Giveaway: Drygoods Design Online

You may have noticed a recent burst of giveaways around here—the last of the bunch is today's from Drygoods Design. Drygoods offers pretty fabrics for sewing and crafting, custom order and ready-to-buy items including pillows and baby bedding, plus nifty packaging supplies like bags and twine.

Win $75 of goods!
Leave a comment on this post before midnight CT this Friday, 10/14/11, and you'll be eligible for the random drawing. Be sure to leave an email address or other way of notifying you. One winner will be contacted and announced here. You'll receive a code for $75 worth of fabric and goods of your choice (excludes shipping which is free in the U.S.; rates for shipping elsewhere are here).

And through the month of October, get 20% off anything in the store by entering the discount code ORANGE20 at check out.

Update: The giveaway is now closed, and the lucky winner is Rachel, with comment #796. Congrats!

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Giveaway: The Key to Taking Pictures Like a Professional Photographer

Maybe you splurged on a digital SLR camera, imagining yourself taking dreamy photos like a pro. Except that you haven't quite gotten around to learning how, so your camera is permanently stuck on the auto setting. You know you can do better... but how? If that's you, Katie Evans' new e-book, The Key to Taking Pictures Like a Professional Photographer, will help you show that camera who's boss.

Katie writes in a conversational style that's friendly and accessible, and won't make you throw yourself off a bridge when you read about f-stops and shutter speeds. Topics include types of lenses, exposure, settings, lighting, how to get subjects to relax and act like normal people, composing pictures, and fixing up your photos using software. Some of my favorite tips are:
• How to get your subject's eyes to look sparkly instead of dull
• How to make a DIY clip for your camera's flash to minimize the harsh edges you usually get
• How to make a so-so photo great with a few editing tricks

Win a free copy
Katie is giving away five free e-books, each a $35 value. Want one? Leave a comment here with your email address or other way of contacting you. And mention something interesting you'd like to photograph. (I'm betting 70% of the answers will be kids, but we'll see.) Five winners will be selected, contacted, and announced in this post. Giveaway closes at midnight CT on Friday, Sept. 30th.

Get a discount
Interested in purchasing a book? Enter the code ORANGE at checkout and get $5 off the e-book, now through Oct. 7th.

Update: The giveaway is now closed. Congrats to lucky random winners Robyn, Britt, Jolkipalki, Rachel, and Jessica! They've been contacted and will be soon be taking better pictures.

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Giveaway: Jo Totes camera bags

It's giveaway central around here! Anyone who entered last month's camera bag giveaway might be pleased to get another shot at a gorgeous bag built for cameras. Jo Totes, specializing in "camera bags for ladies," is giving away two bags to How About Orange readers. Winners can pick any style and color they want from the Jo Totes site. Those of you outside the U.S. are included, too, so don't be shy.

Every bag is padded and features repositionable dividers so you can customize the interior for the number of lenses and amount of gear you're toting. Each bag also has extra pockets, a top-zippered closure, a comfy shoulder strap, and a removable cross-body strap.

I have the Betsy bag (pictured below) in Chocolate, and I love it. Even the flap is a zippered pocket. Pretty sweet. It's also equipped with a small fan that causes one's hair to blow photogenically in the breeze. You'll look really good while carrying it.

So I lied about the fan. Whatever. You'll still look good carrying it.

Want to win a bag? Just leave a comment on this post with your favorite style and color. Make sure you leave your email address, a link, or other way of contacting you. The giveaway closes Friday, Sept. 16 at midnight CT. Winners will be randomly drawn, contacted, and announced in this post.

Update: Giveaway is now closed. Congrats to winners Natalie, comment #1455, and Krista, comment #606!

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Giveaway: Outside Oslo fabric yardage

Greetings, everyone. To kick off this post-Labor Day week, how about a little fabric giveaway? No, scratch that. How about a big fabric giveaway, totaling nearly $500? With not one, but ten winners!

The Needle Shop, manufacturer of the latest textile line I designed, would like to put some Outside Oslo fabric into your hands. This retro-inspired collection is 54" wide, home dec-weight cotton canvas. It's perfect for making bags, purses, curtains, tablecloths, pillows, furniture, you name it. (Or begging your mom to make those items for you; that's usually what I do. It's much easier.)

Here are a few of the awesome projects from the Outside Oslo Flickr group, where everyone is invited to add photos of their finished work:

Check out the box pouches from Belly of a Whale, or Little Ticket's sweet Ingrid dress. And the jacket by Dashasel is amazing! Inspired yet?

The prizes
Ten randomly selected winners will receive their choice of any three yards of fabric from the Outside Oslo collection. You can get continuous yardage of one design, or mix and match prints (pieces must be at least 1/2 yard). Choose from six different designs in two colorways, Dawn and Dusk. For a two-page PDF that shows the choices, click here.

Above is the Dawn colorway, and below is the Dusk colorway.

How to enter
To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment on this post. Be sure to include a link, email address, or other way of contacting you. And if you've got a favorite fabric store or a manufacturer of cool products that might be interested in some Oslo, mention that, too. The Needle Shop would be happy to send them a bit of info about the line.

The giveaway closes Friday, Sept. 9 at midnight CT. Winners will be randomly drawn, contacted by The Needle Shop, and announced here the following week. International readers are welcome to enter, too.

If you're a fan of The Needle Shop, follow them on Facebook or Twitter. And if you need to purchase more Outside Oslo for yourself, visit their online shop any time. Good luck, everyone!

Update: Giveaway is now closed. Ten lucky winners have been contacted. Congratulations to Jane, Melissa, Anne-Laure, Lamina, Jessica, Katie, Mette, Mandi, Andrea, and Danielle!

For folks who didn't win but would like to grab some Oslo, check out the list of stockists.

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Giveaway: Kelly Moore camera bag

Anybody need a stylish way to tote your camera equipment? Kelly Moore bags are gorgeous and functional, designed by photographer Kelly Moore Clark. A few years ago, Kelly couldn't find a bag on the market that had all the features she wanted, so she forged ahead and designed her own. The result is a beautiful line of bags with repositionable dividers and a host of pockets for stashing your gear.



See that B-Hobo bag up there in mustard? I have it. I'm crazy about it. The other day I took my camera stuff out and replaced it with folders and notebooks for a meeting. Very versatile.



These aren't just for ladies—there are bags for dudes, too. This gentleman is reflecting on how he has no friends in the world, except for his trusty Kelly Boy bag.



Win the style of your choice

Kelly Moore is giving away a camera bag to one lucky somebody. For a shot at winning it, leave a comment on this post with your favorite style and color. Be sure to include a link, email address, or other way of contacting you. The giveaway closes Friday, August 26th at midnight CT. A winner will be randomly drawn, contacted, and announced here on Monday the 29th.



Save a pretty penny

Get $15 off your purchase from the Kelly Moore shop, now through Sept. 16, 2011. Just enter the code HowAboutOrange at checkout.



If you like what you see, follow Kelly Moore Bags on Facebook and Twitter, too!



Update: Giveaway is now closed. The winner is commenter #1830, Jolanda. Congrats!

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Giveaway: Fashionable Fabrics

Fashionable Fabrics is an online store offering designer novelty fabrics, sewing patterns, books, and notions. Unsatisfied with the selection in large retail chains, the shop's owners founded the site in 2004 to help crafters and sewists get their hands on unique prints from their favorite designers.



Win a gift certificate

Fashionable Fabrics is giving away a $50 gift certificate to two lucky How About Orange readers, good towards anything in the store! International readers are welcome to participate. To enter, leave a comment on this post mentioning something you'd spend the money on or a fun project you have in mind. Make sure you include a link, email address, or other way of contacting you.



The giveaway closes Friday, August 5th at midnight CT. Two winners will be randomly drawn, announced on Fashionable Fabrics' Facebook page on Monday the 8th, and notified. Good luck!



Giveaway is now closed. The winners were Jane and Khala—congratulations!

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Giveaway: Felt & Wire Shop

Felt & Wire Shop is a curated online marketplace with papergoods from designers, printers, bookbinders, and artists. Find gift wrap, greeting cards, notebooks, art prints, and more! Among my favorites are Fox wrapping paper by INK+WIT, the quirky letterpressed Portraits print from Pistachio Press, and PaperPhine's useful paper twine.

Giveaway details
Felt & Wire Shop would like to give a $100 online shopping spree to one lucky How About Orange reader. To enter, leave a comment on this post mentioning one of the items you'd gladly toss into your cart. Be sure to include a link, email address, or other way of contacting you.

The giveaway closes Thursday, Feb. 24 at midnight CT. A winner will be randomly drawn, announced on Felt & Wire's Facebook page the next day, and notified.

Update: The giveaway is closed. Congratulations to Heather, commenter #803, winner of the shopping spree! Hey, that rhymes.

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Giveaway: Area rug from Flor

This just in: a set of Flor modular carpet squares is looking for a good home. Flor squares come in a huge variety of textures and colors that you can mix and match to fit any space—do a whole room, an area rug, or a runner. The squares are held together with adhesive stickers that let you pull them up later and move them to a new room or your neighbor's house while they're on vacation. And if you trip over your dog and spill your Coke, just grab the dirty square, wash it off in the sink, let it dry, and put it back.

Flor would like to give away a 5'x7' area rug to... you, perhaps? One winner will receive a set of carpet squares in your favorite color. Choose from three styles: the trim and textured Feelin' Groovy, the soft and plush Rake Me Over, or the hip and patterned Haute Stuff.

To enter the giveaway, check out the styles and leave a comment with the rug you think would look most fetching in your home. Be sure to include a link, email address, or other way of contacting you. The giveaway closes Friday, Feb. 4 at midnight CT. A winner will be randomly drawn and notified the next day.

Update: Giveaway is now closed. The random number generator chose Linda, comment #436, to win a new rug!

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