It’s about that time! Summer is coming to an end & school will soon be back in session. This is a big school year for me because my little princess is headed off to kindergarten. So, with school on my brain so much lately, I’ve decided to kick off a month long “Back to School” series next week full of lots of fun design features. I’ve gathered together some of my friends & experts throughout the design industry to guest blog & “school” you on everything you need to know about interior design & living in style. From fabrics, economics & setting budgets, color, geometry, technology & everything in between we’re covering lots of material. And yes, there will be quizzes! This month is sure to be jam packed with tons of great design inspiration, lessons & of course great eye candy.

To ensure you have the proper technology to keep up with the Designer Detective Back to School series, we’re giving away an ipad to one lucky reader!   I use mine everyday & I think one of my readers should have one too!

To enter, simply leave comments anywhere on the Designer Detective blog between now & Friday, September 17th.   How easy is that? Please keep your comments “content focused”. Join in the fun & the design conversations. Whether you’re a design novice, professional, or simply a blog lover your design comments are welcomed! Tacky, tasteless, or inappropriate non-content focused comments are frowned upon & will not be considered in the drawing (so sorry to even have to mention that, but unfortunately there are a few crazies out there on the world wide web & the intent of the giveaway is to reward a lucky reader).

Make sure a valid e-mail is posted along with your comment. I will be contacting the winner via e-mail to obtain shipping information for the ipad.   Each comment with valid e-mail & name will be considered an entry.  You may enter as many times as you wish.  All valid e-mails will be put into a drawing to select the winner. Entries will be accepted until 5:00 PM Central time on Friday, September 17th when the winner will be selected. Good luck!

Congratulations to Vickie Velis! You are the lucky winner of the Sony Handycam!  I will be e-mailing you to get your shipping information.

Thank you to everyone who participated!  I love reading all of the great comments.  Keep ‘em coming!  All new comments from today forward will be entered into the drawing for the next giveaway.  Stay tuned to see what it will be!

Happy decorating

We are officially extending the deadline for the Sony Handycam giveaway.  Due to the technical difficulties we had on the blog last week (while incorporating some new features & updates), I thought it was only fair to extend the opportunity to win the video camera.  So, good news ~ you still have a chance to win!

For all of the details on how to win, click here.

The drawing for the winner will now take place on Tuesday, February 9th at 5:00 PM.

Good luck everyone!

It’s time for another giveaway for my fabulous readers!  In honor of my recent upgrade to feature more video for the Designer Detective readers,  I am giving away a video camera!  You could be the lucky winner of this Sony Handycam video recorder.  Capture all of your precious memories on video!

* Hi8 Handycam camcorder with 320,000-pixel CCD

* 20x optical zoom lens (digital zoom to 990x) with manual focus and image stabilizer

* 2.5-inch rotating LCD and black-and-white viewfinder

* Low-light recording settings and built-in white LED light

* NP-FM30 InfoLithium Rechargeable Battery

To enter, simply leave comments anywhere on the Designer Detective blog between now & Tuesday, February 2nd.  How easy is that?  Please keep your comments “content focused”.    Join in the fun & the design conversations.  Whether you’re a design novice,  professional, or simply a blog lover your design comments are welcomed!  Tacky, tasteless, or inappropriate non-content focused comments are frowned upon & will not be considered in the drawing (so sorry to even have to mention that, but unfortunately there are a few crazies out there on the world wide web & the intent of the giveaway is to reward a lucky reader).  Make sure a valid e-mail is posted along with your comment.  I will be contacting the winner via e-mail to obtain shipping information for the Sony Handycam.  One entry per valid e-mail.  All vaild e-mails will be put into a drawing to select the winner.  Entries will be accepted until 5:00 PM Central time on Tuesday, February 2nd when the winner will be selected.  Good luck!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who entered.  It’s been so fun reading everyone’s comments   Everyone who commented during the giveaway had their e-mail addresses placed into a bowl & we have drawn a winner!  Drum roll please…

Congratulations to Kate Kassen!  You are the winner of the iPod Touch.  I will be contacting you via e-mail to get all of your shipping details.

Again, thank you to all of our new & loyal readers!  I appreciate you all so much!  Since this giveaway went so well, I have decided to come up with more giveaways for my readers.  Stay tuned for the next giveaway announcement!

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays everyone!!!

Christmas is coming early for one lucky reader of my blog!  I’ll be giving away an iPod touch to one lucky reader on Tuesday, December 22nd.  To enter, simply leave comments anywhere on the Designer Detective blog between now & Tuesday, December 22nd.  How easy is that?  Please keep your comments “content focused”.    Join in the fun & the design conversations.  Whether you’re a design novice,  professional, or simply a blog lover your design comments are welcomed!  Tacky, tasteless, or inappropriate non-content focused comments are frowned upon & will not be considered in the drawing (so sorry to even have to mention that, but unfortunately there are a few crazies out there on the world wide web & the intent of the giveaway is to reward a lucky reader).  Make sure a valid e-mail is posted along with your comment.  I will be contacting the winner via e-mail to obtain shipping information for the iPod touch.  One entry per valid e-mail.  All vaild e-mails will be put into a drawing to select the winner.  Entries will be accepted until 5:00 PM Central time on Tuesday, December 22nd when the winner will be selected.  Good luck!