Saturday, February 11

a MOO & dottie giveaway, hip hip hooray...

please note this GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

oh yes indeedy! i am positively beaming, for exactly 5 years ago today i turned the little sign on my etsy store to OPEN and in doing so a whole new world opened up to me. in the past 5 years there have been a few crappity crap moments but those have been far far outweighed by the peachy perfect ones. 

from selling my first 'dottie angel' slips, starting to ramble upon this here my shiny place, continuing to handcraft wares whilst designing an range for dottie angel ltd, to having a book published with UPPERCASE and now reaching over 1000 sales in my little store. all of which would not, could not, be possible without you my dearest readers and customers, who choose to spend your time with me and continue to encourage me along this handcrafted path i am treading.

dottie angel MOO cards doing a peachy job of spiffy-ing up a book parcel

so without a doubt i could not let this milestone pass without celebration and fortunately for me and for you, the printing lads at MOO.com think it worthy of celebrating too! i am quite sure many of you know MOO cards, i love everything about them, i love their ethics, their uniqueness in the printing world, i love their tippity top quality goods and the thing, yes the very thing that made me fall in love with them more than any other thing. the fact i can choose to have a different image on every single 'mini, business, postcard, greeting card or sticker book', to me meant love at first sight.

and so the good folks at MOO have 3 sets of 100 business cards up for grabs for 3 dearest readers and to add to this bounty, i will be giving away 3 copies of my book (with personal scribblings inside) to accompany the business cards to their new homes.

dottie angel books waiting to head to far flung exotic shores

now before you fretfully say "well that is all very well Tif, but i do not have a business, therefore what use would this be to me" and i say, quite right, one could be forgiven for thinking such a thing. however MOO business cards have the potential to be so much more than a business card, and we do love something with potential. i am thinking just how wonderful to have 100 little cards with spiffy rounded corners printed, with spiffy images on one side and something lovely written on the other. perhaps 'oh hello' would be enough, or 'happy birthday' and right there and then, you would have yourself 100 lovely gift tags.

more clearer image of my MOO business cards highlighting the spiffy round corners and bless our 'billy no mates', gone but not forgotten

indeed if you have ever bought our dottie angel tea towels you will note they come with a mini MOO card and on the back it simply says 'do have high hopes', so the potential in what 100 of these cards could become is down to only what your imagination can conjure up...

shall we talk NITTY GRITTY, for there is always nitty gritty which must be covered

1: this giveaway is open to every man, woman and his/her dog (or other critters) anywhere around this lovely globe
2: Dan (my lovely buddy from MOO) and i will choose 3 winners 
3: each winner will receive the opportunity to design and order 100 business cards, and also receive a copy of my book
4: please note Dan and the folks at MOO and indeed myself have a question that needs to be answered to qualify. and the question is
"tell us one way you would make your business card stand out from the crowd?"
we are looking for fun, creative and unique answers so do pop your imagination cap on
5: please leave a way for us to contact you
6: i do moderate my comments so do not panic if you do not see yours appear straight away, i will do my best to check regularly and publish them according to the rules we have laid down.
7: the 3 'dearest readers' winners will be announced on wednesday 15th February

gosh, that does all sound very proper, but one must be proper at times like this.

completely off topic, a little olive photo because i can't help myself

so that's it, quick recap
to win some peachy MOO business cards and a dottie angel book,
* must answer question above
* must leave a contact in the comments
* must find imagination cap in kitchen drawer to greatly aid chances of being fun, creative and unique with answer

there we have it, a wonderful way to celebrate my dottie angel milestone i hope you will agree. many thanks go to the wonderful folks at MOO and indeed to all of you for being peachy perfect in every way

please note this GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

oooh! on a sidenote, i must just say, i will be doing a shop update next week on tuesday, but i will be back on monday with a few pictures of what myself and my adopted auntie have been beavering away on. till then, a sneaky peek! oh how i love sneaky peeks :)

sneaky peek of things coming to my little store next week

Tif (in her 'hip hip hooray' cap)
footynote: please note the opinions about MOO cards in this post are those of mine personally. i have been using their products for a good few years and therefore was most happy to offer up their printed goodness alongside of my books for this 'hip hip hooray' giveaway :)



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Anonymous said...

Happy anniversary, Tif! Your blog is so much fun, and Dottie Angel really is a true inspiration. So keep it up!

When I started thinking about your question, all kinds of differently shaped cards were dancing in my head ... but I would definitely pick the happy colour flower shaped one - with a whiff of my signature perfume and a little relief printing to appeal to all senses.

Love
Elisabeth

mimmi.karfunkelstein@gmx.net

Scented Sweetpeas said...

I have some cute mini moo cards which I recently photographed as a heart as I love them. Ohh how i would love some of those new style cards. I think I would get random phrases that would make someone smile popped on the back and post them out to people randomly (or even pop them in random places) just to make them smile when they open up their post. You can't beat a smile to begin a day. Also your book looks fab so I would love a copy of that too to make me smile x

birdie blue said...

i think the way to make a business card stand out from the crowd: cleverness, quality, and bit of cheekiness. a touch of glitter and maybe a little flocking powder... magic.

thanks for the chance, tiff.
xo
molly

Mary Ann Tate said...

What a wonderful giveaway:) Gee...decisions decisions...I guess I'd like to put a picture of the little mice I make as my business is called Mainly Mice. I'm just starting up an Etsy store in the next couple of months so free cards would be a bonus:)

mabTate@gmail.com

sue said...

Oh I'd turn my Moo cards into a jigsaw, featuring my crafty crochet creations. The more you bought the more pieces of jigsaw you'd collect!
And I'd scent them with lavender.
Sue ♥

Lola said...

Since Moo is super duper awesome and lets me print as many images as I like, I will add different discounts and codes to the cards and apply a "scratch here" sticker over it to make it fun! Insert fanfare here!

I have been daydreaming about your book being part of my collection. I do have "high hopes". :)

sewlola.blogspot.com

Kaatje Catootje said...

I love the little cards Tif! I use them myself. I would just like to add some tiny harts to them...cause...love says it all!!
And I LOVE your book and would really like to have one, read one and cherish one...(hope I'm not to late....)
X Karen

Rachel Carpentier Rydel said...

Hi Tif,
Congratulations on five fabulous etsy years! Thanks so much for the chance to win this nifty giveaway. To make my business card stand out from all the others I'd keep it simple and clean...it would show my business name in a great colorful font along side my store's "mascot"...a cute little maestro bumble bee (complete with tails and top hat.)
rrydel68@yahoo.com

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