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GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED

I am totally in thrall when it comes to people who can look at an old item and immediately imagine a new life for it. Maria of Big Tinsel is one of those people (she is also the design mastermind behind another Etsy store Miss Crowland). I was immediately taken with her jewellery only to discover that the majority of it is made from repurposed items from her father's shoe repair shop. How cool, right?

Thanks to Maria's generosity one lucky winner will get to choose between two great Big Tinsel necklaces:

A beauty featuring an amethyst crystal and small turquoise wood beads on an 18 karat gold plated chain.

A comet-inspired necklace featuring recycled beads--one large faceted gunmetal bead and several smaller brass ones--on a vintage brass chain.

How to get your hands on one of these? You know the drill.

How to Enter

Be a follower of Sogni e Sorrisi and let me know what your fave Big Tinsel item is in your comment. Simple!

Extra Entries

1. Follow me on Twitter. If you already do just let me know in your comment!

2. Tweet about this giveaway. To make it easy you can tweet this:

Enter to win your choice of @MissCrowland Big Tinsel necklaces @SogniESorrisi http://bit.ly/aAs2Kw

3. Blog or Facebook about this giveaway.

4. Follow Maria on Twitter.

5. Add Big Tinsel to your Etsy favourites.

6. Follow Maria's blog.

7. Like Big Tinsel on Facebook.

8. Buy something from either of Maria's Etsy shops for an extra 10 entries. Just let me know in your comment and forward proof of purchase.

Giveaway open until November 3, 2010
Winner will be chosen via random.org

Good Luck!

GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED

These days silhouettes are all the rage in interiors, a perfect way to enhance any room and bring personalized artwork into your home. Enter Miss Crowland, a Toronto-based illustrator, interactive and motion graphic designer whose Etsy shop is filled with great silhouette designs and who also offers custom work. Want to frame an outline of yourself, your child or even your dog? All you have to do is send along a side profile photograph and Miss Crowland will do the work, creating a great custom silhouette that is perfect for yourself or to give as a gift (in fact, the shop's custom couple portraits were even featured in Martha Stewart Weddings as a great gift idea for any bride and groom.)

All of Miss Crowland's silhouettes are distributed as digital pdf files, so you are responsible for printing, and get to choose the type of frame you'd prefer once you receive the files via email.

Miss Crowland can also create artwork based on different types of photos, like one of your new shoes, perfect for the dressing area of any Louboutin-obsessed fashionista.

Fab, right? It gets better. Miss Crowland's is offering one lucky winner their Red Riding Hood Series, which features silhouettes of Red and the Wolf. A quote from the book ("The woods are a dangerous place") completes the triptych. This series is "great for book lovers, pop-culture lovers, and the accompanying quote is a gentle reminder to always be on your toes." The three digital illustrations will be provided in standard print format PDF files.

How to Enter

Giveaway is open to all followers of Sogni e Sorrisi (new and old). Just visit Miss Crowland's shop and let me know in your comment what your fave item is.

Extra Entries

1. Follow me on Twitter. If you already do, thanks! Just leave a comment letting me know.

2. Tweet about this giveaway. To make it easy you can tweet this:

Just entered the @misscrowland #giveaway @SogniESorrisi http://tinyurl.com/26w74hz

3. Follow Miss Crowland on Twitter.

4. Check out Miss Crowland's blog and leave a comment.

5. Blog or Facebook about this giveaway. Please put the link in your comment.

6. Receive 10 extra entries if you purchase something from Sweetgrass Prints. Just forward proof of purchase and let me know in a comment here!

Giveaway open until September 8, 2010

Winner will be chosen at random.

Good luck and don't forget to check out the other great giveaways we have going on right now!