Vote for UpXChange, Acquire Disco Tent!

Autumn — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:48:43 +0000

We’ve been bugging the heck out of you on our social networks to go VOTE FOR US in MAKE: Magazine’s Green Project Contest, and guess what, it’s totally working! At the moment we are practically tied in first place to win, which would bag us some national recognition and a trip to Maker Faire in New York City! We know it’s annoying to have to register your personal info on a site just to click a button, but that’s NOT THE CASE here (it’s part of the reason why we entered!) So, seriously, just CLICK HERE, and click the “Vote!” button! That’s all there is to it!

Oh, but that’s not all. The stakes have been upped! If Upcycle Exchange wins, Strange Folk Festival has pledged to erect a DISCO TENT at their 2011 event. It will not only serve as means to boogie-oogie, but also host discussion panels about organizing more independent green project initiatives in our community. See, if we win, so do you!

Go VOTE!

Share the link on FACEBOOK! E-mail it to your friends. Top competitors in this contest are separated by single digits, so every vote counts!
http://makezine.com/tagyourgreen/?id=44

TWEET it too! Here’s a shortened URL:
http://ow.ly/3vdqJ

A thousand thank you’s! ;)

Sublime Stitching Upcycling Contest

Autumn — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:24:40 +0000

Are you a crafter? Then you’ve probably heard of Sublime Stitching. Jenny Hart designs some of the hippest, cutest embroidery patterns you could ever hope to get your paws on. Embroidery is a versatile and easy way to spiff up boring clothing, and personalize everything from pillows to window screens, and that’s why it shouldn’t be too hard for you to come up with a creative way to incorporate it in your next upcycling project.

With that in mind, Sublime Stitching has announced an upcycling contest, and guess who’s judging it? None other than Upcycling Exchange founder, Autumn Wiggins. So, show us your stuff, and win some awesome prizes!

How to Enter:

Create something made of items that would have otherwise been thrown away or recycled (stained shirt, chipped glass). While we admit to being partial to embroidery, we will accept entries of any kind!
Submit a photo of your entry by April 27, 2009 to the Sublime Stitching Customer Gallery. When you create the name for your project be sure to begin with the word “Upcycled”. (For example “Upcycled Book Mark”) This is important because otherwise we may not see your submission. That would be a bummer.

Prizes:

First Prize: $50 gift certificate to Sublime Stitching, $50 gift certificate to Fred Flare, and a copy of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things.
Second Prize: Sublime Stitching Craft Pad and Sublime Stitching Lotus Flower Journal, and a copy of Amy Butler’s Midwest Modern.
Third prize: Sublime Stitching Lotus Flower Journal and Issue 8 of Mixtape Zine.

Get crackin’ crafties!

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Vote for UpXChange, Acquire Disco Tent!

Sublime Stitching Upcycling Contest