August is the busiest birthday month in my family. My dad, my sister, my cousin, my uncle, my (late) grandfather, and I were all late-summer babies. So I’m wrapping up this week of summery eco posts with these natural beeswax birthday candles. Simple, rustic, beautiful, and totally non-toxic. Time to celebrate!
…to tell you about the amazing Big Bang Giveaway hosted by our friends at Mi SPA.
One lucky winner will receive 10 prizes from some of misosouper’s favorite shops, like Whimsy & Spice, Prismera Design, Inklore, and Feterie.
To enter, you must visit all 10 sites, pick 3 favorite items and comment back at Mi SPA before 11:59 on July 6th.
Happy, happy 4th!
The things I like about Laura Su’s company Prismera Design (there are many, so bear with me):
1. Its name, which is a fanciful combination of “prism” and “chimera.” Beyond its lovely connotations of phantom rainbows, it just sounds good rolling off the tongue.
2. The fact that Prismera Design creates some of my favorite airy jewelry. Big and bold, thin and delicate: the collections make metal into flora, with names like “Titanopsis” and “Phlox.”
3. In addition to jewelry, Prismera also produces a pantheon of everyday things, such as this sweet birdhouse-esque box for your jewelry, with a felt insert that keeps pieces in place. Their hand-drawn cards, featuring natural motifs, are not to be missed; if someone wrote me a note on one of these flats, I’d probably frame it.
In celebration of Prismera’s new “Under the Sea” note card designs, we’re giving away four cards from the collection, printed with soy-based inks onto 60% post-consumer recycled paper and accompanied by a 100% recycled kraft envelope that resembles the prettiest paper bag you’ve ever seen. To win a set of Algae, Branch, Coral and Pod note cards, leave a comment on this post. Extra entries are available if you: tweet this giveaway (please leave a separate comment with a link to your tweet…simply saying “I tweeted!” doesn’t count); post about it on your own blog (please leave a separate comment with a link to your post); and/or sign up to receive Misosouper via e-mail.
the fine print:
Comments will be closed and entries will not be accepted after 11:59 pm EST on Sunday, April 5, 2009. The winner will be selected at random on Monday, April 6, 2009, and notified by e-mail. Results of the giveaway will be announced on Monday, April 6, 2009. Misosouper, a shopping blog reserves the right to disqualify entries that are incomplete, inaccurate, or considered spam.
