the quarter finals: the 2011 handmade world cup ROUND C

:: custom handmade map making ::

city map lamp by umbu

dream destination map :: santorini :: by swystudio

personalized mapcut by studiokmo

custom wedding map by lilygene  

hand cut map art :: michelin guide to europe :: by  emmaporium

custom vintage map cufflinks by tomatomade

le voyage by teconlene

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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!  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. hundreds of votes have already been cast in the 2011 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?

schedule

CLOSED: round A :: 32 teams :: voting may 11-15

CLOSED: round B :: 16 teams :: voting may 16-20

round C :: 8 teams :: voting may 21-25

round D :: 4 teams :: voting may 26- 30 

round E :: 2 teams :: voting may 31 - june 4

FINAL WINNING TEAM & lucky entry winner 

announced june 6th

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our new ROUND C quarter-final matchups are:

match 1
 england vs. greece


match 2
france vs. holland


match 3
spain vs. scotland


match 4
sweden 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, in 2010 south africa won the 2010 handmade world cup voting, and the winning entry spent 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 in each match of 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 1 = i vote ***** (insert your chosen country here!)
"comment 2: match 2 = i vote ><><><>< (insert your chosen country here!)
(you get the idea)
"comment 5: i tweeted (give link)"
" comment 6: i did a facebook update (give link)"

---> this ROUND of matches CLOSES WEDNESDAY may 25th @ 5pm 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 my blog! 

you can become a google friend connect *follower* by clicking "follow" on the top left of the blog home page OR subscribe via email or *reader* on the left hand column.
& come here and tell us
= 1 entry

4. tweet about this giveaway
= you can tweet about this giveaway ONCE PER DAY for the duration of the giveaway! (one  entry for each tweet!)
 and come back here and tell me about it. please include my twitter account in the update: i'm @therikrakshop on twitter!)

5. grab one of my rikrak studio buttons,
like this one for YOUR BLOG!

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and add it to your blog!

{ ... just copy & paste the text in the box above  onto your blog sidebar! thanks! }

** 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 may 26th,  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 rounds A & B that unfortunately didn't advance:  new zealand, usa, japan, south africa, israel, portugal, australia, germany, canada, austria, malaysia, singapore, india, mexico, thailand, ireland, latvia, brazil, russia, denmark, belgium, turkey, switzerland and south korea. 

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RULES:

a) it is possible to have numerous entries total per person.
b) please make sure to leave each entry as it's own comment. thanks!

c) as always, this giveaway is open to all contestants, worldwide.
e) the winner of this giveaway will be chosen from random.org on

saturday, june 4th 2011 @ 5pm EST.

f) please be sure to leave me an email where i can reach you if your account 

doesn't link to one. thanks.
g) thanks so much everyone! and thanks for visiting the blog!

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