Mom’s Monday- Nancy Drew Books

05 Apr, 2010 by in book giveaway, mystery, nancy drew 6 comments


The Hidden Staircase
published May 1st 1987 by Grosset & Dunlap (first published 1930)

details Hardcover, 182 pages

characters Nancy Drew

isbn 0448095025 (isbn13: 9780448095028)

description from Goodreads: Teenage detective Nancy Drew uses her courage and powers of deduction to solve the mysterious happenings in an old stone mansion

Does anyone else remember the old Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books?! The beginnings of mystery and detective work…We give them a thumbs up and we happened upon two duplicates which we are giving away to you!

To Enter to win Nancy Drew Hardbacks #2 and #5 both:

RT this contest on Twitter @fireicephotos and you will be automatically entered! Ends April 8th.

Contest Winners

05 Apr, 2010 by in giveaway 3 comments

Congrats to @kghobbs who won our Grey Felt Purse giveaway http://fireandicereads.com/2010/03/grey-felt-purse-giveaway.html From Misha’s Handmade on Etsy and

La GattaSiamese, lizzyRM, Jayne/ Candid Whisperer, Candid Reader and Artsy Image who all won Templar book thongs from Bad Candy Studios http://fireandicereads.com/2010/03/templar-book-thongs-giveaway.html

Please email me your street address to fireandice.heather@gmail.com and check our previous week’s posts for giveaways which were unclaimed and still up for grabs! First come first serve to anyone who donates to the Chile relief fund. As of today we have send out 22 boxes 🙂

In My Mailbox

02 Apr, 2010 by in marilyn bunderson, mark, Sweep 2 comments

Sweep #4- Dark Magick bought and read Cate Tiernan
Shadow of the Sun– in the mail, ARC to review by Laura Kreitzer
Camp Club Girls and the Mystery at Discovery Lake– in the mail, ARC to review
The Mark- autographed ARC in the mail for review by Marilyn Bunderson
Wonderland Revisited-in the mail to review by Keith Sheppard
Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass-in the mail to giveaway by Bookish Kind Etsy shop
If you are interested in joining the ARC tour and reviewing any of these as well let me know!

Iris Design Book Print

02 Apr, 2010 by in etsy 6 comments

Today’s Photography Friday giveaway is Flickr and Etsy user Iris Design! In a nutshell: Iris O’Connor, born in Germany, moved to Ireland 22 years ago, now married to himself (Mr. O’Connor) & cat (Mouse).

I have always dabbled in a variety of artistic avenues but I think I can say that for the moment I have settled on mixed media.

Having said that, I am very busy looking where I’m going these days as I like to pick up flattened cans and bottlecaps and anything else that takes my fancy and goes under the term ‘recycled’
It gets cleaned and disinfected immediately when I get home!!!!
Same goes for sea glass and sea shells of course….all sea shells are inhabitant free 😉

I always have my camera on me when I go out, results can be seen on the blog I started with a friend: http://www.dublingutterart.blogspot.com/

And can I just say that whenever I use bookpages in my pieces these pages are from books I have rescued from a certain ‘bin’ death (I work part-time in a second hand bookshop!). No new books have been harmed in the process…

Hope you like my stuff and thank you for looking at it.

And thanks to the wonderful Bonzie you can see me in my place at work as they asked me to submit something about myself for the Storque feature:
http://www.etsy.com/storque/spotlight/shop-local-ireland-with-bonzie-3550/

the other shop I had before I opened under my own name:
http://www.irisdesign.etsy.com/
(if want to read additional feedback)

I am to be found here as well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irisdesign/
http://irisoconnor.blogspot.com/ (resurrected as we speak!)

Description
You will receive a print of the original ‘altered’ bookpage, taken from ‘Life and Finding of Dr Livingston’.

I found this book in the second-hand bookshop where I work, but I am not able to state exactly when it was printed. The only clue to its age is an inscription by the person it once belonged to dated 1901.

This is a limited edition (50 prints) print of my original illustrated bookpage and every print will be signed and numbered.

The size of the print is approx 9 x 7 inches (23.5 x 17.5 cm) on A4 paper with a white border around the image for easy framing.
Printed on Canon Satin 260gsm Photo Paper Plus with Canon archival inks.

It will be shipped in a protective clear sleeve and sturdy mailer.

The copyright resides with the artist – that’ll be me 🙂

To Enter To win:

Leave your name below
additional entries
+2 Visit her Etsy shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/irisoconnor
and heart it
+3 Visit her blog http://irisoconnor.blogspot.com/and comment:
+3 Visit her Flickr photo stream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/irisdesign/
and pick your favorite photo
+3 tweet this contest
Giveaway ends May 3rd, 2010 Good Luck!

Time Slip Thursday with Myra McEntire

01 Apr, 2010 by in myra mcentire 26 comments

Introducing the new time Slip Collection on Etsy, inspired by the novel “Hourglass” by Myra McEntire

Time Slip Necklace

Hourglass Earrings

Myra McEntireIndustry: Publishing
Occupation: YA Author
Location: Nashville : Tennessee
About Me
My debut novel, HOURGLASS, a YA time slip romance, will be published by Egmont USA in 2011. It will also be published by Random House in Germany and Record in Brazil! I am represented by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency. You can find me on Twitter as @MyraMcEntire …

Which is more important to you and why: flexibility or expandability?
Flexibility. For obvious reasons.
Interestswriting, reading, laughing, dancing, music, sneakers
Favorite MoviesThe Philadelphia Story, Christmas Vacation, Harry Potters, Twilight (specifically the commentary) and old school John Hughes
Favorite MusicMilesBillie, Muse, Blue October, John Legend, Corrine Bailey, Rae, anything I can dance to…dance breaks are important
Favorite BooksBible, Harry Potter series, Stephanie Plum series, Twilight Series, anything by Jane Austen, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, anything by a Romantic poet (especially ByronShelley or Keats

To Celebrate our new collection, I am giving away this cute little hourglass charm!

To enter to win the charm:+1 Leave a comment below
+3 for each dollar contributed to our Chile relief fund via Paypal to heatoddgardner@yahoo.com or if you prefer to send supplies, please email me at fireandice.heather@gmail.com
+3 Visit her blog at http://writingfinally.blogspot.com/ and comment
+3 Follow us on Twitter @FireIcePhotos and her@Myramcentire
+3 Become a fan on our facebook at Fire and Ice
+5 add our button to your blog
+3 add “Hourglass” to your Goodreads to be read list, leave the link
+5 add this contest to your blog, leave the link
+3 Visit our Etsy shop and pick your favorite item http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeatherZahnGardner

Contest ends May 3rd, 2010 and is International Good Luck!

Contest Winners

01 Apr, 2010 by in contest winners 4 comments

Congratulations to our two most recent contest winners!

Not Just Spirited Book Giveaway- Rose, joonieshoney@hotmail.com http://parentingpartner.blogspot.com/2010/03/chile-relief-spd-book-giveaway.html

Little Red Riding Hood Tee-Book Addict Girl http://fireandicereads.com/2010/03/little-red-riding-hood-t-shirt-giveaway.html

**And we have four unclaimed prizes so I am giving them away to the first four people to make donations to the Chile relief fund via PayPal at heatoddgardner@yahoo.com! We have sent over a thousand dollars worth of aid and 20 boxes of food and supplies to four cities in Chile. I have two more ready to mail if we receive donations today, so, GO GO GO**

Three Signed Steampunk Alice in Wonderland by Strangeling Prints http://fireandicereads.com/2010/02/steampunk-alice-in-wonderland-signed.html

Puck on a Spider’s Thread necklace http://fireandicereads.com/2010/02/puck-seated-on-spiders-thread.html

Please email me your street address so we can send them off!

Sisters of the Prophecy Giveaway

01 Apr, 2010 by in michelle zink, sisters of the prophecy, stephanie pellegrin 5 comments

One of our sweet Twilight Mom/ book blogger friends, Steph Pellegrin is giving away one of our Angel photos in connection with her interview with Michlle Zink, author of Sister of the Prophecy…”And now on to the giveaway portion of this blog post. Heather from Fire and Ice Photos has donated this beautiful photograph for me to give away!

I *love* this photo. Doesn’t it remind you of the first cover of Prophecy of the Sisters?


Check out Heather’s Blog, Twitter, Etsy, Facebook, and Flickr pages!!! Be sure to start following her and give her a big THANK YOU for donating our prize this go-around. 🙂
How can you win said prize, you ask? It’s easy? Read the contest rules below.
Contest Rules:

* Simply leave a comment on thepost (WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS!!!!) to be entered! While I’d love for you to follow my blog or Twitter, I want you to follow me because you think I’m cool, not because I give away prizes and make following a requirement.

* Contest ends in one week on April 7, 2010 at Midnight CST.

* I will put everyone’s comment in a hat/bowl/box and pick a winner.

* If you’re picked, I will email you giving you the good news. If you do not respond to my email within 48 hours, I will have to pick another winner.

* This contest will be US only. 🙁 I’ll have more international contests in the future so keep checking back!

Good luck! Happy posting, everyone! 🙂
Posted by Stephanie at 6:13 PM
Head over here to enter! http://www.stephaniepellegrin.com/ or post your entry below…

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Poise & Petite Hair Clip and Brooch

30 Mar, 2010 by in vintage 38 comments

Today’s Etsy giveaway is from FloraBond…Busy mom and lover of vintage and handmade! Livin in Idaho, but from Tacoma/Seattle area and miss it!! Hello everyone in Seattle, I miss you and the shopping!
Flora Bond was started in September of 2008, and soon after started a line of vintage fabric flower necklaces and accessories.

My passion is to design custom wedding necklaces and millinery. Flora Bond has done many custom wedding designs and would be happy to help put together a wonderful necklace to accent your dress. Necklaces and accessories are designed around the fabric, neckline, and color of your dress.

I would love to help create a special custom Flora Bond necklace, brooch, earrings, hairpiece or bracelet. A purchase with me is a personal and special experience. You tell me your thoughts, I convo you options, then you tell me your ideas and thoughts on my options etc. We work together and create an amazing Flora Bond design.

My rosettes are handmade using 5 different methods depending on the look I am after and the fabric used. They are secured to a backing sometimes and then always, needle sculpted (hand stitched through the flowers) until they are perfection! Hard work I know, but so worth it! Every necklace has a soft cotton backing.

90% of my fabrics are vintage/repurposed and 95% of my chains are vintage. I make an effort to describe what goes into my designs so you know how hard I work and just how wonderful the components and fabrics are. Thank you for your support!!
Feel free to convo me anytime with a question or even to say hi!

Flora Bond fabric necklaces are in Boutiques in the USA, Japan, and in the cutest little high end boutique Lemon Meringue downtown IF. My Necklaces are also featured for sale at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in CA, and also in Richmond, Virginia. www.quirkgallery.com

She is giving away a Poise and Petite (( Hair clip and brooch )) Vintage fiber art.


To enter to win: leave your name below

Additional entries
+3 for every dollar donated to Chile via PayPal to heatoddgardner@yahoo.com
100% of your donations go straight to families there
+2 Visit her Etsy shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/florabond and mark your favorite item by hearting it, tell us which one you picked
+2 Visit and follow her Blog: http://www.florabond.blogspot.com/
+2 Become a fan of her on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Flora-Bond/133440972619 and us at Fire and Ice
+5 post this on your blog, leave the link
+3 retweet this contest on twitter, leave the link
+2 follow her on twitter @florabond and us @FireIcePhotos add your entries and leave the total in the comments
+3 visit our Etsy shop and pick your fave item http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeatherZahnGardner
Contest ends April 30, 2010 and is open internationally

Contest Winners

30 Mar, 2010 by in contest winners 2 comments

Congratulations to our most recent giveaway winners!

Austenland Hardback Book -Katy @afewmorepages http://fireandicereads.com/2010/03/austenland-by-shannon-hale-giveway.html

Chewlry Jewelry- @risyahoneydew http://fireandicereads.com/2010/02/chewelry-jewelry-giveaway.html This one had 142 entries…you go girl!

Strangeling Prints- Creative Taylor, Kara Sisley, Nicky at Wicked Awesome Books http://fireandicereads.com/2010/02/steampunk-alice-in-wonderland-signed.html

Puck on a Spider’s Thread necklace -@409cope http://fireandicereads.com/2010/02/puck-seated-on-spiders-thread.html

Please email me your street address so we can send them off!