Cast Your Vote for the 2012 Handmade Olympics

By Marie | April 24th, 2012 at 3:54 pm

I’ve just caught wind of the 2012 Handmade Olympics! What fun!! But we’ve only got 3 more days to cast our votes for your favorite handmade projects and blogs. These handmade Olympic games are held over at the The Rik Rak Shop, a great place to find cool handmade ideas (plus I love rik-rak!)

With fabulous judges and amazing projects, I just wish I would have known about this when it began so I could have entered. We’re going to have to put it on our calendars for next year (hopefully it’s not only held every 4 years But go support those who are involved and who’ve shared their handmade awesomeness!

Here’s the details for each event:

There are 7 events being held:

Event 1: your favorite handmade goodie with an innovative design
Event 2: your favorite handmade goodie for kids
Event 3: your favorite handmade eco-friendly goodie
Event 4: your favorite handmade goodie that inspires wellness & loveliness
Event 5: your favorite nicey forwarding kindness thru handmaking
Event 6: your favorite handmade goodie that’s FUN
Event 7: your favorite blog with a handmade focus

They make it so easy to vote. Simply click on the form at the bottom of each event page. (see rules for details on voting)

Head on over to see all the fun DIY handmade madness for this fun competition.

About the Author

Marie LeBaron writes the popular parenting blog at Make and Takes. She has an Elementary teaching degree and is the author of the book, Make and Takes for Kids. Marie has always had a love of crafts. Even at a young age she was always making something, getting messy with glue and glitter. There

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