Update: We have a confirmed winner, Dulcie, whose number came up when I spun the random.org random number generator. Her comment was so happy, too:
That collage is the cutest! I don’t have a crafty/artsy bone in my body and I admire people who do.
Here’s my contribution to leave some happiness – or at least a bemused smile. My bathroom isn’t pink, but it is unusual in a different way. I currently have 40 4-day old baby chickens in my bathtub. I couldn’t find any other good, safe place to keep them so the cats wouldn’t eat them. They should only be there for about a week, but in the meantime, using the bathroom is a major adventure at my house.
Thanks, everyone, for playing. I’m planning more giveaways — and they may be Flash Contests like this — so it pays to reader Retro Renovation daily! 😉
Just for fun: A 24-hour flash contest. As in, flash mob (not flasher). On Wednesday night, I finished the first collage in my big fat retro crafty office now-remodeled. It’s a Save The Pink bathrooms collage on a 6″ craft board notched for hanging. The background is vintage wallpaper from a stash that I bought on ebay a few years ago, and the pink poodle is from the fabulous roll of vintage vinyl poodle wallpaper that an amazingly kind reader sent me a few years ago. I cut out poodle Fifi with my cutter bee scissors; I like to cut. The flowers are die cut from altered photographs from my “Grace” collection (long story, which I’ll tell some other time.)
Read on for the contest rules — contest ends 10:30 p.m. Friday night!:
How to enter:
- Leave a Comment that shares some Happiness.
- You must be in the U.S., so sorry the hassle of shipping overseas is too much for me.
- I will close the contest at 10:30 p.m. Eastern on Friday night, choose a winner by random.org random number generator on Saturday morning and email the winner over the weekend. Winner must respond within one week. If they do not, I will choose another winner.
- I will post the name of the winner at the top of this post as soon as they confirm.
Other details:
- I have never tried to hang one of my collages made with vintage wallpaper in a bathroom environment. I make no promises that it won’t curl up and dye. 🙂
- This one is my first… it’s not “perfect”. But it’s my first! If I become president, and they want it for the presidential library, you’ll be a gazillionaire. :0
Katie says
Happiness is going to see my boyfriend this weekend.
Terri says
Love your blog and love the collage! So cute! My happiness story is my grandson is finally starting kindergarten next month and his parents won’t be able to let him wear his Batman costume every day. Hallelujah! He calls me Batgirl, his little sister is Robin, and my poor husband is Alfred! We can’t wait to be Papa and Nana again! He’s lucky he’s so cute that we put up with living in “Gotham City” way more than we would like to. I can’t wait to see all the new things he will be exploring in school!
DipsterDeb says
Pam, finding your blog made me so happy to know that there are others out there just like me. Lots of them. I am not alone!!!
Dipster Deb
CC in Virginia says
DipsterDeb – I love your post! I found this website “by accident” [actually, the Universe led me here :-)] a few months back. I also thought I was alone in my love of all things retro & even thought there must be something wrong with me. I was ecstatic when I found out there’s an entire community of people who love & appreciate the same things! I super-appreciate the little pop-up ads (no, really!) because they’ve helped me find sources for items and/or materials I never would have known about. Happiness is an understatement! Happy Friday, all you WONDERFUL retro renovators!! You’re the best!
Wendy says
Hi Pam love the blog! My little tale of happiness is that last weekend I went to the lake and I found the little sparkly pink plastic jelly shoe that I lost when I was 7. It was a little yucky from the years in the mud but it made me smile to see my little piece of lost childhood 🙂
Lissie says
I am brimming with happiness this week! On Sunday my little family moved into our first house – a beautiful 1958 ranch in Redlands, CA complete with a wonderful pink bathroom. It’s a beautiful little house that I am quickly falling in love with. Thanks to RR, I have a vision for each little space and I am not intimidated or overwhelmed… Yet! Im so happy to finally be able to put the incredible resources you’ve compiled to use. Truly grateful to love the house I’m in!
Sherri says
My mom wallpapered every room of every house we lived in, so i love to come across them again, even my brothers with their cowboys & Indians, cars and airplanes. I had ballerinas and remember laying on my bed, daydreaming of dancing :^)
Janet says
Wow, Sherri, I had ballerinas on my wallpaper too and that memory sure brought a smile to my face! I don’t recall ever wanting to be one too, but I did want to be the girl on the flying trapeze which is just ludicrous because I am terribly afraid of heights! I was too much of a tomboy to aspire to be a ballerina.
Lisa Gendron-Bioski says
Happiness is found, for me, spending time with my family and friends, hanging out on the patio of our 1948 rancher which, unfortunately, does not have a pink bathroom. 🙁 Outside the home, happiness is found volunteering at a no-kill animal sanctuary, with the hope of becoming a no-kill nation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you! (BTW, we do have a retro-loving cat, Kerby!)
joan says
Hey Pam;
Canada is not over-seas so can I get in on the Flash Contest. LOL Your Poodle Collage is too adorable. Even if I can’t win I want to share some happiness. While driving to my cottage I saw something on the highway up ahead. I thought it was something blowing across so slowed down. As I got closer I realized it was a Mother Duck with a whole lineup of little ones crossing 2 lanes of highway. Well, I really had to put the brakes on quite hard and had to go into the left lane (divided highway) while making sure no one was behind me. It all happened in a few seconds, I’m sure those little duck feet could not waddle any faster. Whew they made it safely across. 🙂
mcmgirl says
HAPPINESS is waking up every day & thanking God for another chance to make the world a better place for all!
Debra Slack says
Pam ~ your first collage is FAB!! I love the vintage pink bathroom. Congratulations in advance to the lucky follower that wins ~ ENJOY