I am both thrilled and sad to announce our very last Steampunk Month Giveaway (a Halloween edition), this beautiful jeweled spider brooch from TrashAndTrinkets.
Some background:
A tribute to one of the most fabulous steampunk performances, ever:
During its time as the European City of Culture visitors to one of its main railway stations. La Princesse was the centre point of a four day piece of performance art during early September 2008. Scientists, played by members of the La Machine company, removed the spider to Albert Dock—to a place of quarantine as they feared that the spider was about to lay her eggs. Interviews were given by the scientists to willingly credulous members of the press.
This brooch has a clockwork body and black metal finish. Its eyes and little mouth are jewels, and it measures 2″ across. If it means anything, it looks really freaking cool, and has a nice weight to it.
Gypsy has a great shop that you should check out or else face dire consequences*.
*Consequences consist of missing out on totally awesome stuff.
The Rules: To get this giveaway, all you need to do is comment (once—duplicates won’t count) on this post. The winner will be selected at random. You have until noon EST on Thursday, November 5th, to comment here. Please check your e-mail on this day—you have 24 hours to respond before I select a new winner.
Torie Atkinson says goodbye to her daily hello…for now.
Spiders are our friends.
Im in!
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-whistles-
Even as an arachnaphobiac, I could still find a place for this in my wardrobe :)
How gorgeous!
I want to win this even though I know there’s a better than average chance my daughter will want to “borrow” it forever. :)
It’s an icky spider and STILL beautiful!
Want it.
This is a completely awesome piece!
Beautiful and kinda creepy. Me want.
Oh, this is wonderful!
Marvelous spider! How much are the mechanical flies to feed it?
Kreepy! But gorgeous. Quite nifty.
Much prettier than the ones wrapping my house in cobwebs this autumn…
mechanical spiders are a great way to get rid of clockwork flies.
I like spiders!
Love clockwork spiders :)
I think I could like this spider. Hopefully it doesn’t bite.
I want to win this because I have a friend who needs it.
Hooray for spiders!
Normally I dont like spiders but this one I want to keep. :D
Its wonderful! And such a cool background story!
Oooh! Lovely, I’ll definitely check out the shop.
Looks very awesome.
Gorgeous work! I’m in.
What a beautiful piece of work.
This is such a gorgeous piece and not for just this creepy holiday. I would so love to win it. Thanks for a great giveaway!
Pretty!
It looks great!
Want :DDD
Coooooool…
love it!
Awesome spider. Very cool.
My daughter would love this.
I am pretty sure my sister would *kill* for this. Very cool.
Wow. Just wow. That is absolutely beautiful. (And in a form we usually dont find beautiful…)
Need. Spider…!
Sweet!
I love it, please add me!
Thank you.
:)
The ancient Greek poet Ovid spun the tale of a young woman named Arachne, who boasted that she could weave as well as the goddess Athena. After a weaving contest between mortal and goddess, Athena began beating Arachne, who tried to hang herself in fright. Athena turned the arrogant weaver into a spider, and Arachne and her descendants have since then been weavers that hang from threads.
About 37,000 described species cruise the Earth on eight legs. They are both admired and feared. If I win it, my students will get to admire/fear it too.
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Arachnophobia is no excuse to let this giveaway pass… >;-)
w00t
That’s a nice piece!
Really original!
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Beautiful!
That’s really nice.
This is the most beautiful thing yet.
Ooooo… I know whoooo would loooove this….
Oh he is amazing! Steamy the Spider – I want him crawling on me!
fascinatingly frightful
That’s just freaking cool.
Not only pretty and shiny, but freakishly cool too!
Excellent for a Casimira outfit!
How lovely! Yes please.
What a lovely spider!
Interesting.
Spiffy. ^_^
Och – if only it moved!
Yet another classy thing for my classy lady.
Wow. That’s amazing!
A clockwork spider!
Wow… that is neat looking.
Poof!
Poof!
That is one amazing piece of awesome clockwork. Flies stand no chance.
#52: Steamy the Spider, right on.
Gorgeous! Pick me! Pick me! :)
Ohh it’s so lovely! I’m in
boris the spider…
This is interesting…
very cool
It’s the loveliest spider I’ve ever seen.
lovely
You do know how to go out in style.
Ohhhhhh pretty! :)
Do the legs move like clockwork?
Oooohh, I want the shiny!
A great big thank you to Torie for all the chances to win cool swag.
Shiny!
Lovely!
Cool :)
Post!
Very cool, something for my girlfriend who I found out did know about Steampunk. But, certainly looks like something from Boneshaker that was giving to the young Mrs. Blue as a present.
Very cute!
What a lovely duck
Ooh. I think I’m in love with that brooch. No, I don’t have enough jewelry already. *g*
Oh cool! I’ll give it a go!
Mmm, spider! I was just wearing spiders this evening.
That would make the perfect anniversary gift for my lovely wife.
Oooh, I love spiders!
Commenting in hope.
me likes spiders
A steampunk spider? Ha, interesting. It looks beautiful!
I will take it if you will give it to me.
Very nice!
pretty
I’m the 100th comment, this must mean something…
An awesome steampunk spider what a way to the end the month! I’d happily give this mechanical arachnid a home.
I love this one! I want it, I want it, I want it!
Very cool.
Nifty
I’ve always liked spiders.
A fascinating piece of steampunk spidery–collectable and wearable.
Neat!
Oh. Yes. Please.
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Fun spider.
That is wonderful! What an awesome thing to have sitting on your desk while you peck away at the keyboard working on your latest entry to the NaNoWriMo contest!
How appropriate! I love it!
Wow! Beautiful! I would love to win this.
A lovely thing indeed And I want it
(please?)
I hate spiders and i LOVE this brooch how is that for weird.
too cool!
This is a truly glorious piece of art.
Wow. That’s incredible.
Oh the wonder of mechanical spiders! In this fantastic age of steam and steel, our little eight legged friends do enthrill us. Wonderous work of metal, gears
and screws!
Ooh my, sparkly little mandibles going tick tick tick….
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Count me in!
Nice work!
I thought the last-but-one was the last one…
I should make this kind of mistakes more often!
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Beautiful! I’m in.
So far all of the give aways have been awesome and this one doesn’t disappoint.
That brooch is simply amazing! Great giveaway!
Shiney!
Amazing! Beautiful work!
Stunning piece of work!
Is this world wide give away or US only?
I like spiders.
That’s absolutely lovely! And perfect to freak people out with. :)
This is a spider I would like to bite me.
Beautiful!
I. Want. This. :)
Ooh!
I never wear jewelry, but for this little beauty who wouldn’t make an exception? Absolutely superb!
Oooh… shiny!
Gorgeous!
Wow, that’s really neat looking.
Such an amazing piece!
Please and thank you.
please miss! me miss!
oh my.
nice piece of work.
Ah arachnibot, I want one! Wait scratch that I want thousands.
This is the cutest spider I have ever seen!
Would love to have this to wear on my shirt or put on a headband for my hair :D
I always wanted the giant steam-powered spider out of Wild Wild West… but this would be the next best thing!
Absolutely the best giveaway of the whole month! I love it!
Wonderful!
I think there’s only two possible reactions to this one: refusing to go near the spider, or begging to get to wear it!
Ooooh, this is nice!
So so shiny.
I think this is the coolest one yet.
Mmmm, spidery.
Something to wear with pride, for sure.
Nice!
Cool!
This arachniphobe who wears spider brooches to challenge herself does like this one [even if the part of her brain that can spell has run away].
so in
Very shiny!
that is such a beautiful spider
I want it! I’m in!
Wow. Just wow. This is gorgeous.
It’s so cute!
Absolutely SMASHING design!
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very, very nice. I like spiders!
What a cool mashup between goth and steampunk!
Oh yes. Please spider me away.Entangle me i your silky clockwork.
clockwork spiders are scary cute
I would love to have a spider to call my own!!
Spiders are creepy
clockwork is not
Put them together
and what have you got?
Cool! What a great present it would be (for me to give to someone special. :))
That really is a beautiful piece.
such a cute spider!
This is the first Spider my wife would like to hug.
fingers crosed…
Ciao
bite
It would be the first time that I purposefully wear a spider…but I would make that sacrifice.
yippie
I fell in love with spiders after seeing MJ emerge from inside a big metal one during the performance of Thriller in “This Is It”. Gotta have it to pin on my MJ jacket!!!
A metal arachnid would do very nicely, I think. Nice!!
very cool
I have just the hat to adorned by such a magnificent arachnid.
Gimme gimme!
Count me in – this is awesome!
could be my wife’s christmas present
Yes, please.
I hope I win!
I can haz?
Shiny!
Gotta try
8 shiny legs…and gears!
A post.
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Woof™.
Beautiful piece!
Hate to see this come to and end. I very much enjoyed steampunk month.
This just needs some tiny sequined flies to catch…
Only hell yeah!
This is awesome, I’ve been writing a new game and mechanical spiders will fit in perfectly. Brilliant!
The fabled jeweled spider WILL be mine!
Lovely!
Now that’s a spider even my wife (who has insect-phobia, and large-animal phobia, and …) couldn’t object to.
I no longer have arachnophobia.
Ooooh, shiny. Very nifty!
love the steamy spider.
Awesome piece! Would go lovely with my steampunk upcycled earrings :-)
I wants it.
How can I not go for this?
i will comment in hopes of brooch
Wow! cool & spooky at the same time.
Gorgeous spider!
Neato!
The workmanship on this is just exquisite! I absolutely love this piece.
Wow, very beautiful.
Want!
That looks really cool. Thanks for the opportunity.
*Poke*
very cool
Wow. One last chance….
Creepy and sparkly at once!
This is lovely!
i’ve been enjoying Steampunk Month very much — some of the giveaway items are absolutely beautiful. this is one of them. hoping i win!
This is so cool!
Oh, very cool.
Count me in!
spidey cents :^)
My name is Russell and I’m here to say
I want to win that brooch in the worst way
Araignée du matin : chagrin
araignée du soir : espoir
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Ah! Lovely! What a dashing addition to any steampunk outfit.
A steampunk Glass Spider! Wonderful.
This is an amazing piece of work. There’s just something awesome about clockwork life.
Pretty pretty!
Very nice looking…
Yay, that is SO cool! Spiders are the best autumn animals!
Spiders are creepy! :-)
Shiny. I’m in. (Even for creepy robot spiders.)
Arachnophobia? Not when it comes to this particular 8-legged wonder!
Count me in please!
gorgeous!!
Cool spider!
I totally want in on this – that spider is fantastic!
Thanks for the chance to win!
A steampunk spider for the worldwide web.
pretty!
To commemorate my discovering this great site!
If I can’t have a pet spider, a steampunk one will do nicely.
me please :)
That is one lovely spider! Thanks for the link to the Etsy shop as well. I think I know where my next paycheck is going…
I love it!
Spiders in real life totally freak me out… but this one’s too shiny to refuse!
Itsy bitsy spider came down the web site
Who’s afraid of spiders? Not me!
Neat! Spiders!
Looks cool!
yes please
Has to be the most beautiful spider I’ve ever seen and the first one I would voluntarily wear! :)
spider!
does it bite and tell time?
creepy – i want one!
That is so beautiful!
Win.