Giveaway time!!!

The first (hopefully of many more!!) in 2011. CSN stores has very generously offered to give away a $45 gift card, which can be used anywhere on their site, in any of their 200+ stores!!! What can you use the loot toward??--totally up to you; why, with spring approaching, you could even use it to purchase one of their swingsets for junior!

Here are some goodies that I found very tempting......

I wonder what you'll find?  Let me know.....

Here are the rules for the giveaway:

Four entries per person (extra entries will be culled). Leave a new comment for each entry. Giveaway open to U.S./Canadian residents. Residents of other continents---You may still enter for a loved one in the U.S./Canada. The winner will be announced on the 27th of January!

Entry#1: Leave a comment with a link to your pick from the CSN website.

Entry#2: Follow P&P and leave a comment. If you're already a follower, just leave a comment so it can be counted.

Entry#3: Spread the word---Blog about it and leave the link in an additional comment.

Entry#4: Facebook/tweet about the giveaway and leave a comment.

Thanks for playing along, best of luck--I wish I could host a giveaway for each of you lovely folks, but this is the best I can do for now. Thank you for visiting-- you make my day! :D Now go on, go ahead and enter--this giveaway is only open a week!!!

Yay for another giveaway!

Hello my loves! How is your weekend going? How about we sweeten it with another giveaway? CSN stores has very generously offered a $45 gift certificate (no strings attached!) to a P&P reader. CSN carries a gamut of merchandise...from children's luggage to tealight holders. I'm sure one lucky reader will be able to put the gift card to great use, and I really hope it will be you! I was browsing the site and these lovely things caught my eye.....

Tealight holder, Novica art, Thai Buddha figurine, Elephant teapot.

............All handcrafted, and with the exception of the framed art, all under $45!! What will you pick?

The rules:

Four entries per person (extra entries will be culled). Leave a new comment for each enrty. Giveaway open to U.S./Canadian residents. Residents of other continents---You may still enter for a loved one in the U.S./Canada. The winner will be announced on December 1st, just in time for the holidays!

Entry#1: Leave a comment with a link to your pick from the CSN website.

Entry#2: Follow P&P and leave a comment. If you're already a follower, just leave a comment so it can be counted.

Entry#3: Spread the word---Blog about it and leave the link in an additional comment.

Entry#4: Facebook/tweet about the giveaway and leave a comment.

Best of luck my loves.....





The disclosure and other fun stuff: No strings attached. I have not been paid/compensated in any manner to host the giveaway. I will be using the random number generator to pick the winner. 

The giveaway is now closed! Thanks for playing along.....

Destination Bangalore......

So this month seems to be dominated with posts stemming from Bangalore. First there was this fabulous home-tour and now there are a couple more blog-worthy events that I have to update you on! First up is an artist who needs no introduction, at least not on this blog! You may remember our Über-talented friend, Aarohi, from this post. Well she's done it again---she's going to be holding an exhibition of her latest collection in Bangalore. So those of you who missed out on her earlier shows can catch up with her and hopefully take home a bit of her magic before it flies off the shelves! Check out a preview of her exhibition up here. I'm loving her new "nimbu-mirchi" series, and those "thaalis" are simply amazing! I love the way she created a plate wall to display them---what a fabulous idea! Granny chic goes global!

Aarohi's "anything but kitsch" art!

The Exhibition Details:

When- 25-28th Nov 2010

Where- Page Turners Bookstore, 89 Kannan Building, MG Road, Bangalore.

Time- 11am to 8 pm.

Now the second event is a fabulous giveaway over at Indya kaleidoscope. Preethi wants to know your favorite piece of Indian art/handicraft. Share your pictures with her and you might just win a handsome little elephant of your own!! Check out the deets here. Oh, and for my entry, I would pick this little pair of deer that I've had with me since my college days (a loooooooooong, long time ago, LOL!)...I love them because they've been through so much with me and also because they're so graceful.

Blogged here.

While I'm on the subject, you may have also noticed that I have been making noises about hosting another giveaway....well, I am. Check back tomorrow for the giveaway.....

Time for a ........

.......Giveaway!!! my first giveaway!! Yay! I'm very excited to inform you that CSN stores has very generously offered a $45 gift card for the followers of P&P!! CSN stores is an online experience offering everything from a platform bed, to home improvement supplies (think kitchen sink!), to shoes and handbags!!! Basically anything and everything a woman person can ever need!! This gift card can be used in any of the 200+ CSN stores, so go for it!!!

Here's some of the loot $45 can be put towards:

Rules for the giveaway:

1. Giveaway open to US and Canadian readers (International readers, stay tuned for a giveaway later this week). International readers: If you have a loved one in this part of the world you would like to win the gift card for, please go ahead and enter for them.

2. Visit CSN stores and tell me what you'd like to use your $45 gift card for, leave a link in the comments. Make sure your comment has a valid email associated with it (either in your blogger profile, or simply leave your mail id in the comments so I can contact you (use this format xyz[at]abc[dot]com to discourage spammers.); alternatively, if you feel confident that you will be able to check back to see whether you won, feel free to skip the mail ID.

3. Please sign up to follow my blog (this is optional, you may leave an additional comment to increase your chances of winning).

4. Contest open till Oct 15th. I'll pick the winner on October 16th, '10 and announce it on my blog. Best of luck!!!

Just to let you know, if you like handmade stuff, they also carry a range of Novica products (just type Novica in the search box). Now, my question(s) to you is are:

a. What would you like to get?
b. What are you waiting for?

Update: Dear all, in fairness to all who have entered, please restrict your comments to two per person. I will weed out any extras. Also, just FYI, I wasn't paid in cash or kind to host this giveaway. And, there are no strings attached. Thanks!