Well folks, the Great Random Number Generator in the Sky has spoken and the winner of our third, and most thrilling, giveaway is the incredibly-stylish Wendi at Haute Rockabilly Fahionista!
Congratulations Wendi! We hope that you'll be able to find something to wear with this crazy "bag-sket!" To claim your prize simply email me at wackytackytiny {at} gmail {dot} com with your shipping information and the size of wacky tacky t-shirt you would like (Child's XL-Adult XXL).
Thank you to all who entered and to all those who read and support wacky tacky! Until our next giveaway, I wish you all good luck.
Well another milestone has been reached here at wacky tacky and true to our word we are having a giveaway! We are now in the 200+ followers club and it is our pleasure to show our appreciation by offering our third, and may we say, most exciting giveaway to date!
You might remember that for our first giveaway, we offered a handmade basket purse of Mr. Tiny's own design plus our entire selection of wacky tacky collectible pinbacks.
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Our second giveaway saw the debut of our wacky tacky signature tee and the set-of-four wacky tacky collectible pinbacks.
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For our third giveaway, we are upping the ante and giving away our wacky tacky signature tee, our set-of-four wacky tacky collectible pins, AND a handmade basket purse by Mr. Tiny!!!
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A-tisket, A-tasket, a green and yellow basket!
A yellow, rectangular basket in a traditional basket weave is topped by a lined,
green, burlap upper, and trimmed with vintage brocade ribbon and three yellow roses.
This weird yet wonderful basket purse is the must have accessory for spring and summer.
According to our sources, "Goes with nothing" is the new "Goes with everything."
This giveaway has something for everyone! The t-shirt is unisex. The purse is ideal for a woman, a gift, or an adventurous gentleman. And the pins can just as easily be applied to the lapel of a fine suit as they can be to a denim, biker vest. To win all of these great prizes, all you have to do is enter!
RULES OF ENTRY:
1. All entrants must be an official follower of wacky tacky, meaning your face must appear in the followers section over here ------------------------------------------> somewhere. If you are not yet a follower, don't be ashamed; quickly become a follower and you too will be eligible for the prize.
2. All entrants must leave a comment in the comments section of this post indicating your desire to be part of the giveaway (worth one entry).
3. Entrants may share the giveaway on another social media outlet (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, etc.) to earn additional entries (each share is worth one additional entry; you must leave a link in another comment on this post).
4. All entrants must have a valid mailing address that is deliverable via the USPS (foreign or domestic).
5. All entries must be made by 12am (PST) Sunday, May 26, 2013.
6. All entrants must be able to play the tuba. This point is negotiable pending a valid argument in the comments section of this post and/or the ability to play the kazoo.
On a serious note, I would love to broaden our base (figuratively speaking, of course); if you know of someone who would enjoy our type of fun, please spread the wacky tacky word. Also we are always looking to feature cool houses, cool collections, cool shops, and cool people; if you have any or all of these things and would like to be featured on wacky tacky, please email us: wackytackytiny {at} gmail {dot} com.
Stay tuned; one winner will be chosen at random and announced here after all entries have been collected. Thank you for your support and participation; I've got plenty to be thankful for!
"I've Got Plenty to be Thankful for" - Bing Crosby
If you've seen or heard of the whereabouts for one RetroSandie, a dyed-in-the-wool wacky tacky woman, please direct her to Mr. Tiny for a major reward!
Okay, this seemed like such a good idea before I remembered that a wanted poster requires other people to turn in the miscreant for the bounty. In retrospect it didn't really translate to our giveaway, but once I had created the poster (which in itself makes little to no sense due to the enforced brevity of the program), I just couldn't ditch the idea. However misguided the idea, I want you all to take a moment to think of what a wonderful world we would live in if all wanted criminals turned themselves in just to claim a t-shirt.
Anyhow, a big congratulations to RetroSandie! Thank you for entering our giveaway, for your comments, and for your support of the wacky tacky life! You were chosen as the winner of our giveaway by a random number generator (I was too lazy to write all the names down and draw one from a hat - my preferred method). To claim your prize, please send an email with your name, address, and the t-shirt size you desire to wackytackytiny{at}gmail{dot}com.
Don't forget, even if you weren't as lucky as RetroSandie, you can
still be the proud owner of the wacky tacky Signature Tee by
visiting Mr. Tiny's South Side Market on Etsy.
A hearty and heartfelt THANK YOU to all who entered our giveaway and to all of you who follow along!!! We have already gone from 150 followers to 160 - again, thanks to your support and diligence in spreading the gospel of wacky tacky. With your encouragement and enthusiasm, there will be many, many more giveaways to come.
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).
"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!
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.
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!!!
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!
To my dying day, I will stand resolute in the knowledge that the best and most scientific way to choose a random winner is the old, drawing a name out of a hat method. Some people rely on computer generated software to handle the task, but how do I know that the writer of that program doesn't play favorites. Therefore, after a week's worth of your entries, bated breath, and symptoms of IBS born of anxious anticipation, we are proud to announce, without further ado, or the kind of overproduced suspense that is seen all too frequently on modern reality/competition shows, that the grand prize winner of our "100 Follower Giveaway," crushing the hopes and dreams of all the other contestants, is the one and only (insert drum roll sound effects and undue, dramatic lighting changes).......Jennifer!!!!
Congratulations Jennifer; as Cole Porter wrote, "You're the top!"
"You're the Top"
words and music by Cole Porter
Please email your info to wackytackytiny@gmail.com and we will happily send you your prizes!!!
If I was a less than honest individual, I would have chosen Jennifer solely based on her flattering tribute to wacky tacky:
"I've been reading your blog for a while and love it! It's hard to
narrow down what posts I like the best, but I have to say it's your
mini-road trips. It reminds me of the trips I took as a kid. I have to
say I find you completely adorable as well! Is it wrong that while I
think the purse is amazing, I want to win because I really want the 'Mr
Tiny Loves Me' button?!?"
Adorable (a-dor-a-ble) - 1. Delightful, lovable, and charming 2. Worthy of adoration *see Mr. Tiny
However, I am unwavering in my honesty, and therefore I couldn't take into account the fact of how "completely adorable" I am. I'm sorry, I wanted to, but I just couldn't do it. An objective hand drew her name from the hat and that my friends, is that.
Thank you to everyone who entered our very first wacky tacky giveaway. Your patronage and comments are VERY much appreciated. Here's to a fun summer and many more giveaways to come!
Summer is in full swing around these parts and for wacky tacky that means "Gidget" marathons, Beach Party movies, the Surfer Stomp, and delicious Summertime food! What says Summertime more than Tastee Freez? I ask you.
I will probably have to renounce my US citizenship for saying this, but I could happily abstain from every Thanksgiving dinner for the rest of my life and be gastronomically satisfied (the food is just a tad overwrought for my delicate palate). Tacos and Burgers are way more my speed, especially when advertised on a giant, orange, A-frame sign. I wish more burger joints would embrace the color orange. When did red and yellow become the sole representation of junk food? Don't you love the way the orange sign is anchored in the stripes of aqua and white tile?
I will admit that we didn't stop and eat at this particular Tastee Freez. We had probably just eaten, otherwise I would've found it impossible to resist whatever $0.99 Special that is peaking out from the sandwich board in the lower, right-hand corner. Appetite aside, there was no way that we couldn't stop to snap a quick photo of the sign. I honestly don't even remember where we were; the sign just popped up along the road on one of our meandering adventures through California. I'm still trying to watch the old waistline (or that place around my equator where a waistline would be if I had one), but every Summer vacation allows for a few moments of indulgence. Right? Am I right? Hello....
What are your favorite Summertime treats? Whatever they are, and wherever you are (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least), I hope you find occasion to enjoy them on a beautiful, sunny day!
The Banshee wailed, "You've got 100 Followers!!!" Who, me???
Zowee!!! 100 followers - I never thought I'd see the day! I have to teach myself that putting too much energy into comparison is never a good thing. It can be a little discouraging seeing other blogs that have hundreds, even thousands, of followers and wondering if anybody out there even knows that this blog exists. Having said that, I am really grateful that even one person would be interested in what I have to say! I hope that wacky tacky makes for some worthwhile reading or at least for a quick diversion from work or school. My heartfelt gratitude goes out to everybody for reading, with a special thanks to Retro Sandie for being our 100th follower!
"Thanks" - Bing Crosby
I don't know about you, but I think the auspiciousness of the occasion calls for our very first GIVEAWAY!!!
I always wondered if there was a place for a blog like wacky tacky. It includes fashion, but it certainly isn't a fashion blog. It covers vintage roadside attractions, but it certainly isn't a roadside blog. It features some crazy arts & crafts, but I certainly wouldn't classify it as a crafting blog. It showcases the amazing interiors of some awesome houses, but it certainly isn't competing with Architectural Digest. We have book, movie, and restaurant reviews. We have thrift store scores and musical interludes. We even highlight killer parks and wacky tacky icons. What in the heck is this blog? Is it even real?
Probably not. Real blogs have real giveaways with real rules about reposting, twittering, double reposting your twitterings in triplicate, and tweeting your repost in the comments section of your best friend's second most popular post about cats riding unicorns. Frankly, that is too much for me to think about. Three rules I will give you, great rules and small, but break just one and get nothing at all!
Rules for entry:
1. Follow this blog (new followers are definitely welcome)
2. Tell at least one friend about our blog (honor system)
3. Tell me one thing (in the comments section) that (a)you truly love about me, this blog, or both,
and (b)one thing that you think could be improved about me, this blog, or both; this will
count as your entry.
To prime the proverbial pump, I will get you started with a few examples:
(a)
"Oh, Mr. Tiny, I love it when you wear a blue shirt because it really brings out your eyes."
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"This blog has changed my life in the following ways: I had never laughed before I found your blog. In fact, I thought I was incapable of human emotion before I read your treatise on date shakes. And don't get me started on your coverage of bowling alleys. I have forsaken my traditional Episcopalian upbringing to worship at the shrine of wacky tacky."
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"This blog is better than being abandoned in the woods...but only by a little."
(b)
"I think your blog is great BUT it could stand a solid dose of something more - Mr. Tiny in a bathing suit."
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"I have been doing some serious thinking about the state of your blog; I would love to see more peanut puppet shows."
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"Don't change a thing, except maybe get braces. Your grill is jacked up!"
Now for the good stuff - up for grabs is this handmade basket purse created by Mr. Tiny and a set of four collectable pinbacks made exclusively for followers of wacky tacky. It was a bit difficult finding just the right thing to giveaway because while my audience is diverse, it is probably 93.7% female. So, in the event that a male entrant wins the giveaway, I figured he can give the purse to his wife, girlfriend, coworker, mail carrier, dental hygienist, or female relative, and then wear the pins proudly on his lapel.
I think it strikes a wacky tacky note.
With the vintage burlap and millinery adornments, cheery gingham ribbon
and lining, and oversized capacity, you'll be all set for some summertime.
I've subsequently realized that this is not the purse's most flattering angle,
but it has gotten too late to take a photo without the flash, so, there you go.
There you have it. It's as easy as one, two, three. Follow wacky tacky, tell a friend 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.
