GIVEAWAY The Black Spot Books Leather Necklace! CLOSED

AND THE WINNER IS:
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Jessica McQuarter! Congrats Jessica! And a great big thank you to everyone who entered!

The Black Spot Books is the totally amazing Etsy shop of Philadelphia artist Margaux Kent.

Margaux's arts are made from olde things, treasures found and recovered from misfortune and neglect, relics of the unusual, the confused and the macabre, cut and pulled and bound into wearable curiosities and inscribable keepsakes.

I fell in love with her hand stitched leather book necklaces the first time I saw them! Her leather has been bartered from farms in Ecuador, ripped from old chairs in Holland, taken from boots and shoes and saddles, and found in abandoned houses across the United States. Every book is made with different materials, so no book will ever have a duplicate!

I talked to Margaux on Saturday where she was enjoying a day at the Jersey shore with her hubby, Walter, just back from Iraq and their baby Soren.


Margaux also has a wonderful shop full of vintage treasures called Plundered and a beautiful website where you can see what she is up to!

WHAT YOU GET:

The Black Spot Books is giving one lucky winner one of Margaux's amazing hand stitched leather book necklaces!




HOW TO WIN:

Visit TheBlackSpotBook's gorgeous shop and leave a comment below letting her know about your favorite item!

For additional entries:

(5) Twitter this post
(5) Blog about this contest; linking to this post
(5) Follow my blog

Let me know if you have done these things so I can give you additional entries. This contest is open to everyone.

DRAWING:

MIDNIGHT on Sunday, September 20th! CLOSED

YUP ... It's Me ETSY FEATURED SELLER 9/9/9!

Even though I submitted this picture of me looking a little like a giddy, red headed chipmunk

(not that I have a problem with red-headed chipmunks, but I swear my hair is not red and my teeth not quite so ... chicletty ... and giddy not a word usually associated with me)

and I do ramble on about turtles (no clue what I was thinking with this) and blanked on all my favorite books and music for the interview -

I AM FLIPPIN' OUT and have wanted to post about this since my post on keeping secrets weeks ago!

So.. I will let you know how this goes - maybe cork will save the world and get us all healthcare or maybe you will just be stuck with my kisser up there for 48 hours- which is about my usual expiration date for people so this should be ok ....

Giveaway ELISA SHERE Rustic Urban JEWELRY CLOSED

And the winner is (chosen by random.org # 993 out of 1016) Alexz! Alexz has a great Etsy shop called BirdTrouble! Check it out!

Thank you to everyone who entered and to Elisa for her generous giveaway!

Elisa Shere is an amazingly talented metalsmith dedicated to environmentally sound metal jewelry!

Each piece of Elisa's jewelry is beautifully and meticulously handcrafted from raw materials such as sterling sheet and wire. She loves to find unusual vintage elements to incorporate into her work. Her work is metalsmithed using hot or cold connections (never glue) and will last a lifetime with proper care! Her biggest goal in jewelry making is to design something that becomes someone's most treasured possession.

Elisa wrote a great storque article on metal jewelry with a conscience that is a great read.

She is giving away one of her amazing pieces to our lucky giveaway winner.

WHAT YOU GET:
One lucky winner will receive Elisa's organic flower necklace entirely hand fabricated from sterling wire and valued at $58.00!





HOW TO WIN:
Visit Elisa's gorgeous shop Elisa Shere Jewelry and leave a comment below letting her know about your favorite item!

For additional entries:

(5) Twitter this post
(5) Blog about this contest; linking to this post
(5) Follow my blog

Let me know if you have done these things so I can give you additional entries. This contest is open to everyone.

DRAWING:

MIDNIGHT on Sunday, September 13th!