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I don’t know a person that *snorts* more frequently or louder than Ruthanne, on twitter. I wish I could hear it in person. Ruthanne is one cool, classy, hilarious momma who ruffles the frosting on her cakes like she ruffles her infamous dSLR camera straps. If you have a dSLR, your camera probably came with a cheapo strap. Ruthanne makes all sorts of covers that make you look stylish (not to mention your neck will thank you) while you’re photographing those oh-so-precious moments. And there’s nothing like a little personalization when everyone and their mother is buying a dSLR these days, am I right?
{MEET RUTHANNE}
1) Tell us a little bit about yourself.
My family is a modern day Brady Bunch. When hubby and I met, I was a single mother of one and he was a single father of three. Now, after thirteen years of marriage, we’ve added four more children to our number and become convinced of the necessity of caffeine!
Here are some randomly random things about me . . . .
I homeschool.
I’ve been known to eat chocolate chips straight out of the bag.
I listen to classical music.
I love the arts.
I devour good literature.
I’m a compulsive baker.
I heart old, B&W movies.
My drug of choice is the Caramel Macchiato from Starbucks (Grande, please).
Show tunes make me happy.
I enjoy hiding behind my Nikon.
I dearly love to laugh.
2) What gave you the idea to start selling camera straps?
My friend started making some camera strap slip covers back in February and I wondered if I could make some. Once I started, I couldn’t stop. I was giving so many camera strap covers away I figured I might as well sell them. And I kinda needed to cover all the expense from the obsessive fabric shopping I was doing. *snort*
3) How did you come up with your blog/shop name?
Short answer: It just came to me. *snort*
Long{er} answer: Both my blog and my shop are just an extension of who I am – how I think. I want each product to reflect me in someway. My personality, my quirks, my loves, my hopes.
4) What activities do you like doing with your family?
From an outsider’s perspective, our family probably looks pretty boring. We don’t “do” a whole lot. We just hang out, watch movies, play games, read books, and snuggle on the couch. This homebody loves it.
Ooooh. Anything really, really chocolaty.
{GIVEAWAY}
Did I tell y’all that she liked to *snort* or what? Ruthanne has so graciously offered to give away $25 credit to her dSLR camera strap cover shop! Sweeeeeeeeet!
How to enter:
1. Visit Eclectic Whatnot and leave a comment with your favorite camera strap cover!
For additional entries, leave a separate comment for each action. If you already follow the blogs/twitter, you can still enter by letting me know in your comment. One entry per action.
2. Follow this blog with Google Friend Connect
3. Comment on any of Eclectic Whatnot’s blog posts and copy/paste the link here
4. Follow @sandyalamode and @eclecticwhatnot on twitter
5. Tweet about this giveaway (make sure to include @sandyalamode and @eclecticwhatnot in your tweet) in your own words, or use mine.
Feel free to use this tweet:
Need a dSLR camera strap cover? Enter a #GIVEAWAY to win $25 credit towards @eclecticwhatnot on @sandyalamode! http://bit.ly/fe9k09
This giveaway is open to US/Canada only and closes on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 12PM CST. Good luck!
Entries for this giveaway have been closed, thanks for entering!
I LOVE the “P.S. I love you” Strap!! Great store!!
Im on your Google Friend Connect too!!
also following @sandyalamode on Twitter
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also following @eclecticwhatnot!! This is so great!!! Thank you for hosting this!
tweet tweet too!!
@blatterastions
I LOVE the Josie Gellar – Special edition 😉
My favorite strap cover is the The {Melanie Smooter} Edition!! 🙂
I am following you on Google connect 😉
AHH!! i love them!! (esp the melanie smooter ed)!
tweet.tweet.
follow.follow. =)
I am following with Google Friend Connect
I commented on a blog post!
http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/overwhelmed/comment-page-1/#comment-10287
I am following both twitter accounts!
@kara_janelle
I just tweeted!
http://twitter.com/kara_janelle/status/27765801457033216
Hello purple ruffles! 🙂 So wonderfu. Thanks for the giveaway.
I lovvvve her camera straps!!! Ive always wanted one even when I didn’t have a dslr hahaha. My favorite is the Ever After, love the colors!!
LOVE the Steel Magnolias strap cover!! 🙂
I follow you! 😀
I follow this blog via GFC!
These are awesome!! I would love the The {Melanie Smooter} Edition
Following you both on twitter too!
Following you guys on twitter too!
I follow on Google Connect
I tweeted:
http://twitter.com/#!/elisekayem/status/27769256632393728
I follow on Twitter
Oh and I just tweeted hehe
I visited Eclectic Whatnot, read a few posts and commented! Awesome blog! 🙂
http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/overwhelmed/comment-page-1/#comment-10288
I love the Chocolat, but what I’d really love is the one from the header. That is my favorite shade of blue and the perfect background. 🙂
I am a follower of your blog!!
commented! http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/overwhelmed/comment-page-1/#comment-10290
You’re a giveaway queen today!! What is the occasion?! 😉 I love the ever after strap!!
<3 Ashley
http://www.ahastylife.com
ashley dot hasty at gmail dot com
OF COURSE I follow your blog through GFC!
<3 Ashley
http://www.ahastylife.com
ashley dot hasty at gmail dot com
I follow you both on Twitter.
<3 Ashley
http://www.ahastylife.com
ashley dot hasty at gmail dot com
I tweeted.
http://twitter.com/#!/AHastyLife/status/27772323138371584
<3 Ashley
http://www.ahastylife.com
ashley dot hasty at gmail dot com
I love the Serendipity cover.
I follow this blog with GFC.
I commented here: http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/making-a-list-checking-it-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-10291
<3 Ashley
http://www.ahastylife.com
ashley dot hasty at gmail dot com
Such a hard choice! I think Steel Magnolias might be my favorite right now [and I LOVE that movie!]
I follow your lovely blog via GFC.
i like the The {Melanie Smooter} Edition camera strap!
I follow both of you lovely ladies on twitter :]
Tweeted :]
follow this blog
commented on ruthanne’s blog
http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/overwhelmed/comment-page-1/#comment-10292
follow both on twitter
@jessicaecotten
I’m currently loving Ever After 🙂 But I am a connoisseur of Eclectic Whatnot loveliness . . . so I {heart} them all really 🙂
Loved the “Just My Luck” strap! 😉 Great giveaway!
~Giselle
http://www.machinewashwarm.blogspot.com
I love the Josie Gellar one!
Love Ruthanne! Well, I already own the Kathleen Kelly, but I also love the Josie Gellar strap!!
xoxo~Meg
I follow you via GFC!
xoxo~meg
I follow both you and Ruthanne on twitter!
xoxo~Meg
I tweeted @megstwistedtree!
oxo~Meg
I follow this blog!
I follow you both on Twitter! @basicallyjulie
I tweeted!
I love the names of her strap covers. So cute and cheeky! I’m entering this because at some point this year I will own an SLR and how fabulous would it be to accessorize with one of these amazing straps!?
My favorite one is The {Becky Bloomwood} Edition and I would use the credit towards that.
I follow your blog via Google Friend Connect.
I tweeted this #Giveaway!
I’m a “follower” on Google Connect!
I just read this post by Ruthanne…all I can say is WOW!
http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/overwhelmed/
xoxo~Meg
I LOVE the Melanie Smooter edition! [That was such a cute movie]
I just sent the following twitter update about this: Need a dSLR camera strap cover ? Enter a #GIVEAWAY to win $25 credit towards @eclecticwhatnot on @sandyalamode! http://bit.ly/fe9k09
(@ChicnPink)
I follow both on twitter, too! 🙂
I follow your blog.
I follow you both on Twitter.
I tweeted!
Kathleen Kelly! Love the strap, love the name!
I left a comment on Ruthanne’s blog.
http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/making-a-list-checking-it-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-10295
I love the Melanie Smooter strap! So, so, soooo cute!
I follow you on Twitter – @whoa_aly
I tweeted about the giveaway!!
I love the Serendipity camera strap. The print is so cute! I don’t yet have a DSLR, but I’m saving up for one, so this would be a great motivator to save!
Here is my favorite:
http://www.eclecticwhatnot.bigcartel.com/product/the-kathleen-kelly-edition
Eck!
<33
Love the Melanie Smooter strap! So cute!
I follow with GFC
Very cool idea! I adore The {Josie Geller} Edition, would go great with my camera! *snort*
I love the Melanie Smooter! Hot pink, yes please!!
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I follow your fab blog via GFC.
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I follow you tweets!
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Tweet Tweet!!! @luluwrites
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I follow this blog on Google Friend
i love the bright orange polka-dots of “just my luck” strap cover! so cute!! my camera could really use it too…
lovely shop & interview!
🙂
i follow this blog!! 🙂
I really want the Kathleen Kelly. So me.
i follow both on twitter
i tweeted the giveaway
I like this: http://www.eclecticwhatnot.bigcartel.com/product/the-melanie-smooter-edition
Saving up for a DSLR and can’t wait to be able to buy one of Ruthanne’s straps! Love that girl!
My fave is the Josie Geller! So pretty!
I follow you, Sandy! (not in a creepy way, cross my heart)
Of course I follow you and Ruthanne on twitter!
I love the ‘Elizabeth Bennet’!
oh my gosh!!
i sure could you a fancy new camera strap for
my fancy new camera 😉
i like her becky bloomwood one a lot (based on one of my favorite fictional characters!)
<3
i’m a blog follower (of course)! 🙂
i follow both of you on twitter (iamericaleigh)
<3
Can I have 2 favorites? First is “The {Josie Geller} Edition” mostly because my name is Josie. 🙂 But my tie for favorite is “Chocolat”. I love the colors!
I follow your blog through GFC!
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/#!/airplaneninja/status/27862441962512384
I love the Josie Gellar camera strap. All of them are beautiful!
her camera straps are adorable!! my fave is the {Melanie Smooter} edition
i follow 🙂
i now follow both of you crafty gals on twitter
tweeted!
Oh, they are all so great! I think the Josie Geller might be my favorite, though!
purple ruffles
twitter follower
google follower
I loooove the Kathleen Kelly!
I follow your blog
I follow you both on Twitter
I Tweeted about this giveaway
My favorite is Ever After. Super cute print + ruffles combo! 🙂
<3 Cathy
http://spritzofyellow.blogspot.com/
Already follow this blog.
i like the “p.s. i love you” one!
i follow your blog 🙂
Left a comment on her blog:
http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/all-you-need-is-love-love/comment-page-1/#comment-10310
following through google friend connect
Love the melanie smooter strap!
following via twitter!
http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/Guest-post-ode-to-ruthanne/comment-page-1/#comment-10312
oh my goodness I’ve been wanting a camera strap cover! My favorite one of her’s is P.S. I love you 🙂
And I follow you!
I could certainly use a cute cover for my dSLR strap. 🙂 Favorite cover… hmm… Can I pick two? 😉 They are “Just My Luck” and “Chocolat.” They are all super cute! 🙂
I follow both of you on twitter!
And I tweeted 😀
I am a Sandy a la Mode GFC follower. 🙂
I follow you both on Twitter. 🙂
And I tweeted about this giveaway. 🙂 http://bit.ly/if2Oqw
I’m LOVING the Josie Geller Edition camera strap. The colors are absolutely gorgeous!!! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
I *want* to say that the Becky Bloomwood is my favorite, since she is one of my favorite book characters ever, BUT my fave is the Steel Magnolias. Good thing I like that movie 😉
I follow you both on Twitter (@afdjewelry)
I follow with google friend connect
I love the PS. I Love You!! strap!
I am a fan of sandyalamode!!
And just tweeted it!
I commented on Eclectic Whatnots blog:
http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/overwhelmed/#comments
I follow both of you on twitter!
Tweeted about it!! 🙂
I’m a fan of Leap Year and Just My Luck.
I follow this blog 🙂
aaaaaand following you both on twitter!!
I love the Melanie Smooter Edition!
and I follow your blog!
I’m in love with the Ever After camera strap. I’m a sucker for purple!
I am following @sandyalamode and @eclecticwhatnot on twitter!
I like the “Ever After” strap (close 2nd is “Steel Magnolias”)
I follow you on Google Friend Connect
I follow you both on twitter
I tweeted
http://twitter.com/#!/snagglepink/status/27963568804597760
Ooooh I love the “Ever After” strap!
Following your blog and have tweeted this awesome giveaway 🙂
My fav is steel magnolias!
I follow you on twitter @MommyinNJ
I love love this one:
http://www.eclecticwhatnot.bigcartel.com/product/the-melanie-smooter-edition
I’m also a follower!
And follow you both on twitter (@schelleysturdi1)!
And tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/schelleysturdi1
the {melanie smooter} edition has fabulous color, I absolutely love it!
tweeted:)
I am a photographer so I would love to win the PS I Love You strap bc I love all things yellow. But also love the Chocolat strap!
I follow you on twitter
I’m following Ruthanne on Twitter
LOVE the chocolat one!
I follow you on Google friend connect 🙂
I follow you on twitter 😀
Tweeted the giveaway @SimplySamanthaC
http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/my-new-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10337
following you on Google Friend!
My fav thing is http://www.eclecticwhatnot.bigcartel.com/product/my-fair-lady
I follow this blog! 🙂
I love the melanie smooter edition.
I follow this blog via GFC
I follow both of your on twitter. @lttlegrlbigwrld
I tweeted. @lttlegrlbigwrld
I love the “PS. I Love You.” camera strap. So cute!
I am following this blog with Google Friend Connect.
I commented on this Eclectic Whatnot blog post:
http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/all-you-need-is-love-love/comment-page-1/#comment-10352
my favorite strap is the Josie Gellar strap!
I follow this blog
I LOVE Ever After
Her covers are so beautiful!
of course i follow sandy a la mode!
i follow you both on twitter, too!
tweet tweet
@blatterations
Ohhh my heat pitter patters for the Melanie Smoot edition strap!!!!!
I left a comment: http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/lightsabers-welcome-to-my-world/comment-page-1/#comment-10375
I follow you both on Twitter!
Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/SheLikesRuffles/status/28579693556932608
I LOVE The Emma Woodhosue Edition and The Becky Bloomwood Edition!
I commented here: http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/my-new-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10378
I follow both of you on Twitter! (les852)
Here’s my tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/les852/status/28620250647887873
I just love Ever After – it’s simple, but gorgeous!
Hey Sandy! I JUST bought a Nikon d300 last weekend! Perfect timing for this giveaway 🙂
My fav camera strap cover is Serendipity 🙂
I follow you on GFC 🙂
I follow you both on Twitter as @cuteshopper 🙂
I would picked the Kathleen Kelly! And I’ve been “window” shopping for a camera strap cover for a couple of days now. This contest is perfect!
I follow this blog through Google Friend Connect. :o)
I follow you on Twitter too :o)
I gotta say, I’m lovin’ the Elizabeth Bennett strap!
I follow you both on Twitter, too.
I just sent out a tweet! I hope I win!! I need a camera strap–desperately!
Tweeted again
http://twitter.com/#!/snagglepink/status/28958711741415424
I like the Josie Geller strap!! Super Cute!
I follow you both on Twitter via @FamilyNLifeLV
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/#!/FamilyNLifeLV/status/28959890030460928
oh Sandy, you know it’s a hard choice! let’s see, today I would choose Ever After as my favourite strap. tomorrow it could be totally different. I love them all!
The “Just My Luck” strap is a great one for a family camera, it’s so bright and happy and it’s not easily lost! I adore it!
AZinAugust{at}gmail{dot}com
I follow via Google Friend Connect 🙂
Tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/AZinAugust/status/29265282878930944
my faves? {Marianne Dashwood} and Ever After. so pretty and feminine, you know?
Sarah-Anne
i follow you, little miss giveaway blog!
Sarah-Anne
i commented on this post here {and made poor ruthanne laugh so hard} :http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/my-new-do/#comments
Sarah-Anne
I tweeted!
Following you both on twitter!
Camera straps! What an awesome giveaway…hopefully i have the lucky charm, i could use one of those!
My favorite is Chocolat, I love the pattern!
Follow through GFC as sandyandcosmo.
My favorite camera strap cover is The Josie Geller one.
Just my luck is my fave
Following both on twitter Brandylwilson
I love the Serendipity design.
OMG, i made it just in time to enter this gorgeous giveaway!! I adore lovely sweet Ruthanne’s work!! Thanks so much for such a beautiful giveaway! Have a lovely merry happy week and love to yoU!
omg. need the {melanie smooter} edition!
noble1ofgod(at)gmail(dot)com
Love “Just My luck”
I am following your blog.
noble1ofgod(at)gmail(dot)com
follow on gfc.
Commented on her blogpost. http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/lightsabers-welcome-to-my-world/comment-page-1/#comment-10399
added the giveaway to the giveaway section on my blog.
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Becky Bloomwood!
http://www.eclecticwhatnot.com/2011/01/my-new-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10403
I really like the Emma woodhouse cover!! It is so cute
Love “ever after”!
i follow on GFC
i follow on twitter!
I love the Ever After design!
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following you both on twitter @mrsclutterbuck
marija.majerle at gmail dot com
following you via GFC
marija.majerle at gmail dot com