Very very late follow-up

I just realized that in the excitement of the end of the contest, I never made a concluding post about the outcome. Alex and I came in 4th place, and we both received $500 prize money. We both loved the experience, and I wish I could be eligible to do it again. I constantly look back on all the photos we took, and I can say that the whole experience was a big highlight of my high school years. For those of you who have found your way here looking to enter the contest in future years, I wish you the best of luck and I hope this blog helps. Happy taping!

Newspaper articles and contests!!!

Less than a week left in the contest!!! I really hope we're doing well, they don't let us know how many votes we've gotten so far :P

I've started a contest of my own on my facebook page (mentioned a couple posts back with a link) designed to create more publicity and whoever wins gets one of my handmade wallets :D So go like that page and enter the contest!

Also, we were in a major local newspaper today, which is super amazing! Front page, too. Here's a link to the article... Click Here

So I've been doing all the publicity I could think of and promoting the contest whenever I can, is there anything I'm missing? Let me know if you have a promotional idea for me and I'll make sure to do it!

Duct tape celebrities

Alex, Amanda, and I went to the fair last Friday and although they didn't let us hand out flyers, we did wear our outfits. At least, I wore my dress, Alex wore his jacket. We got weird looks from pretty much everyone we passed, which I thought was awesome but I won't claim to represent Alex with that statement :P Quite a few people stopped us to ask questions, and one lady got really excited and said, "I feel like I'm talking to celebrities!"

Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera, so I don't have any pictures. I will be going back to the fair this Wednesday, however, and I'm still debating on whether or not to wear my dress since I'm only going to perform a song. If I do, I'll definitely take pictures.

Where else should I publicize?

Duct tape wallets and contact info

I've started setting up to sell wallets, mostly by designing and working on examples I can post pictures of. I've also created a new e-mail account I'll be using for everything duct tape, like media and the wallet-selling. It's ducttaperoses992@gmail.com.

I'll post pictures of the example wallets and start selling as soon as I can.

Publicity

Alex and I had an interview with an online newspaper today. It was a lot of fun, and the story will run on Monday, so expect a post about that :)

I've been handing out flyers to practically everyone, so hopefully that's getting us some extra votes. I've also been posting on Facebook every day reminding people to vote.

I'm planning on going to the faire sometime this weekend, so we'll see if they'll let me advertise there as well. I'll post pictures if I do :D

Also, I went to the craft store the other day for something unrelated, and ended up buying two rolls of duct tape just because. I got black because I was running out, and yellow because there wasn't any really bright colors in my leftover duct tape spectrum. I haven't decided what to make next, though. That's probably my cue to start selling wallets...

TOP TEN!!!

We got into the top ten out of over 300 entries!!!! Now we need to get as many online votes as we can by July 11th. Here's the link to vote: Vote Here! You do need to register on the website, but it takes less than a minute and I promise they won't start sending you stuff. In fact, I've been trying to sign up for their newsletter, and for some reason my request never goes through. So they're not sending me stuff even if I want them to :P

This next month is going to be a barrage of publicity material and fun stuff like that, so stay tuned to hear what crazy stuff I'll do to get votes. I'm already planning on going to the county fair wearing my dress, but I have to make sure they won't kick me out for unauthorized advertisement or something along those lines... Leave suggestions in the comment section on how I should publicize! And go like our page on facebook :D Chelsey and Alexander for Stuck At Prom Duck Tape Scholarship Contest

Fancy Hat

Well, here's the hat I was working on. It took two days and two rolls of leftover tape :P
I'm definitely going to be wearing this thing everywhere I go...