***This giveaway is no longer expecting entries – see who won below!***
Random.org once again spun its wonderful wheel of randomness and selected our two winners as… Amy @ Larryspearslive.com and Amanda Deerr. Congrats ladies!
Raise your hand if you want a $50 Lowe’s gift card. Or better yet, give me a “hootie hoo.” And if the thought of being one of two lucky winners doesn’t instantly get your brain spinning with all of the potential projects that you could tackle, Lowe’s Creative Ideas will happily fill your head with… wait for it… creative ideas. You may already know of the free Lowe’s Creative Ideas magazines (if not, you can subscribe to ’em here), but even we didn’t realize how much content they have on their website and Facebook page. And along with bigger building and DIY ideas they’ve also got decor tutorials (like stamping curtains) and crafty stuff (like making silhouette art) too.
- PRIZE: A $50 gift card to Lowe’s courtesy of Lowe’s Creative Ideas
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “IDEA ME” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … tell us about your all-time most creative idea. Was it an awesome solution to an everyday problem? A delicious spur-of-the-moment recipe? An ingenious fix to home decor dilemma? Maybe you’ve just stumbled upon a simple household trick that makes your life easier (like letting the dog eat scraps around the highchair instead of vacuuming)?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, September 14th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: Two
- PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We weren’t paid or perked for hosting this giveaway, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics courtesy of Lowe’s Creative Ideas.
jenna says
IDEA ME
Leanne Wight says
IDEA ME! Maybe it would help me find a wall mount ironing board holder. I don’t need one to hold the iron with it as I have cabinets in my laundry room, and I don’t want one that goes over the door, because then I can’t close the laundry room door all the way. What did you guys use in your laundry room? And if it’s a wall mounted hanger, where did you find it? Thanks!:0)
Emily says
IDEA ME!!
My favorite creative project has been wrapping an outdated lamp base with rope, to create a DYI nautical lamp.
Greta says
IDEA ME
I wish I could tell you my most creative fix…but its a secret ;)
Jessy F says
IDEA ME!
I think the most creative project I’ve tackled was the chandalier for my baby’s nursery.
Nancy says
IDEA ME!
My creative ideas arrive in the gift wrapping department. Favorites include using old maps and for wrapping paper, fancy (but cheap!) napkin holders re-purposed as decorations, and tags made from old calenders.
Mary K says
Idea me!
Jennifer says
IDEA ME!
I have several DIY things that I have done on a whim, but my favorite is probably the shoe-bag-rack-turned-superhero-storage that I made for my step son a few years ago. I just recently saw the same thing doe with Barbies on the internet. Wish I would have taken pics to put mine on the web too!
Dayna says
IDEA ME! I love finding ways to reuse old items for an unconventional purpose. We had these ladder shelves that I had been meaning to take down and store in the attic before our baby girl could try to climb them. We also had a pile of shoes spilling across our closet floor from our too small shoe rack. I’d seen a tall shoe rack at the container store that I loved, but wasn’t willing to shell out the money for it. Then it came to me – use the ladder shelves as shoe storage! I measured to make sure it wasn’t too tall to fit under our handing rod and then moved the ladder shelves into the closet and organized all our shoes to surprise the huz. Problem solved since our girl never hangs out in our closet and we can see all our shoes without having to dig through a pile!
Kristin says
IDEA ME! I’m trying my best at thinking of creative storage solutions for my house since it is lacking a basement or attic! What a challenge!
Kristin says
IDEA ME!
I went to the Dollar store and bought a bunch of little bins to use as drawer organizers.
Angie G. says
Idea Me!
Yancey says
IDEA ME!
I think I was perhaps most creative while living in my first apartment and had to make the place look chic without paint and major demolition! I used lots of fabric from sheets to add color to the walls and DIY-ed sconces out of cylinder table lamps from Target.
Erin G. says
IDEA ME!
Hmmmm creative idea? I’ll get back to ya on that one! :)
DJ says
IDEA ME!!
Krista says
IDEA ME!
Hilda says
Idea Me!!
Danielle says
IDEA ME!
I have so many ideas for fun, creative things (and pinterest helps), its just finding the time to do them all! I bought my first house in June, and after spending months getting it ready to live in am ready to start making it “mine” with fun DIY projects.
Claire H. says
IDEA ME! We just made a large chalkboard for the dining room, using chalkboard paint and building/staining a wooden frame for it.
Mali says
IDEA ME!!
My most creative idea has been decorating my little mans room, thanks to YHL!
elaine says
idea me!
Chelsea in Richmond says
IDEA ME
I’m not usually a creative person but when we decided we no longer needed our bedroom furniture, I turned our dresser into a buffet for our dining room. I kept the 3 top drawers as is, then removed the middle and bottom drawers and built shelves to hold serving dishes, wine racks for wine and custom made wine glass holders to hang our wine glasses in the middle open spot.
Paula says
IDEA ME!
As a student, I created a living billboard for a line of reusable shopping bags made out of recycled materials.
Leanne says
IDEA ME!
Sometimes I feel like Blair Warner from Facts of Life with all my “brilliant ideas” but lately I’ve been in a dry spell. I do have to say that I am a logistical queen. Guess that’s why I’m an event planner. Have to many people at an event? I’m the one to come to to figure out how to feed them all/ fit them in the venue.
Lisa says
IDEA ME!
Let’s see, my bright idea was to switch the furniture arrangement in the living room. Nothing big, but it made a huge difference in my tiny space. Now to find some curtains…
Shannon K. says
IDEA ME!
Caitlin says
IDEA ME!
After not being able to find a good looking and affordable valance for our kitchen window, I ended making a beautiful one with no-sew iron on bonding tape and a bed sheet that was the perfect color!
Leah G. says
IDEA ME!
Sarah says
IDEA ME!
I’m pretty bad at being creative, which is why I must rely on “stealing” the ideas of others to make my own & use in my house… which is why Low’s creative ideas is awesome to me :) Original ideas seem hard for me to come by. Lately though, I guess my “idea” has been to redecorate our house on a dime by building some new furniture as well as finding great pieces at garage sales/thrift stores/craigslist & refinishing them to be preeetty! :)
Margie M says
Idea me
Elizabeth says
IDEA ME!
lisa says
IDEA ME!
My creative idea. Use a shadow box (without the glass), glue a few strips of ribbon and hang my lil’girl’s barrettes. Now I wont loose them and they look cute on her wall.
Jessica Anderson says
Idea me! Making homemade minestrone soup with no recipe. So good. I’d even say it’s better than Olive Gardens!
Sarah J. says
Idea me!
I feel like I’m generally forced to be creative with all of my projects due to budget constraints. It’s actually been a good lesson ;)
Jenny N says
IDEA ME!!!!!
I have tons and tons of ideas that I have found online at YHL and other fantastic blogs. I can’t wait to put the inspiration to use when I close on my house September 30th!! This gc would be helpful…. :)
flyingbird says
“IDEA ME”
Our family loves camping. I also love decorating and art. My son’s room has cathedral ceilings and the blank space in the ceiling peak was killing me…I *needed* art in there but nothing looked right so high up. So I painted a camping mural! A tent, by a lake, with mountains…it’s not the prettiest but it was done with tons of love for my boy and makes me happy everytime I go into his room.
Martha says
IDEA ME!
bex says
IDEA ME!
We recently overhauled our kitchen cabinets; removing the junky 1/2 shelf they build in there, and replacing them with various awesome items: slots for cooling racks and cookie sheets, a pull-out shelf with all our dry baking ingredients, etc. We also created more organization in our cooking utinsil drawer by creating customized slotted storage.
Katie S. says
IDEA ME!
One of my favorite memories is from when my boyfriend and I moved into our first house together and didn’t have a Christmas wreath. We ended up taking juniper bush clippings, wiring them in a circle with some of his heavy duty mechanic wire, and attaching pine cones randomly around it. The best part was the bow he made on his own, better than I ever could!
Katie Beth says
Idea Me!
I always feel super creative when I take the mish mash of leftover vegetables and turn it into a breakfast hash.
Morgan says
IDEA ME!
my poor den is in desperate need of some DIY attention and a paint job….
Bethany says
IDEA ME!
Melissa S. says
IDEA ME!
I’m not creative, at all. So I just use other people’s ideas on Pinterest.
The Chatty Housewife says
Idea me please!
My most creative idea is the bag system for breakfast making when we are camping out on the boat in the San Juan Islands, WA. When it comes time for breakfast, I pull a gallon sized ziploc bag out of the icebox and it contains four bags inside of it. 1)pre-cracked eggs 2)grated cheese 3)pre-browned ground sausage or cubed ham 4) salt, pepper and other seasonings. All I have to do is shake the bag with the eggs in it so they are scrambled, then dump everything in a pan and stir till done. I leave the cheese for last.
Jeri says
Idea me!! And it’s corny, but my greatest idea was probably to have a baby. Well, that and deciding to read YHL every day.
nancyo says
IDEA ME!
I just built a ladder golf game (for labor day BBQ). I need to make the balls and color them. So, I took the Shelley method of spraypainting old golf balls (rather than buying special balls). I drilled a hole … and my creative moment to get them evenly sprayed was stringing them to a hanger & bending the hanger so it wouldn’t touch the other balls. It was such a last minute, creative idea.
nancyo says
oops.. meant sherry not shelley. sorrry, s!
Sarah says
IDEA ME! My current fave is updating boring, white IKEA curtains by sewing stripes of Navy ribbon (varied sizes) near the hem. Instant interest through stripes!
Matthew M says
Idea Me!
Kayla says
IDEA ME! My most recent creative idea was spray painting the ugly brass ceiling fan in my daughters room and painting all of our vent covers ORB!
denise says
IDEA ME!
Using IKEA kitchen organization items on the wall in our schoolroom to hold pencils, crayons, markers, etc. It’s so handy having them visible and easy to grab!