***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.
Jay says
Idea me! My greatest idea lately was to get a crib with a storage drawer underneath. Baby stuff takes up so much room!
Karma Watters says
Idea Me!
Funny story: I was reading an old college roomate’s blog when she showed a handy way to keep spices organized. I thought, “That’s genius! I need to do that.” I continued reading as she told where she had picked up the idea…from me, during college, at which point I remembered coming up with it as a way to deal with the tiny space issue in our little apartment.
Beth says
Idea Me!!
One of our bedroom closets (aka my dressing room) is above the staircase so the floor is slanted making it hard to store anything in there, so I’m going to add wood strips, paint it all white, and use it as a shoe rack.
Erin Dyson-Enamorado says
IDEA ME!
I’m not sure if this is my MOST creative idea, but it certainly has made our lives easier…When we moved into our current house we realized that we didn’t have a place to store our broom, drymop, wetmop, and dusters. Well, we had a leftover hang-over-the-door shoe rack from our apartment that we no longer needed, so I hung it on the back of the door to our laundry room and hung everything from it! It’s been my favorite new use for an object since we moved in a year ago!
Nicole says
Idea me!
Recently a pretty creative idea I had was a cheap coaster solution for me and my boyfriend’s apartment. We couldn’t find any that we liked, and those that we did find were out of our price range (college students!) so I suggested something. We bought individual stone tiles from Lowe’s for only about 30 cents a piece and stuck little felt feet to the bottoms. Cheaper and more unique than traditional coasters. :)
Carole White says
IDEA ME! Creative idea: moved into our old house, took a mirror off the outside of the bedroom door (who puts a mirror on the OUTSIDE of a door that faces into a hallway??) and plopped it onto a dresser top & boom! Instant mirrored furniture top & totally free.
Meghan says
IDEA ME!!
Pamela says
IDEA ME! Totally adore the pretty, ORB (oil-rubbed bronze) decorative flusher handle (from Lowe’s!) that I installed on my new, clean white commode for master bathroom remodel last year (removed the boring, generic chrome handle that came on it). Seeing & using that dark, flared handle installed against the white fixture makes me happy! Ha. Also, love that I thought to glam up household vases with unused/non-functional jewelery hanging from them (faux pearl strands, etc.). Pretty chic!
L Dub says
IDEA ME!
deb says
IDEA ME!!
debi says
“IDEA ME”
My most creative idea was to use the leftover lumber from building the back porch to make a matching picnic table and bench. They match perfect!
Kim says
Idea Me!!
Brande Vaughn says
IDEA ME!
One thing that saves us time is setting a timer to do some quick cleaning and then moving on to something else. It helps us stay focused and allows our 7 yr old to stay on track in helping!
Sandy says
IDEA ME!
When we moved, I ran across a (very) old Scrabble game, probably circa 1955. Rather than leave it in a box in the closet, I pulled out a couple of the letter holders and letters, and made some words to put out on shelves and around family photos. It’s interesting and personalized, and can be changed up anytime!
Cindy says
IDEA ME
I used a coat hanger from the dry cleaners (it was wire with paper at the base) to hang my earrings on! I used that darn coat hanger for years. It wasn’t very pretty but it was oh so functional!
becki says
I D E A M E !
Blair says
IDEA ME!
I’m always coming up with random ideas to keep things running smoothly, both at work and at home. I can’t think of just one that’s the best!
Jennifer B says
IDEA ME!
One of my recent creative ideas was to build a console table for our bedroom since we can’t find anything we like in stores that solves our problem. We start building this weekend!
Sarah says
IDEA ME!
my latest creative moment was making a faux flower arrangement using a maryland tin as the base. But I have lots of other ideas & to do’s so that GC would be amazing :)
Lauren says
IDEA ME!
I love experimenting with new flavors
Angela N says
IDEA ME!
Most creative?? I feel like I use so many of the good things out there from the web any more. I will say that I really like the coloring book Princess art work I did for my girls bathroom. Such a simple project that they really love and isn’t too in your face princess-ey.
Brandi says
IDEA ME
I don’t think I’ve had any super creative ideas that I can think of…. but meal planning has saved my sanity, money and time! I don’t know why it took so long to finally do.
Christen says
IDEA ME! I tend to be more creative in the kitchen than in decorating!
Catie says
IDEA ME!
I’m still proud of my discovery of a milk jug’s similarity to capiz! Maybe it’s not that cool, but I’m pretty pleased with the light fixture I’m making – for FREE.
cindy says
“IDEA ME” and the most creative idea I have has as of late is to create my own artwork for our new home. I love how it all looks and its personal.
Mandy Hardy says
IDEA ME!!!
cappy says
IDEA ME!
Hmmm my best idea was to take all the miss-matched colored picture frames (12) I have in my house that I am not using and spray paint them all white for a gallery wall,too bad we had a random “sun shower” and my project ruined. Here’s to sanding and repainting!
Lois says
Idea Me!
Karen M says
Idea Me!
Laurie says
Idea me!
My best idea was following Young House Love! :)
Kristin Jones says
IDEA ME!
I’m not sure what my all-time most creative idea was, but I give myself props for our signature drink at our wedding four years ago: I added hybiscus flowers in syrup to champagne. It was one of the most unique things at our wedding!
Christina J says
“IDEA ME” My recent creative idea was converting the extra closet in the master bedroom into a craft closet…love it and everything is easily accessible!
Leigh says
Idea Me!
shanna o. says
Idea me! Oh what I could do with $50 in Lowes!
Erica says
Idea Me!! I LOVE letting the dog clean up the floor around all 3 of my kiddos!! Such a time saver and the pup loves it too!!!
Cindy says
IDEA ME!!!!
April says
IDEA ME!
My current favorite idea is my most recent one: I painted a large canvas black, glued on a swell piece of white textured paper at a jaunty angle, to look like an antique map, but blank. Then I used heavy jewelry wire to outline the shapes of the seven continents. (Got the map template printed out free from National Geographic Xpeditions website) Hand sewed the continents onto the canvas with clear thread, and viola! A map of the world in wire! Looks great as the focal point over our mantle.
mo says
“IDEA ME” a new office!
One of my most creative ideas is when I bought clearance scrap book pages, 3 clearance frames and made a faux transom window. Total cost $5.00.
Sarah says
Idea Me! Always turn my leftovers into new meals – I hate things to go to waste, but don’t want to eat the same meal three times in a row either!
Marcy says
IDEA ME?
Why, yes please.
My daughter’s first birthday party- all invitations and decor will be hand made by me. I’m going to save a ton of money and it will all be very special. Like another poster- I’d have to say I owe it all to the inspiration of all the great posters on Pinterest!
hmj says
IDEA ME! The most creative thing I’ve done lately was to cover our old cracked plaster bathroom walls with our children’s artwork while we save up enough money to remodel. It almost looks good enough to skip the remodel! But not quite.
Rebecca says
IDEA ME! Would love to use this prize to help get a start on overhauling my wall papered, purple, frog bathroom (yes, sadly all of those)!
Liz A. says
Idea me!!! I jsut bought a 100 dollare dress for 15 dollares (Score!!!) sight unseen, and you guessed it, it is UGLY!!! But, really only ugly as a dress. FABULOUS as a throw pillow, though!!
Stephanie says
IDEA ME!
My most recent creative ideas include using apple crates to make end tables for our living room and deciding to use the covers of our Newsweek magazines from this year as art for our living/dining room!
Sarah says
IDEA ME!
I recently made some cute flower arrangements :-)
Jessena says
IDEA ME!
Mary says
IDEA ME and Hootie Hoo! My most recent creative idea…..I “borrowed” an idea from Pinterest where you use nesting baskets attached to the wall above the toilet tank for towel storage. I’m only 5′ tall so all three baskets made the top one out of reach for this shrimpie. I put one of the baskets on the toilet tank and it was perfection. I put towels on either side of a cute tissue holder. The wall baskets actually covered the original area where a towel rack was. I didn’t want to spackle the original holes in case I wanted to rehang them at some point…so, I got some cute wooden medallions at LOWE’s, spray painted them and stuck those suckers over the holes with rubber cement for easy removal. Kind of makes the baskets look spiffy!
Aubrey says
Idea Me! I love my weekly menu board that I made – keeps me organized and I don’t have to do the ‘what’s for dinner tonight’ ordeal.
Adriane says
IDEA ME….a chandelier that my fiance made by hand
Megan says
IDEA ME!
Sometimes I can create nice table vignettes.