Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Vintage Giveaway: It's a Holiday Swanktacular!

It's vintage giveaway time again, kiddies! Being as though it's the "mooost wun-der-ful tiiiiiime... of the year!", I thought this month was a great choice in showing how much I've appreciated you guys over the past year- your comments, your emails, the new followers to this train wreck of a blog and the new friends I've made- by doing the biggest giveaway yet! It might not be as grand what other people are doing, what with their Target gift cards and whatnot (I made that up- but if you know who's giving those away, let me know), but it's definitely not one you'll see anywhere else. It's little. Yellow. Different. It's my way, so quit yer bitching and don't make me pull this car over and come back there and slap you into next week. The holidays don't officially start until someone yells, someone cries, and then there's presents. Ho ho ho!

December's giveaway will be a chunk-o-vintage items, a chunk-o-retro items and some just for fun. Keep it, resell it, give it away as presents. I don't care what you do with it, just make sure you pass along a little gratitude to someone else along the way. You could call it "paying it forward", but I wouldn't, because I hate that term. I may be jaded, grumpy and a raging bitch, but I do carry a My Name is Earl-ian way of life: "Do good things, and good things happen". You can be jaded and grumpy too, just do something nice for someone else, OK? Or else.


Shuddup and get with the free stuff already!


Here's the whole cannoli:



Seeing as though that's a craptacular picture, I'll break it down for you, clockwise (ish):




1.) Handpainted, blown glass retro tree ornaments. Brand new and they come in a cool, old fashioned-ish wood crate.






2.) A brand new sequined/beaded poodle applique and a set of vintage 40's new old stock green buttons.






3.) A pair of vintage 50's lacy nylon gloves.






4.) A can of "Quick Snow"! Brand new, makes 3 gallons of fake snow, non-toxic and environmentally safe. So there's that.






5.) A set of vintage 60's potholders. They're new old stock, in their original package, never used. (These red & green kitchen-themed ones are the closest I could find to Xmas-themed ones. Yeah. Not very close at all, really.)






6.), 7.) and 8.) A vintage 40's/50's grey organdy apron w/lace & red topstitching, a vintage Xmas tree-embroidered napkin and a set of brand new, unscented silver taper candles.






9.) A vintage 50's winter white thermoset-esque plastic necklace.






10.) 2 vintage 50's unused Christmas cards.






11.) and 12.) A copyright 1972 Frosty the Snowman Little Golden book and a retro wood snowman tealight holder (or something- I'm not entirely sure what it's for. Maybe you keep your Vicodin in it.)






13.) A retro set of 4 glass holiday swizzle sticks.






14.) A set of 2 ruby red crystal martini glasses. The set is brand new, unused, with the store stickers still on the bottoms. And these suckers are heeaa-vy. And I don't mean that in a hippie 70's slang kind of way. They really do weigh a friggin' ton.






15.) A vintage 50's (?) club (as in playing cards) cookie cutter. New old stock, unused and in it's original plastic bag.





So, to enter: leave me a comment on this blog post anytime between now and December 8th, when I'll pick & announce the winner! If you don't follow my blog, all new followers will get a double entry to the giveaway! Everyone is welcome to enter and it's totally free to you! Good luck!

27 comments:

  1. Ooohhh count me in!!!

    Those martini glasses are beautiful.

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  2. Oooohhh and I'm a follower now!

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  3. I love the tree ornaments!!! If I win I'll be good all year...honest...well not too good. Maybe the Diet Cola of good. Ok not good at all....but I will call my Grandma this Christmas if I win. :)

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  4. Because i'm not a bitch i won't participate. Shipping cost to France is not affordable even for fabulous fake snow. I want just to salute your good idea and generosity ;)
    Olivia Banana.

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  5. Hey Kim

    Wow what a haul, count me in for the festive fun and not just because i want the way out wednesday Frosty the Snowman book!!

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  6. Best giveaway I've seen so far! :)
    I must admit I haven't really entered any giveaways before but this was too good to pass... However as I scrolled down on the lovely items I realized that I just might not really want them, lovely as they may be, so please do not consider this a comment to enter but a comment of appreciation.
    Thank you for always leaving a smile on my face when I read your blog and for making a great giveaway!
    Sorry for the long boring comment...

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  7. As I sit here in my vintage-y style sparkle holiday sweater I say...

    COUNT ME IN!

    Looks Swag-tacu-lar!

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  8. I LOVE everything there! Oh my, PLEASE count me in. I'm a follower .. can I leave and come back???
    Betty (olgramy@earthlink.net)

    http://mychristmascountdown.blogspot.com/

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  9. Welcome, Angel! (And I'm following yours now, too!)

    Hi, Olivia! Thanks for the sweet comment and the shipping consideration! Good to have you around!

    Sara, Lisa, Ms D~ you're all in!


    Thanks everyone, keep 'em coming! This all for you guys, because you rock!

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  10. Oh Shrinks, of COURSE you can! I welcome everyone to play! Except dirty hippies. (Ok, hippies can too. 'Tis the season and all that!)

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  11. I definitely wanna be entered in this. Wow. Those are some cool items. I really like this. I hope you've had a great week. Enjoy the upcoming weekend. Cheers!

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  12. Oohh - what a yule-licious giveaway! Please add me to the list, but don't check it twice... 'cause I'm thinkin' I might have to switch the cranky lady across the street's Quick Joe with that big can of Quick Snow :O But seriously, what gorgeous martini glasses... and lovely ornaments... and swell hotpads... and, oh my gosh, Frosty!... ;)

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  13. can i just buy that necklace off you? :P

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  14. Well, I'm a hippie. Sometimes dirty. But, I'm playing! I have a set of those cookie cutters. I bought them in the 70's in, if I remeber correctly, Woolworths. I used to love that store.
    This is a hella lotta booty for a giveaway.
    Happy Holidaze y'all~

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  15. I'm game for free vintage. I'm also a new follower!

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  16. Betty, Keith, Cherrybubbles, Black Star & Emily~ you're all in! (And sometimes twice- thanks you guys!)

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  17. Count me in, please! So much adorable-ness, I especially love the potholders, ornaments, and swizzle sticks. I'm a new follower, too. Love your blog, I just discovered it recently and have spent the last few days reading all of your older posts. You are one funny lady! (Oh, and we might just share a brain.)

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  18. Hi, Laura! Good to have you here, sugar! And thanks for the new follow! (PS: If you have a blog, be sure to let me know so I can follow you back!)

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  19. I want to win too! Cpinkman3@kc.rr.com Thanks so much, Cheryl - these are cute!!!!

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  20. Please enter me. I'm a new follower!
    zachsgran1 at yahoo dot com

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  21. Please include me in your drawing
    tmc480 at yahoo dot com

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  22. I'm a follower
    tmc480 at yahoo dot com

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  23. Hey Kim, I don't have a blog right now, but I've been thinking of starting one. If I do, I will definitely let you know.

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  24. Just found this lovely blog through Yesterday Girl! I'm a fairly new vintage girl, and am keeping my fingers crossed for a big win! I'm a new follower (as A.C. Jones), but make it a habit to comment with my blog!

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  25. Wonderful giveaway! I love vintage items!! Please enter me
    rjs682 at yahoo dot com

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  26. I'm following
    rjs682 at yahoo dot com

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