This past month at Bramble Berry, we’ve held more contests than a carnival! We had two running simultaneously, and now it’s time to reveal the winners.
Show Mom Love was inspired by Mother’s Day, and it encouraged participants to show off a beautiful handmade gift they had made for someone else. Winners could receive a Soap Crafting Kit to send to their mom for Mother’s Day. #BBEarthDay was inspired by a different holiday — Earth Day! Participants were asked to show off a creative recycled mold. Both contests ended yesterday, so we’ve rounded up the winners below. Take a look to see if you won, or if you need a little soapmaking inspiration.
#ShowMomLove Contest
Just in time for Mother’s Day, the Show Mom Love contest was all about gift giving. Using an Instagram, Twitter or Pinterest account, we asked people to show us a gift they had made for someone else. It was wide open, and wasn’t limited to just soap! We had dozens of wonderful entries, but the following 8 took home the prize:
Left, top: Gift basket of cold process soap, candles and bubble bath. Left, center: Fresh market spring gift basket. Left, bottom: Soapy gift basket.
Center, top: Cherry blossom cold process. Center, bottom: Afghan scarves.
Right, top: Blue cold process soap. Right, center: Homemade DIY photo frame. Right, bottom: Homemade sushi!
#BBEarthDay Contest
Our Earth Day-inspired contest encouraged people to get creative with soapy molds or packaging. From fruit cup containers to light bulb packages to even contact lens cases, we saw a huge range of upcycled molds on our Facebook page.
Top left to right: Janet Schreiner, Renee Adams Pier, Clara Lindberg, Pooja Nigudka, Sandee Ferman, Debbie Thomas, Allison Hutchins, Hexen Einmaleins, Amanda Duke
Top left to right: Monica Glaboff, Alicia Payton, Johnathan Yant, Nichole Hess
From top left, clockwise: Sandra Bacho, Janelle Hurst Holmstrom, Molly Templin, Lisa Smith Loynd, Alicia Morales, Jennifer Chambers
We absolutely loved all the creativity we saw, but ultimately there could only be three winners. After much debate and discussion, we chose Sandra Bacho, Sandee Ferman and Clara Lindberg as our winners. Congratulations, ladies! Take a look at their lovely entries:
Sandra Bacho
The range of Sandra’s upcycled molds was incredible — we loved the idea of using a cookie container and fruit cup as creative molds.
Sandee Ferman
Sandee was all about using milk cartoons and boxes as molds. Her molds make you second guess all the cardboard boxes in your recycling pile — they could be potential soap molds!
Clara Lindberg
Clara used old honey containers to come up with these adorable, uniquely shaped soaps. It just goes to show that one man’s trash could be another man’s awesome soap mold.
Thank you again to everyone who entered, and congratulations to our winners.
Ditto Pooja. 😀 Everyone made such lovely soaps and I was inspired to see the different ways people recycled.
Hi Monica!
I’m glad you enjoyed this contest :). I agree, it was so fun to see everybody really get creative with their mold ideas!
-Amanda with Bramble Berry
Yippee! Congrats to everyone! The Earth Day pics are awesome! Thank yall so much! That was fun. My Fresh Market spread is going to my grandmother for Mom’s Day, she basically lives in her garden. The BB LabColors Ombre kit (along with all the other tools she’ll need) will go to my mom. I can’t wait to see her reaction!
Hi Patrice!
I absolutely loved your spread! Your soap is so cute, I’m sure your grandmother will absolutely love them! Thanks so much for participating 🙂
-Amanda with Bramble Berry
Thanks Amanda!
Congratulations !! To all the winners 🙂 It was fun participating.
Hi Pooja!
I’m glad you enjoyed this contest, thanks for participating! 🙂
-Amanda with Bramble Berry