Enter to win a $40.00 store credit from awesome etsy shop 4TheLoveOfVintage

There's always something magical about the changing of the seasons, regardless of if you're eager to see the new one roll into town or not. Chances are, much as I am, you're pretty darn giddy about the fact that spring (or conversely, autumn, if you happen to life south of the equator) is here again - whether it looks like such outdoors yet or not.

Spurred on by the happiness that comes so naturally with the blossoming of a fresh season, I always adore giving gifts to celebrate the beginning of a new chapter of the year and today I'm delighted to bestow upon one lucky winner the chance to receive a fabulous present in the form of a $40.00 (US) store credit from one of Chronically Vintage's newest sidebar sponsors, etsy shop 4TheLoveOfVintage.

The virtual shelves of this delightful shop are currently brimming with more than 350 vintage items spanning a spectrum of everything from lingerie to housewares, clothing to jewelry and scores more to boot.

Offering worldwide shipping, thoroughly reasonable prices, and wonderfully lovely customer service, visiting 4TheLoveOfVintage's etsy shop feels a bit like popping into your favourite thrift store or weekend flea market, where household items mingle with vintage clothing alongside plenty of covetable ephemera, and you never quite know just what sort of can't-live-without treasure you're going to spot next.



{Four delightful offerings from 4TheLoveOfVintage current inventory of the kind you could put your $40.00 store credit towards if you win this week's giveaway. From top left to bottom right: Vintage Nasco Nesting Bowls Snack Set, Vintage Enamel Daisy Brooch, 1960s yellow cardigan sweater, White 1960s wicker handbag}



4TheLoveOfVintage has very generously teamed up with Chronically Vintage this month to celebrate spring's return and present one lucky winner with a $40.00 store credit that can be applied to any item, or items, purchased from their etsy shop. This store credit will not expire and can be used in full (during one transaction) or over the course of multiple purchases up until the point that the $40.00 value it entails has been spent.

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How to enter

There are eight of ways to enter this great giveaway. Please remember to leave a separate comment for each entry method that you do, so as to increase your odds of winning.

1. Leave a comment below in which you share one of your favorite items from 4TheLoveOfVintage with me (note, you are of course under no obligation to purchase that item if you win the store credit).

2. Post about this giveaway on your own blog, linking back to both this post and 4TheLoveOfVintage on etsy.

3. Like Chronically Vintage on Facebook.

4. Post about this giveaway on Facebook.

5. Follow Chronically Vintage on Twitter.

6. Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter, including the hashtag #4TheLoveOfVintage in your tweet.

7. Follow Chronically Vintage on Bloglovin'.

8. Follow Chronically Vintage on Instagram.

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Giveaway details

This giveaway is open to all readers from around the world. It will run from today's date until 11:59 PST on Monday March 31, 2014, withe the winning comment being selected using an online random number generator the next day. The winner will be announced on Facebook and Twitter, as well as contacted (by me) via email, if an email address is provided or can be found on your website. Once I've heard back from the winner, I will then pass your contact information onto Kerry Cairo, 4TheLoveOfVintage's owner, who will email you with all the details about your store credit.

Please email me if you have any questions about this giveaway not covered in today's post.

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Sites like 4TheLoveOfVintage are a particular favourite of mine, eclectic secondhand store loving gal that I am, and I flat out adore it when shops of this nature become blog sponsors here. They're chalked full of interesting, fun, and fashionable delights at affordable prices and are blast to pursue from the comfort of one's own home (unlike an actual thrift store) 24/7/365.

Thank you very much, Kerry and 4TheLoveOfVintage, for your sponsorship and generosity, as well as for giving one of my marvelous blog readers a gift that no doubt start their spring (or fall) off on an even more joyful note this year.


Best of luck and many thanks to everyone who enters this giveaway!

Enter to win a $25 ChatterBlossom gift certificate

Last month I had the great pleasure of having etsy jewelry shop ChatterBlossom as one of my June blog sponsors. As you may recall from the closing lines of this post all about ChatterBlossom, I promised you that a giveaway from this terrific shop would soon take place and today I'm delighted to bring you just that.



{Bloom by Morning clematis small Victoria button cocktail ring. $18.00}

Featuring a vast array of handmade, upcycled, vintage and antique jewelry and accessories (such as hair flowers and headbands), ChatterBlossom's creations are diverse, appealing and timelessly pretty. On of the things I most like about this shop's offerings (which are created by Jamie Lee, who runs an awesome blog also called ChatterBlossom) is how there's something to suit nearly everyone's taste in jewelry.



{Let's Fall in Love pastel peony silk hair flower clip. $24.00}

Though common threads - understated elegance, a love of buttons, and a definite spirit of the past, for example - run though each handmade creation, Jamie offers up a wide range of different pieces, some of which are more girly, others full on vintage, some appealingly minimalist and all teeming with a sense of classic beauty. Nearly everyone loves jewelry and/or accessories, so chances are there's one or more offerings in ChatterBlossom's (frequently updated) listings that are sure to catch your eye.



{Gulf Stream mother of pearl vintage shell pendant and necklace. $12.00}

Want to win a $25 ChatterBlossom gift certificate to put towards any of Jamie's terrific pieces like those shown throughout this post? Of course you do! :) And as such we've got not one, not two, but seven ways for you to potentially win.


1.) Go to ChatterBlossom's etsy shop, take a gander through the delightful offerings there, and comment here letting me know which piece is your favourite and what kind of outfit you might partner it with.

2.) Add ChatterBlossom to your list of favourites on etsy.

3.) Follow ChatterBlossom on Twitter.

4.) Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter then come back here and post a link to your tweet.

5.) Follow ChatterBlossom on Pinterest.

6.) Pin any image from ChatterBlossom's etsy shop to any of your Pinterest boards, then comment here with a link to that pin (please note, while you can pin however many items you like, there is a limit of one entry per person for this giveaway entry option).

7.) Blog about this giveaway on your site, including a link back to this post in your own. Once you've done that, pop back here to let me know in a comment with a link to your post.
Please make sure to leave a separate comment specifying each of the ways in which you entered this giveaway, so as to increase your odds of winning.


This giveaway will run until 11:59pm PST on Sunday August 5, 2013, with the winner being drawn using a random number generator the next day and announced in a blog post here shortly thereafter. It is open to readers from around the world.
ChatterBlossom's pieces are sweet and sophisticated, timeless and more than a little bit treasure chest worthy. It's awesome to partner with Jamie again to offer you this giveaway, and I really want to thank her for the opportunity to do just that.

Best of luck to one and all who enter - be sure to tune in here next week to find out who the lucky $25 gift certificate winner is!

Enter to win a $40 gift certificate from Fairyfiligree

As I sit here in the wee morning hours of the last Sunday in July, it strikes me that it's been a good long while since Chronically Vintage last hosted a giveaway. There's no particular reason for that, though no doubt last year's Vintage 365 project and the whirlwind of activity surrounding our move earlier this year certainly factored in.

As there is no time like the present though - or for a present, come to think of it! – today I'm thrilled to be able to offer all of you the chance to win a $40.00 gift certificate to a wonderful etsy shop called Fairyfilgree that's based out of the beautiful country of Malta. 

Featuring a handpicked selection of mid-century clothing, accessories, and jewelry, Fairyfiligree was founded in 2009 a lovely lady named Marika who has a lifelong passion for vintage clothing and jewelry (as evident by her eponymously named blog, Fairyfigree).

Culling items from the sunny, gorgeous island of Malta, as well as her travels to Italy and elsewhere throughout Europe, Marika presents shoppers with a fun, fashionable mix of reasonably priced pieces that primarily hail from the 1950s through to the 80s. Many of her pieces radiate an chic, appealing Mediterranean vibe that help them standout from the etsy crowd, such as the terrific items pictured below.



{From top left to bottom right: 1960s Polaroid sunglasses, 1970s Italian holiday souvenir scarf, vintage glass bead triple strand necklace, 1980s embroidered cotton detachable collar.}

Giveaway details

This giveaway will run between today (August 29th) and Sunday August 5, 2012. It is open to all Chronically Vintage readers from around the world.

One lucky winner will be drawn at random on August 5th, and announced here in a blog post soon after (I will also contact the winner directly to let them know that they’ve won).

The winner can put the $40.00 gift certificate, which will be provide to them by Fairyfiligree, toward the cost of whatever item(s) they would like  from Fairyfiligree’s shop.

I want my readers to have as many chances as possible to win this terrific gift certificate from Fairyfiligree , so there are five ways for you to earn as many as five separate entries in this giveaway.

1.) Post a comment below letting me know what your favourite item is that Fairyfiligree currently has in stock in this etsy shop.

2.) Add Fairyfiligree to your list of etsy favourites.

3.) Post about this giveaway, including a link back to this announcement post on Chronically Vintage, on your own blog, telling your readers about this contest (if you'd like to use the photo collage I created above, just right click on it to save it to your desktop). Once you’ve written about the giveaway, come back here and let me know you’ve done so by leaving a comment with a link back to your post.

4.) Follow Chronically Vintage with Google Friend Connect (or let me know if you're already a GFC follower).

5.) Copy and tweet the following line on Twitter: Chronically Vintage is giving away a $40 gift certificate from etsy vintage seller @Fairyfiligree.


Everybody is welcome to enter in however many of the five ways they wish, just be sure that you let me know about each entry in a separate comment, to better enhance your chances of winning (four comments for example, would give you four entries into the contest, thus four potential chances to win!). Please remember to post a separate comment for each entry.

I wish everyone who participates the absolute best of luck and thank you all in advance for taking part in this exciting etsy gift certificate giveaway!