Stuff… for People

Thanks everyone!!!! The giveaway contest is now over and (through Random.org) the winner is….

TANYA!!!!

Thanks everyone and I’ll add your e-mail addresses to the Stuff Club so you can be notified of the next giveaway.  I promise it’ll be something totally cute!

I’ve been wanting to do a giveaway for such a long time.  It’s actually been over a year since I opened up my shop and have enjoyed all the friends I’ve made through Flickr, Etsy, and local craft/artisan shows in So Cal (yay for Handmade District!).  I’ve also had the good fortune to be the recipient of several giveaways and thought I’d have to do the same to keep up the good karma.  So what is up for grabs is a cute tiny lemon meringue pie slice with a slice of lemon and whipped cream on a necklace with a tiny fork charm.

Just in case you’re not a huge lemon meringue fan, you can choose either a strawberry cream pie, key lime pie, or pumpkin pie with whipped cream charm. Bon appetit!

So here are the rules…

Be sure to include your e-mail address, website or blog link so if you win, I’ll be able to contact you!

1.)  Visit my shop (www.roscata.com) and leave a comment on this post with your favorite item – feel free to peruse my listed items and my sold items!  This will get you one entry.

2.) For an additional entry, give me an idea of a food or dish that would be adorable in miniature form as a piece of jewelry (links to pictures are welcome too).

3.) Blog about my giveaway (be sure to link to my shop and to this giveaway post!) and leave a separate comment with the link.  This will get you five entries.

4.) Tweet and/or Facebook with a link to the giveaway.  Only one Tweet or Facebook entry per person please and if you do both – that’s two entries!  Come back to my blog and leave a comment with the link so it can be verified.  Leave a separate comment for the Twitter and Facebook.

5.) Follow this blog and leave another comment letting me know you did so for one entry.

6.) Make a purchase of $10 or more from my shop and receive 10 entries!  Be sure to let me know you made a purchase in either a separate comment or in an Etsy conversation.

The giveaway ends at 12:00 pm Pacific time on August 3, 2009.

All entrants will be added to the Stuff Club (Roscata’s mailing list) to be notified of other Roscata giveaways!  E-mail addresses will be kept private and only used to send notifications of sales and giveaways at Roscata’s Shop – Stuff for People.

Don’t forget to enter The Lovely Teaspoon’s giveaway and read her fantastic interview all hosted by Lovely Little Deer.  My LA friend Spiderbot’s giving away $25 worth of her amazing recycled recession-proof garb on her blog!  Last but not least, you must visit the Sweeter Than Me blog and enter the Urban Legend (also Leaves of Glass) giveaway for some fantastic jewelery!

GOOD LUCK!!!!

Until later! ®oscata

A Little Etsy Love’s hubby is giving away one of his awesome melamine platters from his store – Platterific!  These are great and perfect for summertime… well, actually, all year round!  The best part is that these platters not only look great but are soooo affordable!  I can’t wait to see when he’ll be listing his ceramic platters.  For more details on the giveaway, click here.

The fab Noelle of Xenotees is giving away an item from her Etsy shop!  I just drool looking at her shop and absolutely adore the Good Luck Fork Shirt!  Hey… for a girl that makes tiny food, this is perfect!  For more details on this giveaway, click here.

Chrisy from Art Decadence is giving away two vintage porcelain plates with anatomical decals – a biologists’ delight!  What can I say, as a total bio nerd and bird biologist, these are absolutely awesome!  For more details on the giveaway, click here.  I just love this heart sugar shaker!

San Francisco artisan laurawallstaylor is giving away your choice of a tiny rubber duckie mug or owl candlestick/vase.  Her designs are simple and have a cool vintagey feel but without the layers of grime or haggling with some old guy at the swap meet!  Perfect!  For more details on the giveaway click here.  My absolute favorite favorite thing is the Vulture Mug.  I think I need this mug!!!!

London crafter Reneegurumi of the Etsy Crochet Team is giving away an adorable crochet little munkey!  He (or she if you prefer) is soooo cute and those eyes just make me want to squeal.  Even cooler is the fact you get to pick your own color!  Details on the giveaway are here.  Be sure to check out Reneegurumi’s other completely and utterly cute amigurumi – even her shop banner is adorable!!!  I absolutely love Ella the giraffe and her long eyelashes!

Vegas vintagean and crafter LiliaRose is giving away a set of awesome vintage daisy apocathery jars!  For details on the giveaway just click here.  Also check out her shop and these nesting doll pillows!  These would look so perfect lined up on a sofa in a little row!

I gotta show some love for fellow LA candlemaker Kokocandles!  She is not only giving away three mini cupcake candles (click here for details), but has a HUGE variety of amazingly cool candles in her Etsy shop.  I mean, who cannot resist a candle in the shape of a bowl of mac and cheese or a holey swiss cheeze wedge???!!! No one I tell you!  Her cupcake candles are just absolutley amazing and look (almost) good enough to eat!

Artist ThisYearsGirl is giving away a beautiful 8×8 print – Sparrow.  For more details on this giveaway click here.  I love her work and since I’m a bird person, I especially love this print!  Check out her other ethereal and dreamy prints at her Etsy shop!  I just can’t stop staring at her Rainbow prints…

The infamous Etsean rikrak is giving away one of her fabu-tastic eco-wallets!  For details on the giveaway click here!  Also be sure to check out rikrak‘s adorable, high-quality, and very affordable items.  Not only is her stuff so cute it kills me, but you’ll be helping out the planet with each purchase!

Artisan GetReadSetGO is giving away anything under $30 from her Etsy shop! WOW!  Train cases, purses, briefcases – all with amazing hand-drawn silhouettes!  I particularly fancy her line of vintage train cases.  Geek and chic!  For more details click here.

Toronto’s pet fashonista TheHydrant is offering a custom pet collar!  For more details click here.  Be sure to check out all her patterns and colors, there is sure to be one to be a perfect fit for your best friend.  She even has mini collars for the little ones!  Be sure to read the interview on the Oh!  How Lovely blog!

Until later! ®oscata

Yay!  More giveaways!  Enjoy!

* Lovely Little Deer has a great interview with Kim, creator of Finest Imaginary and giving away a super-cute necklace!  Click here for the interview and giveaway details.   The picture of Kim is too cute!  I’m the type that runs away and hides behind my hair when the camera comes out!

* Keiko Lynn is hosting a giveaway with a beautiful bird necklace by Destroyed by Design – her stuff is so cute and the patterns she chooses are bright, cheery, and super-fun!  Click here for the details!  I think I’ll have to visit her shop if I don’t win and get one of those bunny necklaces!

* Cathy Cullis is giving away an amazing embroidered heart where you choose if you want a brooch, pendant, or ornament on her blog.  It’s really hard to decide since this piece would look fantastic as all three!  Click here for details!  By the way, definitely check out her Etsy shop for more of her amazing creations.

Sallyboyle is giving away two of her latest creations – wall decals!!!  These super-cute, mod and bright decals would be perfect to gussy up any area of your home (and i think would look fantastic in my bedroom but I’m a little biased!).  For details on her giveaway, click here.  I can’t wait to see what she is going to create next – these alone are fantastic!

A giveaway on Melissa’s A Little Etsy Love blog for an amazingly beautiful sterling silver necklace from Wind Blown Wishes.  For details click here.  By the way, Melissa makes the most detailed papercuts that are detailed and so precise!  Click to see her Etsy shop Papercuts here.  The best part is these papercuts are insanely affordable – there’s generosity at two places with this giveaway!

Blogger and creative-creator (I think that’s what you call an artist/cook/gardener/dreamer/lover of kitties!) Phydelle is hosting a giveaway and has a great interview with Kateri from Leaves of Glass and urban legend (yeah, you heard right, two shops!!!).  Reading the interview, Kateri’s crafting life mimics my own but she has summer months off… maybe I should switch careers to the education system?!?  Kateri’s work is mod/natural/simple/organic/art deco/vintage/new and I just love the design and thought that went into each piece.  For more details on the giveaway click here.  By the way, read the interview and somewhere is a 15% off code for Kateri’s shop – another two-part generous offer in one place and so very worth it!

Until later! ®oscata

“My husband gave me a necklace.  It’s fake.  I requested fake.  I’m paranoid, but in this day in age, I don’t want something around my neck that’s worth more than my head.”

-Rita Rudner, Comedian/Writer/Acress (1953 – )

♣ Australian artisan DustofEnchantment is giving away an amazingly detailed pendant!!!  To enter the giveaway just click here! Contest ends 20 June 2009.

♣ Funky designer NiceDayDesigns is having a prize draw from her Etsy store!  For info on entering (she even has guy stuff!) click here!  Contest ends 15 June 2009.

♣ Creative and whimsical crafter, and one of my favorite Etsy artisans, TheLovelyTeaspoon usually has a giveaway on her Flickr site!  Definitely make her a contact and you’ll be notified of future contests!

Next month, Roscata will be having a Summer Giveaway Contest!

Details will be posted on 4 July 2009!!!!

Until later! ®oscata

“At my lemonade stand I would give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass.  The refill contained the antidote.”

-Emo Phillips, Comedian (1956 – )