I’m hosting a giveaway from Novica! The lucky winner will recieve $150 of merchandise and you can choose from their long list of wonderful things! Here’s what I would buy:
NOVICA is one of the leading fair trade artisan websites. They work with National Geographic to give talented artisans around the world a place to express their artistic talents and provide access to the world market. And they have thousands of top fair trade corporate gifts and home decor items on their website.
All you have to do is become a follower of my blog (in the upper right hand of my sidebar) and post a comment below! Keep in mind, the cost of shipping must be included in the $150. I’ll announce the winner on Friday!
Who else is going to the Design Bloggers Conference next Monday? I’ll be there Sunday by noon to get in a little shopping!
At the Sofitel LA
Can’t wait to meet you!
If you would like your Home to fill you with happiness every time you walk in, contact me.
Thanks for the chance to win, beautiful items. I really like the coconut shell vase and cood centerpieces. Great Store for unique items. I am now a follower!
Well…. just when I thought your blog could not get any better, you post this great link to Novica. I didn't know about this organization. What a wonderful way to share culture – through beautiful art. I simply adore their sculpture – stunningly beautiful. Thanks for sharing Maria!
Awesome! But the top of the right column has: Become a Fan on Facebook Join my network on LinkedIn Follow me on Twitter See me on YouTube
Did you mean "Follow" on Twitter or "Friend on Facebook, which are the top-most two where you can "follow" someone or did you mean "Subscribe via e-mail"? That's well below the fold on the sidebar?
Thanks for this opportunity to win something to gussy up my bookshelves with something other than books, like that celadon ceramic statuette of a stylized horse.
I'm already a follower of your wonderful blog. I can even tell the undertones of beige now. It drives me crazy 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway. The products look yummy!
I've been a follower of yours since I first began blogging. You have taught me so much! And now, you have shared a wonderful new company…Novica. Thanks so much! I'll be a frequent visitor… Jane (artfully graced)
Hi Maria, Thanks for the great incentive to join the email list – I already subscribe to your newsletter, and I also spend far too much time everyday catching up on past blog postings – "Colour Me Happy" is a wonderful, addictive discovery!
Hi Maria – beautiful blog, I'm a new follower 🙂 And I'm attending the Design Blogger Conference too & looking *SO* forward to it!!! Perhaps we'll bump into one another in LA! Hope you're having a fantastic week!
I'd follow you anywhere 🙂 Actually, now I think perhaps I am with both Google accounts….but I'll just comment once. Awesome giveaway, thanks for the opportunity to win such a treat. Enjoy your trip. I'm stuck on the east coast :(. xo
I have been reading your amazing blog for months. Design has been my passion since age 16. I devoted my career to the environment, but never lost touch with this passion. I just “retired” and your blog inspires me as I create plans to make my next place lovely and elegant. Thanks for all you share!
I am already a follower. I get a lot out of your insight and knowledge. Just reading your blog has helped me avoid some costly paint mistakes. Love the items on the give away today!
Maria, not a day goes by that I don't check you blog for ideas, knowledge and inspiration. We're one month away from moving into our new, custom home and thanks to you it's absolutely lovely. Thank you.
I absolutely LOVE your blog, Maria! Could you be my new Best Friend? 🙂 The only unfortunate thing about reading your blog is that now I see things in other people's houses that bother me…pinky beige couches that look dirty, competing backsplashes/ countertops, 80's oak kitchen cabinets, etc. etc.
Really Nice giveaway! I would love to go to your class someday, but in the meantime, I'll continue to enjoy the very helpful and meaningful education you give us on your site. I so enjoy your blog. Thanks so much.
So much to see on that site: I am really liking one of the magazine racks I saw there as well as some of the desk accessories. Very nice giveaway! Thank you for hosting! I am a follower via GFC.
Hi Maria!!! I love your site…and giveaways are just a bonus. Thanks for all you do! And the ratan basket would look great on my new bookshelves my husband is building me! =)
What a great giveaway! I am already a follower and I would be over the moon if I won 😉
Awesome – I'd love to win! Looks like you'll be in LA while I'm in Phoenix – hope we both have wonderfully warm weather 🙂
That's awesome!! I love giveaways 🙂
Ooh, what a fun giveaway! I'm a follower already too. Thanks for the chance to win!
I love what you showed us. Maybe I'll win:) (Must be positive!)
I follow your blog! Great giveaway!
I agree, what a fun giveaway! I've been a follower for quite a while, always look forward to each post!
Long time happy follower 🙂
Maria– What a beautiful site they have! Great giveaway!
…and of course I am a follower!
Loretta
Would love the Jade & Buddha tea pot…or the Cobalt Light Glass Pitcher… oh so many lovely things..
Thanks for the chance to win, beautiful items. I really like the coconut shell vase and cood centerpieces. Great Store for unique items. I am now a follower!
how lovely! what a wonderful giveaway!
Would love to win so many preety things ob their site … been a long time follower
Always enjoy your creative input & hope to brighten my home with some of your ideas! Thank you!
oh please please please pick me!! 🙂
Love to win….have fun at the blog conference…
pve
Well…. just when I thought your blog could not get any better, you post this great link to Novica. I didn't know about this organization. What a wonderful way to share culture – through beautiful art. I simply adore their sculpture – stunningly beautiful.
Thanks for sharing Maria!
Dreamy, dreamy…….what lovely ideas you have….and I would be thrilled to win….thanks for the chance…
What a great organization and give away !
how exciting; i'm crossing my fingers!
Great giveaway, Maria. Of course I am already a follower.
Have fun at the conference.
Teresa
xoxo
Maria what a wonderful
organization. I would be honored to win this giveaway!
xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
Beautiful, especially the basket. I'll be checking out their web site. I, too, am a follower.
Karen Dyck
I am already a follower! Love your blog and all the great info! I would love to win!
I already follow you blog. hope I can still get in on the give away!
Great giveaway! Thanks!
Of course I'm a follower. 😉
Fantastic Giveaway! Love Novica and would love to win this 🙂
I follow you via GFC. ID: Lyndadawinda1074
lyndadawinda1074 at yahoo dot com
Tried to comment, not sure what happened to them… Lovely site for gifts and special give yourself a present days…
Thanks for the link.
Happily following your blog. I think my ears would also look quite nice with those earrings:)
What a wonderful company. I would be thrilled to have anything from their merchandise.
Traci
What a wonderful company! I would be thrilled to have anything from their merchandise.
Thanks,
Traci
Yippee!
My fingers are crossed.
Felicity x
Fun! Am already a follower.
OK, I love the basket. However, I am a devoted follower for sometime. Do us oldies but goodies get a chance to win, too? Great giveaway, Maria!
I love your blog! Great giveaway!
I've been following you for a long time, and I've been a Novica customer for years, too. I'd love to win!
I learn so much about color and design from your blog. Thank you for offering this giveaway!
I learn so much about color and design from your blog. Thank you for offering this giveaway!
I adore your blog. The giveaway is just great!
I follow your blog and I love it! I would choose the basket too and I absolutely support something fairtrade, so I hope I win! 🙂
I would love to in this one! So many wonderful, beautiful offerings from all over the world.
Already a follower. Look forward to your postings everyday, and, love the fact that I learn something everyday. Thanks for sharing.
I'm already a follower – what a great giveaway!
Great giveaway! I've been a follower for some time, this is one of the most informative and inspiring blogs I've seen.
I love getting ideas from your blog. The basket is awesome…I'd buy that too! Thanks!
Awesome! But the top of the right column has:
Become a Fan on Facebook
Join my network on LinkedIn
Follow me on Twitter
See me on YouTube
Did you mean "Follow" on Twitter or "Friend on Facebook, which are the top-most two where you can "follow" someone or did you mean "Subscribe via e-mail"? That's well below the fold on the sidebar?
I'm a Follower, thanks for the chance to win this awesome giveaway!
That basket is awesome Maria! I think that would be on my list as well. =)
Wow! What a great giveaway! Thanks so much to you and Novica!
Yippeee! A giveaway, and an awesome one at that. I am already a "follower" so PLEASE count me in.
Have a God Filled Day
Shirley
Thanks for this opportunity to win something to gussy up my bookshelves with something other than books, like that celadon ceramic statuette of a stylized horse.
Or maybe some silver bracelets to wear.
Or both!
Been a follower. And loving it.
What a great giveaway! Also, even better for me that I'm already a follower! 🙂
I look forward to your blog everyday!
Thanks much!
nice, and I'm already a follower (subscribe to the e-mail, anyway).
Thank you Maria for sharing the link…. I love supporting these causes! Kudos to you!
Great blog, and giveaway!!
Hooray for Fair Trade Products!!!!
Which makes the title 'Happy $150 Giveaway' even truer. So perfect for your blog 🙂
Love your blog! I read it religiously! Hope I win the giveaway.
I've been following for a while. Love your posts!
Love your blog and can't pass up a great giveaway! Thanks!
what lovely things on that site!!
what a great giveaway.. I follow and get your posts emailed!! Thanks for such a great blog.
but of course I follow your great blog! and with this comment I am now crossing fingers and toes that you pick me!
oh and just in case:
[email protected]
That is one gorgeous basket! great giveaway. Thank you for sponsoring this one!
What beautiful items! I so enjoy your blog as well.
What a great site. Would love to win something from their collection.
How cool! I love that zigzag baseket! Gorgeous.
I'm already a follower!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
~Chelsea
I'm a follower and love this giveaway!
I just became a follower (I think I did anyway). Great giveaway!
I'm already a follower of your wonderful blog. I can even tell the undertones of beige now. It drives me crazy 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway. The products look yummy!
Marti
I've been a follower of yours since I first began blogging. You have taught me so much! And now, you have shared a wonderful new company…Novica. Thanks so much! I'll be a frequent visitor…
Jane (artfully graced)
I'm a follower for a while now. I love your choices. Have you ever won anything on the net? I haven't yet. Hopefully this will be my first one! 😉
Have a great time in LA. I'll try to be there next year. 🙂
Enjoy your day!
xo
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
Post of the Day: A Retired Baseball Player's House.
Hi Maria,
Thanks for the great incentive to join the email list – I already subscribe to your newsletter, and I also spend far too much time everyday catching up on past blog postings – "Colour Me Happy" is a wonderful, addictive discovery!
What a beautiful collection of items! I don't know how I'd ever pick!
I am already a follower. I absolutely love your blog, and I am sure I would love the prize if I won, too!
I love your blog! I've been a follower for several months. Thanks for the great design advice and a giveaway too!
Would love to win anything from this great company! Fingers crossed 🙂
Hi Maria – beautiful blog, I'm a new follower 🙂 And I'm attending the Design Blogger Conference too & looking *SO* forward to it!!! Perhaps we'll bump into one another in LA! Hope you're having a fantastic week!
xo ~ Arlynn
http://www.ArtThatFits.com/blog
I am a follower…have gained all the info I need to paint my dull brown kitchen white! 🙂 🙂
It would be a thrill to win this giveaway – over the moon!
I'd follow you anywhere 🙂 Actually, now I think perhaps I am with both Google accounts….but I'll just comment once. Awesome giveaway, thanks for the opportunity to win such a treat. Enjoy your trip. I'm stuck on the east coast :(. xo
Sweet giveaway! I've never heard of Novica before!
I love and follow your blog! I cannot wait to join in on one of your Colour Conference's
I love your blog and already subscribe! Keeping my fingers crossed for that great prize! thanks!!
I have been reading your amazing blog for months. Design has been my passion since age 16. I devoted my career to the environment, but never lost touch with this passion. I just “retired” and your blog inspires me as I create plans to make my next place lovely and elegant. Thanks for all you share!
Love Novica – thank you for running such a great contest! I'm a follower already.
Great prize! I have learned so much from your blog…you explain it so well.
I am a devoted follower AND shopper.
Love the basket and now I am off to the noted website.
I am a follower!
Thanx for the giveaway!
[email protected]
i'm a follower!! lug your blog! xoxo's nancy
Your's is the ONLY blog I follow religiously. Great giveaway!
I am already a follower. I get a lot out of your insight and knowledge. Just reading your blog has helped me avoid some costly paint mistakes. Love the items on the give away today!
Awesome! Finger crossed. I could really use some baskets, and Novica has great options.
(I am a longtime follower via RSS feed)
I'm a follower!
i'm a proud follower & it would make my day to win such a great giveaway! fingers crossed 🙂
-kait
Hi Miss!
Have fun in LA!! Sure wish I was going with you!!!!!!!! Maybe next year??? Be good and hope to speak soon.
Jacqueline
I've read you for a long time, been subscribed for a while, just now started following!
Great giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity to win something from this company.
Yay supporting you and Novica all in one comment! Hope I wil
Maria, not a day goes by that I don't check you blog for ideas, knowledge and inspiration. We're one month away from moving into our new, custom home and thanks to you it's absolutely lovely. Thank you.
I absolutely LOVE your blog, Maria! Could you be my new Best Friend? 🙂 The only unfortunate thing about reading your blog is that now I see things in other people's houses that bother me…pinky beige couches that look dirty, competing backsplashes/ countertops, 80's oak kitchen cabinets, etc. etc.
I would love an alpaca throw – reminds me of the time we spent in Peru. Or a hammock (the squirrels ate our old one!)
I am a follower and would love to enter! LOVE Novica!
A most excellent blog and a most excellent giveaway! Thank you for both!
I follow you on facebook and receive your emails (and read every darn one!)I'd like to enter to WIN!
I'm a follower and I'd love to win these earrings! Gorgeous!
Current follower, really enjoy your blog!
I adore your blog….you make me smile every day.
You've made me positively excited about redecorating my space again…thank you!
Really Nice giveaway! I would love to go to your class someday, but in the meantime, I'll continue to enjoy the very helpful and meaningful education you give us on your site. I so enjoy your blog. Thanks so much.
Ooh, enter me in your give away please! I have been reading for quite a while now.
I think I am a follower – I get your newsletter. Love Novica. I ordered a glass tray from them on Amazon that I love.
Always look to you to add splash to my life's canvas
Thanks!
What a great contest! Thanks so much!
I'm already a follower Maria, this is a wonderful giveaway – I would love to win!
I'm already a happy follower! What a great organization & great giveaway!
So much to see on that site: I am really liking one of the magazine racks I saw there as well as some of the desk accessories. Very nice giveaway! Thank you for hosting!
I am a follower via GFC.
Wow! What a generous giveaway! I'm a follower. 🙂
Hi Maria!!! I love your site…and giveaways are just a bonus. Thanks for all you do! And the ratan basket would look great on my new bookshelves my husband is building me! =)
Hey there! Fan of color and a fan of your blog! And from what I've seen of Novica…definitely a fan of theirs too! Love to win! Cheers!
Yay! What a fabulous giveaway! Following and fingers crossed!
Super giveaway for an awesome site! Novica has tons of unique and cool items! Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
I'm a follower, and would love to win 🙂 I missed Vicente's talk…so bummed about it.
I am following on google friend connect as Anne-Marie T.
Novica has such a great selection of lovely items.
amt(at)telus(dot)net
crossing my fingers
What a great company!
I follow. Great items!
– Danielle
other-option AT hotmail DOT com
Awesome giveaway! I am a follower.
Great giveaway! I am already a follower and I too would love those earrings.
I follow through Google Reader! Nice items above!
Gem
I have been a follower for some time. Wonderful give a way that I would be happy to win.
Ive been a follower for a while now, love your blog!!. What a great give away, that basket is fabulous!
I'm a big-big fan/follower and would 'love' to win! sheryl aka [email protected]
I am a follower 😉
I follow on gfc
lovelydomesticdiva (at) gmail (dot) com
Loovvvve your blog! And love these giveaway items! Hope I win! =)