the rikrak studio: round b: the 2011 handmade world cup!

Monday, May 16, 2011

round b: the 2011 handmade world cup!

recycled world map by artandphilanthropy

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UPDATE!

ROUND B is now closed!
thanks for playing.

PLEASE come over to ROUND C to continue playing!

thanks.

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well hot-diggity-dog!

you nicies sure to love to cheer on your fabulous handmaking nations!
woohoo!

welcome to ... round B! lotsa votes have already been cast in the 2011 handmade world cup (even though a Blogger.com crash meant we lost quite a few votes at the start - sorry nicies!) ... some big winners and some big defeats (my poor canada ... OUT!)

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

our new ROUND B matchups are:

match 1
england vs. new zealand

match 2
usa vs. france

match 3

japan vs. spain

match 4

south africa vs. sweden

match 5

israel vs. greece

match 6
holland vs. portugal

match 7
australia vs. scotland

match 8
germany vs. italy

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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 2011 handmade world cup voting, (they were the 2010 winners!) 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 B

"comment 1: match a = i vote england!
"comment 2: match b = i vote usa!
(you get the idea)
"comment 10: i tweeted (give link)"
" comment 11: i did a facebook update (give link)"

schedule

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

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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---> this ROUND of matches CLOSES friday may 20th @ 5pm EST

1. vote.
you can vote ONCE for each match. (i.e. this ROUND you can vote up to 8 times, once for each match!)

2. do facebook update or do a blog post 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!

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 21st, the winners of each match from ROUND B 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!

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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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