Giveaway Winner + Blog and Craft Show Announcements

We used the oh-so-simple random number generator to select the winner to our 500th post giveaway. And the winner is Uma! Please let us know what you're mailing address is, Uma, and we'll get your goodie box shipped this weekend.



We'll post pictures of the prize box once its been received. Cause packages are better whent he insides are complete surprises.



Other announcements of note:

• You can catch Kristen and I guest blogging over at Design^Sprout which is full of indie designs and green living. We were so delighted at being invited!
  


• In super super how-do-we-get-ourselves-into-so-many-projects?-news, we are planning an alternative craft show to benefit a wee little girl who's family is buried under a mountain of bills from her cancer treatment. On September 20th, we're going to hold Crafternoon on High, an alternative art + craft show for a cause. We're very very excited. Right now, we're accepting vendor applications. We're also planning a raffle to raise even more proceeds. If any of you artsy crafty kinds want to donate something to raffle off, let us know.

Advertise on So Sweet & So Cold

If you thought internet advertising was out of your budget, you may be surprised. Advertisers on So Sweet & So Cold get exposure to 1000 viewers per week, and since we are growing right now, your exposure will grow as well. Our current advertising special is $10 for 1 month. Please contact Kristen for details at sosweetxsocold AT gmail DOT com.

Stay tuned: 500th post extravaganza!

In honor of our fast-approaching 500th blog post, we're planning a giveaway!
Up for grabs is a selection of handmade goodies from our shops & sponsors.

Here's how it works:
-Watch for the 500th post--we'll let you know which one that is!
-Comment on that post, and be sure to enter your email address so we can notify you if you're the winner.
-We will pick a winner at random from all of the commenters.

The contest runs while the 500th post is at the top of the blog. We'll leave it up for a few days, so you'll get a chance to get in there and read it.

We'll email the winner, and also post the winner in the blog.

This is post number 476, so 500 is coming soon...

A new direction...

We've decided to take our little blog off in a slightly new direction! Until now, we've focused on Etsy shopping, and while we'll definitely still be featuring items from Etsy shops (because there's just so much awesome stuff over there, naturlich), we're going to start featuring items, ideas and inspirations from other sources as well. Our goal is to make So Sweet & So Cold into a blog about style & design, a place to visit to see pretty things and get pretty ideas. We'll still be showing you where to buy some of the stuff we post, don't worry.

We've overhauled the Label system over to the right. This will be painless, we promise. Anyway, here's an overview:

- We did away with the pricing labels ($, $$, $$$, $$$$)
- We're keeping the category labels (art, accessories, etc), and all previously labeled posts are still in their same categories
- We added some new labels, which we will start using here on out:

"Shopping List" : this replaces the pricing labels, and indicates that something is available for sale somewhere. If you're in the mood to spend and you only want to see items you can buy, you can just look at all posts with this label and shop your heart out!

"Decorating Ideas" : what's more inspiring than seeing a fab decorating job? This label is for home-dec images and articles. If you're stumped about what color to paint your new apartment (as Kristen is, at this moment) or want to see a truly beautiful kitchen, have a look here for inspiration.

"Crafty Projects" : We know there are tons of great sites out there that post craft projects, but with so many of them, there's no way you can see everything! If we find a project or tutorial that is too good to miss, we'll put it here.

"Blog Crush" : Check here for super awesome blogs we love so much, they warrant a whole post devoted to them.

Lastly, we're going to start featuring some advertising in the column over there to the left. Rates are super affordable (really!) and we can help out with the design of your ad if you don't have one, so hit us up if you're interested! sosweetxsocold AT gmail DOT com

Well, that takes care of everything! We hope you enjoy.

xo,
kristen & claire

Advertise!

We love being able to feature work by indie artists to help spread the word, and we wanted to offer another way to get your names out there: advertise! Advertising on So Sweet & So Cold is easy, affordable & awesome. That's right.

Ads need to be 125 x 125 pixels & can be either .jpg or .gif. Tasteful animation is ok, as long as it's nothing crazy. Currently, the price for 1 ad is $6 for 1 month. If you have more than 1 project and want to run 2 ads, the price is $10 for 1 month (for both ads.)

Payment is accepted via Paypal & Google Checkout. If you're interested, drop Kristen a line at sosweetxsocold AT gmail DOT com, and she'll send over an invoice and further instructions.