December 18, 2012

2012 Christmas? Awesome! Fan Submission Contest!

Mrs. Elfenstein and I thought it would be nice this Christmas to give something back to the community. So we're having a contest!

Head on yonder to your thrift stores, or your craft fairs, or your grandma's house (Joanna G. I am looking at you), cameras in hand, and snap your favorite Awesome ornament. The three most awesome pictures will see their pics posted on the site. The single most awesomest picture, however, will get posted and will win a fabulous prize.

A fabulous prize, you say? What could it be?

Why, it's a genuine Smurf ornament!

 
Featuring Smurfette and a (coal-eyed) snowman on one side, Papa Smurf and a cheery "Happy Holidays" on the other, this future family heirloom is a Smurf-hair more than a decade old, and it shows (note the fraying silk at the bottom).

You didn't think I bought this new, did you? Did we just meet?

The ornament comes in it's original box, so if you're an antique dealer, you can sell it for $25.00!

The rules are simple:
  1. You may make your own ornament, as long as it's awesome. No personal stuff, like your name or a picture of your kid or anything, though, please.
  2. You may submit as many pictures as you want
  3. Your submission must be received by Christmas Eve, Dec 24th, 2012
  4. Please do not submit pictures of people's yards, not even your own. Close-ups of a particular yard display may be featured, but please, for your safety, do not trespass on anyone's property.
  5. Please do not stand behind the ornament. If your face is in the picture, make sure it can be cropped.
How to enter is also pretty simple:
  • Email your picture to christmas.awesome.submissions@gmail.com
  • Please include your first name and last initial (or an alias, if you wish) and an email address that I can contact you at should you win.
  • The winner will be selected/contacted no later than December 31st, 2012
The legalese is simple, and therefore, probably not even legal:
  • I will not sell or otherwise take credit for your picture. If, in some future alternate reality, I happen to make one red cent off of this hobby, I'll either contact you or choose something else. I won't steal your shit.
  • I will not collect, sell, or otherwise distribute your email address. I just need it to contact you if you win. I am not a spammer.
Good luck, boys and girls!

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