Ann Kelle Inspirational, Fun, Classic Designs!

anne kelle, anne kelle for jandofabrics

I’m so happy to be visiting the J & O Fabrics blog today. To share a little bit about myself . . . After working for the Mayor of Nashville for several years, my  childhood love of art  was rekindled when I went to the store to purchase art supplies as a stress reliever. Two years later, I took a step of faith and launched a collection of note cards at a stationery show in New York.  A week later, my designs were being presented to Target where they would eventually appear on a variety of paper products found not only on the shelves of Target, but of Barnes and Nobles and several boutiques as well.

Hand-Crafted Halloween Contest Winner Is…

Well, the votes have been tallied and the winner of our J&O Fabric Store 2nd Annual ‘Most Amazing Handcrafted Halloween Costume Contest” is none other than Jerry Nix Roberts for her Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf Costume! Jerry made her grandchildren the dress, pinafore, and cape for Little Red Riding Hood and the flannel granny gown for the Big Bad Wolf . They also won their small town costume contest!  Great job!!!


Cast Your Votes Today! J&O “2nd Annual Most Amazing Handcrafted Halloween Costume Contest”!

 

With Halloween marking the last day to submit your most original, funniest, scarriest, funkiest, most amazing handcrafted Halloween costumes into our 2nd Annual Halloween Costume Contest, last minute entries came pouring in from all over the country and onto the wall of our J&O Fabrics Facebook page  much to our delight! With the creative use of craft feltfoam, silk, charmuese, tulle, boa feathers and more, children and adults dressed as everything from modern Gypsy Princess’s,  flamboyant Peacocks, and Chun Li from Street Fighter, to giant M&M’s, Queens of Hearts and news making Chilean Miners. The best part, today (Nov 2) marks the first day of voting, giving you and the rest of our cool Facebook Fans the exclusive yet arduous task of narrowing down the search for the most amazing Halloween costume with the click of a button. Rack up on hits that will ensure your win and a $50 American Express Gift Card by encouraging friends, family and co-workers to ‘like us’ on Facebook if they haven’t already.One vote per fan, and the crafter with the most votes wins. It’s as simple and exciting as that! 

J&O Fabrics Final Days to Enter ‘2nd Annual Most Amazing Handcrafted Halloween Costume Contest !”

Over the last three weeks we have seen everything from the ghost of Elvis and a talking hamburger, to sightings of Mr & Mrs Snowman and a sleeping tropical parrot . Now with less than one week left to submit your own one-of-a-kind-sure-to-win costumes into our ” 2nd Annual ‘Most Amazing Handcrafted Halloween Costume” contest, time is of the essence! With a chance at winning a $50 American Express Gift card to spend wherever and however you like, plus the added bragging rights on our Facebook  page, what have you got to loose? Need a little motivation? If you recieve our J&O Fabrics newsletter then you know today is the last day to take advantage of our 10% off coupon good on our full inventory of fabric, so take advantage! Good on everything from our selection of novelty cotton prints and poly fleece, to dress fabric and craft felt material, bringing your unique costume ideas into fruition just got a little easier. At J&O Fabrics, watching artists transform pieces of material into fabulous works of art especially during the holidays is what we live for!

 

J&O Fabrics 2nd Annual Most Amazing Hand-Crafted Costume Contest Week 1 Update

So we’re just about two weeks into our 2nd Annual Most Amazing Hand-Crafted Costume Contest and the entries are filling our Facebook wall up pretty fast. From cute little children dressed up as  parrots and pizza, to grown folks imitating Frosty and Elvis, the journey into Halloween costume madness is just beginning. With less than two weeks left for our Facebook fans to submit their one-of-a-kind-hand-crafted-creations, there’s no telling what kind of ghoulish freaks and masquerading trick-or-treaters will emerge.
Though the final day to submit all entries may seem far away, time is of the essence so don’t delay! If you want in on a chance to win free cash and the rights to the J&O Fabrics Most Amazing Hand-Crafted Costume Contest 2010 Title, post your Halloween costumes up today! Don’t forget to add your name and a brief description of your craft so that we can get to know you and your work a little bit more.

Just to wet your creative juices a little, here are a few of our Fun Facebook Fan postings so far. Are they creative or what??!! 

J&O Fabric Store: 2nd Annual Best Handcrafted Halloween Costume Contest!

 

 

Not a season goes by that doesn’t give our customers, as well as our staff, reason to celebrate. If it’s not simply the thoughts of nostalgia that each season brings, then it’s the wonderful holiday memories that give reason to raid our themed novelty prints in search of that perfect fabric for festive Christmas crafts, beautiful Easter projects, 4th of July’s, or best of all…Halloween!

J&O Fabrics ‘Pretty In Pink Homemade Prom Dress’ Contest

 

Calling all closet crafters and prom dress designers!!!

Have you been a closet crafter and are ready to come out?

Have you made, or are you making a prom dress for yourself or someone else and don’t mind sharing your creative side with our online customers from all over the world?

Think you have what it takes to become the grand prize winner and walk away with a free $50 Amex Gift Card to use wherever and however you please?

Well, here’s your chance!

 

This Week at J&O Fabrics.

At J&O Fabrics, we are constantly revitalizing and revamping our website and inventory to meet our constantly growing consumer market and ever changing demands of our loyal customers. But keeping up with the fast pace can be tricky at times. There are stumbling blocks that we have had to turn into stepping stones, and obstacles that we made into opportunities, all the while providing the latest in the textile goods industry so that our clientelle of  crafters, seamstresses, interior designers and artisans can continue to depend on us to meet their creative needs.

J&O Fabrics ‘Handcrafted Home Makeover Contest!”

Since our successful NFL Craft Fabric Contest, the crew at J&O Fabrics has been busily brainstorming our next creative contest for our cool & crafty customers to showcase their hidden skills and fabulous natural gifts!

J&O Top 10 Individual Category Fav’s “Coolest Handmade NFL Craft Contest”!

As mentioned in our previous blog, here is our TOP 10 handmade NFL favorites from our “Coolest Handmade NFL Craft Contest“. With all the unique one-of-a-kind crafts submitted, we had to create an individual category list of favs to share with our online viewers. What better way to showcase the incredible array of creative energy and talent from our facebook fans, twitter followers and fabulous J&O; Fabrics customers worldwide! Plus, there were so many awesome crafts that came across our desk that never got voted on in our online poll, that we just had to bring them to light.