Can you believe it? We are now up to 150 followers! It is hard to imagine, given the ubiquity of self-published stream of consciousness on the internet, that anyone would have found, followed, or "friend-ed" us. We are grateful for the friendships we have forged here and for all of the funny, kind, inspiring, and thoughtful comments you have shared over the past 183 entries into our wacky tacky journal.
Yes, for your friendship and patronage we are truly grateful. To commemorate the auspiciousness of the occasion we have, in one fell swoop, both a thrilling announcement and an exciting giveaway (you must watch the video first).
Presenting the official wacky tacky t-shirt! Destined to be the first in a long series of wacky tacky apparel, the wacky tacky t-shirt is designed and printed in the good ol' US of A by Tugboat Studios (the only resource for all of your design and screen printing needs).
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| "WACKY TACKY, WE DIG OLD STUFF" Available in sizes Child's XL - Adult XXL |
Just in time for the holidays, the official wacky tacky t-shirt, makes the perfect gift. Aunts and uncles, dads and grads, any shape, any size, there is wacky tacky t-shirt for everyone on your holiday list - even yourself!
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| See, there is a t-shirt for anyone and everyone. Yes, this is Mr. Tiny's actual family not a group of highly-trained, professional models. |
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| wacky tacky pride |
One of these t-shirts, plus our set of four collectible pinbacks, can be yours by simply entering our 150-Follower Giveaway!!!
Our first giveaway essentially had no rules at all except "follower" status because, as a rule, I hate rules!!! The truth is, we would love to earn a larger following so we can spread the wacky tacky gospel to a broader congregation. So, this time around there will be a few rules only so that we can get more people to join in on the fun.
RULES FOR ENTRY:
1. All entrants must be official followers of wacky tacky (new followers are definitely welcomed and encouraged).
2. All entrants must leave a comment in the comments section of this post (it can be about anything - food, your pet, news of the day - preferably something you love about Mr. Tiny's bowtie collection).
3. To earn a double entry, you must show a link, in the text of your comment, where you have shared the giveaway on your blog, Facebook page, Twitter account (sorry for my neediness).
4. All entrants must have a valid mailing address to which I can ship your prize (foreign or domestic).
5. All entrants must have a deep and abiding love of wacky tacky, Mr. Tiny, and accordion music (honor system, not necessarily in that order).
6. All entries must be received by Friday, November 30, 2012
There you have it. It's as easy as one, two, three. Follow wacky tacky, tell your friends about wacky tacky, and leave a comment about wacky tacky. The winner will be chosen at random at an arbitrary time (7:03pm PST) after an arbitrary period of entry (one week) and will be announced in an upcoming blog post. Odds of winning are entirely dependent on the number of entries. The giveaway is open to wacky tacky followers anywhere in the world as long as they have an address recognized by the USPS.
If you don't happen to be the lucky winner, but you can't wait to get your hands on one of these beauties, fear not, for behold I bring you good tidings of adequate joy; the official wacky tacky t-shirt is available for purchase at Mr. Tiny's South Side Market on etsy right now!!!
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| You'd better enter or I'll sick these toughs on you! The little one's the meanest!!! |
Thanks again for your support and friendship. We hope that you've enjoyed the blog and will continue to share in the love of all things wacky tacky!
Cheers!
Mr. Tiny
Yupi i love zydeco and cajun music so i had the right to enter the giveway yupi yupi yupi ha ha ha !!!!!
ReplyDeleteI truly didn't know that my dork taste for accordion will be helpfull only one time in my life ;D
Congratulations for your success.
Ollie.
Hahaha!!! I like Cajun music too! Thanks for entering the giveaway!
DeleteI posted the giveaway on my Retro FB page, congrats on 150, I really enjoy your blog!!!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Retro-Fashion-Is-My-Passion/456773161018972?ref=hl
From Trina at Retro Fashion is my Passion
Thanks Trina! I always appreciate your comments and your support!!!
DeleteI think the tshirt idea is great! I haven't seen anyone else do that!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jana, I'm glad you like it! Thanks for entering the giveaway, stay tuned for more in the future.
Delete150!!!! Sheeesh! You're popular :-). Congrats on reaching this milestone - and super cool tshirt. I love it :-).
ReplyDeleteThanks Jamie!!! I really appreciate your support and I love reading your blog!
DeleteCongrats!!!! I am so happy for the 150th followers. I will enter this giveaway for sure. This sure is a great way to end the year, and thank you for allowing us people without a facebook or twitter to enter this giveaway.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Stay tuned for more giveaways!
DeleteCongratulations on 150. I have often thought that you should turn your blog into a Wacky Tacky coffee table book about all the wacky tacky places you can visit. Think about it.
ReplyDeleteYour mouth to God's ears; that would be awesome!!! Thank you for putting the thought out into the universe and thanks for entering the giveaway!
DeleteWhat a delightfully wonderful and tacky blog you have!
ReplyDeleteI also linked to this on my blog: http://thegirlcantdance.tumblr.com/post/36355407522/oh-my-goodness-there-is-a-wacky-tacky
Thank you so much! And thanks a million for posting about it on your blog; I know we got at least one more follower because of you!
Deletewooo! congrats on your 150th follower (and all that came before!) i love your new t shirts!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rae! I'm glad you like the t-shirts; my brother designed and printed them and I, one who hardly ever wears a t-shirt, absolutely love them!
DeleteThat t-shirt looks JUST like a souvenir from the kinds of places you and Mary would visit. Want it, gotta have it! Congrats on 150....!! Here's to 150,000 really soon! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing Lisa! Your comment is music to my ears! Good luck on the next giveway.
DeleteWhat a wonderful day to find this!
ReplyDeleteReposted here on Western Gifts:
http://nograndrituals.tumblr.com/post/36391761030/thegirlcantdance-oh-my-goodness-there-is-a
Garret
Thanks Garrett!!! Thanks for entering and thanks for sharing the giveaway. I wish that I had a t-shirt to give everybody, but be sure to stay tuned for future giveaways.
DeleteCongrats on reaching 150 followers! Love the shirt and would proudly wear it. I do love this blog, Mr Tiny (I wear my Mr Tiny loves me button with pride) and in regards to the accordion, it's not love, but strong like (hope that counts :D) Oh and I'm I fellow Scorpio too!
ReplyDeleteA strong love often can develop into a love; keep listening to polka music and it'll happen - hahahaha!!! Thanks for your support!
DeleteCongratulations, Mr. Tiny! As a relative newcomer to the wonderful world of Wacky Tacky in the past few months, I can tell you that I am so happy to have found it and you, courtesy of my friend Moe. (When Moe and I see each other we say things like, "DID YOU SEE THAT MR. TINY WENT TO THE CROCHET MUSEUM?") It's a hard call to say what I love more -- Mr. Tiny, Wacky Tacky and accordion music. All three are tops.
ReplyDeleteI posted on my facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/karen.finlay/posts/310557009059159?notif_t=like (not sure of you can see it) and my Twitter: https://twitter.com/sparkleneely and if I ever update my sad little blog, I'll post there, too.
Congrats again! Hooray for Mr. Tiny!
Oh boy, you are too kind. I'm so glad that you are enjoying the blog! I hope to keep you interested and I hope to be worthy of your kindness! Thanks!!!
DeleteOnly 150 - surely there should be another 0 or two on the end of that number! Look forward to all your posts, and if I'm ever in Southern California I'm definitely using your blog as a travel guide. Surely there's a market for terazzo obsessed travellers!
ReplyDeleteWill re-blog later and give you the link. Take care!
Thank you so much! Maybe one day we'll hit the heights. Until then, thank you for your support and kind words!!!
Delete150 is nifty! Getting free stuff is thrifty. Blatently begging is a bit shifty. Thank you Mr. Tiny for feeling gifty!!
ReplyDeleteClaire, you're a silly-head poet! Thanks for the link!!!!
DeleteI LOVE IT! I want to see you all decked out in your dance gear and rapping this to me, please!
DeleteI shared this on my FB page. I know plenty of people that are fellow goofballs and would love this stuff!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.facebook.com/michael.margrave.1
Thank you for entering and thanks even more for spreading the word!!!
DeleteUm...I am completely obsessed with this shirt...it will not be the first dino shirt in my closet...but it may be the best. Congrats.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kimmie!!! I give my brother all the credit for its design and production so I can say that i think it is pretty cool too!
DeleteI am a follower...because I don't hate awesome things! :) I would love to win this, and wear it while walking a stuffed green dinosaur. Please make my dream come true.
ReplyDeleteYou would be queen of the wacky tacky parade! Thank you so much for entering and following along!
DeleteThat has to be one of the best family photos...ever! I love it, I LOVE IT! :) Congratulations on now reaching 153 followers!
ReplyDeleteI have helped to spread the gospel on my twitter page: https://twitter.com/MelBlonde/status/273017710227623936
You are the best!!! Thank you so much for sharing the giveaway and the blog; your support means a lot!!! THANKS!
DeleteI am THE follower that I'd drink the kool-aid with Mr. Tiny anytime! Please randomly pick me to win... www.facebook.com/dottie.rebel.96.
ReplyDeleteHahahaha...when I start asking you to drink the wacky tacky Kool-Aid, get on the plane and get out!!! Thank you so much for entering the giveaway!
DeleteI totally have a Mr Tiny crush and stalk you in Amber's party photos, is that bad?
ReplyDeleteConsidering that this is the first time in my life anybody has had a crush on me, I can only encourage it! Hahahaha!!! THank you so much!
DeleteI really want that shirt it will go great with a green skirt I have !!!
ReplyDeletealso you have inspired me to start my own blog http://37vintage.wordpress.com/
Thanks Cherie!!! I really appreciate your support and I am honored that I inspired you a little to start your own blog. Good luck, I know I will love it!
DeleteMr Tiny you always make a huge smile on my face with each post. I really need this t-shirt because I was talking with a friend this weekend about t-rex, and we both realized we have so many questions unanswered about him...like...in which position did he sleep? Is it true that when he fall down he died because he couldn´t get up with those tiny arms?....so many questions so little answers but I hope the t-shirt will make my ignorance more bearable...I always wanted to ask you, are your ancestors Croatian? Cheers from Berlin!!!
ReplyDeleteHahahaha!!! I never thought about a t-rex's sleeping habits but now I can't think of anything else. I think that is why he was so bottom heavy so the likelihood of his falling over would be limited. As a matter of fact, my ancestors are from that part of the world. How did you know??? I would love to know more about that culture because, unfortunately, we have no connection the people or country. Thank you so much for entering the giveaway!
DeleteI just witnessed a child trying to run through a window they thought was a sliding door....GOLD!
ReplyDeleteI've also share your link on my FB page, that rascally wabbit FB...https://www.facebook.com/B13BINGO
I think what the world needs now is not love sweet love but aspic, meaty aspic...made with sweet love
Cheers to you!
Miss Melly
I can't tell you how many times I have done the same thing. It's a miracle that i still have my front teeth!!! Thanks for playing! I love jello but I'm not sure if I could bring myself to make an aspic. Well, maybe I could make it, I just couldn't eat it!
DeleteHip hip hooray!!! Congrats on the followers! Your blog always makes me wish I lived in SoCal (which is no mean feat, haha) so I could spend all day hanging out at vintage bowling alleys and steakhouses. Just like the Laurence Welk Show and the Ingenues (http://youtu.be/8ACtACBX0gM) left me wishing I could play accordion...
ReplyDeleteLOVE The Ingenues!!! Thanks for playing along! If you ever get a blogger meet up going while you're out this way, be sure to count me in!
DeleteCongrats Mr. Tiny! You should have 150,000,000 followers!
ReplyDeleteI love everything about Annette Funicello...
Jayne Mansfield was a goddess.
If you ever come out to the Downey area again - give me a call.
I posted it on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sectmaniac
Everyone who is my friend should be a follower of wacky tacky! Our fearless Wacky Tacky leader is giving away goodies just because he's a swell fella...
Seriously - subscribe to the wacky tacky blog and learn a thing or two... get nostalgic about things from our youth... and on occasion get teary-eyed. Yes, it's THAT good!
http://thewackytacky.blogspot.com/2012/11/150-wacky-tacky-we-dig-giveaways.html
RBH - THANK YOU SO MUCH! I try not to get too serious on here when I can help it, but your support means a lot to me. Thank you for following along. Thank you for your comments. Thank you for spreading the word!!!
Deletei dig it so deep i think im in china. its the keenest thing this side of the mississippi.
ReplyDeletethis blog is like a diary of a kindred spirit! thanks for all the great posts!
twitter: @TheGrik is where i posted the link!
i hope more people get hip to this groove.
The Grik!
it also posted to my facebook and my artist page. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Think-Grik/135298536543441
DeleteWOW!!! Thanks a million! I'm glad you like the blog and I really appreciate you spreading the word!
DeleteCongrats on your #150!!!! I think I was #100!!! Love the shirt - love the blog!!
ReplyDeleteCONGRATULATIONS TO YOU!!!! YOU WON!!!! HOORAY!!!!!
DeleteI also linked to my FB page!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.facebook.com/sandie.sinatra
Hello there! Found you off Rae's blog. LOVE LOVE LOVE. With our powers combined we won't let the flea markets die! Captain Planet style...
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that you found us! Rae's blog is one of my absolute favorites. Thanks a million for finding us and for entering our giveaway.
DeleteI love Wacky Tacky!!! I posted it on my "wall" like a graffiti art instillation!
ReplyDeleteHOBO!!! Thanks pal for entering and for spreading the word; you are a real friend!
DeleteI love Wacky Tacky, Mr. Tiny AND have accordions inside of my house! So many great entries that I missed that I need to comment on but wanted to get in before the deadline. I love that shirt design! Even if I don't win...sniff...sniff...I'm going to put one on my Christmas list.
ReplyDeleteOh man, I'm sorry everyone couldn't win. Thank you so much for your continued support and for entering! Yours until the next giveaway, Mr. Tiny.
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