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And the Winner Is…

Today’s the drawing for the Campus Five album giveaway! Thanks to all who participated – it’s fun having you play along, and I appreciate your feedback! Turns out everyone who entered is a sewist, so perhaps a pattern giveaway would be good for the future – maybe for the 1 year anniversary of this blog, which is next month!

And without further adieu…

the Winner is…

JP!! 
I’ll be contacting you via Facebook, since you didn’t leave your email (*ahem*)
Congrats and thanks for playing!

100 Followers…and a Musical Giveaway!

My blog has reached 100 followers on Blogger! And more than that on Google Reader/RSS feeds. Wowza! I want to give a big thank you to all my readers – due to other time-consuming but un-blog-worthy things happening lately I haven’t been able to devote as much time to sewing, dancing and blogging as I’d like, so I really appreciate all of you that follow me. 🙂

To celebrate my readers, I’m holding a giveaway! Originally I considered giving away a vintage pattern or jewelry, but I didn’t want to deal with international shipping. Plus, I have some awesome readers who don’t sew etc. and it’s hard to figure out a prize that appeals to different groups.
Then I thought about what I really love about this hobby of getting dressed up in funny clothes and going out. One of the things that makes the Los Angeles swing/vintage/historical scene really special and unique is the amount of LIVE MUSIC we have at events. Whether it’s at a bar on a weeknight or a fancy ball, live music is featured frequently, and we have some a-MAZ-ing musicans in town. The traffic may be bad and the cost of living is high, but I love living in LA and getting to dance to awesome bands like Jonathan Stout, Dean Mora, The Lucky Stars, and Bonebrake Syncopators, just to name a few.

So to celebrate, I’m going to give away a digital download of an album from one of my favorite local bands, Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander. Together, Jonathan and Hilary run one of the premier swing bands, and are both swing dancers themselves. They have 3 albums, all available for purchase through their website or through iTunes:
That’s pretty cool right? Cause who doesn’t like good music. And it means I don’t have to go to the post office at all! 😉
How to Enter:
1. Leave a comment on this post and let me know which topics you enjoy on my blog or what you want to read more of. It would be swell if you left your email address or another way to contact you, too.
2. For additional entries, post a link to this giveaway on Facebook, Twitter or your blog, then leave another comment letting me know (up to 4 entries total per person).
3. The giveaway closes on Friday, 11/18/11 at 10pm PST. The winner will be selected by random drawing and announced on Sunday 11/20/11.
Rules for the Giveaway:
1. Prize is for one (1) digital download of a Campus Five album through iTunes, album to be chosen by winner.
2. Winner must have a valid email address.
3. Winner must have a valid iTunes accounts and device to download album.
4. Giveaway is open to everyone, including my mother. You do not have to be a follower of my blog, but it would be nice. 🙂

5 Years of Happiness

Chris and I are celebrating our 5 year wedding anniversary today! Time’s flying, and doesn’t seem to be slowing down. He surprised me last night with a deadstock 40’s purse that I had been mooning over for a while (pics to come!) and today we poked around in some antique stores in Seal Beach.

Here’s “our” song, in honor of the day. 🙂 Artie Shaw and Billie Holiday, “Any Old Time”.

Flash! Breaking News!

And we’re back! 3 weeks after moving in, the internet is finally installed. Did you miss me? Nah, I didn’t think so…but I’m glad you stuck around anyway!

Believe it or not, we’ve been busy even without having internet (moving will do that to you).

We visited the Long Beach Flea Market, which is every bit as dreamy as everyone said:

A selection of vintage board games for sale
Chris fixed this fountain so that the kitties and I can look at birdies when we sew:
View from my sewing machine
And while we’re limiting our furniture purchases to a few key pieces, a new cat perch topped the list:
The perch reminds me a little of the Trylon and Perisphere from the 1939 World’s Fair:
No? Well, Charlie likes it anyway. He’s a Moderne Kittie.
I’ll be playing catch up this week with blog posts – I’ve got a lot of rambling stored up! And I’ve got some ideas for regular features I want to roll out, but more on that later.
Glad to see you again! 🙂