Contest to win tickets and a gift certificate to the 2011 One of a Kind Christmas Show and Sale

Hello everyone!  It's November already!  I can hardy believe it...  The One of a Kind Christmas Show and Sale is coming up fast!  I've been busy making lots of jewels and getting ready for the show...  I'm excited to let you know about a contest!  There are two awesome prizes up for grabs...

1st PRIZE -  The winner will receive a pair of tickets for admittance to the One of a Kind Christmas Show and Sale.  They will also receive a $25 MoonRox Gift Certificate that can be spent on anything at the MoonRox booth (Y-16) during this year's show!

2nd PRIZE - The winner of this prize will also receive a pair of tickets to this year's show!

Here is the important info...  there are three ways you can enter:
- Post a comment here on this post.  Easy peasy!
- 'Like' MoonRox on Facebook, or if you already have, let us know by commenting about it on this post.
- Follow MoonRox on Twitter (@Moon_Rox) and let us know by commenting on this post with your twitter handle.

Each person can enter up to three times by using one entry for each method.  Each entry must be a separate comment.

Contest will close on November 17, 2011 at 11:59 pm EST.  Winners will be drawn using a random number generator and announced on this blog on November 18th.  Please leave your contact info in your comment/entry or check back to see if you have won on the draw date!  Should the winner(s) be unable to be reached by November 21st at 11:59pm, new winner(s) will be drawn.


Update posted on November 16, 2011:
Contest now extended until Monday November 21, 2011 at noon/12:00 pm EST.  Winners will be drawn using a random number generator and announced on this blog on November 18th.  Please leave your contact info in your comment/entry or check back to see if you have won on the draw date!  Should the winner(s) be unable to be reached by November 22nd at 11:59pm, new winner(s) will be drawn.


Good luck!!

Update posted November 21, 2011:
The contest in now closed.  Here are the results.

I've enjoyed roaming around town over the past few days. Here are some random pics from the past few days! A miscellaneous lighted tree on Bloor,

the view from my seat out front of Ideal Coffee in Kensington,

the amazing evening view from W.+W.'s new place.

I just realized today that I missed the first anniversary of this blog! It was on April 10th. In honour of the anniversary I am planning on putting together my first MoonRox giveaway. Stay tuned!

Hello in print

Hello! I like this print by Jennifer Ramos of Made By Girl. Buy it in her shop and read her blog.

I think this would look nice in my door way...

Sewing

I spent the past couple days at my fashion designer friends' studio sewing a side project for one of my clients. Now all I feel like doing is sewing! Last night I even dreamed of serging. So this morning, I was happy to peruse Make Something, the blog of Karyn, the owner of the Workroom in Parkdale, right next to Made You Look. In today's post, she shared some handmade ideas from the previous year's holiday season. Here she sewed her gifts into paper packages. I like to sew paper and fabric onto greeting cards and tags, but never thought of sealing the gift with stitches! So cute!

There are lots of other nice projects, check 'em out!

photo from http://makesomething.ca/

Fractured metatarsals

I just found a blog that documents the healing process of metatarsal fractures. Most of the stuff that I have found online addresses ankles, so I was so happy to come across this. Sounds like I got off easy with only fracturing one metatarsal (the 4th) and not having to have any surgery. At least that is the status as of now. The poor author fractured his 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th metatarsals. I go to the Fracture Clinic at Mount Sinai tomorrow, so I hope things have progressed in the healing department! I didn't get much instruction as far as care when I was at emerg, so I'll have to ask lots of questions and hope I have been doing things correctly so far. I must say, it is hard to sleep with the Aircast on so some nights I have strapped a hard sandal to my foot with a Tensor as well as gone without... gave the toes some freedom! My biggest hope is that I will be able to be on my feet for the One of a Kind Show. I have six weeks to produce a lot of work and to heal up! Now I must stop reading that blog and go to bed so I can get up at the crack to get to the hospital!

Miscellany of the moment

• Enter the Dagg and Stacey Snapshot contest. I did! You could win a piece from their Spring/Summer 2009 collection. This is not the photo I sent in, but I just came across it. I am wearing a mini-trench by Dagg and Stacey. University Ave. was closed for the Tamil protests in mid-May earlier this year, allowing for sauntering in the streets.
• Interesting CNNmoney.com article on Etsy that A. sent along. Click here to read it.
• I feel like doing some simple block printing after perusing the Urban Outfitters DIY shop. Perhaps this would be a good idea for some new packaging for MoonRox. I would ideally like to phase out the plastic bag use, even if they are bio-degradable.
• UO also has some nice jewellery display/storage options including this lovely!
• I was reading the charming blog of Fifi Lapin. The fashion illustrations are just too much!
• I want to pick up this book! It's a Japanese publication called Stylish Dress Book. There is still some Summer left to wear some comfy dresses, I hope!
• I am trying to figure out Technorati! I've claimed this blog... now what?
• I'm listening to CBC Radio 3 while I toil away at my desk...

Ok... no more procrastinating! That's what's on my brain at this very moment. Back to work on the jewellery in progress that is calling for me right now. Happy Monday.

Sizzle, sputter, sputter...

My brain is fried.  Is is me, or is Google Analytics a wee bit confusing to set up?  It's such a great tool, so I hope I get it sorted.   I just tried to set it up for my website, this blog and my Etsy shop.... not sure if I did any of it correctly.  We'll see in 24 hours.  Can't wait to see all the stats!  

If anyone has any tips for the non-techno-advanced folk like me, please pass them along!