Tonight I have the pleasure of kicking off the hot new reality fiber game series for 2012: Spin Artiste’s Secret Stash Game!!!
The Secret Stash Game has got all the mystery and suspense of your favorite reality television combined with fiber, friends and photos. What’s not to love?
How the Secret Stash Game works:
We will be playing at least 4 times this year. Right now, the Secret Stash is comprised of what’s in my stash, but in future go rounds there will be opportunities to subscribe and play for free if you contribute stash to the Secret Stash (more details on that below).
Your Secret Stash Kit will contains at least 4 oz. of assorted fibers with a variety of add-ins. Everyone gets similar ingredients in their kit. Your mission is to use the fiber and add-ins to make any type of fiber art piece of your choosing. Every element of the kit is to be incorporated into your piece and only elements of the kit are to be used. Once the kits are mailed, participants will be notified and will have four weeks to complete their piece.
Upon completion, each artist sends in images to Spin Artiste of their finished piece. The images should be photographed against a white background. The images will be included in a post on the website and the readers will select their favorite to be the winner of the game!
The artists’ identities will be kept secret until after the favorite is selected, so please do not include an images that would reveal your identity.
Now, about that sponsorship and playing for free…Yes, if you would like to contribute fiber or any type of add-ins (I like crazy things personally, so feel free to go wild here), please contact me at thespinartiste@gmail.com and we will work out what your contribution translates into in terms of how many times you play for free for what you send in to the Secret Stash.
Also, if you are a fiber producer, dyer, etc. and contribute, we will not only work out how many times you can play for free, but also we will include your marketing materials in the Secret Stash Kits with your fibers as well as publicize your sponsorship on the game-related posts.
This is also just a plain, old good opporunity to destash! The first contest will be using the contents from my stash, but we can have more interesting and better Secret Stash Kits if more people get involved with what goes into them.
How to Enter:
This first Secret Stash Game will be limited to the first 20 fiber artists that leave a comment on this post AND send in $10 ($15 for international participants) for the postage and the special goodies inside the kit using the paypal button below within the next week…so the deadline to apply will be next Sunday night.
Once we have 20 participants, the contest will be closed and additional applicants will be wait listed. Please make sure to include the correct shipping address where you want your kit to be sent to in your paypal transaction.
Five lucky folks will get to play for free! Once we hit the deadline to enter, I will draw the names of five applicants using the random number generator and those folks will get rebated their postage/materials fee.
I’m super excited about the Secret Stash Game — I can’t wait to put your kits together for you. Alright…Ready, Set, Go!
Monday, 1/16: Update!!! The game sold out almost immediately. If you join now, you will be wait listed and will be given priority for the next round of the game which will begin in the beginning of March. Sign up now to get your spot which also helps me to plan out the kits. Thanks so everyone for being so supportive and thanks to those who stepped right up to contribute fibers, etc. All my fibery best, Arlene
just the kick in the pants i need to get back to my art! sign me up!
OMG so exciting!!!!
Sounds exciting and to look at 20 different items made from the same materials will be awesome…..I’m in…..Can’t wait to play…..
Oh man, I wish I had the money! I hope I get one of the free ones, this sounds like so much fun!!
I want to participate in the fun and I want to contribute. This sounds wonderful!
Sounds like a lot of fun. I will be gone for 10 days in early February… I wish I knew when this would start… I want to do it!!! I love a challenge!
Hi Suzy, the kits will be ready and shipped before the end of the month. Hope you can fit it in!
yes please!!! can’t wait, sounds so fun!
I would love to play and will also send fiber add in what ever you want .
wowsa! what a fantastic idea!! (:
Sounds fun! Count me in!
I am totally in!!
Oh yeah! You can count me in!!
Awesome…as if I need anything more…haha..can’t wait , already paid !
I’d like to play, too!
Oooohhhh….Sounds like fun! Count me in!
I can’t wait! This is exciting! 🙂
Ooo ooo did I get in in time? What a fantastic idea 🙂 I will also contact you about contributing some dyed fibres!
I LOVE this!
You are in, Suzy! Yes, please get touch with me about some dyed fibers. Thanks so much, Arlene
What a fun idea- sparks the imagination of many sheep! :0)
How fun! Can I join?
Angela — got your payment and you are in!
Yeah! Can’t wait!
i would love to contribute fiber and add-ins, too! please let me know how much to send/when to do that, etc. thanks for doing this fun stuff!
Yes, I would love to be included in the secret stash game. I am an alpaca breeder that might be able to contribute in later stash games. Can’t wait! Thanks.
Rose
I would love to be on a list! I think I might have a few things that I can contribute.. Not fibre, but “add ins” 🙂 I will go check out what exactly I have in my stash and let you know via email exactly! But even if I can’t come up with anything to send: Please do put me on the waiting list! 🙂 Oh this sounds like fun!
Sounds great! I’ve got you on the waiting list…March will be here before we know it!! Arlene
I want to play 🙂
I would be happy to contribute fiber for the next game. Can’t wait, sounds like fun!
Oh, I want in! Too bad I didn’t see this sooner… happy to contribute fibers for this round or the next.
Oh! Off at a fiber festival and just saw this — would love to participate, and able to contribute fiber – just let me know!
How many total ounces of fiber/add ins will we be working with?
Hi Angela! There will be at least 4 oz. of assorted fibers. I’m not sure what the ounces will be on the add-ins because I’m still picking them out — it could be beads, button, lace, doilies, commercial yarns, threads…chicken bones…just kidding…:-) There will be several different add-ins.
Is the game full? i would like to play…………..
Hi Fawn, this round is full, but taking reservations for the round to start at the beginning of March. Thanks, Arlene