The Drop Shoppe Giveaway!

We have a winner! Scroll to the bottom to see!

The Drop Shoppe (thedropshoppe.com) sells thick, matte, high quality vinyl backdrops in large sizes that are affordable for photographers. You can use these with studio lighting or natural light. Each image is created in Photoshop or Illustrator to be the absolute sharpest possible when it’s printed in large format. Currently we sell two sizes; 5 feet by 8 feet and 10 feet by 8 feet. The 5′x8′ drops are $90.00 and the 10′x8′ drops are $150.00 All prices include free shipping to the continental United States. If you are out of the country you do have to pay shipping, but we work hard to find you the fastest and most affordable shipping solution. Each backdrop has an extra 1/2″ white border around the outside, which is perfect for you to clamp to your backdrop stand. This way you’re not clamping directly onto the backdrop image.

Here we have a simple set up of hooks screwed into the wall, a metal pole and three large clamps holding the backdrop.

There’s a variety of ways to hang these backdrops. You can just clamp them to your horizontal pole on your backdrop stand (with large clamps you can purchase at a hardware store), or you can hang hooks on your wall with a pole and clamp to that. We used the hooks/wall method in our small office since we couldn’t fit my larger backdrop stand in there. A quick Google search will also turn up quite a few do it yourself backdrop stands that you’re able to make at home for very little cash.

We have all sorts of patterns and styles for you to choose from. There’s plenty of grunge, messy paint, realistic background photos, wallpaper, doors, floors and much more. The possibilities for these backdrops are endless. Use them in your studio, use one for the popular ‘photo booth’ set ups at weddings, even hang them outside for big parties or family get togethers. The backdrops arrive in a shipping tube, which we ask you to keep so that you can store your backdrop in it when not in use. The best ways to store these are either rolled up, hanging or laying flat. If you should wrinkle them, usually laying them flat in a hot room or outside in the shade will remove the wrinkles. These also wipe clean with mild soap and water. No worries about that baby or toddler making a mess, just wipe it up!

I’ve also included a size chart for the 5′x8′ drops, showing the size of an adult woman and the size of our backdrops – a good way to show how big these drops really are:

Here’s an example of our backdrops in use! The following photo was taken by Holly McCaig with our Aged Red Doors backdrop.

Another backdrop photo by Chrissy Avila.

The backdrop I want to give away here on Pink Ink Studios today is our Watercolor Whimsy shown above, sized 5′x8′. It’s one of my favorites and works well when shooting just about any subject…from kids to women to men.

Winner will receive one Watercolor Whimsy size 5 feet by 8 feet backdrop with additional 1/2″ white border around it. Backdrops do not come with any kind of rods, clamps or pockets to hang them – you must supply your own way to hang it up. Backdrop will be shipped to the winner 3-7 days after the contest ends.

There are three different ways to enter between now and 8:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 18th – each entry requires its own separate comment:

CONTEST CLOSED! WE HAVE A WINNER! SCROLL TO BOTTOM!

1. ‘like’ The Drop Shoppe on Facebook, come back and post here that you did so

2. post on Twitter (then leave the link here):
I entered to win an Watercolor Whimsy backdrop at Pink Ink Studios by @pinkinkstudios from The Drop Shoppe.

3. leave a comment here on the blog about what your favorite backdrop is from the shop (thedropshoppe.com/store)

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Congrats to Candice Henry! She posted on our blog: “I love the red door. I just discovered these and I am in love.”

Candice is the winner of the watercolor whimsy backdrop! The company will be in touch on shipping to you!

Designer Show & Tell with Tara

This month’s Designer Show and Tell contest continues with Tara and the winner will receive a $25 COUPON TO TARA’S STORE AND A CUSTOM CARD TEMPLATE DESIGNED PRODUCT OF YOUR CHOICE!!! It will run until Wednesday June 16 at 12pm (EST.) Simply email Tara a photo of any product that you use in your business that you’ve had printed using Tara’s products (must be a photo of the actual product), tell us why you love it and what custom card template design you would want! Item must currently be available for sale and only one entry with one product per person. Multiple entries will automatically be excluded. Please email your photo (or link), why you love that particular item and thoughts on the custom card you would want to Tara at tara@tarasrokadesigns.com with the subject line “show and tell.” Be on the lookout for further Show and Tell’s from the other designers at Pink Ink!

Chalkboard Winner | Deborah Kocan

When we came up with the idea for the chalkboard contest, we really wanted to hear what your personal chalkboards would say. Something about you. We got very little of those responses, and lots of great ideas for session phrases! Go take a look if you haven’t read them all.

But, alas, we are sticking to the rules and we chose Deborah Kocan!

Deborah’s idea was to photograph herself with the phrase: Love, Laugh, Photograph – and then use them for her website.

We love how photographers use their personal photos on their business sites. It lets your clients get to know who you are a little better. And, what a fun, unique, and creative way to tell the world what you love to do!

Congrats to Deborah. Please shoot us an email at holly@hollymccaigdesigns.com with your mailing address and we’ll get your board out in a few weeks to you!

Wanting to purchase a chalkboard of your own? Great! We have four, adorable designs available for purchase. Just visit our website and click on ORDER to enter your order today! Purchase all four for a discounted rate of $65! Priority Mail shipping to anywhere in the world!

We’re Giving Away a Custom Chalkboard Prop!

CONTEST HAS ENDED – WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED FRIDAY!

I’ve been using these chalkboards for the past few months with my clients. Creating different shapes make sessions a lot more fun for my high school seniors and save-the-date options. But, the best part is that each chalkboard is painted on both sides and hand-made!

My clients love them. See some samples:

We currently have four chalkboard shapes available. Each is $19.99 (or buy all four for $65). We ship to any country (as long as you’re willing to pay for International Priority shipping). Custom-made for your order, chalkboards are another great novelty to add to your fun photobooths at weddings and events!

To purchase a chalkboard, please visit a separate website to review information about our boards and then, click on ORDER in the main menu to place your order. Site: Holly McCaig Designs (owner of Pink Ink Studios).

You can also enter to win one of these chalkboards! Contest ends Thursday at 11:59 p.m. CST.

So, how do you enter?

Simply leave a comment here on the Pink Ink Studios blog, telling us what your “message” would say on your personal chalkboard! The more creative, the better! We’ll choose our favorites and then enter them into a drawing. Must be a US resident to enter the contest, or agree to pay additional shipping cost outside of the U.S.

Good lucj!

Win Carrie’s Entire Store!!

Wish you could have everything in Carrie’s store…….for absolutely nothing?!!!!  Now you have a chance!  The winner will receive a coupon code for 100% off Carrie’s store (other than logos.)  Additionally, a second and third prize will be awarded for $100 and $50 coupon codes.  And just so everyone is a winner, Carrie will give out a coupon code to all Pink Ink customers that will be announced on our Facebook page!  If you haven’t become a fan (or liked it with the new Facebook lingo) be sure to go join up…..lots of great coupon codes are announced from our designers.  So here’s what you have to do for a chance to enter Carrie’s Contest which is valued at OVER $1,300……

Post the following to your public blog, facebook or twitter account:

I entered to win Carrie’s entire store at @pinkinkstudios.com valued at over $1,300!  www.facebook.com/PinkInkStudios for further details!

****Once posted, come back to the comments section FOR THIS POST with a link to your PUBLIC ACCOUNT so that we can verify that a post was made.  Comments without links, links to non-public accounts and duplicate comments will automatically be disqualified.  IF YOUR LINK IS TO A PRIVATE ACCOUNT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VERIFY YOUR POST AND YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED- IF YOU DON’T HAVE A PUBLIC ACCOUNT, THIS IS A GREAT REASON TO OPEN ONE!!!

This contest runs until 8 p.m. (EST) Wednesday May 5, 2010.  Remember, first time posters must be approved manually, so please wait up to 24 hours for approval of your comment. We choose our winners from the admin side, based on the time you commented, not when we approve you.  Only one entry per person please!  Comments must be made on the blog and not on our Facebook or Twitter Page.

Follow Pink Ink at the following….

www.facebook.com/PinkInkStudios

@PinkInkStudios on Twitter

A small sample of Carrie’s items….

ProPhoto Blog Theme Winner

And the winner is…..

Nicole Taylor from nicoletaylorphoto.com!  Congratulations Nicole!

A special thanks to ProPhoto for this wonderful prize!  Head on over to their website and check out their latest template and all of its great features!

Pink Ink Studios Contest- ProPhoto Blog Theme

I’ve been using a ProPhoto Blog for quite a while now and I have got to say that it’s one of the best investments a photographer can make other than their gear!

(click on image above to go to prophotoblogs.com)

I think that the number one thing that drew me in was the large photos- add easy customization to the whole deal and I was sold!  Their latest template is no exception (which is why I really need to upgrade!)  Here’s all of the great reasons why I love it….

In the past, using a blog for your photography business has meant either 1)  choosing a cookie-cutter blog template, 2) trying to customize an existing template by modifying theme code, or 3) paying $3,000 or more for a custom blog.  ProPhoto changes all of that.  Phophoto is a super-theme that plugs into WordPress and gives you full control over the appearance of your blog, allowing you to easily customize your blog to match your branding and personality.  ProPhoto provides an easy to use interface that gives endless customization options, giving you the freedom to change your colors, fonts, backgrounds and your branding images however and whenever you want.  We have also built many photographer-friendly features into ProPhoto, like integrated image galleries and slideshows, right and left-click image theft protection, automatic image watermarking, a rotating flash header slideshow, and much more.  We’re so confident you’ll love ProPhoto, that we have a 110% money-back guarantee.  If you purchase and try it out for a week (or a month) and find that it isn’t what was advertised, we’ll give you your money back, plus 10% extra for trying.  ProPhoto blogs, a custom blog at a template price.

Wish you could have their latest template?  Well you have a chance simply by commenting on this post.  All entries should be placed on this blog post and not on Facebook or Twitter.  This contest runs for two weeks and will end on March 29th.  Remember, first time posters must be approved manually, so please wait up to 24 hours for approval of your comment. We choose our winners from the admin side, based on the time you commented, not when we approve you.  Only one entry per person please!

Custom Camera Strap Winner

Congratulations to Deborah Kocan who won a custom handmade SLR Camera Strap from Cotton Candy by Natalie! We used the Random.org generator to pick #31 and then to make it fair, we used our comment list from the admin section. This shows comments as they submit, whereas the blog will show you comments after we approve them (if they have never had previous comments before). Duplicate emails/posts were only counted once.

Deborah, we will be in touch with you on how to get your prize.

Don’t fret if you didn’t win because Natalie is graciously offering $5 OFF orders for Pink Ink Studio readers till the end of March. So just send her a “convo” at her etsy store with the strap you want to purchase and mention the coupon code “PinkInk5off“. She’ll then set up a custom listing for you based on what you want. Enjoy and get shopping so you can get your hands on these fabulous camera straps.

Check out the lovely designs at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/cottoncandybynatalie

Special thanks to Natalie Putnam for her donation to Pink Ink Studios and our customers.

Stay tuned for our next contest which is coming SOON and you don’t want to miss out on the opportunity to receive it absoltely free just by posting a comment on our blog!!!!!!

Have you checked out Pink Ink’s latest products? Be sure to head on over here to see what our designers have whipped up this week!

Custom Camera Strap Giveaway

Our latest giveaway is from the amazingly talented Natalie Putnam of Cotton Candy by Natalie who designs fabulous camera straps! The winner will receive a beautiful custom handmade SLR Camera Strap! The lucky winner will get to choose the fabric to design their very own reversible camera strap.

For more information and to check out her beautiful designs, please visit http://www.etsy.com/shop/cottoncandybynatalie

To enter to win by leaving a comment on our blog here (this post) – not on Facebook, not on Twitter. Right here! Contest ends on March 12th at 11:59 p.m. CST

Remember, first time posters must be approved manually, so please wait up to 24 hours for approval of your comment. We choose our winners from the admin side, based on the time you commented, not when we approve you.

Good luck and get commenting to add a little cotton candy to your life!!

Our Winner! Wacom Intuos 4

Wow, that was a lot to go through! We made sure they were all valid and no duplicates. Then, I randomly drew a number and voila! Here’s our winner!

Congrats to Joanna!

We’re emailing you right now to notify you and get details to put it in the mail to you! YOU WILL LOVE IT!

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