[FINISHED] Craft Challenge #34 - Thrifty/Stylish Wrapping - Jan 1 - Jan 5 09

Craft Challenge #34 - Thrifty & Stylish Gift Wrapping - Due Jan 1 - Jan 5 2009

01/14/09 - The winner has been chosen!

CONGRATS to _Blackbird_ for her entry entitled, "DINOMONSTER ATTACKS CHRISTMAS! RAAAHHHH! w/ Getaway Car!"!

Click below to see the full thread:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=285105.0

Check out the blog about this challenge! http://www.craftster.org/blog/?p=267

~~Update - 1/6/09 - Time to VOTE! Scroll up for the poll. See all the entries here.~~

It's time to flex your crafty muscles and show the world some innovative ideas for wrapping gifts that are thrifty and stylish!

This might mean cooking up a cool gift wrapping idea using super cheap materials, or reusing materials you would otherwise have thrown away, or creating a wrapping solution which can be used over and over in the future... the sky's the limit. It doesn't need to be anything close to what is considered traditional wrapping OR it could be a cool new spin on traditional wrapping.

Not only can you win the prize below, but your ideas will inspire others for any future gift wrapping needs!

Rules:

Post your craft during the period of Jan 1 - Jan 5 2009. No sooner. No later. On Jan 1 there will be a special folder created for entries.
Voting will happen from Jan 6 - Jan 12 2009.
Each participant can enter ONE project. (Although your entry can have multiple components to it.)

Originality:

It's probably impossible to know whether your project is 100% original and has never been posted on Craftster or made by anyone else in the past. But if your project was definitely inspired by something you've seen before, then just give credit to that project.

Prizes:

At the end, I'll set up a poll right here and the first place winner will get...

(1) their project in the Featured Projects area
(2) their project in the Craftster Blog

And this prize (winner can receive prize in U.S. or non-U.S.):

A copy of the new book Knitting for Good!: A Guide to Creating Personal, Social, and Political Change Stitch by Stitch by Betsy Greer of craftivism.com.

about this book (from the publisher)

In the last five years knitting has undergone a complete transformation. Once considered a grandmotherly craft, knitting is now embraced by new generations of young, socially and politically conscious crafters. For these new knitters, their craft represents much more than the finished project; their knitting is a way to slow down in a fast-paced culture, subvert producers of mass manufactured merchandise, embrace the domestic, connect to people in their community, support communities across the globe, and express their own personal style and creativity. Betsy Greer, creator of Craftivism.com, has written the handbook for this new culture of knitters. By highlighting the subversive, revolutionary, and political aspects of knitting, Greer shows readers that knitting can be a profound way to:Connect to ourselves by embracing the personal and meditative aspects of knitting;Reach out to our community through sharing our skill and through charity knitting; andSupport others across the globe by using knitting as a form of activism and expression.

She offers musings, thoughts, tips, stories, and step-by-step projects—all in support of the belief that every time we knit we have the opportunity to create positive change in the world.