Winner!

Brownhairgirl7 - Congratulations - you're the winner of the Earring Giveaway!

Huge thanks to all who entered!

Buster and boo Earring Giveaway!

In honor of the Fall season, I'm offering a pair of Harvest earrings for my latest giveaway!

Beautiful Soft Pink 7-8mm Fresh Water Cultured Pearls are paired with rich and sparkling swarovski amber crystals. Wirewrapped in sterling silver and hanging from sterling silver earwires. Glorious for the fall harvest! Value $18.00

To qualify for the giveaway:

1) Please visit my online boutique, http://busterandboo.etsy.com/. Come back here and leave a post with your favorite item from my shop.

2) Or --- you may also visit my other shop, http://woolies.etsy.com/. Again, come back here and leave a post with your favorite item from that shop.

3) If you visit both shops, you will be entered twice.

4) If you become a follower of my blog (button to the right), you'll be entered again!

5) If you blog about this giveaway, you'll be entered yet again!!

6) If you tweet about this giveaway - another entry!!

So - lots of chances to win! Giveaway will end one week from today - Thursday, 10-29-09, at midnight.

Thank you - and good luck!!

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Natural Kids Giveaway Winner!

Random.org chose #15 - Paula H is the winner of the Natural Kids Giveaway #5!

Please check back in a few weeks for the Natural Kids Giveaway #6!

Thanks to all who entered!

Name This Horse!!

We rescued a horse. She's been here for almost two weeks now, and we keep calling her 'the new horse'. We have to decide on a name - so I decided to ask for some help!

Here's the background -

She's a 24 year old mare (girl). She was a broodmare for much of her life (she had lots of babies). She was born in Missouri. She was starved at one time, and was found eating her own manure (poop) with her newborn baby at her side. She is an Appaloosa. Her coloring is a brown roan - it looks like brown over white, with faint spots. She loves to be sprayed with water. (Really, it's hysterical). She's headstrong, which probably means she has never had a ton of training. But she'll do whatever you ask her to do. I had 2 students on her last night, bareback. I do not think she would ever kick or buck.

Her name was Fancy. But she's not Fancy. Because she's an Appaloosa, my son suggested calling her Apples. (horses love apples, too). I also have thought about Lily (our ranch is named Valley Green, so she would be Lily of the Valley), or Dusty (thinking about keeping the 2 syllables with a Y at the end), or Brownie (warm and sweet and brown).

What do you think? We are open to any and all suggestions!

Your choice of either free knitted acorn from Woolies, or a free Admit One Cat, or scrabble tile pendant from Buster and boo, if we choose the name you suggest~!

Natural Kids Giveaway - #5 !!!

Another in the series!

The Natural Kids is a team of Etsy shops that create items for Kids using natural materials.

These truly are heirloom pieces that your children will reach for again and again.

This is a bendy doll from Princess Nimble Thimble.


She's 2.5" tall and is a $10 value

Materials: wool felt, cotton threads, wooden bead, stainless steel and cotton chenille stem, nontoxic glue, nontoxic paints, nontoxic sealer, real acorn cap, chiffon fabric.







These are needle felted wool fairies from OritDotanDolls. You can read more about this item here:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15323472

In Orit's words:

These needle felted wool fairies, these art dolls are friends to anyone who owns them.They are sitting in a part of dry tree fruit that measures 3in height and 4in width.You can place the tree fruit on a desk or hang it.The two little blessing fairies measured 6in high, made of super fine merino wool that colored with ecological colors [without heavy metals].You can enjoy their gentle and beauty.They decorate and bring good atmosphere.

These are valued at $30.

The Rules:

Visit each shop.

Princess Nimble Thimble

and

Oritdotandolls

Come back here, and leave a post with your favorite item from each shop.

This Giveaway will run for 2 weeks, and end on June 21st.

You MUST leave an email address for me to reach you.

Have fun! Enjoy all the beautiful items that these shops offer!

To search for other amazing Natural Kids items on Etsy - click here:

http://tinyurl.com/oxo4nh

Have a great day!

winner!!!

We have a winner of the latest Natural Kids Giveaway - Jinxyandme!

Congrats to Jinxyandme - and thanks to all who entered! New giveaway will start tomorrow - check back!

Natural Kids Giveaway - #4 !!!!

Natural Kids Giveaway #4 !!!

The Natural Kids is a team of Etsy shops that create items for Kids using natural materials. I'm in love with the items for this next giveaway - can I enter to win???


These truly are heirloom pieces that your children will reach for again and again. Total Prize Value is $65!!!



First we have PolarBear Creations Mini-Baby. I can imagine this baby being toted around all day, everyday.

Next is Pupa's cotton bunny. Safe for young children, as the face is simply embroidered. All natural and so beautiful.

Wee Blossom Babe from FaerieRebecca would bring joy to any young child's playtime.


The Rules:

Visit each of the 3 shops

Polar Bear Creations

Pupa

FaerieRebecca

Come back here, and leave a post with your favorite item from each shop. This Giveaway will run for 2 weeks, and end on May 130th. (Which is when the next one will start).

You MUST leave an email address for me to reach you.

Have fun!

Natural Kids Winner

Random.org has chosen #40 for the Natural Kids Giveaway #3!

congratulations Lori!!!

NATURAL KIDS GIVEAWAY #3!!!

The Natural Kids is a team of Etsy shops that create items for Kids using natural materials. The Variety and Quality of work is outstanding. These truly are heirloom pieces.

This giveaway is 3rd in a series, as we try to acquaint you with these fabulous shops.

Here is what you can win:

Pixie, handmade cloth doll - from fairiesnest.

Owlet, knitted baby owl, from Woolies




Children's napkins, a set of 4, from WeeBeaks



Total Value - $57 !

The Rules:

Visit each of the 3 shops

Woolies

WeeBeaks

FairiesNest

Come back here, and leave a post with your favorite item from each shop. This Giveaway will run for 2 weeks, and end on May 15th. (Which is when the next one will start).

You MUST leave an email address for me to reach you.

Have fun!

A Winner!

Thanks to all who entered the Ozknits Yarn contest. Random.org has chosen Nesiebird.

Please contact me with your address!

Natural Kids Giveaway - Winner!

Natural Kids Giveaway #2 - winner is "Mom2anutball". Congratulations!

Giveaway #3 will be going up tonight or tomorrow - please check back!

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Natural Kids On-Going Giveaway!

OOOOOO you're going to have lots of chances to win absolutely amazing natural children's items !!!!!!!!

The first round of the Natural Kids Giveaway features three shops ~ Nushkie, Natural Star and WrenWillow.

On Etsy, my Woolies shop is a member of The Natural Kids Team. We are a group of shops that make items for kids out of natural materials. You will find some of THE most georgeous, innovative, heirloom quality, imaginative, exciting.....there are not enough superlatives to express my amazement at the work and skill that goes into these toys and items.

So, every two weeks for the next few months, The Natural Kids Team is offering you a chance to win some of these amazing works of art.

The rules are simple.

Each giveaway will consist of 3 (THREE) shops giving away a prize.

You will have to visit each shop.

Then you will have to come back here and post about your favorite item from each shop.

*You can put all your favorites in just one post*

*Please* leave an email address or a link to your blog so I have a way to reach you if you are the grand prize winner.

The first giveaway starts April 1st and will run for 2 weeks - ending on April 14th at midnight.

The second giveaway will start on April 15 and run for 2 weeks - and so on. So if you don't win during the first round - you will have lots of chances.

SO - onto the details of the Natural Kids Giveaway #1!

The Shops to Visit are:

Nushkie

Natural Star

WrenWillow

There will be ONE winner during each giveaway. Each winner will receive all 3 items from the featured shops! Questions? Please let me know.

So head off to find your fav item from each shop; come back to my blog and post about it. Enjoy all the wonderful shops that are part of The Natural Kids Team!

We have a winner - JJ! Thanks to all who entered. Look on my blog for the next giveaway!

Charmed, I'm sure - the Giveaway!

In this giveaway - YOU get to CHOOSE! You can have ANY charm you choose from Charmed by Karen. AND - GUESS what??? There will be TWO winners!

A Sampling of some Charms that I love ~~~~~

My own favorite (today anyway, it might change tomorrow) is this little guy:

In Karen's words, "Hanging charms and amulets make delightful "just because" gifts for friends, family or yourself!"

Now for the RULES:

1. Head on over to Charmedbykaren!
2. Come on back here and leave a comment with your favorite charm.
3. Get entered twice if you choose a favorite from one of my shops - Buster and boo or Woolies.
4. PLEASE leave a way for me to reach me. If you do not, you will be disqualified, sorry.
5. Contest will end Sunday, March 8th, at midnight.

Good Luck! Remember there are TWO winners!!!
Thanks for entering!

We have Winners!!!

Ellen from Artlife is very generous - because she has allowed me to choose 1 grand prize winner, and 3 runner-ups!!!

All winners are chosen by random.org. I tired to post pics of the winning numbers, but blogger wouldn't cooperate.

The grand prize winner is #25 - ky2here.

The THREE runner-ups are Vic, kdkdkd and tanyawilson! I'm sending everybody emails, but feel free to contact me at any of my shops.

Thanks to all who entered!!!!

An Interview, AND a Giveaway!!!

If you are a reader of my blog, you'll know that I love finding new shops. Etsy is a treasure-trove of undiscovered glory - here's one for you to discover! The shop name is ARTLIFE!

A little bit of an interview - the person behind the artist - I'd like to introduce you to Ellen!:

Do you have a day job besides your Artlife shop on Etsy?

Yes. My goal is to be one of the "I quit my day job" folks but for now I work part-time at an up-scale grocery store. I feel very lucky to at least have a few days off a week which I can solely devote to my Etsy shop and moving toward that goal.

Do you have any kids?No, I love kids but I've never wanted any of my own.

Do you blog?Yes. My blog is http://mysillyartlife.blogspot.com/

Do you have any animals?Not at the moment. I've had cats in the past and would love to get another someday. Cats are the coolest!

What tips can you give to someone just starting out on etsy?I think the biggest thing is to think positive thoughts and try not to get discouraged. Even when sales are not coming in, you can always be doing something to move your business forward and every little step counts towards the big picture. Also, if you get some momentum going with your shop DON'T stop! I have made the mistake in the past of working on my shop in fits and starts and in hindsight I now realize I lost hard won momentum when I ignored my shop.

Any last thoughts?Hmmm, Right now I'm really into giveaways and gifting my cards!

And with that in mind here is this weeks giveaway from Artlife -

First of all - what are you trying to win?? YOUR CHOICE of a notecard set.

The Rules::::

Head on over to Artlife.

Come on back here and leave a comment with your favorite notecard set from her shop.

You MUST leave a way for me to reach you.

EXTRA Entries: Stop by Buster and boo or Woolies (my shops) and leave a comment with your favorite item. I WILL count the extra entries!

Contest ends one week on Saturday, February 28th - last day of February!

Thanks so much & good luck!

Buster and boo Giveaway!

No, not here! ~~ You're going to have to head on over to the beautiful Raven's blog at

http://ravenxxxx.blogspot.com/. I'm giving away YOUR CHOICE of any pair of earrings valued at $12 or under (which is most of them in my shop, as I only make affordable jewelry)!!!

Here's a peek at what you might choose, all available at Buster and boo!

So don't delay, please visit Raven's blog today! Thanks!

Just in time for Valentine's Day Giveaway

has been chosen by http://random.org - random chose #93.

congratulations to #93, and thank you to all who entered. Please stop by again, as new contests will be up soon!

Just in time for Valentine's Day Giveaway

Announcing, the Just in Time for Valentine's Day Giveaway!

(ooooooo earrings, my favorite!)

Designed by fishprincessdesigns, on Etsy of course.

A bit about these georgeous earrings:

Rhodochrosite oval beads of pastel pinks, creams and tan and sterling silver round beads to give these earrings a cool, feminine glow. Think cherry blossoms and cotton candy! Earrings are about1 inch long from the sterling silver earwire base.

You can win these! Here's how:

1. Visit http://fishprincessdesigns.etsy.com/. Find your favorite item.
2. Come back to my blog http://woolies-woolies.blogspot.com/ and leave a comment with your favorite item.
3. If you do not leave a way to reach you, you cannot win. Please feel free to contact me at either of my shops (http://busterandboo.etsy.com/) or (http://woolies.etsy.com/) and leave me your email address there if you are not comfortable leaving it here.
4. Contest will end one week from today- at midnight on February 9th.
any questions? Please contact me! And Good Luck - Happy Valentine's Day!

First Giveaway of the New Year!

Happy New Year! To start 2009 off right, it is time to have a giveaway!

Do you love handmade soaps? They are one of my most favorite things. There really is no comparison to the "other" soaps. Every since I discovered Etsy several years ago, I use nothing but handmade soaps.

Here's a fabulous bath and beauty shop that you have to go visit - Soap Deli! She has offered a salt bar gift pack. Imagine the luxury of these:

Grapefruit Twist

and

Margarita Lime

and

Lemon Verbena Salt Bars

In Rebecca's (Soap Deli) own words:

This is the perfect soap for dry or troubled skin. Great as a facial bar or all over, this bar contains both shea and cocoa butters as well as an abundance of skin loving oils such as Olive and Rice Bran, both known for their moisturizing properties. It also contains sea salt, known for it's healing properties. It leaves behind a bit of excess oil to smooth and rehydrate your skin. Leaves you feeling moisturized, not oily or greasy. Also makes a great shampoo bar. It contains no artificial fragrances or colors and is all natural.

Bar weighs 4oz. - 4.5oz. Vegan.

Now for the rules:

1. Visit Soap Deli. Find your favorite item.

2. Come back to my blog http://woolies-woolies.blogspot.com/ and leave a comment with your favorite item.

3. If you do not leave a way to reach you, you cannot win. Please feel free to contact me at either of my shops (http://busterandboo.etsy.com/) or (http://woolies.etsy.com/) and leave me your email address there if you are not comfortable leaving it here.

4. Contest will end one week from today- at midnight on January 8th.

any questions? Please contact me! And Good Luck - Happy New Year!

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I love this website - here are the results of my latest contest. SO glad I don't have to do it the old-fashioned way - by writing all the names and putting it into a hat!

thanks to everybody who enters my contests - about to post another one, so stay tuned!