••••••••••••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…
How neat…i had no idea you could get custom straps. I would LOVE to have one of these.
i want to win! :) love BOTH of your all’s blogs!
Oooooo funky goodness indeed! Love the retro feel!!! You & Em are two cool kids that’s for sure! ;0)
Shannon
I would love one of those!!! So very cool. Almost as cool as an old man vest LOL
How cool! I think it wants to come to Aus!
pick me! way cooler than my polka dot strap!
Pick me, pick me! I LOVE these.. have always wanted one.. could this one be mine?!
It’s so prety! I would love to have one!!
Thank you for the giveaway Tara.
i just love this strap and your photography is nothing short of amazing. thanks for the giveaway!
Just add me to the 450+ people that want to get their hands on an Emily original strap. How cute is this one!?!? Love it!
sign me up!
How generous – and how wonderful!! Blessings for a fantastic Thursday! Vicki
Oh I love it!! Still holding off on splurging for myself but I love them so much.
That strap is adorable! And I love your work! (And Ms. Em’s, too!)
ooohhhh…I have been eyeing those straps forever! There are nearly 500 comments already, but hey…it’s worth a shot! Thanks for doing this. :)
Great camera strap, and those are some pretty cute mini models too. ;)
Hello from one of your lurkers– I love your blog! Your passion for photography and life always inspires me.
I too have that utilitarian camera strap often seen on older male photographers who wander around in their khaki pocketed vest. Wearing one of these around me neck would sure make me stand out in that field of “beige”.
LOVE the strap! How much more creative and artsy would you feel with a gorgeous, colorful strap like that hanging from your camera? I’ll bet it would magically improve my pictures also!!
My camera sure would love to look fashionable! What a great idea!
Oh pick me!! I love the vintagey loved ones! I sew a new one on mine when I get tired of it or it looks dull. This would be great to switch out!
I would LOVE one of those yummy straps! :)
oooh! oooooh! (picture me waving my hands freakishly in the air)
Pick me, Teacher! ;)
Have a lovely day, Miss Tara!
love it, love it, love it!
I’ve been eyeballing her camera straps for a month or so now-**thinking xmas** for DH to get one for me-lol.
Amanda
I love the pictures of the girls dancing. They seem to have a wonderful friendship just like their mom’s do. My camera strap is an uncreative and uninspiring black. Can you help me out with a little color?!?! Great give a way. Thanks.
Sandi
I see there is more than one Amy, so I’m Amy Liutkus… ;)
I love these camera straps!
oooooh, I like that one, too! I’ve been eyeing her shop a lot.
Yay! I want one! :)
Loving you and the camera strap!
That em…;o) whatever she does turns into something beautiful. Love the strap. love your willingness to be on the other side of the camera.
What a fab-u-lous give away! Love it!
OOOH! pick me! pick me! long time reader, but, uh… too shy to post. great way to bring out those in hiding. Thanks!
Oh my gosh! I bought a strap from Emily after seeing them on your blog last year and I was just looking at my (beautiful pink) strap this weekend and thinking I should get another and switch them out. This is too weird.
I would love to win another. And if not I will half-ta get me another. I just love mine!
Cute pics by the way and great models! =)
Sonja
Oh… Id LOVE one!!! Love me some vintagey stuff!! And so fresh!
I have been a fan of Emily’s camera straps for sometime now… I would love to win one!
What a great giveaway. I will definitely check out her site.
i’m crossing my fingers…and my toes. soooo excited!!
I would so LOVE to have this camera strap. I love the bright and cheery colors in the ribbon!
Ohhhhhh so adorably awesome!!! Thanks so much for the chance to win! The colors remind me of my aunt’s vintage bathroom tub and tile and that just reminds me of home :)
I just bought a strap from her a few weeks ago but would love another one :> Pick Me, Pick Me!!!
Love that strap! So fun to waer! Gotta have one.
Jamie
Hi Tara,
I love your photos and Em camera straps. Pick me, pick me,
Thanks,
Paola
Wow, I never thought I’d get to the post a comment section! :) That’s a lot of comments!!
The strap is adorable and I love the vintage sunflower feel…..
Should I do the ‘pick me!’ ‘pick me!’ chant now? :)
Love the pattern on that strap….very cool!
I love your photography. Your family is adorable and so is Emma’s. I hope I win the strap.
Suh-weeeeet!!! It’s adorable, you guys are adorable, and I’d love me some adorableness, too, thank you! :D
I would love a fancy camera strap!
Me, me, me, pick me!
Super cute… love it. I’ve never seen them before and if I don’t win I think it will have to go on my Christmas list!