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1. Sewhat
   
   Style Rockstar

   Love the site so far, it's so much fun! As I was looking at some of the recent contest submissions today I was thinking that it might be cool on future contests to have the submission and voting deadlines happen separately. Like a 3 weeks to submit designs and one week to just vote or something, or 2 weeks for one and then the other. Cause I find myself hesitant to vote when tons of GREAT ideas keep coming in, I don't want to place my vote and then have my favorite dress get submitted at the last minute. Also, since the voting is happening simultaneously those of us who posted early got a bit of an advantage. Just a thought.

   Posted 1 year ago
   

2. Kim
   
   Style Goddess

   Really good point! We're still learning and there's definitely room for improvement in our contest and voting process. I am going to discuss this with the team and I promise we'll take your suggestions into consideration. I am not sure if any changes can be applied for next month's contest, but for October we should be able to revamp the contest and make it more fair for late submissions. In the meantime, please keep your comments and suggestions coming, we thrive on our community's participation, so no need to be shy! :)
   Kim

   Posted 1 year ago
   

3. Sewhat
   
   Style Rockstar

   Thanks! I can't wait to see what the next contest challenge is!

   Posted 1 year ago
   

4. Catcall
   
   Style Rookie

   Have you made a decision on this yet? I think Sewhat has a really good idea/point there...
   One question: Can I submit more than one entry per contest? Ideas keep coming!
   Love your site and hope it will pick up more and more creative fans as we go!

   Posted 1 year ago
   

5. Kim
   
   Style Goddess

   Glad you like our website, Catcall! We haven't decided on a new voting system yet, for two reasons: first, it means a considerable programming effort to change it and we need to be absolutely sure that we are going to stick with the new rules before do that. And second, at the moment we don't have so many visitors yet and regrettably the numbers of people participating is still relatively low (Hey guys - what are we doing wrong???).
   This means that if we split a month and have only two weeks of submitting and two weeks of voting, we would probably lose half of the entries and maybe half of the votes. So whatever way we are going to change the system, as for now we feel we should wait and see how things develop once we have more traffic - and, hopefully, more people participating - on Your Style Rocks!

   As for your other question - of course you can enter as often as you like! We're looking forward to seeing more of your work!

   Posted 1 year ago
   

6. nehmah
   
   Style Rookie

   This is not "exactly" a contest suggestion. Rather, if you can turn out a wearable, decently made sewn or knitted warm garment, please consider donating (anonymously) to a child or teen in need. It does not have to be for the holidays; it's still cold in February. Reduce your stash, and increase someone else's comfort. Cordially, Nehmah

   Posted 1 year ago
   

7. glamourie
   
   Style Rockstar

   Hey Guys! don't give up, i think it will just take a little time - just an observation, the last update on the facebook page for YourStyleRocks looks to have been in August - the biggest draw is new content! also, do we have a flickr account? twitter? I'm putting a link on my Blog, but we should get links everywhere we can!
   Just you wait - it wont be long until you have more participants than you can cope with!

   Posted 1 year ago
   

8. Kim
   
   Style Goddess

   Don't worry, we don't intend to give up yet! We know we're slow with new content at the moment, this will change in the coming year, promise! :-)
   I installed that Facebook page when we went online in August and haven't done anything on it since - I must admit that I don't have much experience with Facebook and am a bit clueless what to do with it. That is definitely something I have to look into.
   There's also a Flickr account with a couple of photos (which was tricky to set up, the Flickr guys kept deleting it because they think it is advertising our website (which is true :-)), this is not allowed by their terms and conditions. Not much happening there either.
   It is funny that you mention Twitter, too, because we use it whenever there is something to tell but a lot of people don't seem to notice the "Follow us" link at the bottom of each page. Maybe we need to find a more prominent place for it!?
   Anyway, thank you very much for mentioning us on your blog - we're kind of relying on people spreading the word at the moment!

   Posted 1 year ago
   

9. laughinguacamole
   
   Style Rookie

   Ok. I'm going to put up a post on cutoutandkeep.net.

   Posted 1 year ago
   

10. laughinguacamole
    
    Style Rookie

    I would agree that I feel a bit reluctant to post anything if it's toward the end of the month. Maybe the submission period could be for one month, and then the previous month's submissions could have a voting period of the current month. Then there would be still submissions and voting going on all the time. Also, then there wouldn't be an overflow of submissions and pattern-making-to-do for you guys, at least not more than there is now.

    Maybe? It's just a thought.

    Posted 1 year ago
    

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