First of the month, and you know what that means ~ a new Creative Collective project. Now this one might be a bit out of my league but I do have some ideas on how I can do a project combining my talents and an embroidery hoop. We’ll see how it goes.

Be Inspired:
We are sure that you have all noticed the trending use of the faithful old Embroidery Hoop. This month’s project is all about this very versatile crafting tool! We want you to use your creative flair and create something, anything using an embroidery hoop. Any size, round or oval, the choice is yours!

Share:
We want to see what you have created! Take a photo of your In the Hoop Project and upload it to the Creative Collective Flickr Group or the Facebook Page so we can all see how you have used your embroidery hoop!

Don’t forget to include, in the comments/description fields, what items you used to complete your project, why you chose to do what you did and if you have a tutorial so others can do it too. The more information you can leave the greater the chance of the image being used by other people.

If you are a regular blogger be sure to stop by the Creative Collective Blog each Wednesday for our Creative Collective Link Love post where you can add your link and share the progress of your project with us all.

This project runs from today until 31 May 2011. After this date the Creative Collective Members will blog about some of the great items you all create!

If you are stuck for ideas, need someone to bounce ideas off or just generally want to chat with other crafty minded people, sign up to the Creative Collective Forum and see what the buzz is about!

Now it is time to get your craft on! We can’t wait to see what you all come up with!

The fine print:

• All items must be handmade by you.
• All items must include an Embroidery Hoop.
• By submitting your photos to the Creative Collective Flickr Group you are agreeing to letting these images be used on other Blogs associated with this challenge.
• All photos you submit to the Creative Collective Flickr Group must not have copyright restrictions. This will allow the Creative Collective Members to feature your images on their blogs.
• Please only submit photos that relate to this project.
• Don’t forget to let the world know that you’re participating in this month’s project by cutting and pasting the code below and putting it on your blog.

Happy creating!

Happy 1st of April – the beginning of a new month heralds a new creative challenge over  at the Creative Collective and this month it’s all about Easter.

Be Inspired

This month the Creative Collective challenge is about creating something with an Easter theme. You might like to make some chocolate, create some Easter cards, crochet a bunny, take a photograph of your pet bunny….whatsoever you feel like so long as it’s in some way linked to Easter.

This month you’ll also see us posting more regularly on the blog, sharing ideas, cool finds and loads of other new developments too – stay tuned!

Don’t forget the Creative Collective Forum is also a great place to get together with other fabulous and interesting creative types and share ideas, talk about what you’re working on or simply just to hang out.

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We want to see what fabulousness you have created!

We want to see what fabulousness you have created!  There’s now three ways you can share your creation with the rest of the world:

1. Take a photo of your newly created item and then upload it to the Creative Collective Flickr Group,
2. Take a photo and add it to the Creative Collective Facebook Page, or
3. If you blog, every Wednesday on the Creative Collective Blog you can share a link to your project.

Don’t forget to include, in the comments/description fields, what items you used to complete your project, why you chose to do what you did and a link to a tutorial if you used or made one up so that others can do it too. The more information you can leave the greater the chance of the image being used by other people.

As projects are posted to Flickr and Facebook the ladies of Creative Collective will post them to the Creative Collective Blog with your details about how you made your craft project. (Remember: leave information about your project when you post the photos.)

This project runs from today until April 30, 2011. At the end of the month we’re asking you all to blog about your favourite projects. The founding members will certainly be blogging their favourites!

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A new month, a new Creative Collective project and this month we are going green!

Be Inspired:

In recognition of St Patrick’s Day the theme for this project is Green! Whether that’s simply to do with colour or because you’ve upcycled, recycled and reused items to make a green craft.

We’re asking you to create a “green” craft project. You could do anything from reusing old buttons to make a clock, using everyday items to make inspired images or re-purposing everyday items into something extraordinary. Or you could simply be inspired to use various shades of green to create your masterpiece.

Through out the month of March the Creative Collective Blog will be showcasing some green themed projects, artists and items so remember to come back and check it regularly!

Don’t forget the Creative Collective Forum is also a great place to get together with other crafters and swap ideas, talk about what you’re working on or simply just to hang out.

Share:

We want to see what you have created! Take a photo of your newly created craft item and then upload it to the Creative Collective Flickr Group or the Facebook Page. Don’t forget to include, in the comments/description fields, what items you used to complete your project, why you chose to do what you did and if you have a tutorial so others can do it too. The more information you can leave the greater the chance of the image being used by other people.

As projects are posted to Flickr and Facebook the ladies of Creative Collective will post them to the Creative Collective Blog with your details about how you made your craft project. (Remember: leave information about your project when you post the photos.)

This project runs from today until March 31, 2011. At the end of the month we’re asking all members of Creative Collective to blog about their favourite projects. The founding members will certainly be blogging their favourites!

Now it is time to get your craft on! We can’t wait to see what you all come up with!

Conditions:

• All items must be handmade by you.
• Items must either be predominately green in colour or 60% of the project is made from recycled or re-purposed items.
• By submitting your photos to the Creative Collective Flickr Group you are agreeing to letting these images be used on other blogs associated with this challenge.
• All photos you submit to the Creative Collective Flickr Group must not have copyright restrictions. This will allow the Creative Collective Members to feature your images on their blogs.
• All images used to promote this Creative Collective project must be credited to the source.
• Please only submit photos related to this challenge.
• By submitting photos to this project you are agreeing to adhere to these conditions.

Happy creating.