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Mar 21

give ur bathroom some luv

Category: Etsy Promo, contest

toiletcontest

Whenever things go remotely well for me, I panic and wonder what sort of hellstorm is skulking around behind the shanties, waiting to shower me with hot coal, STDs and Jessica Simpson medleys. So my instinct is to do something nice for other people.

And this is where it could benefit YOU. I’m giving away one of my bathroom plaques ($15 value) to one lucky reader. They’re available in a variety of styles and the choice is all yours. All you have to do is comment here on this entry and make sure you leave a valid email address. The winner will be chosen at random using random.org.

holyshitter  theloo2  crapper                                  craporium4

The winner gets one custom plaque, in the style of their choosing (boy/girl or little monster guy) and any background color.

The choices for the title are:

  • poo parlor
  • craporium
  • crapper
  • the loo
  • the john
  • holy shitter
  • chamber pot
  • privy
  • commode
  • toilette
  • the can
  • your own endearing custom title

Commenting is open right now and ends Friday  3/27  at noon EST.

(For people reading this via a feed, CLICK HERE TO ENTER.)

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61 Comments so far

  1. Francesco March 21st, 2009 12:29 pm

    ME! ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply

  2. paper_spider March 21st, 2009 12:43 pm

    the loo!

    i love contests!

    Reply

  3. laurapalmer813 March 21st, 2009 12:48 pm

    I like craporium best! :)

    Reply

  4. Sheri March 21st, 2009 1:00 pm

    These are all amazing, but I have to say, the Holy Shitter plaque is utterly fantastic!

    Reply

  5. dana suggs March 21st, 2009 1:04 pm

    I <3 the holy shitter plaque. :]
    It’s by far the best.

    Reply

  6. Misty March 21st, 2009 1:04 pm

    If your plaques were boogers,I wouldn’t know which one to pick. But if they were Free boogers, and I felt I wanted a booger, I would pick…….Craporium.I shit you not.

    Reply

  7. Andrea March 21st, 2009 1:23 pm

    crapper is my favorite because he looks like he likes to hug

    Reply

  8. Janna March 21st, 2009 1:40 pm

    I like The Loo with the guy from Crapper. =D

    Reply

  9. Jess March 21st, 2009 2:42 pm

    MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!1

    putmeontheair at yahoo dot com

    Reply

  10. Carrie March 21st, 2009 2:56 pm

    I vow to hang the one I win on the AIG sign in NYC.

    Reply

  11. Bill March 21st, 2009 3:25 pm

    I’m good at these contests, hook me up Holy Shitter here I come!!!

    daboogmang@gmail.com

    Reply

  12. jen March 21st, 2009 3:31 pm

    Ooooh! I love the bathroom plaques!

    Reply

  13. sarah mascara March 21st, 2009 3:37 pm

    *puppy dog eyes*

    Reply

  14. Lisa March 21st, 2009 3:41 pm

    Thanks for showing me the light! :)

    Reply

  15. April March 21st, 2009 7:09 pm

    These are awesome!

    April´s last blog post..Too cute for a cut….

    Reply

  16. kate March 21st, 2009 9:02 pm

    maybe i’ll win this time. :)

    Reply

  17. dawny March 21st, 2009 9:34 pm

    howdy!! I love crapper and craporium.

    Reply

  18. Valerie March 21st, 2009 9:59 pm

    YES

    Reply

  19. Cynthia March 21st, 2009 10:34 pm

    i want to win so bad.
    these are so cute but I’m so unemployed, well, laid off and can’t buy one!

    Reply

  20. Cinn March 21st, 2009 11:05 pm

    Just when I think Ive seen it all…..she comes out with the Regal HOLY CRAPPER. Can it get any better???? Im hanging that sucker up at the nursery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply

  21. Twyla March 22nd, 2009 12:40 am

    I’ll bite =)

    Reply

  22. nagylany March 22nd, 2009 1:33 am

    how can i pass this up?

    Reply

  23. priest March 22nd, 2009 2:48 am

    I think i like holy shitter the best but can you make it with a black jesus…and in felt??

    Reply

  24. french panic March 22nd, 2009 7:20 am

    o online contests to win stuff to hang in or near my pooping room, how I love you so…….

    french panic´s last blog post..49 days later.

    Reply

  25. Pynk March 22nd, 2009 9:02 am

    I love The Loo, for my bathroom.

    Reply

  26. buenomexicana March 22nd, 2009 9:34 am

    i want to win… but know i won’t!

    in person these are even more awesome.

    Reply

  27. Noriko March 22nd, 2009 10:24 am

    awesome! The Loo plaque is adorable! This would be perfect for the bathroom in my new place :)

    Noriko´s last blog post..Heart with wings pendant

    Reply

  28. erica March 22nd, 2009 4:42 pm

    I’d love one!!

    Reply

  29. Jess March 22nd, 2009 5:44 pm

    So cute!

    I might have to get one anyways when we get out new place :D

    Craporium…lol

    Reply

    Francesco reply on March 23rd, 2009:

    no jess! I want the “Toilette” one :(

    Reply

    Jess reply on March 23rd, 2009:

    Well we’ll see who wins then, and how much you manage to bribe me :D

    Reply

    Francesco reply on March 23rd, 2009:

    if you win all I have to do is tell Erin to not listen to you and put what I say

    it pays to have sweet connections like this, whut whut

    Reply

  30. Alyson Hell March 23rd, 2009 9:17 am

    I just wanted to say how awesome you are for even having a loo series.

    Reply

  31. Jessi March 23rd, 2009 10:06 am

    Oh, pick me!

    I need one either way, so even if I don’t win I’ll be the proud owner of one soon :)

    Reply

  32. dartfaerie March 23rd, 2009 11:44 am

    Gimmehs! ;)

    Reply

  33. Kent M March 23rd, 2009 2:18 pm

    This is more than awesome. Love the craporium little dude! Had to enter!

    Reply

  34. Julie F March 23rd, 2009 4:32 pm

    I have to say the Holy Shitter is by far the best!!! I actually did purchase that one, but I would LOVEEEEE another. I mean you can never have enought Holy Shitters can you…!!??

    Reply

  35. Aly March 23rd, 2009 5:34 pm

    I have wanted one of these for a while now! Awesome! Hope I win! :D

    stem_of_thorns@yahoo.com

    -Aly-

    Reply

  36. SacredFlesh March 23rd, 2009 7:57 pm

    OMG I found you on Etsy the other day and I must of hearted your entire store!!!

    I especially LOVE the holy Shitter, but the Crapper is mighty cute as well!

    SacredFlesh´s last blog post..New New New

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    Tuna Tar-Tart reply on March 26th, 2009:

    Aw, thank you miss! I can say the same for your shop. Etsy’s Dark Side, holla!

    Reply

  37. free_vigilante March 23rd, 2009 8:44 pm

    Aw, I wanna win!

    Reply

  38. Heidi March 24th, 2009 9:11 am

    Craporium is the cutest and funniest thing I have seen in a long time! I love him!!

    Heidi´s last blog post..Carried Away: The Etsy Bag Makers Team: THE BIG BAG OF LUCK GIVEAWAY

    Reply

  39. Tiffany March 24th, 2009 1:35 pm

    contests & poop
    ahhhh
    would it help if I told you I feel in an outhouse as a child?

    Tiffany´s last blog post..Metal Mushroom Garden Art – Blue

    Reply

  40. Zoe March 24th, 2009 5:00 pm

    Wow cool!
    I would love one of those I have a nice empty wall in my bathroom that needs filling lol.

    Reply

  41. Shana March 24th, 2009 5:03 pm

    Cool! Count me in please!

    Reply

  42. wendiwinn March 24th, 2009 6:41 pm

    these are hilarious. love the loo. simple. and my 3 year old can pronounce it.

    and. this is one of the few she can say freely without getting a big ol’ scolding.

    thanks for the giveaway.

    wendiwinn on etsy.

    wendiwinn´s last blog post..key fob

    Reply

  43. Marie March 24th, 2009 6:57 pm

    I love your bathroom plaques!

    They are too funny! would love one:)

    Great Giveaway,
    Marie Isabella

    Reply

  44. Laurenski March 24th, 2009 7:40 pm

    Oh, I want one for my (hopefully) new house!!

    The Jesus, of course.

    Laurenski´s last blog post..Sterling Silver Plated Necklace

    Reply

  45. Beth March 24th, 2009 7:53 pm

    Those are FANTASTIC plaques!! I love them!

    Reply

  46. Leila March 24th, 2009 8:23 pm

    this makes me pee in my pants. i like water closet cause i’ve been teaching Big Kid to be polite all these years so, shit, we gotta be polite.

    Leila´s last blog post..forget mp3s, the world still listens to cassettes

    Reply

  47. Mike LeTendre March 24th, 2009 9:49 pm

    Ok, you got my interest…this is a great contest you have going. Your shop is in my top 5 faves so of course I would LUV one of your bathroom plaques. I’ll have to think about which one is my fav.

    Reply

  48. Sharon March 25th, 2009 6:58 am

    Please pick me!!!!!

    Reply

  49. Rachael March 25th, 2009 7:27 pm

    These are awesome!!! I would love to have one for my birthday…hint, hint!

    Reply

  50. Ally March 27th, 2009 7:35 am

    is it gluttonous of me to want one even though I already have one? nope.

    can’t get enough of the pooperific plaque action!

    Maybe, if i win, i’ll request the holy shitter one, and give it to the asshole priest who married us, and told james that it would be ok if he cheated on me, as long as he was drunk when he did it.

    happy friday!

    p.s. to make this comment longer, just wanted to let you know i wrote a blog review of your shop. not to be a creep or anything.

    Ally´s last blog post..Etsy Finds: Somnambulant Art

    Reply

  51. Letitia March 29th, 2009 6:59 pm

    Hey Erin!
    Thanks again for the rad poem-plaque you made about my temperamental pipes! I will send you a pic once my bathroom is re-done. I find myself now addicted to your site–this is some funny shit, girl! I hope I win…the holy shitter would be perfect in my downstairs bath!

    Letitia´s last blog post..Eco-chic baby bib/scarf

    Reply

    Tuna Tar-Tart reply on March 31st, 2009:

    Aw, thank you for stopping by, Letitia! That’s so awesome:) I’m really glad you liked the poem-plaque, it was fun to make and I’m glad you asked me for it.

    I try to have a contest every other month — I’ll let you know when I’m having another one:)

    Reply

  52. Julia March 30th, 2009 3:55 pm

    maybe it’ll be me! lovely!

    Reply

  53. lucia April 1st, 2009 5:51 pm

    first of all….i can’t freakin believe it took me this long to become an american and actually get the internet! for god’s sake girl…i knew i would enjoy your page, but truly had no idea how amusing it would be. now i have something to do on the computer other than try and win a game of solitaire! your so funny! I LOVE IT! i’ll be checking up on you and poor poor henry…he definately has to love you. oh yeah tell him he always has a job as my assistant in bang trimming…lol

    Reply

    Tuna Tar-Tart reply on April 2nd, 2009:

    Lucia — you made my day! I’m so happy you finally made it here!

    I told Henry that you said he does a good job trimming my bangs and he tried to brush it off, but the truth is that he has a very strong domestic gene. He can cook, cut hair, AND sew, what the hell??

    Reply

  54. lucia April 8th, 2009 5:55 pm

    oh F.Y.I.

    the holy shitter would look so awesome in my newly remolded bathroom……
    LOVE IT!

    EVERY ONE NEEDS A LIL BIT OF JESUS AROUND

    Reply

  55. Evonne July 25th, 2009 9:38 pm

    sigh….a response almost 4 months late, but that’s just because I have “The John” in my possesion as of today. The real John will be so happy, fer sure. I can’t wait for him to see it when he’s busy doing, well, you know…..

    Reply

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