Posted on | February 13, 2011 | 101 Comments
so you know Mae, right? of course you do. she’s my BIFF (best internet friend forever). my right hand lady on the web. and one of the best, most awesomest, funniest friends i’ve ever known. i mean, i met her on the internet, but we are real life friends. forever and ever amen.
and she has started a business. and it’s lovely. so i wanted to share it with you.
life’s candy is her new etsy shop where she is creating and selling pretty tablewear like napkins and placemats. her and her hubby, Christopher, have other fun things up their sleeves for the future, too.
she’s making gorgeous napkins and placemats out of pretty and fun fabrics that i just love. they’re all formal enough for say, dinner parties, but at the same time, casual for a fun brunch (or tea party! i wanna have a tea party…). especially awesome? she’ll do custom orders! see a placemat you’d like to be a napkin or vise versa? want that print with that trim? mkay. convo her on etsy. ta naa!
the napkins Mae sent me are adorable and i’m in love (birdies! in cages!).
adorable, yes? and since Mae is da best and super generous, she wants to give one reader of the haps a $30 credit to life’s candy! there are a few ways to enter, so check it out:
mandatory entry: go over to life’s candy and tell me here what your favorite item is in the shop.
additional entries:
- leave a comment here guessing where the shops name came from…do you know? (you don’t have to be right for the entry to count, btw).
- follow life’s candy on twitter and leave a comment here saying you did so.
ready go! get your entries in by friday february 18th at midnight PST. and thanks to my lovely and talented friend Mae for hosting this giveaway, always answering my blackberry messenger freakouts, skyping with me, and generally putting up with all my shenanigans.
Posted on | February 7, 2011 | 280 Comments
it’s no secret how much i adore gregg and megan of Modern Bird Studios. it’s safe to say some of my favorite items in my entire house came from them. i’d grab my MB pieces if my house caught on fire and i had an extra moment. seriously.
so when they told me they were starting another venture, geared towards kiddos called ModTots, i swooned. i knew they’d knock it out of the park. when they told me there would be a narwhal? let’s just say that pants? peed. and when my narwhal (and Harrison the Fox) arrived on my doorstep, they were as amazing as i knew anything by gregg would be.
they’re making these little pieces of awesome in all sorts of animals, and have recently added robots (!) and monsters and dinosaurs are on their way. these works of art are customizable (choose your background color after you choose your animal or robot) and the perfect addition to any nursery, kids room, or even home office (what? no i will not steal the narwhal from Harper and put it in my workspace. ::side eye::).
each piece is handmade, one at a time, by gregg. yours is created when you order it. super sweet extra to ModTots? if you’re the first to order an animal, robot, or soon monsters and dinosaurs – you get to name it. from then on, that animal (etc) is named after you or your kid. i love it!
and because the modsters are the amazing people that they are, they’d like to give one of you a $100 gift certificate to use at ModTots! To enter, simply do the following (multiple entry chances):
- go over to ModTots, peek around and tell me what you’d get if you won!
- follow ModTots on the Twitter
- like ModTots on the Facebook
please remember! leave a separate comment for each of these yo do!
this is open to residents of the US and Canada. if you don’t want to wait to win, and get to naming an animal or robot, use the code HARPER at checkout for 10% off your order at ModTots, now through february 21st. i will draw a winner using random.org and announce the winner monday the 14th. please get all your entries in by midnight PST on the 13th!
ready? go!
Posted on | January 19, 2011 | 23 Comments
it’s been 2 weeks since i originally posted about bloggers for babies, my attempt to get as many people raising as much money for babies as possible. i’m excited to say today that my team is now 8 people strong and together we have raised over 600 dollars! i’m seriously stoked on how well this whole thing is going so far. thank you to everyone who has signed up or contributed!
a few things right off the bat – one, we need more people to walk with us! if you are in the PNW, please join in! i’ve had some people ask who is allowed to join – um, YOU! seriously everyone! click here to go to our team page and click the blue button to add yourself as a team member. don’t make me come after you, people.
secondly, if you are a blogger in another city and want to make your own bloggers for babies team, email me and i’d be happy to make you a banner like the one i made for my team. then you can start raising a boatload for march of dimes in your town. a few people have already done this, including katie from pickles & paisleys and cole at cole’s first blog. you should be next!
now. it’s time to kick this shiz up a notch and raise even more money. i bring forth to you, the interwebs, a lovely giveaway full of lots of neat things. all you have to do is donate! shall we take a look at the goods?
a $50 shop credit to bird e studios!
bibs, burp cloths, diaper clutches and dog collars in gorgeous prints. check out the new baby blankets, so cute!
choice of onesie or tee from the spunky stork!
organic clothes for little ones with fun and funky designs. super soft, super cute and yeah! that’s my kid!
choice of any headband from twenty five design!
lovely accessories! headbands, rings, cuffs and necklaces that i love so much, i gave some as gifts this past christmas. adore!
$20 shop credit to tres jolie bebe!
adorable handmade items for your little one. what else to say but cute! baby shoes, quilts, clothing, decor and more.
mama necklace from ripegoods!
absolutely gorgeous jewelry. i have the mama necklace and i promise you, you will love it. don’t worry if you’re not a mama, it’s custom so you can use any date and initials you’d like 
$50 credit to opal vintage!
if you love vintage and kitsch, opal is the place for you. baby and toddler wear, dresses, stuff for the kitchen and all sorts of goodies, added weekly.
super awesome yes? YES.
so. the deal is, every $5 you donate is one entry. there are no extra entries, but we would love it if you wanted to spread the word via facebook and twitter on your own. remember the more entries, the more moola for babies.
please leave a comment here if you donate so i can match you up with your donation (i’m making an excel spreadsheet to keep track of everything as well as make my nerdy side happy). to donate, thus entering you in the running to win one of these awesome prizes, click here.
to summarize!
- we still need more team members for our tacoma walk. please join us. for reals.
- start your own team! email me if you’d like a special banner.
- GIVEAWAY!
- donate $5 or more to enter/help babies get a healthy start.
- leave a comment so i can match you to your donation.
- tweet, facebook, spread le word.
we’ll run this for 3 weeks (so until February 9th) to get maximum donations.
any questions? email me. team.mandy@gmail.com. and of course, thank you.
Posted on | January 10, 2011 | 31 Comments
i’m excited for you guys to meet our newest sponsor, the kissing tree vintage! this shop offers fun and pretty vintage finds (swoon). dresses, skirts, rompers, tops – tons and tons of lovely pieces to choose from. here are a few of my favorites right now:
jessica just could not be sweeter and loves finding vintage goodness to bring your way. i love how much there is to choose from, and it’s all categorized by type of item and then by decade – easy to find your favorite things. and she has %100 positive feedback – so she is definitely doing her shop right!
she’d like to offer one lucky reader of the haps a $25 credit to use at the kissing tree vintage! to enter, all you need to do is leave a comment here after checking out the shop, and tell me what your favorite item in the shop is. easy peasy.
she also has a facebook and a twitter which i recommend following to keep up on new items, sneak peaks and all that good stuff! plus she is just a really cool, sweet person and fun to chat with
so get to commenting! i will choose a winner this friday, so get your entries in by thursday at midnight. happy vintage shopping!
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