January Giveaway! Sparkly Awesomeness!

This month's giveaway is from Merry at of CheeseandChocolate!

You can win these gorgeous Reflections earrings for yourself or your honey!

These stunning earrings were created from sterling silver and Swarovski crystals. The Clear crystals are diagonally drilled cubes which offer a different look from the norm. The Aurora Borealis finish on the crystals allows them to shimmer in many different colors depending on the light. The length of the earrings is 1 5/16" when measured from the top of the french earwire to the base of the dangle.

HOW TO WIN:

1. Visit Merry's Shop, CheeseandChocolate or WorkingtheStash. Come back and leave a comment on which item is your fave!

2. Visit one of these shops belonging to my fellow members. Come back and leave a comment on which of their items is your fave!

Sweet Olive Soaps

Stitches in Cotton

Metry Chick

You must leave a link to the items and you must complete steps 1 AND 2 to be entered. You MUST leave a URL, email, or contact IN your comment for us to contact you when you win! We have to have some way to contact you, via your shop, blog, whatnot if you don't want to leave your email.

You have until February 4th to get your comments in!

Extra entries:

1. Send an email to merry[at]handmadelouisiana[dot]com with your email address for our future mailing list.

2. Tweet, Facebook, or promote this contest. You MUST provide a URL where you promoted this so we can verify.

3. Join our Facebook Group.Please make sure your Facebook account is set so we can contact you, and include info about yourself (friend, buyer, seller, artist, etc) in your application.

If you would like to join Handmade Louisiana please email Merry at merry[at]handmadelouisiana[dot]com and she'll send you what you need to know! There is never any cost to join HML although we do have membership requirements.

Good luck!

December Giveaway Winner is....

Embellished Bayou! You were lucky number 15 chosen by www.Random.org! :) Embellished please drop Bob a line at www.easyshopnames.com or email me amy@handmadelouisiana.com and I'll connect you with Bob for your domain hookup!

Congratulations and thanks to everyone who entered!

Please remember to vote for the December Craft A Long so your favorite wins!

Thanks for helping make Handmade Louisiana the fabulous team it is everyone!!

~~Amy

December Giveaway--7 days left to enter!

*** DEC GIVEAWAY IS EXTENDED UNTIL JAN. 8th!! Get your entries IN!***

This month's giveaway comes from Easy Shop Names.com, one of the shops of our very own AmazingArt. Amazing Arts is run by Bob, who technically lives in California, but was born and raised Louisiana, and still carries it in his heart! :)

This month Bob is offering a fabulous package deal to help you get your business or websites in order for the coming year!!

What You'll Win:

The Giveaway will be for my EasyShopNames.com full Artisan Domain Name & Support Package, including 1 year of:

• Domain Name Registration
• Tech Support via online Help Desk or Toll Free telephone
• 1 business day turn-around or less for all updates (forwarding changes, etc.) - most changes made in one our or less
• 
  
  Unlimited Sub-Domains
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Forwarding sub-domains: etsy.domain.comforwards to shopname.etsy.com
  • Hosted subdomains: site.domain.com points to IP address on web hosting provider
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Blogger Domain Setup (blog.domain.com)(for Example, Mama's Little Monkeys blog URL is very long, so Bob shortened it to http://blog.mamaslittlemonkeys.com
  
• 
  
  Branded Google Apps Standard under selected domain, with:
  
  
  
  
  • Up to 50 users (less 1 for me to administer the account)
  • Google Mail/Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Docs
  • Google chat username@domain.com, including AIM support (for example, at HandmadeLouisiana, admins have emails @handmadelouisiana.com
    
  • Google Sites – Template drive website creation with UNLIMITED number of sites
  • much, much more
    
  
  
  
  
  
• 1 business day turn-around or less for all updates (forwarding changes, etc.) - most changes made in one our or less
  

If the winner already has a domain name, then I’ll substitute the Artisan Support Package, which is all the same services and features, but just transfers an existing domain to our servers rather than registering a new domain name. 

(Don't worry, Bob will communicate in a less tech way if you need him to!)

HOW TO WIN:

1. Visit Bob's Shop, AmazingArtPhotos.  At www.amazingart.artfire.com.Come back and leave a comment on which item is your fave!

2. Visit one of these shops belonging to my fellow members. Come back and leave a comment on which of their items is your fave!

(IF any of these shops are on vacation as does happen this time of year, make sure to look in the shops SOLD ITEMS to see super cool items the artisan has made before!)

Art By Mags

Bluebird Art

Bobs and Bits

You must leave a link to the items and you must complete steps 1 AND 2 to be entered. You MUST leave a URL, email, or contact IN your comment for us to contact you when you win! We have to have some way to contact you, via your shop, blog, whatnot if you don't want to leave your email.

You have until January 8th to get your comments in!

Extra entries:

1. Send an email to merry@handmadelouisiana.com with your email address for our future mailing list.

2. Tweet, Facebook, or promote this contest. You MUST provide a URL where you promoted this so we can verify.

3. Join our Facebook Group.Please make sure your Facebook account is set so we can contact you, and include info about yourself (friend, buyer, seller, artist, etc) in your application.

If you would like to join Handmade Louisiana please email Merry at merry@handmadelouisiana.com and she'll send you what you need to know! There is never any cost to join HML!

Good luck!

December Giveaway: Get your Techie on!

This month's giveaway comes from Easy Shop Names.com, one of the shops of our very own AmazingArt. Amazing Arts is run by Bob, who technically lives in California, but was born and raised Louisiana, and still carries it in his heart! :)

This month Bob is offering a fabulous package deal to help you get your business or websites in order for the coming year!!

What You'll Win:

The Giveaway will be for my EasyShopNames.com full Artisan Domain Name & Support Package, including 1 year of:

• Domain Name Registration
• Tech Support via online Help Desk or Toll Free telephone
• 1 business day turn-around or less for all updates (forwarding changes, etc.) - most changes made in one our or less
• Unlimited Sub-Domains
  
  
  
  
  • Forwarding sub-domains: etsy.domain.com forwards to shopname.etsy.com
  • Hosted subdomains: site.domain.com points to IP address on web hosting provider
    
  
  
  
  
• Blogger Domain Setup (blog.domain.com)
• Branded Google Apps Standard under selected domain, with:
  
  
  
  
  • Up to 50 users (less 1 for me to administer the account)
  • Google Mail/Gmail
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Docs
  • Google chat username@domain.com, including AIM support
  • Google Sites – Template drive website creation with UNLIMITED number of sites
  • much, much
    
  
  
  
  
• 1 business day turn-around or less for all updates (forwarding changes, etc.) - most changes made in one our or less
  

If the winner already has a domain name, then I’ll substitute the Artisan Support Package, which is all the same services and features, but just transfers an existing domain to our servers rather than registering a new domain name.

(Don't worry, Bob will communicate in a less tech way if you need him to!)

HOW TO WIN:

1. Visit Bob's Shop, AmazingArtPhotos. Come back and leave a comment on which item is your fave!

2. Visit one of these shops belonging to my fellow members. Come back and leave a comment on which of their items is your fave!

(IF any of these shops are on vacation as does happen this time of year, make sure to look in the shops SOLD ITEMS to see super cool items the artisan has made before!)

Art By Mags

Bluebird Art

Bobs and Bits

You must leave a link to the items and you must complete steps 1 AND 2 to be entered. You MUST leave a URL, email, or contact IN your comment for us to contact you when you win! We have to have some way to contact you, via your shop, blog, whatnot if you don't want to leave your email.

You have until January 4th to get your comments in!

Extra entries:

1. Send an email to merry@handmadelouisiana.com with your email address for our future mailing list.

2. Tweet, Facebook, or promote this contest. You MUST provide a URL where you promoted this so we can verify.

3. Join our Facebook Group.Please make sure your Facebook account is set so we can contact you, and include info about yourself (friend, buyer, seller, artist, etc) in your application.

If you would like to join Handmade Louisiana please email Merry at merry@handmadelouisiana.com and she'll send you what you need to know! There is never any cost to join HML!

Good luck!

November Giveaway--Get Your Second Line On With...

A fantastic black and gold inspired Second Line Umbrella from Lizmpetro/New Orleans Umbrellas!

Liz has kindly shared one of her second line umbrellas for our November giveaway, just in time to celebrate our 9-0 Season thus far!! You can get your Who Dat on with this beautiful black and gold umbrella embellished with a fleur de lis--perfect for parades, holidays, BBQ's and of course, a second line!!

Liz works an "analytical day job" and uses the umbrellas as a way to help express her creativity, a lovely balance from her day job. Liz moved to New Orleans for grad school and in typical Louisiana fashion, we sucked her in and she can't leave!! :)

So now Liz shares her talents with you in our November giveaway!

How do you win? I thought you'd never ask!

1. Visit one of Liz's shops listed here. Come back and leave a comment on which item is your fave!

www.lizmpetro.etsy.com

www.neworleansumbrellas.artfire.com

2. Visit one of these shops belonging to my fellow members. Come back and leave a comment on which of their items is your fave!

Cheeseandchocolate

LadyFleur

GarSticksandStrings

You must leave a link to the items and you must complete steps 1 AND 2 to be entered. You MUST leave a URL, email, or contact IN your comment for us to contact you when you win!

You have until December 1st to get your comments in!

Extra entries:

1. Send an email to merry@handmadelouisiana.com with your email address for our future mailing list.

2. Tweet, Facebook, or promote this contest. You MUST provide a URL where you promoted this so we can verify.

3. Join our Facebook Group. Please make sure your Facebook account is set so we can contact you, and include info about yourself (friend, buyer, seller, artist, etc) in your application.

If you would like to join Handmade Louisiana please email Merry at merry@handmadelouisiana.com and she'll send you what you need to know! There is never any cost to join HML!

Good luck!

Look for an Artisan Feature on Liz soon! :)

October Giveaway Winner Is.....................

Christina from Gaudet's Gems! Congratulations Christina and thanks for entering!!

Thank you so much to everyone who entered! Remember to read all rules for all giveaways so you can be sure to be entered!! Our November giveaway will be up ASAP and I can't wait to show it to you!!

Thanks again everyone! The winner for Benjy Davis Autographed poster was Blue Violet and Rock Ridge Music will be in touch with you!! Thanks so much for playing everyone!!
~~~
Amy

Do You VooDoo?

It's that time of year again folks! The air is turning crisp...(okay less humid)...pumpkins are popping up in stores and I'm planning my November 1st Candy Run to the store. It's FALL folks, and in New Orleans that means Halloween weekend is The VooDoo Experience, better known as the VooDoo Fest! So get ready and head on down to Marconi Dr in New Orleans (just a hop, skip and jump from my old Alma Maters, Delgado and UNO!) on Friday Oct. 30th-Sunday Nov. 1st for an awesome 3 day lineup of musicians, artists and more.

If you can catch the Fest on Friday, Oct. 30th, there's two special acts I'd like you to check out! Please make sure to catch the The Noisician Coalition where our very own team member, MissMalaprop will have a role! And send me the pics!!

There are so many to see at the VooDoo Fest, but of course we are partial to our Louisiana musicians! The Benjy Davis Project invites you to catch them at 3pm on Friday, Oc. 30th at the Soco/WWOZ stage. Immediately after, they'll be doing a signing at the FYE tent. BDP has graciously offerred up an AUTOGRAPHED CD and Poster for one of our lucky readers!! And just to show we love all our readers, you can get the free MP3 of "Still Sweet" here also!

How to get your hands on the CD and Poster, aside from sending me massive amounts of chocolate? Easy peasy! Just head on over to the guys Myspace Page and listen to a few of their tunes and let us know which one is your fave in a comment here. (Be SURE to leave us a way to contact you so Rock Ridge Music can send you your prize!) Do you dig a BDP song not playing on their Myspace Page? No prob...just list that one! (Maybe they'll add it to their page for you!) While you're on their page, sign up for the mailing list and check out their Twitter and Facebook pages also!

To say there are some great artists playing at The VooDoo Fest would be an understatement. I mean, Kiss, Lenny Kravitz, Widespread Panic, Jane's Addiction, Eminem, just to name a few. But we all know our Louisiana artists are the best, so don't go just for the headlining acts, there is ALWAYS good music to be found at ANY Louisiana event! Then, the art, the food, crowds.....VooDoo fest IS as New Orleans as it gets!

So head on over if you can, and be sure to check out Benjy and the guys. Don't forget to leave your comment here with your favorite Benjy Davis Project song! You have until November 2nd to enter!!

Rock on!!

~~Amy

October Giveaway!!

Okay, we know it's late! It's my fault...I was out of town the first week of the month!

Handmade Louisiana wants to let YOU have a little piece of US! Each month (for as long as possible!) one of our members will have a nifty giveaway for you to win!! Winning will not require too much...blood samples optional...and you'll get a piece of the great things our team can do!

This month, you can win a nifty soap from my very own shop!
You can win one of these three soaps!
Gingerbread cookie Fall Leaf Soap

Or a Green Fall Leaf Soap scented in "Home for the Holidays"

OR, a Gold Leaf Soap scented in Cappucunio Hazelnut

All my soaps are made from a base free of SLS, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate. SLS is a common chemical in bath and body products to make them lather more, but it is also a garage floor cleaner! So soaps free of SLS are better for the skin AND the environment! I also use fragrance oils free of phthalates.







How do you win? I thought you'd never ask!

1. Visit one of my shops listed here. Come back and leave a comment on which item is your fave!
www.mamaslittlemonkeys.com
www.fleurdeink.artfire.com
www.ameliaamos.etsy.com
www.mamaslittlemonkeys.etsy.com
www.destashcity.artfire.com

2. Visit one of these shops belonging to my fellow members. Come back and leave a comment on which of their items is your fave!
CTStudios
Hurricane Pottery
DebiDeauxDesigns

You must leave a link to the items and you must complete steps 1 AND 2 to be entered. You MUST leave a URL, email, or contact IN your comment for us to contact you when you win!

You have until November 1st to get your comments in!

Extra entries:
1. Send an email to merry@handmadelouisiana.com with your email address for our future mailing list.
2. Tweet, Facebook, or promote this contest. You MUST provide a URL where you promoted this so we can verify.
3. Join our Facebook Group. Please make sure your Facebook account is set so we can contact you, and include info about yourself (friend, buyer, seller, artist, etc) in your application.


If you would like to join Handmade Louisiana please email Merry at merry@handmadelouisiana.com and she'll send you what you need to know! There is never any cost to join HML!

Good luck!