Help me out! Please vote for my card!

Our card "Two Tiny Bears Against the World" needs your help!
Just one click and you vote for the card. :) Please help me out!

Click here to vote.

Giveaway Fused Glass Earrings

The giveaway is for these beautiful fused glass earrings:

Annette created these earrings with multiple colours of glass. They are nickel free and a great size which should appeal to just about everyone! 

Bio from the Etsy shop and written by Annette:

I love to make things! I love art, sewing, prints, etc. I hope you like my products as much as I like making them. Thanks a ton for looking! :)

I have been making things since I was a kid, art related, sewing, found objects, etc.  My Etsy store is a mix of all of these things with clothing I have made, art, some found objects, and vintage.  I have a wide variety of things in the shop and Etsy suggests to stick to an item or items that sell the best and i am still trying to figure that out.

Here are a few of my favourite things from Annette's IInk shop:

click here to purchase or take a closer look at these items:

bracelet with charms | Etching Degan Encounters the Fate | Etching Grandpa

As you can see from the selection, Annette is multi-talented!

Mandatory Entry:

Leave a comment about Annette's work or the giveaway item. Here is her Etsy shop link for some ideas.

Extra Entries:
1 comment per extra:


Follow Being Tazim
Follow Annette's brand-new blog 
Follow Annette on Twitter


Giveaway is open worldwide. Winner will be chosen by random.org. 
Giveaway ends on August 1st.
If you haven't yet entered this giveaway, you have until July 25th to do so!

Giveaway - Handmade Brooch/Necklace

Judy from Toastory creates necklaces, belts, totes and scarves, and has offered to provide this lovely item for giveaway:

This item may appear to be a simpl(ey beautiful) bow necklace, but no! 

You can take off the chain and use it as a brooch, attaching the p in on the back to your favourite clothing! So clever!

Getting to know Judy:

1) How does your art practice fit in to your life?
Ever since I was a little kid, I love drawing, painting, and crafting. I loved creating things for my family and me. I always refined some existing designs with my whimsical thoughts. With all my creations, I started with hand-stitching when I was little. I remember the first bag I made is a small little jeans handbag with a little patchwork. Soon thereafter, I have learned the most practical skills I ever felt, which was sewing. I tried to make decorations, bags, accessories, anything that can be created by a sewing machine. After I entered my fashion design life, I bought a Juki Industrial sewing machine at my home, and I just can’t stop sewing and creating new things that are not existed. 

2) Where does everything come together? 
My inspiration came from everywhere of my life, such as visual objects, garment components. I loved deconstructed pieces, and apply to accessories, then try to make them wearable. 

3) Do you have any specific goals for your Etsy site or art practice?
I have dreamed of being a small business owner since I was small because I can do and sell things that I like and interested. And now, I am still striving for this dream to come true.

5) Recommend a good book and movie
Book: I ‘m currently reading “How to Win Friends & Influence People”. It was a classic book that published in 1936. It talks about human relationships, and how to win people to your way of thinking. It is good whether for salesman, managing people, or self-improvement.

Movie: Up and Coraline. Great stories, visuals and animations! 

6) Where do you live in the world? What do you like most about it?
I live in San Francisco, California. I am a fashion design student and studying in Academy of Art University. And I am now entering the last year of school. I am passionate of sewing because I believe there are many possibilities to do with playing different textures of fabrics.

7 Things About Me - Versatile Blogger Award

Thank you Kylie at Flying Ducks for this award! Kylie, an amazingly versatile blogger herself, shared some things about herself in this post, and I am here to do the same!

Since I share a lot about myself on this blog all ready, these things are sort of random:

1. When I have enough money saved up and room and other things sorted out, I will be the happy 'owner' of an italian greyhound named Goober. I have his collar and a few toys bought. 

2. I want to own and travel on a sailboat, which I talk about in this post. 

3. I have been working on my list of 31 things to do before turning 31 - and now that I have turned 30, I have less than a year to do all this! 

4. I love to enter giveaways. I get a real thrill from winning things. I only enter for things I really want and could use, so don't end up with extra things to clutter up my place. I also love to give things away!
5. When I am alone and walking around I like to pretend that I am in a movie and the music that I am listening is the soundtrack. I like to think about lighting, cropping and sometimes narration for these scenes.
6. I am a serious movie addict. I sometimes watch (with Greg) 3 or more movies in a day. The same is true for good tv shows - I could watch an entire season in a day.
7. I think that most situations in life can be related to a Seinfeld episode in some way. 

I would love to pass this on to a few bloggers as well:

Sami by the Sea - Who posts lovely photos and is a major soccer freak. . . I mean fan. 

Shelley at Sam's Stuff - She creates lovely items for her online store and posts on 'random things.'

My.Paintings by Hinda Touga - She is a talented artist who also posts ogle-worthy photos, too.

Lucky Sundays at Being Tazim - Blog Event Sponsors

Sundays are lucky at Being Tazim. I will be posting a giveaway every week or 2 on a Sunday, starting next week. I have 3 giveaways coming up this month! I might also be considering myself lucky as I reflect back on the week that passed, and feel inclined to post about what happened. 

Now that the 30 Days 30 Giveaways event is over, I want to concentrate on my sponsors for 2 upcoming blogging events. BlogFest and BlogMania are both happening in September. For both of them I will have giveaway packages totalling over $100 (for each event). I will be featuring the shops who have been kind enough to sponsor me for the events  from now until September. 

I'll be providing some items from my Studioahimsa shop, but there will also be items from these shops:

Twitter Hop Thursday - Lucky Me!

Welcome to Twitter Hop Thursday, hosted by Simply Stacie, The King’s Court IV, Little Yaya’s, Review Retreat and Moms Wear Your Tees!

Would you like more Twitter followers and be introduced to more neat blogs and businesses out there? Come and join us!!

1. Add your Twitter to the MckLinky (you only have to add it to one and it will appear on all).

2. Click on the Twitter for the six hostesses and follow each of them on Twitter. We will follow you back.

3. Follow as many people on Twitter as you like, but make sure to leave comments with links so they’ll know where to follow you!

Lucky me, I have been selected as  -  Twitterer of the Week from last week’s entries! Yep, they picked MY Twitter address - Being Tazim!!! I am in the #6 spot! 

Below is the McLinky for this week. Please only add your Twitter url. All other entries will be deleted. 

Thank you!!!

Sustainable Handmade Goods Direct from Independent Artists

Being Lucky/Being an Environmentalist

This enormous prize-pack from Cosa Verde, an incredible marketplace featuring sustainable handmade goods made by independent artists. It is a carefully juried selection of the best in conflict-free, recycled, repurposed, organic and even vegan (!) items for the home, office and  wardrobe. Talk about lucky! I entered to win the giveaway on Modish Blog, presented by Cosa Verde for Earth Day, and lucky me, look at all that I won: 

I am so happy to have won all these great items! Have you been to Modish Blog yet? There is a section called Modish Biz Tips on the site with all kinds of useful information for 

creative businesses. 

All the sustainable goodies I received:

1. Bracelet Purse from Megan Leone 
2. Vintage Fabric Sleepy Owl from pouch | blog
3. Eco-binder and a set of Eco-tabs from UrbanPosture
4. Recycled Silver Circle Bunny Earrings from Figs & Ginger
5. Candy Wrapper Headband from La Alicia
6. Vintage Upcycled Earrings by alex keller
7. One of a kind Recycled Fabric Scarf from Design Knit Fun
8. Suit Wallet from prix-prix
9. Cupcake apron from Glue and Glitter
10. Vintage Scalloped Party Garland from Sparkle Power
11. Terrestre Solid Natural Perfume from illuminatedperfume 
12. Billboard Banner Storage Bin from NottyPooch
13. Huckleberry Lip Balm from Little Batch Botanicals

A few pieces, like the fabric owl (which smells like lavender!) and the vintage scalloped party garland have made their way into my room. I'll show some pictures when I take them.