What the heck happened to....

What the Heck Wednesdays?

Life.  That's what!

What the Heck Wednesday is/has been taking a little hiatus for the past month, and will continue to do so for a little bit yet.

With that said, I need to draw for January's prize!!

January 5: 0 comments

January 12: 9 comments  1-9

January 19:  7 comments 10-16

And the winner is....

April who said...

I'll contact you soon via email to discuss what letter you'd like on your bag!

April has a blog called Frugally Green Mom which is all about green living without breaking the bank!  Right up my alley!  Go over and take a look. She just posted a delicious looking meatless Asian salad.  YUM!

The best part? She even gives you a recipe for how to make your own meat substitute! 

Thanks to everyone who had suggestions of what to do with old socks and copper scrubbies.

Stay tuned for tomorrow because I have some big news!!!

What the Heck Wednesday! #24

Before I get right into this I want to let you know that I have a big announcement tomorrow, so be sure to stop by to find out what it is!!!


This week's What the Heck Wednesday is a little different!  

Everything is still the same in the sense that I'm posting an item and wanting your crafty opinions to enter a giveaway, but the thing that's special about this week?? 

The item was suggested to me by one of you!  

Brittany sent me an email with a suggestion for WTHW:

"Socks! 

You know, the one you can never find a match for? We seem to have alot of unmatched socks at our house and I feel so guilty throwing them out. I'm hoping maybe your followers can think of something besides sock puppets. ;o)"

Great idea Brittany!  I think most of us have this problem! (Also, Brittany has an adorable blog of her own, called Mommy Corner, if you have a few minutes, you should definitely check it out)

Ashley's husband over at Make It and Love It made super cute sock puppets with the kids...

But... because Brittany was looking for other ideas, here's a couple to get everyone's creative juices flowing.

Check out this cool idea for keeping track of lonely socks and trying to find their mates by Amanda at the DIY Club:

Design*Sponge covered these vases with cool argyle socks!

What other ideas can you come up with for socks who've lost their partners?

More ideas get you more entries to win one of these Urban Outfitter's inspired bags, with your choice of letter!

To Enter:

1.  Leave an idea of what you'd do with socks!  (Multiple entries welcome.  Leave a separate comment for each idea in order to get all your entries!)

2.  Follow Envirocraftiness through Google Friend Connect (leave a comment letting me know)

3. Follow Envirocraftiness through Twitter (@Envirocraft)  and leave a comment to let me know!

I can't wait to hear what you come up with!

What the Heck Wednesday! #23

Here it is again, What The Heck Wednesday (WTHW)!!!

This week's item is....

Copper Dish Scrubbies

I had bought these to do a craft for a swap a long time ago, and used half of one, and the rest have been sitting in my stash.  

Here's what I did with them originally:

I used it to give this little bird house a more steampunk feel.  

Just before Christmas I saw this wreath at Scene of the Grime! (what a cute name!!)

I just love it!!

Let me know what you would do with these little guys!!

To enter to win your very own (personalized) Urban Outfitters Copy-Cat bag:

Leave a comment here on this post with a suggestion of what you would do with copper dish scrubbies. (Mandatory entry.  1 entry per comment, multiple comments per person welcome!)

Additional entries:

1. Follow Envirocraftiness through Google Friend Connect (and leave a comment on this post letting me know.)

2. Follow Envirocraftiness on Twitter (again, let me know by commenting on this post!)

Good luck to everyone, and I can't wait to hear all of your wonderful ideas!!

What the Heck Wednesday! #22

Welcome back for a whole new year of What the Heck Wednesday!!  If you're new around here, read more about WTHW here.

This week's item:

KEYS

That's right, regular old (but not old-old) house keys.  

Check out what Betsy did with them over at My Salvaged Treasures (and take a peek at her  blog because she really makes some other amazing pieces!)

Aren't these incredible?!?!

What about something like this from Cute as a Fox?

I forget where I found these (but they're by Tim Holtz - love!), but maybe I could stamp them and use them as tags??

What do you think??

Let me know what you would do with old house keys for your chance to win!!

To enter to win your very own (personalized) Urban Outfitters Copy-Cat bag:

Leave a comment here on this post with a suggestion of what you would do with house keys. (Mandatory entry.  1 entry per comment, multiple comments per person welcome!)

Additional entries:

1. Follow Envirocraftiness through Google Friend Connect (and leave a comment on this post letting me know.)

2. Follow Envirocraftiness on Twitter (again, let me know by commenting on this post!)

Good luck to everyone, and I can't wait to hear all of your wonderful ideas!!

What the Heck Wednesday WINNER!!

Alright, it was a very slow month for What the Heck Wednesday, and so entries were low...which is great for those of you who entered!!!

November 9: 1 comment - 1

November 17: 5 comments - 2-6

November 23: 2 comments - 7-8

Which makes our winner....  L.A.  who said:

Congratulations! I'll be in touch soon so that we can work out the details of your handmade ornaments! (yes, this is my sister Leslie...just incase any of you were wondering.  I debated picking another winner, but she entered fair and square just like everyone else, and I choose not to argue with Random.org! lol)

Leslie has a great blog full of crafts, recipes and life as a dance teacher!

Some of my favorite things that she's done are...

 her kitchen makeover:

Her new post about making a fascinator...

And she has some great home decor/upcycling projects too!!

Old wine bottles with twine!

Tacky old tin to awesome cameo garbage can!

Congratulations again, and thanks to everyone who entered this month's give away!

For the month of December I'm taking a little break from What the Heck Wednesday as we all know things get a little crazy around the holidays!  It'll be back in full force with a lot more items to get inspired about and fun prizes too!

If you are interested in sponsoring a giveaway, send me an email!

What the Heck Wednesday! #21

Here we are again for another installment of What the Heck Wednesday!

This week's item is.....

TULLE

I have collected a fair bit of this, lots of black, some red, and some scraps of white with glitter.  

Check out this one idea from Practical Scrappers!

CAUTE!!!

What would you do with it (besides tutus!)  

Enter to win a set of handcrafted ornaments:

1) Leave a comment on this post letting me know what you'd do with tulle (one entry per comment, multiple comments welcome) Feel free to leave links to your own projects! I love seeing what you've made!

2) Become a follower, and leave a comment (or if you're already a follower, leave a comment to remind me) 1 ENTRY


**Unrelated note:  Now I'm even planning parties in my dreams!!! Last night I had a dream about planning a Burlesque party.  Have a girls night where we go see the movie, and then head to a local fitness club where they teach pole dancing! **

What the Heck Wednesday! #20

A while back I saw this "modeling metal mesh" at the dollar store, and it looked cool, so I bought it.

I haven't done a single thing with it since then.  Wait, that's not true... once I used it to display earrings to photograph:

Here's what the package tells me about it:

100% aluminum

DIAMOND MESH

1/4" (6.3mm)

1 Sheet 16" x 20" (406 x 508 mm)

It's so helpful it even says "Ideal for"

Structure for clay

landscapes

floral design

home decor

Yeah... I still have no idea what to do with it.   

I'd love to hear what you would use it for!!

Enter to win a set of handcrafted ornaments (more info):

1) Leave a comment on this post letting me know what to do with this metal mesh (one entry per comment, multiple comments welcome) Feel free to leave links to your own projects! I love seeing what you've made!

2) Become a follower, and leave a comment (or if you're already a follower, leave a comment to remind me) 1 ENTRY

Linking up!




   

Winner Winner Winner!!!

Alright, so here's the close of another month of What the Heck Wednesday!!

Time to put all your names in a cyber-hat....

October 6: 27 comments!!!  1-27

October 13: 10 comments - 28-37

October 20: 5 comments - 38-42

November 3: 12 comments - 43-54

And consulting random.org....

This month our winner is Liz!  Congratulations!!!

Liz has a super sweet blog about her family - The Crowley's!   She blogs about life, various projects in the house, and her I-could-eat-you-you're-so-sweet little girl.  Awwwww!!!

Thanks to everyone who has left a comment!!

Now on to this week's WTHW and our new prize!!

I'm working on a super cool green prize, but because that hasn't happened yet, I decided that this month you would get something made by yours truly because it's been a while.

Because it's going to be the beginning of December when the recipient gets their prize I wanted to do something for the holidays.  Originally I thought about making some cards, but I realized by the time the winner gets them, it would be a little too late to send them out.  So I've decided to make a set of these:

I found a tutorial for making these gorgeous balsa wood ornaments on The Artistic Life and fell in love!!!  

So this month I'm giving away a custom made set of 8 ornaments made by moi!  

Onto this week's item:

While I"m thinking about it, I'm going to choose BALSA WOOD!

I have some left over from making my zen garden

What have you used balsa would for?  What would you like to try to make with it?

To enter to win this month's give away:

1) Leave a comment on this post letting me know what to do with balsa wood (one entry per comment, multiple comments welcome) Feel free to leave links to your own projects! I love seeing what you've made!

2) Become a follower, and leave a comment (or if you're already a follower, leave a comment to remind me) 1 ENTRY




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What the Heck Wednesday! #18

This is your LAST chance to win a $35 gift certificate from CSN Stores!!!!

Last night my phone vibrated and I opened it up to see a picture message from my friend Amy.  It was titled "What would Jill do...."  and had this image:

I have a secret to confess.  I'm also addicted to saving glass jars.  The other day at my boyfriend's house I washed the pickle jar and stashed it in the cupboard because I couldn't stand to throw it out!!!  And then I almost cried when I threw the salsa jar out a couple days later. 

I couldn't keep it though.  I just didn't know what I was going to do with it, and couldn't justify saving it.  

This is where you come in.  What can we (me and Amy) do with all these glass jars?!?!

To enter to win the $35 gift certificate:

1) Leave a comment on this post letting me know what to do with glass jars of all sizes (one entry per comment, multiple comments welcome) Feel free to leave links to your own projects! I love seeing what you've made!

2) Become a follower, and leave a comment (or if you're already a follower, leave a comment to remind me) 1 ENTRY

What the Heck Wednesday! #17

Holy cow!! Number 17 already!!!  Here's another chance for you to enter to win a $35 gift card from CSN Stores!!

Quick side note:  Thanks to everyone for their kind words the other day when I posted about my boyfriend's break in.  

If you're new to WTHW read about it here, if not, on to this week's item!!!

EGG CARTONS!!

I know there are a lot of kid-crafts you can do with egg cartons, but I'm interested in more adult crafts like some of these:

This egg carton footstool can be found here.  

These fairy lights are pretty sweet too!  

This pendant lamp is super cool too!!

To enter to win the $35 gift certificate:

1) Leave a comment on this post letting me know what to do with egg cartons (one entry per comment, multiple comments welcome) Feel free to leave links to your own projects! I love seeing what you've made!

2) Become a follower, and leave a comment (or if you're already a follower, leave a comment to remind me) 1 ENTRY

What the Heck Wednesday! #16

Don't forget, this week's prize is a $35 gift card from CSN stores!  Check out more on the What The Heck Wednesday page!

This week's item:

Toilet paper rolls!

Let me know what you like to do with them!  Feel free to include links of things you've done with them, I love checking out your projects!!

To enter to win the $35 gift certificate:

1) Leave a comment letting me know what you'd do with the cork (1 ENTRY per comment, multiple comments welcome) Feel free to leave links to your own projects! I love seeing what you've made!

2) Become a follower, and leave a comment (or if you're already a follower, leave a comment to remind me) 1 ENTRY

What the Heck Wednesday! #15

Alright, so it's a brand new month and that means a brand new prize for What the Heck Wednesday!  

I'm super excited to announce that this month's prize is a $35 gift certificate to CSN Stores!!  Unfortunately this giveaway is restricted to my readers in the US and Canada, but as far as I can tell, that's where the majority of my readers are from anyway.  The great news this gift certificate is available at any of their 200+ online stores!

They sell everything!  Wanna start yoga?  Check out some of their fitness equipment!  Looking for those cute new shoes? They've got those too!  Searching for that perfect end table?  They sell furniture too!  There's so much exciting stuff to check out at CSN Stores!

You have all month to enter to win, starting today!  For more details about What the Heck Wednesday, see the page above.  If you know the drill, let's get started!!

This spring at a garage sale I bought 4 squares of cork, measuring about 12"x12" and about 1/4" thick.  They're a little on the old side, so they look like they might be a bit brittle, but for 25 cents I thought I could figure something out!

To enter to win the $35 gift certificate:

1) Leave a comment letting me know what you'd do with the cork (1 ENTRY per comment, multiple comments welcome) Feel free to leave links to your own projects! I love seeing what you've made!

2) Become a follower, and leave a comment (or if you're already a follower, leave a comment to remind me) 1 ENTRY

That's it.  Only 2 ways to enter this week.  Remember, your chances of winning are great, last month we only had 8 comments.  That's right, 8.  So get started now and keep coming back every Wednesday for more chances to win!!