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Show Me Your Indie Loot Contest!

It’s finally over, the holidays are finally over…at least the gift exchanging ones. I had a wonderful fun & family filled day yesterday and received lots of wonderful gifts, including some indie gifts. So how about you, what did you give or receive that was indie this year? Tell me and you could win this gorgeous messenger bag from Gerbera Designs and these dangling Raindrop earring beauties from Wired Originals in the ‘Show Me Your Indie Loot’ contest. Both prizes are pictured below.

To enter the ‘Show Me Your Indie Loot’ contest, just leave a comment on this post with links to the indie product(s) you gifted and/or received as gifts or links to pictures of you gifting or receiving your indie loot. I will pick one random commenter to win the Gerbera Designs bag and the Wired Originals earrings (pictured above). The contest ends January 5th at 11pm EST.

Here’s where I share what I indie gifted this year.

I got some Peach Dry-Oil Spray from Feto Soap for my sister, since she loves peaches and everything peach flavored & scented. I also gifted to someone very special a gorgeous Bolsa Clutch from Becky OH!, which is even more lovely in person and so completely well-made.

I gifted a pair of these Simple Sweet hoop earrings from Freshie and Zero and some lovely Swirlyflower Personalized Notecards by 12fifteen.

Finally, for my friend Lisa I got some Guess What, Chicken Butt cards from Young & Withit Industries and for my BFF Laura a Honey Hiding Notepad from Nut and Bee. Now, it’s your turn to show me your indie holiday loot. Leave a comment below.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 at 10:21 PM and filed under Bath and Body, Contests, Cool Accessories, Holidaze, Jewels, Paperie Goodness.
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Comments (22) to “Show Me Your Indie Loot Contest!”

Mallory wrote:

My mom & boyfriend accidentally got me the same thing! Which is great, cause it was the only thing I really wanted for the holidays, these amazing octopus tentacle earrings:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5260408&section_id=5173669

Now I just need to get some extra holes pierced and I can wear my full set of tentacles! We’re joking about how I need to get 6 more holes in my ears and I could have all 8 octopus legs.

Posted on 27-Dec-07 at 12:41 am | Permalink
Laura C wrote:

My favorite received indie gift from this year was an incredible hand-made leather organizer/agenda from Oberon Designs (http://oberondesign.com). It is so detailed and beautiful, I can hardly believe that there are people who are so talented. Another great gift was a “hiding honey” print from Nut and Bee (http://www.nutandbee.com).
I gave a whole bunch of cool jewelry from Tilting Swiftly (http://tiltingswiftly.com) and a bunch of Man Smell soap from FetoSoap (http://www.fetosoap.com). If only there were more indie gift givers in my life…

Posted on 27-Dec-07 at 10:29 am | Permalink
Jessica Hood wrote:

My dad is very hard to shop for. But he has a desk & loves old rock, so I got him a business card holder made out of an old vinyl LP by Tresijas.
http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6943748

I also gave my best friend who collects hearts a wire sculpted heart by Kristine Mays.
http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6729210

Posted on 27-Dec-07 at 11:04 am | Permalink
Lisa Chouinard wrote:

The Honey Hiding Notepad from Nut and Bee is super cute. Might have to get me some of that.

Posted on 27-Dec-07 at 11:47 am | Permalink
Lily wrote:

I got a bracelet for my sister that she’s been trying to find for over a year:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6831468
Well, that’s not it exactly, but Becca made me one with three strands. It was perfect!

Posted on 27-Dec-07 at 12:18 pm | Permalink
Raven wrote:

From a friend I received the pea pod earrings from Rachael Sudlow
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8599862

and from my husband the butterfly relic necklace from popko
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8483726

Posted on 27-Dec-07 at 12:26 pm | Permalink
TreatInfamy wrote:

http://stars.store-08.com/browse/all.php?intPage=2

Hoodie at the bottom for a great band

Posted on 27-Dec-07 at 12:42 pm | Permalink
Nora wrote:

Set of 2 Bitsy Button Clips - they are so adorable.
From my friend Stacy who got them on Etsy!
Here’s the site:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7945381

Posted on 27-Dec-07 at 4:35 pm | Permalink
Shay wrote:

I got some socks with Indie style designs.

Posted on 27-Dec-07 at 4:41 pm | Permalink
Lara wrote:

I gave:
- owl notecards from Sweet Bonny http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8288073
- Raspberry Burst bubbling bath salts from The Ivory Magnolia http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8148566
- a black raspberry vanilla gift set from Morgan Street http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5227412
- a Modern Bunny baby gift set from Tadpole Creations http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8141970
- a bottle stopper from Prizmatic Art http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5056779
- a bunch of bath and body stuff from Sugar Lips http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=53073

I also gave locally-made wine, beer, and malt vinegar.

I was a dedicated indie shopper this year.

Posted on 27-Dec-07 at 7:46 pm | Permalink
Alex wrote:

I got this adorable handmade bag from my parents:

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii100/skillet56/101_0045.jpg?t=1198801752

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii100/skillet56/101_0053.jpg?t=1198801706

Its from Pear hand-sewn originals (its two sisters who make a bunch of awesome indie stuff), and there’s still some bags left here:

http://www.pearthreads.com/moby/index.htm

Posted on 27-Dec-07 at 8:32 pm | Permalink
Kiba wrote:

I received the Lady B in Baja from lexie barnes: http://www.lexiebarnes.com/collection/KLDB.htm along with one of her smaller bags (but I can’t find that one on the site).

I gave this trendy Asian dragon headband http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6503769 and a jewelry box http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=5921491 to my sister.

I gave my mom these earrings: http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6503768

Posted on 27-Dec-07 at 9:36 pm | Permalink
Freshie wrote:

Thanks for gifting some Freshie & Zero, Jen! I bought too many indie gifts this year to list, but I especially loved this bike t-shirt bu Quiet Doing for my husband (and he loves it, too!): http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8494433

Plus, I gave some of these screen printed tees by So Silly to my little niece & nephew:
http://sosillystuff.com/shop.html

And I gave some gift sets from Jimmy Pickles to my co-workers and they are really awesome, so now I must have one, too:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5003214&section_id=5144673

Posted on 28-Dec-07 at 1:20 am | Permalink
Stacey wrote:

I gave:
This necklace and these charms to my sister: http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6815696
http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6810057

Clips from this store to my niece:
http://www.cherryontopshop.com/

and this pin to my secret santa at work:
http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6742014

I received:
These earrings from my brother:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8535659

and this bag from my mom:
http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6612821

Posted on 28-Dec-07 at 7:42 am | Permalink
Jamie wrote:

I gifted a few indie items, all from Etsy, which I found from this site!

A beautiful lacy purse for my ex-roomie:
http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6568132

A very pink (and Dutch) clutch for an old friend:
http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6568133

A really cute necklace for an even OLDER friend:
http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6568261

And a pretty print for the other ex-roomie:
http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6568478

Posted on 28-Dec-07 at 9:55 am | Permalink
Ricki wrote:

I gave indie to all my female relatives this year.
These earrings from Barfly Bling on Etsy went to my cousins: http://bp3.blogger.com/_T6Cy5CgYoPY/R2KaL4_UoII/AAAAAAAAAJk/H_HKhlpZ1eg/s1600-h/BB1207O.JPG
And I gave my aunt some coffee and my mom some tea, both from SBS Teas (my grandparents got some coffee, too, but that’s in a different picture):
http://bp0.blogger.com/_T6Cy5CgYoPY/R2rb2I_UoLI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/hKpfrTarm-8/s1600-h/SBST1207MO.JPG

Posted on 28-Dec-07 at 10:10 am | Permalink
Kelly Warren wrote:

I took the Buy Handmade pledge this year and did just about all my Christmas shopping on Etsy! Here are some of the things I gave:

For my girls’ dollhouse: http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6907993

For my scrabble lovin’ best friend: http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6766628

For my vegetarian sister: http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6621996

For my sister’s fiance: http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6717905

For my mermaid loving babysitter: http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6229170

and many more!

Posted on 28-Dec-07 at 10:16 am | Permalink
Shelley Jones wrote:

My hubby got me this necklace with my boy/girl twins names… http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=6777644

He also got me this awesome bag…http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8619116

Posted on 28-Dec-07 at 3:15 pm | Permalink
Teressa Foster wrote:

I gifted this gorgeous necklace from this site http://peppergirlsmommy.etsy.com AND a great bag from http://GreatBuysFromMissy.etsy.com

Posted on 29-Dec-07 at 12:00 pm | Permalink
Raven wrote:

I just got this yesterday as my final Christmas gift from a friend

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8555426

Mine is blue in color. I know, I already posted but I keep checking this thread for new sites so I’m sure other people probably do too and thought I should share!

Posted on 30-Dec-07 at 10:47 am | Permalink
indiefixx wrote:

I’m having so much fun checking out all the loot you guys gave and received! I’m loving this contest…maybe some of your loot will end up being featured on Indie Fixx.

Posted on 30-Dec-07 at 10:52 am | Permalink
Trisha Combs wrote:

I made most of the Christmas presents I gave this year..but this bag I made was one of the favorite gifts I gave

http://www.flickr.com/photos/karatekatkniter/2149444338/

I also knitted an amazing blanket for my mom! It was the first time I have done cables..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/karatekatkniter/470622833/in/set-872514

Posted on 30-Dec-07 at 12:54 pm | Permalink