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The Dreamiest of Dream Wedding Inspiration

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AllFreeDIYWeddings Pinterest BoardThe time has come to announce the winner of the Completely Pin Love Dream Wedding Contest. Dozens of hopefuls submitted their dream wedding boards, browsing AllFreeDIYWeddings.com for inspiration. The results were stunning, and picking a winner was truly difficult. And I mean it. Not like how everyone says that. Really, really difficult. We had color-scheme-inspired boards, theme-driven submissions, and some that were just filled to the brim with anything gorgeous the dreamer saw. Whether or not you participated, you can benefit from these lovely ladies’ hard work. Browse their boards for solid wedding inspiration.

The winner of the Completely Pin Love Dream Wedding Contest and $100 to Amazon is….

Jacqueline Taylor Griffin

Check out Jacqueline’s board! We love Jacqueline’s Valentine-inspired dream wedding.

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We also fell in love with these close runners-up:

Kellie’s pink and mint dream wedding

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Shannon’s fairy tale garden wedding

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See all of our fabulous entrants.

Which board would you have chosen to win?

Earth Week Giveaway Winners!

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Thank you to everyone that stopped by to check out the fun eco-friendly projects we shared all week long in celebration of Earth Week! We had such a blast finding and sharing earth friendly projects that anyone can make.

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Unfortunately, we have to wrap up the celebration, but that means that we’ve also picked the winners of our giveaway! Congratulations to Lisa, who won a Wool Felt Bug Kit and an Art Journal Kit from Arterro and Rosanna, who won Multi Colored Recycled Sari Silk Ribbon Yarn from Darn Good Yarn!

Lisa answered our question on day 1, What crafts have you made from recycled cardboard?, by saying, “I have decoupaged it and used it as storage boxes.” Great idea Lisa!

Rosanna commented on our day 3 project and told us “I use leftover paper and cardboard in my mixed media projects!” Thanks Rosanna!

A special thanks to the bloggers and companies that helped us put this together:
Arterro
Darn Good Yarn
The Eco Chic
Crafting a Green World
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Although we could only pick two winners, we want to thank everyone for stopping in and commenting. Keep on the look out for more events and giveaways in the future!

Colorful Spring Crafts Blog Hop Winner!

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Thanks to everyone who participated in our Colorful Spring Crafts Blog Hop this month! We challenged you to share your best spring projects with the FaveCrafts community and we randomly selected one winner to receive a mention and direct link in an upcoming FaveCrafts newsletter as well as an amazing prize package!

 

And the winner is…

Kathy Lashley!

Kathy submitted this Summer Beach Hat! You can find the full tutorial on her blog, ELK Studio.

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Thank you to everyone who linked up for this hop! You can see all the submissions and find great spring craft tutorials by visiting the Colorful Spring Crafts Blog Hop post.

We’ll see you back here for the next blog hop!

CHA Swag Bag Giveaway Winner Announced!

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Last month team FaveCrafts left the cold Chicago weather behind and headed out to sunny California for the winter Craft and Hobby Association show!  We saw popular trends, including Sports Crafts and Spring Crafts, and we even gathered some awesome product for our 2013 SWAG Bag giveaway!

In order to be entered to win the giveaway, readers had to answer the following question:  “What new craft do you plan on learning in 2013?”  We picked a winner at random and the winner is…

Karen!  Karen said, “I plan on learning to make my own homemade beauty products, like lip balm, maybe hand creams.”  Congrats, Karen!

 

Thanks to all who participated in this contest…and don’t forget to check out or site giveaways for even MORE chances to win!

Announcing our Pinning & Winning Contest Winner!

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Our Pinning and Winning Contest is complete! If you submitted a Make It Wear It board on Pinterest, you were eligible to win. The contest is now over, but you can still continue pinning your favorite craft ideas from FaveCrafts to save them in a convenient place!

 

The grand prize winner receives a prize package worth $150 from our friends at Red Heart Yarn! And the winner is…

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…Sherily Toledo! Check out Sherily’s Make It Wear It board on Pinterest and congratulate her! Thank you to everyone who entered our Pinterest contest, and congratulations to Sherily.

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: The Sleigh of Prizes Winner

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Can we get a drum roll, please? This prize is huge! First we want to thank everyone who commented and participated in our contest. It was such a huge hit and we couldn’t be happier with the enthusiasm.

Congratulations to the winner of the huge sleigh of prizes from our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway…

 Jean!

She commented on our Day 5 post and said:

“I love to crochet. I like making stocking caps, afghans, dish cloths, most anything.”

Thanks so much Jean! We know you’ll have lots to crochet with when you get your prize in the mail.

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Jean has won one of each of the prizes that were featured for the 12 Days of Giveaways contest. I bet she’s going to be crafting up a storm this Christmas!

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Unfortunately there can only be one winner, but keep checking back on the blog as we have more chances to win crafty prizes every day!

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway: Winner Day Twelve

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Congratulations to the winner of Day Twelve of our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway…

RHONDA PARRISH

Rhonda answered the question, “What is your favorite ornament to sew?” and said

I like making cross stitch, felt, bead and patchwork ornaments. Try to make something different for my tree each year and then have my daughter make the same thing for her tree. We really have a great time coming up with something different each year.

 

Rhonda entered the contest by leaving a blog comment on this featured project- Holiday Clam Shell Cases.

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Rhonda will be receiving a prize from FaveCrafts just in time for the holidays! Please contact us with your information!

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Thank you everyone who participated in our contest! Congratulations to all of our winners and remember to check back tomorrow to see if you are the big winner of our sleigh of prizes!

Pumpkinpalooza Winners Announced!

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The time has finally come! The votes are in and tallied, the pumpkins all verified for originality, and the winners lined up. We knows lots of you have been waiting in anticipation to see who our top three winners are so we won’t keep you waiting and longer. These were the top three original designs as voted on by you!

First Prize goes to…

Elaine Lasseter for this wood grain pumpkin!

Second prize goes to…

Stephanie Joseph for this candy corn cat pumpkin!

Third Prize goes to…

Mallisa Quitmeyer for this witch carved diorama pumpkin!

Congratulations to the winners! Thank you and great job to everyone who entered the contest and we hope to see what you come up with next year!

To see all of the entries check out our rules post. You can also see our top 10 finalists here.

October FaveCrafts Radio Winner

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And we’ve wrapped up another fun edition of FaveCrafts radio! This time we talked about crafting with kids and came up with some great ideas!

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If you missed it, you can listen to the archived edition right below!

If you read the wrap up you knew we were running a little contest after the show aired for a copy of Marisa’s book, Crazy-Cool Duct Tape Projects. Well the contest is up and we picked a winner! Drum roll please…..

The winner of an advance copy of Crazy-Cool Duct Tape Projects is…..

Virginia Tippen who said “Without a book/pattern to go by, grandsons and I made bookmarks for thier library book. So with a book/pattern to go by we would try them all.”  Well you’ll get your chance Virginia!

Thanks to everyone who listened and participated and we look forward to having you join us for next month’s edition of FaveCrafts Radio on November 13th at 11 am EST!

 

September FaveCrafts Radio Winner

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Wondering who won the prize from our FaveCrafts radio wrap up? Well I’ve got an answer for you!

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Drum roll please…..

The winner is April! Thanks for listening April! She told us that her favorite color is red and it seems like a lot of you have the same favorite. She’ll be getting an awesome Mod Podge prize pack. Lucky lady!

If you didn’t win this time around don’t worry. FaveCrafts Radio happens every month on the second Tuesday of the month at 11a EST time. And if you missed this month’s show you can still listen to it in the archives along with every other show we’ve had so far. And oh there have been some good ones!

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Be sure to join us for next month’s episode and another chance to win. October’s edition will air on the 9th at 11a EST!

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