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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Wednesday Giveaway!

Today's giveaway is from Alia from Sweetshorn Vintage. She's giving away three paperweights: A ram, bull and deer, desiged by Gunnar Cyren for Dansk in the late 1960s. Aren't they amazing?

For a chance to win, visit Sweetshorn Vintage and leave a comment below. Three winners will be chosen at random tomorrow afternoon. Good luck!

Update: Our winners are Kelsey (the bull), Anait (the ram) and Heather (the deer). I'm glad they'll be going to happy homes! xo

415 comments:

  1. Becca4:25 PM

    <3 it. hard.

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  2. Those are VERY nicely designed! I like how it's like they're bursting forth from liquid metal

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  3. Tricia4:32 PM

    lions, tigers & bears plus a ram, bull & deer...love em all.

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  4. julia4:33 PM

    so cute!

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  5. Skye Stewart4:33 PM

    oooh! love these, especially the deer!

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  6. I need those! So cute, plus my papers are flying everywhere without them! :)

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  7. My oh my! These little things are awesome! Very classy.

    Jenya

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  8. What a great giveaway! Thanks for sharing the site!

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  9. jesselyn4:39 PM

    I loves it! Cute Cute! I love sweetshorn vintage too.

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  10. Adorbs! Love those!

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  11. These little guys are just adorable, puh-leeze let it be me!!!

    I've got the perfect spot already picked out : )

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  12. Oh Alia! How spoiled we are! I've been eying those paperweights ever since they were featured on another design-y blog I read.

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  13. oooh those are cool :)

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  14. oh dear! i totally would love one of these charming animals! too cute!

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  15. uuuuu.... very very nice design ^_^

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  16. cutie pies! way better than my celly or a rock. hah!

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  17. LOVE them! Sign me up.

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  18. These are so cute!

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  19. Vroom, vroom, VROOM! Love the third photograph.

    PICK ME, PLEASE!

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  20. I love Gunner Cyren! These are gorgeous.

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  21. aaahhhhhggg!
    I so don't expect to win but I just wanted to stop by and say that her shop is great.
    That little mod stash bird is divine.

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  22. Wow, she is a paperweight queen! I would love to have one of those :)

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  23. LOVE the deer! These pictures are great as well.

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  24. Ashlinn4:46 PM

    It's amazing how we can tell them apart, just by the small details that distinguish each animal. I extra love the dear :)

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  25. Oh my. So wonderful.

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  26. these are so beautiful!

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  27. o so subtle characters for my desk! i love them! especially that they're Dansk vintage. thanks for sharing!

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  28. Glad you posted...was getting worried about you! Love brass figures...there's also a sweet green crystal bird on the site...snarf. Just kidding.

    ciao
    Susan/GG

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  29. Cat G.4:49 PM

    So lovely!!

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  30. i love it. thanks for the opportunity!

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  31. I love paperweights...and these are so fluid! beautiful design!

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  32. What sweet little trinkets in sweetshorn's etsy shop!

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  33. what a great giveaway - I love this shop!

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  34. omg. these are totally rad. please let me have the deer!!!

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  35. Aw, those are great! She has such fun things in her shop.

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  36. I love me some good functional design. Mmm, mmm

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  37. That bullis AWESOME.

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  38. I love this store- and it's based in my home state of North Carolina. So cute!

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  39. Cute site! I especially love the brass owl, and the paperweights are darling.

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  40. These are gorgeous. They remind me a little of George Jensen's elephants. Thank you for pointing out the great shop, and for the opportunity!

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  41. oh, these are beautiful!!

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  42. So cool! And I have so much paper to weight!

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  43. These are super!

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  44. Wow these paperweights are cool! They provide personality rather than just being clutter! I would love them!

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  45. They are adorable! What a great giveaway. I love them all.

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  46. Love love them.
    Thanks for sharing :-)

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  47. love these! especially the bull...a great gift for my father, who actually has a "pet" steer!

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  48. I looove these! So awesome.
    And the sweetshorn shop is one of my favorites on etsy.

    best,
    c.

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  49. wow her etsy shop has lots of treasures! the japanese vase is really beautiful!

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  50. diane5:02 PM

    Great link, thanks

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  51. Gotta love a mod bird!

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  52. Love them, love your blog, love the etsy shop. :)

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  53. Fun shop, the Tiffany playing cards were neat! Love the deer paperweight. Reminds me of all the deer we have in town right now trying to get away from the cold.

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  54. pretty rad!
    what neat items in her shop.

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  55. Great shop - some very cool items.

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  56. Wow! What adorable items she has in her shop! Thanks for the link... I am thinking that lovely owl might have to be mine. LOVE the paperweights!

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  57. So cool! I just got a new position at work and one of these would look so great on my new desk!

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  58. i want to think of another word than cute, so how about.. um.. charming!

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  59. Anonymous5:10 PM

    paper weights are actually quite cool....when you think of it!
    nancy

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  60. Oh these are great! I love the smoothness.

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  61. how cute is that bull? gorgeous stuff on her etsy page too!

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  62. sorry to lessen everybody's chances of winning, but i have to leave a comment -- these are too cute!

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  63. love, love, love!

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  64. i just bookmarked sweetshorn for some upcoming birthdays.....

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  65. These are GORGEOUS.

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  66. i love this shop - and i love these paperweights!

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  67. would love the bull for my dad's birthday! he is a stockbroker! :)

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  68. I love her shop so much--I just splurged on a gorgeous little set of pink teacups. Thanks for the find!

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  69. Can't decide which is my favorite...love them all!

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  70. Such darling little treasures! I would love them!

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  71. Adorable! I like the ram the best, but that may be because I'm an Aries ;)

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  72. I love sweetshorn vintage and the paperweights!

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  73. Precious! I'd use one as a bookend!

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  74. those are the most wonderful paperweights! and a lovely shop, too!

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  75. Anonymous5:25 PM

    Super adorable.

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  76. Love them! Who couldn't use a cool paperweight, or three! Yippy!

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  77. Phillipa5:29 PM

    Oh my gosh, I love these! They're so simple. The shop looks good for finding presents for my mum (and for me too... I'm seriously tempted by the brass apple trinket box and the enamel kitchen things).

    xxx

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  78. so sweet! i love the bull...would look mighty handsome on my bookshelf.

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  79. So gorgeous - and adorable... at the same time!!

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  80. Joanna, these are too special not to comment and try my luck. xo

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  81. so understated and cute!

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  82. Adorable! I love Sweetshorn.

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  83. Sweethorn Vintage has such an eclectic collection! Thanks for turning me on to this etsy seller!

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  84. They are seriously amazing and i am going to look up the designer right now. They remind me of 1930s lines - adore.

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  85. This would be the perfect bday gift for my dad!

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  86. Love the pink bird and all the owls. The owls make me think of my grandmother. Cute shop.

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  87. What a great collection. Thanks for introducing me to a great Etsy shop!

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  88. i will absolutely be making this shop a favorite on etsy. thank you for the post. i am crossing my fingers for the ram paperweight!!! they are beautiful.

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  89. Kirby5:56 PM

    Oh My Goodness! I love them! haha... they make me laugh and wonder at the same time.

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  90. love the ram because I used to be one... a Fordham Ram that is!

    xo
    Eileeneo

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  91. oh my gosh I love these! especially the ram.

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  92. Personally, I lovee the deer! So cute!

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  93. I love the dear deer. Oh my bless it's cute.

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  94. OMG i can't weight! to find out the winners - haha x

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  95. They're lovely and as much sculptures as paperweights. I really like the playful photo of the bull among the cars. Somebody is going to have an extra nice Wednesday.

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  96. These are gerat. So are her other products. It's items like these that bring a smile to my face throughout my day.

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  97. I love it! Rams, bulls and deer are my FAVORITE. Haha.

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  98. Oh those Danes.... can't help but love em.

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  99. these might make me not hate my job so much.
    --- i am at the point of desperation.

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  100. She has lovely vintage wares for sale. What a good discerning eye.

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  101. I love the deer one. I've been drooling over sweetshorn's vintage stuff for sometime now. I so hope I get this one. ;D

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  102. these are soo cute!

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  103. I love the bowling pins! I will add this shop to my favorites!!

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  104. cool! the deer is my fave!

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  105. so fluid and graceful, love their shapes.

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  106. ----> All kinds of awesome. Would love one! <----

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  107. I feel like i have to have this. Root for me!

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  108. Anna Z6:23 PM

    oh wow. these are incredible! It's like they are rising up out of a pool of liquid metal. so great.

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  109. I love them! The ram in particular.

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  110. so fun!!! i have just the place on my desk :)

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  111. Oh how I like these ...
    Peace.

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  112. Great! I'm always looking for interesting objects to put in still life painting. These are so fluid. I'll keep sweetshorn's Shop as a favorite.

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  113. I love the bull it reminds me of the one on Wall Street... kind of crazy how things change.

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  114. these have me dreaming of spring - opening up the windows and needing to weight down papers to keep them from flying away in the breeze.

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  115. A ram, a bull, and a deer. Oh my!

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  116. Like golden Noah's Ark animals to save my sinking desk ... under the weight of all my papers!

    Love the shop.

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  117. Love these! Love everything else in her etsy store too.

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  118. oh my god, i love them. i love them ALL.

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  119. la petite galette6:48 PM

    Sweetshorn Vintage is rad. I wish I was a teeny tiny person and so all their trinkets were life-size (but I guess then they'd lose their novelty).

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  120. tara - sharptara@hotmail.com6:51 PM

    Shiny & Gorgeous!

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  121. love 'em!
    thanks for the chance to win them :D

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  122. oh man, such cute little items i her store!! i love the bowling pins!!!

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  123. These are lovely!

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  124. I can't even handle how adorable this shop is!

    The canisters in particular are nifty and useful-looking!

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  125. How 70's... I love them!

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  126. These are beautiful! I love the design.

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  127. darling,7:03 PM

    visiting that shop again was a very bad idea. i want EVERYTHING!!

    caitlin1e (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  128. Oh I just blogged about this shop the other day...it is fantastic!

    Jessica
    http://blackwhiteyellow.blogspot.com/

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  131. Too adorable! I would probably stare at them all day and not get any work done...but that's a risk I'm more than willing to take :)

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  132. I want the BULL! Im a stockbroker, I so need it now :)

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  133. Beautiful work! Would love to have a piece of Alia's work.

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  134. So, I'm thinking Sweetshorn may be my new addiction. There are a pair of modern number Canisters and a brass owl that are calling my name. Oh goodness!

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  135. oh my gosh i LOVE these - the rest of her shop is amazing too! i especially love the turtle and apple trinket boxes...

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  136. What a cute store! I especially love the turtle: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=21317430

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  137. these are wonderful!

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  138. love all of them, but especially the deer :)

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  139. Liz LaPie7:30 PM

    These are ridiculously cute. I'd have to create a pile of paper just to have something to weigh down!

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  140. How lovely and deco.

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  141. fantastic! oddly, i have that metal lab box from my childhood.

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  142. These are so lovely, but I think I love the photographs of them as much as the object themselves!

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  143. So awesome! She always has the best stuff! LOVE LOVE LOVE the deer, but they're all great pieces... :)

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  144. These are the most adorable paper weights! I love the bull.

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  145. Meleana S7:41 PM

    I love how the bull and ram are leaning forward...so great!

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  146. Nali P.7:42 PM

    love the deer!

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  147. Ooh, I hope I win! I love these. Stunning examples of 60's design! They are all amazing, but I really have a thing for mod deer, so of course that one is my favorite. Sweetshorn has a really fantastic Etsy shop. I added it to my favorites, and will be shopping there very soon...

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  148. angela7:44 PM

    yes please:)

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  149. So sweet! Fingers crossed!

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  150. I love it. Please can I have it?

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  151. i was so sad when the giraffe paperweight sold, but these are also gems!

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  152. Hooray for vintage!!! So sleek.

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  153. blynne7:51 PM

    love them all!

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  154. These are really amazing! Can anyone put a date on these. I wonder if there are more floating around out there.

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  155. i love these thy're adorable!

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  156. She has some really great finds! Love these.

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  157. oh, the deer! the deer!

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  158. SO cute!! Love them!!

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  159. These are wonderful! I'd love to win one!

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  160. These are so precious! The ram stole my heart!

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  161. Given the opportunity, chimpanzees will hunt ducks.

    And apparently squirrels are unable to see red.

    Humph.

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  162. love them!!
    love the site too!

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  163. love love LOVE! : )

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  164. Love them! I want one for my desk, please!

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  165. Oh DEER! I am glad you are choosing RAMdomly cause it would be such a push and BULL for me to choose which one I like better. hahahaha that made me laugh.

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  166. Those are awesome paper weights, and I love the vintage globe she has in her shop!

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  167. ooh! i need one for my desk

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  168. ooh PICK ME! I've had a terrible Wednesday! I need a pick-me-up!

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  169. How did they cram so much cool into one (well, three, really) little package?

    Gorge.

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  170. Love these! Might have to snag the little brass owl too...

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  171. So sweet and so shiney!

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  172. those are so fantastic. just like the sweetshorn vintage shop! everything looks so bright and cheery...i want it all!

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  173. I really liked the bird statue from the website, and would love to own the paperweights!

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  174. Oh, the bull! I love the bull. Coincidentally, I *am* a bull (well, a Taurus)! And, I am also from the 60s! It is meant to be.

    :)

    p.s. my word verification is "bulai". It's a sign.

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  175. OH MAN!! I would looove to score the Ram, since I'm a UNC Tarheel through and through!

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  176. I won an umbrella, now I really need a paper weight.

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