••••••••••••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…
Wow….cool!
LOVE the orange!
Great giveaway. Great blog.
Sandi :)
Melbourne Australia
:squeal: Seriously… I still use the Canon one too. Slapping my own forehead over here…not dramatic or anything. :D
Oooooh! Those are Pretty!
Love what you do and how you do it too. your family photography is wonderful and I will one day have you over to do ours…thanks, linda
Oh, pretty please! Pretty, pretty please! ;-)
Love to have one!
Em is very talented! Cool idea for the give away!
Please enter me in the draw, I love orange, that strap is just too cute!
sweet! i love a giveaway! i never win, but never stop trying…
these are too cute!
Ahhh, I love this! I have been looking at her stuff forever. If I don’t win, I think I’m going to have to buy one now!
okay. fine. i’ll be one of those creepy people who comment just because there is something free to be had. i hate being one of those people. but i have commented here before. so there. mostly, i’m a faithful fan stalker. and pretty darn good at it too. (thanks for the giveaway…)
Oh how I would love to win this camera strap. I’d call it my “emtara” strap!
Ooh… love the funky camera strap. Sign me up for the giveaway please! :)
Oh My Gosh I have been wanting one of these straps like FOREVER!! I hope I win!! Tara, love your blog, love to read about your life, LOVE to look at your pictures…and I LOVE EM TOO and reading her blog.
Oh please please please pick me! I have been eyeing Em’s camera straps for AGES!!!!!!! And to have the same one that Miss Tara has would totally totally rock!! Besides it has my favorite flower on it.
OH! Pick Me! Pick Me! I never win anything!!! I *LOVE* the strap…and I may just have to buy one if I don’t win…hmmm…off to chec out her etsy.
Would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be the winner of a trendy camera strap.. If not.. I will still probably head over and snag one up! :)
up late w/ a screaming baby. would love a new strap. mariana
Me! Me! Me! I LOVE her camera straps…my pride and joy!
i want one so bad that I may just go straight to etsy and avoid the disappointment! :)
I own an em original, but… would love to mix it up a bit! Has she ever thought of making camera bags?
I want a funky fresh camera bag and I think between the two of you, the results would rock!
I love that camera strap! I would love to show off one to everyone here!
Soo cute! Gotta love Vintage! (But who doesn’t!)
a dream come true! i have dreamt of owning one of these, but have been waiting until i was out of school, and could afford these kinds of things ( : how awesome that i could win one!!! of course i’m sure i’d still buy more in the future . . . i just love them!
That is fabulous looking! So much cooler than the ugly black strap I’ve got now.
Go ahead, make my day! I’m feeling lucky (punk). It’s my birthday! B-)
you are so lucky to have a photographer friend as well – she captures your beauty – with or without the strap. keep enjoying your glorious kiddies and “yindi-neck”
Ooh I’d love one of those… does the camera come with it? *snort*…
I love Emily’s camera straps (I really don’t know why I haven’t bought one yet) and I’d love to win that one.
I want that strap! I love it! ♥
Oooh, ooh……pick me, pick me!!! ala Donkey from Shrek!!! :D
fun, fun, fun. would love to win that camera strap. love the photos. glo :)
I know I have no chance to win that great funky strap, because I live in Germany… oh well… :)
How very nice of you…these straps are so fun.
i would love one for my cam!!!
How cool would it be to have the same cool strap as tara whitney!!
hm, not sure whether i’m not a bit late for the comment, i’m in a time-zone muddle at the moment commenting from germany. but I’ll just give it a try: I’d loooooooooove a camera strap like that!!!!
I have been eyeing her straps since I got my new camera. I would love one!
Thank you for offering a giveaway! And for the smiles, stories, sometimes tears, but always life you always bring from your blog! Thank you for sharing.
Oooooh, I had wanted one in forever but never got around to it *sigh*
What an awesome idea that giveaway…THANKS heaps for the offer you two *hugs*
Love Em’s camera straps and would love to win one just like your’s. Have a great day!
I’m since forever wanting one of these straps!! Please pick me!!!
I really need one of those!
loooove it!!! so cute. (crossing my fingers)
Love the camera strap!
pick me!! pick me!!! I love it, so cute!
cute cute cute!! Love the designs and colors!
The strap is so COOL !! , Em did a great job again !!, love her work and also yours !!…your photos are beautiful !!, cherish your friendship together !!
X Dani
Can I try my luck even if i leave in Europe ?
I’d love one of these cool camera straps !
Pick me….pick me….please.