Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Mindy's Minute Market Giveaway




We are two gals with a penchant for finding, making and buying amazing things…that is if we get past the buying part. We are addicted to the latest crafting trends but not to the price tags.  Our quest to bring beauty to all brought us to the realization that bulk is cheaper. We can’t buy bulk on our own. (Our husbands will KILL us!) So, we are trying to make new friends that want to endeavor after the same crafts we do (and others- we are open to YOUR ideas,too!) while we spend less, accrue less and create more! 

We started as a means of bringing foot traffic through a local builder’s model homes. Our area is full of local artisans and vendors that had very limited opportunity to showcase their work. We united the two concepts and Mindy Mae’s Market came to fruition. We’ve enjoyed getting to know vendors and being a part of the “creative crowd” as a business.

We noticed some trends in this crowd. Trend One: We think we can re-create everything. As folks walked around our boutiques and showcases we would hear, “I can do that,” or “I bet I could do that for less money”. Trend Two: It’s rare that we EVER DO those things. Insert here whatever reason that that is: money, time, talent, ability, patterns, etc. Trend Three: When we DO create these things we generally accumulate way more product(s) to justify the expense. We then have to: 1)store these items, 2)give them to every neighbor we know, or 3) attempt to sell them in some other way. This is all because we wanted to save a couple of dollars on an item we wanted in the first place. So now, instead of saving a couple bucks you’ve spent more time, effort and frustration than you ever anticipated –if you even complete the item. This is how Mindy’s Minute Market was born.

We’ve decided to end the madness. We want people to be able to DO things themselves and ONLY as much or as little as they want to. That’s why it’s Mindy’s MINUTE Market. It can go two ways: minute as in small amounts or minute because that’s how long it takes to make a purchase! We follow trends on websites and blogs. Then we’ll take those trends and break them down in to affordable, manageable pieces. MMM will sell those pieces at a sane price and post ideas along with them. OR we will find vendors willing to sell at wholesale prices- or vendors getting out of the "biz" and sell their stuff, too. We want to quit being craft supply hoarders.We want to actually complete the projects we have committed to and we bet you can relate. Think of us providing a public service to all craft supply junkies.Your husbands will thank us!

You can find some awesome deals on things like...

 This useful metal easel for your holiday decor,


Fun, chunky, stretchable rings,  


Plastic flower-ettes for some personalized jewelry, hair pins, or earrings,


And lollipop sticks for all those yummy treats you'll be making for the holidays!


Ready for the Giveaway?
One lucky reader will win a
ONE MONTH SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE!!

What does this mean to you? Well, anytime we put up an item and meet our ‘quantity quota’ – you get that item SHIPPED to you free of charge! This means craft supplies in just the right quantity to try something new, find a new fad or design some new décor! This means you get everything our sponsored crafters get- without any commitment, contract or timeline! PLUS we’ll be sending you any other goodies and jewelry pieces we feature that have overages from orders during that two week period!  This means free stuff with the approximated value of $100 at Mindy’s Minute Market- $215 Retail!!!  Things like custom stamps, tulle,chicken wire, diy custom chalkboard paint kits, finials, magnets, buttons, ribbon,corks, etc., etc., etc.- with ideas for how to use them!

Interested in being a sponsored crafter? Have tutorials you’d like to get paid to showcase? Have items you can sell at wholesale prices? Let us know! Follow us on Facebook, RSS our blog or sign up for email reminders! Need some inspiration and the items for it? Stop by http://www.mindysminutemarket.com/ or http://www.mindymaesmarket.blogspot.com/ for all of the above.

This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canadian residents only.  You may enter to win the Sponsored Crafter Package up to FOUR times. Please leave a separate comment for each entry.

1. Leave your first name and last initial.
2. Please visit Mindy's Minute Market and tell us what items you'd like to receive if you are the lucky winner.

3. Please “like” Mindy Mae's Market on Facebook.

4. Please mention our Giveaway in a Twitter or Facebook update.

Good luck to everyone!

97 comments:

  1. Oh my GOODness! So many fun things! I love all the crafting supplies and the jewelry making items like the blank ring forms. I also really like the birdcage necklace:)

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  2. I LOVE the Time of our Lives necklace!

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  3. Love the jewelry supplies - especially the birds necklaces. And colored twine :)

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  4. Love your items on your website- especially the buttons and the baker's twine

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  5. I liked Mindy Mae's Market on FaceBook

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  6. I love it all!!! But of O have to pick...I'd pick the Tying Up Loose Ends twine.

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  7. I "LIKE" Mindy Minute Market on FB.

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  8. custom address stamps, tyin up loose ends, or wow'in em with wire! So many cute things! :)

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  9. I would love to get: Button Button, Tyin' Up Loose Ends, and Chalkin' it up to Havin' Fun! Just to name a few :)

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  10. I would love to receive buttons! It seems like I never have enough, the right one, or enough of the right one!

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  11. i liked them on facebook skeime (at) gmail

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  12. I tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/Monzarts/status/141716074235301888

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  13. i liked the tulle and easel. skeime (at) gmail

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  14. I like them on facebook!

    Julianne

    juliannerosenau@gmail.com

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  15. I love the "wowwin em with wire"

    Julianne

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  16. Tweet-> https://twitter.com/#!/AidanAdisynsMOm/status/141803808094294016

    madebyjessblog@gmail.com

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  17. I like Wowwin' Em with wire, Button Button, Custom Address Stamps, and Corks.

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  18. I like MMM on Facebook (saundra mckenzie)

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  19. tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/SandyM204/status/141859790077956096

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  20. i've decided facebook needs a "love" page. 'cause i'd love mindy's shop. thanks!

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  21. this is too hard to choose! i love the burlap, mostly because i hate cutting strips of burlap. but i love the timepiece necklace, the cabochons, and the wire frames! definitely marking this site for many purchases!

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  22. Everything looks awesome! The burlap, the stand. So cool! I am now following that blog!

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  23. i would want some of the buttons n bakers twine

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  24. I love the wrap-up scarves. ~ Andi T

    andreatrautman812@gmail.com

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  25. I liked Mindy Mae's Market on Facebook (Andi Bauer Trautman)

    andreatrautman812@gmail.com

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  26. I don't think there's anything on the site I wouldn't want to bring home!

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  27. I would love any type of craft item. Maybe some fabric materials, buttons, corks, ribbon, tulle, etc. I would be happy with anything!

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  28. I liked Mindy Mae's Market on FB

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  29. I tweeted about the giveaway.


    aroman01@baker.edu

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  30. I would love all of it, but especially the robot lovers :)

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  31. I tweeted the giveaway https://twitter.com/#!/akmglines

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  32. Caren A here. What a sweet giveaway! Thanks for the chance!!!

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  33. I'm back! OK, so I checked it out, and my first favorite is "robot love" (I'm in love with that one!!!!) and then the chalk would make the top of the list after that. Then I couldn't resist the lace. Oh, you didn't want to know all that. Just read my first sentence and forget about the other rambling. :)Caren (cadamsCREATIONS.blogspot.com)

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  34. I would love some of the lollipop sticks (we use them alot in this house!) or that Chevron pillow cover - nice!

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  35. Went to the market and I would love to have anything from there! I love the chicken wire frames and the wrapping.

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  36. I would love the easel, chevron pillow covers, and lollipop sticks--so fun!

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  37. I like Mindy Mae's Market on Facebook!

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  38. Stacey D. Baker's Twine!! Thanks so much for the chance.

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  39. I want the blue and white chevron fabric!

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  40. I love free crafty things-- but my favorite would be the TULLE!

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  41. Cabochons! And various other things!

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