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  1. Ahoy, matey - we be huntin’ for Treasure!

    In honor o’ Talk Like a Pirate Day, we be hostin’ a Treasure Hunt excursion on Pinterest. Joining the adventure enters you for a chance to win a Tophatter tee!

    It’s quite simple to enter, here be the steps:

    1. Create a Tophatter Treasure Hunt board on yer Pinterest.

    2. Pin the 12 items on the map to your board.

    3. Email your completed board to promotions@tophatter.com.

    4. Enter for a chance to be one o’ three winners - winners will receive a Tophatter t-shirt (available in sizes XS-2XL)!

    Yer buried loot awaits…

    So, let the huntin’ begin! For an example, check out Captain Wattington’s board.

    Submissions will be accepted until 11:59PM PT Sept 25 - winners will be randomly selected & announced on Sept 26 via the blog.

  2. Bingo Winners!

    Thanks to everyone for participating in our incredibly fun and riveting game of Bingo.

    You know me…in my old age…trying to keep the brain “trim” and all, Bartleby humors me with our weekly games of Bingo.

    But, it’s just so much more fun playing with you!

    Big thanks to our 10 winners! In fact, many of the entrants submitted full boards - what a thrill. :)

    Winners are: Anna, Melissa, Detrian, Megan, Tammy, PiperJack Designs, Brittany, Robin, All TwistedJoy

    *Some entrants have the same first name, so please click on each name to verify the Pinterest board. Winners will receive an email from promotions@tophatter.com to confirm their email address associated with their Tophatter account. Please allow 1 business day for the $10 credit to be applied.*

  3. Tophatter Bingo!

    For this week’s Pinterest contest, we present…

    The rules in detail:

    1. Create a Tophatter Bingo Pinterest Board & pin the above Bingo image to your board.

    2. Pin items from Tophatter in the categories above to make 5 in a row. Pin these items to your Tophatter Bingo Pinterest Board with the hashtag #tophatterbingo & the category. Find Wendell’s example board here.

    3. Every row you pin increases your odds. So, pin 2 rows…you’re 2x more likely to win. Pin all 25 categories, you’re 12x more likely to win. Each 5-in-a-row counts as an entry to the contest - rows, columns or diagonally.

    4. Email your board to promotions@tophatter.com & yell BINGO!

    5. Play for a chance to win $10 in Tophatter credit! 

    Ten (10) winners will be selected at random to win $10 in Tophatter credit. Entries must be submitted before 11:59PM PT on Aug 28. Winners & their respective boards will be announced on the blog on Aug 29.

    *Limited to one (1) win per participant.

  4. This week’s Pinterest Contest: Repin to Win!

    Hi folks, it’s Wednesday & yet again we have another great Pinterest Contest for you! The whole idea is getting the highest number of repins on one of your pins from Tophatter.

    How it works:

    1. You pin a Tophatter item: it could be your item, an item you covet, a friend’s item - anything on Tophatter.

    2. You share it with as many people as you can & garner repins. Try to get the highest number of repins on your pin. (Suggestions: awesome commentary, pinning it to a highly engaged board, selecting pin-worthy images, etc. It’s up to you to gauge what pin will do the best!).

    3. Email promotions@tophatter.com with a link to that pin. Each entry is an individual pin, meaning one person can enter numerous pins as separate entries. 

    4. The pinner of the individual pin with the most number of repins wins a gift basket of their choice!

    This contest will run from today Aug 8 until Aug 14 at 11:59PM PT. All entries must be submitted by then. The winner will be selected on Aug 15.

    Prizes: There are eight (8) products, you get to choose your favorite three (3)!

    Below: 

    Pura Kiki: The Safe Modern Feeding System - BPA free bottle that grows with your child!

    Sweeteeth: Dark Chocolate.

    Tru Melange: aromatherapy candles made of beeswax & soy (1 box of 6 candles).

    Glass Dharma: the original glass straw + hemp sleeve (4 straws).

    Decorative Green Glass Bottle.

    Piggy Paint: nail polish remover + 1 nail polish (blue, pink or red).

    Rebel Green: Yoga mat spray - 1 bottle.

    EIO Learn & Grow: Kids Cup - training cup for healthy speech & dental development.

    If you have any questions, feel free to email Promotions.

    Happy repinning!

    Update: the winner of this contest is Hypalus, who selected the Pura Kiki, Glass Dharma Straws & the EIO Learn & Grow Kids Cup.

  5. #BidOnTophatter: Winning Entries!

    A whopping number of entries were received for our #BidOnTophatter promotion & many wonderful pins were shared!

    10 entries were selected at random. Pinners will receive a $10 Tophatter Credit per entry. (Pinners, please email promotions@tophatter.com to claim your credit.)

    The winning entries:

    Congrats & thank you to everyone who entered our promotion!

  6. Pin to Win: #BidOnTophatter

    Here it is folks, your Pinterest Promotion for this week! It’s fairly simple, super fun & you’ll get to browse all of your favorite Tophatter items!

    Instructions:

    1. Pin any item from Tophatter. It can be pinned from the site, repinned from Wendell’s boards, your friend’s boards or any other board. As long as the pin came from tophatter.com.

    2. Make sure you include the hashtag #BidOnTophatter in the comment of your pin. This is our way of tracking your entry.

    3. You can pin or repin as many items as you want. There’s no limit & every pin will count as an individual entry.

    Winners: 

    10 entries will be selected at random, each entry will win $10 in Tophatter credit.

    You have from today July 11, 2012 until July 17, 2012 at 11:59pm to pin or repin. Winners will be selected on Wednesday, July 18, 2012.

    So, if you pin or repin 100-bagillion items, you’re that much more likely to win. And, one person can win multiple times because every entry counts. Taa-daa!

    Happy pinning & bidding!

  7. I Pin Tophatter: Winners!

    Hellooo there!

    Bartleby & I went through every entrant’s Tophatter Pinterest Board yesterday. We looked at stunning images, extensive pinning & repinning and fantastic commentary! And my word, we were so pleased to see the amazing boards you all created.

    We’ve already reached out to the winners but we wanted to share the Pinterest love with all of you too. And so that you, too, can sneak a peek & repin your favorites!

    1. Grand Prize Winners (T-shirt & $50): Pam & Uphill Dreams.
    2. $10 Credit Winners: Susan, Erin, Heirloom Girl, Gabrielle & Annie.
    3. Exclusive Tophatter Pinners: Sheryl, Chrystal, Amanda, Laura, Beth, Detrian, Javonne, Ellen, Rosetta & Baking Monster.

    Stay tuned for more Pinterest Promotions coming your way.

    Toodles,

    Wendell & Bartleby

  8. “I Pin Tophatter” Promotion from June 20 - 26

    We’re looking for the best Tophatter user-created boards on Pinterest. We’re running a week-long promotion to find them.

    Rules:

    • Start with following Wendell on Pinterest!
    • Repin our “I Pin Tophatter” pin onto your Tophatter board.  You can find the pin here. If you haven’t created a Tophatter board, you can when you repin. 
    • Build your Tophatter board with a minimum of 10 pins of things you love from Tophatter. Quality boards include stunning images, great commentary, extensive pinning & repins and are overall just snazzy! 
    • Email a link of your Tophatter Board to promotions@tophatter.com. This email is considered your entry into the promotion.
    • Selection of winners will be based upon the quality of the Tophatter Boards that are created & winners will be chosen by Wendell & Bartleby. 

    Prizes include:

    1. 2 people are selected to win a Tophatter t-shirt & $50 to spend on Tophatter. Winners can make as many purchases up to a total of $50 of which Tophatter will pay.
    2. 5 people will be randomly chosen to win Tophatter Credit of a $10 value. Credit is directly applied to the winners’ Tophatter accounts & the winners will have 2 weeks to redeem the credit. For more on how credits work, visit here.
    3. 10 people will be selected & invited to be an exclusive pinner on Tophatter’s Pinterest Community Board.

    Promotion begins Wednesday, June 20 and runs until 11:59PM PT next Tuesday, June 26. All winners will be selected on Wednesday, June 27. All entries must occur during that week to be eligible for a chance to win!

    Do you “pin” Tophatter?

  9. Pin, Win, Grin - a one-day Pinterest promotion Wednesday


    Rules:

    1. If you are the highest bidder on one of the items you pinned, email your pin to promotions@tophatter.com so that we can add the credit to your account.   Please copy & paste your pin’s url and email from your registered Tophatter account to make things easier for us :)

    2. In order to receive credit, your pin must be pinned before bidding commences.  We recommend pinning anything you may want to bid on to make sure you qualify.

    3. If you qualify, the $5 credit will be added to your account and you will have two weeks to redeem it.  For more information about how credits work, see here.  The credit must be applied to a future item, not the item you won.  Credits will be applied once the item you bought has been paid for.

    4. This promotion is valid for items auctioned on Wednesday, June 13 only.  There is no limit to the number of credits a single user can earn.

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