Giveaway Results!

Thank you to everyone who entered!

There were 60 comments left, but a few people had left multiple entries in one comment, so I counted each entry, and one comment was deleted by the author, so the grand total of entries was 62. I plugged the numbers into random.org and this is what it came up with:

Comment number 48 was posted by . . . NGS! Congratulations!

NGS said...  The Purple and black glass beaded necklace

Purple and black glass beaded necklace is gorgeous!

cheatingpiggies at hotmail dot com August 19, 2011 6:42 PM

Again, thank you all for participating in our giveaway, and congratulations NGS!

Birthday Giveaway!

My birthday is this week, and in celebration, we're going to have a giveaway!

(Giveaway graphic background courtesy of: 

Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net)

We're giving away one (1) $25 gift certicate to our Artfire store, which can be used on anything in the store, like maybe this bracelet:

(Any charges over the amount of the gift certificate are the responsibility of the customer, including charges for shipping and taxes.)



Contest will start when this post is posted on our blog, and end at 11:59 pm central time on Sunday, August 21. Winner will be chosen using a random number generator, based on the comments on this post, and will be announced sometime on Monday, August 22, here on this blog. Winner will be notified via whatever email address they use in the comments below, and will have until 11:59 pm on Monday, August 29, 2011, to respond. If the winner does not respond, a new winner will be chosen and announced.

Thank you for participating!

To enter:

(Mandatory entry - if you don't do this, any other entries you make are void) Go check out our store and leave a comment below telling us what your favorite item is. Be sure to leave a way to contact you, either through email or a blog address or a link to your shop. (one entry per person)

Bonus (optional) entries (Leave a separate comment below for each of these, and again, be sure to leave a way to get in touch with you):

1.) Like us on Facebook. (if you already do, that counts, leave a comment below)

2.) Follow us on Twitter (again, if you already do, that counts, leave us a comment)

3.) Follow this blog, either through Google Friend Connect or through NetworkedBlogs, using the buttons to the right side of the screen (only one entry, even if you do both. Sorry. And if you already do either, that counts.)

4.) Tweet your favorite item from our store. Be sure to include @PinkFishDesigns, so we see it. Leave a comment here saying that you tweeted it.

5.) Share a post from our Facebook page on your own Facebook page. (One entry only, no matter how many you share.)

6.) For people who own one of our items already, whether you bought it or won it or received it, when you comment, write a review of your product that we can quote on our webpage. (one entry per item you personally own. We reserve the right to use any quotes left for us as we see fit to advertise our store and products.)

7.) Have a blog? Make a post with a link to this post, telling your readers about this contest. In your comment below, please post a link to that post. (one entry per blog - so if you have multiple blogs, you can have multiple entries. Leave a separate comment for each one.)

Just checking in

I'm really trying to get in the habit of blogging regularly. To that end, I'm trying to come up with a schedule.  Part of that you've already seen as Vintage Thursday. On either Monday or Tuesday each week, I plan to at least drop in and post a few words about what's going on, maybe the latest stuff we've made or that we're working on, just a general check-in type post. Thursdays, obviously, will be Vintage Thursday. I've already got some great sellers lined up for this coming Thursday and the next, be sure to check back to see all their goodies and learn a little more about them. Saturdays are going to be Shopping Saturdays (Thank you to Tomlinson Photography for letting me borrow her idea, which she debuted last Saturday on her blog!) I'll feature several collections from Artfire sellers, showcasing the many great handcrafted, vintage, fine art, and other goods available there. So if you like window shopping, you'll want to check out both this blog and the Tomlinson Photography blog every Saturday. I may add other regularly scheduled features, but right now, I think three days a week is a good goal. If you have comments or suggestions about any of this, feel free to let us know in the comments.

So, now for what's going on. Artfire recently updated a bunch of stuff, and our studio now looks very different. (Go look. You know you want to!) I thought I finished the necklace I was working on last week, but then I tried it on and it wasn't quite right. Hoping to finish it this week instead. But, I did finish some new bracelets. They're fairly simple, fun bracelets, but I'm happy with how they look. They'll be listed sometime this week, but here's a sneak preview for you:

Two new Christmas bracelets

Fall colors of brown and gold on gold plated memory wire bracelet

I think that's about everything. Please feel free to comment, and remember to check back on Thursday for our next Vintage Thursday featured seller!