Stuff… for People

The lovely Nikki (a fellow red-head…) of Ms. Modern blog fame asked me to participate in her Anti-VDay giveaway for the entire month!  I’ll be giving away one of my anti-conversation heart candy charm necklaces.  You get to choose from a pink Kiss It, green Bite Me, purple Luv Sux, or yellow What Ev conversation heart candy charm necklace.  To enter the giveaway, click here!

Ms. Modern is having an entire month of Anti-VDay giveaways so be sure to enter them all (click here for a link to the giveaway list) and good luck!

Until Later! ®oscata

CONGRATS TO JINGLE WHO WON THE BIRDCAGE NECKLACE GIVEAWAY!!!!

After a wonderful holiday season with my family, I had a well-deserved rest and now Roscata’s shop it back in full-swing for the springtime.  I know it’s only January (as I sit here in my warm flannel PJ’s), but I can’t wait for the warmer days and the southern California wildflowers to start blooming!

To celebrate the arrival of spring, new blooms, and of course, the arrival of little birdies to sing from the branches, I’m giving away a birdcage necklace in your choice of color and your choice of birdie!  A little handmade polymer clay birdie charm perches on a swing that moves.  The cage door is securely adhered so that your little feathered friend will not be lost.  The chain is 24 inches and goes perfect for tunic shirts and an adorable little silvery skeleton key charm adds a ton of cuteness!

You get to choose which antique Victorian style birdcage pendant you would like:  bright French blue, a pure white, or a light pastel rosy pink.  Bird choices are unlimited; however, as a bird biologist, I tend to go for real birds such as indigo buntings, yellow or white canaries, or red cardinals.  Although a purple or bright pink birdie is still really cute!  Below are some examples of birdcages that I’ve made for my Etsy shop, Roscata – Stuff for People.

To enter the giveaway see the rules below and note that you must do #1 as your first entry.  Also, please leave a separate comment for each entry.  This contest is open to anyone around the world!  Thanks!!!

1.) Your first entry is mandatory.  Visit my store Roscata – Stuff for People and leave a comment on this blog telling me which is your favorite item.  Feel free to choose more than one and visit Roscata’s sold items too.

2.) Follow Roscata on Twitter (username is Roscatastuff) and tweet the following: @roscatastuff Handmade Custom Birdcage Necklace Giveaway from Roscata on Etsy!!! http://roscata.com/blog/?p=872.  When done, come back and leave a separate comment with a link to the tweet and your Twitter username for an additional entry.

3.) Become a contact with Roscata on Flickr to get an additional entry.  Just visit Roscata’s Flickr page and add Roscata as a contact.  Also feel free to comment on any of her pictures in her photostream.  Come back here and leave a comment with your Flickr ID for an additional entry.  If you’re already a contact, THANKS! and leave a comment with your Flickr ID.

4.) Join Roscata’s blog via Google Friend Connect (see right-hand column and click “Follow”) and leave your username in a comment for one additional entry.

5.) Lastly, make a purchase from Roscata’s shop and earn five (5) additional entries for each item purchased!  Come back here when done and leave five additional comments for each item purchased.  Be sure to include your Etsy username and item(s) purchased in the comment.

Until Later!  ®oscata

All entrants to this giveaway will be given instant membership in The Stuff Club, Roscata’s once-a-month mailing list where you’ll be the first to know of her monthly giveaways and super-special sales such as her spring and winter Buy One Get One Half Off with Free Shipping Sale (perfect for Mother’s Day and Holiday shopping)!  Your e-mail will remain protected, never spammed, and your privacy is thoroughly respected. If you would not want to be part of The Stuff Club just reply back to any e-mail with the subject line “Unsubscribe.”

Thanks everyone!  This contest is now over and I’ll pick a winner early next week!

Hello everyone and happy holidays!  It’s an exciting weekend at Roscata’s shop.  A huge holiday sale and a giveaway.  Read on for more details on the Day After Thanksgiving Day Sale and the $25 Gift Certificate Giveaway…

♥ Day After Thanksgiving Sale ♥

Stop by Roscata’s shop Stuff for People after gorging on turkey to catch the Day After Thanksgiving Sale that runs from Black Friday to Cyber Monday. Practice active consumerism!  Shop online on Black Friday.  Don’t work on Cyber Monday, shop online  So here’s the “scoop” on the sale:

* Black Friday, November Nov. 27th from 12am – 11:59pm Pacific time, buy one item, get the second item of equal or lesser value for 40% off (only one purchase, on one item, per person, per 24 hour period) plus free worldwide shipping!

* From 12:00 am Saturday Nov. 28th until Cyber Monday, November 30th 11:59pm Pacific time, buy one item, get the second item of equal or lesser value at 30% off (only one purchase, on one item, per person, per 24 hour period) plus free worldwide shipping!

Important Note:  Sale prices are not applicable to custom orders. Feel free to either pay for your purchase and I’ll refund your discount via Paypal or wait for a revised invoice – let me know your choice in the message to seller. Note that for each day of the sale, only one purchase with the discount applies. Feel free to make a purchase on Friday, Saturday and on Sunday; however, additional purchases made within the same day’s sale period will not be discounted. Thanks!

♥ $25 Gift Certificate Giveaway ♥

Also, to celebrate Roscata’s first Turkey Day Sale, November will have an extra giveaway!  A $25 Gift Certificate with no expirationdate to use in Roscata’s shop or to give to a friend.  To enter the giveaway do the following and please leave a separate comment for each entry (if you leave everything in one comment, no worries):

1.) Your first entry is mandatory.  Visit Roscata’s shop, Stuff for People and leave a comment on this blog with your favorite item.  Feel free to choose more than one and visit Roscata’s sold items too.

2.) Follow Roscata on Twitter (username is Roscatastuff) and tweet the following: $25 Gift Certificate Giveaway and Day After Thanksgiving Sale thru this weekend on Roscata’s Shop http://roscata.com/blog/?p=849.  When done, come back and leave a separate comment with your Twitter username for an additional entry.

3.)  Join The Stuff Club for an additional entry.  Leave your e-mail address in a comment (encrypt it like this:  stuff[at]roscata dot com to avoid getting spammed) or when you sign in.  Also, you can send a convo to Roscata with your e-mail address if you would like to remain secure.  If you send a convo, be sure to leave a comment letting me know you wanted to join the Stuff Club.  The Stuff Club is Roscata’s mailing list where you’ll be the first to know of her monthly giveaways and super-special sales like the Day After Thanksgiving Sale!  Your e-mail will remain protected and your privacy is thoroughly respected.

4.) If you’re already a member of The Stuff Club, YAY!  you get two additional entries!  Be sure to let me know you’re a member (send an e-mail or convo).  Leave two comments to get your two additional entries.

5.) Become a contact with Roscata on Flickr.  Just visit Roscata’s Flickr page and add Roscata as a contact.  Also feel free to comment on any of her pictures in her photostream.  Come back here and leave a comment with your Flickr ID for an additional entry.  If you’re already a contact, THANKS! and leave a comment with your Flickr ID.

6.) For southern Californians , get an additional entry by visiting Roscata in person at the Long Beach Patchwork Indie Arts and Crafts Fair at the Long Beach Marine Stadium (for directions click here).  Patchwork runs from 11am to 5pm on November 29th, 2009.  Stop by Roscata’s booth and say hi, let her know you’ll be entering the giveaway, and then come back later and leave a comment.

7.) Follow Roscata’s blog (see right-hand column and click “Follow”) and leave your username in a comment for one additional entry.

8.) Lastly, make a purchase from Roscata’s shop and earn five (5) additional entries for each item purchased!  This even applies to the items discounted from the Day After Thanksgiving Sale!!!  Come back here when done and leave five additional comments for each item purchased.  Be sure to include your Etsy username in the comment.

Giveaway ends at Midnight Pacific Time on Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

☺ GOOD LUCK! ☺

Until Later!  ®oscata

THIS CONTEST IS NOW OVER!  THANKS!!!!

Congratulations dymphna!!!!  You’re the winner of the Mochi purse charm!

Interested in my other monthly giveaways?  Sign up for Roscata’s Stuff Club mailing list to be notified of future contests and giveaways.  Just send me an e-mail or go to my Etsy store and send a convo!

I’ve been so busy doing a ton of custom orders that I almost forgot that it’s giveaway time!!!

So this month, I’m giving away a totally cute mochi purse charm (or keychain)!  If you’ve never had mochi before, you’re missing out.  Most people have it in ice cream but my favorite way when it’s wrapped around some sweet red bean paste and then covered in black roasted sesame seeds (called daifuku) – YUM!

Mochi is made from cooked rice that’s pounded and when done, the result is this chewy yummy Japanese treat, similar in texture to a marshmallow!  Mochi can be sweet (perfectly not-too-sweet) and used in tons of desserts and snacks or even unsweetened and added to savory dishes.  Monjayaki with cheese, mochi and spicy cod roe from GajaMoc (in Lomita, CA) or takoyaki with mochi and cheese from Asa Ramen (in Gardena, CA) are some of my favorites…  Geez, I’m making myself hungry, um… back to the giveaway!

For all mochi-lovers out there, I’ve created a little purse charm / key chain with some traditional mochi treats – a mochi bunny, green tea mochi, pink mochi flower, mochi folded over sweet red bean paste, mochi with sweet red beans and a fresh juicy strawberry, and three flavors of mochi on a stick.

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!  You can leave separate comments or put everything in one comment.  Either way is fine with me.

1.)  Visit my shop (www.roscata.com or http://roscata.etsy.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.) Blog about my giveaway (be sure to link to my shop, to this giveaway post, and include a picture of the mochi purse charm!) and leave a separate comment with the link.  This will get you five additional entries.

3.) Go to Twitter and tweet the following for one additional entry:  @roscatastuff Handmade mochi purse charm giveaway! http://roscata.com/blog/?p=573

4.)  Go to my Flickr page and leave a comment on this photo to get one additional entry!  Feel free to look at my other photos too!  To see all my photos click here.

5.) Follow this blog and leave another comment letting me know you did so for one additional entry.  If you already follow my blog, just remind me.

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

The winner will also receive cute goodies from talented Southern California crafters Ennadesign and LuckyFindDesigns!!!

The giveaway ends at 12:00 pm Pacific time on September 7, 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.

❀ GOOD LUCK!!!! ❀

Until later! ®oscata

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