Give thanks: Giveaway!

I'm back from New York, sated by all the good food, good company, and good work, and celebrating with a giveaway!

I'm always a big fan of energizing a space with treasures from afar.  Thanks to to good people of Novica, you can find goods from around the world, made my individual artisans, without ever buying a plane ticket.  (Though of course if you can afford to travel and bring home treasures directly, do it!)

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There is a LOT on Novica--so much, in fact, that it can be a little overwhelming if you're not sure what you are looking for.  That said, you can search by item type, country of origin, individual artisan, etc.  If you DO know what you're looking for, you will quickly find a ton of great items at your fingertips.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

The prize: a $75 gift card to Novica

I had quite a lot of fun going through the site and picking some favorites at that price point (or less: keep in mind that you'll have to pay shipping as part of the gift card if you win.)  (Okay, and for some reason I always seem to include one item that is way off the price point.  Can you guess which one it is here?)

With so many home goods, clothing items, and fabulous jewelry to choose from, there is totally something for everyone.

So enter!  It's simple.

1. Follow this blog and let me know about it in a comment

2. Post the giveaway to your blog, facebook page, Google+, or twitter feed, and leave me one comment for EACH (if you want one entry for each.)

Giveaway ends on Wednesday, November 21 at midnight central time, and winner will be announced on Thanksgiving.  Contest is open to anyone living in a place where Novica sells and ships merchandise.

Questions?  Email me heather[at]heatherpetersondesign[dot]com

Go browse, and enjoy!

Easy peasy canopies (and a giveaway)

Doesn't that make you want to say "can-o-peasies?"  Or is it just me?

I've been staging a house.  The owners are adorable and have made a ton of great choices, like painting out the upper half story white (it was knotty pine) and installing white flooring, thereby making the long narrow room as expansive as possible.  (Also creating ombre stairs to that space, as shared here.)  But, they have been living in 1100 square feet with their two kids, two dogs, and two guinea pigs for long enough that they started to lose perspective.  It happens.

After lots of clearing out and refocusing rooms, the house is looking great and will be on the market soon.  My favorite change?  To make the most of the sloped ceiling upstairs and mask some odd doors and built in nooks in the walls, we made a pair of canopies from inexpensive fabric.

Cute, yes?

The best part?  We put them up with velcro.  Quick directions (if you sew):

-hem the bottom 4 inches
- put in 1 1/2 inch hems on both sides
- put in a 3 each hem at the top
- get some velcro for decor projects.  This kind has adhesive on one side and you sew on the other.
- adhere the sticky side to the place where the wall meets the ceiling and where the half wall meets the straight wall.  (Allow 24 hours to fully cure).
- sew velcro to the top of your panel
- put your panel up at the top, drape to determine how much fullness you want (we did not want a a lot), and pin in two spots across the fabric where the second strip of velcro will go
- sew in second strip of velcro

Alternately, you could use a pre-made curtain panel and just sew the rod pocket closed on the sides to avoid sagging.  Easy!

Hey, you know what else?  A little GIVEAWAY today.

Shabby Apple is offering a $50 gift card to the winner.  Check out their adorable, vintage-inspired line on their website.  To enter, do any of the following, then leave me one comment here for each action (and while your at it, tell me your favorite item from  Shabby Apple):

- Check out the Shabby Apple facebook page
- Follow this blog (see "followers" in the sidebar?)
- Share this post on facebook or recommend on Google+
- Tweet this page

You must have a valid US address to enter.

If I won the gift card?  I would choose this skirt:



Stripes!  Shocking, I know.

The whole world in your hands (a giveaway)

Okay, I promised you a board today, and I gotta tell you, this one is all kinds of shocking to me.  Where is the color?  Where are the layers?  But I have to say, I kind of want to move right in.  And I would do my best to resist the addition of throw pillows.  I mean, with a bed like that...

You may be more surprised to find that this room was inspired by this globe.



The people at Kirklands offered to send it to me to check it out in close up, but I politely declined.  No gifts, for me, thanks.  But they've got one for you, and that I can get behind.

How about a $50 gift card for one of you to check out the goods.  That's right, it's time for a little GIVEAWAY!


Entry is simple.  I swear and I promise.

1. Follow this blog!  See in the sidebar, on the right over there, where it says "followers"?  And underneath it says "join this site"?  Click that and follow the directions.  Then leave me a comment here letting me know you did.  (Plus, people, I've been hovering around the 100 mark for months.  Let's just blow past it, shall we?)

2.  Follow Love Your Space on facebook and leave me a comment here telling me all about it.

3.  Follow me on twitter.  actually, scratch that, I'm a terrible tweeter.  I can't say anything in 144 characters or less.

4.  Don't follow me on pinterest.  Seriously, people.  I have way more pinterest followers than blog followers, and the former is really just fodder for the latter.  So follow the blog, peeps.  And let me know about it.

5. For an additional entry, let me know the greatest thing one can get for $50 from Kirklands.  Or the most ridiculous, if you are feeling saucy.

Also, read the giveaway fine print here.

And check out the goods, here.

And next week, let's say, oh, Wednesday at midnight, I'll pick a winner at random.

Get your entries in--you don't want my mother in law to win another giveaway, do you?  (Actually, her birthday is on Monday, so let's all pull for her.  Happy Birthday Barb!)

Giveaway winner!

Hope everyone had a very merry Christmas, if that's what you celebrate.
I'm taking a blog break this week to spend some time with my family, get some work done, tackle a whole bunch of projects around the house, and generally rejuvenate.

But first!  I need to anounce the winner of the custom initial necklace giveawy from Mish Mash studios.

Southsloper, come on down!

You can email me directly at heather[at]heatherpetersondesign[dot]com or leave a comment here with your email and I'll put you in touch with Annie to discuss your necklace.

Enjoy!

Catch you all back here in the new year.

Heather

Breaking From Tradition

Public Service Announcement!

It appears I left out some details about the custom initial necklace giveaway.

Here's my 5-year old wearing hers.  We chose a sort of art deco "C" and a little stamped disc that says "love."  Clio loves it so much, she keeps it in a little thumbprint bowl on her bedside table.

(At the same time, she hates having her picture taken.  I did my best.)

The giveaway is for a custom piece.  Annie will work with you to choose shape, size, the type of letter, etc.  Locals could do this in the shop, anyone else by phone or email.

More details about Mish Mash here.

Giveaway is open through Christmas Eve.  This would make a great gift for any of the ladies in your life.
To enter:

1) follow this blog
2) follow Love Your Space on Facebook
3) follow Mish Mash on Facebook
4) mention this giveaway on your blog or facebook

Leave one comment on this original post for each action above.
Winner will be chosen by random.org Christmas eve at midnight, just as Santa is setting down on roofs everywhere.

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When it comes to the holidays (or anything else, really), do you stick with ingrained traditions?  Or, as an adult, do you make your own?

My family has always been a Frasier Fir or, as back up, Balsam Fir kind of a family.  When we went to Mother Earth Gardens for our Christmas tree the other day, that's what I was looking for.  Instead, I was drawn to the tall, skinny, bare-branched pines--the ones that look straight out of Norway.  Or A Charlie Brown Christmas.  For the first time, I found myself wondering what kind of tree I liked.  And I have been buying my own tree for nearly twenty years now.

My girls, too, were drawn to the softer needles of a pine, and to seal the deal, the white pines were about half the price of the firs.  As it turns out, they are native to Minnesota so they grow easily and naturally here, while Frasier's chug water like a frat boy doing a keg stand, and they take a lot longer to reach maturity.

We brought home a huge, un-dyed white pine, and put it in the big window in the dining room.  It is the first thing you see when you open the front door.  I feel that my happiness level is raised by the presence of this tree.

It's funny: going with tradition means you never have to think about what YOU really want.  Sometimes that's easier.  This is the first year that my kids and I will wake up in our own house on Christmas morning, and it feels like an opportunity to create our own Christmas traditions.  Such a fun opportunity to think about our family and what we want Christmas to look like.  But daunting, too: creating all the magic is on us.

What are your holiday traditions?  Are they your own, or inherited?

Giveaway: Modern Jewelry from silvercocoon

Let's kick the week off right, shall we?  How about a giveaway?

You know what I need?  (and probably you, too)?  Some fresh, modern jewelry to amp up my wardrobe.  Like, just for an example, the fabulous pieces from silvercocoon, a Minneapolis-based design-architecture-jewelry-creative collaboration studio.  Made by hand from a range of materials and modern techniques (lasers are sometimes involved), these pieces are bold and fresh, and jeweler Tia is a mighty fine lady.  If you frequent your local art museum shop, you may have seen the line in person--the Walker Art Center shop is where I first spotted some must-have felt necklaces, before I got a peek at her studio and went ga ga for, well, everything.  You can see Tia's full line here, but for now I suggest you focus your attention on the following pieces; the lucky winner will choose between these four:

Drop earring in clear acrylic

Cloud earrings in golden leather

Hive bracelet in color of your choice (subject to availability)

Topo bracelet in Matte Black

If one of these must be yours, do one or more of the following, and leave me one comment for each action.

1. Follow this blog through google connect or Blog Lovin'

2. Like Love Your Space on Facebook

3. Post a link to this giveaway on your blog or facebook page

4. Like silvercocoon on Facebook

5. Follow silvercocoon on twitter

6. sign up for the silvercocoon e-newsletter

So many ways to enter!  Giveaway ends Wednesday 10/26 at midnight, central time with random number generator fun times.

But wait, there's more.  Do you know Fab.com?  Daily sales at a discount on the One King's Lane Model, only most of the merchandise is from small shops, with tons of hand-made options in furniture, jewelry, art, and home goods.  Let me tell you, it is aptly named.  Right now, silvercocoon jewelry is available on Fab.com at up to 75% off retail.  AND.  If you use the code  http://fab.com/fr4ccm when you sign up for this (free) site, you'll get a credit for $10, making Tia's jewelry practically free.  But you have to use the code today, so hurry on over, sign up, and buy some jewelry.

Don't forget to try to win some here, too.

Feels like Christmas.

Shabby Apple Giveaway Winner!

We have a winner!
So, I used one of those random number generators, and the lucky number that came up is 25.  Now, this being my first giveaway and all, I didn't figure out how to get that image on over here, so I suppose you'll just have to take my word for it.

Comment number 25: Karena from Art By Karena.

I love that this giveaway introduced me to new blogs, like Karena's.  And guess what?  She has a giveaway going on right now, so if you're feeling down and out (or just looking for some art for your home), go on over and enter.

And of course, if your heart truly desires a new dress, just use my promo code. loveyourspace10off,  for 10% off any dress or dresses you like.

Thanks for playing!

P.S.  Karena, email me heather@heatherpetersondesign.com with your address so I can get the dress sent off to you.

Shabby Apple Giveaway!

How cute is this dress?



Don't you kind of want to be her?  Or at least go to there?
Yeah, me too.

Well, guess what?  You can.  Or, at least, you can look like that by winning this dress, know as "Spanish Steps" and made by the fine purveyors of women's dresses at Shabby Apple.  T-shirt top, full skirt, universally flattering and oh so chic.

Look at me, hosting a fancy giveaway.  There are a couple of ways you can be entered to win (but U.S. residents only, please.)  First up, visit Shabby Apple and take a look around. Their dresses are affordable and vintage-inspired, and I love that they are partnering with blogs like mine to get the word out.  (There's another giveaway just wrapping up at My Interior Life and closing this Sunday--hop on over there for even MORE ways to win.)

Okay, once you've checked out the goods, do one or more of the following:

1. Become a follower of Love Your Space (if you're not already) and leave me a comment letting me know that you're a follower, new or old, and how you feel about giveaways.  Yup, I'm serious: I know a captive audience when I see one.  And be honest.

2.  Go "like" Shabby Apple on Facebook, right here, for info on specials, sales, etc.  Leave a comment here telling me you did so.

3.  While you're there, how about "liking" Love Your Space on Facebook?  Yes, please.  Then--you guessed it--leave me a comment here and tell me all about it.

It all seems a little redundant, I know, but when I run a random number generator on all those comments, you want to be in there as many times as possible, no?  Get started: giveaway ends Wednesday, July 20 at midnight central time, and the winner will be announced Thursday July 21.

I would kind of like to enter my own giveaway, but I think that is frowned upon.

Oh!  How could I forget.  If you are not the winner (boooo), or if you would simply like a different dress, go ahead and shop using code loveyourspace10off to receive 10% off any purchase.

Have fun!

Perhaps I should also mention that I'm off to New York to visit a slew of old friends (and meet with a client or two.)  I have a couple of my favorite bloggers lined up with guest posts sharing three design rules to live by.  Come on back for some sage advice.  I've previewed the posts, and there is some good stuff going on there.

See you next week!