Beady giveaway!

Well, it's not MY beady giveaway, but Silver Parrot is giving away a big box full of things from her bead stash. If I win, I'm definitely making some wedding jewelry out of the lot. Maybe some embellishments for the Steampunk costume I'm working on too. What would you make?

Here's the link to the entry where you sign up:
http://silverparrotdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/06/contest.html

And if you want a peek at what you could win:
http://silverparrotdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/06/bead-giveaway-contest-reminder.html

How cool!

Back from the land of the dead

Last week I made the six hour drive to Galveston with my (nearly) two year old daughter to visit my family. It was a lovely visit, spent some time with my Dad and my sister and brother in law, and some time at my Mom and Stepdad's ranch, and ended with a huge party on Valentine's day for my Stepdad's birthday.

I took all of my equipment with me, as usual, so I could keep up with orders as they came in. I sat down one day to cut vinyl decals, and was greeted with the icy stare of the dread Blue Screen of Death. After several hours on the phone with what was probably the nicest and most helpful tech support agent I've ever had the chance to speak to, we determined that my hard drive was fried. I freaked. The day was then spent running across town to Frys to pick up a case for my hard drive, then an hour out to a friend's house who luckily had the driver to my decal cutter installed on his laptop from A-Kon last year. I was incredibly relieved to find out that the only corrupt files on my computer were in my boot menu, and all of my images, files, and the like were untouched.

The next day, Dell delivered my replacement hard drive, and after many hours of moving files, reinstalling drivers and programs, and catching up with orders that were placed after the untimely demise of my computer, I'm finally back in business. I'm incredibly happy that I opted for the big full blown warantee.

So, I missed the last day of my own giveaway. How sad is that? No problem though, I'm happy to announce that the winner was Eric! Thanks to everyone who participated.

Another great giveaway!

I've been getting a lot of great responses for my vinyl decal giveaway. Keep them coming! Check out that post for how to enter.

I am really amazed at how many giveaways there are going on in the Blog world. I've even won something really great - I'll post links and pictures as soon as it gets here. I'm really excited about it.

I came across this giveaway that a fellow team member was having, and thought I'd share (for a few extra chances to win it myself, of course ;)

Very Vicious Valentine Giveaway
Be sure to visit Totusmel's blog for a chance to win these two very cool prizes.


They were both created by artist Diana Crites. Quickly! Run over there and enter! Goooo!

Vinyl Decal giveaway!

I will be adding the last of my new vinyl decal designs to Stickerella today and tomorrow. I'm really excited about how well received this whole venture has been, and it's got my head buzzing with new ideas!

I love doing giveaways, and I can think of no better reason than a shop redesign that's got me so excited. Here's how to enter:

Comment here telling me your favorite item in my vinyl decal store. This will get you 1 entry!
Comment here with a suggestion for decals you'd like to see in my store in the future. I love to hear your suggestions! This will get you 1 entry!
Purchase from my vinyl decal store. This will get you 4 entries for every item you purchase! Individual lines in custom orders each count as a single item.
Blog about me! Mentioning (link please) my blog or Stickerella in your blog gets you 2 entries. Be sure to comment here with a link to your blog so I know to count them.
So, that's a total of 2 possible entries per person for comments to this blog, 2 possible points for blogging, and an unlimited number for purchases. Be sure I can contact you if you're the winner, or check back here to see.

What's the prize? Well, that's up to you! You can choose any item in my vinyl decal store that you'd like. If you're the winner, and would like for me to make the decal you suggested for my store, I'll happily do that as well.

I'll accept entries until Friday, Feb 13. Winner will be posted on Valentine's day <3