This is Halloween! (And My First Giveaway)

Mon, October 5 2009

I love Halloween, I really do. I’ve been in a better mood because we’ve put out our decoration and purchased some more. I hope to buy even more before the month is out. A few days ago, I realized how fast Halloween is approaching and decided my first giveaway on Reviews by Cole would be Halloween themed. How could it be more perfect?

So I went on Etsy, which I’ve been loving lately and posted a call for sponsor and I had two really awesome sellers contact me. I’m thrilled to announce torik2009 and Petite Paperie will each be providing some awesome wares for this contest.

First up, torik2009 offered a Halloween themed banner for your Etsy shop (or blog). If you swing by Tori’s place, you’ll see a sample of her work as well as links to Etsy user’s currently using it (She also offers accessories like earrings). Her banners typically run for $6 but, if you hurry, you can snag a Halloween banner at $5. All banners are fully customizable, and include a free avatar. What better way to show off your Halloween spirit? If you’re a fan of Tori’s work, follow her on Twitter!

But that’s not all!

Petite Paperie answered my call and is offering not 1 but 4 sheets of Halloween themed seals/stickers. These sheets include crows, black cats, skulls and a Halloween mix. These are great for all sorts of things from putting them on gift tags, Halloween crafts, decorating snail mail and, of course, sticking to the cat (parental discretion advised). Aside from these seals, you can find other paper products like notecards, gift tags and labels plus digital collages by Petite Paperie.

But, wait! There’s more.

Nothing says Halloween more than a fuzzy, stuffed monster, right? Which is why I’m so excited to be giving away one of AMP Design’s FiddleFoot Family members. The FiddleFoots are adorable, plush alien-type monsters great for you, me and everyone in between. Each FiddleFoot has its own design and unique personality, or so I imagine. Lots of attention was giving to the creation of these plushies and while they’re crazy enough to be called monsters, they’re not scary in the least.

As described on the product page:

The FiddleFoots are a family of furry folk that fell to earth from the galaxy of Farsiris four or five hundred years ago. They were recently discovered flocking in foliage forts in the forests of Fatu Hiva where they had formed a fellowship. They are friendly, fuzzy and faithful friends famous for their fidelity. They most enjoy french fries and farm fresh fruits!
In the FiddleFoot family tree you will find fascinating fraternities…the FiddleFoots, FiddleFlirts, FiddleFreaks, and FiddleFarts.

You can view all the FiddleFoots here and check back frequently at AMP Designs for other plushes; more Grumbelly monsters are coming soon and they are just as awesome as the Fiddlefoots! There isn’t a single item in this shop that I don’t adore. It’s nearly impossible to pick just one .

Because I’m so impressed with this shop, I’ve asked the seller to participate in an interview, right here on Reviews by Cole. You can, hopefully, look forward to seeing that in the next week or so because I know you’re dying to know “Just what kind of person makes these awesome fuzzy things?”

In the meantime, please see the giveaway rules below and get to earning your entries!

• Mandatory: You can earn one point by commenting on this giveaway post. Make sure to leave your e-mail address in the comment field so I can contact you. (It will be private.)
• You can earn 1 point each, up to 5 times, by leaving relevant and thoughtful comments on any other post in this blog.
• You can earn 1 point each, up to 5 times, by Tweeting about this contest between now and the ending date. “Join @anaesthetic’s Halloween giveaway to win awesome things from Etsy! RT or click for info: http://bit.ly/28eWMT #HalloweenbyCole”
• You can earn 5 points by blogging about this contest, making sure to link back to this contest post as well as each of the Etsy sellers: AMP Designs, torik2009 and Petite Paperie. Please leave a comment on this post if you blog about the giveaway.
• And, last but not least, you can earn 15 points by purchasing any 1 item from this giveaway’s Etsy sponsors. If you make a purchase, please inform the Etsy seller that you are doing so to earn extra entries into my giveaway.

That is a total of 31 points you can earn for this giveaway! Winners will be chosen using Random.Org.

This giveaway will run until October 26th and is only open to American and Canadian citizens (sorry!) as I’d like to try to have the prize delivered by Halloween! You must be willing to supply me your postal address. If the winner does not respond within 48 hours, a new winner will be picked.