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Design and Innovation

Eye On Design: 13th Annual Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest!

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TP Wedding Dress Contestants 2016
2001 Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contestants with Judge Mikie Russo (All Images Courtesy of Direct Contact PR)

Planning a Wedding can get pretty expensive; it is just a fact. Wedding dresses, especially, cost thousands of dollars for an outfit that (if you are very lucky) you will wear just once in your lifetime. That does not seem terribly cost effective to me. For some, saving money on weddings is more than a hobby, and barely less than an obsession. Laura Gawne and Susan Bain, the ladies who operate the popular websites Cheap Chic Weddings and T P Dress Contest have a few hints to help you save money on your wedding, and on the dress in particular. If you have a flare for design, why not consider making your dress out of Toilet Paper? Yes, I just typed that.
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Music, Pop Culture

Fender’s Win The Window Selfie Contest: Enter Now!

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Fender Selfie Contest

Attention all NYC selfie takers: Davidoff of Geneva — makers of fine tobacco products and accessories — wants you to take one more for a chance to win the entire Fender window display on view now at Davidoff’s Midtown Manhattan location. All you need to do is take a selfie in front of any Davidoff of Geneva store, post the pic on Twitter or Instagram, and tag it with #FenderatDavidoff for a chance to win the entire Madison Avenue window display contents, which includes a Fender Stratocaster Guitar, Fender by S.T. Dupont product, and giant cut outs. Approximate retail value of this prize is $4,900!
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Arts and Culture

Prince Mural at the Graffiti Room

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Prince Mural
All Photos By Gail

I was on a Street Art Safari when I came upon this big game; a  mural of Prince (RIP), located on the side of the Graffiti Room restaurant at the corner of Kenmare and Mott Streets in downtown Manhattan. It looks like they are also having an Instagram contest:
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Lifestyle, Products

Enter the Crispy Green Halloween Costume Photo Contest And Win Big Prizes!

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Costume Contest Prize Pak

Hey what’s up. Do you like Halloween, contests and winning stuff? I sure do. So what better way to possibly win some serious Halloween swag than by participating in this fun Halloween Costume Contest from Crispy Green!

To enter, simply post a photo of your child’s scariest, cutest or most CREATIVE costume to Crispy Green’s Halloween Costume Photo Contest! Snap a photo of your child in his or her awesome costume, upload to any social media site and hashtag the photo #CGLOVESHALLOWEEN to automatically be entered. That’s it! The photo with the most votes wins a Halloween Family Fun Night prize pack valued at $100 – and some yummy Crispy Green!

Check out all the cool stuff you can win below!

Crispy Green Halloween Costume

Enter and Vote on Crispy Green’s Face Book Page at This Link! Limit: One entry per child. Last day for entries is November 4, 2014. Voting ends November 7, 2014. Good Luck!

Music, Pop Culture

Win a VIP Weekend at Lollapalooza Chicago from Maestro Dobel Tequila

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Perry Farrel and Maestro Dobel

Legendary music festival Lollapalooza is coming to Chicago’s Grant Park August 2-4, 2013 and tickets are already sold out. But ultra-premium tequila maker Maestro Dobel is currently holding a photo contest on Facebook and will give two lucky grand prize winners a VIP weekend experience for two at the much-anticipated event, complete with two VIP Lollapalooza Passes, roundtrip airfare to Chicago, hotel accommodations for three nights and $500 in cash.

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