500+ fans means, it's GIVEAWAY time!!

Who doesn't love free stuff?! I do... and I hope all of you do too! Please read these details very carefully!!

THE PRIZE:

Of course the first thing everyone will want to know is what kind of prize will be offered in this giveaway?? I thought about this for a while, I even asked the masses what they thought. What I came up with was this... one lucky winner will have their choice of either TWO standard Lens Pets (winner may upgrade to large size for a small fee) or ONE large sock monster.  Custom made for the winner, you choose colors, design, everything. Any of the designs found in my shop or in my Flickr sets or your own idea! CUSTOM MADE for you! :)

Maybe you like owls?

or aliens? or monkeys? or dogs? Whatever you like, as the winner the choice will be yours :)

HOW TO ENTER:

There are a number of ways to earn entries and every entry is another chance for you to win!! So pay attention! Here they are...

• visit my shop
  once you've taken a look around, come back here to my blog and tell me what your favorite item is and where you heard about my giveaway. :)
  ONE ENTRY PER PERSON

• become a fan on Facebook
  please comment here letting me know if you are a new fan. Already a fan? Great! Leave a comment and let me know!
  ONE ENTRY PER PERSON

• share my Facebook page with your friends
  make sure they know to come over here for the giveaway details! NEW FANS please comment here on my blog (NOT ON FB) with the name of the person who referred you. You'll get one entry for every person who mentions your name in these comments.
  ONE ENTRY FOR EACH REFERRAL

• visit my Twitter page
  follow me and retweet about my giveaway! then come back here and comment to let me know that you did.
  ONE ENTRY PER PERSON

To make tallying entries and choosing a winner as easy as possible, EACH ENTRY should be a separate comment here on my blog.

OFFICIAL RULES:

• This giveaway will run from today (July 30, 2010) through Wednesday (August 4, 2010) at 11:59PM EST.

• The giveaway is open to both US and International participants.

• The winner will be chosen by random number generator and will be announced within a week after the giveaway has ended.

• Be sure to leave a way for me to contact you (Etsy, FB or Twitter user name) in case you win! I will announce the winner on my blog and make every attempt to contact the winner. If the winner doesn't respond within 10 days, a new winner will be chosen.

• Item will be shipped directly by MandeeFranee Designs via the United States Postal Service. Item will have delivery confirmation number (which will be shared with the winner upon shipment) but will NOT be insured unless additional insurance is purchased by the winner.

• Minors under the age of 18 must have parental/guardian permission to enter (if you are under 18, we will need to contact your parent(s)/guardian if you win and make sure they said it was okay-so ask permission before you enter).

By entering this giveaway, you are promising to comply with the official rules as they have been laid out here :)


Good luck to everyone!

Tweets and giveaways!

In celebration of hitting the 500 'likers' mark on FB I've decided to do a giveaway. I'm still working out all the kinks since I've never done this before but I think (hope) it will be great!!! I'll be incorporating this blog, Facebook AND Twitter so keep an eye out for all the details coming soon! 

and in other news... I've finally started a Twitter account. I held off for a while thinking I didn't really need one since I already have the blog and the FB account... but I caved to the pressure. So I can now officially add TWEET to my list of things to do every day. ;) I would love to see some more followers over there so if you're on Twitter please come join me! :) http://twitter.com/mandeefranee

I'm still sewing away like a madwoman, starting to finally make a dent. I've even managed to introduce a few new Lens Pets™ to my shop recently (thanks to some special requests and customers who've asked to be surprised)!

a cow (which I've done in standard and large size in the last few days and I love it either way)

a giraffe (might change his snout... it's hard to make that long snout that so many animals have with a flat piece of felt. even still, I think he's pretty cute)

a jellyfish (can't wait to make him in a bunch of other color combos!)

I still have a LOOOOOOOONG list of Lens Pets™ I'd like to make, including some special holiday ones!!! Halloween Lens Pets™ will debut VERY SOON so you can order and still have them in time for taking pictures of your little trick or treaters. ;)

WHIRLWIND!

It's been a whirlwind few days! After Erin Cobb shared my Lens Pets™ on her "Ten on Tuesday" list I received almost 50 orders in three days... then things slowed down for two days and I settled in to sew, sew, sew and get caught up. Until yesterday (June 7) when 'MandeeFranee' apparently turned into an airborne virus or something!! It was popping up all over the place. A couple people mentioned seeing my link on ilovephotography.com and twopeasinabucket.com, and when I did a search on Facebook I found it shared on numerous photographer's fan pages (all of whom I plan to thank here very soon)... there were even a couple tweets! In 24 hours I received over 120 orders through my Etsy shop! In fact, I've been SUPER busy sewing those orders and only wanted to take a quick second to update here letting everyone know I'm not abandoning my blog, but I may not be around much for the next few weeks. I am planning to periodically check in on FB since I can type up a quick status update while I eat a bowl of oatmeal... but I don't expect to have much time for typing up long drawn out posts.

I am overwhelmed by all of the kind words and I absolutely LOVE seeing the excitement over my Lens Pets™ and sock monsters. But BOY! I did NOT expect things to take off quite this quickly!! From 3 sales... to almost 200, IN SIX DAYS!!! I'm thinking that probably doesn't happen often. So I'm flattered and thrilled... and working my fingers to the bone to get all of these orders out ASAP!!

THANK YOU! To everyone that shared my store link and to everyone that ordered!

and because a post just isn't the same without a photo, I leave you with my most recent sock monster... the smaller part of a matching set made for a little girl and her doll. :)