Gochemoche Giveaway

Chinese New Year is fast approaching--everyone ready for the Year of the Rat starting February 7th? Well here's the perfect way to celebrate: a new purse!

You may have already heard of Gochemoche, the beautiful silks, bright colors and Asian inspiration are getting attention and with good cause. I love the way their designs mix the angles, colors and simplicity of modern style with the ornamentation and natural elements of traditional Asian style.

But a bit of information on the designers. First, there is
Gochemoche herself who is a "Turkish woman, obsessed with Japanese culture" and her specialties are the jewelry and bags you see. Then there's the German Engineer (Gochemoche's fiancee) who makes origami stars Finally, Asako is Gochemoche's Japanese friend who contributes to the shop as well. Quite the international blend but obviously it's a magical combination because I'm completely loving the items they're creating.

Though my favorite things are the pyramid purses like the one you see above, a big part of their shop centers around kanzashi which is a traditional Japanese hair ornament made from materials like wood, shell, gold, silver or fabric and made into intricate floral shapes. The Hot Red Chrysanthemum barrette you see below is made from folded hand-dyed silk and measures five inches across--really spectacular. When was the last time you could use the word "spectacular" in connection with a hair clip?

The kanzashi at gochemoche are used with barrettes, ponies, pendants and pins though it does say if you have a special request custom orders are welcome.

For today's giveaway Gochemoche has generously provided a special pyramid bag, pictured above, in celebration of the Chinese New Year and made from a print featuring Chinese astrological symbols, really a cute and unique little bag that's sure to get you some attention. Whoever gets this is guaranteed to have a terrific Year of the Rat.

Here's how to win:

Before 12 am Monday go to the giveaway entry form on this page and enter your name and email. I will pick one of the names at random, contact the winner via their email and publish the winner's first name and home town in next Tuesday's post. See the bottom of the entry form for more details.

This giveaway is open to all readers! Good luck!

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