ThisNThatbyNikki
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July Creativity Challenge

This is the 3rd Month of our new Creativity Challenge, please join in!!!

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, 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.
OR you can create an Etsy listing to share and enter that way as well.
If you need help with creating a photo link, please contact myself, or the monthly Creative Challenge Judge.

Monthly Challenge Mediums will be posted the first day of each month, and final entries should be submitted by the 24th of each month!

ALL ENTRIES will be included in the creativity challenge’s monthly blog post (published the first week of the following month) and on our team’s social networks. This is a great way to share the upcycled love, get creative, 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 24th of each month
3. ALL submitted entries will be posted to our pinterest boards, and in other 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.

Show your creativeness in this team challenge!


Monthly Judges:

JULY
Nikki from ThisNThat Creations
www.etsy.com/shop/ThisNThatbyNikki

AUGUST
scrollwork
www.etsy.com/shop/SwooshbyScrollwork

SEPTEMBER
Luci from IdleHandsYarnSupply
www.etsy.com/shop/IdleHandsYarnSupply?ref=pr_shop_more

OCTOBER
Endure Upcycled Designs
www.etsy.com/people/enduredesigns

NOVEMBER
Nicole from brizel4theanimals
www.etsy.com/shop/brizelsupplies?ref=pr_shop_more

DECEMBER
Stephanie from Our Childrens Earth
www.etsy.com/shop/ourchildrensearth

JANUARY 2013
The Wooden Bee
www.etsy.com/shop/thewoodenbee

Thanks, Bee
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ThisNThatbyNikki
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Re: July Creativity Challenge

Ok, I think Bee may still be out of town but I wanted to give people as much time as they could (especially with the holiday) to design away at this month's challenge.

I have to admit my pick is a little selfish. I have something lying around my house (yard actually) that needs something done with it. So, here is where you come in :). Actually I have a few ideas myself, but you never know.

The challenge for this month is a drain spout. I bought one to redo my gutters and then (after spray painting it) discovered where I could get affordable rain chains. now I have a 12' drain spout and nothing to do with it. To make this easier I will take entries consisting of any metal construction waste that is generally pipe shaped. Cans will not be accepted, although a stovepipe would.

Happy creating and let me know if you have any questions!
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RinnovatoJewelry
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Nikki....wow, what a unique pick! This should get my brain going in a different direction. (which would be good, BTW) : )

My house is such a cluttered mess between moving in last year and starting my shops....who knows, I just may have one lying around somewhere! lol

* searching basement now *
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Oh, cool! This one will definitely be a challenge for me!! I'm sure I have something around that would fit into this category....
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Wow!! Great Challenge :) On the hunt but might have a stovepipe!!!
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ThisNThatbyNikki
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Glad you guys like it. Can't wait to see what you come up with!
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I am going to have to look around for this one...cool idea!
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Great item! This should get everyone thinking hard.
I just took mine off.. it was causing some flooding in my garage...but it's plastic :(
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ThisNThatbyNikki
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Re: July Creativity Challenge

@ Patricia- Since it meets the first criteria-drain pipe- you can still use it, if you wan't to that is. I wasn't thinking about plastic, mine are all metal.
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Thanks Nikki for taking care of this!!! I am getting back into town and trying to catch up on everything. Whew! Thanks.

What unique medium this month. I am on the hunt now!
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bhangtiez
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Great idea! This will be a challenge...........in an awesome, upcycled way!
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The June creativity challenge results are scheduled to post tomorrow morning!!!
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Re: July Creativity Challenge

Bee, the blog on the June challenge looks wonderful!! Thanks so much for all your hard work! : )
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ThisNThatbyNikki
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The blog did look awesome! Can't wait to see entries here! Going to start work on my idea as soon as this blasted hot weather quits (or I have a day off so that I can cut pipe outside in the morning).
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SardineRiot
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Team blog rocks right now! Thank you Bee, Marcy everyone nice here. I'm looking forward to see what y'all come up with for Nikki's idea!
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Thanks guys!!! Marcy and everyone's entries did most of the work though. :)

Anyone found some material for this challenge? I'm found some wasted metal pipe from my husband working on our boat. Now I need to figure what what to do with it!! lol
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I think I have some metal pipe from an old well.... going to have to figure out what to do with it too!!
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Glad we can use plastic..no ideas though.
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I just thought of something to do with it! Hoping to make it this weekend. :)
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ThisNThatbyNikki
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Moving this up. Can't wait to see your ideas!
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Oh my! Just realized that the deadline is only about a week away! I have to get thinking and working!
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so i disappeared for a second (work and life got in the way bigtime)
and i'm pretty sure I've been puzzling over what to do with a piece of metal tubing in my yard for a few weeks now independent of this situation.
now i'm gonna have to figure it out quick! :D
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My entry is done. Yay! I'm going to photograph and blog it this weekend. :)
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ThisNThatbyNikki
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Looking forward to it Bee. I picked up the rest of the supplies for my own idea. Now just to find the time to put it together.

Good luck all.
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SardineRiot
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Re: July Creativity Challenge

this sounds great! I had the sniffles but I can't wait to see what you all come up with :)) so fun.
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