UPDATE: The entry period is now closed. Good luck to everyone who entered! The winner will be announced soon!
One thing I love about creativity is that it is limitless. You or I may see an object, like a piece of paper, and see it as nothing more than something to write on. Your child may see the same piece of paper, and see an airplane or a blank canvas for some great crayon art. And yet another person, like Susan Connor, a Manhattan artist and designer, will see that piece of paper as a way to inject bold patterns and colors into your home — all in eco-friendly style.
Connor is doing just that with SusyJack, her line of contemporary paper goods. I was particularly impressed by her pencil cups and wall panels in colorful, graphic silhouettes, many nature-inspired. It isn’t always easy to dress up an office. It’s easy to let it become overwhelmed by paperwork and things to do, and forget that it is supposed to be an environment full of inspiration and peace — the type of environment in which you can get the most done.
Put a couple of these pencil cups on your desk in your favorite colors and patterns, with a group of panels hung on the wall behind you, and you’ll instantly brighten up your work space and make it a place where you’re much happier to be.
Why It’s Green:
- Printed locally on a low-vapor press powered by windpower
- Printed with soy-based inks on 100% post-consumer recycled paper
- SusyJack uses upcycled, recycled, and repurposed embellishments in their designs whenever possible
Price: Pencil Cups, $8.50; Wall Art, $32
Want to win it?
SusyJack has generously offered one of my readers 2 wall panels in Iris, shown at left. Hang them together or separately. Either way, you’re getting a free ticket to spice up your walls. All you have to do is visit SusyJack. Come back here and leave a comment about your favorite product and pattern. It can be anything from the entire collection. Comments like “I’d love to win this,” “Great giveaway” or “Please pick me!” will be deleted. Leave your comment by 11:59 p.m. EST on Monday, September 1, 2008.
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- And finally, here’s the big one. For up to a whopping TEN additional entries, send your friends an email inviting them to enter the giveaway and sign up for an email subscription, and be sure to copy jennae@greenyourdecor.com. You get one additional entry just for sending the email. And for every friend that enters via the email address you used to notify them, you get an additional entry, up to nine more entries. So spread the word about Green Your Decor!
So that means every participant can receive up to 15 entries. You read that right — FIFTEEN! You have until 11:59 p.m. EST on Monday, September 1, 2008, to enter. U.S. and Canada mailing addresses only. A winner will be chosen via Random.org and announced here, and the winner will be contacted via email. Good luck everyone!
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I’m Jennae Petersen, and I’m a lot of things. A mother, a graphic artist, a connosieur of beautiful interiors and a purveyor of all things design. Green Your Decor was borne of frustration in my attempts to find eco-friendly housewares that were also beautiful, and inspiration to do something to reduce my own carbon footprint and help others do the same in a beautiful way.
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I stumbled you! I really like her designs.. haven’t been to her website still but hopefully soon will have time to check it out.
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Very nice SuzyJack stuff. I have to send my wife to that site. It’s never too early to shop for the holidays, but I think she’ll buy the butterfly stuff herself. Those butterfly wall panels are pretty rockstar.
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Having just recently moved into a new apartment, I’ve been taking this opportunity to truly try to make green decorating choices- and SuzyJack wall art is Gorgeous! I also LOVE the “Studio Clips”- what a cute idea that would look awesome in my office that my mom probably never thought to use her laundry clips that way!
Lisa
I love the wall panels in Shasta! That orange is my color!!
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The wall panels are beautiful and I have some walls that need help. I also think the days of the week studio clips would transform me. Organizationally speaking.
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Hello, They have beautiful items. I really like the “Day of the Week Clip Set!” I like how their items coordinate. The “Swallowtail” design is lovely. Cindi
Love the Days of the Week Clip Set and my favorite pattern is Wheelie!
i am *in love* with the forsythia notebook … now, i’m off to the site to find more of that pattern!
I love the burst of color in the Wall Art Shasta. These panels would make a great statement in the entryways of your home!
Ringlet Jotter in Fields
What a great great great idea!!! I love these! I am forever making lists and forgetting where they’ve gone. I am a huge stationary fan as well. Thank you for sharing this company’s profile. Love, love, love the ringlets.
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OMG!!!! Loving the pencil holder’s, (Iris and Wheelie specifically), I could totally use some new one’s at home, i’m using this old bud-vase right now, and it’s already full. I need more!!! Not to mention i’m in a HUGE shopping mood this week.
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I love the wall panels in both Iris and Azure. They are the colors of my daughters room, and would go perfect in there.
I love the Studio Clips! My favorite though is probably the Ringlet Jotter in Fields.
I love your products and I especially love the Shasta pattern! Thanks for the chance to win your great giveaway!
I just verified so I am now a Subscriber!!
The good fortune clips are just darling…what fun these would be! Thanks!
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My favorite is the pencil cup in shasta.
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I really like the paperclips in the black scroll and her wall panels in iris are wonderful, really caught my eye.
I love the desk notebook in Shasta!
I love the Net pattern pencil cup!
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I really like her designs! They are very unique. My favorite is the wall panel in shasta. It would look terrific in my kitchen!
I wrote a really great comment and then there was an error:
So. . .my picks:
ringlet in swallowtail, days of the week clip set and wall print in iris
I like the desk notebook in swallowtail. Butterflies are my favorite! The blue Iris panels would look great in our house, though
Thanks!
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Oh wow, how to choose? I love the Wall Panel in Azure… along with everything else! =)
The swallowtail design reminds me of home!
I would love to green my decor! So glad I found your website. I love Susy Jack’s cute desk notebooks…I’m trying to get motivated to work on my graduate thesis and maybe if I had cute stationary to take notes on it would help!!!
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Such cute things! I love the Desk Notebook in Twist!
I love anything with the Wheelie design, but probably the set of notes the most. But really it’s hard to choose. I am a huge fan of SuzyJack’s simplistic style and use of very cool colours, so I would be happy with anything from the collection!
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The wheelie print items are my favorite. The day of the week clips are fun too!
I really like her designs! I am a big fan of the ringlet jotter in wheelie. I am constantly looking for a scrap of paper to jot down my ever evolving list of things to do. It would be perfect while I am on the go! The shasta wall art is amazing, and the orange is right up my alley! I am going to bookmark her page for further investigation!!!
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I blogged about this fantastic giveaway! I was so excited about it!
Here is the direct link to the blog entry!
Thanks for hosting this great contest!
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I love the Days of the Week clip set. Pretty and useful, too!
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I love the Days of the Week Clip Set- what a terrific and GREEN set!
i LOVE it all and as an artist myself, lord knows i could use ALL of those pencil cups, but my favorite is the wall panels in shasta. every room in my apartment is a different color, bright yellow kitchen, dark blue sitting room, dark green bedrooms and a burgundy living room and back hall. that beautiful orange/gold shasta color would be … amazing. and the flowers match out tree house theme … coz our apartment is a finished attic.
here’s the link http://www.susyjack.bigcartel.com/product/wall-panel-in-shasta
thank you!
There is some really cute stuff there, like the Desk Notebook in Wheelie.
I love the Pencil Cup in Forsythia! I’m also an email subscriber.
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the wll panel in iris is pretty cool
I absolutely adore the day of the week clips and all of the wall panels!
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I really like the notes in Wheelie, but the pencil holders in all of the colors are my favorite product!! What a fun way to spruce up your office area. thanks!
I like the Ringlet Jotter in Net. I’d probably attach it to my key ring, so I’d always have access to it.
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I think the Good Fortune Clips are an awesome idea! Using them to hold together my payables instead of paper clips would hopefully make paying them not as painful, lol.
I love the Swallowtail Desk Notebook, heck I really love all the products that have the Swallowtail design, i love butterflies and the colour is amazing.
The panels in azure are my favorite. Love the color. The pencil cups in “flag” would be perfect in my office. Love it all.
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I like the set of 8 note cards in ‘flutter’. Cute designs!!
I have visited Susy Jack’s site before. Lots of lovely items. My favorite is the Wall Panel in Shasta. I love the bright orange color and the design is great!
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I think the orange zig zag studio clips are great. I’m into anything that’s orange right now!!! Too cute!
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Oh my! Thanks for sharing the link to SusyJack – such fabulous items! I still like the wall panel in Iris…just looks like me.
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I love the days of the week clips!
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My most favorite SusyJack items are definitely the wall panels, especially the Shasta and Iris prints. I am daydreaming about them on my wall right now!
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I love the wall panels (especially the Shasta) and the Ringlet Jotter in Swallowtail.
I like the desk notebook in wheelie.
Single Note in Flutter
I think that the “Good Fortune” clips are so cute. I think I need them for my office space which is currently way to serious! The “Days of the Week” clips would be good for a kids area.
I adore the Wall Panel in Shasta..who wouldn’t smile looking at that!
The wall panels in Shasta is my FAV!
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I like the boxed notes in Twist as well as the matching notebook and pencil cup.
Desk Notebook in Dunes kinda sharp
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I am always trying to find a piece of paper to jot notes on the Ringlet Jotter in Swallowtail is perfect.
The Wall Panel in Iris is my favorite Susy Jack product. And I have just the place to put it, if I win.
Love her notecard designs like the Notes in Dunes and the Notes in Flutter very classy looking.
Hmm.. I like the pencil cup in Iris, and the wall art in Shasta. I also like the concept of the Good Fortune Clips. It’s cute. The blue scroll clips are pretty neat too. I really enjoy all of the designs. They are appealing, colorful and fun.
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love the days of the week clips
I think Susy’s Single Note in Hello would be perfect to send my family little notes… Then maybe I’d send them news more often! I just love the simple scribbled style, kinda like what one would doodle on a piece of paper while on the phone… I love it!
I like the “Hello” note cards. The swallowtail butterfly pencil holder and note pad…lovely, too!
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I SO need a ringlet jotter for errand running! I think I like the flags design best.
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Desk Notebook in Swallowtail is lovely
love the fields style pencil cup
I love the bold designs of their products! The wheelie print is really cute! I would pick the desk notebook in wheelie or the pencil cup in iris! Nice products!
Ringlet Jotter in wheelie pattern. Perfect for quick notetaking.
My favorite item from Susy Jack is the Day of the Week Clip Set! What a GREAT idea to help get organized! I also love the Iris print — I have a great place for these to go!!
Thank you both for a GREAT giveaway!
wow so many great products by susyjack! It’s nearly impossible to pick a favourite, but I really like the jotters, particularly the pink net pattern. I think they are really unique products, and offer modern and fun designs! great work!
Pretty wall panels! I like the Desk Notebook in Twist.
The butterflies are my favorites
I like the wall pattern in Shasta
The Desk Notebook in Swallowtail is really cool!
Everyone has mentioned this, but the days of the week clips are pretty neat!
The contempory methods used plus the recycled materials makes this line of products perfect for the green revolution finally taking hold in our country. I am especially fond of the wall prints–all three designs are fabulous. The repeated Butterfly prints side by side is stunning. They look like they belong in a NYC loft!
I looked and my favorite is the prize, wall panel iris. Thanx for the contest.
The ring jotter in fields is very clever and pretty. Has she ever considered designing business cards for moms?
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Very pretty. Nice giveaway. Will refer friends.
oops… I meant in my earlier post that “Pencil Cups” are very pretty… myfavorite patterns are the Shasta and Forsythia!!
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I just subscribed with Google Reader. Thanks!
I love Day of the Week Clip Set!
5 Studio Clips in Blue Scroll
Set of 12 Cartlettes in Swallowtail–pretty and useful!
Love the wall panels in shasta, the days of the week clips and the scroll clips
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Wall Panels in Shasta are my favorite.
Shasta pencil holder and wall panel are my favorites.
Love the pencil cups. I could use one in every room.
I like the Dunes, Ringlet jotters
What’s not to love? I want them all, but I am very drawn to wheelie in all the products. I’m going back to order a jotter and notepad. Thanks for sharing this site.
Oh, and a pencil holder. I covered tin cans with cool paper for gifts once, long ago, but the paper designs were not this terrific.
The butterflies speak to me! Our yard attracks a lot of different butterflies, birds and bees. I would love to update my decor with the butterfly panels.
I like the Shasta style.
I LOVE the wall panel in Azure. Just lovely!
It’s all about the Swallowtail. What a great concept. Thanks for sponsoring this.
Days of the Week clip set
Great site! I really like the Ringlet Jotter in Twist, what a great idea and very cute
Thanks!
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Iris is very nice but Shasta is my first choice! Either would fit my SoCal casual decor very well!
IRIS rocks
i like the good fortune clips and shasta.
I’m in love with that site! I adore the Shasta pencil cup and the ringlet jotters are fabulous! I’m coming back there for Christmas shopping!
pencil cup in shasta
My favorite product is the desk notebook in Iris
*Thanks* for the giveaway!
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We need the Shasta style to perk up this dump!
All of her designs are classy and sleek! I love the Day of the Week clips (cute AND useful!) and I also love the Swallowtail desktop notebook. That pink butterfly is beautiful.
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I love Wall Panels in the Iris pattern: So pretty.
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I really like WALL PANEL IN SHASTA!
good fortune clips and shasta
I like the Wall Panel in Shasta. Very chic!
My favorite SusyJack product is DAY OF THE WEEK CLIP SET and it only comes in one pattern. Let me comment on why I chose this…..because everyday I have important family papers to mail, bills to pay, homework for the kids to make sure they don’t forget, and these clips will help me stay organized each and every day! They are colorful and will look nice out on the counter but will keep everything contained and not just thrown in a random pile where I am apt to miss or lose something.
I like the wall panel, notebook and note cards in Azure.
Since I live in Tennessee, and our state flower is the iris, I sure hope I win this!! If I do win it, I’d love to get the matching notebook and pencil cup in iris too. Also, my sister would adore the Shasta daisy wall hanging – I may get that for her birthday. Shhh… don’t tell her!!
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Really love all of the products. The designs are fresh and lovely. My favorite is the Ringlet Jotter in the Swallowtail pattern. Really useful and beautiful.
I like the Ringlet Jotter in Azure.
I love all the patterns, but I think my favorite is the Wall Panel in Azure, my daughter would get a kick out of those butterflies. Thanks for the giveaway!
I love the wheelie design! Especially on the notebook, but also on the pencil cup.
Pencil Cup in Shasta
Set of 8 Notes in Twist
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Her stuff is just beautiful. So clean and simple and natural. I love it. All of the designs are great. The Shasta and Iris items are my favorites though. Thanks to both of you for providing information that benefits all of us.
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I like the Set of 8 Notes in Twist
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I like the RINGLET JOTTER IN SWALLOWTAIL!
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