Showing posts with label handmade world cup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label handmade world cup. Show all posts

Sunday, June 24, 2012

the final match: ROUND E of the 2012 handmade WORLD CUP giveaway!




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once upon a time, there were 36 teams.
36 handmaking nations from around the world vying to win the coveted :) handmade world cup!
and now there are 2!

welcome to the 2012 handmade world cup FINAL: ROUND E!!
 thousands of votes have already been cast in the 3rd annual handmaking event (a superfun & friendly celebration cheering on the world of handmade!)


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

our final matchup is ....
Latvia vs. Italy! 

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:: handmade from latvia ::
 clockwise from top left
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now you get to vote all over again!

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

schedule

round A :: 32 teams :: voting june 4-8
round B :: 16 teams :: voting june 9-13
round C :: 8 teams :: voting june 14-18
round D :: 4 teams :: voting june 19-23
round E :: 2 teams :: voting june 24-28
FINAL WINNING TEAM & lucky entry winner 
announced june 29th!

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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. THIS IS THE LAST ROUND!


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 match-up will proceed to the next round! so be sure to VOTE each round to increases your chances!
the PRIZE is a $30 shopping spree in the Etsy shop of your choice, FROM the winning country! so for example: if canada wins the 2012 handmade world cup voting ( i know, it's not gonna happen :) , then the winning entry will spend their $30 prize in ANY canadian-based Etsy shop! :) 
(donated by me, rikrak! :)

woohoo!! each ROUND will be open for voting for approx. 4-5 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!

:: PLEASE VOTE via the rafflecopter BOX below ::

you can earn a ballot for EACH match you VOTE on!
---> this ROUND of matches CLOSES june 28th @ 11pm EST

1. vote.
you can vote ONCE in this round. there is only ONE match!


a Rafflecopter giveaway

you can also tweet, do a facebook update, blog about the giveaway, pin it, etc. (please log in to rafflecopter with your email or facebook account to all the ways to enter!) 

one way to enter is also to grab one of my rikrak studio buttons,
like this one for YOUR BLOG! 
the rikrak studio



the rikrak studio

and add it to your blog!
{ ... just copy & paste the text in the box above  onto your blog sidebar! thanks! }
 
yay and happy friendly competition, nicies!
yay handmaking around the world!

thanks to everyone who voted in ROUND D. unfortunately, the following teams DID NOT advance: japan and greece. thanks also to all of the other nations who participated in the 2012 handmade world cup: thailand, turkey, canada, england, scotland, sweden,  australia, denmark, france, israel, netherlands, spain, portugal, usa, austria, belgium, brazil, india, ireland, germany,  malaysia, mexico,  new zealand, russia, singapore, south africa, south korea, switzerland.


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 its 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
june 28th 2011 @ 11:01pm 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) the winning random ballot will be chosen from all rounds of voting added together. 
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE VOTED FOR THE WINNING COUNTRY TO WIN!
h) thanks so much everyone! and thanks for visiting the blog!

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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.

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!


the rikrak studio



the rikrak studio

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!
.................................

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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Thursday, June 24, 2010

and the winners are ....







WOOOOHOOOOOO!
blast those vuvuzelas!

south africa has WON the handmade world cup!
after 1200+ votes, the host nation of that *other* world cup has claimed a momentous victory by beating out SPAIN in the final match of our round robin tournament!

congratualations to the 36 nations that played and voted!
what an amazing world of handcrafters we have!
hope you'll take a few moments to visit some of the fabulous etsy shops from south africa:

you can use the *shop local* tool and search for the county:
south africa

or
search for cities and towns in south africa, too, like *cape town*!




and the victory wouldn't be complete without a funfun contest winner... thanks to random.org, the $30 shopping spree to ANY south african etsy shop goes to.....

(vuvuzela buzz, please....)
#1024
ulixis!

yay! - ulixis is a supernicey from my very own handmaking nation of canada!
congrats to you , lovely! visit her lovely shops: for beaded jewelry,
paper goods
& sewn goodies, too!
...




thanks so much to everyone who entered,
and spread the handmaking cheer!


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and yay - we have 2 other fun winners today, too!


congrats to the winner of the elisa shere earrings giveaway is: #162 candace @ sparklepower! don't you just love her festive shop, and of course, her beautiful and resourceful blog!






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& finally...
congrats to the winner of the rag & bone bindery journal giveaway: #6 miss frekkles of knitfrekkles!

miss frekkles has such a cuddly and lovely shop! be sure to visit her gorgeous knitwear creations!

alrighty then.
there we have it!
the end to a fabulous fabulous bunch of giveaways!

but never fear... there's always much more fun ahead!

have a great weekend!
hope you can meet all your happy goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaals!
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

the FINAL match: the 2010 handmade world cup!









once upon a time, there were 36 teams.
36 handmaking nations from around the world vying to win the coveted :) handmade world cup!

and then there were 2!

welcome to the 2010 handmade world cup FINAL: ROUND E!!
over 1100 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 D match has moved forward.






our FINAL matchup is:

spain vs. south africa

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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 have been 4 rounds of voting. this is the LAST!

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! :)


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 WINS!
the person/entry who is randomly chosen as the lucky winner of the gift certificate can spend it in ANY ETSY SHOP from the winning nation: either SPAIN or SOUTH AFRICA!

:: 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 E


"comment 1: i vote south africa"(or spain! you choose!)

"comment 2: i tweeted (give link)
"
" comment 3: i did a facebook update (give link)"


---> this ROUND CLOSES THURSDAY june 24th @ 5pm EST
1. vote.
you can vote ONCE in this round.
= 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 25th the WINNING NATION will be announced
& the winning entry will be randomly chosen!


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


and thanks so much to the lovely countries from Round D that unfortunately didn't advance: ireland & australia. happy handmaking, nicies!

go teams!

this is it!
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Friday, June 18, 2010

the SEMI-finals: ROUND D of the 2010 handmade world cup

row one
emmapardos
masaoms

row two
iomiss
mylittlebooks

--> vs. <--


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goodness sakes alive!
ONLY 4 teams remain!

round C of the handmade world cup saw a few more BIG handmaking nations lose the vote, while others triumphed! congrats to all the teams that prevailed! yay handmaking!


so welcome to ... round D! we're down to the semi-finals! only 4 amazing handmaking nations remain. over 1000 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 C match has moved forward.


who will win?


our new ROUND D quarter-final matchups are:

match 1
south africa vs. australia

match 2
spain vs. ireland


...............

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 D


"comment 1: match a = i vote south africa!
"comment 2: match b = i vote ireland!

(you get the idea)

"comment 3: i tweeted (give link)
"
" comment 4: i did a facebook update (give link)"



---> this ROUND of matches CLOSES MONDAY june 21st @ 5pm EST
1. vote.
you can vote ONCE for each match. (i.e. this ROUND you can vote up to 2 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 tuesday, june 22nd the winners of each match from ROUND D will be posted, when the LAST round / LAST match (only 2 teams will be left!) 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 C that unfortunately didn't advance: brazil, greece, england & italy! happy handmaking, nicies!

go teams!
& have a great handmaking weekend, nicies!

& happy father's day
to all of those WONDERFUL daddies out there!
yay to dads who take time to handmake with, create with, cheer on, love, appreciate, and encourage their kiddies.

i was so lucky to have a great dad like that, and to marry one, too.
hugs!
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