••••••••••••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…
Pick me, pick me!!!! (jumping up and down like a total donkey……). :)
Cool beans! I’ll post even though I never win anything … I’ll also buy a lotery ticket tonight, maybe it will be my lucky day!
ohhhhh pick me, pick me oh wise random picking thing!! :) Would love it forever and ever!! :)
Ooooh! Please! Ooooh! Please!
I can’t stand my scratchity strap that pulls the hairs on my neck!
Can you see me putting my hand to my forehead sighing? ha.ha.
Tara, I love reading your blog. You make me laugh out loud after a long day of working.
LOVE Em’s creations. I’ll buy one soon, if I don’t win. Been eyeballing them on her etsy site for a while now, too!
Thanks, girls!
(still moaning………..:)
oooh… love the strap… i’m crossing my fingers…
I would love to replace my boring black geometric-thingy-patterned-ugly strap with a pretty colorful one!!
Blessings,
Nicole
Very cool strap! I just got my first SLR a few months ago, and have been wanting to ditch the b-o-r-i-n-g old black strap.
Yes I do already have one, BUT I also bought a new camera, so I definitely need another one! I love them! And I also love your blog and all your gorgeous pictures, thank you for being so generous, sharing with us.
Commenting! LOVE Em’s straps but I am a cheapskate… have “added to cart” a million times though!
Love it!!! It makes me smile!
I’ve had these in my Kaboodle for forever! I’d love to have one!
Oooh! Oooh! Ooooh! Mistah Kahtah, Pick me!!
Just adorable! the strap, too.
oohhh, i think i need this!! pickmepickmepickme!
Pick me!
Ohhh, I have been meaning to buy one — love them, pick me!
very cute stuff! :)
OMG I’d love a super cute camera strap :) Cute shirt too ;)
great giveaway! I’ve got my fingers and toes crossed! Love your work!
love it. *totally checking out em’s etsy shop*
Me likey those straps and that lens :)
I have never won anything on a blog before… but I keep trying ;)!
ooooh! what a great giveaway! i think emily just sent me the strap i ordered and i am on pins and needles waiting for it! it took months to finally decide on a strap i wanted, and i would love to have two to swap out!
Megan Hilton
Tempe, AZ
Love it!! Pick me!! :-)
I NEED to have a cool, new camera strap!!!
i love that strap. and those pics are just too sweet!!
I love that strap! It’s so cute!!!
me, please, me:-)
Said with much sighing and hand to forehead in little girl style.
I love! :)
Would love a chance to win. I have one already and love that it is fun and happy vs. black with Canon written on it!! Have a happy day!
Oh please pick me! Pretty Please!
Love it! I’ll cross my fingers and my toes :) have a happy week. love, teri
aw yeah
Pick me! Pick me!!!!!!!! I just love your blog Tara. Thank you for being so real. Doesn’t hurt that you take amazing photos too!
I have drooled over those straps for what seems like forever! How awesome it would be to actually have one!!
so stinking cute! i just love it!
Um – I’d love one! :)
Have a great day, Tara! :)
I would love a camera strap like that!!! So funky and cool.
Hi Tara
Not sure if the contest is still on but I would love to win the camera strap – so cool.
Philippa
PS love your blog xxx
A drawing! How fun!
I’ve been wanting one of these camera straps for a while now… Nows my chance!
Whoo hoo!
Love the strap! Her work is awesome!! Thanks for doing the giveaway!
:)
m
Who doesn’t need a cool camera strap???
Love it! What a great idea for a giveaway. Happy Wednesday!
Wow! The competition is fierce but here goes. I just love those camera straps. Em’s stuff is awesome. They are fun and funky. If I don’t win, well maybe Santa will put one in my stocking. ;)
Are you going to have time to start you OPAM again? i was starting to get some things done around here. Just wondering.
Thanks!
Juli
Don’t we all adore em? She is wonderful, and lucky to have so many wonderous women with great energy around her all the time. No wonder she exudes it!
Love the camera strap, but my camera would love it more. It really wants that strap! How can you tell a camera no?! With that big cute eye!?
ME!! ME!! I love those…and have ‘eye-balled’ them in her esty shop for ages!!!
Love your blog…
Thanks for the chance to be super cool whilst shootin’ pics!
C
Tara… you are looking so gorgeous today… did I ever tell you, you’re my favourite! (just don’t tell Emily – it’s our little secret)
Emily… you are looking gorgeous today… did I ever tell you, you’re my favourite! (just don’t tell Tara – it’s our little secret)
Hahaha… ok, so sucking up is not my forte… but you get the picture!
Oh random generator please pick me, I need a new strap so bad. I’m to the point now where I don’t even have a strap on my camera because I couldn’t find one I liked.
I think those straps are so neat!! Crossing my fingers!
GorGEEEous camera strap! I still have my icky old one from Canon so winning one would definitely up the cool quotient!!