Friday, September 24, 2010

October's Design Challenge!

we cannot believe that it is OCTOBER already! where did the summer go? and it's time for another design challenge! the winner of the last challenge - the lovely rayvenwoodmanor - has chosen "a spooky hallowe'en" as this month's inspiration!

entries will be accepted from now until the 17th of october. the rules are simple:

- only one entry per shop

- the item must be a handmade item, listed on etsy, and made by you (no supplies or destash, please)

- the item must somehow reflect the theme "a spooky hallowe'en"!

- tag your item with this month's challenge tag - "tradeoctober10"

- convo muffintopdesigns via etsy with a photo of your item (so that it's easier to post on the blog during voting!)

feel free to promote the challenge - and yourself, if you enter! - via twitter, facebook, on the etsy forums, and/or on your blog! the voting will start on october 18th and go till october 25th here on the blog and the winner will be announced on october 26th - just in time for HALLOWE'EN!!!!

so dust off your witch's hat and your broom and get creating! (thank you again, rayvenwoodmanor! and thank you, readingbunky for the photo of your awesome shirt!)

Thursday, September 9, 2010

rayvenwoodmanor wins again... and our hallowe'en design challenge!

as you probably figured out by now, the lovely rayvenwoodmanor swept our design challenge voting and is the winner!!! congratulations - seriously, that lovely boutonniere certainly deserved every vote!

in the spirit of all things haunted and ghostly, our lovely winner has chosen "a spooky hallowe'en" as the next challenge! so put your creative hat on and get thinking... more details on how to enter to follow ASAP!

thanks again to everyone who entered!