A Giveaway to Dine For

As Erin mentioned yesterday, next week we will be posting our world famous holiday gift guide.  Yep, 5 full days of non-stop recommended shopping action.  It's going to be massive.  In preparation for our extravaganza, I suggest you take note of the two shopping rules I live by:  1.  Never shop on an empty stomach and 2.  Always get something for yourself. In preparation for the e-commerce bloodbath, The Inglenook Decor is making sure you can check rules one and two off your to-do list.  The lovely ladies that run Inglenook contacted Erin and I offering up holiday plates for your dining, self keeping and overall holiday pleasure.

You dudes know the drill:  swoon, comment, and maybe maybe win.  La random number generator will pick a winner next monday and I'll contact you via email on Tuesday.

The winner gets his or her choice of either of these two lovely holiday plate sets:

Option 1:  Haute Holiday Dessert Plates, set of four* plates in a lovely gift box

*sorry, I had originally posted that there were nine plates but I was mistaken... the plates are 9" wide and come in a set of 4 :)

Option 2: Four Calling Bird Dessert Plates with 24 karat GOLD!!!!!!  Have I reminded you lately how I love gold?  Le sigh!  These babies come in a set of four.

If you just can't wait until we post our guide next week to get your holiday shop on, perhaps you could cross a few names off your list with any of these gems from the Inglenook (note, these items are NOT part of the give away, I just feel like showing them to you.  So there)

Clockwise from top:

Gold Leaf Metal Birds Nest With Silver Spoon, $26.00

Amelie Luster Glasses, Set of 6, $36.50

Brown Shanghai Links Needlepoint Pillow, $53.50

Avocado Bamboo Pillow, $77.50

Ok everyone, start your engines... Pick a plate set and leave a comment and hopefully all your holiday wishes will come true.

And Zee Winners Are:

It's big winner day!  It's big winner day!  I LOVE IT! Last week we offered up 3 Opart prints to 3 lucky winners, today, the random generator has spoken:

I included an actual screenshot of the generator so you dudes would know there was no funny business.  The winners are:

#42: Raquel

#34: AB

#6: Ceci

Congrats ladies!!!!!  Hit me up at hollaback@design-crisis.com and I'll get your shipping info and confirm which print you want.

Everyone else:  I'm super tired and I know most of you are busy pumping helium into an oversized cartoon balloon for the big parade on thursday, so I'm just going to leave you with a sweet shot of what you didn't win and bid you all a very very happy thanksgiving.  Erin will be here tomorrow to tell you again incase you read that last line too fast.

If you didn't win, you can still purchase any of his prints HERE for only $25... psst... shipping is free.

Opart Giveaway!!

Good morning everyone!  Glad to see you all survived a night undoubtedly filled with panic and nightmares after Erin's haunted house tour yesterday.  You guys are some tough kittens and for that we would like to reward you!  How about an, um, I don't know, maybe a GIVE AWAY???!!! Hooray!  Everyone loves a give away.  Especially me because it makes me feel like Oprah.  We're very similar if you divide all of her accomplishments, bank accounts and loyal followers by approximately one hundred gazillion.  Enough about me, the real Oprah in this story is a lovely gentleman called Tim who sells his affordable photography prints under the name Opart on Etsy.  He's a rockin photographer who wants nothing more than to bring warmth and joy to your little hearts this holiday season.

Here's how this shit's going down:  I'll be posting several of Opart's pieces (I just couldn't narrow it down) you dudes pick your favorite one and leave a shout out in the comments section.  Next Tuesday, I will pick THREE WINNERS via the magic number generator et voila each of THREE WINNERS gets their favorite piece.  Don't worry if another winner also loves your fave, Tim is happy to print duplicates.

Here are your choices:

Carousel 1970, 8"x8"

Street Party, 8"x8"

Happy Holidays, 8"x8"

Zebra Number 3, 8"x8"

Almost a Unicorn, 10"x8"

Road King, 8"x8"

Gina, Venice Beach 1996, 8"x8"

Four Bee Eaters, 10"x8"

Five Humming Birds, 10"x8"

And just incase you can't wait until the big reveal next Tuesday, you can buy most of these prints for $25, which includes free shipping around the world through January 2010, here.

Happy commenting!

+++++++UPDATE: AS OF 6:30pm CENTRAL TIME, ENTRIES TO THE CONTEST ARE CLOSED.  Sorry loves, come back tomorrow to find out who one and next week for a BRAND NEW CONTEST++++++++