Good news! The wheels are in motion and the Mystery Thrift-Off is happening soon!
Oh boy. Are you excited? I’m so excited!
I must give a huge shout-out to our official sponsor who agreed to help to make it all happen:
Yay, Goodwill!! Thanks for being awesome.
Here’s how it will all work:
- I will be selecting and notifying the participants in the next week or so.
- I will get busy shopping at Goodwill for the Mystery Items. (Can’t wait!)
- Items will be shipped to the participants, who will have an ample amount of time to complete and photograph their makeovers.
- Then, the fun part for everyone else: we’ll have a week of project reveals and voting across several categories.
Keep in mind, I have a slightly twisted sense-of-humor. These aren’t going to be your run-of-the-mill ‘paint a picture frame” type of projects. Someone might open their box and find this:
Hahahahahahayikes!
Don’t worry, I won’t actually send Scabies Bear to anybody. Maybe I will. Not really. But possibly. No, I wouldn’t do that. Hmmm, yeah, I might.
You’ll just have to wait and see!
Not only will I be offering a prize to the winner (or winners), but I am also looking for a few volunteers who would like to offer a prize as well.
If you are an Etsy seller or small-business owner, etc., and would like to provide a prize/store credit/gift certificate for the contest, then let’s work it out! Great exposure and advertising for you, and an awesome batch of prizes for the participants, and everyone is happy, triple win. Email me at betterafter@live.com and let’s chat.
Follow me on instagram for some behind-the-scenes action and keep up with the contest using the hashtag #themysterythriftoff.
Can’t wait!
20 Comments
Toni
April 11, 2015 at 4:17 PMNOT Scabies Bear!!!!! LMAO
LeeAnn
April 11, 2015 at 4:24 PMI think it’s Pox Bear.
Sage @ Plaster & Disaster
April 11, 2015 at 5:08 PMExciting!
There are really some truly special things lurking in thrift stores….
Sarah
April 11, 2015 at 5:13 PMDo you pick random people to do this? I want in. I’m a long time visitor…first time commentor. 🙂
Cara@theprojectaddict
April 11, 2015 at 6:21 PMOh wow! This is going to be sooooo good! Can’t believe anyone had scabies bear in their house to begin with and most likely in a kids room. Creepy!
lisa
April 11, 2015 at 10:42 PMscabie bear would be an awesome lamp !
Laura@topthistopthat
April 12, 2015 at 5:51 AMHow fun.
Janet
April 12, 2015 at 11:05 AMI REALLY, REALLY hope I’m one of the people you picked. It’s probably good to mix in some non-bloggers. Give me your most challenging item, I will come up with something. I can’t WAIT to see this pan out. So excited to see what everyone comes up with.
Lindsay O.
April 12, 2015 at 2:57 PMSo excited to see this all go down!!
sarah martin
April 12, 2015 at 6:32 PMThis is gonna be good! Can’t wait!
just justin
April 13, 2015 at 6:21 AMScabies Bear… Her Care Bear super power is to make others itch. She’s got quite the Care Bear stare… Her mother is part clown, I think…
Jenn - a traveling Wife
April 13, 2015 at 7:08 AMI cannot wait to see how this goes!!
Christi w/ A Full Time Keller
April 13, 2015 at 7:25 AMThis looks so fun. I can’t wait to see what everyone gets and how they transform it.
Danielle Keith
April 13, 2015 at 7:49 AMAlright…I sent in an application and you know you wanna pick me cause this morning I figured out something I could do with scabies bear…and it doesn’t even involve medication. :0 )
Angela Bailey
April 13, 2015 at 10:53 AMSend the bear, oh please send the bear!
Suzanne
April 13, 2015 at 4:03 PMI think that might be a lamb!!!
Sheila Octaviano
April 13, 2015 at 6:34 PMI think I forgot to send you some samples of my photos (for prizes). Can you email me with your email address or is it on here somewhere? I could just send you a selection and show you what the little frames look like and you could pick one (Or more). Or I could post a selection for you to let the winner choose. I am still interested in being in the running to do a makeover, though. Sounds like so much fun!
Lindsey @ Better After
April 17, 2015 at 7:05 AMHi Sheila! You can email me at betterafter@live.com. Thanks so much!!
Stephanie, Sandpaper and Glue
April 14, 2015 at 8:52 AMhow fun!! 🙂
Tracy
April 15, 2015 at 4:52 PMScabies bear – seriously LOLed on that one. This is going to be so much fun!