Design Assistant Giveaway… Win the Ultimate Organizer!
This giveaway has ended but keep your eye out for new giveaways every week! ~Lorrie
The winners of this giveaway are:
Kelly Rathbun
Cathy Wilcox
Can you believe everything here fits in this well-organized bag?
Do You Need an Assistant?
I think the answer to this question is a resounding, “YES.” No matter how you spend your days, chances are you could benefit from an assistant to help organize your life. And that, my friends, is why you need to enter this fantastic giveaway. A while back I wrote a post about my design bag and gave everyone the lowdown on what’s in my bag of tricks. Soon after I received a lovely email from Amy at the Assistant Product Group. She and her partner, Jayne, have invented a fantastic design bag that keeps you and your project organized when you are on the run. It’s called the Design Assistant and wait ’til you see what’s inside….
If you are embarking on a decorating project, large or small, the Design Assistant will help you keep your samples, ideas, paperwork and sanity in check. With organizing files and folders, places for receipts and pictures, and a design that allows you to take the whole project from your desktop into the bag in a snap, you cannot beat it. It also includes nifty design goodies like a magnetic floor plan kit and business card holder. The bag itself is simple and stylish in a basic black and there’s a spot for your keys, cell phone and water bottle.
As you can see, this bag is great for decorating projects but it can also be used to organize just about any kind of project from fundraising at the kids’ school to sales reps working with multiple clients. It’s for the people decorating their own homes as well as professional decorators and designers. The bag retails for $99 so scoop one up while you can!
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Want to Win? Here’s how….
If you would like to win one of the two Design Assistant Bags we are offering, this is what you need to do:
Step 1: If you have not already done so, sign up for My Design Secrets updates via RSS feed or email.
Step 2: Leave me a comment below. Creativity and humor appreciated but not required:-)
One entry per person. You have until 11:59PM EST on Wednesday, December 17th to enter. A random winner will be chosen and announced soon after. Good luck!
~Lorrie
P.S. If you want to order one to give as a holiday gift, right now they are having a holiday special for 25% off with free shipping! Click here!
Can you believe everything here fits in this well-organized bag?
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Tags: decorating tips, giveaway, giveaway winners
December 12th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
This is the cutest thing I have ever seen. This would be great for work!!
December 12th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Really nice to go anywhere!!
December 12th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
This is a great solution to all the stuff I have to carry!
December 12th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
This is the solution to my organizational woes!
December 12th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Gosh, what a great organizer!
December 12th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
ohh this would be great for my scrapbooking!! please enter me!!
December 12th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
This would be a big help in getting my stuff organized.
December 12th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
OH BOY
December 12th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
I definitely could use this….maybe it would get me started down the right path toward organization……
December 12th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
This looks like something I can use. Thanks for the giveaway!
December 12th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
If you could see everything in my handbag and all the stuff I carry when I leave my house, you would totally understand how much I need this bag. Thanks for the great giveaway opportunity.
December 12th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
thnx for the giveaway ! awesome !! happy holidays to all
December 12th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
its in the bag
December 12th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Wow, this would be amazing to have! I love it!
December 12th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
I love the looks of that bag. I could really use it!
December 12th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Am so excited — great giveaway!
December 12th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
I love this bag! it really is great. my daughter could really use this.
December 12th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
What a brilliant bag! It looks like it would be a big help to those of us that have a wee problem with organization etc. I’m forever losing things in my bag and the transparency of this would be a humgous asset to me; I can’t tell you how many times I’ve emptied out my whole bag to find something sitting at the bottom!
Thanks
December 12th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
I love this
December 12th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
This organizer would be terrific for my home decorating projects, or maybe my scrapbooking projects. Either way, I’d love to win it. Not only is it stylish, it has lots of room for everything. But what would I do with all of the binders and boxes? LOL!
maggie@mannwieler.com
December 13th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Oh, I’d really love to have this! We’ve been in our home (which my husband took 2 years to build by himself) for 21 years, and finally the kids are grown and gone, and I’m FINALLY going to get to decorate the house! Hooray!
I know what I want, have many magazine pictures, and plan to gather fabric samples and paint color chips and this organizer bag would help me so much to keep it all together. My vow is to get this house “picture perfect” before they take me out of it feet first! HA!
December 13th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Thanks!!
December 13th, 2008 at 1:29 am
W-O-W!!!! Would LOVE to recieve a bag like this!!! Organization is key-Making it fashionable is F-U-N!
December 13th, 2008 at 4:24 am
I need an assistant. My entire life is chaos.
December 13th, 2008 at 4:38 am
What a nifty idea! I’ve got my project folders, clippings, magazines, paint chips and scraps of paper all over my desk area. This, of course, is no better than my “craft cupboard” or my “very important papers” Rubbermaid container that I have to sift through whenever I need to find something (did you know you can only get a copy of your birth certificate 10 times in your lifetime? I’m almost half-way there…the other 3 are stratigically placed around my house, someday I may unearth them)
December 13th, 2008 at 5:56 am
adorable subscribed
December 13th, 2008 at 7:05 am
This bag is much more organized than anything else in my hectic life. Perhaps it would be an inspiration for me to organize my desk, kitchen drawers, laundry room, broom closet, etc. etc. etc. Thanks for the chance!
December 13th, 2008 at 7:35 am
I’d like to win
December 13th, 2008 at 8:11 am
This would so help me stay organzed for visiting my clients.
December 13th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Ol’ St. Nick ne’r saw such a bag of tricks. Please let me win this one, it’s not just for kicks.
December 13th, 2008 at 10:45 am
I like it!
December 13th, 2008 at 10:47 am
boy could i use this prize
December 13th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Wow, you all have great ideas on how to use this bag. Kathy is finally getting around to decorating the house her husband so lovingly built, Christine gave us a great little poem and Maggie’s got scrapbooking on the brain. I wish we had one for everyone!
~Lorrie
December 13th, 2008 at 11:29 am
This looks amazing! I’ve been looking for something like this, right now I just have a bunch of papers jammed into a binder
I subscribed via google reader, I don’t know if it’s just me but I tried to sub via email and got this error:
The feed does not have subscriptions by email enabled
December 13th, 2008 at 11:58 am
with my hectic life, i need this
thanks for the opportunity
December 13th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
This is a perfect solution for those of us who office in our cars…especially realtors. Thanks for the opportunity to have this wonderful organizer.
December 13th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
busy people need this
December 13th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
I am into sweepstakes as a hobby. What a great way to organize my supplies. Thanks
December 13th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Man-oh-man, I need Design Assistant STAT. My house has been for sale, and I sometimes get fifteen minutes notice before I have to evacuate my house for a showing. My work is always spread out everywhere. This organizer would help me stash it in a hurry, then cart it to a closet shelf. My papers would all stay in one ordered place until I return home. I could also use it to take my work with me to a cafe or library, where I could continue work until I returned home.
Great giveaway. Thanks!
December 13th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
help me stay organzed
December 13th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
I would gladly be a “bag lady” if this could be my bag.
I could dress up really fancy and not look like such a hag.
I could lend it to my hubby if he wants to go in drag!
But mostly, if I won it I’d just show it off and BRAG!
Thanks for the contest and Happy Hauler-days!
December 13th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
I would SO love to win this bag. Thanks SO much for sponsoring this giveaway.
December 13th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I’m fairly organized, and fairly efficient but would like to be more so. I leave my office with no fewer than 5 unmatched bags with samples, and project files for a design appointment. This sounds like an answer to pray for me. And it looks so professional. I might also pass on the blessing by gifting it to a client with whom I might be working with on a large home remodel….wouldn’t that be nice then the client would feel organized and important! Just an idea!
Needing to get organized,
Toni Berry I.F.D.A.
MARIE ANTOINETTE CUSTOM HOME INTERIORS
925.862.9064 or berrys@gloryworks.com
December 13th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
WOOOWWWWWWWWWWW what a great bag, I will be always organized with this.
December 14th, 2008 at 12:43 am
please enter me!
December 14th, 2008 at 10:02 am
My DIL loves handbags – the bigger the better. I think she carries her house around with her not to mention toys for 2 kids, treats for the dogs, etc. I don’t even want to think about what all is in there but it’s full to the brim! I would love to win this for her!
December 14th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I would die to win this.
I can really use this
Thanks.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
WOW.. i don’t know how everything fit, but i’d love to find out!
December 14th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
I am obsessive regarding organization. I thought I had it under control, then I saw this bag. I guess there are worse afflictions that I could suffer from. Please enter me. I signed up for your email newsletter and confirmed. Thanks!
December 14th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
An organized life is now within my grasp,
With this neat bag, confusion is past.
Thanks for the contest.
December 14th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
How awesome! I’d love this just to keep everything in check…
December 14th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
I need all the help I can get too! Would love to win
December 14th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Now I’ve seen it all! That is one great bag. It’s so awesome it should be required at work! I want one!
December 14th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
this would be a great bags for when I go to yard sale and craft shows I can put all my buys in here .
December 14th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Not only would this be super-handy, but it’d be great to use for school/college too ;-} It’s nice to see the ladies getting thought of–we seem to wind up doing the decorating, and so far it’s often been scraps, notes, and briefcases helping get it done. Many thanks!
December 14th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I have 2 decorating projects going on right now, and these would really help me keep everything in order. I have about 3 different lists to help me remember what still needs to be done. This would be a stylish way to keep everything together.
December 14th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
I could use this
December 14th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
My Design Secrets | Win the Ultimate Organizer!…
Win one of the two Design Assistant Bags to help you keep your samples, ideas, paperwork and sanity in check. It includes nifty design goodies like a magnetic floor plan kit and business card holder. The bag itself is simple and stylish in a basic bla…
December 14th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
great gift to keep tidy during the holidays and anytime else!
December 14th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
This is the answer to home design projects and other creative products as well.
December 14th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
OMG….This would be perfect for our family business needs. We are in the construction business and give design consultation. It has a trendy yet professional look and carries everything we need.
jeanilynne[at]gmail[dot]com
http://bloggyfinds.blogspot.com
December 14th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
That looks like it would be fantastic for scrapbooking!
December 14th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
My family can’t believe how much I carry in my purse! Whenever I ask one of my sons or husband to hold my purse for me, the first thing they do is tell me they don’t have to lift weights! They just need to hold my purse for awhile. If this could actually hold everything in my purse, it would be nothing short of a miracle! Please enter my name in your delightful giveaway drawing. Many thanks, Cindi
December 14th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Organization is not one of my good points and I could really use it now that we are disigning and remodeling the Stone House.
http://babasfarmlife.blogspot.com/
December 14th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
I really am hopeless when it comes to being organized maybe this would help
December 14th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
I need ALL the help I can get!
December 14th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
I’m probably beyond hope, but I have an extremely organized daughter-in-law who would love this bag! She does a lot of traveling and this would be ideal!
December 14th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
I love things that help keep me organized, and this bag looks perfect. Thanks for the giveaway!
December 14th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
You have found the greatest assistant! My brain is constantly designing; from interiors, to furniture, to wallets and handbags, to clothes. I rarely take time to sketch and put it on paper. This would be perfect! Thanks!
judy7885 at gmail dot com
December 14th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
We can never be too organized!
December 14th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
My mother would love something, and I really need a creative Christmas present for her, she is very hard to shop for.
December 14th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
wonderful solution for all my stuff
December 14th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Love the idea and design of this organizer! Great invention; could definitely use the help of this bag! My purse needs more room for organizing my “stuff.” Can think of many uses for this great giveaway. Thanks, would love to win it!
December 14th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
I’ve been trying to get more organized at work, but since I travel so much it is very difficult. This looks like a good solution.
December 14th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Holy smokes! What an awesome bag of organized-ness. I have a friend that this would be absolutely PERFECT for, so please toss my name into the hat!
December 15th, 2008 at 1:03 am
boy do i need this to get organized.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:58 am
With a bag like this I could be like Mary Poppins, able to store, carry and pull out any needed item on the spot! Thanks for having the giveaway!
December 15th, 2008 at 2:53 am
This looks so wonderful and I’d love to give it a try… however… I doubt it will be able to get ME organized! I’m a disaster!
December 15th, 2008 at 3:55 am
people said-there will be a chance n there is a chance..and i see that THIS IS IT!
i have almost completed my decorator course,guess what i already have two projects from my friend who was awestruck looking at my living room re do!i thought talent can travel far…but not as far i thought it would..most of them speak a different language here and i can understand but cant speak their language and people who approach me are also native language speakers,so with CONSISTENCY TO PURPOSE of achieving my projects,i combined style and perseverance to challenge my difficulties which i believe will be successful..this organizer would be the perfect one to speak on its own”I AM A PROFESSIONAL,DESIGN IS MY LANGUAGE”thank you for the fantastic giveaway…this will help anyone like me and me as well.
December 15th, 2008 at 5:09 am
I love it!
I admit it, I’m a mess. I walk around with my projects in plastic bags and manila envelopes. HELP!
December 15th, 2008 at 6:28 am
My wife would love this to ease her way through airport security.
December 15th, 2008 at 11:08 am
very good
December 15th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
i need this
December 15th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
I could really use this!
December 15th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
I Ilove that it is black and will help me stay organized. I permanently scarred my glasses as they got caught in the bollom of my purse. I didn’t know they were there out of the case so these glasses got ruined! Great giveaway! Thanks!
December 15th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
What a fantastic bag!
December 16th, 2008 at 6:57 am
Ahhh…to STAY organized! One of life’s great mysteries! I would love to test this organizer out!
December 16th, 2008 at 7:28 am
My home office in a bag! What a great idea. My desk and my car thank you for such a great organizational product. Hope I win and Christmas comes early!
December 16th, 2008 at 9:09 am
This looks very useful. Thanks.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Organize me please. I’m a wreck.
December 16th, 2008 at 11:21 am
WOW that is just what I need. Thanks for the chance to win.
December 16th, 2008 at 11:29 am
I could really use this. Thanks for the chance to win.
December 16th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I soooo need this!!!
December 16th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
I love this tote bag. It is so sophisticated and up to date. I hope I win too.
December 16th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Perfect for my designer mother-in-law
December 16th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Fantastic prize! I’m subscribed to your RSS feed!
December 16th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Perfect for my unorganized and senile mother!! LOL
December 16th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Whoops! She might see that !! lol
I subscribed!
December 16th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
It’s really beautiful! Perfect for Christmas!
December 16th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
I could really use someting like this to help organize me at work. Somedays I’m even in search of myself.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
what a great bag, would love to win
December 16th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
I would love to win this bag…but I think my husband would love for me to win it even more…because he always compains about me needing a bag to organize me! Currently I have to just dump everything out to find anything from my bag!
December 16th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
I don’t think I’m really that witty or clever so I won’t try.
Just want to say thanks for the giveaway and the great blog! I subscribed via GoogleReader!
December 16th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Exellent organizer. I can use it in my classroom.
December 16th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Added you to my google reader. Man, would I love to win this!
December 17th, 2008 at 12:03 am
This bag is amazing, and perfect for organizing my graphic design work. Thank you for this terrific opportunity.
December 17th, 2008 at 5:29 am
i subscribed
December 17th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Very Nice Bag!
December 17th, 2008 at 10:29 am
My wife would love this put me in please
December 17th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Sweet
December 17th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Oh this is so neat!!! Please enter me
December 17th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Awsome, would luv to carry.
December 17th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
This would be handy as I start my own business in media/print design. I could carry all my color swatches and paper samples, plus a portfolio when I go to meet potential clients. Nice product! Thanks for the giveaway!
December 17th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Finally a bag for an Interior Designer that can actually do what I need. Large enough to carry everything, transparent, so I can see what I a reaching for and attractive too! I can finally get rid of all my old vendors giveaway bags if I can use this. I want it! Please!!!!
December 17th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
i subscribed what a gorgeous bag.PLEASE COUNT ME IN ON THIS AWESOME GIVEAWAY
December 17th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
RSS subscriber – Maybe I could finally find the things I need instead of having to dump everything out and pray for the best.
December 17th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
i subscribed and so want to win
December 17th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Nice!
December 17th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Would give to my girlfriend
December 17th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Love it! Thanks for the chance!
December 17th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I subscribed
December 17th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
We are getting close to the deadline, which is 11:59PM EST tonight! Good luck everyone:-)
~Lorrie
December 17th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
it would be a dream to win this!
December 17th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
I would Love to win this Bag! It would sure be better than going around with my stuff in walmart plastic bags! I look like a homeless bag lady sometimes with all my stuff toted around in grocery bags.
When people ask me where my hand bag ~I tell them the dog ate it.
Truth be told Hurricane Ike washed it away!
I had it at my sisters & her home got 6 feet of water.
Have not had a chance to shop for a new one & supplies & choice locally are still limited.
Thanks!
December 17th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Great idea for a giveaway
December 17th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
I subscribed. Merry Christmas!
December 17th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Great gift idea for my wife!
December 17th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
I would love to carry this
December 18th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Okay I tried a different link for signing up via email and that one worked. =0) http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1687218&loc=en_US at the top of the web page works, http://www.mydesignsecrets.com/subscribe/ in the contest post doesn’t, just wanted to let you know.
December 18th, 2008 at 12:39 am
I tried to subscribe but it wouldn’t let me
Please keep that in mind if my number is drawn!! Thanks for the opportunity to win this gorgeous bag!
December 18th, 2008 at 11:01 am
The Design Assistant Giveaway has ended.
Even though it was past the entry time we let Lily and Kate enter because of the glitch. Thanks for the head’s up! Winner to be announced soon!
~Lorrie
December 19th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
This is a fantastic idea
December 21st, 2008 at 12:46 am
Such a great idea
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:09 pm
I really need this, Keep the ideas coming