Many people don’t realize that we don’t just make kitchen products….we also have a small jewelry collection.

In fact, we just got an order for our “Petie” necklace. This necklace is named for our daughter, Petrel – who we call Petie, for short. Petie and her husband, Jacob, are in Spain right now on a belated honeymoon trip. I’ve been missing her so much this week and now in comes this little order with her name on it!

I will lovingly assemble this necklace and send it on its way. I hope that the recipient of this necklace will enjoy it as much as I enjoy my daughter!

Petie Necklace

Petie and Jacob on their belated honeymoon in Spain

We are giving away $25 Gift Cards! Here is how it works:

-Place an order of $100 or more by June 30th.

-In your package, you will receive a $25 gift card for EACH $100 purchased.

-Gift cards can be redeemed anytime after July 1st.

$25 Gift Cards

And here is the Fine Print:

Gift cards cannot be redeemed for cash. This offer is for retail orders only. If you are one of our wholesale customers, please contact us for our wholesale specials!

Large Dog and Kitty Treat Jars

Here we go again!  We are kicking off “The Dog Days of Summer” with our first ever Just for Pet Lovers Giveaway! If you don’t have pets yourselves, these prizes will fill your gift coffers and you will be prepared for the next time you need a gift for your favorite pet lover!

Our grand prize package  includes an assortment of delightful peices from our Pewter for Pet-Lovers Collection! The hand crafted stoneware treat jars will keep your best friend’s treats fresh (and look fabulous on your countertop). The winner will select from our 4 lustrous glazes: Whipping Cream, Butter Pecan, Pistachio, and Blackberry.

All items are lead-free, food-safe and – even better – made in America!

HOW TO ENTER

This contest will run June 27- July 22, 2011.  You can enter from our Facebook Page, Twitter or you can go directly to the Pet Lovers Giveaway Contest Site.

The grand prize package includes:

• Large Dog Treat Jar ($79 value);
• Kitty Treat Jar ($39 value);
• Three Patient Kitties Key Rack ($25 value);
• Puppy Hook ($9.50 value);
• Kitty Hook ($9.50 value);
• Whiskers & Spot Salad Servers ($65 value);
• “Lucy” Kitty Necklace ($34.50 value).

Total Value: $271.50

First Runner-Up will receives a Large Dog Treat Jar ($79 value); Second Runner-Up will receive: Whiskers & Spot Salad Servers ($65 value)

A few months ago we contacted all of the wonderful shops and galleries that carry our products and asked what they would like us to make for Mother’s Day. From all of the entries, we chose Karen Monte’s from KaDee Kay Gourmet Kitchen Products in Mount Dora, Florida.

KaDee Kay Gourmet Kitchen Products is a retail store selling unique kitchen items in Mount Dora Florida in the beautiful The Arbors & Eyebrows complex.

Karen from KaDee Kay Gourmet Kitchen Products

She suggested that we make double-ended Measuring Spoons. We thought it was brilliant and a perfect addition to our product line. We awarded her with $350 in merchandise and she also got 3 pairs of these new spoons.

Double-ended Measuring Spoons

I have never been to Mount Dora but I will definitely have to stop in next time I’m in Florida – and I hope you will, too – because this looks like a really fun place to shop.

Thank you, Karen, for entering our contest – and for submitting this great idea!

Congratulations again to our 9 Facebook Friends who have each won a set of our new Made for Mother Measuring Cups! In February, we asked you to share the names which you use for your mothers and grandmothers.

Made for Mothers Measuring Cups

Mother Measuring Cups - reverse sides of handles

From these submissions, we picked many wonderful names  – from Bibi to Mamacita!

Thank you to all who submitted their special names.

If your name is listed below, please send your address to us at: info@crosbyandtaylor.com so that we can send out your winning cups. (In the case of duplicate submissions, we awarded the cups to the earliest entry.)

Measuring Cup Winners:

Ashley Hunt Martin – Mimi

Karen Wahl – Mormor

Tamara Luke – Mummy, Baba

Danielle Carey Burruss – Omo

Paula Kiss Gauthier – Meemaw

Megan Spears Blackford – Nannie

Andrea Monitcchio Monroe – Nonna

Christine Hudson – GG, Mamacita

Melanie Brinker – Bibi, Mommy-0

Mother Measuring Cups

Just a Couple More Days to Enter Our Made for Mothers Collection Giveaway!

In case you missed it, we are giving away a stunning set just for mothers and grandmothers in our Made for Mothers Giveaway.  For a chance to win one of your own, enter before Sunday May 1 at 11:59PM PST

Be among the first to have pieces from the collection inspired by members of the Crosby & Taylor Facebook community who shared special names which they use for their moms and/or grandmothers.

There are 3 ways to enter this contest:
1) Going to our Facebook Page;
2) Enter via Twitter (see how you can earn extra entries!) Twitter
3) Or Click on this Link.

Our Grand Prize Package includes 5 fabulous products from the Made for Mothers Collection:

• 1 set of Pewter Measuring Cups with matching Pewter Post (retail value $178)
• 1 set of Pewter Measuring Spoons with matching Pewter Post (retail value $79)
• 1 pair of Double-ended Pewter Measuring Spoons (retail value $54)
• 1 Pewter Spoon Rest (retail value $25)

TOTAL Prize Package is Worth $336

• Our first runner-up will receive a set of Measuring Spoons with Pewter Post (retail value $79);
• Second runner-up will receive a pair of Double-ended Measuring Spoons (retail value $54)

All these products are lead-free, food-safe and – even better – made in America!

Mother Spoon Rest

Double-ended Measuring Spoons

Enter Our Made for Mothers Collection Giveaway By May 1!

We are at it again!  We have launched a new giveaway for our loyal friends and customers and this time, we will have 3 winners!

Enter our Made for Mothers Giveaway before Sunday May 1 at 11:59PM PST for a chance to win pieces from our NEW Made for Mothers Collection for yourself or to give to a special woman in your life for Mothers Day!  Be among the first to have pieces from the collection inspired by members of the Crosby & Taylor Facebook community who shared special names which they use for their moms and/or grandmothers.

The entire Made for Mothers Collection will be available for order (just in time for Mothers Day, May 8th) beginning next week and will consist of Measuring Spoon Sets, double-ended single Measuring Spoons, Measuring Cups, and a Spoon Rest.

There are 3 ways to enter this contest:
1) Going to our Facebook Page;
2) Enter via Twitter (see how you can earn extra entries!) Twitter
3) Or Click on this Link.

Our Grand Prize Package includes 5 fabulous products from the Made for Mothers Collection:

• 1 set of Pewter Measuring Cups with matching Pewter Post (retail value $178)
• 1 set of Pewter Measuring Spoons with matching Pewter Post (retail value $79)
• 1 pair of Double-ended Pewter Measuring Spoons (retail value $54)
• 1 Pewter Spoon Rest (retail value $25)

TOTAL Prize Package is Worth $336

• Our first runner-up will receive a set of Measuring Spoons with Pewter Post (retail value $79);
• Second runner-up will receive a pair of Double-ended Measuring Spoons (retail value $54)

All these products are lead-free, food-safe and – even better – made in America!

Our winner!

Drum roll please……….We are so very happy to announce that Marilyn Lewis, of Atlanta, Georgia (that’s Paula Deen country!) is the winner of our first ever Heart-to-Heart Sweepstakes!

Marilyn wins a set of Heart to Heart Measuring Cups and 2 sets of Heart to Heart Measuring Spoons! One set is for Marilyn,  and the other is for her to give to someone close to her own heart. (Total value $337)

Congratulations, Marilyn! When we let Marilyn know that she was our winner, she wrote back: “Wow,this is truly awesome…I haven’t decided yet where I want them to go but I’ll make sure it’s where everyone can see them!!! I’m moving into a new place in a few days and I bet these would look great in my new kitchen!”

Valentines Day may have come and gone…but the message behind our Heart to Heart Collection is timeless.  We hope that Marilyn will enjoy them.

Keep posted for our next Sweepstakes in March!

Heart to Heart Measuring Spoons on Pewter Post

Heart to Heart Measuring Cups on Pewter Post

Vineyard Ceramic Petite Salt Pot in Pistachio

Enter the All Day I Dream About Food Giveaway for a Chance to Win a Petite Salt Pot Before February 4th!

Last month I introduced you to Carolyn, a health conscious mom and food lover who manages the site: All Day I Dream About Food in my post: Lucky Food Blogger Wins Crosby and Taylor Measuring Spoons in Dine & Dish Giveaway . Carolyn entered the December 2010 Dine And Dish Giveaway and won a set of our Pewter Measuring Spoons!

So to pay it forward, Carolyn is now doing a giveaway of her own!

We hope you will enter the All Day I Dream About Food Giveaway for a chance to win a pair of Crosby & Taylor Petite Salt Pots- one of our most beautiful and cherished products!

Carolyn will be giving away a Vineyard Ceramic Petite Salt Pot in Pistachio to one lucky winner and (just in time for Valentines Day),  a Heart Ceramic Petite Salt Pot in Butter Pecan to another lucky winner (2 winners in all).

Hurry!  Contest Ends February 4th at Midnight!

Heart Ceramic Petite Salt Pot in Butter Pecan

Even before we started our Giveaways, there was Jane Marie (pictured), who started writing about us last year in her blog An Herbal Bedfellow.   Since she has owned our products for many years, she is able to write with such ease about us:

You are in for something good!!! Who doesn’t love beauty as well as function in the kitchen? And when it comes to beauty, Crosby & Taylor always delivers. I personally now own the Fleur de Lis Measuring Spoon Set and Measuring Cup Set. I also have the Dragonfly Coffee Measure. I’ve had these for a few years now, and after using them almost daily, they still look like brand new!

This month she is giving away one of our Bird Spoon Rests along with a matching Petite Salt Pot. She has been doing giveaways for a lot longer than us, so she really knows how to make it easy.  Be sure to visit her blog – but quick! (because the giveaway ends Feb. 1 at midnight!) and read Crosby & Taylor Giveaway to learn how how to enter- and to follow her blogs. Somehow she manages to write 5 different blogs! You should check them out since she does a lot of fun giveaways!

Thank you, Jane Marie, for all of your kind words about us!

Crosby & Taylor Petite Salt Pot

Crosby & Taylor Bird Spoon Rest