Last week I saw that Rocks in My Dryer was hosting a "Contest Carnival" of sorts. I planned to get it together and join in the fun but with my sewing machine in the shop and trying to catch up after the craziness of last week I am just now getting around to it. So here I am....This is how it works. I am giving away a 5X7 hand stamped scrapbook. If you would like to be entered into my contest just leave me a comment telling me the coolest thing you ever saw that someone made themselves. I will draw a name on Monday at 8 A.M. So you have until then. You should check out some of the other contests (although some end tonight) - there are 647 other give aways as of right now. GO HERE to see the other participants!
95 comments:
That is beautiful! I'd love to be entered.
Thanks!
author_erin@lycos.com
You create absolutely beautiful items. I would be honored if you would enter my name!
artandnature [at] juno dot *com*
The coolest thing I have received that was handmade was this fox papier mache string dispenser my mom made one Christmas. The "eyeglasses" are scissors for the string. Mom got motivated and made about half a dozen of these for me and her siblings!
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Of course, I've seen more time- and work-intensive projects than this (like the designer-copy wedding dress my friend's mom made her), but this is the coolest handmade gift I've received.
I'd love a chance to win your handstamped scrapbook. I love scrapbooking, and your book would have a good home here. :-)
sarah_carol (at) hotmail (dot) com
That is so beautiful!
The coolest thing that I saw that was handmade...there are so many things. I think that it would have to be a silver ring that my friend made in a jewelry class, a portrait drawing that my hubby did (before I knew him), and a place setting for 8 that someone made in a pottery class that I took in collage (I was a biology major, but chose to take pottery as my art elective!). There are many more things, but those are the things that come to mind.
I really like what you did with the stamps on the scrapbook. I am just getting into stamping (making my own baby announcements) and I find that it is a little hard to come up with ideas! I have to decide on it tonight though b/c I want to make mass quantities of them tomorrow (baby not due until Jan 2nd)
Thank you for the chance to win!
Beautiful! Well, I don't consider myself very artsy but I've seen some amazing pottery and my brother in-law has done a couple of awesome inlaid wood tables!
Hmm...my mom made her own wedding dress, it was soo beautiful!
Well, I think the coolest thing that someone ever made was a T-Shirt that my sister painted for me for Christmas.
I was 8 years old, and crazy about horses. She drew a horses head on the T-Shirt, and used ribbon for the halter, and gold beads for the chain lead. It was beautiful! It looked like she used an air brush, but she didn't. She just used regular paint brushes. I wish I still had that T-Shirt. :( Don't know where it ended up.
Thanks for this contest. The album is gorgeous!
I'd love to win, so please count me in. Good luck everyone & Happy Fall!
Your giveaway is beautiful! The most beautiful thing someone ever handcrafted that I saw was: a gorgeous amethyst tumbled stone bracelet and earring set that a kind woman made me as a thank you gift for passing clothes on to her through Freecycle. Please enter me in the drawing, I'd love to win! Thank you.
I would love to win! Please enter me in your giveaway. Thanx! My email is in my profile.
The coolest thing that I've ever seen made was a skirt a girl I new in college had thrown together. It was soo cool, I made one too. I actually got married on the beach in that skirt! lol
If you visit my blog and look near the beginning of October, there is a post entitled "Happy Anniversary to Us!". In the post, I'm wearing the skirt I made.
Eden
Hello, Your stamped book are very pretty! I think they are "Hero Arts" stamps. They are my favorite! I think one of the coolest things I have seen that someone made is a unusual purse from a cigar box. Please enter me in your drawing! Thanks, Cindi
jchoppes@hotmail.com
That is SO pretty!
nikkesp@yahoo.com
This is the coolest! Enter me too, please!
Oh that is an easy one - my best friend in high school had a mom who was the most artistic woman I have ever met and she once made a carousel music box out of an ostrich egg! And the carousel even moved as the music played! It was incredibly beautiful and unique!
Enter me please!
Thanks so much,
Mandi
onecrazymom4littlemonkeys@yahoo.com
All the ladies at our church put together a one of a kind cookbook for our Pastor's wife. We all submitted recipes and then 3 of us ladies scrap booked pages with recipes on them anywhere from 2-3 per page. It turned out so pretty, and she was so touched by the gift.
Please include me in your drawing
~Amy
What a beautiful scrapbook. Please count me in! Thank you for sharing this unique handmade artwork.
Thanks so much for the chance to win!
Chris
ccweston40(at)hotmail(dot)com
So beautiful! Please count me in.....Thanks!
Beautiful scrapbook -- please enter me.
My mother makes amazing things for me and the kids all the time. Scrapbooks, altered bib overalls, but my favorite is the table she made for me. She rocks.
Please sign me up- the scrapbook looks absolutely beautiful! I have seen alot of gorgeous handmade things as I am surrounded by alot of creative people- one of my favorites would be the wedding cake that my best friends mom made us! She is a teacher and just makes cakes as a hobby for a few loved ones and it was one of the most amazing cakes I have seen!
Oh my, this is so pretty! I need to start working on my one year old's scrapbook, and this is a beautiful way to get it kick started!
Oh, this is sooo beautiful!
What a great give-away.
I would love to win, so enter me please.
Thanks!
You can find contact with me through the contactform at the right top of my site, called: "contactform".
http://laaneworld.blogspot.com
Feel welcome to enter my give-away!
The most beautiful thing I have ever seen that someone made (and gave to me) was a beautiful circus clown and animal 3-D quilt. I got it for my baby shower and I absolutely think it is one of the neatest things I have ever seen. My girls love it too (although, I don't allow them to be unattended with it!)
I love your scrapbook too--and would love to win!
kenalou at hotmail dot com
Stunning scrapbook! I want it!
I've been amazed at so many craft creations, but one of my favourites is the "Quillow"--the quilt that folds up into a pillow.
melanie at welfing dot net
That is beautiful, count me in!
To me, quilts are the coolest thing someone could make. I wish I could.
I would have to agree that quilts are wonderful - my grandmother (in-law) made us one for our wedding - wow!
I'm a homemade crafty person and really love all of it!!
The coolest handmade thing I ever saw was the wedding dress that Auntie M made for Auntie K's wedding. It was so beautiful and elegant.
The coolest thing was a set of little red riding hood paper mache puppets my mom made and then used in shows at our school when my sisters and I were growing up
one of my favorite things is a recipe tin decoupaged in racy magazine cut outs and the heads of chickens. it's just so random and not very martha at all. i mean, if someone were to decorate a recipe tin, you imagine it would be with pictures of lilacs and inspirational quotes. this is much better.
I've seen so many beautiful things that people have made but I think some of the prettiest have been handmade cards. I love the unique sense a person brings to them when they personalize them.
Your scrapbook is beautiful...I would love to be entered in your drawing.
The most amazing hand-made item I've seen (of course I'm biased) is an armoire that my husband made for me. I had seen one I liked a lot at Pottery Barn & he measured it & made me one. It is beautiful & a treasure. :o)
Thanks for the chance to win...
The coolest thing I have ever seen handmade... hmm... there was a lady I was interning with in college who made her daughter wedding dress (it looked like a designer dress, I'm talking Vera Wang. Simply amazing) and she made her wedding cake, AND all the food for a 300 person reception. It was amazing... that is not even what she does for a living!
Count me into your beautiful giveaway!
You've done a beautiful job! I'd love to win.
Simply beautiful! Enter me!
Portraitwriter (at) gmail(dot) com and come visit mine!
I would love to be entered please. The neatest thing I have ever seen someone make is a toddler prairie skirt.
the coolest thing i've ever seen someone make is my girls. :) my husband and i made them ourselves.
cute book! crossing my fingers!
When my mom was about 12, her sister got married. My mom was asked to be a bridesmaid, but she was very small for her age. Luckily for her, my grandmother is an expert seamstress, and made a dress identical to the bridesmaid dresses. I have seen both dresses in person,and you really can't tell them apart. I think that's pretty cool.
Very beautiful!
I honestly can't think of anything I've seen someone make.
the coolest thing i ever say that somebody made themselves was the first ultrasound picture of our little baby, conceived by me and my husband :)
please enter me!!
thanks!
please! count me in thank you.
The coolest thing I've ever seen that someone made themselves? Well, I would have to say some cool Lego sculptures that someone sent me a link to online.
I think your scrapbook is beautiful, judging by the photo. I would love to be entered in your drawing.
Michelle
www.northofthe49.com
michelle (at) northofthe49 (dot) com
Coolest thing I have ever seen that was handmade was a quilt made for a young gal with inoperable cancer. Her friends and family all made squares with words of encouragement and love and her mother pieced it together. Truely a labor of love.
Your scrapbook is beatiful! Thank you for a chance to win.
The coolest handmade thing I've ever seen...Well, that's hard. I'm in awe of people who can paint or draw...I have seen some really beautiful quilts...and someday I'd love to be able to afford a set of hand blown wine glasses. Then there are the little things...my son made a pretty adorable Christmas ornament for me last year and I treasure it...
Your scrap book is beautiful. I'd love to win.
Your album is beautiful! The coolest thing I've ever seen that was hand made was my 1st son's baby blanket made by my MIL.
Please enter me.
ernestsgirl82@aol.com
The coolest thing would be a huge dollhouse that my neice received as a gift. A man made it out of popcicle sticks.
The coolest thing I have that is hadmade is from Pamada(sp), it is a mula?, xanga.com/midge8
Beautiful! :)
The coolest thing I have ever seen made was made for me it was a mini paperbag scrapbook with all Roo's in the hospital pics in there...it was beautiful!
Okay, I'm stepping up and want to be included in this awesome giveaway. WOW -- you do beautiful work. I sure hope I win!!!
Would you please enter me in this contest. www.gardnerdragonflydreams.com
Beautiful! Count me in :)
oh that is very pretty. thanks for the chance.
the coolest handmade thing?
My hubby made a sewing machine cabinet for me - for Christmas our 2nd year of marriage - it had the "Wagner Wobble" because he and his buddy (last name Wagner, of course) had made it together - and at THAT time (nearly 40 years ago now) EVERYTHING he made had a wobble - no matter how many times he trimmed and measured and trimmed again. ;)
How beautiful!
the coolest thing I have seen is the jewelry that a friend of mine makes
love it!
Count me in!!!Thanks for the contest!!! I love this;)
Gerijones64@hotmail.com
That is so beautiful. I would love it.
I would love this!
bwyramon@yahoo.com
oh i love homemade goodies, great idea and giveaway, thanks.
palmersf@comcast.net
Add me in. I want to win something this weekend!
that is beautiful! Count me in!!
That scrapbook is beautiful! The most amazing handmade things I have ever seen are Native American beaded necklaces made by elementary age children.
Beautifully made, wow!!
What a nice giveaway. Count me in, thanks! katie at dekabyte dot com
this would be awesome to win. the coolest thing anyone ever made themself and gave me was by my cousin geri and it was a small beaded matt. it was out of red linen , hand painted, embroidered and stamped in all shades of red(i never knew there were so many shades!!) then around the oval center she beaded layers and layers of red beads, it is gorgeous!! thanks, tracy
How lovely..please enter me!!!
Beautiful gift. Count me in.
My mom made her own wedding dress. That's cool!
Please enter me in your giveaway. Thanks!
The coolest thing that I ever saw was a huge trailor that my brother made. A real genuine trailer he made in welding class. It even was licensed for use on highways and freeways.
This is beautiful! Please count me in!
so beautiful! i have always had a hard time getting into the stamping. Count me in!
Beautiful! I'd love to win this!!!
SOOO pretty! Please enter me!
What a beautiful scrapbook! You are so talented!
Thanks for the contest!
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~Melissa
Count me in please!
How pretty! Count me in please!
I would say a wedding scrapbook I saw someone make that was so beautiful.
Please enter me in your contest.
srkb@juno.com
This is gorgeous! Please enter my name!
Love it! Enter me, too!
Sign me up, please!!! Enter me!
Beautiful, enter me please!
purplemelody114@yahoo.com
My friend makes necklace charms that are little metal framed shadow boxes. She just made one for me with a wedding picture of my grandparents on one side and the saying "All because two people fell in love" on the other. I love it.
This is fabulous! Please count me in, thank you:-) The coolest thing I have seen is handblown glass in Branson, it was gorgeous!
kpuleski [at] gmail [dot] com
Thanks!
Mamalady
www.icantleavewellenoughalone.wordpress.com
mamaladyp at gmail dot com
ooooo, pretty! Please sign me up.
There are so many cool things out there. I think the coolest is when people do make their gifts themselves! I have never seen this idea (a hand stamped Scrapbook) ~~ That is very cool!! Creative! I would love to win~ Very nice work!
http://sassyfrazz.blogspot.com/2007/10/fall-yall.html
sharvey at connections-etc dot net
The best homemade gift I ever recieved was my husband carved a jewelry box out of a chunk of oak one time. I still have it.
Please enter me in your contest.
Wow, that is very beautiful! I'm honored to join in the giveaway!
Carrie
mountainrailway at gmail dot com
Oh! That is so pretty! Lately, the most impressive handmade thing I've seen is a beautiful ring sling. I've seen it only online, not in person, but it's lovely.
One of the coolest things I have seen was a star wars costume, General Grievous and it won the costume contest.
badsheep13 (at) gmail (dot) com
What a fabulous giveaway. The album is beautiful and I would be so thrilled if I won it:) I went to a craft fair just yesterday & bought a really fun football book. It was personalized for my grandson's favorite team, the Seattle Seahawks and had his name, other players, friends & family in it. It's definitely one of the best creative items I've ever seen.
The coolest thing? I don't know. :)
Ashley
forhisglorytoo at comcast dot net
Some of the coolest things I have seen were in the "felt toy" category on flicr. Very fun! Please enter me!
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