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holiday gift guide: handmade gifts by Jeanee Duval 12.06.2011

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We are so happy to bring Jeanee Duval of Dirty Laundry to you for day three of our gift guides. Jeanee writes a super-inspiring blog and is a gifted craft maven with her own shop so we knew she was the one to ask for her take on handmade gifts for the holidays. She has officially made buying handmade easy! {Links: 1. Hazelnut Chocolate Whisky Sandwich Cookies, 2. Golden Grass Wide Bangle, 3. Midnight Black Doily, 4. Cinnamon Sugar Cupcake Bath Fizzie ( these adorable bath fizzies and many other flavors are from Jeanee’s own Dirty Laundry Etsy shop & we can personally attest that they all smell amazing), 5. Bamboo Heart Stud Earrings 6. Tonic 02: Tahitian Vanilla Bean & Egyptian Chamomile Blossom Matured Maple Syrup 7. XL Organic Reusable Vegetable Bag in Paisley}

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  1. Jeanee

    >OMG, I want everything in this guide. Oh wait a minute… this is MY gift guide! I guess I was channeling what I REALLY wanted for Christmas.

    Thanks for having me Ampersand!

    December 6, 2011 4:37 pm
  2. Ampersand Design Studio

    >hehe! Jeanee–we love everything on here too!!! awesome gifties!

    December 8, 2011 3:58 am

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In Honor of Design’s Holiday Gift Guide 2011 11.17.2011

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We are super honored to be featured in another gift guide! In Honor of Design‘s, Anna has put together a wonderful collection of unique, affordable and really thoughtful gift ideas for everyone you need to shop for in her Holiday Gift Guide 2011! Seriously, she is making the holidays a lot easier for all of us! She’s got amazing taste which makes us all the more flattered to be featured in her “Little Finds” section–see our Animal Print in the upper left hand corner? We’re among some great company and couldn’t be happier to be a part of it! Thanks for the feature, Anna, and thanks for doing so much great shopping for all us!!
Go check it out right here!
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Emily Henderson’s holiday guide 2011 11.04.2011

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Ok, so we all know about Emily Henderson, right? The über-talented stylist that won HGTV’s Design Star, season 5, and now hosts her very own (awesome) show called  Secrets From A Stylist?! We hope you are nodding yes. If you haven’t been following her yet…it’s time to start! Check out her blog and her show–besides being a really inspring stylist with a keen sense of individual style, she just kinda seems like a funny, sweet girl that we just want to go grab a drink with!
SO…what we have to share with you today is her oh-so-perfect 2011 Holiday Guide! It is 238 pages of holiday ideas! We’re mostly excited about the over 400 hand-picked gift ideas for her, him, dad, mom, boss, tween, kid, pet, etc!!!!  And, get this, every single gift idea is hyper-linked so you can just click on it and be taken directly to the site to purchase! (we love anything that makes holiday shopping easier)! PLUS  there’s tons of non-gift related “original content from a bunch of extremely smart, witty, talented, funny, creative and diverse bloggers”. Check out the impressive list of contributors here, on the opening pages, and below!
So, needless to say, we were SO THRILLED and FLATTERED to find one of our very own prints from our etsy shop featured in the “Kids’ Decor” section!!!!!! Seriously, we are on the same pages as some of our biggest idols and favorite shops (Dwell Studio, West Elm, Terrain, Design Public, 20×200…and so many more), hand-picked by some of our all time favorite bloggers and taste-makers!! I won’t go into the details of the squealing that was happening over the phone, but, let’s just say we were pretty excited!
So, if you are starting to think about the holidays…it’s time to check out the Holiday Guide!! Seriously, it’s going to be our one stop shop this holiday season–we love that it even covers the hard-to-shop-for categories (ahem, teens & dads)!

So, here’s BIG THANK YOU  to Emily Henderson and all of her awesome contributors listed here:

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  1. Damaris @Kitchen Corners

    >Congrats on being featured! Hope the season is a successful one for you gals.

    November 4, 2011 2:00 pm
  2. Ampersand Design Studio

    >Thanks so much, Damaris :)

    November 4, 2011 2:31 pm
  3. Melanie

    >oh my gosh, this is awesome! I love Secrets of a Stylist…one of my HGTV faves :) congrats on being included in her list, that's great press for you!

    November 4, 2011 3:28 pm
  4. Ampersand Design Studio

    >Thanks Melanie!!

    November 28, 2011 4:40 am

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etsy shop giveaway WINNER! 10.14.2011

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  1. i'm jess

    >Yay! Thank you, thank you {both of you}! It will be so hard to choose from all your fabulous items! hugs & {air} kisses!

    October 14, 2011 4:33 pm
  2. Ampersand Design Studio

    >congrats again, Jess!!!! hugs and (air) kisses right back at ya :)
    -Morgan & Carrie

    October 14, 2011 9:25 pm

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100th esty shop sale + thank you + giveaway 10.07.2011

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You read it correctly–a free gift for one lucky Ampersand fan! We’re really excited to celebrate our 100th sale in our etsy shop, so, for the winner of this little contest, any single item from our shop is all yours (a print, a platter-you pick)! Really, all we want to do here is let you know that we appreciate you coming by our blog and visiting our shop now and then!

So, what do you have to do to enter to win the giveaway?
It’s super easy! for real.
Just leave a comment on this post letting us know what two things you love to put together…with an ampersand, of course!
EXAMPLES: “peanut butter & jelly” or “Laverne & Shirley” or “gin & tonic” or “happy & hour”. You get the picture. Don’t think too hard though, it doesn’t even matter what your favorite combo is, we are going to randomly draw one name from all the people who comment! The deadline is Thursday, October 13th. We’ll announce the winner on Friday the 14th!
THANKS AGAIN TO OUR READERS AND SHOP FANS!!!
(now, go on, start shopping right here)
cheers,
Morgan & Carrie
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  1. Sadie + Stella

    >Spaghetti & meatball. Duh! :) Always has to be about food with me. Love all of your items. Any would be a dream!

    http://www.sadieandstella.blogspot.com

    October 7, 2011 11:34 am
  2. Jane

    >Ooh! Hot & chocolate ☺. J x

    October 7, 2011 11:51 am
  3. C Fierce

    >What a great giveaway! I have my eye on the rainbow zigzag platter … I love putting cheddar & raspberry jam together, on crackers. Delicious!

    October 7, 2011 12:31 pm
  4. C Fierce

    >I love putting cheddar & raspberry jam together on crackers … and can see them filling up that rainbow zigzag platter very well!

    October 7, 2011 12:32 pm
  5. PolkaDot Lighthouse

    >First of all, congratulations for your 100th sale!!

    My favorite combo is sun & sea :)

    Best,

    Olga
    http://www.polkadotlighthouse.blogspot.com

    October 7, 2011 12:36 pm
  6. Damaris @Kitchen Corners

    >I know that the first comment rarely ever wins but oh well :)

    I fell in love with your etsy shop a little while ago and even featured your platters on my blog. Love them.

    Congratulations on your 100th sale.

    To answer your question my favorite Ampersand combination is hugs and kises.

    October 7, 2011 1:15 pm
  7. Lauren

    >fall days & blue skies.

    & giveaways!

    October 7, 2011 2:23 pm
  8. MissMolly

    >Congrats on the 100th sale!

    I love me some WINE & A BUBBLE BATH!

    October 7, 2011 2:37 pm
  9. Stacy

    >Would have to go with Christmas and Morning! Love you blog.

    October 7, 2011 3:22 pm
  10. Sara

    >date & night! :)

    October 7, 2011 3:42 pm
  11. theolivetree

    >Nutella & pretzels. Happy 100th~!

    October 7, 2011 4:56 pm
  12. Jessica Schifman

    >Paranno Cheese & Black Truffle Honey.

    Congrats on your 100th sale, what a milestone!

    October 7, 2011 5:47 pm
  13. Buffy

    >Carmel apples & funnel cakes!! (It's fair season, after all!).

    Congrats on the 100th sale. Woohoo!

    October 7, 2011 6:31 pm
  14. Leah Stone

    >Leah & Charlie (me and my dog of course!)

    October 7, 2011 6:46 pm
  15. Katie Dosenbach

    >Morgan & Carrie…..oh wait, you're not choosing the winner…the winner is chosen at random :)
    in that case: wine & cheese!

    October 7, 2011 7:18 pm
  16. Jessica

    >Just returned home from The Netherlands so Bikes & Sunshine! : )

    October 7, 2011 7:22 pm
  17. laura

    >blanket & couch can you tell someone is daydreaming about taking a nap??? congratulations on your 100th sale, girls!! so proud of you and happy for you!

    October 7, 2011 7:42 pm
  18. Corie English

    >Finn & Mike
    Congrats ladies! Here's to 100 more!!

    October 7, 2011 7:50 pm
  19. Robin Fortin-Cline

    >Oh, this is too easy! My favorite things are Chloe & Steve ( my daughter and hubs) and birds & trees. All together makes awesomeness! Hi Morgs! Robin

    October 7, 2011 8:09 pm
  20. Anonymous

    >Morgan & Dan is my favorite combo :-)

    October 7, 2011 8:46 pm
  21. Chad

    >Starbucks and Lemon Pound Cake

    October 7, 2011 9:47 pm
  22. Natalie

    >Saturdays and Sundays ;)

    October 8, 2011 12:19 am
  23. Katherina

    >Jimmy & Teeny! (my two kitties)…fun!
    Congratulations you guys!

    October 8, 2011 1:05 am
  24. Tracey

    >wine & cheese

    October 8, 2011 2:01 am
  25. Casie

    >scarfs & boots

    I love fall!

    October 8, 2011 4:02 pm
  26. Pen and Paperie

    >day & dream

    congrats to you!

    October 9, 2011 1:47 am
  27. Sara A

    >You guys are just the best! So happy for you!

    Love this idea! I am thinking Ampersand Design Studio & Real Life 101! :)

    October 9, 2011 2:33 am
  28. Kari

    >Congrats!
    Lemonade & Swedish fish (but I'm so ready to trade those cravings for wine & beer!)

    October 9, 2011 3:05 am
  29. Cassandra Potter Kemp

    >Him & Her :) LOVE! So excited about this giveaway!

    October 9, 2011 5:18 pm
  30. Liliana Sol

    >plants & textiles. My perfect combination ;)

    October 9, 2011 8:13 pm
  31. Chelsea

    >My nephews names: Shai & Levi! Love those boys, and love your work! Congrats on sale #100.

    October 9, 2011 10:51 pm
  32. Joanna

    >definitely fall & boots!

    or even she & him :]

    October 10, 2011 12:22 am
  33. PJ

    >Congratulations!

    Wine & Cheese, of course!

    http://www.mmmpopsicle.blogspot.com

    October 10, 2011 11:36 am
  34. Amy

    >I'm into boots & skinny jeans this time of year. Bring on fall! Congrats on your 100th sale, ladies!

    October 10, 2011 1:57 pm
  35. Julie

    >pickles & cream cheese! :)

    October 10, 2011 4:43 pm
  36. gina bo bina

    >Hugs & Kisses!
    Congratulations!

    October 10, 2011 9:21 pm
  37. Melanie

    >Friends & Family! Congrats to you guys!

    October 11, 2011 4:40 pm
  38. MyHeartLikeAKickdrum

    >Love & Marriage.

    October 11, 2011 5:01 pm
  39. thislifeisabeautifulone

    >congratulations!!
    mine would have to be …

    mac&cheese!

    October 11, 2011 5:05 pm
  40. Dana

    >scarves & hot tea. I'm enjoying the fall weather in the KC area.

    October 11, 2011 11:26 pm
  41. Megs (Happiness in the Making)

    >perfect, precious pecks from my wee one & my cheek!

    October 12, 2011 1:44 am
  42. Sara

    >salt & pepper, it can make most anything taste better

    October 12, 2011 2:36 am
  43. i'm jess

    >congrats on your 100th sale! All of your items are awesome! my favorite words to connect with an ampersand are hugs & kisses!

    October 12, 2011 3:16 am
  44. KHBride

    >Congrats!
    I love peanut butter & chocolate :)

    October 12, 2011 9:28 am
  45. Angela Schweller

    >Congrats, would love me some free Ampersand stuff:)
    My favorite combo is "Stu & Lou"
    :)

    October 12, 2011 4:31 pm
  46. - Marybeth I.

    >Melamine Zig Zag Platter – so cute

    things I love to put together – wine and cheese

    October 13, 2011 5:30 am
  47. Unknown

    >Definitely "me & you".

    October 13, 2011 7:45 am
  48. What's Next

    >books and coffee :)

    October 13, 2011 6:22 pm

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