baby animal prints.

i've featured the work of sharon montrose in the past. but this fun giveaway is worthy of another mention. and this little baby camel, don't even get me started...

for any of you expecting or designing a nursery, this give away is pretty darn cool. a crib, a $1000 print giftcard and a "womb chair."

plus people...there are camels, and lions and bears. oh my. enjoy...

pretty & pretty.

one, a great last minute christmas idea. the other, just complete design eye~candy.


i've been cutting out hand~made sparkly paper christmas tree tags today, took a run, watched a bunch of the fattest squirrels i think i've ever seen in my backyard getting ready for winter. what are you up to today? i'd love to hear!

p.s. the winner of the little black dress give~away is asiye ivedi from l'atelier blog! congratulations!! i've e-mailed you...

mix it up.

combining patterns is fun. i love the thought of placing this swedese ottomon below, somewhere in a space surrounded by todd chilton's paintings. it would make for interesting goings on.



i'm loving that it's the weekend, hoping you are too ;) hey, don't forget, i have a snazzy give~away in the post below!! you guys, this is the perfect black dress, sign yourselves up! enjoy...

can you say give~away? well, shabby apple can!

ok, this is really a great way to end a busy week at avant garde design, with the perfect black sexy dress & just in time for the holidays!!

today's give~away is from shabby apple offering up a plethora of women's dresses...i especially L O V E the "tinsel town" collection, they're so very going~to~the~oscars~dresses!

this "beverly hills" dress is valued at $98.00 on shabby apple. yeah, that's right! but you get to win it for F R E E ! if you'd like to get up close and personal with this dress, view it here. if you want to really get up close and personal with it, then enter this sweet give~away and take her home!

so, it's simple. leave a comment on avant garde design saying where in the world you would wear this little black number, not because it will make you win it but because i just want to know! ;) (oh, and leave me some way to contact you should you be the lucky winner!)

then, head to shabby apple's site, here, this weekend, peruse their offerings and hit the "like" them on facebook button, here.

that's it! and if that's not enough, if while visiting the shabby apple site this weekend, you find that you just cannot wait to win this dress or you'd like to select something else, shabby apple is offering a 10% off special for avant garde design followers only! enter "avantgarde10off" at checkout and voila, you guessed it, 10% off. this special is guaranteed for 30 days from the date of this post. so, that's just bonus right?

so go, run, now, this is a fab dress, i wish it was for me! lucky you guys...enjoy!!


p.s. the winner will be chosen monday morning! so get in on this while you can!!

weekends & friends.

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hi friends! how's your weekend going?! we are heading to dinner tonight to a french restaurant that we absolutely salivate for and over once we are there. our friends haven't been there, so we're doubly excited to bring them! wherever you are, whatever you're doing, i hope you are super relaxed, drinking a glass of good wine (insert your drink of choice here) and enjoying good food & company too ;)

***i just wanted to say, if you didn't notice before today, in the post below, i'm offering a super fun give~away that ends monday, so get in on it! enjoy...

a happy friday give away!

i'm so excited to share a fab new give~away for this anticipated for many, friday! as many of your know, sissy little, an amazing removable and vinyl wall treatment design company, plus a new sponsor to avant garde design is generously offering a pre~spring give~away, valued at $50.00! you get to pick it. you get to win it. you get to enjoy it! have a look at a few (out of their many) designs you could be the lucky winner of...


you guys...think spring! think blossoms. think pops of color here. are you with me?

this one, for me, is one of my favorites. i adore the play on science and kitchen spices, just for fun.

so, here's the plan (it's easy!):
head over to sissy little's super fun website, here. and because you get to pick the design of your choice, peruse their collection and their color palettes.

it gets even easier...just leave a comment here on my blog, tell me what you would select and in what color. when you are visiting sissy little, follow them either on twitter or facebook and voila! you've now entered the sissy little/avant garde friday give~away! easy~peasy. told ya. ;)

***winner of the sissy little give~away will be selected and announced monday morning!

good luck everyone and more than that, enjoy sissy little's site, and their product options. how could you not? happy friday friends...have a great weekend. enjoy!

wednesday bliss.

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i'm running off to work today, it's beautiful out, it's quite the blissful wednesday here in my part of the world! i hope it is in your area too :) enjoy these wonderful images, of which i could hang out all day in any of them! from the ever inspiring bolig magasinet.

enjoy your summer day today and i'll see you here tomorrow! oh...don't forget to enter my eco-friendly give-away which i posted, 2 posts down for monday's post. only 3 comments so far, so you stand a great chance, go ahead, be eco-friendly and win! :)

kicking off the week with a monday morning {give-away!}

i love promoting eco-friendly products and i love promoting great, inventive companies contributing to your design world and designers needs. umbra provides for both of those desires and so today, to kick start the work week, umbra and avant garde design are offering an eco-friendly give-away. part of their boomba bath line, umbra is offering this exquisite bamboo waste can, bamboo soap dish and bamboo tooth brush holder, all in natural...naturally.


ok everyone, the retail value of these beauties is approx. $65.00 so i'm thinking it's a pretty darn great {eco-friendly by the way} give away!

it's pretty simple, take a visit to umbra's eclectic, affordable, contemporary site, check out anything from umbra's wallpaper line to frames to unique furniture pieces and do tell about something you could REALLY use or see in any of your spaces, residential or commercial. that's it. the winner will be picked at random this coming friday, so hurry over to umbra, you won't be disappointed, (did i mention their affordability?).

one more note about umbra: they've launched a design contest, with a prize of a $5,000 shopping spree!, ah, that's alot of product my friends :) here are the specifics:




so enjoy this give-away this fine monday morning, enjoy umbra, good luck and may the luckiest eco-friendly winner, win this friday :)

all modern give-away!

the fabulous site all modern, contacted me and offered a give-away folks and who could turn down that? all modern is truly an eclectic site, chock full of what else...modern accessories, enough to make your head turn more than once.

(alessi - nuvem wire flower vase by fratelli campana)

all modern has a fantastic selection of modern furniture and home accessories from many leading designers. part of csn stores, all modern is just one of over 260 retail sites that offer a diverse array of products from herman miller's popular aeron chair to cookware by rachael ray.

here's the nitty gritty. all modern is offering this allesi vase as a give-away with approx. a $75.00 value! visit all modern's site, don't worry, you won't be sorry. then leave me a comment as to what kind of flower, branch or anything else that you would use this vase for. on monday morning i'll select a winner at random and alert the lucky winner of her or his prize of this gorgeous unique vase from all modern. good luck lucky ducks and enjoy!!!!

all modern. & a give-away.

such great cubes, coffee tables, end tables....


pages and pages of unique lighting.


and of course additions to my pillow collection which is bordering on a problem :)

i laughed at these cute little wine openers.

i am so drawn to this rug for the fun energy it would bring to any space.

hi everyone, all modern contacted me about a give-away and after looking at their site, i certainly agreed! so many great gadgets, tons of pillows, blankets, bedding, seating, lighting...and the list goes on.

so look this week for the give-away as they are now selecting something special for special people like you. i'll post details about the give-away before the end of the week. so exciting! in the meantime, peruse the pages of all modern. get your chops set on something fun and fabulous to wish for in the upcoming give-away. enjoy!

wild wednesday give-away!

hey you guys, uprinting approached my blog with a great give-away and the deal was too good to pass up offering it, especially in these tough times where splurging on business postcards or business cards may not be in your budget at the moment.

uprinting features an on line print site offering the services of printing posters, postcards, business cards, menus, labels, stickers, letterhead and the list goes on! upon review of their site i noticed the creativity with which they design and print their products as well as the quality they put out. uprinting offers customs sizing and on line design tools...for all of you do-it-yourself-ers (like me). check out uprinting if you are in the market for any promotional materials to give your business a boost or perhaps to start one up!

so here's the deal: the giveaway is for 1000 free business cards or 500 free postcards. and this is all with free shipping so long as you live inside these united states and canada. if you don't there is a small charge for shipping.

so...leave an interesting comment about what you would do with either of these two items, what do you want or need them for? for fun? for work? i will announce a winner on monday morning (the 30th) and let you all know who won. you must admit you could really use a give-away! enjoy!