How to Enter Your Finished Projects in Crafts Competitions...and Win Blue Ribbons Every Time!

Dear Fellow Plastic Canvas Crafter:

In my upcoming new book, Plastic Canvas Crafts Secrets, one of the chapters you'll read reveals how to enter your finished projects into local, regional and state crafts competitions...

... and bring home the blue ribbon every time -- even when the competition is stiff!

"Every time?" you might ask.  Yes, every time.

This is not at all far-fetched.  I've actually done it, year after year for the past 12 or 13 years. 

The ribbons above reflect my winnings this year alone!

You Can Do It Too!

So if you have a competitive spirit, and enjoy seeing your work displayed publicly and compared against the work of others (and admired), you can do it, too.  I promise!

You just have to know how to plan your entries strategically to fit the specific types of competitions you're entering, and how to please the critical eyes of the judges. 

It's extremely exciting, and can be very gratifying.  Indeed, it's become one of my favorite reasons for doing plastic canvas.

How I Do It (And You Can, Too!)

For example, the Pahrump Fair & Festival was held over this past weekend, here in my little town of Pahrump, NV. 

I entered several items in the plastic canvas crafts division.  

The fair theme this year was, "Family Fun."

And because there's a sizeable population of cowboys in this town, and I knew there was going to be a rodeo, too, I used that information to help develop my entry. 

I stitched a family of three little bears dressed as cowboys.  And I named it Cowboy Bears Going to the Fair".

The three bears were from a plastic canvas kit I'd found.  But I added a few little embellishments and stitched an eye-catching sign to fit the fair theme.

I then mounted the finished pieces on a bail of straw to enhance the western atmosphere I was trying to achieve.

The ribbons in the photo to the left reflect the success of the whole idea.