Win a designer handbag from Kitsch Kaos!

We're kick starting another working week with a fantastic treat for our Bling and Buy readers....a designer handbag from Kitsch Kaos!

The Positively Charming bag above stays true to its name, adorned with various vintage charms including cartoon bows, crystal beads and chunky buttons. Available exclusively from accessories and jewellery store Kitsch Kaos, this arm candy with attitude is definitely not the kind of bag you'll see mass-produced on the high street.

The bag is worth £60, and Kitsch Kaos have kindly offered us one for a lucky winner (along with some printed goodies).

Fancy getting your hands on one?

There are four methods of entry:

1) Comment on this post telling us what your favourite item from the Kitsch Kaos site is, and why.
2) RT the following on Twitter: I want to win a Kitsch Kaos handbag with @blingandbuy, RT to win
(alternatively, you can hit the Retweet button at the bottom of this post)
3) Join the Kitsch Kaos Facebook page and invite your friends. Leave the following comment on their wall I want to win a Positively Charming bag!
4) Sign up for the BlingandBuy newsletter on the right.

Each method will get you one entry. You've got until lunchtime on Friday (14th), when the winner will be announced. Entry is only open to UK residents I'm afraid this time!

Good luck everyone!

And the winner is....

Firstly, a big thank you to all of the hugely talented designers that donated pieces to the giveaway (and especially Conny for coming up with the idea in the first place!) They're all on twitter and you can follow them all for updates on what's new and any offers they're having. Below are the links to all their twitter profiles.

Love, Hearts and Crosses
Temporary Secretary
PennyDog
Funky Junk Jewellery
Lauras Jewellery
Miss Dollipops
Kooky Boutique

I genuinely do get more compliments on items I've bought from these girls, then anything I've bought from the high street, so it's well worth buying from them :)

Secondly, thank you all for entering! It's been really lovely reading what all your favourites are and it gives me a bit of a sneak peak of what I should feature in the future on Bling and Buy. Hopefully you've all got some ideas for Christmas presents for friends and family too.

Finally, the moment you've all been waiting for! The winner of the Bling and Buy competition is......*drumroll*

Kelly!(@kellyfairy)

Congratulations Kelly, please drop me an e-mail at emma.cossey@googlemail.com and I'll arrange for it all to be sent to you by courier!

Thank you again for all your entries. I was contacted by a few other designers who want to get involved in a giveaway too, so stay tuned in the coming weeks.... 

The competition is open!

Phew! Woke up this morning to discover it had crashed! Luckily all seems to be well again, so without further ado....

The competition is open!

You can see how to enter the competition here and this is the post to comment on! Can't wait to see what products you all rate. 

I'll be choosing the winner by randomiser and will announce it tomorrow.

 

Em xxx

The Bling and Buy Big Giveaway and a sneaky peak!

*Update, please be aware the giveaway is only available to UK residents, sorry!*

So, all week we've been teasing you all with what has been kindly donated to the Big Bling and Buy Giveaway, so how can you win this fab collection??

There are three ways you can enter:

1) In the comment section of the post I will put up at 9am tomorrow, let us know what your top three products across all the ranges are. Have a good look through their sites and let me know what your favourites are!
This is one entry

2) Retweet the following: "I want to win the big @blingandbuy giveaway! http://blingandbuy.blogspot.com/"
Please only do this once, and this will count towards one entry.

and

3) Blog about the competition and let us know in the comments section.
This will count as one entry

The competition will kick off from 9am UK time tomorrow, and will close at midnight. So that gives you a few hours now to choose your favourites!

We've got another little surprise for you too! Sarah from Temporary Secretary has kindly sent me a preview of some of her new items, and she's happy for me to share them with you as a Bling and Buy exclusive! Prices haven't been confirmed yet but they'll be up on the site next week, so you can have a good look then!

The owl necklaces are gorgeous and my sister has got her eye on the bow necklace :)

The Big Bling and Buy Giveaway Contributor 7: Temporary Secretary

Finally, we've got our seventh and final part of the giveaway! This one is a double whammy from Temporary Secretary who has donated this adorable set of owl earrings and a matching necklace on the right.

The owl necklace sits on a long silver plated chain, and the detail that goes into this piece is really intricate. A fab statement piece!

The silver plated earrings feature a dangly owl with sparkly eyes happily perched on a branch.


So that's all our 7 contributions, with 12 jewellery donations in one big prize. I'll be popping in a box of chocolates from Chocoholics too, so it will be the ultimate girlie prize!
Details will be coming up later today on how you can enter tomorrow, and an extra special little surprise from Temporary Secretary!

You can recap on the other prizes here:

Love, Hearts and Crosses - Cherry earrings, rocking horse necklace and Amour Necklace
Penny Dog - Candy necklace
Funky Junk Jewellery - Stud earrings
LaurasJewellery: Carousel necklace
Miss Dollipops - Love Necklace, Headband, and ring
Kooky Boutique - rainbow earrings

The Big Bling and Buy Giveaway Contributor 6: Kooky Boutique

Our penultimate donation for the Big Bling and Buy giveaway is this retro-cute pair of earrings from the talented Leslieanne from Kooky Boutique. Adorable, no? The baby pink hearts feature a whimsical rainbow, and each heart hangs on a fish hook earring. They arrived in the post today and they really are tiny, perfect for day to day wearing!

You can find Kooky Boutique on Etsy, Folksy and Artfire. You can also follow her on Twitter and her blog for more information on her latest products.

The Big Bling and Buy Giveaway Contributor 5: Miss Dollypops

You know what's awesome and also rubbish about this giveaway? I've seen the gorgeous donations first hand and am getting really excited about doing the competition on Friday, but I don't get to see the lucky winners reaction when they win and open up all their goodies!

Anyway I digress. Miss Dollypops goodies arrived in the post yesterday, and you are in for a treat! Or 3 treats to be exact. Three pretty bags arrived containing the following:

A love necklace, with a sparkly heart and LOVE charm.

A funky headband, perfect for adding a finishing touch to an outfit. You can see the image above of it on the model, and below, of the band in more detail.

There's also a ring, which Miss Dollypops created at the last minute especially for Bling and Buy! It's all wrapped it up, so I'm going to leave that as a special surprise for the winner!

So we've still got 2 contributions to go, and we're already up to NINE prizes! See, told you it was an awesome prize :)

The Big Bling and Buy Giveaway contributor 1: Love, Hearts and Crosses!

What better way to kick off the week leading up to the Big Bling and Buy Giveaway on Friday, then by looking at the gorgeous items donated by Conny from Love, Hearts and Crosses, who came up with the whole idea in the first place! Not only is Conny full of brilliant ideas (just look at her site and her Twitter) but she has generously given three items for the big prize!

First up are these cheerful red cherry earrings in the image above. Perfect to add a zing of colour to an outfit, they really do look good enough to eat!















This vintage style rocking horse necklaces comes complete with blue gingham bow and black beaded necklace. Adorable, no?

Finally Conny has donated this Amour necklace, a popular product from her I love Paris range.

So that's the first three items are the giveaway, keep an eye on the blog though as there are plenty more to come! You can follow us on twitter too here for updates.