September Upcyclers Creativity Challenge!!!

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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.

If you need help with creating a photo link, please contact myself, or the monthly Creative Challenge Judge.

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

Entries will be included in the creativity challenge’s monthly blog post (published the first week of the month) 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 24th of each month
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 for the month of September ONE WINNER AND RUNNER-UP will have a mini ad on the FRONT PAGE OF THE TEAM'S BLOG!

Show your creativeness in this team challenge!

Monthly Judges:


SEPTEMBER
Luci from IdleHandsYarnSupply

OCTOBER
Endure Upcycled Designs

NOVEMBER
Nicole from brizel4theanimals

DECEMBER
Stephanie from Our Childrens Earth

Good Luck! And look for Luci's medium selection soon!!!

~Bee

[Former_Member]

Where do you find what the challenge for the month is?

[fairytalefibers]

In the original post...the material is given!

[SweetSomeday]

Melissa, your bag looks great! So convenient!

[SweetSomeday]

Kristy, did you find the material? It is described on the first page of the thread!

[SweetSomeday]

Here's my entry:

http://sweetsomedaylove.blogspot.com/2012/09/diy-womens-t-shirt-dress.html

I have a few more ideas in mind too, but I'm not sure if I'll get to them before the deadline!

[Former_Member]

Love it Sarah! You are too cute!

I just finished mine. Going to take photos and upload them to a post tonight. I will try to share it tomorrow.

[mhandmade]

Sarah, your t-shirt dress is awesome, better than Anthropologie's!

[SweetSomeday]

Aww, thanks Bee and Millie! I'm not great with sewing, so I was thrilled that it turned out as well as it did!

[Former_Member]

Clever Sarah, I like the dress!

[TheSalvagedEdge]

Fun stuff already! Here's my challenge entry on my blog. http://thesalvagededge.blogspot.com/2012/09/tee-for-two-and-two-for-tees.html?m=1

[Former_Member]

Sarah, I LOVE the dress! So cute!! And only $3. Doesn't get better than that! I have an upcycled clothing thing, and that is just awesome! I want to make one now. lol

Marie, that dress is darling! And what a fantastic use of her old shirts!!

Can't wait to see your pictures Bee! I am working hard on finishing mine, and am about to go work on it more. I will be posting some pictures very soon, I hope. lol

Everyone has posted such awesome things!! This has been so fun to see what everyone has done. :) Thank you for showing off what you can do with a t shirt!

[SweetSomeday]

Super cute, Marie!! We were thinking alike! Your daughter is absolutely adorable.

Thanks Luci! You should definitely make one too. :)

[Former_Member]

Ok, finally got my blog post up. I entered two upcycled giveaways this month and wanted to include them together in a post on our blog.

I used tshirt hems (from making tshirt scarves) to make a headband and bangle. Nice and simple, but I have been wearing them!!!

http://www.thewoodenbee.com/giveaways-and-contests/

Thanks! Looking forward to seeing more entries! :)

[SweetSomeday]

Really cute Bee! I love the headband. I may have to make a few of those too...

[Former_Member]

You should Sarah! :) Thanks. And because the shirt is used, it is comfortable. I have a hard time finding headbands that don't give me a headache. This ties underneath my hair and I forget I have it on. I think I might make more in different colors. Might become my new fall fashion statement. lol In the studio it helps keep my hair out of my face too. :)

[ITSYOURCOUNTRY]

I made the commitment to try this team challenge, kept telling myself I would do it one of these times , so here is my entry...have two more pillows in the works that will coordinate with this one...love making home decor pillows, so why not use a t-shirt...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/110087262/western-cowboy-pillow-buffalo-bill-cody

[Former_Member]

Here's mine, an upcycled baby/toddler hat made from a tshirt that I also had made an upcycled tshirt cloth diaper out of.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/110115669/little-biker-baby-toddler-hat-bicycle

[RinnovatoJewelry]

Wow....you are all awesome! I am so behind this month. I had sooo many ideas for this month's challenge, but have only tried one so far and it failed. : ( I will have to post it to FB anyway. (I was trying to make bleach water designs on an old, long sleeved plain Tee).

Oh well....off to the next hopefully this weekend. Love seeing all the cool entries!!

[Former_Member]

Oh my gosh, I was afraid I wouldn't get my next entry in on time since my internet went out for almost a week! It's all good now though, lol. Here's my other necklace I made using this months material:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/110185362/organic-statement-necklace-upcycled-t

I love the two dress ideas, so cute!

[Former_Member]

I have been checking the thread every day and the list of entries keeps growing. I am enjoying seeing all the really neat items that each of you has created. I have a favorite.

All of these items deserve to win the challenge. Hope to see more entries.

[Former_Member]

I am very excited to have found y'all! New to Etsy but not upcycling. I upcycled my 1st Woolrich men's wool shirt to a bag and donating it for a silent auction tomorrow. I'm a firm believer that things happen for a reason and I just got thrown into it!

Weeeeeeee!!!

[Former_Member]

Bee, I love the headbands!! I have hundreds of t shirt hems, and also need a headband that doesn't give me a headache. I am going to be trying this out! The bracelet is also fabulous! I am loving those decorative fabric balls too. What a great idea!!

Country, I love the pillow. My boyfriend loves his t shirts, and wears them to the point of no return. They are literally disintegrating, and he still wears them to sleep in! I should post a picture of the worst one. lol But I convinced him to let me make pillows out of them. I can't really cut and sew the t shirts themselves, but I am hoping some of that iron on fabric webbing will secure it to another t shirt that is in sturdier condition. Then he can have his favorite t shirts, and I am not washing rags. ha!

Montana, that hat is darling! And I see that it sold!!! Yay sales!! I can see why too! I would have bought something like that for my son when he was a baby.

Melani, that necklace is fabulous! So original. I love that!!

Mike, I have been enjoying this month's entries too! I have a favorite or ten already. It is going to be difficult to narrow this down!!

[Former_Member]

Allison, you should post a link to a picture of it here! I would love to see it. :)

[ITSYOURCOUNTRY]

Luci....You need to capture your boyfriend's t-shirts before they are totally a rag and make into a pillow so he can still have them to last another generation. It can make for a soft pillow for his head. lol I used light weight iron-on interfacing to stabilize the backside of the t-shirt, before I cut the section I was going to use so it would keep it's shape

Try it and let me know if you have any questions ~Patrice

[ITSYOURCOUNTRY]

Here is my 2nd pillow entry that coordinates with the other...not sure if I will get the 3rd completed....upcycled t-shirt and upcycled blue denim jeans and a pocket for your remote

Just listed...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/110258467/western-cowboy-pillow-tom-mix-k-and-a