Lunch a Munch!

It's back to school time at (Some) Assembly Required. For September's challenge, please alter a lunch pail or similar container and link us up by midnight on Tuesday, September 30th. You can also email us your project. One lucky winner will receive the following prize pack filled with goodies!
Lunch pails can be found in the $1 section of some major chain stores such as Target and JoAnn Fabrics. You can also find some incredibly cool ones in flea markets and antique stores. Check out your attic - there might even be one there hiding there from your childhood! You choose the theme and final use. We are excited to see all the variations. Here's what our DT created:

Jan used a Maya Road tin and altered it to hold a custom-made tag album of her family's favorite places to visit. The inking and distressed edges are the perfect touch for a travel-themed project. Additional photos are in the gallery.

Patti altered a mini lunch pail with warm and cozy colors to house her favorite tea collection. She could also use this as a cute gift for a friend's birthday - perfect for those chilly mornings which are just right around the corner. A photo of the back of this tin is also in the gallery.

Jolene altered this mini lunch pail and created love notes for her son's lunch. The messages were printed on the computer, and images were stamped and hand-colored. The cards were then laminated so that they would be protected from spills at lunchtime and could be reused whenever possible.

Be sure to keep checking back to our Lunch Pail gallery to see what others create. Now is anyone else hungry besides me??

Beadazzling Winner!

We have a winner! Many thanks to everyone who joined us for this challenge. We got such a nice variety of projects this month. Congratulations to Jo-Ann who is the proud winner of our SAR prize pack. Please email us your address so we can get your prize in the mail!

We Have a Winner!

We have shuffled the deck and have chosen a winner by random draw!
VICKI please send us your email so we can get your prize to you! Isn't
her "Full House" project adorable? Congrats Vicki!

Beadazzling!

Welcome to August! It's incredible how fast the summer is flying by. We hope you are enjoying every minute of it. This month's challenge is to use beads in your altered project in some way. You may create and/or alter the beads themselves, or you can simply use beads in the creation of your altered project. Email us a photo of your finished creation or leave us a comment with a link to your blog or gallery by midnight Sunday August 31st. The winner will receive a lovely prize pack from SAR. Be sure to check out the Beads Gallery for some beadazzling inspiration!

Here's what the SAR DT created for this challenge:

DT Patti: Patti made her own paper beads!

DT Jolene

DT Jan

We Have a Winner!

Congrats to our June winner Patrizzia on her amazing ribbon barrette creations! Please email us your address so we can send you a gift certificate courtesy of Strano Designs.

GREAT JOB!

It's In the Cards - Challenge Seven

Who feels lucky? July's challenge at (Some) Assembly Required is to use playing cards in an altered project of your choice. You might choose to alter the cards themselves or simply use them in projects such as these by the DT:

Patti:

Jan:

Jolene:

Please email us your playing cards creations or link us to your blog or gallery by midnight on Thursday July 31st. One lucky winner will receive a lovely prize pack from SAR. And check back to see the Playing Cards gallery as we update with your projects. The gallery also has additional images of the DT projects - take a look!

Stay tuned - we will be announcing the winner of the June ribbon challenge shortly!

A "Tweet" Winner!

Congratulations to Kristin, she was chosen by the KT Crafts DT

as the winner for our May Birdhouse Challenge! Here is a look at

her beautiful birdhouse! Thanks for playing with us Kristin!!