***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
Random.org had a tough job of sifting through nearly 7,000 jewelry hungry ladies (and gentlemen!) but has selected two random winners as… Lisa S. (who, like many, always wears her wedding ring but never gets sick of it because her husband did a great job) and SJ (who also wears her wedding and engagement rings out everyday). Congrats!
Sherry here. I don’t usually write the giveaway posts, but we’re making an exception since I was the one who twisted John’s arm into this week’s giveaway. Instead of our usual DIY & decor-related prizes, this week we’re giving away some body decor that was DIYed (well, created) by two talented jewelry designers. Yup, we have two hundred dollars worth of sparkly, sparkly jewelry for ya (or for your mom/wife/sis/girlfriend/grandma if you’re a dude).
The bling comes from two designers that I couldn’t love more (nope, I didn’t get any swag to say that – I truly love their stuff). The first is Erin McDermott, a Charlotte-based designer who studied at both my and John’s alma maters (FIT in NYC and UVA here in Virginia) and has been featured in Real Simple. Here are some of my favorites things of hers:
And then there’s Towne & Reese, whose studio we crashed earlier this year. Not only do I love their stuff, but I love that they name their pieces after their friends’ children (Towne and Reese are the founders’ daughters’ names). And get this, Clara will actually have a piece named after her in their Spring collection. Do you know how excited that makes this geeky momma? Probably too excited. You bet I’m staking out their Facebook page for a sneak peek. Anyway here are some of my favorite things from their current collection:
- PRIZE: An $100 gift card to Erin McDermott Jewelry AND an $100 gift card to Towne & Reese
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “OOOH SHINY!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: …if there’s any item that you wear every single day. If so, is it a wedding ring? A watch? A meaningful piece of jewelry from a relative? An inherited pocket watch from grandpa? An i-Pod? The same pair of lucky underwear? Hope not.
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, October 19 at 8pm EST (or at 10,000 entries)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two (each winner gets both gift cards)
- PRIZE SHIPS: Anywhere in the whole wide world! (yesss, we love when they’re international)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We weren’t paid or perked for hosting this giveaway, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Erin McDermott Jewelry and Towne & Reese
Shannon says
OOOH SHINY!
I wear my engagement and wedding band everyday but I also wear a small charm necklace that says “Lucky” that my mom gave me for my 30th birthday. It looks great with everything and I hope it brings me luck everyday too.
Rebecca says
OOOH SHINY!
The two things I wear every day are my wedding and engagment rings…although I’m almost 8 months pregnant and my hands are swolen, so they have been temporarily replaced with some Wal-Mart bling :/
Abbey says
OOOH SHINY!
I wear my wedding ring everyday, but that is a given for me. My signature piece of jewelry are BIG FAB earrings cuz they complete my outfits :)
RLR says
OOH SHINY! Aside from my wedding rings, I wear the earrings my hubby gave me for Christmas nearly 4 years ago. Always wanted diamonds so I didn’t feel the need to worry about earrings to match my outfit every day. Occasionally I change them to pearls for church, but that’s it! So easy!
Jacqueline S says
OOOOHHH SHINY! I wear my engagement ring every day and would love other creative pieces to excentuate it!
Brittany says
OOOH SHINY! I wear my engagement ring and wedding band every day. My wedding band was handed down to me, it was my great-grandmothers.
Julie K says
OOOH SHINY!
I’ve been all over etsy lately looking for jewelry because the only thing I own is my 1920’s wedding band, which lovely enough belonged to my husband’s great grandmother. This is an exciting giveaway.
Rosemary says
Ooooooh Shiny! I wear my diamond stude earrings everyday. They are the very first diamonds I ever bought for myself :) love these shiny presents you are giving away!
Andrea says
Oooh, shiny! My engagement ring was an heirloom in my husband’s family; my father-in-law, an architect, designed the setting. It’s simple, unusual, and lovely.
Julie says
OOOH SHINY! I would have to say my sunglasses. Not that they are special, just necessary here in Houston.
Jess says
OOOH SHINY!
I always wear my wedding rings, as well as a necklace my mother in law gave me the Christmas after my husband and I got engaged – it’s a silver pendant with a tree. The card read, “welcome to our family tree” Cheesy? A little. Lovely? Yes.
Lisa M says
OOOH SHINY!
I wear a watch everyday and a ring that I bought for myself in Spain when I studied abroad there.
ev says
OOHH SHINY!! I don’t wear a thing but this jewlery is gorgeous and would make a great gift for my mom, or sister, or me!
AEOT says
Oooh Shiny!!
I wear my wedding band and my watch every day (how on earth do people survive without a watch???), but of my “other” jewelry, the ones that make the most constant appearance on my body are my pearl earrings (6/7 days per week on avg) and my monogrammed necklace (my favorite EVER gift from my husband).
Very excited about the Clara piece! That is soooo sweet of them to do. PS- I thought it during the time you posted about them last, but never commented. Towne is an AWESOME name!!
Chrissy says
OOOH SHINY!
kristin says
OOOH Shiny! I wear my wedding rings everyday.
erin says
OOOH SHINY, I wear glasses everyday.
Jennifer Rodgers says
OOOH SHINY!
Engagement ring…that is the only thing that I wear everyday :)
ev says
OOOH SHINY!! I don’t wear a thing but this jewlery is gorgeous and would make a great gift for my mom, or sister, or me!
Kaleigh says
OOOH SHINY!
I wear a ring from here:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/66239204/true-love-ring-sterling-silver-and?ref=sr_gallery_8&ga_search_query=couples+rings&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade
The initials on mine are a&k for Alex (the love of my life) and me!
heather says
oooh shiny! i wear my engagement ring every day, even if i don’t necessarily pair it with my bands. it’s my favorite piece of shiny to wear!
Michelle says
OOH SHINY! I wear my wedding ring plus a few piercings.
Alicia says
Ooooh shiny!
I wear my wedding bands every day and with 2 little ones that is about all the accesorized I get these days, unless I got some of this pretty bling!!
Laura says
OOOH SHINY!!
The only two pieces I wear religiously every single day are my little diamond earrings (which I bought because I thought they would be adorable for my future daughter to wear) and the promise ring my boyfriend of 5.5 yrs gave me on our 3rd month-aversary. But if I had to pick one, it’s the ring.
Can’t leave home without them. <3
:)
Jill Youngberg says
OOH SHINY!!!
I wear a ring with my birthstone and a few small diamonds, everyday. It was a present from my parents for my 16th birthday. Almost 21 now, and have hardly gone a few hours without it on my finger.
Chitra says
OOOH SHINY!
I feel naked without my hoop earrings. Soon I’ll be too old to get away with wearing them and then I’ll feel naked all the time(I’ll be living in a permanent naked-in-the-classroom-nightmare).
Sherri says
OOOH SHINY!
My beautiful wedding ring
Kris Hatcher says
Oooh, SHINY!!!! I wear the wedding ring everyday but other than that I switch it up, something different but usually earrings!
Meagan says
Ooooh SHINY! I always have my wedding ring on which provides plenty of bling for me around the house. When I’m really feeling like dressing up, I put in a pair of studs or pearls :-) Sundays are my day to really get dressed up where I might wear a pair of dangly earrings and a necklace. I’m crazy! lol their jewelry is gorgeous!
Jen says
Ooh Shiny! I wear the same two pairs of earrings everyday, no special significance to them, they’re just easy & go with everything. What a fun giveaway!
Sara says
OOHH SHINY! I always wear my wedding band and engagement ring. :)
Barbara says
OOH SHINY! I wear my wedding band everyday!
Jonel says
OOOH SHINY! , only item I wear every single days is my cartilage piercing…if I never got that, then I wouldn’t wear jewelry everyday. I took my navel piercing when I was preggo with my second =)…I miss it =(
Megan says
OOOH SHINY!!!!
I wear one of my granmother’s rings on my index finger every day. She had arthritis, so the ring only fits on my index finger or thumb.
Jenn Sloat says
OOOH SHINY!
I wear my wedding band and engagement ring daily. It only comes off when I shower or wash dishes…sometimes if I forget to put it on before bed I get back out and get it. Call it a security blanket!
Lucie says
OOOH SHINY!
I don’t wear anything every single day but most often I wear the necklace my mom wore every day ever since I can remember. I got it after she passed away.
Charley says
Ooooh Shiny!! I actually only wear my wedding ring everyday. I love jewelry though, I just never seem to have anything cute for day to day purposes.
marissa says
oooh shiny!
I wear my engagement ring and wedding band every day. I also still wear a stainless steel band on my right hand… my husband gave it to me our first Valentine’s together :)
NYer says
OOOH SHINY!
gave up dangling earrings years ago when I was nursing (they were definitely “oooh shiny”) and switched to small hoops
Amy G says
Ooooh Shiny!
On my left hand, I wear my wedding set and on my right I wear an antique diamond and sapphire ring that belonged to my great grandmother.
Virginia says
OOOH! SHINY!!
I always wear an emerald necklace my boyfriend gave me. It never comes off (though it probably needs a good cleaning after 3 solid years of wear). I also wear a diamond ring my parents gave me for my 18th birthday that has diamonds from my grandmother’s wedding band most days.
Vanessa N says
Oooh Shiny!!!
I wear a pair of Home Made Earrings. My best friend showed me the art of DYI jewellery, and now I am hooked.
Ashley says
OOOH SHINY! I wear a pearl bracelet with a gold A medallion on it (my initial).
Meghan says
Oooohhh, shiny! I wear a silver ring everyday. Bought it in Denver in a little shop in the middle of no where only to have the shop owner tell me the designer was from Baltimore, which is where I’m from!
katrina says
OOOH SHINY!
i wear my wedding band every day, that’s all. i don’t have an engagement ring.
Carrie says
OOOH SHINY! I always wear my wedding band and engagement ring…but I change everything else…and for the most part I keep it simple. Earrings or a necklace, or my awesome white ceramic watch!
Katherine Martini says
Oooh shiny! I wear my wedding ring every day, which my loving husband surprised me with on a trip to the Amalfi Coast in Italy. I also always wear a small diamond around my neck that I purchased myself when I was single to celebrate being single and successful! The combination of the two reminds me of the strength of independence and being together with the love of my life!
Sarah says
OOOH SHINY! Definitely my wedding ring … Although I don’t remember it every day.
Sara R says
OOOH SHINY!
Besides my wedding band, I wear an opal ring my boyfriend (now hubby) designed and had made for me and a neclace he bought me from tiffanys. The boy’s got good taste! ; )
Amy says
OOOH SHINY!
i wear my engagement ring/wedding band combo everyday. I absolutely love it.