With the US officially in a recession, craft bloggers across the internet have been discussing ways they’re going to cut back on store-bought items this year, and will be turning to handmade items more than ever. Whether that means shopping at local holiday bazaars, hitting the craft stores or delving into their stashes, you can already see the amazing blog posts filled with holiday cheer bombarding the internet.
Here at Craft Gossip, I wanted to take that spirit a little farther, and have a Recycled Holiday Craft Challenge. Between now and Christmas day, any time you make something for the holidays that’s got recycled materials in it, post it to the Craft Gossip Flickr pool and tag it “recycled contest”. I’ll be posting all those items here to the blog so everyone can see all the goodness, and for each item I post to the blog, the crafter will be entered into a drawing.
The 26th of December, I’ll put all the entrants into a hat and draw out one lucky winner, who will receive a gift certificate to Amazon worth $25!!
So, to enter, all you have to do is:
1. take a picture of an item you’re making for the holidays
2. post it to the Craft Gossip Flickr pool
3. tag the photo “recycled contest”
4. wait to see it show up here on the blog.
Feel free to e-mail me (craftyone77 {at} gmail {dot} com) if you post an item and you don’t see it hit this space within a week – and include a link to the picture so I can get it entered!
