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
Jenny A. says
It’s Friday!!!! That’s enough happiness for me 😉 I love your collage and would give it a good home.
Janet says
The idea of the pink poodle collage is brilliant! Now if I EVER find my fifties ranch up in Maine, I will be happy! But seriously, I am so happy to get up in the morning and have my cup of tea and get a big grin from ear to ear reading about the ducks and the baby chicks in the bathtub and Batgirl and Batboy and pink bathrooms and hey, I had ballerinas in my bedroom when I was little too – that sure brings a smile to my face! Hey, I am happy to just be able to get out of bed in the morning! But seriously, I am happiest when I see the hummingbirds at the feeder, or the deer out back in the woods, or the fox cutting through the back yard. I don’t need material things to make me happy – just give me a woods or an ocean to gaze at and that’s happiness for me!
Martha says
Pam, I came across your site when I googled how to decorate a 1967 ranch home (we have made an offer on the home, and if it becomes ours, I will need your help!) … and I have been hooked ever since.
But… to enter this contest I want to share the happiness and delight I get from watching my two-year-old play with a toy that was mine when I was his age: A metal Winnebago (about the size of him)! We rescued it from my home of origin when my folks moved out. My floors are getting ruined from his racing back and forth with it, but I can’t bear to put a stop to the fun. I did the exact same thing in 1972 🙂
Dulcie says
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.
Lisa says
Happiness is eating a slice of warm cinnamon-raisin toast slathered with butter and homemade blueberry jam. And pink bathrooms. And poodles.
Jody B. says
Happiness is drinking coffee from my vintage jadite Fireking coffee cup in my newly renovated retro 50s kitchen while listening to big band music and planning my next awesome project — a pink bathroom. Yeah!!!!
P.S. Will sent pics of kitchen as soon as I find the perfect vintage frig.
Tina says
Happiness is Retronovation.com and discovering in-real-life friends who are also fans of your friendly space here.
Thanks for creating such a welcoming, nurturing and informative blog, Pam!
Jeanne says
Happiness is the fact that my oldest son is getting married in October and there’s lots of fun planning involved leading up to the big event. It’s going to be a joyous event!
gsciencechick says
Happiness is our 6-year wedding anniversary this weekend!
Natalie says
Going on vacation with Graham, my husband, who wants to go thrift shopping, to estate sales, and antique stores. There is no dragging him, he enjoys it as much as I do. And that also includes road trips, I love road trips.
We’re visiting Springfield, MO next week and we are both pretty excited! =)
Janet says
Natalie, our favorite thing to do on vacation up in Maine is hit the antique shops! We go to Searsport and the area is supposed to be the antique capital of New England. Maine is NOT the place to find fifties retro but sometimes I score! Have fun!