***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.
Megan says
IDEA ME…I have a lot of little creative ideas but nothing big and exciting.
Emily J says
IDEA ME!
My best idea was saving an old mascara wand and washing it out to use as an eyelash comb. Works great at getting out clumpy mascara!
Paige says
Idea me!
I actually just had an idea last night for a “tropical trifle” recipe. Pineapple cake with layered with mascarpone cheese, whipped cream, and a sprinkling of rum and shredded coconut. I’m making it tonight, so we’ll see if it’s as good an idea as I imagine it to be!
erica says
IDEA ME! One of my brighest ideas was to sell my wedding dress(es) instead of keeping them. Less clutter + extra moolah
Mandy says
Idea me!
I made a delicious, spur-of-the-moment recipe for dinner just this past Friday night!
I took a casserole dish…layered instant garlic mashed potatoes (target brand)on the bottom…a can of chicken corn chowder (Campbell’s Chunky) on top of the potatoes…and cornbread mix (Jiffy) on top of that.
Pop it into the oven at 400 for 20 minutes….and BAM! Delicious. A smash hit with such minimal effort that it made me laugh. =) Darn, now I’m hungry. lol.
Liz says
IDEA ME!
My husband and I created our own king size headboard and saved $ in the process.
Tiffany says
Idea me! I love taking furniture and making it my own :)
Laura says
Hootie Hoo!
IDEA ME!
Belen says
IDEA ME!!
Mh, this is a tough one for this time in the morning, ha!
I think stretching shoes in the freezer with sandwich bags. Although not my idea, but I was amazed when I treid it and it actually worked!
julie g. says
IDEA ME…renovating a bathroom and buying tile from Lowes! Maybe not all-time best idea but a good one still. The back cushions on our couch were looking so slouchy but the couch is only 5 years old so I was not about to buy a new one. I collected all of our old throw pillows not in use and put them inside the zippered cushions behind the cushions that came with the couch – INSTANT FIRMNESS!!! I was quite proud of myself.
Jenna says
Idea Me! best creative moment was refurbishing a wicker chair…I carry it from room to room nearly every week because it works in EVERY room in my house. I’m a sucker for wicker.
Kami says
IDEA ME! My most creative happened in my first home which was a small rowhouse in DC. We had the old fashioned radiators in every room which were eyesores and a decorating dilemma. For the ones in a smaller bedroom and the office, we ended up having nice wooden covers built for them and then added a matching wooden bookcase on top. It solved the ugly radiator problem and gave us much needed storage. :)
Heidi says
Idea Me!!
Carol says
IDEA ME!
Oh, and I think I have yet to create something remarkably creative!!
Katie says
IDEA ME!!
I really wanted lanterns in my bedroom to go with a new nautical theme. Everything I found was very pricey, until I found a pack of two that I loved for $30. The downside was that they were meant to be outdoor hardwired lanterns. An electrician quoted me $100 to hardwire them to the wall. A bit of internet research and $15 later, I had bought two cords and two switches, and converted them to regular plug-in lights that are now gorgeously mounted on my bedroom walls. Not much creativity, but definitely involved going out on a limb!
Kate S. says
IDEA ME!
Instead of an ugly, carpeted cat tower, I put up wall shelves for my cats. They love ’em!
Corie says
IDEA ME!
Stephanie says
IDEA ME!
I came up with a great idea for art for the living room.
Sarah says
IDEA ME!
My creative juices got flowing for my wedding 2 years ago…meaning lots of Etsy-using and Goodwill-shopping and garage sale-hunting… everything was perfect!
Patti says
Idea Me! I made some easy DIY art by framing wrapping paper that I love.
Brooks Smith says
IDEA ME!!!
Hmmm- I came up with a cookie/brownie/bar recipe called chocolate crack that is a big hit with family and friends!
Nikki Grove says
IDEA ME!
Becky says
IDEA ME!
just made some artwork for a friend’s nursery – designed it on the computer, used transfer paper to put it on a canvas – voila, art work!
Ruthie Hart says
IDEA ME!! My latest and greatest idea was a random crockpot meal…chicken , potatoes, cream of chick, cream of mushroom, rotel and frozen veggies!! OMG yum
D says
Idea me!
Kitchen eat-in area got some love when we re-covered chairs and framed some free burlap sacks from the farmer’s market. Not super creative but unique and fun.
Whitney says
Idea me! 1
cc says
hootie hoo! (I mean, IDEA ME!)
Most of my creativity these days means finding ways to store toys so that I don’t have to look at them all the time. It must be working, because Grandpa can never guess where they are in the living room…
Julia says
IDEA ME!
Jen R. says
IDEA ME!
I hung antique cabinets in the corner of our bedroom, filled them with shoes, and then placed decorations on top of them. That corner is my favorite in the whole house!
Sarah says
IDEA ME! :)
Jessica says
IDEA ME!
My most creative idea was the most practical – tearing out our one and only bathroom and giving it an overhaul!!
alg says
IDEA ME!!
Shannon says
IDEA ME!
Jamie M says
IDEA ME!
Kim says
IDEA ME! Our most creative idea was taking a not much used closet in the living room, and giving the space to the bathroom on the other side, making it twice the size it was before!
Shira says
IDEA ME! My best ideas are still yet to come. My fiance and I just brought our first house and all the ideas are flowing out of me. Too many to list!
katie v. says
Idea me!!
Probably the most creative idea I (and by “I”, I mean, my husband) had recently was turning these really cool looking liquer bottle caps into the knobs for our wetbar doors. Pretty awesome, if I do say so myself!
janice says
IDEA ME!
dawn says
Idea me!
Katie D. says
IDEA ME
I can’t think of any great home ideas I’ve had. It’s my first apartment and I’m still working on finding my style…
Rebecca says
IDEA ME! I usually borrow other peoples’ creative ideas :)
Angela says
IDEA ME!!
nursery–proud of that room and the wall we painted with a tree!
Kelly says
Idea me!
Ashley says
IDEA ME!
Lately I’ve been trying to add homemade art to our apartment since we can’t paint. I want to use some masking tape and paint on a canvas this weekend for some cheap kitchen art…
Annie says
Idea me!
Katherine M. says
IDEA ME!
Lindsay says
IDEA ME!
My most creative moment was turning my old college daybed and trundle into a king sized guest bed. I repurposed the metal frame/springs into a headboard, and pushed both mattresses together to make one big ol’ king sized bed.
Anne says
Idea me!
eva says
IDEA ME!!! I just bought a toasting/warming cabinet that used to be in a restaurant, and am turning it into a dresser…. somehow. It’s going to be awesome though, her name is Greta. But I have to gut it, clean it, put it back together, fix a handle, add casters, and bang out some dents.
Audrey says
IDEA ME!
Ummm…my mind is drawing a blank on creative ideas that I’ve had. But I seriously spend waaay too much money at Lowe’s, so I think this prize would benefit me a lot.