I’ve been blogging about sources of inspiration & happy things recently. I took home a bunch of colorful things that make me happy and I made sure that I bought two of my most favouritest-est (red line for spelling and green line for grammar, bring it on!) so that I can keep one for myself and one for a lucky reader. Well, if I only had all the money in the world, I would have probably sent out kits to anyone who requested. But I don’t. Hihi.
Presenting, the first ever blog giveaway for 2013! No. The paper cubes and the dodecahedrons are not part of the giveaway or they’ll get crushed in the mail 😛 And oh, to anyone who’s been asking or to those who missed the origami tutorial, click here.
First, three sets of origami papers will be raffled off: polka dots, triangles & rectangle prints. As you will notice, each set has a dark & light version. There’s more stuff that you can do with these papers aside from origami: you may use it to wrap tiny gifts, it’s a piece that you can put into your mood board or you may use it to make your tablescape more interesting. By the way, it also comes with a tiny origami instruction sheet 😀
If you have been following the Googly Gooeys on Instagram, you know that I love playing with and experimenting with different things from time to time. The quick paintings on the right are a color combination exercises. I’m always scared that I’ll be stuck with a color scheme so I always want to challenge myself & try new colors. (I’m offering a cookie to anyone who can spot the misplaced triangle on the tiny piece of watercolor paper! :P)
Here’s a more up close (& personal??) view of the origami papers. I really wish I bought an extra pack of origami paper that I used for the cubes. My cousins & I got addicted to origami during a Christmas party we ended up finishing a pack. We were doing paper origami cubes while we were playing Bingo. Woops! J Luckily, most of the people on our table (and 100% of those who were doing origami while doing Bingo) all won & I won the jackpot prize! Yay! J *Sorry. As usual, you’ll find me sharing with you unsolicited sidestories. Gahhh.. I vowed never to use “unsolicited” ever again since I’ve overused it but no-ho-ho-ho, I used it again.
Four rolls of fabric tapes are also included in this giveaway! J What I like about fabric tapes is that they’re opaque & permanent. I was such a crammer back in high school. Double-sided tapes (and glue gun) always came in handy if I needed a quick way to put things together. So, fabric tapes, the prettier cousin of double-sided tapes, will come in handy if you want a quick way spice up place cards, gift tags or your scrap book 🙂
…and here’s the lone washi tape. As I’ve said before, I got overwhelmed with shelves and shelves of washi tape I ended up not buying a lot or the ones that I already have. Haha. I would always tell people that I’m not a washi addict. Then I realized that by saying that, I just proved to them that I’m a true addict in denial. Compared to fabric tapes, washi tapes are more forgiving. You can remove them from most papers without damaging the medium!
I must confess, I always bring a roll in my bag. (Did I say that I’m NOT a washi addict? :D) I use it for um…more noble purposes such as lining the borders of my canvases, prettyfying letters, sticking artworks to the wall, and I really wish I could give you more artsy stuff that I do with it but I also use it to reseal an unfinished pack of junk food, to fix the cord of my hair dryer when I’m traveling, or the pet peeve or some people, to mark the pages of the books and magazines 😀
Here’s the clincher, if you just opened this page & went to the last part for the raffle section, you’re bound to miss this: We’re giving away 10 postcards to the first ten people who will be mailing us their address 😀
Here’s the second set of postcards for mailing. So e-mail us your address now via ponggo@googlygooeys.com 😀
Update as of Jan 8, 9:35am
Woops! We were able to receive 10 addresses already within minutes upon announcing the promo. :O Worry not. We’ll be posting a new promo code for a second wave of postcards. Be sure to follow us on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook for updates. We’ll be posting another promo code before the promo period ends 🙂
Update as of Jan 11, 3:29pm
Because we’re so excited, we’re posting the names of the postcard winners in advance. Please
give us 2-3 weeks to mail the postcards 🙂 Congratulations!
1. Chantelle Bolo (Canada)
2. Czarine Isabel Gomez (Marikina City)
3. Richard Co (Pasig City)
4. Khirsten Lim (Marikina City)
5. France van Niekerk (South Africa)
6. Bianca Marie Pascual (Navotas City)
7. Bituin Callanta (Pateros)
8. Kaye Raymundo (Valenzuela City)
9. Charmaine Cabugnason (Taguig City)
10. Yaine Tobias (Makati City)
Meanwhile, watch out for the second wave of the postcard promo. We’ll be posting a new code very soon! 🙂
Update as of Jan 14, 2013, 11:19pm
As promised, here’s the second wave of the postcard giveaway! 🙂 We will be mailing postcards to the first 5 people who will e-mail us their mailing address (Remember, mailing address & NOT e-mail address). Yes, we can send postcards to any netizen who lives on planet earth 🙂 The title of the e-mail should follow this format:
(adjective) (name of first pet) from (adjective) (country you’re from), the land of (noun)
Don’t forget to e-mail us your real name too unless you’d like to be addressed as such on your postcard 🙂
Good luck! Those who will not follow directions will be disqualified. *I officially sound like my least favorite teacher.*
Update as of Jan 15, 2013 10:22am
Here’s the second set of winners! We can’t wait to raffle off the rest of the prizes! Be back again soon! 🙂
1. Marian “Iana” Peralta
2. Eula P. Tetangco
3. Mariel Arboleda
4. Ho Zhen Meng
5. Nikka del Rosario
Congratulations to the winners. Please give us 2-3 weeks to ship the postcards 🙂
For the rest of the stuff, get clicking below and good luck 😀
Update as of Jan 18, 2013 10:16am
Congratulations to the winners! 🙂 Finally discovered that the winners’ names can be displayed on the widget so here they are 🙂
As for the postcard winners, We’re done writing on your postcards!! 🙂 We just need to mail them! 😉
Thanks again for joining! It was really fun while it lasted. We’re really hoping to come up with more giveaways for you in the future! ❤
Hope I win. Love your paper creations.
Wee! Thanks Richard. Thanks for joining too. We’re really hoping we could join you in one of the food trips! I’d love to try that Wan suy you posted I even took a screen shot of it. Hahaha.
Anytime, we’re just a message away.
These origami papers are so cute and colorfull! I used to make alot of origami animals!
Oh cool! So far, I can only make a cube, a boat & a paper crane. Haha.
Posting a comment because comments are fun (LOL) I want to win because I (finally) have my own room now that my sister moved out. I started moving furniture around and redecorating. I just got a big new corkboard that I want to fill with cute colorful things and Christmas lights… you get where I’m going with this, right?
Yes, of course. Christmas lights are ❤ be it with paper cups, mason jars, paper cubes or even when it isn’t Christmas! 😉
Woohooo!! Pretty pretty stuff! I hope the make the cut though! Such lovely posties!
I would love to have a washi tape tho! Never had one so let’s see if I get addicted too! Haha!
When you own a piece of washi tape, you get the feeling that you want to own the rest of the designs….that’s when it gets addicting 🙂
Hi Tipsy! I know we’re swapping some stuff but I still want to try my luck! Hehe! Everything’s so pretty! 😀
Hello Aya!
Ahahaha. No worries. I’ve got you covered. I really have to get to mailing the stuff when our post-new-year / post-vacation house is tidy! Haha. Thanks again for the notebook! I always had ruled notebooks for years and I didn’t know how liberating it is to sketch on blank sheets. Haha.
I’m a sucker for pretty things ;uuu; Want!!
I am too! 🙂 Hey, good luck Yaine & thanks for joining! 😀
so much pretty!!!! origami paper please!
Fozzy! Wah…Thank you. If I only knew I bought more origami papers. By the way, a lot of people have been asking me about the schedule for your calligraphy workshop. Please let me know when it is 🙂 I’d love to cross-post it here on the blog 🙂
I love all the patterns in the this post! What you’ve done with them makes them look super pretty. I’m jonesing for some origami paper because I love how patterns can spice up any card or gift or origami creation!
Hello Eula! 🙂 T-h-a-n-k-(space)-y-o-u! 🙂
I said I was going to disassemble everything once the photo shoot was over but no, it’s still there as an origami bouquet 🙂
Those origami paper please! 🙂 I would love to do some origami sometime to relieve my stress. Everything just looks so cute and pretty. 🙂
Sometimes, I’d like to call it paper therapy 🙂
I would like to win because that fabric tape sounds so fun and would up my crafting! And the colors!
You will get that feeling that you don’t want to use them because they’re so pretty and on the other hand, you want to use them because they’re so pretty. Haha.
I love making those origami cubes! And the colors looks fantastic!
The colors are ❤❤❤ 🙂 I just love how they come together 🙂
I would love to win because I want to make cute things to decorate and brighten up my little boy Rylee’s play space. Colorful things catches his attention and I know he’ll enjoy his space as much I’d enjoy crafting using the items included in your blog giveaway. And oh, i adore washi tapes too!
Awww…Adorable Rylee! ❤
Been obsessed with origami and triangles lately so that particular set of origami papers would be perfect!
Triangles within a triangle. It’s like origami Inception 😉
Mother of fabric tapes! OMG. I’d love to decorate some artwork I’m planning to give my boyfie on our monthsary, and my parents on their wedding anniversary. Gah! *_*
Haha. Because of you, I will try to use “Mother of Fabric tapes!” as an expression too. Happy monthsary in advance! 🙂
Pretty paper, twines, tapes – cutesy stuff to jumpstart my crafting ambition. Why? Because I’m a crafting virgin and I’d like that to change this year. 🙂
Hahaha. I like how you call yourself. I’ve been doing digital stuff for a while now & it’s always nice to go back to making handmade stuff 🙂 Go! There’s http://craftmnl.com/ to boot. They have a list of crafting events & seminars 🙂
I love those washi tapes. They are so cute!
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They are…and that’s just one design. Wait ’til you discover the world of washi tapes! ❤
Washi Tapes!!! Being a teacher for emergent readers requires a lot of creativity to lure those kids into reading. I could use these washi tapes to let them cover/bookmark their books! ☺
Hello Raine! 🙂 Yes, anything to lure kids. Haha. Thank you, thank you for joining…as always 🙂 ❤
I really love to win this because I want to use it for my trinkets for my bestfriends and family whenever I want to send them some gifts or something. And I am inlove with crafting that’s why I want these! 🙂
Awww…It seems crafters always have a generous soul ❤
Hello Tippy! I love the origami papers! I’m such a sucker for geometric prints in pastel/neon colors so these are a must-have! 😀
Hello Allie! Yes, I’ve been such a sucker for geometric stuff lately. I want to make origami cubes and all those other forms I can’t even name. Hihi. 😀
Dear Tippy, you had me at fabric tape and pretty paper. They’re gorgeous! (And I can see what you did there with the misplaced triangle. ^_^* It’s okay, he’s happy right where he is.)
You made me laugh so hard about the triangle! Best comment everrrr!!!! The triangle wants to stand out in its own seemingly cookie-cutter world 😉
Fabric tapes please? ❤ I’ve been looking for stuffs to stick on my laptop, and the fabric tapes would be perfect! 🙂
Let the taping frenzy begin! 😉
Oh, I love them all! But I’m cool with origami paper, since I went back to making crafts just last week and my first project was kusudama 🙂
I just Googled kusadama. Oh wow! You must be an origami master! 😉
Oh no, not really. Here’s my post about it: http://demsangeles.com/2013/01/kusudama-origami-101/ 🙂
Lovely giveaways! Hope to win the super cute washi tapes. Thank you and Happy New Year ^_^
Happy New Year to you too Mikee! 😀
Cutie patootie washi tapeeeees! Hihi :’)
…and I always get a sense of fulfillment when I infect someone with washi/ tape addiction. Haha. 🙂
Fabric tapes! It makes anything look pretty! 🙂
It does! ❤
I’d like to win the Fabric Tapes. They look oh so pretty! And I’m so curious about them, too. 🙂
Come to think of it, we can just all buy sheets & sheets of fabric & tape some double-sided tape on one of its sides but cutting fabric neatly is very tricky so thank god for fabric tapes! 🙂
origami papers! I wanted to do and experience the tutorial about making the boxes!
Woot! 🙂 Glad you’ve also come across the origami tutorial. Thanks MP! 🙂
Eye candy! I’d love to have dibs on that origami paper; can’t help but be in a happy mood looking at those pretty patterns and colors 🙂
Yes, yes. As I always say, colors make me happy 🙂 I think staring at colors is an inexpensive way to get happy…except for the part where you end up buying a lot of colorful stuff. Hahaha.
it’s rare that i actually become “girly” because i’m one of the boys but the washi tape and the fabric tape and basically everything is making me reach into my creative girl side. :>
Worry not. One of the illustrators I really look up to loves drawing hearts and using pastel colors.
He has a wife & a kid. 😉 I guess in the end you just have to embrace what really makes you happy–even if they’re fabric & washi tapes. Hahaha.
Id love to win the origami papers and washi tape! i love making crafts and cutie stuffs! 🙂
I feel ya Mars! 🙂
I love the cheerful colorful origami paper, the fabric & washi tapes in the giveaway. It will be great to win it!
Isn’t it amazing that even if it is an object & literally faceless, we can still tell that it’s happy? 🙂
I’d want to win the washi tape.
watashi tapes
…and from now on, I shall call them WATASHI tapes too 😉
sorry Washi tapes! Im so sorry =p
No problem 🙂 I actually thought it was deliberate 🙂
I’d want to win washi tapes. I could totally use them during work and during my craft time. 😀
Yes. They’re fun to stick on notes to co-workers & the to-do list 🙂
cute! I like those washi tapes..been hearing about them pero wala kc sa area ko nito…huhu.
Really? Where do you live?
You may order online via http://www.heykessy.com 🙂
ohhhhh pretty origami paper!! i like (: cannot find decent ones in singapore ):
Awww!!
Hope you win Zane! 🙂
I hope I can win them! 😀 I love crafting stuffs. 😀
Woohoo! 🙂 Thanks for joining & keep on crafting 🙂
I’m a sucker for pretty things! And I love doing DIYs!
Yes, DIY’s are fun & they give you a sense of fulfillment too 😀
The origami papers! I started origami a few years ago and now that my sister’s getting into it, I now have someone to share the hobby with! 🙂
Yup. Origami is more fun when you’re doing it with someone else 🙂
I love the origami papers! I love doing origami work with my sister. Its just something you can make when you need something to make your project pop!
It really does 🙂
I love arts and crafts! I could use these pretty colorful papers to teach my niece. 🙂
I’d like to win the fabric and washi tapes! It will be a great addition to my arts & crafts stuff! 😉
Hello fellow crafter! 🙂
Hi! *waving hand* 🙂
I’d like to win the washi tapes and the fabrics because it will add a more positive look to my Optimism 2013 mood board. 🙂
Sure the internet has Pinterest but cork boards are still ❤ I also have one here at home 🙂
The washi tapes and fabrics are perfect for my scrapbooking:)) Would love to win it:)))
Tapes can easily give life to any scrapbook 🙂
Pretty fabric tapes! *drool*
*hands over tissue* 😉
OMG! Excited to create more! This will add to my 365 crafty projects this 2013
Yay! 🙂 Thanks Keevee! Glad it inspires you 😀
I’m getting married on November and I have been thinking of a washi and origami DIY projects for my special day! 🙂 I hope I can win the origami papers, fabric and washi tapes too! 🙂 <3
Hello There November bride! 🙂 I was a November bride too and I also did some DIY on my wedding. Super fun! 🙂
I would like to win the origami paper although I don’t know how to do origami, and also the fabric tapes and the washi tape, just to decorate my children’s memory boxes. My hubby printed photos and just stuck them to the wall, I want to use tapes to frame them. 🙂
Tapes are a fun way to paste photos on the wall. The washi tapes are especially nice since it doens’t leave a mark on the wall after 🙂 As for origami, the tutorial’s here 🙂 http://www.googlygooeys.com/2013/01/06/colorful-paper-cubes-an-origami-tutorial/
Would love to win the washi tapes!! Been wanting to try them out. I also love origami paper 🙂
i love washi! the paper is great. origami’s are better made with them compaired to normal paper. liking your facebook 🙂
Washi tapes coz like my walls clean! Plus, washi tapes are pretty 🙂
These are so cute!
OMG i see washi tape!…lol
I want to win it because in Argenita those are unexistant!
Aww…Really? But why?? Anyway, good luck & hope you win Belen! 🙂
I want them all 🙂
why didn’t I see this? hahabol ako!
I don’t know why Kat? Hahaha. Yes, join na. Now na. Hahahaha.
i wanna all (hahaha washi tapes, fabric tapes and origami paper) this because one of my plans this year is to do more crafts. 😀
i want the washi tape! 🙂 i honestly haven’t used one, and the design was pretty cute. :))
i like the postcards for my collection and also the washi tapes which are so cute 🙂
Hello Iana! 🙂 It’s really nice to see you here (aside from Instagram & Twittaahhh). Super thanks for all the support <3
I haven’t used washi tape before, but have seen lots of projects on Pinterest and blogs that use them.
It’s actually fun to use! 🙂 It instantly turns any blah paper into something fun & colorful ❤
Dying to have fabric tapes … but I don’t know where to buy one. 🙁
Any of them! Great for arts and crafts.
I would use the washi tape in papercraft projects
my daughter loves to make arts work using tapes and color and papers.. this would be a nice bonding time for us two.
Aww! It always feels good to infect someone with the love for art & anything colorful 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway! I love anything pretty, so, count me in! 😀
I’m so excited, I misspelled my name! Hahahaha! It’s supposed to be BugE. Hahahaha
Hahahaha. Hello Buge! 🙂 Nice to see you here! Thanks for joining. Hihi 😀
I love anything cute and crafty! 🙂
I love anything cute so i always make my things cute and crafty
I love the tapes, they’re so cute!
I love fabric tape and the washi tape! They are kawaii! 😛
I love everything here! I would love it if I won these items!
I would like to win the origami paper because i L<3 VE origami!!! 😀
It’s super fun & therapeutic. Hehe.
I wanna give origami a shot, who knows, maybe im good at it <3
You can start practicing now with the tutorial here 🙂 http://www.googlygooeys.com/2013/01/06/colorful-paper-cubes-an-origami-tutorial/
nice.. 😀
My daughter absolutely loves origami 🙂 hope we win!
by the way, i love your site! im a new follower!
Thanks Christine! 🙂 Hello to your daughter! 🙂 I’ve been enjoying origami since I was a kid too! 🙂 ❤
I would love to win this because I’m so inlove with any paper products and in fact I collect stationary and other paper products. I also love to do origami and any cute stuffs like this that is made of paper 🙂
Paper products…oh paper products! ❤
love the fabric tapes! for my craft projects.
I’m really happy to see a lot of crafters joining! 🙂 Good luck Theresa! 🙂 ❤
FABRIC TAPES!!!
I’d love to win the fabric and washi tapes 🙂 I’d like to try my hand at scrapbooking 🙂
Scrapbooking is fun & it’s something that’s really nice to keep ❤❤
fabric tapes!
I love joing your contests!
Hihi. Thanks Abby! 🙂 Hope you win….again! 😀 Who knows? 😀 Haha.
I would love to win anything! 🙂
FABRIC TAPES!
Fabric tapes are ❤❤❤
They look so nice. 😀
They do ❤
I love the Good Night Tee because it’s so cute and so true 🙂
Ooh actually origami papers! Origami is so fun!
wow these are so pretty!
yea i would like to win, because well, they’re so pretty.
I’d love to get started on crafting!
I love making crafty stuff! billiondollarprincesss@hotmail.com
they’re all so cute!
I would like to win because this would be a wonderful bonding moment with my little one. 🙂
Awww…Yes, crafting is always a good form of bonding ❤❤ 🙂
I want to win the fabric tape. :”) The designs are so unique & cute <3
I want to win the origami papers. I want to try doing origami cause they are cute..!! =]
“(adjective) (name of first pet) from (adjective) (country you’re from), the land of (noun)”
May I just say that is the cutest madlib ever.
Ever Yours,
Happy Tukmol from Scrumptious Philippines, the land of Bed.
Haha. It was supposed to be some random unnecessary lengthy alphanumeric code that they can copy & paste but I just had to change it last minute to give diligent readers a chance 🙂
Thanks Happy Tukmol! Bwahahaha. 😀
I want to win the washi and/or the fabric tapes. I want to create pretty things with the tapes and also try scrapbooking this year. Those pretty tapes would be a great way to start a really nice and creative hobby! ^__^
Yes they are! 🙂
They are really cute!!! ^__^
I want to win because I want to win this for my girlfriend 🙂
Oh my! How sweeeeeet! ❤
yay, thanks tipsy and ponggo 🙂
I want to win because I love these things, these cute things, these unique styles, and I am excited to see this with my notebooks and books. <3
Oh yay! I get a postcard! 🙂 Egggzited! Thank you, thank you!
I would love to win the postcards because I would love to surprise my friends by sending them secret notes on them.
I want to win because I’m a certified WAA and I love receiving snail mails 🙂
Inlove with those FABRIC TAPES. Very colorful! <3
I love the wash tapes! it’s super duper cutee! :’>
fabric tape
I love sending personalized letter to my lovey dovey and collecting stationeries, scrapbook stuffs. 😉
I won! OMG. Thank you, Tipsy and Ponggo! 🙂
You’re welcome Regina! 🙂 Hope to see you in on of the Rusher EB’s 😀