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Crafting and Design Competitions

Crafting and Design Competitions published on

Show off your stuff and get rewarded for your creativity! There are always design and crafting contests to participate in. A quick search pulled up the following two:

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Make Some Green

Keeseh Studio is inviting students and design enthusiasts to celebrate the pursuit of ecodesign through an international upcycling contest. The goal of this competition is to promote the use of waste material. Digital or mail deadline is October 1st. One cash prize of $1000. Top 3 entries will win media coverage of their product or process.

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Craft Skills

Craft Skills Contest over at Instructables. For this one, you’ll have to present your know-how along with your design. Even though it’s sponsored by stitching and yarn companies, any craft is welcome. You won’t get rich from the prizes, but it sounds like a fun competition. Deadline is September 27, 2008.

Show Off Your DIY And Win!

Show Off Your DIY And Win! published on

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Houseblogs is teaming up with True Value Hardware to promote their D.I.Y. All-Star Contest 1st Home Edition. Grand Prize is $5,000 in merchandise from True Value and an in-home consultation with Steve Watson, D.I.Y. expert and host of HGTV’s “Don’t Sweat It”.

To enter: Submit a short essay along with photos or a video of a home improvement project that shows off your best work. More details here.

Entries must be received by 8/22/08. Good luck!

Via Charles and Hudson

Win $500 For Living Low Impact

Win $500 For Living Low Impact published on

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Low Impact Living is holding a contest for greenies. They will be rewarding $500 credit for products and services from their website.

Single family homeowners are eligible to enter. To do so, sign up for a Low Impact Living account and head over the the Environmental Impact Calculator. Deadline is July 15th and winners will be announced on July 28th.

The greenest home receives the $500 credit and a randomly selected runner up will get $250 credit. If you chose a service instead of product, LIL will pay the vendor directly.

Wednesday Linkorama

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Get your kids involved with your DIY projects! Why shouldn’t they help out? Playhouse Design Competition For Kids over at Choochicoos. Deadline April 25th.

Things you should know about wetlands on your property. Living Well in Westchester talks about building additions while protecting the natural habitat.

You MUST watch this video on Materialicious. It’s about 5 minutes long and will make you all teary eyed. Dan Phillips built his home out of 85% recycled material and helps others realize the dream of home ownership. All they need is a credit history and a job. Could be minimum wage. They must help build their own recycled home, but experience is not mandatory. This is in Texas, of all places.

Here’s another cool video, this one from Brownstoner. Coney Island in the 40’s. My parents would take me here when I was a kid in the 60’s and this video put a smile on my face. Some of these things still existed in the 70’s. Unless my warped mind is remembering something completely different. Laughing Lady/Fun House? Was that Coney Island?

The Brooklyn Blogfest is May 8th at the Brooklyn Lyceum! Mark your calendars. So you can remind me to go. Non-bloggers are welcome also. Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn will keep us posted as the plans progress. Last year’s Blogfest was sponsored by Partida Tequila and there were margaritas galore. They’ve yet to find a sponsor for 2008. Hello Stoli?

The Kitchen Designer posts her top 10 secrets of lighting design. “Lighting is jewelry.” Yes! I totally agree. But you can live without jewelry. You can’t live without lights. Unless your own of them kooks who doesn’t like modern conveniences.

The Design*Sponge DIY Contest

The Design*Sponge DIY Contest published on

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Design*Sponge will be giving away $1500 in prizes for their 2008 DIY contest. Submissions will be accepted until March 2nd, so get your sh*t together!

The contest is sponsored by 2Modern.com, Sparkability , Growmodern and Ready Made.

Your project can be anything that you’ve created yourself for the home, including furniture, decoration, tableware, fixtures, etc.

Prizes are as follows:

*1st place: $500 gift certificate to 2Modern and a check for $150
*2nd place: Check for $450
*3rd place: Check for $300
*Honorable Mention: Check for $100

Polls open to voting on Wednesday, March 5th and they’ll be accepting votes through Sunday, March 9th. Winners announced on that Monday.

See guidelines here.

Good luck!!

Finally! Home Depot Video From One of Our Own!

Finally! Home Depot Video From One of Our Own! published on 5 Comments on Finally! Home Depot Video From One of Our Own!

I just received this from a reader in Brooklyn. If he wins the 25 grand he should split it with me, dontcha think?

“Well, it took me a month since I first read about the contest on your blog. But since we’re actually still in the process of buying the house that has the project I want to win the $25,000 for — it took a lot longer to get around to filming and editing a 2-minute video.

I’ll be honest – it’s not the most creative entry. But as least I got it in under the wire!

Thanks again for publicizing the contest. I’m hoping I can win a $200 gift card… I’ll keep you posted.

And I love your blog. I visit every day and bookmark a bunch of your links so I can have reference for our future home renovation projects. We’re going to be thrifty, too!

– chuck & tiffany & sebastian “

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