Calling all Creators - Blog Challenge

[Fairy Cardmaker]

Hello, fellow Creators.  So... I notice our iCraft blogs and the iCraft forums are weakly populated.  I have been brainstorming for some time on how to involve more people and draw more eyeballs to iCraft as a whole.  Admin is working on SEO and their part, but I think we can pitch in too!

Here's my idea: Blog challenges!

Huh? say you

Here's how it goes.  In the forums, I will post a challenge - not more than one a month.  You can create at your leisure and blog about your entry (under the challenges category) at your will (within a month though).  If you maintain a blog outside of iCraft, I would encourage you to make the main entry on your iCraft blog and simply direct your other blog to the fuller entry on iCraft.

I would probably base the challenges on nature and the elements to make the possibilities as broad as possible across crafts.  For example: A challenge entry for the Wind could include: flying things (birds, butteflies, bees) or flying machines (airplanes, kites), clouds, diamonds (for clear air), wind-blown anything or stormy something, or something that is predominantly sky colours: white or light blue.

What do you think?  Will you play along with the challenges?

Reasons why challenges are good for you:
* inspires you to create (and likely list)
* generates traffic
* moves us together so we become more cohesive (or at least look it!)

WHO IS INTERESTED??
If enough are interested, I will use the Wind as the first one and make a separate thread with all the rules, etc.

[PetiteTuques]

I think its a neat idea- I'll play along!

[Fairy Cardmaker]

Thanks Petite Tuques!  I'm going to leave this open until the middle of the month - selfishly because I have a crazy May ahead.

It only takes two... then we can wait until it snowballs into a Creator-Wide event!

Who else is with us?

[PillowThrowDecor]

Me too! Great idea.

I have been swamped with useless or should I say uncreative things for the last 3 weeks but I am getting into the groove again.  Interestingly my drapery and upholstery business has been very busy.

Thank you so much for taking the lead here. I have set my messaging up to notify me when there is another post in this thread as I still need to keep focused on finishing some bedding orders on my table.

Cheers
Christine

[Fairy Cardmaker]

The challenge is posted!

Here:
https://icraftgifts.com/forum/1221/icraft-elemental-blog-challenge-1-of-5/