GT Challenges #1: The Fairest of the Fairy Doors - A Challenge

Sounds like fun. I look forward to seeing what my fellow Tenders create!

-- "To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves." M. Gandhi

Now you can add to your fairy door collection Debbie.I will have to see what I can come up with for the challenge.I was just wondering why we never have any prize contests or challenges anymore.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

With the end of the world imminent, shouldn’t there be a deadline? and gosh, not even a GT t-shirt in the offing?

I’d like to think that we do not have to imagine what fairy doors look like – but we have to train ourselves to be able to see them. I’d like to see some postings of some fairy doors which can be found in your gardens – winter or summer. You know they are there – find them and show them to us!

I can recall having seen a few already and I will make an effort to bring my camera next time I go by them assuming they show up on a camera.

-- Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. - Thoreau

re: prizes
Since this challenge was my own little brain child and not from Escalate Media, no prizes are offered.

but….... guess what ….. ((drum roll please))

Our dear Karson has volunteered a prize. Not just any little prize. no no no… something big… something that has been seen elsewhere with a price tag of $400. Yes, indeed. We are talking A BIG PRIZE.

Karson has offered to make one of his Shaker Candle Boxes for the winner.

So:
1. a big thank-you to Karson for such a gracious offer.
2. we now need a deadline. A big prize deserved a big date—February 29th isn’t seen very often so that’s pretty big. You have a month to put your challenge entry together.
3. winner selection: I’ll get back to you on that. I have to speak with Martin on this
4. Prize arrangement. When the winner is announced, we will set up delivery arrangements with Karson.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Nice! Thanks to Karson. Those look awesome. I think maybe more fairies might show up now!

Be sure to get the challenge up on the contests tab!

Thanks MsDeb and Karson!

-- Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. - Thoreau

rules have been updated

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Fantastic looking Candle Boxes, Karson. That should keep the candles dry and the mice away. :)

I’ll have to see whether I can reach my fairy door down in the bush. Hopefully the coyotes haven’t got to it already.

-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A ...................."Gardening is an exercise in optimism." ....... . . Author Unknown

definitely worth the effort!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Wow that’s awesome Karson thank you for offering such a great prize.Thanks Debbie for arranging it.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

I can take no credit on this one .. other than having the idea for the challenge.
This is ALL Karson!!!!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Karson, those boxes are very beautiful. Thank you for your generosity. Maybe my children can show me where there are some fairy doors. I know they can often see things I cannot.

-- "To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves." M. Gandhi

things keep getting better …
Escalate Media is providing a $25 gift certificate for Amazon.com for a random winner. Pretty cool.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Fantastic box Karson and admire your generosity to give one as a prize to the winner of the contest. Let us see who is the lucky winner.

Sharad

-- Bagwan-- “If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they have never tried a new thing in their life”.-Albert Einstein

Sharad … make a fairy door and if you win you can pick up the prize here in September!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

That’s a good suggestion. I will ponder over it.

Sharad

-- Bagwan-- “If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they have never tried a new thing in their life”.-Albert Einstein

A new challenge? Where the “H”-”e”-double toothpicks have I been? Windows to doors, love it. Excellent prizes to boot!

Like our FarmerGal friend, I think I might enlist the help of my garden helper, Sofie. Only hope that when it comes to judging, the voters keep in mind who can grow things this time of year and who can’t!

-- There's a box?

Joel – unless you can grow a fairy door, I don’t think anyone has any advantage here. The fairy doors are there already – you just have to find them…
I’ve found one already and I will hopefully be posting a collection, not just one.

-- Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. - Thoreau

Excellent point, Daltxguy – really must have Sofie’s help then. And as my son did a project on “The Spiderwick Chronicles” last year, we must have a seeing stone lying around the house somewhere.

-- There's a box?

I wondered why you hadn’t commented. :)

Happy Fairy Door hunting/creating!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

This challenge just gets better and better. The candle boxes are absolutely beautiful…..a wonderful addition to someone’s home. Thank you, Karson, for your generosity.

And thanks too, to Escalate Media for the $25 gift cert. offered.

I have been watching the fairies roam around my gardens for years. I will need to get a couple pics to share after I return to Ontario in March. I know, I know, too late for the challenge. Darn it! I would love to win the candle box.

Well, this way I can sincerely wish everyone who enters the challenge ‘Good Luck’ . I look forward to seeing some very interesting entries.

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

you don’t see any fairies where you are now, Iris?

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Make sure you have the correct tags on your entry.

-- Karson retired in DE e-mail karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

yes—TODAY is the last day to enter!!!

We currently have 5 entries.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

last day to vote!! (March 7th)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)