Elements Design

{photo credit: Simone Gutkin}

Happy Giveaway Thursday everyone! It definitely feels like Summer today and I know one of my favorite Summer activities is reading at the beach. That was our inspiration for today’s giveaway – along with Amy’s popular book reviews here on our blog. So we decided to give away three of our favorite books along with one surprise title that we think you’ll love. We’re always learning and wanted to share our knowledge with these three books:

- Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die –  {Amy recently reviewed this on our blog};

- Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create and Irresistable Brand, and Be Generally Amazing on Facebook (and other social networks);

-  Best Practices for Graphic Designers, Grids and Page Layouts: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Applying Page Design Principles - {This is the book Amy and Ben authored that released last summer};

- AND, don’t forget about the surprise book…

Are you ready to read? If you want to win this this literary giveaway, here’s how to enter ::

We’re going to make it easier then ever for you to enter and win…

On Facebook :: Like our post about the giveaway then hit the “Share” button and post it to your own page

On Twitter :: Retweet our tweet about the giveaway

That’s it – its that simple!

We’ll pick a winner late Friday afternoon and announce it on our Facebook and Twitter pages. Good Luck!

~Allyson

As many of you may know, the 2013 Pantone Color of the Year was Emerald. Emerald is the perfect color for Spring – everything is coming up green! We decided to keep with the green theme by giving away an Emerald, Pantone Flash Drive!

{drive shown in different color}

 Flash drives aren’t a new product but they are quickly becoming a trend in the promotional materials arena. In fact, we’ve designed and created custom flash drives for many of our Clients, and ourselves! Use them as your pass to an event, take them to a tradeshow with your promotional materials on them, or use them to send our your resume/portfolio – we can think of hundreds of uses for these little gadgets.

So, are you seeing green? If you want to win this awesome giveaway, here’s how to enter ::

Post on our Facebook :: about this giveaway by copying and pasting: The @Elements Giveaway Thursday Contest has me seeing green! :: http://bit.ly/Yzj9LL

{make sure you tag us using the @ symbol!}

Tweet about this Contest :: by copying and pasting this tweet: The @elementsdesign Giveaway Thursday Contest has me seeing green! :: http://bit.ly/Yzj9LL

Pinterest :: Repin any one of the photos from our “Imagine in Emerald” board onto one of your own Pinterest boards. This  board can be found on our Elements Pinterest page.

We’ll pick a winner Friday afternoon and announce it on our blog, Facebook and Twitter pages. Good Luck!

~Allyson

{image:: amy graver and her awesome hand-sewn valentines}

Happy Valentines Day to all our Elements blog readers! We love that you’re reading our blog and hope that we can make your day a little bit sweeter with a giveaway!

We’re going to make the actual giveaway item a surprise – and we’ll announce the prize, as well as the winner, on our blog and social media platforms this Friday. Trust us, this is a really *sweet* surprise that you’ll surely want to win!

So you say you love surprises and are excited about our giveaway? Well, here’s how to enter ::

Post on our Facebook :: about this giveaway by copying and pasting: I want a sweet surprise on Valentines Day from the @Elements Giveaway Thursday Contest! :: http://bit.ly/15deEXi
{make sure you tag us using the @ symbol!}

Tweet about this Contest :: by copying and pasting this tweet: I want a sweet surprise on Valentines Day from the @ElementsDesign Giveaway Thursday Contest! :: http://bit.ly/15deEXi

Pinterest :: Repin our photo seen above onto one of your own Pinterest boards. This photo can be found on our Elements Pinterest page under the “All You Need Is Love” moodboard.

We’ll pick a winner Friday afternoon and announce it on our blog, Facebook and Twitter pages. Good Luck!

~Allyson

If you’ve read our blog before – you know that I {Allyson} am an organizing fanatic. Yes, I’m that person – the person who gets excited to order her new calendar/planner at the end of each year so that I can plan and obsess over my schedule. So today our giveaway will help the inner-organizer in all of you. We’re giving away this beautifully designed {and extremely functional} 2013 Planner designed and handmade by Stacie Humphery’s of Girl*In*Gear Studio.

The planner has everything an organizer can ask for:
・A monthly calendar spread at the beginning of each month, with places for notes and ideas;
・A weekly spread with times of each day; includes 6 mini monthly calendars for easy reference;
・A sturdy tabbed dividers for each month;
・A special 2014 future planning section

And for all you designer out there {or for those of you who just love a cute planner } it features a recycled chipboard cover with the phrase “2013: a year filled with possibility”  that has been screen-printed by hand. The pages also have a beautiful gray and tangerine design to them.

So, now that you’re super pumped about this awesome giveaway – here’s how to enter ::

• Post on our Facebook Wall :: about this giveaway by copying and pasting: “2013 will be a year filled with possibilities – especially if I win @Elements Giveaway Thursday Contest!  :: http://bit.ly/14qFgCL” 

• Tweet about this Contest :: by copying and pasting this tweet: ”2013 will be a year filled with possibilities – especially if I win @elementsdesign Giveaway Thursday!  :: http://bit.ly/14qFgCL” 

If you’re not the lucky blog winner that wins this prize, Stacie has an Etsy Shop full of awesome stuff – be sure to check it out! {Or you can also follow her on Twitter or Pinterest}.

~Allyson

Thanks to everyone who entered our “Week of Gift Giving” giveaway contest! The contest was a great success and we’ve chosen this year’s lucky winners for each day and here they are {cue drumroll} ::

Day 1 Winner :: Jilla Dilmaghani

Day 2 Winner :: Anna Sawin

Day 3 Winner :: Betty Neale

Day 4 Winner :: Kristi Grice

Day 5 Winner :: Rebecca Mead

If you’re one of our chosen winners, please email studio@elementsdesign.com, give us your mailing address, and we’ll send off your surprise during the first week of the New Year!

~Allyson