Today I am bringing you the results of our very own Crafting Contest. Hopefully you all had the opportunity to stop in the store to check it out. We were so happy with all the entries that came in. We are hoping to make the Crafting Contest a bi-annual occasion so if you missed it this time make sure that you are ready for this fall! The pictures do not do these projects justice so make sure you stop in the store this week, they will be on display until April 1st in the Customer Lounge. I won't waste any more of your time, here we go! Our winner for Paper Crafts was Debra Johnson with her Family Heritage Cookbook. "It was created originally to introduce our family to my new daughter-in-law, it has expanded and copies are a treasured gift to many family members." For our Home Decor category Debra was also our winner! In the floral category we had 3 entries and it was the closest of them all. Linda Claude won with her gorgeous wall arrangement. Our winner for the Beading category was very unique, it was a beaded art doll titled "Mother Nature" by Kelley Girtz. I think my favorite category was Child Crafts, I was blown away by the things that were brought in, such pros and so young! Our winner was Mary Benda with her realistic horse drawing. Fine Arts was the broadest category and probably the most difficult to judge. Trudy Graves' mirrored photo frame ended up taking that category. Last but definitely not least was our soft crafts and GRAND PRIZE winner Gloria Notsch with her Baptismal Quilt made from 3 generations of wedding dresses! We just wanted to say thanks again for all of you who participated and voted, we are excited to do it again. Here are the names of our voting winners for $10.00 gift cards: Jenny Wipper, Liz Smith, Krista Ogilvy, Sherla Poser, April Janku, Mary Safgren, Kristi Decker, Kayla Larsen,
Ryan Stewart, and Jim Taylou. Congratulations!!
YOUR CONTEST WAS A WONDERFUL IDEA, BUT I FEEL THAT THE DISPLAY WAS NOT FAIR TO ALL CONTESTANTS. IT WAS HAD TO SEE ALL THE PROJECTS AND READ THE DESCRIBTIONS OF EACH PROJECT. FOR THE PUBLIC TO VOTE THEY NEED TO SEE EACH PROJECT FAIRLY. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
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Thanks for your imput Kim. We are definitely trying to do some new things around here and get our customers more involved. It is good to know what things you are liking and disliking. We are hoping to make the crafting contest a bi-annual occasion and hopefully with each time we will be able to work out the kinks and make it better for next time! Thanks again!!! Tiff
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