abby Powell-Thompson (abbytrysagain.typepad.com) and Chelsea Fuss (frolic-blog.com) are joining forces to present Little Winter: a handmade market (littlewintermarket.com). The event features artists and craftspeople from Portland and beyond and will be held at The Cleaners (acehotel.com) in downtown Portland, Oregon - November 6 and 7, 2010. The group of artisans will be selling clothing, house wares, paper goods, fine art, photography, vintage, purses, accessories and more.

Fourteen of the vendors have donated wares for this exclusive Poppytalk giveaway! The giveaway includes 15 items shown here that are collectively worth more than $400! One lucky winner will receive these goodies. (The giveaway is open to those in the US and Canada).

The giveaway will run today (Friday, October 29/10 at 12:00 AM. until next Wednesday, November 3rd/10 at 11:59 PM. Abby and Chelsea will be announcing a winner either Thursday the 4th or Friday the 5th. Please leave a comment "here at this post only" in the comments section to enter!

Giveaway items:

Image No.1: (above) two travel size perfumes from Twigs & Honey (twigsandhoney.com), a Fieldguided tie (fieldguided.blogspot.com), and an 8"x12" print from Abby Try Again (abbytryagain.bigcartel.com)

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Image No.2: a handwoven loop scarf from Secret Pocket (secretpocket.bigcartel.com), an assortment of ten letterpress cards from Tokketok Press (tokketok.com), an Imagination poster from Mossiere (mossiere.com), and a large dotted garland decal from Shanna Murray (shannamurray.bigcartel.com)


Image No. 3Image No.3: hand knit socks from Garment House (garmenthouse.bigcartel.com), a necklace from Sulu Design (etsy.com/shop/suelieu), mechanical animals from Julianna Swaney (ohmycavalier.co), a print from Amanda Blake (amandablakeart.com)


Image No. 4Image No. 4: a postcard set from Cori Kindred (corikindred.com), two prints from Kiki&Polly (kikiandpolly.com) and a tiny house from My House Party (myhouseparty.net)

last day to enter! seababe wedding band giveaway ends 10.22.10

{ seababe 1mm skinny ring pictured in rose gold (available in white or yellow gold as well!) }

don't forget to enter! seababe jewelry wants you to know you'll have a choice of white, rose, or yellow gold for the giveaway prize.
enter here.

as they would say: aloha and mahalo!
jen

Mixed Tape Giveaway No. 1 (Winner Announced)

Futurowoman
Our first winner (of 4 total) in our Mixed Tape Giveaway Contest running this month is Nancy of Futurowoman! Nancy made us a mixed tape consisting of eclectic classic rock (think Blondie and David Bowie). Nancy wins a $25 gift certificate at Poppytalk Handmade! Click here to listen to her tracks.

Pssssst! There's still time to enter our contest and win too! Each thursday this month we will pick a winner! Just make us a mixed tape and leave a message at our Facebook Page. Details here!

Poppytalk Handmade Earth Day Giveaway!

To celebrate Earth Day's 40th Anniversary today and our "Green Pop" eco-themed market at Poppytalk Handmade this month, we are excited to be offering a giveaway starting tonight here on the blog!

We're offering up a $150 gift certificate at Poppytalk Handmade (from something in the current Green Pop Market) to the lucky winner who comments in this post's comments box (and offers a tip on being good to the Earth and visits our market telling us their favourite piece). One entry per person, and a bonus entry if you tweet about this giveaway (adding @poppytalk to the tweet along with a link to the tweet in the comments).

The $150 gift certificate must be used before the end of our current market, May 7th, 2010. Choose one thing, or many as long as it adds up to $150 (total). You can leave a comment at this post anytime from now until next Wednesday (April 28/10) at 12pm noon. We will pick a winner and announce Thursday (April 29th)! Good luck and thanks for visiting our artists at our eco-themed market.

Giveaway! Handwritten Valentine from Hello Handmade

In January we posted about Hello Handmade's beautiful hand written customized valentines. Taking their cue from Jane Austen, then adding their own modern twist, the valentine's are handwritten, handpainted and elaborately folded in the regency style of Austen's time, then sealed with black and white striped washi tape and a wax seal.

And today we along with artists Shanna Murray + Betsy Dunlap are offering one custom regency valentine to giveaway!

Please leave a comment (at this post) with a favorite quote, from a poem or lyric, that speaks to you most regarding matters of the heart. Shanna + Betsy can't wait to read your comments and choose their favorite! Be sure to leave your email address!

As their valentine's are only available for purchase until Friday, the 5th of February in order to ensure they arrive to you in time to give to your Valentine, this giveaway will end Tuesday, February 2nd at 5pm Pacific with the winner being announced on Wednesday the 3rd. Good luck!

Hello Handmade Giveaway!

Today I'm honoured to host a giveaway for one of my favourite handmade artist duo's, Hello Handmade! Artists, Shanna Murray + Betsy Dunlap are offering up one of their beautiful O Tannenbaum prints and one of their 2010 Laureled Tea Towels to a lucky winner this week. The giveaway starts immediately and will end at 10pm (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, December 8th/09. Since Betsy and Shanna are both terribly sentimental they suggested we ask everyone to leave a comment that includes a favorite holiday tradion to enter. They'd love to read through them and choose a winner.

Also they are having a little sale this week in their shop and have marked their calendars down to $20 each to celebrate the giveaway. They've also relaunched their lovely downloadable ornaments and bunting, (as they were old favorites) and they thought those that didn't have a chance to get them last year might love to download and work on them this year! Visit their etsy shop here

So please leave a comment here at this post "what your favorite holiday tradition is" and a winner will be announced on Wednesday morning. Good Luck!

Safari users: If you are having trouble finding the comments button, please click back to the main blog url at poppytalk.blogspot.com and find this post and you should see the comments box then. If you're still having troubles, pls email us at poppytalkblog[at]yahoo[dot]ca and we will enter your name and comment for you. Thank you!

Photo by Abbey Powell Thompson

And the winner is...

Congratulations to Candace of Sparklepower! Candace was the 122nd comment (chosen by random.org) on our Poppytalk Handmade Giveaway. We are thrilled to offer her a $100 gift certificate to spend at our online market. Thanks to all 306 commenters, it was an awesome response! We will definitely do this again and we look forward to 3 more years at Poppytalk Handmade! This blog which is a couple years older than the market (started in March 2005) is where the concept of our online market started (October 2007) and we're thrilled to be able to support the handmade community bringing our readers to these awesome artists and designers. Thank you everyone (readers and participants) We are honoured to be here!

Poppytalk Handmade Giveaway!

Today we're starting our celebration of Poppytalk Handmade's 3rd year! And to celebrate we are offering our very own giveaway here. Yippie-ki-yay! So to start off, here's the deal. We love giveaways and we love'm fast! So this one will run starting today through to Thursday evening at 9pm (Pacific)! So anytime from now till then, feel free to enter. We're offering up a $100 gift certificate at Poppytalk Handmade (from something in the current "Indie Love Market") to the lucky winner who comments in this post's comments box (and mentions their favourite item in our market). Leave a second comment and the link if you tweet about it! We will pick a winner randomly and announce Friday! The $100 gift certificate must be spent before the end of our current market, November 20th, 2009. Click here to visit the market and come back here to comment! Good luck and thanks for visiting our artists at our market!

2010 Letterpress Calendar Giveaway

Sycamore Street Press is hosting a giveaway of their new 2010 Letterpress Calendar this week (which looks to be an awesome one). To enter the giveaway, click on over to their blog where they will be choosing a winner at random next Monday, Sept 21st. To see more images or to purchase the calendar click here.

fawn&forest Giveaway Winners!

The lucky lucky winners of our Forest Finds bamboo Plywerk panel wall art giveaway are commenters number 13 and 61 (as chosen by random.org):



No. 13. Jutta from Finland:



and

No. 61 Natalia Rosin from Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil



Congratulations! You have both won a Forest Finds bamboo Plywerk panel of your choice! Please email us at poppytalkblog[at]yahoo[dot]ca with your mailing address so we can set it all up! And thanks to the Summer and Danny at fawn&forest for the awesome giveaway and to everyone who enetered! It was fun!

And the winner is...

The first winner of our Domino Book Giveaway is........(thanks to our furry friend) is Alexandra of Virginia! Alex we're emailing you right now!

Stay tuned for the next draw shortly!

A Domino of a Giveaway!

We were very sad (like many we’re sure) when the news of Domino Magazine closed. However their innovative and gorgeous ideas live on in their book, Domino, The Book of Decorating. The folks from Simon & Schuster have kindly sent us two copies of their book to give away to our readers.

Having a chance to flip through this book over this past weekend, not only are the images amazing (in the Domino way), but there are some creative decorating tips and innovative how-to's too! I love this book, and truly didn't know how good it was! (I wish I could keep a copy)!

Please leave a comment here (at this post only) with your email address and location. We will run this giveaway from now through to the end of Wednesday, April 29th/09 at 11:59pm. We will post the winners (there will be two) here Thursday, April 30th/09. Good luck and a HUGE thank you to Nina at Simon & Schuster !

One entry per person please.

UPDATE NOTE: We have so many comments, that if you are using Safari, you are going to have trouble reaching the bottom of the comments page to comment, so if you could, please use Firefox to comment. If you don't have Firefox, please email us at poppytalkblog[at]yahoo[dot]ca and I will enter your name in. Use the words 'DOMINO GIVEAWAY' in the subject line. Sorry for the inconvenience. Blogger and safari aren't mixing well with our creative fandangled coding! Thanks!





Simon & Schuster
Domino: The Book of Decorating
A room-by-room guide to creating a home that makes you happy
By Deborah Needleman, Sara Ruffin Costello and Dara Caponigro
ISBN-10: 1416575464
ISBN-13: 9781416575467

B-Boy Giveaway!

Portland illustrator, Ward Jenkins is offering an etsy giveaway on his blog this week (well till Wednesday April 1st - no April fools joke)! He will have his kids each pick out a number from the total number of comments that are posted on that particular post from now until 11:59pm PST. These are awesome prints! Click here to enter!

wardomatic.etsy.com
b-boy series @ etsy
And a nice new website: wardjenkins.com

Good things come to those who believe

And the winner of the Dido (Sony/BMG & Poppytalk giveaway) (drum roll............) is Susan of 29Black Street, from Nova Scotia! Congratulations you have just won a stainless steel water bottle, re-usable shopping bag, and an autograph copy of Dido's last album "Life for Rent". Please email us at poppytalkblog@yahoo.ca with your mailing address so the people at Sony can mail it to you!

This print (above) from Susan's Etsy shop we found after perusing her blog. We thought it was so fitting....

giveaway: dido's "life for rent"

Sony BMG & Poppytalk have partnered up with us this week to offer our readership a fun little giveaway on the blog. The “Dido Prize Package Giveaway” includes a stainless steel water bottle, re-usable shopping bag, and an autograph copy of Dido's last album "Life for Rent".

Leave your name in the comments section here to enter (it'll be open all week - one comment per person) and we will announce a winner this friday!

Website | http://www.didomusic.com/ca/
YouTube | ca.youtube.com/Dido
Safe Trip Home | www.safetriphome.com

and the winner is....

Congratulations to Kate of Nydam Press out of Conneticut! She's the winner of our mini-giveaway today! Thanks to everyone for all your comments on your favorite magazines. It was fun to read! And it tells me a bit about you, you're a little Domino, a little Dwell, a bit Readymade and some Living etc! And if you get a chance, check out Kate's lovely lino cut and gocco prints and cards at her etsy shop, here.