Friday Frida Favs: Thank You Frida Swap Giveaway

Congratulation to mydarlingplanner, from Instagram, for winning Bee Creative Swap's Frida Pin Giveaway! 

The next giveaway will be the Thank You Frida Swap Giveaway. It will be held throughout the whole Viva La Frida Swap. This giveaway is open to Frida swap participants ONLY. This is another perk for joining the swap, as well as receiving discounts from six Etsy sellers from my "My Frida Wish List on Etsy 2017" post.  This giveaway is very easy to enter, since it's stuff that is already expected of you as a Viva La Frida Swap participant. To enter you must submit all your check-ins on time, without Emily or I having to contact you because you are running behind.

Below are the Instagram check-in dates:

April 15th: Mosaic Photo Check-In (due tomorrow)

May 1st: Material Check-In

May 15th: Sneak Peak Check-In

June 1st: Sneak Peak Check-In

June 15th: A photo of your boxed up items, shipping receipt, or other proof of shipment

Don't forget to use the #vivalafridaswap2017 when posting your check-ins on Instagram.

Even being one day late posting your check-ins will unfortunately disqualify you from the giveaway. This giveaway is our way of saying, "Thank you" for making our job as swap hosts a little easier. 

I have collected two Frida inspired items for this giveaway and I hope to include a little something made by yours truly. Currently, the giveaway prizes include the second Frida Kahlo pin donated by Badges by Ryan and a Viva La Vida Frida vinyl sticker from Mis Nopales Art. Both items are from Etsy sellers. I purchased the Frida sticker from Kick Stater to help with Mis Nopales Art's Frida campaign. I'm a big supporter of helping fellow artists.

I love seeing the Frida Kahlo themed mosaics posted on Instagram so far. Click here to see the mosaics posted. Of course, my favorite part will be seeing the wonderful crafts created that are inspired by Frida Kahlo.

I hope we have many entries for the Thank You Frida Swap Giveaway. Don't forget, your first check-in is due tomorrow. Good luck and happy crafting!
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Friday Frida Favs: Frida Kahlo Enamel Pins

I become obsessed with Frida Kahlo enamel pins last year, when I purchased one for my Viva La Frida swap partner and myself. Since then, I have decided to collect a Frida Kahlo enamel pin for each year Emily and I host a Viva La Frida swap, in honor of that year's swap. While searching through Instagram using the #fridakahlo and on Etsy, I found lots of Frida Kahlo enamel pins designed by many talented artists.

One of those talented Etsy artists is Ryan, from Badges by Ryan. I featured his Frida Kahlo enamel pin on my first Friday Frida Favs post for this year, "My Frida Wish List on Etsy 2017." Ryan is a very generous person who has donated one of his awesome Frida Kahlo pins for Bee Creative Swaps to giveaway.

To enter you must:
- Be a Viva La Frida Swap participant (click here to sign up).
- Follow Bee Creative Swaps Instagram account
- Like the Frida Kahlo Pin Giveaway post on Instagram.

Extra Entries:
- Leave a comment on Bee Creative Swaps Instagram with your favorite Frida enamel pin from the ones featured below.
- Post your mosaic up early using the #vivalafridaswap2017

Contest closes April 1st.

Below are some my favorite Frida Kahlo enamel pins. Don't forget to choose your favorite Frida pin for an extra giveaway entry.

@mexicosnart

Badges By Ryan

Visit our Frida Kahlo pin giveaway provider and show his Etsy shop some love!

Sketch Inc.

 

BRK House

The Happy Skull Studio

Craftsylvaniaa

Wild Ship

The Found Retail:

Frida Sunglasses / Dress

La Petite Melissa

Product Your Magic:

Wonder Frida / Frida & Diego 

Georgia Perry

AxelHoney

Which is your favorite Frida Kahlo enamel pin? Share your thoughts with us here, for a chance to win a Frida Kahlo pin. Wouldn't it be great to win and have a Frida Kahlo pin to remember your participation in this year's Viva La Frida Swap!?! 

Can't get enough Frida this Friday; stop by Emily's blog, The Morose Bee, for another dose of Friday Frida Favs. 

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Giveaway: Mistletoes Cupcake Toppers

This special giveaway prize comes from Snow Buddies Ink shop on Etsy. My friend Debbie, who made the sugar skull cupcake toppers for my 31st birthday, runs the shop and was generous enough to donate a set of her “Mistletoes Holiday Christmas Cupcake Appetizer Toppers.” These are one of my favorite toppers.

The winner will receive 12 adorable toppers in their Mistletoes Cupcake Topper package. Two Mistletoe signs, 2 High heels, 2 Santa boots, 2 Elf shoes, 2 stockings, and 2 Reindeer “toes.”

How to Enter:
1. Go to Snow Buddies Ink shop and tell me your favorite item in her shop.
2. Like her shop on Etsy.
3. Pin one of her items on Pinterest and leave me the link.
4. Share this giveaway on your Facebook. 

Each entry should be submitted in a separate comment with your email, to contact you in case you win. Contest ends Friday, December 12th. Sorry, this contest is only open to US residents due to slow shipping outside the US.

Now, you’ll not only think of kisses when you think of Mistletoe.

Good Luck Everyone!

Olvera Street Giveaway

One of my favorite things I did at Olvera Street in Los Angeles was shop from the vendors. Shop for me, shop for friends, and shop for one lucky winner! One lucky winner will win a wooden La Catrina hand painted bookmark. It is number 3 in my loot of Olvera Street goodies.

My Olvera Street goodies include 
1. Mini piggy bank. I wanted to get a normal size one but these Mexican piggy banks don’t have a cork on the bottom to pull your money out. 2. Diego and Frida t-shirt. I was surprised when I discovered that two of my favorite Etsy shop owners sell their items at Olvera Street. 3. La Catrina wooden bookmarks. I purchased one for myself at first and later went back and purchased two more. 4. Olvera Street pin. I try to get a pin everywhere I go to add to my pin collection. 5. Worry doll headband. I’ve been wearing more headbands since I cut my hair short. 6. Puppet doll. I promised my employee Alex that I would get him something with a mustache since he has a mustache. I saw the puppet and it reminded me of him. 7. “En Este Casa…La Reyna Cocina Rico” plaque. It says, “The queen cooks good in this house.” It’s my little motivational plaque to help me keep cooking. 8. Owl ornament. My co-worker Amanda loves owls and I got it for her for her birthday next month. 9. Nativity Ornament for my Christmas tree. 10. Cat earrings from another one of my favorite Etsy sellers

What Olvera Street item is your favorite?

Giveaway Rules:
1. Leave a comment below telling me what your favorite item from my Olvera Street goodies is.
2. Leave your email in the comment, so I can contact you if you win.
3. Contest ends August 31st.

Giveaway: How Well Do You Know Frida Kahlo?

(That's me with one of my birthday gifts. Thanks Amanda!)

Today is Frida Kahlo’s birthday and I'm having a giveaway in honor of my favorite artist's birthday! For my birthday this year I celebrated with a Frida Kahlo themed birthday party and had Frida Kahlo trivia for my guests. The winner received a Day of the Dead sugar skull picture holder.

None of my guests got all the questions correct but maybe you might know Frida Kahlo better? Let’s find out!

There will be 10 questions, 9 about Frida and the 10th about me. They’re all multiple choice and you can use any resources to find the correct answer. It’s like an open book test. Email me your answers at creativitylizette@yahoo.com by July 31 and leave me a comment below that you are entering this giveaway. The prize is a surprise fiesta (party) in a box. One winner will be randomly chosen from all entries with the most correct answers.

Frida Kahlo Trivia

1. According to Frida, she was born on
a) July 6, 1907
b) July 7, 1910, the beginning of the Mexican revolution
c) June 10, 1911
d) February 14, 1912

 2. Viva La Vida means what in English?
a) Welcome Friends
b) Celebrate Life
c) Long Live Life
d) Love Life

3. Frida was married to
a) Diego Rivera
b) Porfirio Diaz
c) Guillermo Calderon
d) Leon Trotsky

4. Which of these quotes is NOT Frida’s
a) “I was born a bitch. I was born a painter.”
b) “My brush is my pencil.”
c) “Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly.”
d) “I love you more than my own skin.”

 5. What type of artist is Frida considered, though she doesn’t agree?
a) Surrealism
b) Pop Artist
c) Minimalism
d) Realism

6. Frida’s paintings mostly depicted
a) Skulls
b) Herself
c) Flowers
d) Mexico

7. According to one of Frida’s quotes, which accident was by far the worst?
a) The trolley
b) Her husband
c) Mexico’s Revolution
d) Moving to New York

8. Who played Frida, in the biographical movie of the famous artist?
a) America Ferrera
b) Thalia
c) Salma Hayek
d) Eva Longoria

 9. Frida’s popular hand earrings were a gift from
a) Her husband
b) Her father
c) Pablo Picasso
d) She made them herself

10) Lizette shares her birth date with a Mexican artist named?
a) Frida Kahlo
b) Jose Guadalupe Posada
c) Andy Warhol
d) Roy Lichtenstein

I hope you all learn something new about Frida Kahlo as you search for the answers. You have until the end of the month to answer the questions and email them to me.

Feliz Cumpleaños Frida!

Jack Oh! Lantern Necklace Giveaway

The talented Emily, from The Morose Bee blog and shop, made this cool Jack O’Lantern necklace. The necklace was the inspiration for the design of the Halloween Costume Swap banner. In honor of the Halloween Costume Swap, I am giving one Jack Oh! Lantern, Oh! because the concept is so clever, necklace to one lucky winner. The necklace will come with a black Sharpie marker so you can draw your own face on it. Sharpie ink wipes off easily with Windex.

To enter you must follow my blog, Creativity Lizette, with Google Friend Connect and let me know what is your favorite thing about Halloween in a comment. This counts as two entries, comment on them separately.

For extra entries see below and comment about it. One comment for each entry and leave your email, in case you’re the lucky winner!
- Follow The Morose Bee blog
- Go to the The Morose Bee shop and choose your favorite item
- You’re a part of the Halloween Costume Swap 
- Blog about it and leave a link

Giveaway ends October 1st.

This Jack Oh! Lantern necklace beats the messiness of carving a real pumpkin and it won’t rot in a couple of days. It lives year round!

Good Luck!

D.I.Y. Guest Post at Paper Sparrow & Giveaway

Celebrate the creative genius of Alfred Hitchcock over at Paper Sparrows’ Alfred Hitchcock blog party! Yours truly will be hosting a guest post, today at 11 am, on how to make a Marion Crane costume inspired by the famous shower scene from the movie, “Psycho." So, don’t be a nut and head over to Paper Sparrow.

Then come back to my blog for a Psycho Giveaway! Giveaway includes six bloody envelopes inspired by the movie, “Psycho.” Envelopes come with blank address labels too. Getting mail has never been so scary!

To Enter

1. Leave a comment telling me what was your favorite Alfred Hitchcock post is over at Paper Sparrow or your favorite Alfred Hitchcock movie.

Extra Entries: Leave a separate comment for each extra entry.

2. Write a post about this giveaway on your blog or facebook.

3. Follow Creativity Lizette blog through Google Friend Connect.

Giveaway ends, Sunday, October 30 at Midnight, the winner is announced on Monday. Good Luck!

Bad Day, Good Day

Yesterday, I had a very interesting day. At work, the chaos began with a black out. The bad, good, and ugly can out of working in customer service. I had understanding customers and those that just make you want to walk out and say, "I quit!" But lucky, I work with a great group of people, that like myself try to play it cool under pressure. At least, I can admit that the sucky parts of my job has made me learn how to think quick on my feet. After the storm was over, I though to myself... well I can finally use those Dookey Key Covers that I was saving for a crappy day to do a giveaway on my blog.

So, here it goes...

DOOKEY KEY COVER GIVEAWAY!

The FIRST 4 PEOPLE who leave me a comment sharing a crappy day they had and how it got better, if it did, will get 1 Dookey Key Cover. Please don't forget to included your email address so I may contact you for your mailing address. I know that there's 6 key coves but I am keeping one for myself and mailing one out to my brother for his work keys. He has crappy work days too.

When I arrived home from work and read my emails, like always, I was thrilled to see that one of my headbands from my new Etsy shop "Que Bownita" was included in a treasury titled, "Ready to Play??" The treasury reminds me of the fun, bright, and happy childhood colors. Talk about a nice surprise after a crazy work day.

While typing this post and trying to link everything. I noticed that someone else included another one of my headband on a Etsy treasury! Wow, what a turn of events! I'm so excited! This treasury is titled, "Newbies - New shops - Support Handmade."

I hope everyone has a great today!