Everyone's doing valentines contests right now (or will be soon), but wouldn't an anti-valentines contest be cooler?
The Rules:
Quite Simple: The theme is anti-valentines. Something a bit darker/creepier than you average valentine project--or however you interpret "Anti-Valentine". Illustrations or any sort of craft project welcome. Simply create your offering, and either post the link to it as a comment in this thread (if you don't mind others seeing it), or email it to me at Dot[at]Dabbled[dot]org (if you prefer secrecy!)- please put "Contest" in the header of your email.
You can enter more than once, but only 1 of your entries can win (i.e. the same person can't win 1st and 2nd place)
The Time Frame:
Entries must be received by 11:oo PM Eastern US time on Feb 12.
The Prizes:
The coolest stuff will be featured on Dabbled.org, linking back to all your equally cool stuff if you provide a website. And the *top* winners will receive either a stuffed cashmere black heart, or an original sketch of a suitably black hearted nature.
Cool idea??
Image credit: bebop717 CC licensed via flickr
34 comments:
Interesting idea. I'm going to keep this in the back of my mind for a while and see what will happen :)
Here is a link to the Black Heart Felt Patch that I make. Enjoy!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9075939
Missy, very cute! I like it!
Oh my! I am soo excited now. Im going to work on this and post something later!
This sounds really great. I have two ideas, but we'll see what I can come up with.
Ooo - I'm not sure if this one counts but I think it's slightly different, a cut card.
http://bp0.blogger.com/_SLYVSjAo2Nc/R5M2hD-jj2I/AAAAAAAAAS0/nMokYVFQcP8/s1600-h/heart_full.jpg
heh he h heh, I love it.
Don't get me wrong, I love valentine's day!
But how fun to enrich ourselves by seeing the other side of it.
Cen we enter more than once?
I want to know if I should wait until Feb 12 to enter the one and only or enter various ideas and attempts as I go along. LOL!
Here is my entry, a Love Bites Cookie...poor little thing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carriemepics/380745113/
great entries everyone! Keep it up!
Yes, you can enter more than 1 item, but you can only win with 1 of them.
blooming brilliant, i am gonna start on mine today, valentine's bah humbug!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23116220@N03/2216481920/
uh...I decapitated the cupid.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23116220@N03/2216481920/
Uh... I decapitated the cupid.
OK, I did my first anti-valentine, it's kind of ugly though. Even though it was intentional, I still don't like its ugliness.
Soon Forgotten
I did three more anti valentines--I'm thinking of it as a theme or challenge rather than a contest, because everyone else is a better artist, so I'm just having fun with it. I did yesterday's on my upstairs computer which is really old and I haven't been able to post it yet.
Today, I did two, which I posted to Monday artday and also here:
men for breakfast
antianole
I don't know why this is resonating for me, maybe because I was upset with with BB when I started.
http://fullmoon.typepad.com/crafts/2008/01/anti-valentine.html
I don't know what to call it, really, but I'm fond of it.
Goddammit. Okay, tiny url'd it:
http://tinyurl.com/3xgnsd
Very fun idea!
1) http://bonnireid.com/ExhibitB/?p=187
2) http://bonnireid.com/ExhibitB/?p=106
here's what i came up with:
http://www.weareallangry.com/?p=161
this was a fun constraint for fostering creativity. thanks so much!
OK!
are you tired of wearing your broken heart on your sleeve?
try wearing it around your neck. lol
this is a necklace i made out of and old watch.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/SaeftyPinsKill/HEARTNECK.jpg
sorry it doesn't look like much, but in the background it says "id rather be a bitch than be an ordinary broken heart"
lyrics from my favorite band The Dresden Doll's, that i think fit very well. lol
and the little heart is loose inside and can move around. hope you like it. ill try to get a better picture if you want
Here are my dark valentine, or rather anti- valentine submissions!! All three are on flickr and my blog: www.samanthahahn.com/blog in my free valentine's day card section.
http://flickr.com/photos/samanthahahn/2223796051/
http://flickr.com/photos/samanthahahn/2224586420/
http://flickr.com/photos/samanthahahn/2223795619/
Visit my blog and scroll down to my anti-valentine: To Have a Heart! Love this idea!
http://www.broknheartart.blogspot.com
Here's what Mae West said...couldn't resist putting it on one of my towels.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9152295
Made a little black hearted knitted ring, reversible too for those a little more fickle.
http://www.pieknits.com/blog/2008/02/valentine_heart_rings_fre.html
here's my entry :) It's the patriarchy gots ta go cross stitch kit
oooh I love this! Here are mine:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2120/2245568626_97a6c5c5e3_o.jpg
same idea but in magnet form
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2175/2245569714_88e2444cdc_b.jpg
there are full directions on my blog if anyone is interested.
Great idea. Here is a Anti-Valentine's style card on my blog
http://piroskawolf.blogspot.com/
Cheers!
Poo on Valentine's give me Flowers just because not because Hallmark told you too! Here's my Anti Valentine that hangs in my house!
http://lampeslumps.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Cool idea !I will send you an e-mail with my anti-valentines idea.
Here is my entry, "Darling, how about a cup of tea?"
I will be posting to to my blog on Valentine's Day.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftycarolinagirl/2259991445/
Here is an assemblage I made from a cadaver illustration in full swoon.
thanks for the contest. It was so fun.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11878641@N00/sets/72157603900117477/
This is such a cool idea.
Here's my entry. (Think I could come any closer to the deadline?) It's a little more of an illustration than the other entries, but I hope you guys like it!
-Eloise
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