| Winner of Subversive Cross Stitch Giveaway! Congratulations to Marie from Portland, OR for winning the $50 worth of Subversive Cross Stitch merchandise in our recent giveaway. Thank you everyone for all the great replies in the entries. Take a visit to the Subversive Cross Stitch shop and pick up a pattern or kit to work on this summer!Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Contests | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |
YouGoods Design Challenge From our friends at UncommonGoods: Do you have what it takes to become the next Thomas Edison or Benjamin Franklin? Are you sitting on a genius design or invention that is sure to be the next big thing? Then we want to hear from you! In honor of National Inventors' Month, UncommonGoods is issuing a wide-open design challenge to find our next Uncommon Inventor or Designer. The third of our YouGoods product design challenges, this contest is looking for a product with a spark of inventive genius, a flash of innovation and something that makes us say, Aha! Why didn't we think of that? Oh, and did we mention there's a $1,500 prize and a chance to showcase your design at Maker Faire NYC? Guidelines for submitting an entry: Must have a clear idea of the end product. Entrant may provide photos, design specs or videos to share a full concept of their idea. Tell a good story. Judges want to know: How did you choose materials? What design options did you consider before you developed your final submission? What did you learn in the process of designing your product? Who is this product for and why? What need or problem does it address? Judges will give more points to products that are unique, eco-friendly, and economical to produce. Judges may give more points to designs that have taken production and manufacturing into account. The winning design will be picked by a team of judges along with the help and input of our online community. UncommonGoods Facebook fans will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite designs, so make sure you join us on Facebook!From previous YouGoods challenges, pictured above: a chair made from reclaimed seatbelts and chalkboard pillows with a smudge-proof pen. Due to interest, they've extended the deadline for entry to August 23rd.Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Contests | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |
Ben Franklin Crafts Ben Franklin Crafts in downtown ManistiqueWhen I knew I was going to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, I immediately started looking up Ben Franklin Crafts locations. A nod back to the days of the five-and-time, BF has a general store feel with a heavy emphasis on crafts. You tend to find them in your smaller towns. They're few and far between here in Michigan, so when I found one in Manistique, I made a point to stop. Here's a glimpse of what it's like inside.Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Crafty Travels | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |
How-To: Milk Jug Storm Trooper Helmet For Star Wars fans who are already working on their Halloween costume, be sure to check out this latest project from Filth Wizardry. She shares how to transform milk jugs into a rad Storm Trooper helmet! More:HOW TO - Make Star Wars Halloween Costumes for DogsAwesome Toddler Droid Dresses For Star Wars CelebrationGet Crafty to Celebrate Star Wars DayAmazing Star Wars CupcakesStar Wars Cross-Stitch Baby Blanket And Pillow Gift SetHow-To: Clone Trooper Candy PopsHow-To: Clone Trooper CupcakesRead the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Halloween | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |
Green Project Contest:Tag Your Green! Hi Crafters! Our sister site, Make: Online has a cool new contest happening that we wanted to share the news about!Do you have an innovative project that you think is "green" or one you've been thinking about starting? That word green gets tossed around a lot. It's slapped onto everything these days. What constitutes "green" can be a relative thing. Do you think others would find your project "environmentally-friendly," a worthwhile solution to today's environmental problems? Does it promote conservation? Appropriate use of technology? Let's find out. MAKE is running a green project contest, as part of GE's ecomagination.How the Contest Works: Post your green-worthy DIY project to the Green Project Contents website on MAKE.Grab the code generated after you've registered your project. This is your "tag." Place this HTML code on the project page of your website, on your blog, wherever you want, and Tag Your Green!Encourage your readers, family and friends, your social network to vote for your project. When they hit the Vote for My Green Project badge on your site, they'll be taken to your project page on MAKE where they can vote.Post the link to your MAKE Green Project page to Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks and encourage others to do the same.Posts that get lots of votes, besides being eligible for prizes (see below), will also draw the attention of MAKE editors. We'll start doing blog posts, and maybe even articles in the magazine, about some of the more popular projects.What You Win:The project that gets the most votes between now and December 31, 2010 (11:59pm PDT) will be the Grand Prize winner. After this top prize winner, those with the most votes in each category will win runners-up prize packages.Grand Prize Winner -- Trip for two to Maker Faire 2011 (winners choice of Bay Area, Detroit, or New York). Travel, lodging, and event tickets covered (up to $1500). The opportunity to award five "Green Maker" ribbons at the Faire.Grand Prize Winner and five Runners-up will receive: 1-year subscription to MAKE magazine, an autographed copy of Made by Hand by Mark Frauenfelder, a Maker's Notebook, a Sparkle Labs SunMod Kit (turns your remote control into a solar-powered device), and two adult day passes to the Maker Faire of choice.To help inspire you, we're putting together a series of videos on Maker Pioneers who are doing work we think is worthy of the tag "green." The first video is with Saul Griffith (MAKE advisory board member and columnist), talking about his Onya Cycles business. So, what are you waiting for? Tag Your Green! Get all of the details on the Green Project Contest website on MAKE.Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Contests | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |