August/September Creative Challenge Submissions

Pink and Orange Burst by Kelly Darke

Oh my goodness, I am so sorry everyone! I did not get this posted up on schedule, and I apologize! I have been so busy with work and crafting, story of our lives, right?

Anyway, we are now ready to accept submissions for our last creative challenge, which was The Jazz Age. Hopefully time didn't get away from you as much as it did with me, and you had a chance to make something inspired by the Jazz Age!

Leave a link here to your entry. You have until October 16, 2013 to post your link. Your creation can be something on etsy or your own personal blog, basically anywhere that you can provide a link to.

Voting will be held starting October 17 and ending October 20.

We can't wait to see what great pieces you have all come up with! Don't forget that the winner of this challenge will not only get to choose the theme for our next creative challenge, but they will also be in the running for our 2013 Favorite Creative Challenge Winner!

Creative Challenge Winner and Announcement for the August/September Challenge!

Congratulations to the winner of our June/July Creative Challenge... Jane!  Although Jane's Titania was the only submission for our last challenge, I think we can all agree that her piece is just breathtaking.

Titania- A Midsummer's Night Dream themed piece

As the winner of the Creative Challenge, Jane chose the theme for our next Creative Challenge... and that theme is... the Jazz Age, which spans over the 1920's to the 1940's.  What a unique and exciting theme, don't you think?

The rules are simple.  Create something with needle and thread that is inspired by the theme of the Jazz Age.  Here is your chance to make some really beautiful and exciting needlework.  Get creative and think outside of the box!  Submissions will be accepted between September 24, 2013 and September 27, 2013.

On September 24, we will put up a post asking for everyone's submissions. It can be a link to something you are planning to sell on etsy or other venues, or just a picture of something you created!

Starting September 28 and ending September 30 will be our open voting to decide who made the most awesome piece! All you have to do to vote is leave a comment on the voting post.

Feel free to leave comments here about different ideas for this challenge, or just to cheer everyone on! And remember, the winner of this creative challenge will be put in the running for a grand prize at the end of the year!

June/ July Creative Challenge Submissions

Pop Art Lips Necklace by A Little Offbeat

Well, it's that time again! Sorry to post this a little late this month, but we are now ready to accept submissions for our latest Creative Challenge!  The theme for this challenge is A Midsummer Night's Dream.  We hope you had some time to put your needles to work in creating some amazing midsummer night themed pieces!

Leave a link here to your entry.  You have until July 30th to post your link.  Your creation can be something on Etsy or your own personal blog, basically anywhere that you can provide a link to.

Voting will be held starting July 31 and ending on August 2.

We are excited to see what creations you have made!  The winner will not only get to choose the theme for our next creative challenge, but they will also be in the running for our 2013 Favorite Creative Challenge Winner!

Creative Challenge Winner!

Congratulations to the winner of our April/May Creative Challenge... Danny V!  His collection of adorable characters from Alice In Wonderland was the perfect fit for our challenge of Fairy Tales!

Fairy Tale Winning Piece!

As the winner of the Creative Challenge, Danny chose the theme for our next Creative Challenge... and that theme is... A Midsummer Night's Dream.  Wow, is that a perfect theme for June and July, or what?  Just hearing the theme is getting my creative juices flowing, we can't wait to see what gorgeous and amazing pieces you stitchers come up with!

The rules are simple.  Create something with needle and thread that is inspired by the theme of A Midsummer Night's Dream.  Here is your chance to make some really beautiful and exciting needlework.  Get creative and think outside of the box!  Submissions will be accepted between July 24, 2013 and July 27, 2013.

On July 24, we will put up a post asking for everyone's submissions. It can be a link to something you are planning to sell on etsy or other venues, or just a picture of something you created!

Starting July 28 and ending July 31 will be our open voting to decide who made the most awesome piece! All you have to do to vote is leave a comment on the voting post.

Feel free to leave comments here about different ideas for this challenge, or just to cheer everyone on! And remember, the winner of this creative challenge will be put in the running for a grand prize at the end of the year!

Creative Challenge Voting

It's time to vote for our favorite April/ May Creative Challenge piece!  The theme this time around was Fairy Tales, and here they are for you to take a gander at!  Vote for your favorite by leaving a comment below!  Voting will be open until May 31st (this Friday), so get your vote in and spread the word!  The winner will not only get to choose the theme for our next creative challenge, but they will also be in the running for our 2013 Favorite Creative Challenge Winner!

Cinderella and Stepsisters by Aimee

Alice in Wonderland by Danny V

Medusa by FunWithNeedles

Little Red Riding Hood by AniaJane

Thanks for taking a look!  Leave your vote in the comments section below!

Creative Challenge Winner!

Congratulations to our February/ March Creative Challenge winner... Bridgit Boggs!  The theme was The Garden, and I think we all can agree that her Rambling Rose piece puts us right in the mood for being out in the garden.

The Garden themed winner!

As the winner of the Creative Challenge, Bridgit got to choose the theme for our next Creative Challenge... and that theme is... Fairy Tale.

The rules are simple.  Create something with needle and thread that is inspired by fairy tales.  Here is your chance to make some really beautiful and exciting needlework.  Get creative and think outside of the box!  Submissions will be accepted between May 24, 2013 and May 27, 2013.

On May 24, we will put up a post asking for everyone's submissions. It can be a link to something you are planning on selling on etsy or other venues, or just a picture of something you created!

Starting May 28 and ending May 31 will be our open voting to decide who made the most awesome piece! All you have to do to vote is leave a comment on the voting post.

Feel free to leave comments here about different ideas for this challenge, or just to cheer everyone on! And remember, the winner of this creative challenge will be put in the running for a grand prize at the end of the year!

Creative Challenge Voting

It's time to vote for our favorite February/ March Creative Challenge piece!  The theme this time around was The Garden, and wow, did we get quite a bit of submissions!  Here they are in all of their garden-y glory, for your viewing pleasure:



Pikmin Tissue Box Topper by Daniel Valentin

Welcome to our Garden by Sew Jenaissance

Herb Garden by Shelia Huis

Embroidery by Aimee



Rambling Rose by Bridgit Boggs

Jumping Spider by Fun With Needles

Woodland Cross Stitch by Angie

Vote for your favorite by leaving a comment below! Voting will be open until March 31st (this Sunday), so get your vote in and spread the word! The winner will not only get to choose the theme for our next creative challenge, but they will also be in the running for our 2013 Favorite Creative Challenge Winner!

February/ March Creative Challenge Submissions

Necklace by The Werk Shoppe

Why hello everyone!  It's time again to begin accepting submissions for our latest Creative Challenge!  The theme this time around is The Garden.  Spring is in the air, so hopefully you have had a lot of inspiration.

Leave a link here to your entry.  You have until March 27th to post your link.  Your creation can be something on Etsy or your own personal blog, basically anywhere that you can provide a link to.

Voting will be held starting March 28.

We are excited to see what Garden inspired creations you have made!  The winner will not only get to choose the theme for our next creative challenge, but they will also be in the running for our 2013 Favorite Creative Challenge Winner!

Creative Challenge Winner!

Congratulations to Sew Jenaissance, the winner of our December/ January Creative Challenge! Her Winter Sports themed piece is pretty adorable.


Winner!

As the winner of the Creative Challenge, Sew Jenaissance got to choose the theme for our next Creative Challenge... and that theme is... The Garden.

The rules are simple. Create something with needle and thread that is inspired by the garden. Here is your chance to make some really beautiful needlework. Get creative and think outside of the box! Submissions will be accepted between March 24, 2013 and March 27, 2013.

On March 24, we will put up a post asking for everyone's submissions. It can be a link to something you are planning on selling on etsy or other venues, or just a picture of something you created!

Starting March 28 and ending March 31 will be our open voting to decide who made the most awesome piece! All you have to do to vote is leave a comment on the voting post.

Feel free to leave comments here about different ideas for this challenge, or just to cheer everyone on! And remember, the winner of this creative challenge will be put in the running for a grand prize at the end of the year!

Creative Challenge Voting

Hello everyone!  It's time to vote for our December/ January Creative Challenge!  The theme for this challenge was Winter Sports.  Here are our awesome submissions:

Winter Girl by sew jenaissance

Ice Fishing Eskimo Girl by stitchnmomma

Snowshoeing Into the Northern Lights by Ania Jane

Vote for your favorite by leaving a comment below!  Voting will be open until January 31st (this Thursday), so get your vote in and spread the word!  The winner will not only get to choose the theme for our next creative challenge, but they will also be in the running for our 2013 Favorite Creative Challenge Winner!

December/ January Creative Challenge Submissions

Wall Art by Baby Gazelle

Hello everyone!  It's time for our creative challenge submissions!  We hope you're enjoying your winter and that it inspired you for our current creative challenge theme: Winter Sports.

Leave a link here to your entry.  You have until January 26th to post your link.  Your creation can be something on Etsy or your own personal blog, basically anywhere that you can provide a link to.

Voting will be held next week.

We cannot wait to see what you guys have come up with!

We have winners!

We had ten votes in our EtsyNEAT Creative Challenge Challenge and ended up with a tie! With three votes each, the winners are:

May / June: Water / The Ocean

AniaJane

July / August: The Forest

Stitchnmomma

And of course we can't forget our $50 moo.com gift certificate drawing! I used random.org to select a number between one and ten, and here is what I got:

Comment #6 belongs to crewelwhorled! Congratulations!

Reminder that January 23 is the date on which we start accepting submissions for our next challenge. The theme is winter sports, and there is still time to make something if you haven't started yet! We're planning on doing another vote like this at the end of 2013 and awarding a prize to the winner this time, so this could be your change to get yourself in the running.

Thanks to all who took the time to have a look and vote!

Creative Challenge Winner!

I'd like to congratulate stitchnmomma for winning our latest creative challenge! She won with this very cool entry:

As the winner of our challenge, stitchnmomma had the opportunity to select the theme for our next challenge and she picked Thanksgiving!

So, start stitching up some gourds or turkeys or whatever design the holiday inspires you to create and be ready to submit your entries Wednesday, October 24.

Thanks to stitchnmomma and FunWithNeedles for making it interesting :) I am sure we will see some great entries next month!

Creative Challenge Voting

Hi again, EtsyNEATers; it's time to vote! We had two entries in July / August's forest-themed creative challenge and here they are:

Electric Blue Owl Cross Stitched Mouse Pad by stitchnmomma

and

Forest Gnome Pinback Button by FunWithNeedles

Please vote for your favorite by posting in the comments. You have until Thursday, September 13 to vote. Thanks to stitchnmomma and FunWithNeedles for making it interesting! :)

Creative Challenge Submission Time!

CHIN UP Embroidery from new member bearhatstudio

Sorry this post is a little late, folks, but this is where I ask you to link us to your submissions for EtsyNEAT's July / August Creative Challenge. The theme for this challenge is "the forest" and I am really looking forward to seeing what you've done!

The link submission dealy here will close on Sunday, September 5 at 11:59pm EDT, so if you haven't made anything yet, you have some time to maybe throw something together!

Challenge Voting

It time to vote on our latest challenge with the theme of "The Moon".

Here are the entries for this time around :

Funwithneedles The Moon Embroidered Wall Hanging

AniaJane Spring Moon Cuff Bracelet

Spincushions Starry Night Pincushion

Vote for your favourite by commenting below.  Voting is open until Sunday 29th April.

Winner will be announced and the next challenge will be posted once the winner of this challenge sets the theme.

Captain's Notes



So, I seemed to have missed announcing the challenge winner here on the blog, but a huge "Thank you" to Shelley AKA Spin for doing so on the team board and keeping things moving.  As many of you know, the winner was Daniel of Tails32x with the Christmas Ice Castle.  Congratulations!

The winner of the current challenge always chooses the next challenge theme and this time its:

Vehicles!

The reveal date here will be December 16th, which is when you will all be able to share your work and we will start voting Tuesday the 20th and will run it through Christmas.  You can see all the details on the discussion board here!

We have added some new memebrs recently.  I want to welcome:

vintageandwhimsy

bstudio

aniajane

and

majestickreations

Sadly, we also lost one of our old leaders and a wonderful teammate, Rebekah of Beetastic.  Rebekah has decided to take a break from etsy for awhile and hopefully will be back in the future.  I am certain I can speak for my fellow team leaders when I say we have appreciated the work Bekah put into our team and we hope to see her back soon!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  November is speeding right along! 

Voting!

Okay team!  Today is the day we open voting on the current team challenge. 

Here are the entries:



funwithneedles

spincushions

tails32x

Please place your vote by commenting on this post.  We will leave voting open until Friday, October 28th!  Good luck!

Captain's Post

from funwithneedles

Hey Team!

Happy Friday!  I hope your Fall is off to a fabulous start.  We have welcomed some new members since my last post:

littlesasquatch

supervelma

fireandicestitchery

funwithneedles

bloomsbybecca

Welcome to all the new folks and please be sure to check out the discussions thread for new members.  Feel free to contact myself or one of the leaders if you have any questions!

In other news, it is the reveal day for the September/October challenge!  The theme, chosen by the last winner, sewjenaissance is architecture.  You can link up your submission below.  We will accept submissions through Tuesday, October 25th and then we will open voting!  Good luck to all the members participating, I cannot wait to see what you all have come up with this month!

Captain's Notes and Challenge Winner

Happy Friday Team! 

I hope you all are gearing up for a wonderful Labor Day Holiday (to our US members).  We have added some new members recently and I'd like to welcome them:

Jbeinke

 dammitjim 

TeaberryFolkArt

 

I decided to leave the voting up for the rest of the week to give folks plenty of opportunity to make a selection for the team challenge.  This morning I have tallied up the votes and our winner is 

 

Sewjenaissance  with "Two Birds"

Thanks to all the members who took the time to enter...everyone had great works and if you missed them you can see them all in this post!

That's bout all for now.  I am still slowly working on details for the blog so if you have contacted me about helping out and I haven't gotten back to you please know I will be getting back with you soon!

Have a great weekend...

Amanda AKA Pilous