••••••••••••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…
I bought one of Em’s straps. I love it. It’s pink.
How I would love another :o)
what a groovy strap. would
love one of emily’s camera
straps.
so colorful and fun! :)
That’s a very cheerful pattern on that strap. I’m sure it will bring lots of smiles to someone.
Pick me- Please!!! It will be so loved & cared for!
My new camera needs a lovely strap as the black Sony strap it came with is soooooo uber borrrinnnngggg!
luv! luv! luv! pick me! pick me! (hmmmm, how could I rig this thing….?) =)
All her straps are fabulous!!!
Love this one!
Thanks for giving us some great options Em.
tara, this is totally not a joke. just a few hours ago i was looking at my camera strap thinking, ” i really need to get one of those straps from emily because i don’t think i will be able to sew through that tough, fake, leather stuff on mine. ” crazy! i think i should get one, because it was just meant to be.
Oh my goodness tara I thought maybe I could win this since I have been wanting one for about forever my sony one is jsut not cutting it anymore but with 135 and counting I DOUBT!! Still have to give it a chance though!! PICK ME!!!
Lovely strap, lovely girl!
Wow your friend makes them too. Ohh off to check ’em out at esty and see what fits my personality! :)
I want one. :)
pick me, pick me, pick me…..
love the designs!
I would love one! I love yours and Em’s work. Also, I love reading about your friendship.
Beautiful camera straps! I love them! *drool* :)
um, wow! I’ve been eying her straps since she opened shop! Love them!
I have been oogling these straps since she started making them! I think that they are so cool! I have also been looking at your photos forever. They are fabulous—full of life.
i would wear it proudly . . . pick me! pick me!
Emily has got some friggin awesome talent. I absolutely LOVE her style. I’m still salivating over the tablecloth she used for Yindi’s bday party. It was so beautiful!
Ive been looking at her straps forever and never found one who was dominantly orange, so this one needs to be mine!!!! PLEASE!!
:)
YES please! Thanks for the give away. I am crossing my fingers.
I’d love one of these funky straps – looks good on you Tara.
Ohhhh…I need that! I already have one, but I need that one too :) I’m also such a lurker so I feel guilty commenting only to win this :( But, I do love your blog and look forward to your posts everyday. I was having major withdrawl symptoms when you were MIA a few weeks ago!
I would love one of those camera straps…I have been eyeing those for a while.
How cool!! Way more fun and funky than my boring ol Canon one!
They are so great and would look perfect on my camera!! She is very talented indeed!
Congrats on the new camera strap my dear!
I would love to put this on my Nikon. Cool!
Fun, fun, Fun – love the strap!!
Oh – how aweseome is that!!! I have been eyeing those straps for a while now – even put one on my Christmas list last year to no avail.
I love the camera straps & will buy one if I don’t win one! So cute!
oooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh pick me! pick me!!!!
Great camera strap!! Thanks for sharing I am a big fan and usually just read the blog quietly. :)
I would absolutely DIE to have one of these awesome straps! Thanks gals, you rock!!!
Tara – I just love your blog! I especially love seeing your recent photo shoots – you are just an amazing photographer. I’m going to look you up the next time I visit my brother in Cali (Laguna Hills) and have you take some shots of my husband and I! :)
Love the strap. Love your blog, too!
That strap is so cool! Even if I don’t win, I just may have to go buy one! You are both awesome!
fun fun fun!!
Oooh How cute! The very last picture is absolutely adorable:)
would love it!
AAhhh…these are so pretty! I would love this sassy little number around my neck :-)
I just got my first DSLR camera and would love a cool strap for the official debut!
These camera straps are the best!! You girls rock!
that is just so cute.
looking forward to you taking our pics in a few weeks
Oooohhhh, love it!
If you can believe it i’ve given one of Emily’s straps to a friend for Christmas but I don’t have one for me! How cool that you are giving one away :). You both rock!
Thank you for the chance to win one the coolest must have accessories for us photographers;)
I have been eyeing these for months!! Would LOVE to win one. Thanks for the giveaway!
Wouldn’t that be SO COOL!!!! I really love the pattern of the ribbon on yours…so happy.
Love it!!!
OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAAAHHH!!! PICK ME PLEASE BECAUSE I MIGHT DIE OF HOW SCRUMPTIOUS THIS IS!!!!!