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   12 days of Christmas giveaways – Day 2: Tidy Tray Posted by Chica 
December 15, 2011  		Chica
 

We’re so glad you guys enjoyed yesterday’s giveaway of conductive thread that kicked off our 12 days of Christmas giveaways here on Chica and Jo. Are you ready for the next prize? This one is really great for messy crafters!

Day 2: Tidy Tray

If you’re ever worked with glitter, you know how hard it can be to keep your work area neat and clean. Same goes for embossing powder, flocking, sand, or small beads. Our favorite solution to this problem is a Tidy Tray! These plastic trays give you plenty of work surface and have a spout on the end so that you can just tilt it up and pour the spilled stuff back into the bottle when you’re done. Isn’t that clever?

Tidy Tray

We’re giving a way a set of two Tidy Trays (6″x8″ and 10″x14″) to one lucky winner. Just leave a comment below to enter. We’ll pick the winner tomorrow morning!

RULES: One entry per person (determined by e-mail address). One winner will be chosen at random from all valid comments received by the deadline. Winner will be contacted via e-mail within 72 hours of giveaway end date. Winner must reply within one week with a mailing address or prize will be forfeited and new winner will be chosen. Giveaway open to US residents only and prize will only be shipped to a US address. Rules and deadline subject to change without notice.

This giveaway is now over. And the WINNER is:

Congratulations to Chi Chi, the winner of our second giveaway! Chi Chi, we’ll be contacting you today to get your address so we can mail your trays out. Your crafting will be so much neater now!

winner

Thanks so much to everyone who entered. It sounds like everyone could use a little help keeping glitter under control! I especially love the idea several of you suggested about using a Tidy Tray to corral sprinkles when decorating cookies and cupcakes. Brilliant idea!

Keep checking back every day until Christmas, because we’ve still got lots of prizes left to give away.

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47 comments so far:

  1. Rachel Wilson said: (December 15th, 2011 at 8:18 am)

    I dont like this idea…..I LOVE it <3 :)

  2. lynn nace said: (December 15th, 2011 at 8:32 am)

    I love the ideas you come up with

  3. Tasha Stewart said: (December 15th, 2011 at 8:57 am)

    I would love to have the Tidy trays for my Head Start 4-5 year old classroom. It would make all projects much simpler.

  4. Lorna Scott said: (December 15th, 2011 at 9:20 am)

    You find the most awesome things. Love it !!

  5. Melissa R said: (December 15th, 2011 at 9:24 am)

    I use these for glitter. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  6. Jenn said: (December 15th, 2011 at 10:16 am)

    These are amazing! Thanks for the chance to win.

  7. Jenae said: (December 15th, 2011 at 10:30 am)

    Wow, you don’t know how badly I needed these for preschool yesterday! 13 kids and glitter and glue, what more can I say!

  8. Becky said: (December 15th, 2011 at 10:37 am)

    Every time we break out tiny little craft supplies with the 7 year old I wish I had one of these :)

  9. Elizabeth said: (December 15th, 2011 at 12:11 pm)

    What a great idea! As a Registered Klutz, I would get a lot of use out of these!

  10. Julie said: (December 15th, 2011 at 12:49 pm)

    These are aweswome! Thanks for the chance to win and Merry Christmas!

  11. Anita M said: (December 15th, 2011 at 1:16 pm)

    These look great! Thanks for the chance to win! :)

  12. Lucy Booza said: (December 15th, 2011 at 2:09 pm)

    Great idea! I would use it for glitter and bead projects with the kids!

  13. Iisha B said: (December 15th, 2011 at 3:14 pm)

    This would be awesome to use with sugars and sprinkles when cake decorating.

  14. Chi Chi said: (December 15th, 2011 at 3:16 pm)

    This is PERFECT! This means all that glitter that’s hidden in the garage can come out and play!

  15. Amarissa said: (December 15th, 2011 at 3:18 pm)

    Wow! Something made just for me! That’s what I need!

  16. Kat H. said: (December 15th, 2011 at 3:25 pm)

    Ingenious! I could definitely use one of these to avoid another glitter fiasco :)

  17. Chica said: (December 15th, 2011 at 3:27 pm)

    Iisha, that is a brilliant idea!

  18. Cathy said: (December 15th, 2011 at 3:34 pm)

    I could SO use this when decorating cookies with colored sugars. And, again, when playing with my seed beads. It’ll sure beat the way I’m doing it now (creasing paper and carefully pouring sugar/glitter back into container).

  19. Jeanne said: (December 15th, 2011 at 3:53 pm)

    First, I don’t want to win this contest (so if I do, please generate another number), because I already have one. And it is very handy. But… I have a problem with static cling on the plastic. What’s the best way you know of to eliminate the static? Thanks!

  20. Sam said: (December 15th, 2011 at 3:54 pm)

    That is such a neat idea! Where did you get those?

  21. Wandy said: (December 15th, 2011 at 3:54 pm)

    What a great give a way!

  22. Eunice T said: (December 15th, 2011 at 4:04 pm)

    Would love to have this. I use lots of glitter for my projects and this would make it easier. Love your site.

  23. patsy said: (December 15th, 2011 at 4:05 pm)

    Very neat Idea. I get it everywhere.

  24. Maggie said: (December 15th, 2011 at 4:09 pm)

    this would e great fr sand art, glitter, etc!

    Hoping to win…

  25. Shirley said: (December 15th, 2011 at 4:17 pm)

    So many projects to do and and so many things I could do with these trays. Easy to use and and Easy clean up

  26. Donna R said: (December 15th, 2011 at 4:41 pm)

    Just think how easy claen up witll be. All those glitter projects will be so much mroe manageable! Thanks for the chance to win!

  27. Melinda T said: (December 15th, 2011 at 4:46 pm)

    How cool, would be handy when crafting with my daughter who loves using glitter!

  28. catherine c said: (December 15th, 2011 at 4:46 pm)

    This is the perfect solution to those messy projects! thanks for the chance to win these!

  29. Chica said: (December 15th, 2011 at 4:59 pm)

    Sam, you can probably find a Tidy Tray at your local craft store, but if not, check out this link to Amazon for several options.

    Jeanne, that’s sweet of you to let us know you don’t want to be entered, so someone else has a chance. You might want to try a Perfect Crafting Pouch to reduce static electricity with your trays. We saw a demo of one of those at a trade show a while ago and it seemed to work quite well. I’ll bet you could also try rubbing the tray with a fabric softener dryer sheet to reduce the static electricity.

  30. Jessie H said: (December 15th, 2011 at 5:01 pm)

    This would come it SO handy!!

  31. smfsprout said: (December 15th, 2011 at 5:15 pm)

    These are perfect for keeping those pesky little beads from rolling away. Thanks.

  32. HawaiianLibrarian said: (December 15th, 2011 at 5:27 pm)

    Tidy trays could help me keep tidy! Well, no promises made but mahalo for the op to win and be tidy in the new year! Ha Ho Ho!

  33. Christy said: (December 15th, 2011 at 5:33 pm)

    I have seen these and they look really neat! I do a lot of embossing for my cards and these would come in handy. I may have to get one of these with my x-mas money :0)

  34. Sarah B said: (December 15th, 2011 at 5:39 pm)

    me and my daughter would love to have this, then we could glitter the world :)

  35. Hilary said: (December 15th, 2011 at 6:12 pm)

    These are a great help in crafting!

  36. Jan said: (December 15th, 2011 at 6:47 pm)

    I would love to try these trays. A friend of mine loves glitter and would go crazy if she had one! If I win, we would share!

  37. Marybeth said: (December 15th, 2011 at 7:16 pm)

    What a fabulous idea! Im such a mess lol

  38. Zoe said: (December 15th, 2011 at 8:02 pm)

    Gotta have this! Thanks for the opportunity!

  39. Janel said: (December 15th, 2011 at 8:42 pm)

    These are great to get my beads back into their containers!

  40. Nikole said: (December 15th, 2011 at 9:42 pm)

    What a neat little helper!

  41. Deidra Grant said: (December 15th, 2011 at 9:44 pm)

    You just said my name Messy. Thanks for the chance to win.

  42. mary said: (December 15th, 2011 at 10:01 pm)

    I would love to get these, I would keep one but would share the other with my kid’s teacher

  43. mitch j said: (December 15th, 2011 at 10:21 pm)

    what a great product. i always make a mess with glitter that i tent to avoid using it.

  44. Angela said: (December 15th, 2011 at 11:01 pm)

    Glitter… Beads… Anything crumbly would be contained just nice in here. OH OH OH!! PLAYDOUGH!!! The possibilities are endless

  45. Brenda said: (December 15th, 2011 at 11:47 pm)

    Wonderful idea – would work great with “Kid’s Crafts” Cleanup would be soooo easy!!!!!

  46. marlene said: (December 16th, 2011 at 1:51 am)

    Wow never saw a tidy tray, that is a great thing to have thanks for the chance to win one
    marlene

  47. GretchenP said: (December 16th, 2011 at 2:44 am)

    if i don’t win one i’m buying it! thanks for the giveaway!

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