Announcing our Blog Giveaway!

We're excited to announce that we'll be hosting an Etsy Baby Shower BLOG GIVEAWAY!  Sponsoring this giveaway is Jessica from BuggaLove! Currently one of the shower hosts, Jessica has participated in the Etsy Baby Shower for over 3 years. She's had the opportunity to be a donating shop, a receiving mom, and has had the privilege of co-hosting the past couple of baby shower with Deniz from DecorativeLabels.

Jessica is the owner and designer behind BuggaLove. Formerly a higher education administrator, Jessica decided to become a stay-at-home-mom in December 2006.  Seeking a creative outlet, she established an online selling presence in March 2007.  Jessica creates each product in her home studio in Red Hill, PA.

Where does BuggaLove come from?

"In our home 'Bugga' means baby.  And we sure do love Buggas in our house! Our first BuggaLove, born September 2006, inspired my designs for my line of BuggApparel. Our second BuggaLove, born in August 2008, inspired my line of mobiles and wood wall letters.  I'm happy to announce that our third Bugga is due in November 2010! And I can't wait to see what's inspired by this little one!"

What will I win?

Jessica is donating a set of her popular wood wall letters to the winner of this giveaway!  This would make a wonderful gift for an expecting mom or great for your own child!  You may choose one word or name in your choice of fonts and design scheme. Feel free to browse the BuggaLove Design Scheme Catalog to choose your favorite!

Giveaway Rules

1. You must be a member of Etsy. Be sure to put your Etsy username in the first comment you leave - we will be using Etsy conversations to contact you if you win!

2. You must be a US resident 

How to Enter 

You must do 2 of the following:

1. Follow this blog

2.  Blog about this giveaway OR the Etsy Baby Shower

3. Grab our button and place it on the sidebar of your blog

4. Attend the Virtual Baby Shower on Etsy - June 16, 2010 at Noon-1pm Eastern (Etsy time)

5. Create a treasury on Etsy featuring the Etsy Baby Shower donating shops.

The treasury must include only shops who donated to the Summer 2010 Etsy Baby Shower. We will include the link here on the blog. Be sure to leave us the link! Please be sure that your treasury description includes a link to the blog and that your treasury title begins with "Etsy Baby Shower"

To get extra entries, you may do any of the following as well as the things listed above:

1. Attend the Virtual Baby Shower on Etsy - June 16, 2010 at Noon-1pm Eastern (Etsy time)

2. Tweet on Twitter about this giveaway - Limit one additional entry per day

Copy and paste: @buggalove ETSY BABY SHOWER GIVEAWAY!! I entered, how about you? http://etsybabyshower.blogspot.com

3. Follow the BuggaBlog

4. Become a friend of BuggaLove on Facebook

5. Follow BuggaLove on Twitter

6.  Sign up for the BuggaLove Newsletter

7.  Create a treasury on Etsy featuring the Etsy Baby Shower donating shops - Limit five additional entries

The treasury must include only shops who donated to the Summer 2010 Etsy Baby Shower. We will include the link here on the blog. Be sure to leave us the link! Please be sure that your treasury description includes a link to the blog and that your treasury title begins with "Etsy Baby Shower"

Be sure to comment each time you have an entry! 

We will be using random.org to generate our winner!   

Deadline for all Entries is 

Friday, June 18, 2010 at MIDNIGHT (Eastern time). 

We will announce our winner early the following week!

And the Winners Are...

The winner of our blog game/giveaway was.....

SILLY GOOSE GIFTS

SillyGooseGifts will be winning a prize from DecorativeLabels!

And the winner of the Virtual Baby Shower game/giveway is.....

TRES BELLE KNITS

Tres Belle Knits will be receiving a prize from BuggaLove!
 
BuggaLove and DecorativeLabels will be contacting you about your prizes.  Thanks so much to everyone for playing and for attending the Virtual Baby Shower!

Join us TODAY for the Virtual Baby Shower!

We hope you'll join us TODAY at NOON

in the Etsy Virtual Labs! 

Deniz and Jessica will both be on webcam so you can "meet" us and put some faces to the names! Whether you're planning to attend or not, we would really appreciate it if you would use facebook, twitter, blogs and other social media to promote this event! People do not need to have participated in the baby shower to come to the Virtual Baby Shower. ALL Etsy members are welcome! We have room for 100 people to join us at the Virtual Baby Shower and we'd love to have a full house!

In related news, we will choose the winner of yesterday's Blog Giveaway/Game at the shower. We'll be drawing the winner LIVE via webcam! If you entered, you must be present to win! 
 

Did you miss our blog game/giveaway?

Don't worry! There will also be a game/giveaway that starts at the shower!

The Virtual Baby Shower is Coming - Giveaway Announced!

Hello everyone! A quick update and announcements from your hosts!  We're so pleased that many of the gifts have been sent and we've been receiving pictures of them to put in our Flickr album.  (If you haven't sent your pics yet, feel free to send them right away so we can post them!)

For the Winter 2010 Etsy Baby Shower, 

33 moms will be receiving 5 gifts each from 83 shops!  

We're seeing blogs about the baby shower and the generosity of the donating shops roll in. If you've written one, please send us a link so that we can post it here on the blog. Mommy blogs are in the right column and shop blogs are in the left column of this blog!

Last but not least...it's almost time for the Virtual Baby Shower in the Etsy Virtual Labs.  There will be PRIZES at the baby shower for playing some hide and seek with us. We've got things for you to find in the shops that donated to the Etsy Baby Shower (see the complete list of donating shops on the right of this blog).

Rules:
- ANY Etsy Member can participate in this giveaway. You do not have to have participated in the baby shower to play!
- We will only accept one entry per person.
- Each shop can only be used once as an answer.
- Each shop used must be on the donating shop list (see the complete list of donating shops in the right column of this blog)

How to Play:
- You must submit your answers to our email address no later than 11:59pm (EST) on February 10, 2010. - You must EMAIL US your name, Etsy username, and answers for all 10 questions.
- Participants who have valid answers for all 10 questions will be entered into a drawing to win a PRIZE!

- The winner will be chosen during the Virtual  Baby Shower (we'll be holding a drawing for the winner on webcam)
- YOU MUST BE PRESENT AT THE BABY SHOWER TO WIN! The Virtual Baby Shower will take place on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at NOON (Etsy Time) in the Etsy Virtual Labs.

The Game:
Find a product from the participating Etsy Baby Shower shops that might be what I am looking for.

1. Takes a lot to keep clips in baby’s hair, I dare you to try.  Find me a hairclip that might want to fly.
2. Takes nine months to choose a name, find something personalized for baby’s room to claim.
3. It’s common knowledge, you should know...babies have the sweetest toes. Find me something green for babies feet.
4. Find me a hat for a baby boy. Knit or fabric, either is a joy.
5. Every baby needs something to cuddle. Find me a blanket with an animal you might snuggle.
6. Lots of things for baby girl to play with, but I’m looking for a toy for a baby boy.
7. I need something for baby’s wall. For boys or girls, could be for all.
8. When baby spits up, you need something to catch it. Find a burp cloth and a bib to match it.
9. I need a dress, something with yellow. Pretty dresses make baby mellow.
10. Monsters aren’t just for Halloween. Find me something with a monster theme.

Please submit your answers in the following format:
EXAMPLE.
1. I want to see a hat with pink. Pink is so cute, don't you think?

CreativeDragonfly

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=39296267

Any questions? Just email us!

Please spread the word about this giveaway and the Virtual Baby Shower! We have enough room in the Virtual Labs for 100 people to attend and we would love a full house! In addition to the game on this blog, we will have another game (with a prize!) at the baby shower!