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COVETED: In it to win it

POSTED: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 5:03 PM

Collectors of pretty things, take note: Every week, we're rounding up a what's-what of what we [heart], culled from the scores of design blogs, artist sites and Etsy treasuries we stalk on the regular. Hey there ... remember us? Sorry we've been gone so long. To celebrate Coveted's triumphant return after a month-and-a-half-long hiatus, we'd like to point you in the direction of three awesome giveaways going on right now in the blog-iverse. Hopefully one of you will win something awesome, and our abandonment guilt will be abated.

HINTERLAND VINTAGE >> To celebrate local style blogger Deidre Wengen's one-year Etsy-versary, the host of Hinterland Vintage is giving away a $30 gift certificate to her Etsy shop. Pretty sweet, considering most of Deidre's goods are pretty affordable. You've got till Monday, October 11 to submit a comment to the contest post, describing what you'd spend your $30 on, should you win. (Our answer? This vintage cream cardigan. Or the sweet buttercream party dress we could never fit into in a million years. Or — crap — maybe the winking owl S&P shakers. Deidre, the real answer is that we just can't make up our minds.)

SYCAMORE STREET PRESS >> The Utah-by-way-of-Ohio design studio's limited-edition collection series, the Sycamore Club, features a different artist each go-round to create an original work of art that's then letter-pressed into 100 prints. Jen Watson is the featured artist this month, and she's giving away one of her Snow Baby prints to one lucky blog-reader. A bit about the piece: "I have drawn a rare happy time, an ideal place for a snow baby to live instead of immature all over people's windshields, clinging miserably to bare trees, eyelashes and extended private driveways." Visit Sycamore's blog and leave a comment for a chance to win; they'll pick a name on Tuesday, October 12.

PIONEER WOMAN >> Ree Drummond, queen of amazing giveaways (and queen of blogging in general), shells out free goodies all the time, and she's got so many followers that despite entering her contests every single time, we know we'll never win. Still. She's giving away a peacock-blue Le Creuset French oven, "just because it's Thursday" — and because she loves us, of course. (We also want the cameras, sets of Fiestaware and other awesome things she conducts contests for on the regular, but that's besides the point.) Just comment on the blog and tell Ree what man, throughout history, you'd have dinner with if you had the chance. One comment per person, and she'll announce the winner tonight at midnight. PREVIOUSLY >> COVETED: Things I like that you could do to be my boyfriend

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