Ok, hang on to your seats people, I know you've seen the Flapperdoodle ladies around but if by some crazy chance you haven't, let me give you a little background.
A while ago, I had a guest feature on Design Lovely's Lovely Looks and at this time I mentioned my growing affinity for Flapperdoodle prints. Well, right after that feature, I received a little comment from the creator of these darling prints, Kate. Always having my reader's best interest in mind, I contacted her and after stumbling all over my words and proclaiming my love for her prints, Kate agreed to a special giveaway for Down and Out Chic readers. (You can thank me later). Kate is offering a special 11"x14" print (this size is not currently offered in her shop) for the winner's choice of illustration. You get to choose ANY print out of the Flapperdoodle shop! When you see the selection, I don't know how you'll choose. Seriously.Here are a few pieces...there are so many more.
The Flapperdoodle characters are dramatic, feminine, cheeky, and silly. I want to be their friend.
Eloise frets about what to wear to Coney Island
Eloise and Ramona drinking lemonade
Eloise and Ramona, the flapper ballerinas
Eloise as Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch
To learn more about the characters Eloise, Ramona, Emma, and Clarissa, please check out Kate's Flapperdoodle blog. One more thing- Kate was entered into a voting contest on Etsy for the "3 month old and under shop that shows the most promise." Please go vote for Kate and her fun characters. Seriously, it only takes a second...
So are you wondering how to enter? You can enter up to THREE times!1) Check out the Flapperdoodle shop and tell me what you think. Do you have a favorite print? (1 entry)
2) Are you a follower of Down and Out Chic? If so, you automatically get a second entry but you have to leave a second comment and simply say, "I'm a follower!" (2nd entry)
3) Post this giveaway to your blog, Facebook, or Twitter and leave another comment telling me so. (3rd entry).
B and I are attending a wedding this weekend and then on Sunday we're going to Atlanta to see my brother and nephew for a few days! I'll be back to my normal routine next Wednesday but you should hear from me before then. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and good luck with the giveaway!
~Christina
106 comments:
O.M.G. ANOTHER amazing fabulous giveaway..you are sooooo good to us!!
gahh no, I totally don't have a fav print. I just pick those girls are all so cute! I like Eloise, Ramona and Clarissa visit the beauty parlor, and the Flapper doodle stationery set,AND Ramona frets about what to wear this evening..and,and,and....its all just way to adorable...The vote one is just too fantastic as well!
oops ...I "THINK" not pick LOL .....
AND
I'm A FOLLOWER :) {ummm but like duh obviously} hehhehh
have a great time at the wedding and spending time with your family!
I love the new audrey hepburn in sabrina one!!!
and girl you know i'm a follower!!!
I should not be entering because I WON before, but these are too cute not to try. So there! And I am going to try AGAIN! Because I love that little tutu print and I have (almost) that hairstyle.
I've tweeted this link and would love to win one of these adorable little prints:)
Olivia
http://twitter.com/OliviaOlivia13
I am following your blog!
These are wonderful! My favorite is "Eloise goes for a ride on her Vespa". I'm Italian, I love Italy, and I love Vespa's! What charming drawings.
And I am a follower.
<3 Gina
Ah looooveee these! I want the Eloise, Ramona and Clarisse dance the Charleston - it makes me think of my sister, mother and I. Too fabulous!
And I follow you like a stalker, but way less creepy. :)
It's almost cruel forcing us to choose only ONE flapperdoodle! Goodness me, I want them ALL (lol) but after deep contemplation I've decided that my favorite print and the one I would love to win is "Eloise as Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch" YAY this is such a cool giveaway:)
Olivia
So cute! I love the VOTE print!
Btw, the comment police have been out in full force today, I couldn't leave a comment here or on another blog earlier today. I had found an older post of yours I was trying to comment on, I'll have to see if I can find it now.
xoxo
How to pick just one?? These are FABULOUS! I think I like The Cat Takes Eloise for a Walk. Love it!
I'm a follower... and so glad I am :)
LOVE these!!! I'm so grateful for the introduction. The ballerina one is my fav. So cute!!
Thanks for commenting on House of Turquoise! I just started following your blog!
I love these! So simple and fun! :)
My favorite... http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=27493848
Ramona wears her new cloche hat
I'm a follower! :)
Tweeted too! www.twitter.com/plumstars
What a wonderful gift for your followers to have this giveaway. Its too hard to choose a favourite the whole of flapperdoodle is my favourite. But I can me doing a Ramona frets about what to wear this evening. - mini art print
I'm a lovely reader (well now I am that I found your blog - all thanks to flapperdoodle).
Just sent a tweet about it. &
awesome! i'm actually doing a giveaway for her in a couple weeks, too! i won't enter this but i love the giveaway!
I love the one of her holding her dress down. so cute..i am a follower, and posted on twitter!
First of all, thank you for the introduction!! And, wow - after much consideration, I would choose Eloise flies a Kite. The pop of yellow is perfect. :)
Elois practices yoga is the cutest thing ever!
I'm a follower!
I thought these looked familiar. That is so cool you got her to do a giveaway on your beautiful blog. My favorite is definitely Eloise time travels to 1963, but gets caught in the rain. So cute and I love the title and I love the rain. You know I am a follower. Number 24 to be exact. You have 463 followers! Maybe I should do one of these giveaways. :)
Such adorable prints. I would love the Ramona and Eloise on a bike.
Oh my, these are amazing!! Thanks for the great giveaway. I love Eloise time travels to 1963, but gets caught in the rain, as I always seem to get caught in the rain too!
I'm a follower
So cute...is that girl old enough to vote?
Happy Friday darling!
~xo*
I like the Ramona wears her new cloche hat print
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How much do I love flapper doodle?? Let me count the ways...
I drool over her shop and blog all the time. I love, love, love Eloise at Audrey in the Givenchy dress. I want that one.
I link to her shop on my blog's sidebar: http://rhinestonesandtelephones.blogspot.com/
Posted on Facebook & Twitter:
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LOVE the drinking lemonade print. adorable. would go rather well with my color scheme too... hmmm
oh and i'm a follower, duh.
AND i'm pimping this out in my sidebar.
x3 bitches. ***fingers crossed***
hopefully lightening strikes twice!
these are too cute!!! I love the ballerina print...what a great giveaway. I'm def going to twitter about this :-)
wow! what a great giveaway! i love all of them but there's just something about Eloise and Ramona dance the Charleston ... its so fun!!
For some reason I'm drawn to this one: Eloise time travels to 1963, but gets caught in the rain.
Awesome giveaway once again!
I'm a follower!
& of course i am a follower!
It is WAY to difficult to choose one favorite... they are all so amazingly cute! I would say the Paris one, the balloons, or the ballerinas!
I'm a follower too! oxo, Jill
I'm absolutely crazy for flappers and the 20s!! Fantastic giveaway; my eyes are sparkling :)
This is gearing me up for the new Sophie Kinsella Book, Twenties Girl!!! Eeek :)
My fave pic (and it was hard to choose among them all) is "Ramona Wears her new Cloche Hat". Its sophisticated, sexy and so fun! I love the nonchalant look she has with the long ciggy. A touch of Hepburn! Brillz
~~ I'm a follower!! ~~
xoxo
MichCherie
Now officially linked in my blog sidebar too!! xoxo
I think I like the Eloise and Ramona play hide and seek print the most - but it's so hard to choose as they are all adorable!
- Danielle
2nd entry
I'm a follower!
- Danielle
What a cute shop! I love the "Eloise as Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face" print;)
ha ha :) amazing and funny sketches!! the girls are so cute and are also with attitude!
I adore Ramona wears her new cloche!
I'm a follower!
and I just voted for flappedoodle!! such lovely work it is!
Did you ever see the Q&A I did with Kate? http://www.magchunk.com/2009/06/08/artist-kate-gabrielle/ I love her work.
My fave is "Eloise and Ramona prepare for a night on the town". It would be so cute in a dressing room or my walk-in closet :)
Off to tweet for entry #2!
You are spoiling us with your giveaways!!! I love these... especially the Vespa!! It reminds me of my travels!! but they are all so cute! womp womp!
I'm seriously so excited about this giveaway, I may just pass out. Love, love, love flapperdoodle!!!
Hello I'm fairly new to your page, I am now a follower and I've just tweeted about this very neat contest. I think my favorite flapper doodle print is the one where the girls are attempting to hula hoop. I adore that one and Kate does such an amazing job!
Just discovered your cute blog,
and how lucky~ a giveaway!
Picking a favorite flapperdoodle was easy:
Eloise and Ramona play badminton.
I need it.
How flippin' cute (as is your decription of how it came to be... thanks for going to bat for us :-)
I love the "Decisions Decisions" print... I could see it hanging near a vanity or in my dream closet. I also love the hoola hooping one. So fun!
Tweeted:
PS_Erinwin a flapperdoodle print here: http://tinyurl.com/mz96kq If I win, I think I'll choose the "decisions decisions" print. So flippin' cute!
Follower!!
I love the one of the girls eating eating neapolitan ice cream! Super!
cute cute cute!! love the style!
ohmygosh, I'm so glad that you are showing me her...these are darling!!
there are so many good ones! i love the one where they are dancing, the yoga one and the one where they are eating cotton candy.
im a follower!!!
Thank you so much for the really great comment on my blog christina, it really helped me out and means a lot that you took the time to help me! Oh,and i flippin love the flappers, i read you everyday without fail so of course i'm a dedicated follower! Much Love x
Those are so cute! I didn't get a chance to look at them all, but I love the ballerinas! I'm a follower, please enter me!
Sweeties!! I'm a follower - Ramona wears her new Cloche hat - that's my pick!!
Well, I've been a fan of Eloise and Ramona since Kate debuted them on Silents and Talkies. I guess it's for that reason that it's hard for me to pick a favourite. I would suppose if I had to, it would be Eloise on the Vespa (my faovurite era has always been Swinging London.
I love 'The flappers go to the moon.' Such a unique and cute theme!
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This is a fab giveaway. I can't pick a favorite!
ooo count me in - these are so fun! it is hard to pick, but i love their facial expressions on the lemonade one. like lala dont we look fab here - but trying to look like they dont think they look fab (im rambling...)
NO DOY I am a follower...
And I love this one!
oh i love them...they are so freaking cute!!!! i love may pole, swing set, dance the charleston and time travels. who am i kidding? i love them all!
I am a follower!
Just posted on my blog here...
http://simplycm.blogspot.com/2009/07/giveaway-on-down-and-out-chic.html
I'm not entering the comp, but I've never seen those prints before and OMG I love them! They're so adorably simple and quirky!
Great giveaway! Her illustrations are lovely, they fit right in with my love of flappers... my favorite is 'Eloise, Ramona and Clarissa dance the Charleston'. Incredibly cute.
Hope you're having a great weekend...♥
(ps. You have awards!)
I just blogged about it! http://mercurie.blogspot.com/2009/07/flappers-and-latest-from-cheap-trick.html
I'm definitely a follower!!
and I love the Marilyn :)
Hope you had a great time at the wedding!!
xo Laura
What a wonderful giveaway ... I SO missed your blog my sweet christina ....I hope you had a greatime at the wedding !!!!
I love Flapperdoodle! So cute. Thanks for sharing. I love the Marilyn Monroe.
Looks fantastic. I love the Life Is Like A Bowl one. Hope you had a nice weekend.
I love Eloise and romona eating cotton candy and drinking lemonade. too cute!
I'm a follower. Love this blog!
I also just posted on facebook!
2nd entry--i'm a follower!
1st entry
My favorite is "Eloise and Ramona eating neapolitan ice cream" SO cute!
2nd entry
I'm a follower!!!
3rd entry
Posted to my blog http://bonitas-cosas.blogspot.com/ AND my twitter account.
I'm a follower and I LOVE the Eloise as Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face one- so cute!!
So cute! I love "Unlike Eloise, Ramona has learned to hula hoop." These would be so cute to hang in a dressing room or bathroom.
I am a follower.
I like the rollerskating pic - cute!
I love Eloise and Ramona go to Paris and the one as Audrey Hepburn with the Green and Blue baloons. Too Cute!
Lacey from Bolton Cellars
I am a follower! Yay for 2 entries!
Lacey from Bolton Cellars
oh wow, those are so cute, simple but gorgeous :) I really like the 'Eloise Jumps in a puddle' it looks so playful even with her 'flat' face, haha... and I love the colors (guess I'm a color maniac?) this is so fun! Thank you for hosting such a fun giveaway!
My fave has to be the one you also chose: "Eloise and Ramona drinking lemonade". I love the simplicity of the lines. It's so charming without being too twee. Christina, I'm a follower! And I'm twittered about it. Twitter name "ondressingup"
xx
I just posted this on my blog!
I'm a a follower!
PS: I really like Emma reading Sinclair's mainstreet. so cute. I love the roaring twenties. my friend just had a great gatsby costume b-day party and the invitations said "celebrate your roaring twenties in roaring style"
these flapperdoodles would have made great decorations/giveaways for best costumes!!!!! hmmm.....such a good idea i may buy some and do it for my next birthday before i turn 30.
ok, tmi. TMI
I hope I'm not too late to enter this b/c these are great! I love them all but the one w/ the cocktail dresses is my favorite!
And I'm a follower!
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