Tuesday, June 15, 2010

QUARTER-FINALS! round C of the 2010 handmade world cup!


the handmaking continents

row one
australia by nestahome
south america by ariandmayadesigns

row two
north america by evelynnsalcove
asia by papercutsbyjoe
africa by bugunderglass

row three
europe by isotope
antarctic by bananastrudel

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hold onto your hats, crazy cats!
what a handmaking showdown we have!

in what was a heated handmaking battle to the end, round B of the handmade world cup saw a number of BIG handmaking nations lose the vote! down went my own canada & neighbour usa! congrats to all the teams that prevailed! yay handmaking!

so welcome to ... round C! we're down to the quarter-finals! only 8 amazing handmaking nations remain. over 800 votes have already been cast in the 2010 handmade world cup (a superfun & friendly celebration cheering on the world of handmade while our football/soccer counterparts thrill the world at that *other* world cup!)

the winning (top-vote-earning) team from each ROUND B match has moved forward.


who will win?


our new ROUND C quarter-final matchups are:

match 1
brazil vs. australia

match 2
spain vs. greece

match 3
england vs. ireland

match 4
south africa vs. italy


now you get to vote all over again!

each round of voting counts towards the final drawing of who will WIN the grand prize (a $30 shopping spree in the shop of your choice! same rules as before:
there will be 5 rounds of voting.

each round (except the final!) will have various matches to cast your vote! the teams with the higher number of votes in each matchup will proceed to the next round!

the PRIZE is a $30 shopping spree in the Etsy shop of your choice, FROM the winning country! so for example: if south africa wins the 2010 handmade world cup voting, then the winning entry will spend their $30 prize in ANY south african-based Etsy shop! :) (donated by me, rikrak! :)

woohoo!! each ROUND will be open for voting for approx. 3-4 days. so be sure to get your votes in.

the total number of entries will be the cumulative ballots from round 1+ round 2 + round 3 + round 4 + round 5!

NOTE: you do NOT need to have voted for the winning team to win. it will be a random draw of all entries!

:: ROUNDS ::
* the country that receives the most votes each round will proceed to the next round! so be sure to VOTE each round to increases your chances!


:: PLEASE MAKE EACH VOTE A DIFFERENT COMMENT BELOW! thanks! ::

you can earn a ballot for EACH match you VOTE on!
so... a sample vote for ROUND C


"comment 1: match a = i vote brazil!
"comment 2: match b = i vote greece!

(you get the idea)

"comment 5: i tweeted (give link)
"
" comment 6: i did a facebook update (give link)"



---> this ROUND of matches CLOSES THURSDAY june 17th @ 7pm EST
1. vote.
you can vote ONCE for each match. (i.e. this ROUND you can vote up to 4 times, once for each match!)
= 1 entry for each vote


2. twitter, facebook, or blog about this event
& come here and tell us
= 1 entry for EACH


3. become a follower or subscriber to this blog! :)
& come here and tell us
= 1 entry

4. leave a forum comment in this etsy thread here

about a handmade item from another country (not your own!)
that you LOVE!

& come here and tell us
= 1 entry

** please make sure that each entry is it's own comment and links to an email, or has an email address attached, so that i can contact the winner! **

on friday, june 18th the winners of each match from ROUND C will be posted, when the NEW round of matches/voting begins!

so come back then to earn more entries, too!

yay
and happy friendly competition, nicies!
yay handmaking around the world!


and thanks so much to the lovely countries from Round B that unfortunately didn't advance: canada, japan, india, usa, denmark, holland, new zealand and portugal. happy handmaking, nicies!

go teams!
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134 comments:

  1. WOW! Canada is OUT!!!!!!!!! :(

    Okay - here we go.

    Match 1
    Brazil

    THANKS!
    tryingtofly922@yahoo.com

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  2. Match 2
    Spain

    THANKS!
    tryingtofly922@yahoo.com

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  3. Match 3
    OOOHHH!
    England


    THANKS!
    tryingtofly922@yahoo.com

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  4. Match 4
    South Africa



    THANKS!
    tryingtofly922@yahoo.com

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  5. Oohhh Portugal is out too :(

    well:

    Match 1:
    brazil

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  6. oops forgot the email on last comment!

    Match 2: Spain

    nanoukedesigns (at) yahoo.com

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  7. Match 3: England

    nanoukedesigns (at) yahoo.com

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  8. Match 4: Italy

    nanoukedesigns (at) yahoo.com

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  9. wow, i voted in the previous round for 5 of 8 countries now in quaterfinals.:-) quite right guess.:-))
    so:
    match 1 = i vote australia!
    lubaska dot k at gmail dot com

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  10. match 2 = i vote spain!
    lubaska dot k at gmail dot com

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  11. match 3 = i vote ireland!
    lubaska dot k at gmail dot com

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  12. match 4 = i vote italy!
    lubaska dot k at gmail dot com

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  13. Match 3 = England

    Hopefully we will get to at least here in the real World Cup!

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  14. I tweeted
    http://twitter.com/Lubaska/status/16236905013
    lubaska dot k at gmail dot com

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  15. I shared on FB wall:
    http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1183939846&v=wall&story_fbid=129362497086561
    lubaska dot k at gmail dot com

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  16. Woohoo!

    Match 1
    Brazil

    Rach@balancedcrafts.com

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  17. Match 2
    Spain

    Rach@balancedcrafts.com

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  18. Match 3
    Ireland !!!!ftw

    Rach@balancedcrafts.com

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  19. Match 4
    Italy

    Rach@balancedcrafts.com

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  20. Awww Canada!!!

    Match 1 Australia!

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  21. match 1
    brazil

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  22. match 2
    greece

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  23. match 3
    ireland

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  24. match 4
    italy

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  25. match 1: Australia

    sugareaterATgmailDOTcom

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  26. match 2: Greece

    sugareaterATgmailDOTcom

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  27. match 3: Ireland

    sugareaterATgmailDOTcom

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  28. match 4: South Africa

    sugareaterATgmailDOTcom

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  29. I'm following rikrak on my google reader.

    sugareaterATgmailDOTcom

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  30. I posted on the etsy thread about the paintings of Sharon Schock.

    sugareaterATgmailDOTcom

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  31. I can't believe we beat Canada! wow!!! thanks for voting Ireland lovely people! ;)

    match 1
    Brazil

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  32. match 3
    Ireland - Who else!!! ;P

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  33. match 4
    south africa


    I'm a follower, have facebooked a link and will be blogging at some stage today! :)

    www.tanyamac.etsy.com
    www.cheekyurchin.blogspot.com

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  34. match 4 = South Africa!

    petra@sway.co.za

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  35. match 2 = Spain!

    petra@sway.co.za

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  36. match 3 = England!

    petra@sway.co.za

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  37. Match 4 - South Africa

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  38. Awwww, Canada is gone:(

    Ok, Match 1 - Australia

    luv2have at gmail dot com

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  39. Match 2 - Spain

    luv2have at gmail dot com

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  40. Match 3 - England

    luv2have at gmail dot com

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  41. Match 4 - Italy

    luv2have at gmail dot com

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  42. And I subscribe to your blog!!!

    luv2have at gmail dot com

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  43. match 1: I vote Australia

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  44. match 3: I vote Ireland

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  45. Match 1 Brazil

    sophia.komninou at gmail.com

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  46. Match 2 Greece

    sophia.komninou at gmail.com

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  47. Match 3 England

    sophia.komninou at gmail.com

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  48. Match 4 Italy

    sophia.komninou at gmail.com

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  49. I am subscriber

    sophia.komninou at gmail.com

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  50. match 3:

    IRELAND!

    redbessbonney@yahoo.com

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  51. Subscriber!

    clair.shearar@gmail.com

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  52. Match 4: South Africa!

    clair.shearar@gmail.com

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  53. Yeh! for Greece!!
    here I go:
    match 1 - Australia

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  54. match 2 -Greece! :))

    evelyn_m_s[at]hotmail.com

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  55. match 3 -England

    evelyn_m_s[at]hotmail.com

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  56. match 4 -Italy

    evelyn_m_s[at]hotmail.com

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  57. Match 1

    Australia

    couponboss at gmail dot com

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  58. Match 2

    Spain

    couponboss at gmail dot com

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  59. Match 3

    Ireland

    couponboss at gmail dot com

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  60. Match 4

    Italy

    couponboss at gmail dot com

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  61. Match 4: I vote SA!!!!

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  62. Was lazy and just retweeted info about the handmade world cup (rather than typing in something new and witty...too sleepy)

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  63. wow! match 4: SOUTH AFRICA!!!

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  64. match 1
    australia

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  65. match 2
    greece

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  66. match 3
    ireland

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  67. match 4
    south africa

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  68. match 4
    south africa

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  69. I vote South Africa in match 4 quarter finals

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  70. I blogged about the quater finals

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  71. Match 4: South Africa
    I blogged about the quater finals

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  72. Match 4: South africa

    I linked my blogged to facebook.

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  73. i suscribe to this blog!

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  74. :::::::::::::::::::;;

    thanks so much, nicies!

    voting for this round is now CLOSED!

    tune in tomorrow to see who advances!
    thanks
    k.

    ::::::::::::::::::::::::

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  75. Match 1: I vote Brazil

    Thanks for the chance to win!

    --Liza

    ejm6x (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  76. Match 2: I vote Spain.

    Thanks for the chance to win!

    --Liza

    ejm6x (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  77. Match 4: I vote Italy.

    Thanks for the chance to win!

    --Liza

    ejm6x (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  78. Match 3: I vote England.

    Thanks for the chance to win!

    --Liza

    ejm6x (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  79. Match 3: I vote England.

    Thanks for the chance to win!

    --Liza

    ejm6x (at) yahoo (dot) com

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thanks so much for your comments, nicies!
it's a joy to read what everyone writes here.
thank you!