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Costume Contest Winners!
Story by daniellexo, EtsyStore
Published on October 30, 2007 in Spotlight 		Photo by anda

We're so excited to announce the winners of the silliest and sweetest handmade costume contest EVER.  With over 500 entries, thank goodness we had our kind partners to help us choose.  And the winners are...

General Awesomeness:

1st Place Winner: sweetestpea! Raking in a $150 Etsy shopping spree and a surprise grab bag of handmade goods from Etsy sellers, courtesy of BoingBoing.net.


2nd Place Winner (L): clevergirl! Scooping up a big bag of limited edition Etsy goodies: T-shirt, poster, postcards, stickers, lip balm, buttons, and a tote bag.

3rd Place Winner (R): unordinary! Getting her self a limited edition Etsy totebag.

Judges: Etsy and BoingBoing.net, ranked second most popular blog in the world!

Green:


1st Place Winner:bamabelle! Wins a $150 Etsy shopping spree and a $100 donation, in your name, to Conservation International.



2nd Place Winner (L): SewCherie! Winning a big bag of limited edition Etsy goodies: T-shirt, poster, postcards, stickers, lip balm, buttons, and a tote bag.

3rd Place Winner (R): martinichick! Collecting a Limited Edition Etsy Totebag.

Judges: Etsy and Treehugger.com (Your one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information.)

Pet:


1st Place Winner: royaldook! Royaldook wins a $150 Etsy shopping spree and The First Year of Craft (vol. 1 - 4), courtesy of the good people over at Craft!

2nd Place Winner (L): LoveLiThings! Winning a big bag of limited edition Etsy goodies: T-shirt, poster, postcards, stickers, lip balm, buttons, and a tote bag!

3rd Place Winner (R): sallyenglanddesign! Scooping up a limited edition Etsy totebag.

Judges: Etsy & Natalie Zee Drieu from Craftzine.com, the first project-based magazine dedicated to the renaissance that is occurring within the world of crafts.

Kid & Baby:

 

1st Place Winner: mamazakka ! Who wins,  $150 Etsy shopping spree and a feature in Babble.com's Droolicious blog for must have baby products!

2nd Place Winner (L): tiachia!  Winning a big bag of limited edition Etsy goodies: T-shirt, poster, postcards, stickers, lip balm, buttons, and a tote bag.

3rd Place Winner(R): babbashop! Who wins a limited edition Etsy totebag.

Judges: Etsy & Babble.com, the magazine and community for a new generation of parents.

T-Shirt:

1st place: thimblescratch!  $150 Etsy shopping spree and $150 Threadless bucks and a feature on Tcritic.com, the best t-shirt blog on the web.

2nd place (L): groundwork! A big bag of limited edition Etsy goodies: T-shirt, poster, postcards, stickers, lip balm, buttons, and a tote bag, $100 Threadless bucks and a feature on Tcritic.com.

3rd place (R): SeeSoul!  A limited edition etsy totebag, $50 Threadless bucks, and a feature on Tcritic.com.

Judges: Etsy, Threadless.com and Tcritic.com.

Sci-fi:

 

1st Place Winner: uniqueboutiquey! Who wins a $150 Etsy shopping spree and Make volume 1 and volume 2 (over $100 value!).

  

2nd Place Winner (L): candypopcreations! She wins a big bag of limited edition Etsy goodies: T-shirt, poster, postcards, stickers, lip balm, buttons, and a tote bag.

3rd Place Winner (R): Steffelzo wins a limited edition Etsy totebag.

Judges: Etsy and the lovely Phil from Makezine.com.

Thank you so much to all who entered.  It was so fun to see these roll in over the past few weeks.  Here are a slew of honorable mentions! 

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32 comments     Login to add your own!

Oct. 30, 2007 at 8:42 p.m. bunny

SO many awesome entries.
I love the ferret costume especially!
Too cute!!!!

Oct. 30, 2007 at 8:52 p.m. PicturesofLily

Oh I was so hoping the Edward Scissor Hands would win. That costume is very cool. Congrats to all.

Oct. 30, 2007 at 9:37 p.m. SpaTherapy

Congrats!! Great entries everyone!

Oct. 30, 2007 at 9:47 p.m. SweetWolf

Thanks to all the entrants for the laughs, and inspiration to not be so lazy next year!!

Oct. 30, 2007 at 10:01 p.m. humblebea

Congrats to all of the winners!!!

Oct. 30, 2007 at 10:33 p.m. mmmfiber

That's a bunch of really awesome awesomeness.

Oct. 30, 2007 at 11:03 p.m. wittyworkshop

wow! You guys ROCK the costume department! Congrats to all the winners and Happy Halloween!

Oct. 31, 2007 at 1:06 a.m. BKMHattitude

Great costumes!!

Oct. 31, 2007 at 1:16 a.m. MayaBella

Amazingly amazing costumes!!

Oct. 31, 2007 at 1:16 a.m. OpulentOddities

Must have been hard to choose! I loooove the baby shrimp costume! AWWW.

Oct. 31, 2007 at 4:39 a.m. PurpleLobster

oh pooo i thought i had a good chance in winning the t-shirt contest...

Oct. 31, 2007 at 5:59 a.m. eclipse

The Edward Scissorhands costume is AMAZING! Bravo to all the winners. Have the winners for the costume renegades been announced yet? (the people outside the US who couldn't enter this one)

Oct. 31, 2007 at 7:11 a.m. RunAliceRun

Great job everyone!

Oct. 31, 2007 at 8:59 a.m. twolefthands

Congratulations to everyone, love Edward Scissorhands!

Oct. 31, 2007 at 9:49 a.m. ravenshold

Congratulations to everyone! I love the Ewok costume, it confirms my idea that push face cats do look like ewoks.

Oct. 31, 2007 at 9:57 a.m. MillieDogDesigns

Congratulations everyone! I'm amazed at the excellent costumes submitted. Well Done!

Oct. 31, 2007 at 10:03 a.m. jmillen

Way to go everyone! Its fun to see all of the creativity we have here!

Oct. 31, 2007 at 10:04 a.m. gardenjewels

Wonderfully creative work everyone!!
Absolutely LOVE the baby lobster?shrimp and butterfly :)

Oct. 31, 2007 at 10:10 a.m. meliadezines

Edward scissorhands rocks very well done. The little elf kid costume is hilarious. The party poop takes the cake! Wouldnt that be fun to wear to work.

Oct. 31, 2007 at 10:16 a.m. stellaloella

Yay! Congratulations to all the winners. There were so many amazing entries. Great work, everyone!

Oct. 31, 2007 at 10:37 a.m. SarahSays

Congrats! I received a hug from Robot this weekend.

Oct. 31, 2007 at 11:21 a.m. royaldook

Dook! Dook! Dook! (ok that was Journey, all happy because she got extra Ferretone for being such a good model!)
We are so excited!

We thought there were soooo many awesome creative costumes! We were rooting for Edward Scissorhands too! Of course we have a special place in our hearst for Gnomes!
Thank you Etsy for having such a cool contest!

Oct. 31, 2007 at 11:31 a.m. Vanessa

Costumerenegades are here:
http://www.etsy.com/storque/section/s...

Oct. 31, 2007 at 12:24 p.m. colortheory

These are amazing! Today is such a fun day.

Oct. 31, 2007 at 2:07 p.m. HeyMichelle

Great costumes! Go robot (which I got to see in person at the Etsy halloween party), and the unicorn is awesome! Love that sushi baby, and the cats in costume crack me up. Great job, everyone!

Oct. 31, 2007 at 3:46 p.m. makemesmile

Wow, amazing entries. I like that t-shirt from Groundwork.
Congratulations to the winners.
But...
Everyone's a winner: wasn't it fun to make these, hehe!
=^x^=

Oct. 31, 2007 at 5:45 p.m. desertembroidery

Awesome job everyone!!!!

Nov. 2, 2007 at 3:24 a.m. princessvivi

Very nice! Everyone is so creative!

Nov. 2, 2007 at 10:31 p.m. CheesecakeBree

Congrats, winners! I love that shrimp baby.

Nov. 3, 2007 at 11:58 p.m. Boxie

OMG I almost peed my pants on some of these, they made me laugh so much - in a good way!! Great job everyone!!!

Oct. 18, 2008 at 7:20 p.m. shparklee

brilliant!
jenmaestre: you MUST make another mosquito mask that is fantastic!
well done everyone, i feel inspired to make a better costume for halloween now!

Oct. 28, 2009 at 1:44 p.m. steampunkjewelry

I love the little gnome costume but Edward! WOW! Well done!!!!

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