Here are the winners from My Birthday Giveaway. It took a while to coordinate all these winners, but congratulations to them all. Better luck next time to the rest of you. Don’t forget about the Talking Squid giveaway and your chance to win a Handmade Nation ticket for the Philadelphia screening.

• Gina $25 gift certificate from Berd & Bee
• Manja a winner’s choice (8×10 or smaller) photo from Hilary Hitchcock
• Jennifer $25 gift certificate from Up Up Creative
• Carolyn $25 gift certificate from Hilary Caroline Jewelry
• Cecilia a winner’s choice pair of stud earrings from Penelope Rakov (spoton)
• Jennifer a $30 gift certificate from maizie
• Brenda a $25 gift certificate from lillyella
• Melissa  a $25 gift certificate from Able Mabel
• Marielle a $30 gift certificate from Panopoly
• Lauren a $25 gift certificate from Brooklyn Soul

The Handmade Nation Documentary is coming to Philly and I have 4 tickets to the screening to give away! If you don’t want to leave it up to chance, you can always buy tickets in advance at Art Star, they are only $5. Tickets will be available at the screening as well, while supplies last though. I will be there, so you you will get to meet me! I know you are just dying to go, right?

If you’ve never heard of Handmade Nation, learn more here and see the trailer here. Thanks to the Philadelphia Buyer’s Market of America for the tickets. The screening will be shown at the Buyer’s Market, which I will also be attending.

Enter to win a ticket! 

Leave a comment on this post about why you’d like to go to the screening. I will choose 4 random commenters to win a ticket.  Comments will close on July 22nd and I will pick the winners then.

WHAT: Handmade Nation Documentary Screening and Director’s Q&A with Faythe Levine

WHEN: Saturday, August 1, 2009, at 6 pm

WHERE: Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch Street, Room 103 Philadelphia, PA

TICKETS: Only $5. Buy in advance at Art Star, the craft gallery, at 623 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, or at the screening, while supplies last. Seating is limited!

FOR INFO: See www.indiecraftdocumentary.blogspot.com or call 800-432-7238, ext. 218

Taryn from Talking Squid believes that recycled products don’t have to look ‘recycled‘ and she makes goodies using 100% recycled t-shirts with a focus on color, design and functionality. Well, she had me at recycled without looking  ‘recycled‘…but, she is not kidding folks, her goods are a delight of design and just full of color. I’m really attracted to her fringe necklaces, the cute little blossom rings and those sweet clutches. And how about these shag rugs? To die for, right?

Now if drooling over her goods is not treat enough this Monday morning, Taryn is giving away a winner’s choice fringe necklace to one lucky Indie Fixx reader!

How to enter:

Head on over to the Talking Squid shop, drool over all the lovelies and then head on back over here to leave a comment(s) with your favorites products from the shop. One random commenter will be chosen to win their choice of one fringe necklace. You may leave multiple comments to increase your chances. This giveaway will end Friday, July 3rd at 11:59 am EST.

Love, love, love. Must, must, must own!

Want this pretty pillow for my bed.

I know you won’t be able to choose just one of these super cute clutches with rosettes.

Today, I am old. I am as old as mom. Well, not how old my mom is today, but how old my mom was when I thought she was an old lady. She wasn’t an old lady though, but just a young mother, and I am not old, but I used to think that the age I am today was so ancient and so far away that I would never be that old. Well, I was wrong…today is my birthday and I am that old.

I’m not going to say that ‘O’ word anymore, but instead I’m just going to share a bit of wisdom I’ve learned over the years….which is that time flies whether you are having fun or not. You better make the most of things and have some fun goddammit, so you don’t wake up one day, when you are actually old (like 84), and wonder what the hell happened. That’s enough preaching for today, on to funner things.

In Indie Fixx tradition, it may be my birthday, but today I am giving away the presents! I have TEN PRIZES to give away to TEN WINNERS!  You can see the prizes below as well as visit the shops who donated them.

How to win?

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post wishing me some birthday cheer! Also, make sure to share your top 3 shops from all the prize choices below and tell me what you would put your gift certificate (or winner’s choice) towards for each of your top three shops.

I will choose 10 random commenters to win and hopefully it will work out that each winner will be able to win one of their top three prize choices.

This giveaway will end Monday, June 22nd at 11:59 am EST.  Good luck to all of you and Happy Birthday to me! I hope I get some birthday loot that’s as wonderful as all these prizes!

• Win a $25 gift certificate from Hilary Caroline Jewelry. I would put it towards this necklace, but you can choose whatever you like!

• Win a $25 gift certificate from Able Mabel. I think this Stash N Go Pouch is quite nice, don’t you?

• Win a winner’s choice pair of stud earrings from Penelope Rakov (spoton). I just lurve all of her work!

• Win a $25 gift certificate from lillyella. That’s just enough to get this necklace.

• Win a $30 gift certificate from maizie. I would get the Solstice necklace!

• Win a winner’s choice (8×10 or smaller) photo from Hilary Hitchcock. You are gonna have trouble choosing just one…

• Win a $25 gift certificate from Berd & Bee. I fell in love with their candles, but these embroidery mugs are pretty freakin’ cool too.

• Win a $30 gift certificate from Panopoly. Wee ceramic wonder indeed!

• Win a $25 gift certificate from Brooklyn Soul. Earrings or a necklace…I’d go with some earrings!

• Win a $25 gift certificate from Up Up Creative.  Hmm, paper. It does a person good. I like this ‘I’m sorry your _______ sucks so much’ card!

Congratulations to Allison from Kentucky who won the Indie Fixx Annual Reader Survey Giveaway! Thanks to  Showpony,  Subversive Cross Stitch, Plum and Sage, Parrott Design Studio for donating their wonderful goods for the prize.  Also, thank you to all of you who took the time to answer the survey. I will be using your responses to make some changes around here!

Also, congratulations to Ahava  from Washington who won the Feed Your Soul and Boycott the Recession Chronicle Books Giveaway.  Ahava shared this pic on the  Feed Your Soul Flickr Group to win.

As always, stay tuned for more contests!

I’m having a Recipe Redux Food Challenge over on my food blog Some Clever Spoon. Enter your  best non-traditional Mac & Cheese recipe and you could win a prize! See the details here! 

Here’s what you could win!

Apron from Able Mable
Tea towels from LAMA Designs
Printable recipe cards from Stephanie Fizer
Recipe cards from My Zoetrope
Cards from The Owls Nest
Child’s apron from Wendi Gratz

It’s time for the Annual Indie Fixx Reader Survey. I’m a little late since I like to do these in the beginning of the year (how did it get to be May already, seriously?), but it’s never too late to hear from you and have a contest.

Anyway, take a few moments to let me know what you think about Indie Fixx , help me get to know you better and be entered into a drawing for a great prize (see below). Your survey responses will help learn what you like and don’t like about Indie Fixx. It’s also useful to help my advertisers know if Indie Fixx is a good fit for them or not. (Don’t worry, your information will remain completely confidential…I will only share the overall results of this survey). You can choose to remain completely anonymous when answering the survey or choose to share your email address for a chance to be entered into the drawing for the prize. The survey will remain open until June 1st and the winner will be chosen then. If you have any questions about the survey, please shoot me an email.

TAKE THE SURVEY NOW!

About the prize:
The prize consists of the following goodies. Pay attention, you will need this info to enter the giveaway!

1. Frill Bag from Showpony
2.  Candy Ass Cross Stitch Kit from Subversive Cross Stitch
3. Enamel Pendant Necklace from Plum and Sage
4.  Mushroom Notecards from Parrott Design Studio

• New mankind mag is out.  Mankind Mag’s Pretty Issue

• Nancy from Pretty Little Thieves is DRAWING FOR A CURE to help raise money for research for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. $15 drawings with $10 of each sale going directly to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

• Art Star Craft Bazaar vendors announced.

• Last week of the Happily Handmade Giveaway.

• Visit the new Indie Fixx Galleria.

• Don’t forget to enter the Feed Your Soul and Boycott the Recession Contest and win a prize pack of Chronicle Books.

• Contest winner updates: Congrats to Valette for winning the Au Clair de la Lune print from Sibylle Dodinot and congrats to both Diane & Carla who each won an original drawing from Shawna Handke!

• Issue 2 of Parasol Magazine is out. PARASOL MAGAZINE: 2