CreativFestival 2011 LIVE Costume Design Challenge & Make n' Takes

Westcott Brand® sponsored a live costume design challenge on stage at CreativFestival 2011. This live crafting event was hosted by the fabulous Wendy Russell of the TV show She’s Crafty! Contestants created costumes on mannequins in a competition with a grand prize of $1000 cash and a gift basket of Westcott Brand® and Duck® Brand products valued at $1000! 

Materials for the challenge were generously provided by event supporters: Floracraft Make it Fun™, Velcro® Brand Fasteners, Duck Tape® Brand Duct Tape, Blumenthal Lansing, The Beadery and Ad tech™. The competition was judged by a panel of creative celebrities including Wendy Russell, Modern Surrealist Marisa Pawelko, William C. G. Hodge, Michael Sellick of the Crochet Crowd, Linda MacPhee!

Click HERE to see the photo album of the LIVE Costume Challenge!!!

Westcott Brand® also sponsored a very fun Make n' Take station at the event! Guests enjoyed creating complimentary projects designed by Modern Surrealist Marisa Pawelko, with Westcott Brand NON-STICK Scissors, including: Pouches, Rosettes, Bracelets and Jewelry with rolled Duck Tape Beads! 

Project materials graciously provided by event supporters: Velcro® Brand Fasteners, Duck Tape® Brand Duct Tape, Blumenthal Lansing, The Beadery and Ad tech™. 

Click HERE to see the photo album of the Make n' Takes 

Designer Crafts Connection Charitable Blog Hop Sponsored by Westcott Brand

Westcott Brand® is proud to be the official sponsor of the October Designer Crafts Connection Blog Hop! In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month Westcott Brand® has partnered with supporting manufacturers VELCRO® Brand Fasteners and The Duck Brand® Duct Tape! Each of the 33 designers listed below received an assortment of PINK Westcott Brand® Cutting Tools and PINK products from VELCRO® Brand and The Duck Brand®. Please click on the individual links below to view the projects that each of the creative designers crafted for this charitable and inspiring blog hop! If you happen to be short on time, please have a quick look at all the projects thumbnails! CharityWings.org is hosting an online auction featuring several of these talented designer’s projects with proceeds going towards The Breast Cancer Research Foundation! Please support our cause by placing a bid on these original designer works! They are all truly unique one of a kind handmade works of art! Check them out!!! To bid on some of these items in the Westcott Brand® charity auction please visit the auction overview page!

Keep reading to learn about the October Deluxe Westcott Cutting Tools Giveaway!!!

1.       Ann Butler (Click HERE to BID!)

2.       Becky Conley

3.       Beth Watson

4.       Candice Windham

5.       Carla Schauer

6.       Carol Heppner

7.       Carmen Flores Tanis

8.       Cindi Bisson (Click Here to BID!)

9.       Cindy Rippe

10.   Debra Quartermain

11.   Eileen Hull

12.   Einat Kessler

13.   Kerry (Kid Giddy) (Click Here to BID!)

14.   Jen Goode

15.   Jennifer Priest (Click Here to BID)

16.   Julie McGuffee

17.   Kendra Wiggins

18.   Laura Bray (Part 1, Part 2)(Click Here to BID!)

19.   Lisa Rojas

20.   Madeline Arendt (Click Here to BID!)

21.   Marisa Pawelko (Click Here to BID!)

22.   Meggan Maravich

23.   Mel Bradley

24.   Michelle Cummings (Click Here to BID!)

25.   Niki Meiners

26.   Roxi Phillips

27.   Sandy Laipply

28.   Sue Eldred (Click Here to BID!)

29.   Suzann Sladick Wilson

30.   Tara Noel (Part 1, Part 2)

31.   Terre Fry (Click Here to BID!)

32.   Theresa Cifali

33.   Veronica Goff (Click Here to BID!)

We are also providing a giveaway of a deluxe assortment of Westcott Brand Cutting Tools to a random winner who comments on this post during the month of October. Please also show your support by posting comments about this blog hop on our Facebook Fan Page!

*Giveaway winner must provide a valid US street shipping address.

UPDATE!!!! Congratulations Erika Taylor! You have been randomly selected as the winner of the Deluxe Westcott Cutting Tools Giveaway! We will be contacting you to arrange the shipping details. Thanks to everyone who supported our cause by taking the time to view and comment and bid on the items in our designer blog hop!!!

Westcott Brand Non Stick Scissors named one of the "Top 10 Must Have Tools of 2011" by Creating Keepsakes Magazine

Great News! Westcott Brand Titanium Bonded Non Stick Scissors have just been honored with a place in the "Top 10 Must Have Tools" by Creating Keepsakes Magazine! Creating Keepsakes is the scrapbooker's #1 resource for ideas, inspiration and cutting-edge scrapbooking techniques!

This is a major win for Westcott Brand in the crafting channel as well as an opportunity in all channels to communicate the benefit of this groundbreaking new product whose cutting ability outperforms that of all other non-stick scissors on the market!

The "Top 10 Must Have Tools" will be featured in the October edition of the magazine, hitting the news stands 9/20!