The Winner Is...

Hello, my darlings! 
The Swapflower by vadjutka Giveaway came to an end on Sunday. Thank you for participating, everyone, you're all fabulous! 
The winner was chosen by random.org, and is... Brooke of Much Ado About Fashion! Congratulations, Brooke, I already e-mailed you about the details!
Everyone else who participated - don't get upset, there's more to come giveaway-wise, just stay tuned! xo

Giveaway - Swapflower by vadjutka!

Let me announce My Fashion Lust List's next giveaway

in cooperation with vadjutka!

This time you can win a gorgeous, variable and innovative Swapflower necklace 

made by vadjutka!

I first saw vadjutka's jewelries on Etsy in October, 2010 and they caught me at the first sight. 

I immediately e-mailed her, then she asked me to e-mail her again in January when she'll have a new collection out and she was happily going to give a piece of those to my darling readers. 

So now, 4 months after I found her work, here we are, and now it's time to give my readers and followers the chance to win this amazing piece!

vadjutka Q&A 

MFLL: What led you to start making these pretty and unique jewelries?

vadjutka: To tell the truth: I have no idea, it just came. I made jewelry in high school, but I stopped it when everyone wanted the same earring, and I had to make 20 pairs of identical earrings. After 10 years it just came back: one day – in 2002 - I was passing a bead shop, and I just went in, bought a lot of beads and tools, and (re)started making jewelry.

MFLL: Swapflowers are pretty innovative in a way. What are they exactly and how did the idea of swapflowers come up?

vadjutka: I wanted to make a necklace that is variable, and suitable for a lot of clothes. I have many clothes, and though I have MANY necklaces, but I dont always have the exact color I want for a given top for example. So I though it would be practical if I could change the color of the necklace, thus it would be good with many clothes. I had this idea in my mind for more than a year now, but it only gained form in September, 2010, when I met Ilona Acs, the designer behind Laoni Leather Design, whom I am doing the Swapflowers with.

MFLL: Who are you and what else do you do in your life?

vadjutka: Well, who am I? I would like to believe that someone who is brave enough to be honest to herself. (Not always easy.) Apart from designing jewelry, I have a part time job: I edit www.designbazar.hu, a site with focus on indie Hungarian designers. Besides, I like photography (I studied photo journalism for 3 years), hiking and cooking. And dancing of course.

MFLL: Where can one purchase your gorgeous pieces?

vadjutka: In my etsy shop, and I ship to a few boutiques in the US. Also, if you are in Budapest, you can find me at the monthly Sunday Art Market.

MFLL: What are your plans for your next collection? Will you come out with anything new?

vadjutka: I have big plans: I am going to launch a new line called Vadjutka Exclusive. This will be a service: I am going to design jewelry for specific wedding and other elegant dresses. Also, I just launched a „sub” design: I started to use magnifying glasses with some of my necklace, that adds a little magical feeling to the necklace.

There are 8 ways to enter the 

Swapflower giveaway:

1.) Follow My Fashion Lust List on Google Friend Connect!

2.) Follow vadjutka on Facebook here!

3.) Follow My Fashion Lust List via Bloglovin'!

4.) Follow My Fashion Lust List via Digg!

5.) Follow My Fashion Lust List on Facebook here!

6.) Blog about this giveaway!

7.) Tweet or post on Facebook about this giveaway!

8.) Subscribe for vadjutka's newsletter!

Each step you take counts as one additional entry! 

Post a comment below including every step you took of the 8 above, your e-mail address, so I can contact you, if you win and the link for the tweet or FB post you made for this giveaway!

Blogging about this giveaway and subscribing for vadjutka's newsletter counts as +2 entries!

The giveaway starts today, on February 13th. 

The giveaway ends on Sunday, February 27th.

The winner's name will be published on Monday, the 28th.

Good luck, my dear readers! :) xo

The winner is...

the winner of MFLL's Christmas Giveaway is

Emily Rose Mensing,

aka emily.

congratulations, Emily! i'll e-mail you shortly and we'll discuss the details.

merry christmas, everyone :) XO

Christmas Giveaway

the moment we've all been waiting for has arrived - My Fashion Lust List's second giveaway! 

i decided to give one of my dear followers and readers something unique, something special this Christmas - and that's how i found farragio, this talented Etsy seller!

you now have the chance to win a this cute and stylish

"Love and Peace" hair iron cozy (a $20 value)

by farragio!

more about farragio

MFLL: What led you to start sewing bags, hair iron cozies and other goodies?
Farragio: Believe it or not I nearly flunked the sewing course in my Home Economics class in high school!  (Do they still have home economics these days? LOL)  I have always enjoyed crafts but sewing didn't come naturally at first.  I got married right out of high school and because of our limited budget I figured if I wanted curtains and other nice decorations I'd better figure out this sewing thing.  My craft and sewing interests have evolved through the years and I'm always looking for new ideas which has led me to make bags and totes and other accessories.

MFLL: What are hair iron cozies for? I've never seen them anywhere before.

Farragio: Hair iron cozies are a great way to store your hair appliances, such as straighteners or curling irons.  My daughter gave me the idea when she mentioned she wished she had something to put her straightener in when she's traveling.   Like when you're in a hotel packing to leave and you've fixed your hair but you don't want to put a hot straightener in your suitcase.  They're also great just to keep in the bathroom as a pretty way to store your hair appliance.  To use one you just insert straightener or iron into the cozy, gather cord and tuck inside, then fold flap over.

MFLL: Who are you and what else do you do in your life?

Farragio: My name is Angela and I've been married for 23 years, have two great kids ages 21 and 18, and work as a part-time secretary.  I enjoy reading, watching independent and foreign films, I like listening to all types of music, and I play competitive tennis.  Until I started my sewing business this year, I was obsessed with tennis and played it all the time.  Running my business is my other obsession now so it's challenging finding time for all the things I enjoy.

MFLL: Any important information we should know about you, your shop, or anything I forgot to ask? :)

Farragio: Ummm, nothing really comes to mind.  I just started my shop in June and have really enjoyed the process of starting a business.  I'm fortunate in that not only do I enjoy the creative side of things with making my items, I also enjoy bookkeeping and website design, so it's been a fairly smooth process tackling all the things that go into starting and running an online business. 

thanks for the item to farragio!

you can find her great Etsy shop

HERE!

for entering the giveaway, you MUST do at least 2 of the following steps:

1.) follow MFLL via Google Friend Connect

2.) follow MFLL via Bloglovin'

3.) follow MFLL via Facebook

4.) tweet about this giveaway

5.) post this post on your Facebook wall

6.) post about this giveaway on your blog

leave a comment on this post for each type of entry you make, include your e-mail address and (if following or posting on Facebook or tweeting about the giveaway) your username on the community site you use!

the giveaway starts at 12/18/2010 

and ends at 12/24/2010 

the winner's name will be published on Christmas day! 

good luck, my darling readers :)

i love you all. xo

and the winner is...

i chose the winner of the Bvlgari Omnia Green Jade Giveaway - and the winner is 
sasanelli.e! 

congratulations to her, and for all of you, who didn't win this time, i'm really sorry, but i have a lot of other planned giveaways for the future, so don't worry, you'll get the chance again and again :) xo

Bvlgari Omnia Green Jade GIVEAWAY!

let me announce my fashion lust list's first

GIVEAWAY!

i've been blogging for 4 months now, and i decided to finally give something physically touchable to my dear readers, something more than just intellectual stuff. 

the prize of this giveaway is a Bvlgari Omnia Green Jade Eau de Toilette and a Bvlgari Omnia Green Jade Body Lotion. 

this is one of my favorite fragrances, it's a fresh scent, "inspired by the idea of an early spring morning", casual and clean.

there are five ways to enter the giveaway:

1. Follow my fashion lust list on Facebook!

2. Follow my fashion lust list on Google Friend Connect!

3. Follow my fashion lust list on Bloglovin'!

4. Tweet about this giveaway and link this page on Twitter!

5. Publish 2 blog posts from my fashion lust list on Facebook!

6. Post on your blog about this giveaway!

post one comment on this blog post for every way of entry you do, link your blog post if you post about the giveaway, and if you tweet, write your twitter name into the comment as well! also, include you e-mail address in the comments so that i can let you know if you win!

the giveaway starts today (october 14th) and ends at october 21th (one week from now) at midnight (central european time)!

i'm gonna choose the winner using random.org, and gonna publish the name of the winner on the 22nd of october. 

so good luck, everyone, and share the love, tell your friends, tell anyone!

xo