••••••••••••WINNER IS HEIDI DEAN, #129!•••••••••••••••••••
heidi, email me and get me your address. you have a rad new camera strap headed your way from emily and i! wish i could give 831 straps away, i always hate the let down after all the build up of excitement…
yesterday, em came over after school as a surprise for the little girls (we have been hearing moan-y sad complaints like “when will we EVER SEE HER AGAaaaaaaaaaaIN?” with much flopping and hand to forehead sighing) (an hour spent on video chat sunday evening did nothing to satisy them) (where did they ever learn that? certainly not from their overly dramatic and emotional mummas!), to watch our tivo’d project runway, and get indian for dinner. and so that i could eat my weekly allotment of yindi’s neck.
our routine has become ritual at this point. sacred. and awesome.
she also sewed a new (vintage!) ribbon onto my camera strap. i’ve been eyeballing it for weeks in her shop, and lucky me, i get it for free. and guess what? SO DO YOU! (well, one of you!) we decided it would be totally fun to do a camera strap giveaway on my blog. for anyone that doesn’t know, em started making her “funky camera straps” in april 2007. no one else was doing it at the time, she is the original gangsta! when we met, she had the coolest strap on her camera, and i begged her for ages to start making them and selling them. i knew firsthand how hard it was to find a cool strap. i had looked high and low for years for a camera strap that wasnt just utilitarian. and im the google queen, and i could never find anything that wasnt intended for an older male photog and his khaki pocketed vest. she set up shop on etsy, and has sold over 800 of them since.
and now its your turn to get one. if you already have one, awesome, enter to win anyway and have two to switch out!
just comment on this post by 1:30pm PST Sep 18. i will draw a winner soon after that. winner gets the same strap as me. this wonderful, adorable, kitschy vintage goodness.
two someones wanted to model camera straps too…
What are the chances that your random number selector will choose #1? Let’s see if we can beat the odds today, shall we?
I love it! If I don’t win it I am ordering it!
ooooooh…me! me! ME! =)
I just ordered one of this sweet little straps but would now love one to give as a gift! Thanks for being awesome!
Very cool straps indeed!
Have a great week!
Oh those are too cute! (As are you and those adorable girls!)
I still use my boring black canon one… would love one of these! :)
oooh, ooooh, ooooooooh, pick me. :)
I am hoping the random number generator shares its goodness with me!
i’m totally in!!! thanks for the chance! maybe it will help take the attention of my canon camera in my nikon bag…. so ghetto!! I know!
me too!
That is such a great camera strap! I have to say I’ve never seen those, but they are very well made and look amazing. I also have to say I read your blog all the time and I love the pictures you take. I look to them for inspiration to take better photos.
so groovy! I LOVE them and NEED one!! Pick me!
Fun! Pick me!
love it!!! I have one of her straps on my wish list (for when I actully buy something for me!!)
you know I would love one!
Glad you got to spend some girl time together!
I have a camera strap cover given to me by a friend, but have always wanted one of these, too! You are awesome!
Oohhhhh!!! That is awesome!!!! I’m off to check out the rest of her designs. Oh . . . Pick me! :D
Very cool! I’d love to win it!!
Oooo fun! I don’t have one of Emily’s camera straps but I’d love to!
i have actually seen her etsy shop and i would love love love to have on of them!!
Just this morning I was putting my camera down and thought how sad my canon strap looked (a little beat up) – and then I thought that I needed something with more personality – and then I read your post. coincidence? we’ll see.
Ooooh, so cute! I hope I win! Love your photos, by the way. Always inspiring!
they are so fun if i dont win this one might just have to go out and buy one
that fabric is GORGEOUS!!!
Pick me!! Pick me!! I have one already and get lots of great compliments.
I LOVE the camera strap! Please pick me! :) Pretty please!?
I love this idea Tara!!! I never win contests, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed this can be one of them! Woo!!!!!!
ohhh…I don’t have a camera strap! They look awesome!!
I’ve been reading your blog for months and I love it. I ADORE your photographs. Your work has inspired me again and again. I’m not just saying that because I want you to give me that camera strap… but I do want you to give me that camera strap. ;)
Gonna throw my hat in the ring and pray to the random number generator gods! :) Thanks for the fun giveaway!
I have been eyeing these cool camera straps for a while. What fun you and Em have together.
I would love this….. How darling. I love the polka dot too!!!!!!
Oooh what a great generous give away!! Now if I could only win a bit of your photog talent to go with it!!
Those are so great! That would be really fun to have on my cheap ol’ camera. Make it feel special.
Love it! I neeeeeeed one!!!
How cute! I love it. I hope to be the lucky winner, but if not I look forward to going shopping. Oh heck who am I kidding, I’ll go shopping for more regardless. LOL!
Good for you for encouraging her, it’s a great idea, and you are no doubt a great friend.
I want!! you aren’t going to give away a duplicate of that lens too are you?? haha, I’m dreamin’…
I so hope I win. I would love to have it. Thanks for giving it away.
Woot Woot!! i love a giveaway!!
Okay. I can’t help myself. I will add my name to the list. I bought one from Emily eons ago and it is getting a bit worn.
I’ve looked at her camera straps before, and I love them. I totally want a cool strap, like the ones she makes… and my birthday is coming up, so maybe I’ll get something like it from my husband! It would be way cheaper than what I really want (A Canon 1Ds). But I noticed that (as I look down at my camera sitting next to me) we have the exact same lens (and hood) on our cameras. Great lens. It was my birthday present to myself last year.
That is the cutest! I’ve seen cute straps but that one just oozes joy.
I could use a fun, pretty strap :)
LOVE,LOVE,LOVE the strap!!! Pick me! I get great inspiration from your work. And I love to keep up with the blog. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!
Oooh, I’d look great in a new camera strap!
Cool! I’d love to have one of those straps.
How cool! I’ve been wanting one of those for my new D700.
So cute! I NEED one of those!
I just love your work. I look forward to reading your blog. Thanks for offering this way cool camera strap. By the way i have lens envy.
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