••••••••••••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 a great strap. Looks like it is comfortable to use…ok…my camera is not as large as yours.
Yeah!!! Love it! ***keeping my fingers crossed***
So super fun!!!! I’d be more than thrilled to win one….you girls have the sweetest friendship ever!!
So pretty! Pick me, pick me!
Love you Tara. Now I love your friend Em too. It would be so cool to have something in common widcha like a cool camera strap. Please please please pick me.
so supper cute wish i had one! ; )
oh how I have loved her camera straps since I first saw the link to them on your site! I would love the chance to win one!
I LUV LUV LUV the new strap! How lucky are you to have a sweet talented friend like Emily!
Oh, maybe, just maybe, some coolness will rub off on me!!
well i kind of already have one but i am greedy and want another piece of her strappy goodness.
I would love to use this on my next photo shoot. I hope my name is chosen.
Thanks!
Kelli
how did you know i needed a new camera strap?
Would love to win one for my very dear friend and awesome photographer!!!
what a cool strap!!! maybe i missed it but if i don’t win one, where can i buy one?????
oooh ooh ooh. I just got my Emily Falconbridge original–olive green polka dot strap–and I LOVE it. Would be beyond cool to have one to swap out. thanks for the fun.
A friend of mine told me about your blog and I check it faithfully now. I’m always excited to see what i will find next. You are totally awesome and totally inspiring! Cool strap… throw my name in the drawing.
Over 400 comments already? Seriously. lol I would love that cutie pie of a strap!
Loving that strap! It’s so darned cute. Would love to have something more personal for my camera.
these look great!!
I love your pictures, your thoughts on life. I want a fun camera strap too so I can be just like you when I grow up:)
LOVE your new strap! I have been eyeing one of hers from her etsy shop for a while for myself! I think it is time to take the plunge! (but would love to win another so that I can swap them out depending on my mood! :)) Thanks for the chance to enter!
i would love it have one! i just started a photography business so it would be perfect timing! : )
mmmm… strappy!
hey girl-
just love EVERYTHING about you. I think you and I are similar in the way we deal with life and the way we parent our children. Would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win this funkalicious camera strap!
ooh! ooh! pick me! pick me!
What a fun giveaway! Count me in, it’s gorgeous.
OH! maybe I’m gonna be the lucky one… :) It’s sooo beautiful!
I NEED one!!
Me me me me me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is a fun new pattern!!
Love the camera straps, and love your photographs! They make me smile. Have a good day.
i love love love it! I need it! I want it! could i be number 801!?
hey tara love the straps. have a new camera could use a new cool strap!!
Maybe it will be me! I have also seen her work and love her straps.
Melissa
Cool! I wanna pretty strap…
Darn straight, I’m commenting today!! It looks fabulous on you, Tara! I have already invisioned it around my neck….so, we’ll see how that goes! What a sweet thing Em is doing— she’s super talented! Thanks for the post!
AWESOME I already have one of those totally cool straps but would love to win one for my precious mum. So please pick me!!!
Thanks for the chance :)
I love the camera strap – please pick me
love your photos love the camera strap and love fun funky give-aways…fingers crossed, toes crossed, eyes crossed…..
~amanda
i love the strap but do i get the nose ring to go with it??? i’ve always wanted to get one but… you know … anyways… would love the strap!!!!
oh i so need one of these, my camera is lacking style :D
Entering to win that awesome camera strap! I would love it:-) thanks emily and tara for the fun give away
me please!
Oh yeah, you know I want that strap!!! LOL its like playing the lottery!
I have loved Emily’s camera straps forever- I especially love the colors in this one Tara.
Your work is amazing, too. Thanks for sharing it with everyone on your blog!
What a beautiful strap! :) I love you blog Tara!
shoot I meant ‘your’ blog… lol :o
oooh, pick me!! looks like I don’t have much of a chance based on the amount of comments so far, but I LOOOOVE that sweet strap! =)
i love and crave the beautiful camera strap. it would be a joy to own it.
i wanted to tell you i think you truly have one of the most beautiful families i have ever seen (besides mine, of course). have a happy day! and thanks for the chance to win!
Gorgeous strap! Aren’t you lucky :)