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Jul

2

Creativity 350 Contests

July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Creativity 350, a partnership between five craft- and DIY-themed websites, is looking to help creatively spread the word about the important new climate change awareness group called 350.org. And they need YOUR crafting and design talent to help! It’s offering two contests (with plenty of cool crafty prizes): a Craft Contest that’s asking participants to [...]

Jun

18

Chair Challenge

June 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

It pays to lurk in the Craftster Challenges, where you’ll find plenty of inspiration. The latest challenge, In the Hot Seat, asked participants to take an old (the uglier, the better) chair and transform it into something beautiful. Pictured is Sharon’s beautiful winning entry, Two Chairs to a Bench for Two. Peruse all the entries [...]

Mar

31

Ample Sample Contest

March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Do your creative juices start a-flowin’ when you eye a pile of colorful carpet samples? If so, you may be the perfect candidate for the Ample Sample contest, which challenges you to repurpose those samples into something fabulous. Check out the rules and last year’s funky and functional winning entries at www.amplesample.net/2008. Deadline for entries [...]

Mar

25

Recycled T-Shirt Contest

March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

One of the current Instructables contests is the T-Shirt Hacks Speed Contest. The official rules: “Have some old or boring t-shirts lying around? Then use them for your next DIY project! Cut ‘em, sew ‘em, dye ‘em, print on ‘em, add electronics, or decorate ‘em with LEDs, googley eyes, and fringe — whatever you need [...]

Feb

21

Recycled Craft Competition

February 21, 2008 | 3 Comments

Pretty Little Love Objects is running a competition in February called Reuse, Recycle, Reclaim and they’re looking for projects made from materials that once had a different function. If your entry is chosen as the winner, you’ll receive a bundle of Valentine’s-themed prizes. Deadline is Feb. 29. See this Craftster post for details.
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Jan

9

Recycled Glass Challenge

January 9, 2008 | 2 Comments

Are you up for the challenge? The Creative Glass Guild of Etsy is promoting a recycled glass challenge for the month of January. See the group’s official website for challenge details and inspiration. Thanks to sender-inner Linda (who happened to create the fabulous recycled glass pendant shown) for the heads-up!
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Nov

5

Super Ugly to Super Awesome

November 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This month’s Craftster Challenge once again caters to the mind and talents of the recycled crafter: The Super Ugly to Super Awesome Challenge asks that you spend $20 or less at a second-hand store on a super-tacky, super-ugly, super-revolting object and revamp it into something fabulous. (It’s also fine if you already own an ugly [...]

Oct

20

MacGyver Runners-Up

October 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I hope ReadyMade magazine continues to show the MacGyver contest runners-up on its website, because there are lots of great ideas that unfortunately didn’t quite make the cut to be used in publication. For example, runner-up Brie Neel of Sophia, West Virgina, fashioned this creative, colorful lanyard for her glasses in the previous issue’s dead [...]

Oct

19

Mash-Up Contest

October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Instructables / ReadyMade magazine Mash-Up Contest is a recycled artist’s dream. The idea is to take two unseemingly related objects and “mash” them into one “I never thought of doing that!” end result. The Instructables site even lists a few ideas to get you thinking, including such archived projects as Remote Control Drawer Pulls, [...]

Aug

29

Board Game Makeover

August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Craftster’s monthly challenges are usually tons of fun for those who like to repurpose or recycle objects into crafts. This month’s challenge is no different: Total Board Game Revamp. Your challenge is to take an old board game and upcycle it — the board, the game pieces, all the accessories — into something craftlicious. Leah, [...]

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