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Mochimochi Photo Contest
Tiny Baby Bunnies Contest Winners!
Apr 4th
Thank you so much to everyone who entered our Tiny Baby Bunnies Contest! We were so thrilled to have more than 300 PHOTOS entered, and you all really came through with the creativity: your bunnies were dramatic, educational, and hilarious.
There were so many wonderful entries that we’re going to be featuring many of them throughout the month of April. It was agony choosing just three to be our winners, but we had to narrow it down so that someone could win our prizes, these baskets of beautiful, colorful Koigu yarn. Thank you Koigu!
Are you ready for the winners? See them after the jump!
Tiny Baby Bunnies Contest!
Mar 8th
I’m so excited to announce a new springtime Mochimochi contest sponsored by Koigu!
It’s getting to be that time of year when Tiny Baby Bunnies multiply and melt the world with cuteness! We want to see your cutest, cleverest, and most creative uses of the Tiny Baby Bunnies, a free pattern from Mochimochi Land.
Tiny Baby Bunnies might be tiny, but they can do many things! Your bunnies might be hidden for strangers to find, a la the Tiny Bunnies Movement, or they might re-enact a scene from history, or they might even demonstrate math problems. Show us what your bunnies are doing using one photo or a series of photos uploaded to the Mochimochi Friends Flickr group with the photos tagged bunnycontest12.
The top three winners will each receive a basketful of lovely, colorful Koigu KPM yarn—perfect for knitting Tiny Baby Bunnies!
Deadline for entries is April 2.
CONTEST DETAILS
Eligibility
Knitters from all countries are welcome to enter! To be eligible, your photo(s) must contain at least one Tiny Baby Bunny made from the free Mochimochi Land pattern. The pattern may be modified, but not beyond recognition from the original design.
How to enter
Simply add your photo(s) to the Mochimochi Friends Flickr group, and tag them with bunnycontest12. If you don’t have a Flickr account, it is free and easy to register (though we recommend signing up as soon as possible, because it takes a little time for your account to be approved for sharing photos in a group).
Your entry can be a single photo or a series of photos, but please limit the total number of photos to 6. Photos entered in this contest will not be eligible for the 2012 Mochimochi Photo Contest this fall.
Judging
Winners will be picked by us at Mochimochi Land, but the Flickr pool is open to be seen by everyone. We will be focusing on creativity in this contest, and not just looking for pretty images.
Deadline
The last day to enter the contest is April 2, 2012. We’ll announce the winners shortly thereafter!
Prizes!
The top three winners each get a basketful of yarn provided by Koigu, with the grand prize big basket going to the first place winner. Thank you Koigu!
Photo Contest ’11: Winners!
Dec 8th
The votes for the 2011 Mochimochi Photo Contest are in! Thank you to everyone who participated in voting—in total, more than 1500 votes were cast to all the final ten photos. Wow!
Before we announce the winners, I’d like to give a HUGE thank-you to everyone who submitted photos in the Flickr group over the past 12 months. I am continuously amazed at the time, talent, and creativity that go into the amazing photos that you share with us, and seeing what you do to make Mochimochi your own gives me much-needed inspiration and motivation to keep designing. It wouldn’t be half as fun without all of you!
OK, now for our winners!
We’ll start with JUDGES’ CHOICE—this is a photo that didn’t make it into the top three, but that John and I thought really captured the spirit of Mochimochi Land. This year, we actually had TWO photos that we wanted to honor:
Mochimochi Bros. by juleenbean
and Bunny Garden Tea Cozy by katielewth:
Wonderful job to you both!
And now for THIRD PLACE: Mozart Pig II by Sothe2462
Yay! This musical knitter wins a $10 gift certificate to Knit Picks and a $10 gift card to the Mochimochi Shop!
In SECOND PLACE: Tiny Chicken wants food by littlemama4est
Whoopee! littlemama4est wins a $10 gift certificate to Knit Picks, a $15 gift card to the Mochimochi Shop, and these lovely prizes!
And finally, FIRST PLACE goes to…. Can I get a drumroll…?
Snowmen! by TheBon
Congratulations!!! As our grand prize winner, you get a $50 gift certificate to Knit Picks, a $25 gift certificate to Schmancy, a $25 gift card to the Mochimochi Shop, AND this big bunch of adorable goodies!
Again, thank you to everyone who entered photos in the contest and to everyone who participated in voting. And big thank-yous to Knit Picks and Schmancy for their generous prizes!
If you missed the deadline for this year’s contest, or if you’re just itching to get started on your next entry, it’s never too early to enter the 2012 Mochimochi Photo Contest! All photos of Mochimochi toys uploaded to the Mochimochi Friends Flickr group will be automatically in the running for next year’s contest.
Mochimochi Photo Contest ’11: The Big Vote!
Dec 4th
UPDATE: The polls are now closed! Thanks for all your votes. The winners will be announced tomorrow!
With your comments on the semifinalists as a guideline, John and I have narrowed down all 600+ photos from the 2011 Mochimochi Photo Contest to the final ten.
See the final 10 photos and cast your ballot after the jump!
Semifinalists ’11, Group Two
Dec 1st
Thank you for all the comments on yesterday’s semifinalists in the 2011 Mochimochi Photo Contest! Your input is a huge help as we narrow all these wonderful entries down to the final 10 photos.
And now it’s time for the second group of semifinalists! Along with the 10 photos that we posted yesterday, these are in the running to be finalists, and we need your help deciding which ones move on! CHEER ON YOUR FAVORITES in the comments to this post.
See them all after the jump!
