Fantastic Five: Summer Challenge Winners
On June 28th we announced a Summer Trash to Treasure Challenge and asked for volunteer judges. The Challenge was to use any kind of trash or recycled materials incorporated into some form of art. Entries must be related to the Summer season.
It was also noted that one extra point would be awarded for including a link to the Challenge in the Community Hub. After the points were tallied I noticed that the top 5 winners had all included the link. Congratulations to Jordan of HeavenlyPrincess our First Place Winner. Jordan won the honor of becoming a future Featured Zibbeter in the month of September.
1. Katherine Dress and Apron for My Twinn Doll by Heavenly Princess $40: This beautiful summer doll dress and apron was the first place winner. Heavenly Princess has won the opportunity to be a Featured Zibbeter in the month of September. Please go to her listing and see all the exquisite photos that got her a very high score for her photography.
2. Crimson Bloom Hairpins by Bohemian Grove $6: Bohemian Grove is the second place winner with her set of hairpins she created from a plastic soda bottle. Imagine how many brightly colored flowers there would be if all the plastic soda bottles in the world were transformed into flowers. This “green” shop has plant pokes, magnets and more, much of which uses recycled materials.
3. Reiki Charging Station by Joyananda $30: Joyananda’s entry won 3rd place. She says, “The inspiration for this piece to be entered in the Summer Challenge is the rainbow itself, a perennial symbol of the paradise of Summer.” Joyananda has over 300 items in her shop so be sure to stop in. First-time buyers get 15% off.
4. ME BAG Art Bag Could Be YOU BAG by artisoap $55: Also 3rd place is the Me Bag by Artisoap. She recycled a children’s rainjacket, a piece of fabric, a silk shirt, and a mathematics book to put together this fun summer bag, great for the beach. You really must read her item description to appreciate the many steps she took to make this handcrafted bag. Artisoap’s main product is soap so be sure to visit.
5. Summer Sunset Junkmail Jewels Paper Garland by Texas Eagle $30: Texas Eagle gets 4th place with their junk mail jewels garland. Over 10 feet long. That’s a lot of origami stars! This one is titled “Summer Sunset.” Over 300 items! As the shop’s profile says, “Our first studio opened in 1978 and we’ve been trying to find a favorite medium ever since! We just love them all, and you never know what you will find here!
You can see all the entries posted on Pinterest HERE.
We asked for volunteer judges and the following Zibbeters raised their hands: Sage of Critiques, Geneece of SewManyTreasures, Nicole of NicolesVisions, Anna of UnexpectedTreasure, and Karen of ThreeFrenchHens.
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Judy writes the ‘Fantastic Five‘ column where she features 5 Zibbet items every week. She is the owner of four Zibbet shops: Portable Graffiti Graphics, Portable Graffiti buttons, Proofreader, and Wild Goose Chase vintage, crafts and supplies. You can follow Judy on Facebook.
Yipee! Thanks to all the wonderful judges! What an honor to be among this fine group of winners! Another wonderful Fantastic Five, Judy!
Norma
Wonderful! I just love the first place winner!!! Congrats to everyone!
I’m witchoo, Norma!! What a FABulous group of entries! I feel very fortunate to be in this Fantastic Five! THANKS SO MUCH!!
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It was fun to help judge these entries … what great stuff. I was sad tho, to not have all that many entries. Great job to all who entered!
Oh, you lucky Judges! And Ms. Graffiti - a HUGE thank you for putting this together. I love all the entries and I could NEVER be a judge, as I would give a kajillion FIRST Place awards - one for anyone who entered. The RE-creativity and talent here is AWESOME!!!
Grandmother Carolyn
Congratulations to all of the winners! There were some really great entries and I’m sure the judges had a hard time judging.
I am honored to have taken 2nd place, thanks so much
What a wonderful selection of creative, unique handmade items! Congrats to each of you…fantastic job! And many thanks to the judges and Portable Graffiti!
Love all these!! Congrats and Whoots@!!
Everyone is so creative and you all make such a wide variety of unique items!!
Deni @BreitWerk
The beauty of the ballots is that a judge does not have to pick the best five, only score each entry on the same criteria for each. Then the scores of all the judges decides.
Congrats to all the winners.
All the entires were great.
Congrats to all the winners! They are all awesome!!
Congratulations winners whoo hoo
This was really a fun challenge and
thanks again Zibbet for creating these challenges
Congratulations to all, winners and all entries … what a wonderful {and very difficult!!} challenge to judge! Wow, everyone did such great work!! xo karen
Wow! Congratulations to all you winners! What an amazing amount of thought and detail went into these - you all are stellar!
Thank you SO much for giving me the chance to enter the contest and judging my piece to receive 3rd. Thank you!!
A Different Kind of Pretty - by Joyananda - http://www.zibbet.com/Joyananda
Wow! I was so surprised to open up the blog to see a familiar face! (I didn’t check my Zibbet messages first, lol) Thank you for such as honor.
I’ll have you know, I can’t take credit for the photography. My little sister does that for me! Check out her photoblog: http://riahjoy.wordpress.com
Congrats all!
Jordan
Wonderful entries everyone! Congrats to the winners!
What fun for all concerned. There were new ideas, new materials to ponder, the challenge of coming up with an untried project — just great ingenuity called to the fore. Congratulations to each one who put their hands to a new task and sustained the courage to forge ahead without knowing the outcome. Zibbeterz do it again.
Cheers to all.
Susan
Wow….I am blown away at the amazing items…once again Wow!! Congrats to all the winners. Thank you to all involved!
[...] I’d like to point out that it wasn’t my photography, but my sister Moriah’s! She does most of the photography for my shop. [...]
Congrats to all the winners! They are all wonderful!!
What great Trash to Treasure items & congrats to the winners! So creative & fun!
Wonderful talent….again!