all things girls can tell

super poppies!

 

surely you've seen some of your favorite artisans and craftistas begging your vote for the 2010 poppy awards in the past few weeks. poppytalk handmade has assembled several ballots full of outstanding talent, and girlscantell is proud to have been nominated for the "favourite textiles" category. yay!

so, you know the drill, loves - click here and vote for girlscantell. then be sure to pass the link on to your friends and family through facebook, twitter, email, etc. and tell them to vote for girlscantell! voting lasts until this friday, january 29, at midnight.

if girlscantell wins a poppy, i'll post a special victory sale (which means you all win, really!) so get to voting!

[slightly belated] anniversary giveaway!

 

in honor of girlscantell's etsy shop turning four (if my shop were a child, it would actually be able to comprehend most speech. impressive, eh?) earlier this week (sunday, to be precise), i thought some sort of sale or celebration was in order.

apparently, the traditional gift for a fourth anniversary would be fruits, but that seemed, well, inconvenient. since i already make housewares, i decided to give away some of those instead. sounds useful, fun and amazing, right?

here's how this will work:

the next four people to place an order from the girlscantell etsy shop will receive $40 in free goodies - i'll include a set of placemats or some hand towels, etc - along with their purchase. yay! feel free to repost / retweet / pass the word to your favorite housewares-loving friends!

update: these four lucky orders were all placed super quickly! thanks for your enthusiasm, everyone! xo!

ps. as a little bonus gift for everyone, here is a photo of janie in a hot dog suit. WOOT!

no sleep 'til brooklyn.

 

you might have noticed how quiet things have been around these parts (and by these parts, i certainly don't mean my online shops... i mostly specifically just mean exactly here at my little bloggity) - sorry about that! as you might imagine, it's been a busy, busy, busy couple weeks. way busy, busy.

aside from selling my goodies online and through some lovely boutiques, i've had the pleasure of participating in several great shows this season - some old favorites (squidfire!), some brand new awesome shows (crafty balboa! philly, this is the best show we have!), and some that are just new to me (bazaar bizarre boston! so good!)

and now the only show that's left on my (way too busy) schedule for the year is the brooklyn lyceum craft market on december 19 + 20. i've never done a show in brooklyn (or NYC, for that matter. weird, right?) before, so please do come out and say hello! i'd love to see you! if you mention that you read about the show on my blog, i'll totally give you a free, diagrammy gift (and it wouldn't even be inappropriate for you to regift it!)

the biggest girlscantell giveaway yet!

design milk is hosting a giveaway for gobs of girlscantell goodies today!

all you need to do is leave a comment on their post (not mine, though i do always like it when you say hi here)to enter to win! the total value for the prize is almost $150 - it's by far the biggest girlscantell giveaway yet! - so get clicking!

xo!

congratulations and congratulations!

congratulations to jennifer kellas for a super delicious sounding namesake burger and winning the double-double diagram goodies from fries with that shake! jennifer's namesake burger is as follows:

Mine would have to be a slightly sweet bun, bbq sauce, fried onions, lettuce, tomato, and a salty, big organic burger patty mixed with blue cheese. And you know what? Throw some bacon on there as well, organic, of course.

sounds so, so good. come make me a burger whenever you'd like.

and congratulations to kittie of zombieirish for winning the etsystalker coaster set!

and a big thanks to everyone who participated in each of these giveaways!  they're really so much fun - keep your eyes peeled for more goodies from me between now and the holidays. i'll always post here when there are superfun girlscantell giveaways around the blogiverse, so check back often! xoxo!

new diagrams: burgers!

it's been a while since i've posted a new diagram design here, but that doesn't mean i haven't been doodling away!

my friends over at fries with that shake (my favorite philly food blog, and homebase for the philly burger club) are totally awesome and have been asking for a couple food diagrams for the longest time. jaime wants a banana split / sundae diagram (which, for some reason, is totally intimidating to me! i sit down to draw and am convinced i'll never like my illustrations as much as i like banana splits!) and jess, the burger baroness, wanted a burger, of course.
so for their one year blogiversary, i finally drew a burger diagram. you can win some of my burger diagram goodies on their blog, or you can find them in my etsy shop. either way, you get awesome home goods with burgers drawn on them, so really you win. 

a little more background on this diagram: it's an in-n-out burger double double. what's a double double?
well, it's 2 100% pure beef patties, 2 slices american cheese, hand leafed lettuce, tomato, onions (or no onions) and spread, on a sesame seeded roll. i've never been to an in-n-out burger (boo!) but i aspire to go, as i've heard nothing but good things. 

enjoy!

etsystalker giveaway (and interview!)

the sweeties over at etsy stalker posted a really incredibly nice solo exhibit of my shop today and a little interview, as well. you can pop over there and leave a comment on their post to win a set of coasters (yay!) between now and august 23. don't forget that i'm also offering 10% off orders of $30 or more than include "stalker!" in the note to seller at checkout through august 31. 

thanks, beatrice and violet! xoxo!

pleased to present...

i couldn't be more ecstatic to finally present to you: girlscantell.com!

i'll still be giving my trusty typepad blog here (aka blog.girlscantell.com) lots and lots of love, but now you'll also have a central place to find everything you could ever want to know about girlscantell. good things like where to find girlscantell near you (and if there isn't a place near you to buy some girlscantell, feel free to suggest one!), all the girlscantell diagrams in one place (whoa!), and lots more. the handy suggest a diagram tool is now better than ever there, too!

since this is pretty exciting to me, i figured i'd celebrate by giving away free stuff. (giving things away is always fun, right?) so the 25th person to twitter about the new girlscantell.com (with #girlscantell) will win a free set of hand printed girlscantell coasters of their choosing. so get to posting and suggesting and clicking away.

for those wondering, i put the site together with squarespace.com. it was pretty easy, once i got the knack of it, really. my blog is hosted by the lovely and terrific people at typepad. squarespace does offer the option of a blog-type page (but i like the community at typepad - these people looooove blogs!), along with lots of other different page configurations and templates. i think the two are really great services and i'm happy with the usability of both. i'd wanted to make a smoother incorporation of all the places to find girlscantell information on the web for quite some time now, and this all seemed like the best solution, especially since incorporating pretty little widgets was also really easy.

but enough nuts and bolts...
yay! xo!

announcing birthday club!

since cute erik's birthday is quickly approaching (it's the first of july, and i've learned that birthdays on the first of the month really sneak up on you - it sounds all far away, but really it's in like two weeks!) i've been doing something thinking about birthdays lately. everyone loves a birthday, right?

yes.

and so it's with intense glee that i present to you girlscantell birthday club! yay!

why should you bother filling out that tiny, super quick and easy little form to let me know your birthday? well, let me tell you all. as a member of birthday club:

• you'll be the coolest kid on your block
• you're enrolled on the girlscantell love letter list (no spam. ever. pinky swear.)
• you'll also receive a superfun birthday greeting (in case your other friends forget.)
• and, of course, you get extra-great discounts, like 20% off your purchase or free shipping for the entire month of your birthday. that's right - 31 days (well, sometimes 30 and only 28 if you're born in february, sorry) of girlscantell promotions for the entire month of your birthday. you could do all your gift buying in a matter of weeks and be set for the year! whoa!
• if you refer a friend to be a member, you get a free pocket moleskine notebook with your next order. just as a thank you. because you're lovely.

so what are you waiting for? here's the link again, and i can't wait to wish you a happy, happy birthday!

win girlscantell coasters from nerdlike.com!

when nerdlike.com asked if i'd like to partner up with them for a coaster giveaway a few weeks ago, i was pretty excited. to enter, leave a comment about your favorite girlscantell diagram on the nerdlike blog.

this week, check back for my review of the 4 hour work week for artists and handmakers, as well as a how-to on appealing design. if you haven't stopped by yet, don't forget to check out the new portfolio design on trunkt.org. and a big thank you to the sweet members of boston handmade for a lovely blog award. so nice! xo!