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December 12, 2011

Book Giveaway Reminder Plus Project Excerpt: Holiday Crafting and Baking with Kids

Last Wednesday we announced Jessica Strand's Holiday Crafting & Baking with Kids book Giveaway, and we wanted to remind you that the deadline for this is this Wednesday, December 15, at 2:00pm (PST) / 5:00pm (EST).

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December 7, 2011

Book Review Plus Giveaway: Holiday Crafting & Baking With Kids

Holiday Crafting & Baking with Kids
By Jessica Strand

From paper snowflakes and beeswax menorah candles to a hanging felt tree advent calendar, New Years paper poppers, popcorn garland, and even a paper Kwanza goodie basket, the 25 projects in Holiday Crafting & Baking with Kids cover the full spectrum of winter holidays. There's a sweetness and simplicity about these projects that hark back to an earlier time. Jessica Strand had her 10-year-old son, Lucian, help pick out the projects, his favorites being those that include candy. With easy step-by-step instructions and lots of included templates, this book is perfect for families with children who want to spend a festive afternoon at the craft table.

Now for the Giveaway:
We want to hear from you! Let us know your favorite childhood holiday memory in our comments section below. Make sure you do this from the CRAFT site and not from Facebook. We will randomly select 5 winners.

Prizes:
4 Runner-Up winners will receive a copy of Holiday Crafting & Baking with Kids.
1 Grand Prize winner will receive a copy of Holiday Crafting & Baking with Kids AND a holiday gift basket from Chronicle Books.

Deadline: Next Wednesday, December 14th, at 2:00 PM (PST) / 5:00 PM (EST). We will then announce the winners the following week.

Shutterfly Giveaway Closed

Attention, attention! Our Shutterfly Giveaway is now closed. Thanks to each and every one of you for submitting a comment about your favorite book template over on Shutterfly. We received some great comments and ideas.

As a reminder...
For complete details for this giveaway, please read the official rules.

As you saw from our announcement post, Haley put together a book about her favorite memories with her husband. Books like this are great to share with family and friends during the holidays, so that got me thinking - what if you added an analog commenting component to it? You can make your own library pocket to allow guests to leave their thoughts on their favorite photos. Here's how.

Start out by cutting a piece of cardstock down to 6" x 6" and then score 1" in on the two sides and bottom. Fold on scored lines.

Using double-stick tape, fold up the bottom and tape down the flap on either side. Add tape to the two sides.

Position the pocket on the page and press firmly on all sides to secure to the page. Add stickers or a message to guests on the front. For the paper, trim paper to 2.5" x 6" and place in the pocket.

Disclosure Statement: This post is sponsored by Shutterfly. Give the best gift ever with a Shutterfly photo book.

December 2, 2011

Renu Giveaway Closed

Thanks to everyone who submitted a comment for our Renu giveaway! We'll be pulling all the comments in and randomly selecting our winners - check back soon to see our list! You can keep learning more about the Renu lineup here.

November 30, 2011

Make Kit-A-Day Holiday Giveaway

Have you checked out Make lately to see all of the awesome kits they're giving away as part of their Holiday Kit-A-Day Giveaway?! Geez! The amazing giveaways are part of a bigger celebration for Make: Ultimate Kit Guide 2012. There will be two phases of prizes happening between now and Dec. 23 for close to $9,000 worth of prizes. Definitely check out their blog - who knows, maybe you'll be a winner!

Official rules can be found here.

November 22, 2011

Craft Inc Contest Winners

Typewriter crafted by Meg Mateo Ilasco

Congratulations to our 5 lucky Craft Inc Contest winners!

Out of over 100 entries, the randomly picked winners include:

Grand Prize Winner: Genevieve Santos

Runners-Up: Stephanie Burnell, Allegory Lanham, Laila Smith, Tara Daniels

Our Grand Prize Winner won a copy of Craft Inc AND a 30-minute phone consultation about starting up a craft business with Craft Inc author Meg Mateo Ilasco.

Our Runners-Up each won a copy of the book.

Stay tuned for more giveaways and contests, coming to CRAFT soon!

November 15, 2011

Giveaway: Huge Shutterfly Photography Prize Pack with Digital Camera

This holiday season, give your friends and family the gift of DIY memories with a little help from Shutterfly!

This time of year, it seems like visits from friends and family become more frequent, and there's always a new excuse to gather together for parties, meals, and celebrations. And, if your loved ones are anything like mine, the family shutterbug will be right there clicking away, capturing each fond memory as it's made. Lucky for you, Shutterfly is there to help you turn those snapshot into treasured gifts with their custom photo books, ornaments, tote bags, calendars, mugs, and more!

Just in time for holiday gift-giving, Shutterfly is teaming up with CRAFT to help one lucky reader share even more memories!

Enter the Shutterfly Photography Prize Pack Giveway:
Prize:
Digital Camera: Canon PowerShot S100

Shutterfly Prize Pack: 50 Cards, 12x12 Photo Book, 8x8 Photo Book, Mug, 3 Calendars, Reusable Shopping Tote, and Ornament (Total ARV $298.42)

Deadline:
The giveaway runs from 11/15/2011 to 12/6/2011, and the winner will be drawn at random on 12/7/2011.

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November 9, 2011

Craft Inc Contest! Plus Craft Inc Book Excerpt

Craft Inc: The Ultimate Guide to Turning Your Creative Hobby into a Successful Business By Meg Mateo Ilasco Chronicle Books

There are lots of things to think about when starting up a new business, such as: What will you be selling? How will you market it? What will your profit margin look like? How will you distribute your product? ... The list goes on. Ideas are great, but putting them into action takes planning and motivation. Which is where Craft Inc: The Ultimate Guide to Turning Your Creative Hobby into a Successful Business (Chronicle Books) comes in.

Author Meg Mateo Ilasco, has just released her revised edition of Craft Inc, excerpted here, where she answers the questions above and many more. And as part of her book launch, she has an exciting contest question for you:

If you could start a crafting business tomorrow, what would it be?

To enter our Craft Inc contest, simply answer this question in our CRAFT comments (not Facebook) section below.

Prizes: 1 lucky grand-prize winner will be able to discuss their business idea with Ilasco in a 30-minute phone conversation! Plus she/he will receive a copy of Craft Inc. The 4 runners-up will also receive a copy of Craft Inc.

There will be 5 winners total (1 grand prize winner and 4 runners-up). All winners are chosen at random.

Deadline: The contest ends November 18, 2011 at noon (pst).

But wait! That's not all. Make sure to check in with us next Monday for our exclusive CRAFT interview with Ilasco.

And good luck!

October 14, 2011

Announcing: The MAKE and CRAFT Halloween Contest for 2011!

We're always excited by Halloween here at MAKE, but we're especially jazzed this year with the contest we've put together to celebrate our favorite maker holiday. This year, we're doing things a little differently. For one, we're doing the contest across both of our sites, MAKE and CRAFT, and we're hosting the whole hoodoo bash over on Make: Projects. Here are the gory details:

Starting now, and running through Nov 8th at 11:59pm any Halloween content on Make: Projects (tagged with "halloween2011";) will be eligible for entry in the contest. See the Halloween Landing Page for full contest details. If you're not already signed up on Make: Projects, it's easy to set up and fun to document projects in. Here to get started. Anything Halloweeny is eligible as long as it fits into one of these four categories:

Costume - Anything you wear on your body, including makeup
Prop - Things you carry with you, costume accessories like weapons
Decor - Porch decorations, pumpkins, party decor, and animatronics and haunted house spectacles
Food - Edible favors, candy, and any creations made of food

You don't have to submit them in these subcategories. This will be left to the discretion of the judges. Just make sure entries are tagged with "halloween2011"; and get them into Make: Projects by 11:59 PST on Tuesday, Nov 8th. You can enter as many times as you like, but are only eligible for one prize.

Entries will be judged on Creativity of Idea: 25%; Project Execution: 40%; Quality of Documentation: 25%; and Presentation: 10%. The two final Grand Prize categories will be "Craft" and "Tech." Judges will divide the projects into these two categories before judging begins and the entry in each Grand Prize category with the highest total score among all judging criteria will be the Grand Prize winner. Prizes will also be given in each content category for the highest overall scores after the Grand Prize awards are determined.

The prizes are amazing (if we do say so ourselves). Here are some of the companies that generously contributed, followed by the six prize packages (after the jump):

Grand Prize in Tech

Dremel 3000 rotary tool
Cool Neon Arduino shield with 5x5ft presoldered sections of 5mm highbright long-life EL wire
GarrettWade field electrician's knife
PanaVise 350
Make: Electronics book
Maker's Notebook
$50 Maker Shed gift certificate

Grand Prize in Craft

SINGER Futura XL-400 sewing and embroidery machine with bonus AutoPunch and Advanced Editing software
GarrettWade dressmaker's scissors
CRAFT box set
Maker's Notebook
$50 Maker Shed gift certificate

1st Place in Costume

1st Place in Props

GarrettWade Japanese saws with canvas case
Dremel pumpkin carving tool
Panavise PV Jr. (201)
Getting Started With Arduino kit and book
Maker's Notebook
$50 Maker Shed gift certificate

1st Place in Decor

Cool Neon 25 pixel total control lighting kit
GarrettWade push drill
Dremel pumpkin carving tool
Panavise PV Jr. (201)
Maker's Notebook
$50 Maker Shed gift certificate

1st Place in Food

[Note: As usual, contest is only eligible for entry in the US. We apologize for this limitation.]

So what are you waiting for? It looks like it's shaping up to be a great Halloween. We look forward to seeing what costumes, props, decor, and food you come up with.

September 14, 2011

CRAFT Team: Life Lessons

Duct Tape Wallet

Sponsored by 3M

Welcome to our 3M sponsored giveaway! Participants have a chance at winning a giveaway pack that includes: A roll of Scotch Blue Tape, 2 3M LeadCheck Swabs, 3 stages of Advanced Abrasives for sanding, gloves, a respirator, and protective eyewear. (See giveaway details below.)

When I told the CRAFT team about the 3M giveaway, they all started speaking at once, enthusiastic about how they love 3M products and how they have used them in their projects. So we thought it would be fun to share our 3M anecdotes with you in this post, categorized by product. And we hope to hear your 3M experiences in the comments!

LeadCheck Swabs

"We moved into our new home last year, a beautifully maintained Victorian. As my husband stubbornly insisted on moving the couch into the living room himself, he accidentally smacked it into the door frame. A hefty chip of paint flaked onto the ground, and our baby crawled for it as fast as he could, his eyes lighting up with interest. Yes, we had our 3M LeadCheck Swabs, and yes there was lead paint there, covered up by more recent paint jobs. I won the argument, and the movers did the rest of the work themselves!" - Arwen O'Reilly, Staff Editor

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June 26, 2011

Vote on Fabrics Designed by Kids!

Here's a delightful way to start your Sunday morning: pop over to Spoonflower and vote in their current fabric design contest. All the fabrics were created by kids aged 12 and under. I was grinning from ear to ear as I paged through the entries - what a talented bunch of kiddos!

You can vote for as many designs as you like, and the top ten will get a $20.00 Spoonflower credit. The winner receives a Wacom digital tablet (with which to start his or her future design empire).

April 9, 2011

Design 21: Fabric and Product Design Contest for Hope

Design21 has an exciting textile and product design competition happening now called, "Weaving Love, Creating Hope." The challenge has two categories in which to submit: textile design and product design that can be seen as a symbol of hope. The winning entries will be produced and sold by Grameen Felissimo, benefitting the local markets and communities of Bangladesh through employment and economic independence. Winners will also each receive US $3,000. The deadline to enter is April 21st.

From the site:

This challenge is built on the Grameen check, fabric born of Bangladesh with local resources and skills. Woven in cotton, it is mostly produced in the poorest region of the country with a hope of economic independence. To commemorate the birth of the first Grameen Felissimo project, we invite you to help us create a beautiful symbol of Hope in the design of a brand new check pattern. This challenge is intended to bring the power of design into action, by injecting an element of excitement to the product line and thereby expanding their market outside their own village and country.

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