Okay, so I have a really great surprise for you going into the weekend!
Novica, one of the leading fair trade artisan websites, would like to offer one lucky Grosgrain reader a would like to send you a $100 dollar gift certificate to spend on their site!! All the gifts shown in this post are under $100.
Novica works with National Geographic to give talented artisans around the world a place to express their artistic talents and provide access to the world market. They have thousands of top fair trade corporate gifts and home decor items on their website.
Novica gives artists and artisans around the world a global platform to express their true artistic talents and to spur their creativity. Also providing you with access to unique, hard-to-find items at great values that only the internet infrastructure can allow.
At the deepest essence of their philosophy, they want to create a bridge between you and the many talented artisans across the globe. They want you to know about who you're buying from. They want you to feel that attachment to the product and to the hands that created it. See their mission page for details about the people who create their products.
Some good quick links to find gifts: fair trade corporate gifts, gifts for mom, gifts for him, green gifts.
Winner will be announced on MONDAY so you can choose items and have them delivered before Christmas!
Winner will be announced on Monday, December 13th, 2010.
Grosgrain Giveaways can be entered by any ONE of four ways
1) By linking about this giveaway (to your blog, facebook, or any other site) blogger button is below.
2) By leaving a comment
3) By FOLLOWING Grosgrain using this link or the LINK IN MY RIGHT SIDEBAR.
4) *NEW* By following me on Twitter
Just remember to please leave me a comment telling me what you did so that I can go back and look for your entry. Either give me the link or comment that you posted for the giveaway to or tell me that you began to follow me.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1 – 200 of 445 Newer› Newest»thanks for the great giveaway!
i follow
Oooh, pick me! :)
I'm a newbie, but checking your blog like a mad woman... The Embellish Knit Month is inspiring me like you wouldn't believe. I'm now collecting and hoarding knitwear in preparation for a trim buying spree in the New Year - all thanks to you!
Such lovely things!
I'd never heard of Novica. What a great website filed with pretty things. I'd love to win.
thank you!
So excited about this website...I will definitely be using this for future gift ideas!
What a great gift! Please enter me in the drawing!
What a generous gift!
What a fun giveaway! I hope I am the lucky winner!!!
I want to enter!!!
helenytroy@gmail.com
kisses fron sSpain
Thanks for introducing me to this site. Even if I don't win the gift certificate, I will have to go see what Novica is all about and check out their products.
Following you!
Amazing! One of everything please!
They really do have some neat things!
I received an alpaca sweater from Novica for Christmas last year, and it's probably my favorite sweater. So lovely!
Oooh...I hadn't heard of this site. I love the "stamped" tunic that you show. Have an excellent weekend!
Beautiful! Great giveaway- thanks. :) And I am already a follower...
I would love to get something for my mom from here! Thanks for the chance to win!
I follow your blog! Faithfully!
I follow you on Twitter! Hope you and yours are having a wonderful holiday season!
Tweeting this giveaway as you read this! :)
Ooh, I'd love to win something so lovely!
squirrelgonutz [at] yahoo [dot] com
I'm a blog follower!
squirrelgonutz [at] yahoo [dot] com
What beautiful pieces!
They have such beautiful things. Thanks for the giveaway and the new website!
I follow!
Oh! I would love to win. I love artisan stuff. weiru.chang@gmail.com
Ummm.....yes please! Thank you so much for such a great giveaway. Will give someone a very happy Christmas indeed :)
I would love to get some last minute christmas shopping in with this...
So beautiful and unique!
Wow, I especially love that purple sweater - great giveaway! :)
I'm also a follower on Blogger.
Also just followed you on twitter (@cupcake_muffin).
Beautiful, I'd love to win!
Wow. What a cool partnership with National Geo to create partnerships for beautiful works.
Ooh, beautiful beautiful stuff! Thanks for sharing -- I've never seen Novica, and now can't stop looking!
Beautiful things! I would love to win!
Andrea
andi_jeanne (at) hotmail (dot) come
What a great giveaway! And I love your blog, so inspiring! :)
This is a GREAT giveaway. Thank you for introducing me to such an excellent online shop! I've been a subscriber (via Google Reader) of your blog since the spring and find your projects INSPIRING!
What great jewelry! Thanks for the giveaway!
I'm so excited - hope I win!
I'm a follower!!
clsch6(at)gmail(dot)com
Wow, That ring, and that last shirt are just awesome. I love companies that have ethics that show!
Great giveaway from a great website! Hope i win!!
clsch6(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks for this awesome giveaway. :)
heidicrawford at gmail dot com
I've never heard of the site. I'll have to check it out!
Beautiful stuff! Thanks for introducing us.
ky.jackson@gmail.com
I am a follower of your blog!
ky.jackson@gmail.com
I follow you on twitter!
Oh I'd love to win!
I already follow you... so does that count?
Embellish Knit month has been super inspiring... I've decided that in a few weeks, after I get caught up on other stuff, I'm going to challenge myself to do at least one of my own!
I love businesses such as Novica. It is rewarding to shop from them and knowing that it is helping out so many others.
nico.designs at live dot com
Thanks for the giveaway.
i love those finger puppets!
i'm a follower
I love fair trade.
What cool things. I love the sweater!
I love resources like this- it makes the world feel so small. I've followed your RSS feed via Google Reader for ages, and I also follow you on Twitter.
corvus.melloriATgmailDOTcom
I found your blog earlier this week and am in love with your work! Lovely giveaway, and I just started following. Thanks!
Ooooh, looks awesome!
This is the first I have heard of Novica. But it looks like they have some great gifts. Very excited about this giveaway
I follow you and LOVE all the great pieces!
What a neat giveaway!
What a cool site! I'll have to check that out.
I follow you on Google Reader. What a great giveaway!
I've never heard of Novica and it will be interesting discovering it! (At first I thought my husband is giving away 100$ because that's what his name is :))
Please meet your 854th twitter follower! (@RoseMillsOhio)
rosemills (at) bex (dot) net
What a great giveaway. I love the pieces and the whole philosophy behind it:-)
knorborg(at)hotmail(dot)com
Awesome giveaway! I've linked to you from my facebook page.
Would love to win this! Thanks for participating and thanks to Novica for the giveaway.
I already follow your blog!!
This would be an amazing surprise to win! I also follow you on my blog www.behindtheribbon.blogspot.com
Wow, thanks for the intro to this great site. I love all of their elephant things.
lindsay.forgette at gmail dot com
Wow! What an awesome giveaway!
Hi, Kathleen! I'd discovered Novica a couple years ago looking for the inspiration for the handmade stuffed animals. I found that white cow with red and yellow polka dots makes me smile:)The craftmanship and creativity of people all around the globe amazes me every time I visit their site.
Would be great holiday surprise to win!
I follow here and there as usual.
regards, Tanya
I've been following your link for a while wiht a bookmark but now I'm an official follower. I loved the sweater remakes by the way!
Oh, what a lovely giveaway! Wouldn't it be great to be the lucky winner.. I do follow you!
What an excellent organization- Novica. Thanks for including their giveaway on your blog.
Great site and ever better giveaway!
I've got my fingers crossed!!
smiloro(at)gmail(dot)com
I'm an official follower now! I've been loving all of the sweater posts... I've been working on a few of my own.
Great giveaway... I follow you!
Such nice pieces, and i love the concept of this business. I follow your blog, and follow you on twitter.
How have I never heard of Novica? Thanks for the chance to win.
sarasuzannesews[at]gmail[dot]com
I've been following all of the sweater transformations and I'm totally inspired! Now I'm OFFICIAL follower.
Wow, I cannot believe how gorgeous some of those items are!! And for such great prices!!
What an excellent website. So glad I follow you. ^__^
I follow you...I've loved your embellishments this month (and the fact that Emma Pillsbury has been your inspiration!).
I'm a follower! I've been so inspired by the sweater makeovers.
I've made two new sweaters and a new shirt in the last two days. And I just chopped up two more this morning. . . thanks!
What a great site! It will be hard to pick from all the great items!
espedal dot et at gmail dot com
What beautiful things, thank you for sharing :)
Oh wow! I am eating this site up! Thank you!
I had not heard of Novica before, but the things you posted look great! I have been following you on Google Reader for a while, but I just added you via Google Friend Connect.
how fun would this be...
Yay! Great giveaway
Gorgeous! And following you on Twitter.
The palm leaf wall hangings are simply stunning. What a great site.
beautiful!
Lots of amazing stuff there! Thanks for the giveaway.
Wow! So many beautiful creations.
Wow! Looks fabulous! Thanks for the great giveaway!
I had never heard of Novica before. Thank you for sharing this beautiful site. I am really enjoying your Embellish Knit Month - you are so creative and inspiring.
Ooh, what a fun giveaway!
wow! Thanks for the giveaway!
I follow you on Twitter (GatorCourtney) and am leaving a comment.
Thanks for bringing all of these wonderful companies to our attention!
I just love looking at all the things Novica has to offer. Now I have another place to look for great gifts!
Of course I'm following you.
Thanks so much for the opportunity - what a great give-away!!! I'm crossing my fingers.
I'm a follower. :) Great giveaway!
What a wonderful store! Thanks for showing it to us.
What an awesome giveaway!
I follow your blog
Wow, what gorgeous items!!!
Oh that would be such a nice holiday surprise! I hope I win!
theworldismyoyster@lookingformypearl.com
Lovely stuff. I'm following in google reader.
sugareaterATgmailDOTcom
I'm also a follower, of course!
theworldismyoyster@lookingformypearl.com
And I follow you on twitter!
theworldismyoyster@lookingformypearl.com
Created a link on my blog for this. Thanks for the holiday giveaway.
That is so awesome, I'd love to win too :)
I love all of the earrings! Not too expensive either!
Thanks for the giveaway! What a good company!
Awesome!v
Cool Giveaway!
I follow you on twitter.
I'm already a follower :)
-Stefanie
2ndChanceCreations.etsy.com
I'm a follower! Thanks for the great giveaway!=)
oh my goodness! what an awesome giveaway!
Cool!
I just followed you on Twitter!
@kimans
Love your blog!
Thanks for the giveaway, I posted about it on my blog at http://seewhitloveit.blogspot.com
Email is whitnimarie@gmail.com
I am also following your blog
Email Whitnimarie@gmail.com
I'm now a follower
I follow you on google reader :) Thanks for the giveaway!
Great giveaway. Thanks.
jmclean at mts dot net
What a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win.
I posted about this giveaway <a href="http://quarterlifestyleblog.com/2010/12/10/roundup-december-10-2010/") here. Thanks for such a fun giveaway!
I love Novica! Please enter me in the giveaway. I also love your blog! Thank you!
so many gift ideas, so little money, haha!
I read your blog every day but I am now "officially" following you. :)
Thank you for the giveaway.
Love this give away! Would love to win it to buy something I've had my eye on!
suzymcqatcomcast.net
Cool!!! Great giveaway:) I now follow your blog!
Thanks
I linked to my blog (sew-delightful.blogspot.com) and I follow you. This looks like an incredible website! I am so excited to explore it.
I am pretty new to your blog, but it has become one that I check everyday. Love your stuff, and thanks so much for all the trim links you posted recently. I definitely have some new etsy favorites!
Oh what fun! I follow your website as well :)
Wow, I love the rings shown!
I Follow you.
And I follow on Twitter!
What beautiful treasures
Quite lovely. I have a serious case of the wanties.
Thanks for the opportunity!
brookeannaroberts(at)yahoo(dot)com
How wonderful! Thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks for the giveaway! I am a follower of your blog! :)
Am I too old for those hand-puppets?
I follow you!
and I think this giveaway sounds wonderful! :) I'd love to win. P.S. I love cardigans so Embellish Knit month is the best thing ever for me!
i already follow you through bloglines (which yes, still works!)
what a great giveaway!! thanks for throwing my name in the hat.
I also follow you on Twitter!
just discovered you through wwepw and love your upcycled creativity. i'm now a grosgrain follower
thanks for the giveaway op!
gorgeous!
Posted a link. Your site is fabulous!
Thank you for introducing me to Novica. I just love that elephant tea pot and the dragon fly ring!
I love knowing that gifts have a deeper meaning and all these gifts are beautiful/practical as well. (I also follow your blog...great work here!)
Pick me! Pick me!
Love it! rachaelkoch (at) gmail (dot) com
Great giveaway :)
laminag (at) hotmail (dot) com
What a wonderful giveaway!!
I dreaming of winning this give-away for Christmas!
emilie_ahern(at)yahoo(dot)com
Thank you for the introduction to this site! So many choices!
I've loved Novica for yrs cause they give back to the artisans...was already a follower of your blog :)
I am a follower!
laurelah90@gmail.com
I love your blog. This is a great giveaway; thank you! Some of my favorite items I own are from my time in Peru. I know that those artisans are much more skilled than any American machine and I have a story to tell someone when I hold it. I'd love the chance to own more unique, wonderful pieces.
I love the button detail on that purple sweater! Sweet!
I also follow your lovely blog!
I also follow you on twitter! Do I sound like a stalker?
Wow, winning this would be fun! :-)
I follow your blog too.
just facebooked about it! Not sure how it links back to you though on profile if u can see it
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/profile.php?id=1129906799
Katherine
Great giveaway, lots of neat stuff to choose from.
I've been a follower for quite some time. Love the dresses you create!
This is awesome! Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
Great giveaway!
I'm also a follower of your blog.
great products...excited about the give-away!
now following you on twitter. Have been loving the embellished knits month.
Sweet! Thanks!
This is a fabulous giveaway!
I'm a blog follower.
What an amazing company doing great things for artisans worldwide.
toebishop(at)gmail(dot(com)
Your giveaways are awesome! Thanks for doing this, and supporting such a great company!
Wow, what a neat site! Thanks for sharing this, I've never heard of it! And, thanks for the giveaway!
Yay for giveaways :)
ohmygosh! that elephant teapot is precious!
-vickie
the.vickkster[at]gmail[dot]com
cool, thank you!
Wow! What a great opportunity, they have such pretty stuff!
I follow your lovely blog!
I also follow you on Twitter!
Those are beautiful, great Christmas Gift ideas !
I also follow your blog.
I have posted your giveaway on my blog. www.sweetcakesbrunet.blogspot.com
And on Facebook too !
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