For those brides getting married, there's a wonderful opportunity for you to win 1 of 3 clay floral creations from DK Designs (Etsy shop and Etsy Wedding Team member - http://www.dkdesignshawaii.etsy.com/). Simply visit Melissa Smitthen's Blog (http://www.melissasmitten.blogspot.com/) to find out all the details. 3 winners will be randomly selected and announced on Friday, November 7th! Good luck to all you brides out there!
Here are the details of the items we're giving away to 3 lucky winners! Below is the write up that is posted on Melissa's blog:
Diane of DK Designs is having an exciting giveaway of her amazing clay flowers on Melissa's Smitten Blog! Simply email info@smitteninvitations.com with your name, email and snail-mail address and wedding date to enter! Contest ends on November 7, 2008. One entry per person per day. Be sure to email all your friends to let them know about this fun giveaway!
Gardenia Hair Flower - $20 value: Gardenias are a very popular flower to wear in your hair on your wedding day. Why not try a handcrafted gardenia hair flower! This way it will last you through the ceremony, reception and beyond! The gardenias are slightly off-white, but not ivory. They are 3.5 inches in diameter and are VERY lightweight. The flowers are attached to a U-shape hairpin to fit securely in your up-do or low-do hairstyle.
Passionate about Peonies - $100 value: This arrangement is called, Passionate about Peonies. It measures 6 inches high by 7 inches across the top. It's filled with light pink and fuchsia pinkish-red peonies, both in full bloom and in bud form! The full bloom peonies have over 30 petals, all handcrafted one petal at a time. The flowers are arranged in a 3 inch square white ceramic cube vase. If you love peonies, you will absolutely love this floral arrangement.
Gardenias in Something Blue - $75 value: This beautiful light blue latte cup is brimming with gardenia blossoms! 2 buds, 2 half open and 3 full gardenias mixed with some light blue floral fillers finish this piece off. It measures approximately 6 inches in diameter and 4.5 inches high. It's clean, stylish and sophisticated. This would make a great gift for a bride or even a centerpiece for a bridal shower! The flowers are all handcrafted by the artist featured on the Martha Stewart Show, utilizing Claycraft by DECO soft clay, which enables the artist to create lifelike flowers one petal at a time. Diane’s work has been featured in For the Bride Magazine, In Style Weddings Magazine (via http://www.estiloweddings.com/) and Pacific Rim Weddings Magazine. The bulk of the Diane's work is in custom bridal bouquets, corsages, boutonnieres and other floral decor. 
Crafter and Etsy Wedding Team member, DK Designs, is participating in a little "Crafter's Throwdown" with fellow wedding artisan, Stacie Tamaki of The Flirty Bride. As many of you know DK Designs specializes in handcrafted clay floral creations. Stacie makes custom beaded cake toppers and we figured out that our clay and bead work is perfect for custom cake toppers. We're doing a fun little "Crafter's Throwdown" where we took our talents and recreated a real flower Stacie took a picture of on a recent walk. This is our interpretation of that flower using our talents in clay and beads. All images are courtesy of The Flirty Bride and DK Designs.
So, this is your chance to vote on which craft/recreation of the flower you like best and you could win this beautiful collaborative piece! This would actually make a great cake topper for a larger tiered square cake and then serve as a great table arrangement after your wedding. Contest ends January 25, 2009. So click here to read about the challenge and the contest entry rules. You could just win this wonderful arrangement and it might just make a great cake topper for your wedding!
