***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
Random.org had a tough job of sifting through nearly 7,000 jewelry hungry ladies (and gentlemen!) but has selected two random winners as… Lisa S. (who, like many, always wears her wedding ring but never gets sick of it because her husband did a great job) and SJ (who also wears her wedding and engagement rings out everyday). Congrats!
Sherry here. I don’t usually write the giveaway posts, but we’re making an exception since I was the one who twisted John’s arm into this week’s giveaway. Instead of our usual DIY & decor-related prizes, this week we’re giving away some body decor that was DIYed (well, created) by two talented jewelry designers. Yup, we have two hundred dollars worth of sparkly, sparkly jewelry for ya (or for your mom/wife/sis/girlfriend/grandma if you’re a dude).
The bling comes from two designers that I couldn’t love more (nope, I didn’t get any swag to say that – I truly love their stuff). The first is Erin McDermott, a Charlotte-based designer who studied at both my and John’s alma maters (FIT in NYC and UVA here in Virginia) and has been featured in Real Simple. Here are some of my favorites things of hers:
And then there’s Towne & Reese, whose studio we crashed earlier this year. Not only do I love their stuff, but I love that they name their pieces after their friends’ children (Towne and Reese are the founders’ daughters’ names). And get this, Clara will actually have a piece named after her in their Spring collection. Do you know how excited that makes this geeky momma? Probably too excited. You bet I’m staking out their Facebook page for a sneak peek. Anyway here are some of my favorite things from their current collection:
- PRIZE: An $100 gift card to Erin McDermott Jewelry AND an $100 gift card to Towne & Reese
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “OOOH SHINY!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: …if there’s any item that you wear every single day. If so, is it a wedding ring? A watch? A meaningful piece of jewelry from a relative? An inherited pocket watch from grandpa? An i-Pod? The same pair of lucky underwear? Hope not.
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, October 19 at 8pm EST (or at 10,000 entries)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two (each winner gets both gift cards)
- PRIZE SHIPS: Anywhere in the whole wide world! (yesss, we love when they’re international)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We weren’t paid or perked for hosting this giveaway, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Erin McDermott Jewelry and Towne & Reese
Kathryn says
OOOH SHINY!
I wear my wedding band and watch everyday. I used to wear a special bracelet everyday until it broke and fell off. I need to replace it with something shiny!
Angela says
OOOH SHINY!!!!
I wear my wedding ring and bands everyday (every minute of everyday actually. I never take them off!) I also wear some CZ studs pretty frequently because they tend to go with everything. :)
Tammy says
OOOH SHINY!
I were my engagement ring and wedding band every single day!
Maggie says
OOOH SHINY!
I have a cross necklace that i wear every day. It’s very simple and silver, and I despite being a cheapy from e-bay, it has not turned my neck green.
Laurel says
OOOH SHINY!
I wear my engagement ring every day, and a watch my parents got me for my college graduation.
Laura says
OOOH SHINY
I wear my wedding band and engagement ring every day. The love the set today more than I did five years ago when I received it.
Christina says
OOOH Shiny!
I wear my engagement ring every day. It was my husband’s grandmother’s ring- actually a cocktail ring. She was living when he proposed to me with it and she was so proud that I loved it so much. Her husband bought it for her when they were shopping on vacation. She told him she loved it but it was WAY too much money so they didn’t get it (or so she thought). That night when she was getting ready for bed, the box with the ring inside was on her pillow. I never met my husband’s grandfather because he passed on before I met my husband.. but I like to think he was a pretty cool guy :)
Kristen says
OOOH SHINY!
I always wear my engagement ring, wedding band and my shiny tiffany braclet!
Michelle says
OOOH SHINY!
I never leave the house without my Tiffany rose gold wedding band. It’s simple and I love it.
Carrie S says
OOOH SHINY!!
The night before we were married, my husband gave me a pair of diamond studs. My ears are pierced twice on each side, so I always wear them in my second piercing!
Jenney says
Oooh shiny!
I wear my wedding band, my heirloom diamond ring and now my silver necklace with a small circle that has an “O” stamped on it (for my daugther’s name).
Miranda says
OOH Shiny!
I wear my shiny diamond earrings and my super shiny and blingy engagment ring!!!
Brandy says
OOOH SHINY!
Besides my wedding ring I wear a silver necklace with my first initial that my sweet husband gave me.
Becky Jo says
OOOH SHINY! My wedding ring is the only constant for me. It’s the only “real” jewelry that I own, as everything else was accumulated from Claire’s over my teenage years. Earrings have always been my weak spot, and I tend to wear my newest pair every day until I feel like maybe it’s time to switch it up!
Whitney says
OOOH SHINY!
Nothing every day, but I do have some special pieces I keep in regular rotation.
cassie says
OOOH Shiny! I wear diamond studs every day. Classic and tasteful and go with everything!
Rachel says
OOOH SHINY!
I wear a silver ring every day that I got in Senegal in college, when I studied abroad there. It’s an open circle that loops back onto itself but doesn’t connect. I bought it because it reminded me that things come back around (like love), but in different, new ways. It hugs my finger perfectly.
Julianne says
OOOH SHINY! As of a few months ago, I wear my grandmother’s engagement ring every day – wedding in 11 months and counting!
Whitney says
Ohh Shiny!
I wear my engagement/wedding ring everyday. But most days I also wear my favorite silver ball earings. They are my favorite and go with basically everything I wear.
Firesparx says
OOOH SHINY! I wear my wedding band and engagement ring everyday. I also wear my engineering “iron” ring which is what Canadian Engineers wear as a reminder of their obligation to society.
Jodi says
OOOH SHINY! Always my wedding ring and that’s it. Pre-marriage I wore no jewelry, so I thought it would be hard to get used to the engagement and now wedding band too, but it hasn’t been… something about it being so shiny and pretty :)
Angelique says
Ooh, shiny! I don’t have any jewelry that I wear everyday. The closest piece would be my watch that I wear Monday through Friday.
Katy T says
OOOH SHINY!
I wear my wedding rings and small diamond stud earrings (college graduation gift 10 yrs ago) every day.
I love Towne & Reese, UVA and YHL :)
Cait says
OOOH SHINY!
I wear my beautiful engagement ring each and every day (it even has a bit of white paint on it from painting trim last night- yikes!) My now-husband picked out this beautiful antique-styled setting, and we were able to use an antique diamond that has been in my family for over 100 years. I love sentimental pieces!
Heather says
OOOH SHINY!
I try to wear a bracelet and a watch that my mom bought me everyday. This works out about half the time, and the other half of the time I’m reduced to bare wrists or hair ties.
Lauren says
OOOH SHINY!! I wear my wedding rings everday!
Karina R says
Oooh Shiny! I always wear my engagement & wedding rings.
Kristen says
Oooh Shiny! I wear my wedding ring and band every day. My engagement ring is my most favorite piece of jewelry. Good thing, huh?
katie v. says
oooh, shiny!
Like most, wedding band everyday.. and sometimes my engagement ring too when I feel like being a little sparkly!
Katie says
OOOH SHINY!
I wear my wedding ring and engagement ring everyday as well as a ring on my right hand with my birthstone. That ring is special to me because my fiance gave that to me as a “trick” ring instead of an engagement ring just to throw me off about a proposal. (He proposed to me about a month later when the ring he ordered came in). When he gave me that little ring box I thought for sure he was about to propose and I couldn’t quite hide my expression of disappointment (although it was a beautiful ring!).
Abby says
OOOH SHINY!…So is the hammered silver ring I wear everyday!
Lauren says
OOOOH SHINY!! More days than not, I wear a pair of diamond stud earrings.
Meagan says
OOOH SHINY!
I always wear a simple, diamond ring my parents gave me when I graduated high school and a $10 cocktail ring I bought on a trip to Mexico. I feel totally lost without either.
Pamela says
OHHH SHINY!
I wear my wedding band and engagement ring everyday. Before we got married, I wore a pink sapphire ring that my bf had given me for my birthday three years into our relationship.
Samantha says
OOOH SHINY!
I wear a heart-shaped locket that was my grandma’s when it’s an important day and I feel the need for some extra strength.
Kim says
OH SHINY!
I never leave my house without earrings. I have chubby earlobes and earrings distract the eye.
Amy says
OOOH SHINY!
The only thing I wear every single day is my wedding band. My engangement ring comes off from time to time but that band is there every.single.day. : )
Joan says
OOOH SHINY! Besides my engagement ring, I wear a simple bracelet my fiance gave me when I graduated from my anesthesia program that he had engraved for me, so sweet!
Jeanna says
OOOH SHINY!
I wear my wedding rings and my pearl stud earrings. My aunt gave me the pearls and swears you will never lose pearl earrings because pearls have souls!
Anne S. says
OOH SHINY!
I wear three stacked rings I got after my dad passed away. They have a message to him engraved on the inside, as well as a great line from Rilke (“Live the questions.”)
Heidi Seawell says
Ooh, Shiny! I wear my wedding rings every day- gotta represent the hubs, ya know! And I wear my white watch every day…the teacher in me dies at tardiness :)
Brooke says
OOOOH shiny!
I typically switch out my jewelry to reflect my outfit…but there is a silver ring I wear 80% of the time…a birthday gift, that’s both delicate & timeless, yet still unique.
Katie says
OOOH SHINY!
There are three things that I wear everyday…and I’m realizing now that they were all gifts from my husband. 1) My wedding/engagement ring set. 2) My watch, which was a gift on our first anniversary. 3). My right hand ring, which was a gift on our 5th anniversary.
Sherry–way to go on twisting John’s arm. This giveaway is AWESOME! :)
Erin L. says
OOOH SHINY!
I have this beautiful gold bangle that was my Great, Great Aunt’s. I’m the only wrist in the family it fit – it was like it was meant to be!
Catherine says
Ooooh shiny! I wear my wedding rings everyday :)
Lauren says
OOH! SHINY! I wear my wedding set, and, because I married my high school sweetheart, I still wear the promise ring he gave me senior year.
jane says
ooh shiny!
i wear a silver link bracelet from tiffany’s nearly every day. and my wedding/engagement rings. also my college ring– from UVA! *wahoowa*
Kim says
OOOH SHINY! My wedding ring.
Maryann says
OOOH SHINY! I wear my engagement ring (it also serves as my wedding band). Love it and the vows it represents… six happy years so far.
Jennifer says
OOOH SHINY!
I wear not only my engagement ring/wedding band everyday, but my grandmother’s spoon ring, and some simple silver earrings from my sister-in-law. I also usually wear the same black flats EVERY day. It’s about time for a new pair!