Hip Giveaway - pearly whites

This weeks giveaway is brought to you by LATaylor Designs. She is a lovely jewelry designer using sterling silver or gold filed wire/chain and include gemstones, freshwater pearls and/or swarovski crystals. Very pretty works and so nice and genuine, I had a good time talking to her the other day and can't wait to meet her.

Her etsy bio says the following:

She is the mother of 12 year old wonderful twins (boy/girl) and recently retired from the LAPD as a detective and now spends all her time shuttling the twins around, helping out various local charity organizations and, of course, making jewelry!

Is it wrong for me to want to have someone "try" to steal from us so I can watch her in action? Probably.

Lorie is generously giving away this sweet little bracelet.


"This cream fresh water pearl bracelet is sophisticated yet has an everyday ease. It is made with sterling silver links of chain and has a very sweet heart-shaped charm attached. It is finished with a lobster clasp and can be adjusted from 7 1/2" to 9 1/4.""

Cute as a button!

To own this pretty little piece, please check out her etsy shop and let us know which item you like the best. Leave a comment. Giveaway will end this Sunday October 4th. Can you believe it will be October already? Do you know what you are going to be for Halloween?

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So very excited to introduce you to Angel this week. She paints the most beautiful scarves you have ever seen. Her process is fascinating, she recently wrote about it on her blog.

I had the pleasure of speaking to Angel earlier this week and she painted this scarf this past weekend especially for this giveaway. Her generosity as well as her talent are overwhelming.


Resist lines drawn, black ground painted in...drying.

close up

This 8"x 54"silk habotai scarf has an off black ground, and multicolor feathers of purples, reds and golden yellows all melting together. It's bright and exciting - a sure pop of "wow" color to your outfit!

Her violet wood grain scarf is my favorite.


She recently painted one as a wall hanging for a customer and the customer said she had to take it down, it was too pretty not to be shown off. I too, would like one as a wall hanging. I think it would be cool to have one in a clear frame in front of a window, doesn't that sound pretty?

For an opportunity to win this beautiful accessory, please visit her etsy site and let us know your favorite one and leave a comment. Giveaway ends Sunday night.

Good Luck!

Hip Winners

Hip Hip Hooray for comment #3 (thank you random.org)

Way to go Jeannie!!!!!!! I will give Carmen your email address. Can't wait to see what you choose!

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Carmen was one of the first hip handmaid I went after. She loves all things vintage, all things cute, romantic, kawaii, and in general anything that is girly!

I saw her fabulous inventory on Etsy and always wanted to make fabric covered tacks and buttons and so on, but never have. This girl takes it to a whole new level. I love them, especially the eye exam pins, they are my favorite!


She is giving away a $5.00 gift certificate to her shop...there are so many fabrics to choose from, it will be difficult to choose a favorite.


Yay for Carmen! Cute as a button. Can't wait to see all of her stuff in person...

only 11 weeks to go!

Giveaway rules:

Check out her Etsy site and let us know your faves...leave a comment

Check out the new Hip Handmaid website and sign the guestbook...leave a comment telling me you did

Giveaway ends Sunday night!


OH, and leboutique is also hosting her own first giveaway on her blog...so make sure you check that out too...several ways to win these bad boys!

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All Handmade - All The Time - By Hip Maids...is what is said at the top of shelc's etsy site. This woman is truly one of a kind.

I remember her telling me one day how she began to sew...it was one of those days where she was like, I want to sew...ok, you got a machine? Her and a friend managed to get their hands on a machine and sort of work there way through it. Neither of them knew how to thread it, or it had been a long time and they just decided to do it one day. I would have been so intimidated if I hadn't had lessons, I never would just pick up a machine and start.

Each time she sews she tried something new, until one day she is ripping apart a dress to make her own pattern and I am completely in awe! No fear this girl and no frill either. Just check out the dress she is donating for this weeks giveaway.



You heard me right...this is a dress!!! Cute little ruffle on the top. Dress comes with striped top underneath and is a 3-4t.

I am already lucky to own a few of these babies for my little girl.

CUTE AS A BUTTON!!!!!

Let's see...let's see...how to enter this time???? The whole idea for these giveaways is to get the word out for our show in Burbank this December. So if you appreciate the giveaways we would be ever so grateful if you would help us spread the word. Give a look see to shelc's etsy site and let us know your faves, but also if you could send an email to your peeps in California with a link to the blog.

12 weeks to go!! Giveaway ends Sunday night.

Hip Winners

Hip Hip Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!

"The Comstocks" are the big winners this week! Way to go Candace! Can't wait to see what you choose.

Stay tuned for another giveaway later this week.

Hip Giveaway - Peace and Love

I'm so happy to introduce you to Canela this week from cinnamonsticks. OH MY GOODNESS she is a busy gal. This lovely lady of 6, count em' SIX kids is a wife, mother and metal smith. I think it's cute that she has a count-up on her blog of how long she has been married.

She describes her jewelry...

"Everything in life seems to inspire my designs, so you will find a variety of styles from clean, simple, elegant, and modern to elecetic, whimsical, and rustic."

This weekend to celebrate her as a "Hip Handmaid" she is graciously giving away this oh so cute necklace.

Peace and Love...The little bitties...hand stamped layered and soldered sterling charm necklace

Cute as a Button!!!
She has a crazy amount of stamps if you would like something different stamped on the silver, she will oblige.

To enter...

1 entry for visiting her Etsy site and letting us know your faves
1 entry for adding a Hip Handmaids button on your blog
1 entry for adding Hip Handmaids as a Facebook friend
1 entry for adding Hip Handmaids as a twit (i have like, NO friends on the twitter thing...i don't get it yet so this would help)

Please leave separate comments for each entry. Good luck to you all! Giveaway ends Labor Day!

13 Weeks to go...

Hip Winners

Hip Hip Hooray!!!! Since not very many people participated in the giveaway, the odds were pretty good that you would win. So, Janice and Alice...you are the total winner.

Check out the first blog giveaway and choose a gown, the only ones that aren't available are Elmo and Tater Tot's.

Spam I am-GIVEAWAY!!!!!

So, I thought that in this era getting "the word" out for such an event would be easy. There's facebook, websites, blogs, myspace and the twit thing (that I don't do). However, it's not as easy as I thought.

I spent 3 hours yesterday on facebook...looking for new friends. I found this great group of "fans of Burbank". Thinking to myself how perfect, this will be a great way to get the city involved! Letting the community know that we're looking for artsy, fartsy folks and having a continual reminder to look forward to the show...a la facebook style. Well, I was well into my hundredth request when I get this BIG FAT error message that says...stop what you are doing, spam is NOT allowed, you cannot request this many friends, you are a horrible person taking advantage of us, YOU are a terrorist. Ok, maybe not that bad...but ME a spammer (said gasping in horror)???

I thought those were little skinny guys who don't shower, live as hermits, never get out and spend their day trying to scam money out of grandma's who don't know any better. But ME, a humble housewife with a baby and a cat...who likes to sew, bake stuff and gets all excited when I see the miniature size tents at Costco cause I think they are cute...a SPAMMER??????

Yes, I am a spammer and I'm not proud of it as I walk away slowly with my head down.

I need your help people, "spammer" is not a badge that I want to wear.

Things have been mad crazy with all the vendor paperwork going out, so I haven't had a chance to select a new vendor to showcase this week. I will be giving away 2 more newborn gowns, one for the facebook friends and another for the blogging friends.

The first way you can enter is if you make a new post about hiphandmaids, making a link to the blog. Make sure to post a comment with the link so I can read all about it.

The second way to enter is to comment about it as a status update on your facebook. Perhaps then your friends will ask to be my friends instead of the other way around. Make sure you leave a comment in the facebook note letting me know what you said.

Now I am a briber instead of a spammer...I can accept that. The final day for vendor submissions is Tuesday, so look forward to their announcements this week.




Deadline for this giveaway will be Sunday before I go to bed.

Hip Hip Horray!! Giveaway winners

Ok, since I have several friends who posted comments I wanted to make sure I wasn't partial AT ALL so I used the random.org thing cause I can't choose between friends. I tried to put the picture of the box showing which numbers came up, but I was having difficulty making that work so you will just have to trust me.

Drum roll.........27 and 11!!!

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nilu said...

love the gowns...especially the tater tot one and of course elmo..for my little one-who just rolled over for the first time today:).....

Nilu, you are the first winner!! YAY! Please email me your address and choice of gown.

11:

Laura and Kelly Allen said...

I like the I heart Tater Tots. My girlfriend calls my little one "tater tot" so it's perfect. :)

Laura, as soon as I get word from Nilu I will let you know which one she picked

Looks like we're in for a fight for the Tater Tot gown...let the battle begin.


UPDATE: Nilu is precious...she took the Elmo one. Laura, Tater Tots is yours just email me your address.


Next week will either be a candy (new vendor) or girl dress giveaway...I can't decide...stay tuned!

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YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY for giveaways!!!!!!!!

In order to get the word out for Hip Handmaids, we are hosting a giveaway a week up until the day of the show. For the next few weeks we will be giving away these newborn baby gowns...I got a little carried away last week and made 25, so we have lots to giveaway!




the green one says, "still working on my merit badge", the gray on the right is multiple choice A. I'm ignoring you B. I don't care C. I'm not listening and D. All of the above.

the black one on the right says, "pretty persuasion" and the gray one says, "free agent"

the Elmo one also has a huge E on the back and the brown one says, "distinguished gentleman"

the white one in the middle is AC/DC

This week we will be giving away 2 and I will pick numbers at random using that random.org place.

Here are the ways you can enter.

1. Leave a comment and let me know which of these baby gowns is your fave.

2. Add Hip Handmaids as a follower.

3. Add Hip Handmaids as a friend on facebook.

4. And of course if you are interested in being a part of the show submit your photos.

Leave separate comments for each entry.

Hip Hip Hooray! Giveaway ends at midnight CA time on Friday the 21st.