Giveaway: 1154 LILL Studio hobo bag

1154 LILL Studio is a custom handbag boutique that allows you to design your own handbag, purse or tote—online, in one of their shops, or at a handbag party in your home or office. LILL is generously offering How About Orange readers a giveaway: a trendy hobo style NIKKI bag in "G is for Giraffe" fabric (a $120 value). To enter, just leave a comment here before midnight CDT on Friday (10/9/09), and one random winner will be drawn. Be sure to include a link or way of reaching you. The winner will be announced on Saturday in this post and contacted.

Here's LILL's nifty online design room. Kind of like sewing your own bag, without doing any of the work. Try it out; it's fun!

UPDATE: Giveaway is now closed. The random number generator choose #258, Rachel. Congratulations!

Win a room makeover

Look at that. My fabric has made an appearance in the October issue of Glamour. Right next to Gwen Stefani. Or, well, 46 pages past the cover that features Gwen Stefani. Same difference.

Actually the photo announces a room makeover that five Glamour readers can win. Each package includes a Fresh Nest Design decorating consultation, a Flor area rug, two armchairs, chair slipcovers, ottoman, and pillows from your choice of fabrics at JCaroline Home, a $1,500 value. Enter here!

Brown Links vase set giveaway

Yesterday Fed Ex delivered to my doorstep these porcelain vases. Love 'em. Modern and cool, and dishwasher safe! The design is Brown Links by notNeutral. And good news for you: two lucky readers can win their own vase set, compliments of Accent Furniture Direct! Just leave a comment here before Friday (7/10/09) at midnight CDT with a way of contacting you, and two random winners will be drawn. Winners will be announced on Saturday in this post and emailed.

Accent Furniture Direct offers furniture and home decor pieces in a huge range of styles. Some of my faves:

UPDATE: Giveaway is now closed. The lucky random winners were commenters #530, Katie, and #538, Desi of Forth. Congrats!

Win a Stash shopping tote

While browsing on Etsy, I came across Mari Forssell's shop full of simple, modern bags in delicious fabrics. Mari is originally from Finland, now living in Nebraska. She's been sewing since she was a tiny girl and adores Marimekko fabrics. (Me too!)

We've arranged a little giveaway: leave a comment on this post before midnight CDT on Thursday (7/2/09), and a random winner will receive this hip red-orange shopping tote. Include a link or way of contacting you. The winner will be announced on Friday in this post.

UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed. The lucky winner was comment number 269, Elizabeth K. Congrats!

Giveaway: $100 from Ugallery.com

Ugallery.com is an online store selling original art from top collegiate artists. Ugallery realizes most people can’t afford to pay tens of thousands of dollars for original artwork, so they've created a curated gallery with prices from $20 to $5,000. You can search for art by genre, color, size, medium, and price, and try out your favorite piece on the Virtual Wall to see how it will look before you buy it.

And good news! Ugallery is offering a $100 credit to two lucky How About Orange readers. To enter, just leave a comment here with a way to contact you. Two winners will be randomly selected and sent a coupon code for $100 toward any purchase. Contest ends Friday, 4/3/09, at midnight CDT.

UPDATE: Contest is now closed. Commenter #538, Leanna, and commenter #205, Megan, are the lucky winners. Congrats, ladies!

(Images from Ugallery.com artists)

Pillow giveaway from Swizzlestix

San Francisco company Swizzlestix produces paper goods and housewares with groovy colors and retro patterns. Looks like they like orange, too! Swizzlestix is offering a special giveaway to How About Orange readers. Just leave a comment here with a way to contact you and the name of your favorite pillow design (click here to see the choices), and one comment will be drawn randomly. The lucky winner will receive the pillow of their choice, free! Contest ends Friday, 3/20/09, at midnight CDT.

UPDATE: Contest is now closed. Congrats to commenter 148, Nicole, who has been notified!

Win an interior decorating consultation

The new Chicago-based interior decorating business Kelly + Olive is offering a giveaway to How About Orange readers! (You don't have to live in Chicago to take advantage.) If you've been helplessly wondering what to do with that blah room in your house or apartment, the "young, professional, modern, whimsical, pragmatic, ecclectic, and thrifty" pair from Kelly + Olive will help you solve your decorating dilemma.

What you can win:
"For virtual clients, we're offering our Style Sheets, a six page presentation which includes a moodboard with inspiration photos, suggestions for furniture placement, window treatments, color and fabric selection, and accessories. We source everything we suggest, so it's easy for you to find online or at a local store. We work within your budget and your constraints. If you can't paint, no problem, we totally love that color anyway. If your husband's bowling trophies MUST be displayed, not only will we work them in, we'll make them work!

If you're in the Chicagoland area we'd love to work with you in person! The service is essentially the same, except we'd get a little more face time to plot and plan with you, which we love. We'll even take you shopping!"

How to enter:
Leave a comment on this post mentioning one thing you dislike about your current home. (Might make for some entertaining reading!) Contest ends Tuesday at midnight (CST). Make sure to leave a link or way to contact you if you win. The winner will be randomly selected using a number generator.

(Giveaway is now closed. Kerry B., comment 313, is the lucky winner!)

For a complete outline of Kelly + Olive's services and more about who they are, visit www.kellyandolive.com. You can view more style sheets on their blog right here.

Win two posters from The Poster List

Just when you were feeling bummed that your number didn't come up in the bag and apron giveaway, you've got another chance to win something: your choice of any two 12" x 18" posters from The Poster List! Just leave a comment here mentioning which poster in their shop is your favorite (and make sure there's a way to contact you if you win.) One random comment number will be drawn, and you'll be contacted to find out your mailing address and which two posters you'd like to receive. Contest ends Friday (11/14) at midnight CST.

UPDATE: This contest is now closed. The lucky random winner was Jan, with comment number 185. Congratulations!

Bag and apron giveaway

Our Quilt Market booth featured this awesome Calliope print apron made by Etsy seller Perdoozy and this Fireworks print bag made by Etsy seller Blue Blossom Girl. They were a big hit! Would you like to own them... free? Win them by leaving a comment on this post sometime between now and Friday (11/7) at midnight, and I'll use a random number generator to pick the winner. I'm curious to know what all of you do, so leave a comment listing your profession. You know, whether you stay home with kids or drive a firetruck or whatever. And make sure there's a way for me to contact you if you win so I can get your mailing address.

UPDATE: This contest is now closed. Comment number 963 was randomly generated as the winner. Congratulations to Kara, who said, "I have great love for orange as well and love seeing how you use it!"