••••••••••••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…
too cute!!
Oh please, oh please, oh please! I have been so good. Not buying anything because we’re so flat out broke. For a year I have been eying these straps and I promised myself when I got a new, beautiful camera, I would also buy one of her new beautiful straps. But maybe if I WON one, then I am still being good, making my old camera look better, and feeling like a winner! Please pick me!!
If I win, can I have that lens instead? No? :D Oh well, I love Emily’s cool straps too.
i’ve been eyeing those camera straps for a looooooooong time! so, i’d LOVE a chance to win one. thanks emily and tara!
Hi!
I’m a regular blog stalker and lover of photography… and well. those straps are just so darn cool that they’ve dragged me out of hiding to say hello :P
Tara! Love your blog. Would REALLY love a FUNKY CAMERA STRAP!
Happy Times –
Jeanelle
Super cute! I’m crossing my fingers!!!!
How fun! I would LOVE a funky camera strap!
ohhh, i have been eyeing all of her straps for such a long time! they are so cute. so, pick me so my camera will have a little makeover and my heart will smile every time i look at it!
in for a penny, in for a pound….. Id love one of Emily’s wonderful hand madery thingies (or a pair of the slippers she made for Ivy too, of course!)
Holy guacamole (did I spell that right?) that’s a lot of comments! lol
No hope in winning – ;) but what a great giveaway! How sweet of you both…
eh, 309, maybe that’s my lucky number today…
Love it! Hope I am the lucky one? :)
Oohh…so nifty! I’ve admired Em’s camera straps for awhile now. I have one of her artsy beautiful prints hanging in my scraproom & love it. Thanks for the chance to win! :-)
I love this world of blogs, I have got share in some of the most wonderful times with you and meet so many special people. I found your site off Em and I adore her and her art. I have a strap and love it and get lots of comments. I found Barb at Jinkyart through your website and I love her. I got the chance to meet her and have some photos taken and she was wearing an Em original strap and I loved being able to talk to her about you and Em. Thank you for sharing your beautiful and inspirational art with us :)
oooohhh me me me!! what a cool funky strap. I love it!!
Tara,
I am really excited about this. I have been looking at a funky strap for my camera and would love to win one. Here’s to hoping!
Oh, I *love* those straps {this} much! Seriously!
And I just have my original yucky “Nikon” strap…
please pick me!!!
I hope, I hope! I’ve been wanting one of these forever, but had to put off buying one to get my camera essentials. :-/
Oh how I could use a funky new camera strap!!
What a fun giveaway! Thanks!
oh oh pick me!!!! Ü
i so love the straps…too cute!
I LOVE that strap. I have been looking for one for a while too. Pick me! Pick me! Please… :D
VERY cool. But hey – it is Tara Whitney’s blog – nuttin but coolness ;)
I am always in for a good contest!
I’ve been eyeing those beautiful camera straps for a while now. I’ve even got one on my Kaboodle wish list, just waiting for my husband to surprise me with it. =) Please enter my name in the drawing.
Wow, beautiful camera straps!!
me likey. Very cute indeed. She is one creative lady.
Lisa
Lucky You! i love the strap.
Very cool! I have never seen one before I have the old boring black one so I hope I win!
Awesome Camera strap. I love it!!
I’ve been eyeing those straps for over a year… I should probably go ahead and buy one— if I don’t win I will : )
sweet giveaway!!
So pretty! Please enter me, too.
:)
Well, it’s worth trying my luck, right?
LOVE the cam strap, LOVE your blog, LOVE your work… always needed a reason to comment how much your work inspires me… now I had a reason :) Thanks for sharing your crazy beautiful work!
Tara you are so danged cute. Sometimes I think Nate the Great looks just like Jeff, and then I see a shot where his expression really reminds me of you. Ornery, regardless of who he resembles.
Oh I don’t even know if I am cool enough to pull this adorable thing off….but if I win, I’ll sure try!
I love her camera straps!!! I have the Green Asian one!!! I’d love to have another!!!!!
I’d love that strap!!
Love it!!
very coot idea, goodluck to everyone! [my lovely bestfriend [cannon rebel xti] wouldn’t mind a facelift =)] by the way, its my first post here after watching em and your blogs for a while…and i just wanted to say you have a lovely big family! cheers!!!
DARLING! I’d love one!
ohhhhh me please. This truley gorgeous!
mmmmm…..love that strap! pick me pick me!
Very cute strap! Way better than the generic Canon I have on my camera right now. I love sunflowers…
How awesomely cool of you!
pick me, plese oh please!!!
Sherri
I’ve been lusting after Emily’s camera straps for quite a while now. But I really couldn’t make up my mind about what style I wanted. I especially love her Thai fabrics. Hopefully, I’ll be the lucky winner. That way I won’t ever have to choose a favorite. :o)