The ‘Design a Bag’ Competition gives all members a change to create a design, either by hand or digitally, and receive that design on a bag (whether you win or not), and the prizes for the winner and runner up come on top of this.
The competition is optional.
There are a number of rounds involved from the initial submission, to finding an overall winner, which are detailed below:
Stage 1: - participants to submit their designs.
Stage 2: - All submissions have been uploaded and published, open to anyone to purchase. Out of the 20 designs, only 8 will continue into stage 3, so participants will be encouraging whoever they can to purchase their designed bag!
Stage 3: The 8 finalists will then have their designs subject to a public vote; the 4 designs with the most votes at the end of this stage will technically all have 'won', but there is a final stage to determine which place, and which corresponding prize they have won.
Stage 4: This final stage, as mentioned before, is to order the winners and award the prizes. For this to happen, the 'shop' will re-open for the final time and for
the final chance to have people put in orders for your bag. Running alongsidethis will be another vote this time only for other members of the project.
The amount of purchases from round 2, combined with the public vote in round 3, add
to
the number of final purchases and private votes in round 4, will determine what each person will win.
THE PRIZES ARE:
All 20 entrants, regardless of the amount of sales made, will receive a bag with their design printed on it, as a token gift for entering,
8th, 7th, 6th & 5th place, on top of receiving their bag, will get a framed photo of their design with a certificate, bonus charm, and 'BB Bargain bag' (necklace, suction hook & bead pot) - usually available in the BB shop.
4th, 3rd, 2nd & 1st place = designed bag, ornamental heart, personalised keyring/necklace, and a bonus charm
PLUS:
4th PLACE - 6-month magazine subscription
3rd PLACE - English Tea for 2
2nd PLACE - Makeover and Photoshoot
1ST PLACE = 4 TICKETS TO 'CRUFTS', WITH HOTEL AND BREAKFAST INCLUDED
So, to all participants - good luck!
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Results:
Congratulations to everyone who submitted a design and thank you for getting involved in the competition regardless of the results. All submitted designs are below:
In stage 2, the designs were whittled down to the top 8:
A final opportunity to purchase the remaining designs, plus a vote by BB members revealed the winners* (whose bags you can still buy in the Etsy shop:
3rd place: Hayley Tackett
Prize: Selection of tailored prizes
Final product:
Joint 2nd place: Nicole Gray
Prize: Makeover and photoshoot
Final product:
Joint 2nd place: Rosie Powlesland
Prize: Annual English Heritage Membership
Final product:
1st place (winning design): Alley Daley
Prize: Night before in a hotel + breakfast, and 4 tickets to the annual Crufts Dog Show
Final product:
*PLEASE NOTE: Some prizes have changed/been adapted for a variety of legitimate reasons.
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On the 11th March, Alley went to Crufts Dog Show - some of the photos are below (there were too many to include them all!)
