Congratulations to RougeMagnolia for winning the contest - Destination Craftghanistan

Use the poll below to vote for which entry you think is most laugh-inducing. Remember, read the descriptions and the tags, look at the price, and all of the pictures before making a decision. Which one made you laugh the hardest?




July's contest celebrates the creative nutjob in all of us, the liberating thrill of embracing your maladaptive tendencies and metaphorically letting it all hang out.

The objective of July's contest is to create the most laugh-inducing listing on Etsy. Your photos, props, item/s, description, tags, title, price, shipping, materials, and whatever else you can tamper with in a listing are all viable means of increasing the laugh factor. You will be judged on the entire listing, not just the item itself.

The Rules:
1. Create an item you think is worthy for this contest.
2. As you are creating the item, take a picture some time between the beginning steps and the finished product of the item with some part of your body visible in the picture and a hand-written version of the "WTF!?" logo on something near the item (a Post-it, a piece of toilet paper, your hand, a baseball, your shirt, a chop stick, etc.)
3. List the item on Etsy in your shop.  Add "craftghanistan" as one of your item tags.
4. Email me at wtfetsy@gmail.com or convo me on Etsy with your item link.  Attach the photo you took of your partially-completed item. DO NOT post your entry in the comments box below this post (however, feel free to leave non-entry comments liberally).
5. I will post the new listings to this site several times per day as entries pour in.  You may enter once per day until the close of the contest, Monday July 26th.
6. There will be two prizes and two forms of judging.  I will assemble a panel of judges and observe their laugh reactions to determine whose overall listing was the most laugh-inducing.  These judges will vary in age, gender, education level, etc. and will have very little in common other than the fact that they are not Etsy sellers.  The second prize will be judged in the traditional WTF fashion via poll, in which participants and fans are free to stack the vote.  The same entry can win twice.

Forbidden items:
1. Do not use anything unsanitary or unethically disgusting in your item, including anything from a dead animal (or a live one), bodily fluids, images of Bill O'Reilly, etc.
2. Do not use anything that may be culturally or racially offensive.  If you can't think of anything funny which doesn't fall under one of those categories, then you have already lost at the contest of life and your entry is not necessary.
3. Do not use officially licensed, trademarked, or copywritten images or logos.  I hereby grant permission to use the official WTF!? logo should you desire.

The Prizes:
1. The first winner will receive one month of free ad space on WTF Etsy.
2. The second winner will be featured on WTF's featured seller hall of fame.

Questions and Answers:
1. What if I sell my item?
     A: Congratulations, you have just discovered that you are not the only crazy person in the world.  The listing will still be visible even if the item has sold.  You may want to list the price in the description if it is relevant to the comedic value of your listing. I will issue you an official WTF award certificate for your accomplishment.
2. WhereTF is Craftghanistan? WhyTF is this contest named after it?
     A:  Honestly, when I titled this post it made sense to me.  Now, I can't figure it out.  

Leave any additional questions in the comment box below.

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Entry 1 from HennesseyHandbags





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Entry 3 from Jinglebat






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Entry 4 from FreshUrbanVintage




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Entry 5 from RogueMagnolia




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Entry 6 from KidsNTraining




18 comments:

  1. So, who is getting something ready or planning to participate?

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  2. so if I'm the only entry, I win by default...right :)

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  3. Okay this contest sounds awesome... Now I just need to come up with something....

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  4. I'm sending mine in now .. haha

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  5. This looks like fun. I'll have to give it some thought & see what I can come up with.
    (smilingbluedog)

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  6. ok I sent mine in and i even tried looking it up under the tag craftghanistan and it didnt come up. Oh well maybe it takes a minute or two or three. And even if my entry isn't so funny.. ihad fun making it. :)

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  7. Yeah yeah yeah ... I was first .. woo hooo ... yeah I spent all freakin day on that Purse yep that be me .. haha ..

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  8. So what happened here? Did something happen?

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  9. OK, fine, I'm in...Can't say exactly WHEN, or WHAT, but I'm thinkin on it, ok? Dag nab it anyway...I've succumbed to the evil lure of wtf...

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  10. Oh Damn
    ! wanna do this! Gonna haveta think on it some. hmmmm WTF can I do?

    PottyMouth

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  11. Hey KellyGBarnettDesigns, Love your entry lol love the inside yes, no, maybe checkboxes. haha .. glad I'm not alone here anymore!!!

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  12. I'm already making something for etsy that's a bit WTF, so I'm entering it.

    Are we supposed to put the contest in the description?
    I'm almost done so I'm going to try and post it tonite.

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  13. I've promoted the contest in the etsy forums; would love to see more entries! I had so much fun doing this- thanks for the nudge- freshurbanvintage

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  14. Brilliant entries and I just *love* your list of Forbidden Items!

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  15. Rogue- I spit my coffee- hilarious "where they can score such a meaty piece".
    They're all fun- good luck everyone! (freshurbanvintage)

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  16. Vicky - LOL thanks! Yeah, I think the "meaty piece" is my fave bit as well.

    All the entries are so creative and diverse! Glad I don't have to choose! : D

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