After a botched application to Renegade's Holiday Bazaar, I was feeling down. My pictures are up to snuff. My Etsy is up and running. My confidence in my product is through the roof. I have great descriptions--you can barely get me to shut up about how funny and inventive my knitting is. My problem is whittling that wonderfulness into a 75-word spiel. That was my downfall with Renegade. I have a whole year for my verbage to lose a few pounds. I can do it. Or I'll get a friend to do it for me. Psst... I'll make cupcakes for you! I chose to treat my Renegade failure as an open date to find another craft show. I have found several, and I'm getting booked up for the whole season. Since my luck turned on a dime, I decided to do the previously unthinkable.
I bought a Powerball ticket on my 13th anniversary with Marky.
This was the first time I'd ever bought a lottery ticket. Oh, sure. I've done scratch offs. But Powerball? That's the sort of thing sensible people wait over a decade to do. To my surprise, we won $7. Presently, I've officially got the fever. I now must enter every contest I can get my hands on. Here's a rundown of what I'm involved in.
Martha Stewart Daily Giveaway Calendar: Darling Martha is teaming up with JoAnn Crafts to give a little something away every single day for the rest of the month. You can enter twice a day. I'm making sure to uncheck all the junk email and snail mail boxes, so as to not be inundated with advertisements. I'm enough of a fan, thank you.
Craft For a Cause: The gals in UCN have joined me in our quest to win this badboy. Winner gets a $1500 gift card to Joann. That's alotta craft nights. We are going to make something very special for a local charity, and I will be sure to blog the whole thing. I've never done this particular craft before, and I'm giddy with antcipation. The kicker is that you can only enter once, with one item. However, since there are several of us giving individual items to the same charity, we are increasing our charity's chances of also winning. If our crafts are picked as winners, our charity has a chance of winning a huge jackpot. Even if we don't win, we've supported a good cause. More to come on that project.
HGTV Urban Oasis Giveaway: This was a tip from my mom. She wants me to enter every day. By golly, we are going to win this sumbitch. Then we'll never have to pay for a hotel when we go see Broadway shows. Maybe if I own a flat in New York, I can establish residency to attend some fancy art school so that I can get some Crafty McCredentials!
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photo courtesy of His Glory Hand Knits |
His Glory Hand Knits Giveaway: Here's what I found while doing a Google search for "Craft Contests 2010." There is some lovely lime green yarn at stake here. Rather than being able to enter every day, like Martha, this blogger is allowing readers to get several chances at the booty by mentioning her contest in our respective blogs, and becoming followers. So, here ya go.
Martha Stewart Sweepstakes: Back to the Crafty One. Marky and I like to sing along with her theme song at 11am. We love Sharky and Francesca. We even love when she gets testy with her superstar guests. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this show. And let's not forget, this woman has been to prison. I need to win tickets for Marky and me to see her show. Martha, I will be the one in row seven, knitting a banana fruit suit. Marky will be the one with the beer cozy.
