Masquerade Ball Rules and Voting

Are you attending the Masquerade Ball??  Want to learn more about it?? All the rules and info you need. Hold onto your Broomstick cuz here we go!

This competition is all about creativity and your mad skills. Everyone loves a homemade costume.  Show your best and create something great. 

--Enter up to 2 costumes, new or old. It must be made by YOU. It does not have have to be your original idea or tutorial, and it doesn't matter if it was made with or without a pattern.  

-- Costumes do not have to be sewn.  They can be made of any materials you can find.

--FAMILY FRIENDLY costumes only.

-Costume must be 50% handmade. You may buy supplies or reuse old items to make your costume but the bulk must be produced via your handy work. Example: you are going to make a cowboy.  You buy or reuse jeans, t shirt and hat. You make the accessories. vest, chaps, holster, bandana and boot covers

--Entries will be accepted September 26th- October 20th in the form of a link party. 

--You can link your entry from your Blog or from your Flickr account.

--The Top 10 will be chosen by the Masquerade judges.  Judges will email me their Top 15 picks, and I will take the top 10.

--Big Tip: Take the very best pictures of your projects that you can!  Presentation always helps--This is not my favorite rule, but you must be a US citizen (or at least have a US shipping address) to enter. This is because the prize sponsors are only able to ship to a US address. Thanks for understanding!

--If you have a blog, please post the "I'm attending the Masquerade Ball" button on your sidebar and blog post!

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--To enter, you must be a follower of Free Time Frolics  via Facebook and RSS.

Voting
--The Top 10 will be chosen by the Masquerade judges.  Judges will email me their Top 15 picks, and the top 10 will be taken from their picks.

--Voting for the TOP 10 will be open from Monday 5pm -Saturday 5pm The "audience" (readers) will vote by poll.

--The top 10 Projects will be unveiled on Monday October 22nd by 5pm.  Each costume will then be open for voting.  They will not be linked to blogs or flicker accounts.  You are welcome to advertise your costume on your blog, Facebook, Google+ or Twitter to promote your costume. 
  
--Poll Daddy will be used to conduct the voting.Voting will close on Saturday October 27th at 5pm MST the winner will be announced October 29th by 12pm
Final voting breakdown will go as follows:
Poll daddy votes 60%
Judges final vote 40%

Judges will base there decision on:
Creativity
Presentation
Use of Materials

I hope all this is clear as Witches Brew! If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment. Others may have the same question.  Please come join us.  It will be so much fun!  I can't wait to see what you create.