April Creativity Challenge!

[Former_Member]

Upcyclers Monthly CREATIVITY Challenge:

Each month a selected shop (Judge) will choose a common upcycled medium, like a tin can, an old magazine, etc), and participants respond with photographed ideas of what they upcycled that medium into!

How to Enter:

On this discussion thread please leave a link of your upcycled entry.
Entries must come with a photo of your idea. A description or your thoughts are welcome, but your idea and shop will be share by the PHOTO LINK that you submit as an entry.

To post the photo a link onto Etsy’s discussion boards, you can do this a number of ways:
Upload the photo to a social media network... twitter, facebook, flickr, an Etsy listing, etc. Then paste the link into your entry comment.

You can also upload your photo entry on your own blog or website, and then paste the link into your entry comment on the thread.

Entries will be included in the creativity challenge’s monthly blog post (published on love2upcycle.blogspot.com/) and on our team’s social networks. This is a great way to share the upcycled love and promote your shop.


Challenge Checklist for Participants:
1. use the monthly medium to create something new
2. photograph the created idea
2. post a link to your photo on the monthly thread for an entry by the deadline
3. ALL submitted entries will be posted to our pinterest boards, and other in SM: pinterest.com/upcyclers/
4. ALL entry links will be featured in our monthly blog post, with some highlighted entry photos included as well.


Who’s the Challenge Winner?

We are all winners in this challenge! If you submit an upcycled idea entry for the month, then you are a winner, because all shops and their entries will be featured on our Social Networks and in our blog.

****BUT ONE WINNER AND RUNNER-UP will have a mini ad on the FRONT PAGE OF THE TEAM'S BLOG for one month following the challenge!

Show your creativeness in this team challenge!

THIS MONTH JUDGE:

April
SweetSomeday
www.etsy.com/shop/SweetSomeday

Look for the our judge to post this month's medium to this thread shortly!!!

Let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks, Bee

[SweetSomeday]

Hi team!! The medium I picked for this month is one that is easy to find: a cardboard toilet paper tube! I'll also accept paper towel tubes, wrapping paper tubes, and really any type of cardboard tube!

Looking forward to seeing everyone's ideas! :)

[Former_Member]

Yay! I have a million ideas for this one. FUN!

[SwooshbyScrollwork]

Love it! I've been saving toilet paper tubes because I saw an awesome project just perfect for it.

[Former_Member]

Great medium! We also try to join with our workshop!

[Former_Member]

Here's my old blog post. We turned some TP rolls into flowers for a craft project with the kids. I will be making something for this challenge but wanted to share this as well! :)
http://www.thewoodenbee.com/eco-crafting-with-toliet-paper-rolls/

[Former_Member]

What a fantastic medium! Love the flowers, Bee.

[ElyseHutchinsonArt]

I'm so excited I finally get to enter! Here is a Gift Card holder I made a while back. It was so pretty I haven't been able to let it go :-)
http://elysehutchinsondesign.com/wordpress/?p=237

[HereAtSmallGoods]

Timely choice!
Since opening my shop, the inner rolls from packing tape and lint rollers have been piling up! They are so sturdy that it seemed a shame to chuck them in the paper recycling bin.
It's great to have a reason to focus on them.

Lovely flower and gift card holder ideas!

[SweetSomeday]

Love the flowers, Bee - your girls did a great job!!

And the gift card holder is gorgeous - I never would've guessed it was made from a toilet paper tube!

Shall, great point! I didn't even think of the tubes from tape and lint rollers! Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Looking forward to seeing everyone's ideas!! :)

[Former_Member]

This is a project I had done a couple of months ago for my daughter's bracelets. We took an old paper towl holder, spray painted it black and then decorated a paper towel tube and viola, a bracelet display! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200577312097880&set=a.2736700979325.2147904.1311378248&typ... I'll work on a new project for this challenge as well! :)

[Former_Member]

This challenge stuff is kind of fun! Here's my idea for a tree of life on a cabinet door background:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/128537400/tree-of-life-cabinet-door

[Former_Member]

What a cool idea! I am going to have to get thinking on this.

[SweetSomeday]

Desiree, smart idea for a bracelet holder!

David and Vicki, your "tree of life" is so cool! I love how you used the cabinet door and beads along with the cardboard pieces!

[SweetSomeday]

Here's a very cute and easy idea that I saw on pinterest:

http://pinterest.com/pin/53339576808231270/

Always in search of more ways to get organized!

[TheSalvagedEdge]

OOh. I have the perfect thing to do with my old ribbon rolls.

(I know I have been out of pocket for too long. I got lazy, er... I mean, I spent some time doing other stuff...lol)

[SweetSomeday]

Marie - ribbon rolls - great idea! Can't wait to see what you make!

[Former_Member]

Hi everyone - great ideas so far!

I'm just wondering when the deadline for submission is?

[Former_Member]

For my entry, I upcycled a toilet paper roll into a tree ornament:

www.prupruhandmade.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/image_1366257187231466.jpg

If you're interested in seeing how it was made, I have posted a tutorial here:

www.prupruhandmade.wordpress.com/tutorials/toilet-paper-roll-ornament/

[SweetSomeday]

Alison, I love your ornament - clever idea! Great tutorial too!

The deadline to submit your entries is WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24TH! About a week left to submit!

[PLJohnsonGlassArt]

Great ideas so far! Saw something on pinterest awhile back I've been wanting to do....fake wrought iron. Hope I can scrounge up enough rolls. I just made plant boxes and my dog loves them for a chew toy..lol. I keep them in a little basket on the bottom shelf....she now helps herself. :)

Happy upcycling all!

[Former_Member]

Really want to do this one!! gtta think of something good..... hmmmmmm

[SweetSomeday]

Can't wait to see what you make, Patricia and Sophie!

[Former_Member]

Hello!
I first want to apologize for my tardiness. I have had a month full of troubles.

I finally got March's results up on the blog today.
http://love2upcycle.blogspot.com/2013/04/creativity-challenge-upcycle-neckties.html
The first and second place winners have been on the front page of the blog all month though!

This month... great challenge Sarah!

Alison great tutorial, I shared it on Facebook.com/upcyclers

Great idea for a bracelet holder Desiree!

I will starting pinning the entries next week. Just a few more days!

Thanks, Bee

[Former_Member]

Thanks for sharing, bee!