***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.
Malisa says
IDEA ME!!!!!!
Sara H says
Idea Me!
I took some great pictures of my two girls on the tree swing my hubby made for them and blew them up for a Father’s Day gift!
Emily says
IDEA ME!
Our current house has cathedral ceilings in every room. Including the closets. When the master closet seemed too small I made it a double decker and picked up a high reach garment hook online to access the upper clothes. Now we have double the space.
Mary Billmaier says
Idea Me!
The best idea I ever had, other than marrying the hubster 28 years ago, was to flip-flop our traditional living room with our dining room. Both rooms felt awkward and uncomfortable and were right next to each other. One day I just switched them out (pushing, pulling, and tugging the furniture between rooms) and WOW! It made such a difference and was pretty cheap to do. The only expense was for an electrician to switch the ceiling fan into the living room and install the dining room chandelier into the new dining room along with adding a Lowe’s ceiling medallion since the ceiling was 15′ high and the fixture looked lost and out of proportion. They are now our favorite rooms!
Sarah says
Idea me!
I have a turn of the century house that could use some serious diy love bur a college budget. :)
Dawn says
IDEA ME! I recently had a great recipe idea, and even made them low in calories….Buffalo Chicken Meatballs. So yummy, and my husband loves them too!
Michelle says
IDEA ME! I use an old t-shirt to dry my hair to cut back on the frizz that a terry cloth towel causes.
Christina says
IDEA ME!
Most creative would literally be each time me and my husband made a baby!
Emily F. says
Idea me!
Most recently, I made a super cute (and not obnoxiously large) flower headband for my daughter to wear in my sister-in-law’s wedding. Total cost for super cute headband: $3.50. So much cheaper than buying one.
Natalie says
Idea Me!
I am in the process of creating a chalkboard out of a reclaimed window I purchased for $10.00 at a yard sale. Not the MOST creative/original idea, but it will look adorable hanging in the kitchen!
Ashley L. says
IDEA ME!
Elyse says
Idea Me!
Heidi says
Idea Me! We repurposed an old curbside dresser that we found for a baby changing table. What a gallon of paint, a little hard work and some cute drawerpulls will do for a find like this!
Aja Monarrez says
IDEA ME! I have a vase full of water with a clipping. Cat loves to drink from it…no more water bowls:) Have to give him credit though
julia vivian says
IDEA ME!
the best idea i’ve had was using vintage damaske curtains as wall treatment in my bedroom closet. i used a staple gun to secure it and it looked absolutely amazing – like antique silk wallpaper.
Megan says
IDEA ME!! I can’t even begin to tell you ideas I have. I feel like I can’t be creative sometimes because I’m overwhelmed with what to do first so I don’t do anything. It has to change. I’m sure a $50 gift card to Lowe’s could get me started! :)
Brandie S. says
IDEA ME!
My hubby and I go to a lot of concerts and I made him a “word cloud” of all the concerts we had seen thus far and framed it for our anniversary last year. The colors compliment our living room and it hangs nicely with a group of IKEA framed photos above the couch :)
Jessi says
IDEA ME!
My most creative ideas were for our wedding. I loved diy-ing most everything from the centerpieces to the invites using rubber stamps to the corsages and paper luminaries. Makes me sentimental.
Cindy S. says
IDEA ME!
I like to re-purpose things I’ve picked up at yard sales or by the side of the road. I guess the most creative project has been making our garage an all-purpose room, using all sorts of materials and objects to house a massive book collection, a budding Ebay and Amazon business, a woodworking area, and to create a food storage area.
Sara says
IDEA ME!
I made a beautiful table from two plant stands.
Jess says
IDEA ME!
Our front door is on the side of our house hidden from the street, but the fence gate is visible. I’ve begun decorating the fence for the seasons instead of our front door so everyone can enjoy. It’s also helped let trick-or-treaters know we’re home.
Coleen says
IDEA ME!
Lauren M says
IDEA ME!!!!
My most creative venture is trying to make a teepee for my sons room!
Beth says
IDEA ME!
With fall right around the corner I have lots of creative ideas! I thinkn I’ll start with DIYing my own wreath for the front door.
LeeAnn says
Idea me!! The best tip I have come across is using vinegar or nonsweetened lemonade flavored koolaid to clean my old dishwasher, with no scrubbing or anything!
Kristen says
IDEA ME!
One of the more creative I guess you could call it ideas we had lately was for some art to go on top of our tv console (we have an entertainment stand type deal going on so it needed something on top we thought). We took a yard of colorful, patterned fabric that we loved and cut it to wrap around a canvas I had for another project that didn’t go so well and two old frames that had seen better days and hot glued the fabric so it totally wrapped around all three and then arranged them so they’re leaning against the wall and each other. After adding a long tray with glass votives in front of it too it really dressed the whole thing up and only cost us the $3 for the fabric since it was on sale and was a lot of fun! Were thinking about trying it out with some pins and holiday fabric for “slip covers” this Christmas to spice things up too!
katie says
Idea Me!!
Elizabeth says
IDEA ME!! I made amazing roman shades with my existing mini blinds. I found it on pinterest, but it was perfect because all my bottom slats had been broken by my kitties.
Brandie McCoy says
Idea Me!!!
I am in the process of unloading ideas… just bought a house that has my very own workshop in it, and I’m going a little nuts. I’ve had an apt for years with no room to be crafty, so now that I have the space I am indulging in eight projects at once, all of which were ideas I’ve been storing up for awhile. Can’t wait to finish one :)
Nang says
IDEA ME!
allison says
idea me! My best ideas typically come in how to arrange or organize things- i.e. I call myself brilliant when I figure out to leave the food processor on the counter, or put the knives and cutting boards in the same place. :)
Cecilia says
IDEA ME!
it’s really not easy to be creative… but thanks to the Internet! so many ideas to learn from… and i’m still learning!
Dinka says
IDEA ME!
(also: Hootie hoo!)
My most brilliantest idea ev-ar was making a volunteer group in my community. So fun! And sooo rewarding. :-)
Jordan says
IDEA ME!
Hmmm…I think all of “my” great ideas come from blogs like this one! So my “great idea” would have to be turning to the experts when I know I am not one ;)
Heidi P. says
so true!
Megan says
IDEA ME!
Now that you’ve asked, I can’t think of a single creative idea I’ve had. Why is it always like this? I’ll go with creating a custom fabric curtain to cover hideous wallpaper in our first rental house. Yeesh. I’m shuddering again just thinking about that wallpaper.
Katherine R. says
Idea me!
Rebecca says
IDEA ME!!
Making a travel memory book for my nephew’s birthday.
Kim says
IDEA ME!
I made a headboard out of a huge bamboo window shade (which happened to be a $5 garage sale find, woohoo!)
Stephanie H. says
Idea me … I need them!
Caryn says
IDEA ME!
Tania says
IDEA ME! I once took one earring out of a pair that were too large to wear as earrings and made it into a pendant, much more wearable now!
Emily says
Idea me!!!
Rachel says
IDEA ME!!
My most recent creative idea was having a carnival themed wedding at a traditional wedding venue…complete with a caricature artist, cotton candy, fried dough & sliders for appetizers and a baked potato bar at dinner :)
Alicia says
IDEA ME!
I use to make fabric covered photo albums years ago!
Jerri says
IDEA ME!!!!!!!
LOWES is one of my FAV stores!
Hillary says
IDEA ME!!
I made an awesome pendant light from this ugly Tiffany chandelier that the previous owners left!
Joanna says
Idea me!
I had the idea to start taking advantage of our great farmers’ market and CSA and can/preserve food for the winter. Not exactly original, but in our family it’s been a way to get creative with fruits and veggies!
Erika says
IDEA ME!
My creativity only seems to shine when it involves weddings. I’ve hand-made/designed veils, programs, table numbers, wreaths, ring bearer pillows, accessories, favors, guest books, etc.
Lauren says
Idea me!
I am actually not creative at all. So I guess my best idea has been to copy projects and recipes from all of the talented bloggers I follow :)
lounytoon says
IDEA ME! I need some good ideas for a bathroom remodel :-)