Contests
Tell us why you #lovetoweave and win engraved heart clips!
The wooden clips on Mirrix Looms are used to hold the warping bar while warping as well as the shedding device if that is being used.
In honor of Valentine’s Day we are giving away a pair of custom engraved heart clips.
If you win and have a Mirrix already, you can take off your old clips and replace them with these. If you want to buy a new Mirrix, we’ll throw in $25 off a Mirrix Loom (in addition to the custom clips) for the winner.
To win, post on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook telling the world why you love to weave and using the hashtags #lovetoweave and #mirrixlooms. Make sure the post is set to “public” if you are posting on Facebook and your Twitter or Instagram accounts are not private. Otherwise, we will not be able to find it. Both hashtags must be used.
Here are some examples:
I #lovetoweave because it gives me a creative outlet. #mirrixlooms #weaving #loomlove
I #lovetoweave late at night when my kids are in bed. It’s the #metime I need with my #mirrixlooms Zach Loom.
I haven’t done much weaving, but I have my eye on a #mirrixlooms Lani Loom and I know I am going to #lovetoweave.
Be funny, heartfelt, silly… whatever works for you.
We’ll choose our favorite post on February 17th. Get posting, we can’t wait to hear why you #lovetoweave!
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Mirrix Tapestry & Bead Looms Like My Mirrix Contest Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS IS REQUIRED.
1. Eligibility: Employees, officers and directors (and their immediate families) of Mirrix Tapestry & Bead Looms, their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agencies are not eligible.
2. Open to U.S., Canadian, Australian and E.U. residents over the age of 18.
3. Winner will be chosen based on creativity and originality.
4. Entry Restrictions. Limit one (1) entry per person.
5. FORCE MAJEURE. If, for any reason, the contest (or any part thereof) is not capable of running as planned by reason of computer virus, bug, system malfunction, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, fire, flood, storm or other natural cataclysm, riot, strike, civil commotion, governmental regulation or any other causes beyond the control Mirrix Tapestry & Bead Looms which, in its sole opinion, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the contest (or any part thereof), Mirrix Tapestry & Bead Looms reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest and select the prize winner in a manner which is fair, equitable and in accordance with these Official Rules.
6. DISPUTE RESOLUTION/GOVERNING LAW. To the fullest extent permitted by law, by participating in the contest, you agree that: (a) any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these Official Rules or this contest shall be filed exclusively in the federal or state courts of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire and you hereby consent and submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action; (b) any such action shall be resolved individually, NOT as part of a class action; (c) any claims/judgments/awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred (if any), but NOT attorneys’ fees. These Official Rules and this Sweepstakes shall be governed by the internal, substantive laws of the State of New Hampshire.
7. Contest ends February 17th, 2017.
Contests, Customer Stories, Tapestry Weaving
Customer Project Feature: Iowa Aerial Map by Kaleigh Everding
In June we asked our community to submit ideas of what they would weave on their Mirrix Loom if they were given some hand-painted silk. We then choose three people to get free silk with which they could try out their ideas. Here is the final project from one of the winners, Kaleigh Everding.
Here was her idea: “I have been contemplating what to start for my next project and I am very interested in working with geometric designs. Everything I have worked on for the past 4 years has been very fluid and curved, so I want to give a try at something new! I have come across some aerial maps of the eastern Iowa countryside where I call home right now. I would use the maps as a guide to create a geometric design and use the silk to blend and define different areas of the final cartoon. In two months, my husband and I will be moving to Utah, so it would be great to weave something that can remind us of where we grew up and met.”
When I read Kaleigh’s description I had a picture in my head of what the mid-west looks like from an airplane; blocks of brown and green and fields and houses and barns and swimming pools. The final project is truly a wonderful representation of that image. Her use of color and technique (has there ever been a better use for pick and pick?) is spot-on. I could stare at this for ages (actually, I have been…)
Her pieces was 21″ x 13.5″ and the silk was used to mark homesteads on the “map”.
Here is the final project.
Contests, Customer Stories
Customer Project Feature: Garden of Elivis by Felicitas
In June we asked our community to submit ideas of what they would weave on their Mirrix Loom if they were given some hand-painted silk. We then choose three people to get free silk with which they could try out their ideas. Here is the final project from one of the winners, Felicitas Sloves!
Here was her idea: “With the hand painted silk yarn, I would weave a tapestry using found materials. With the silk yarn being the primary yarn in the project, it will be interwoven with objects such as small pieces of mica, agate slices, bits of fused glass and whimsical items such as pieces of vinyl records and their labels, thin strips of cardboard packaging from beer cartons and cereal boxes, t-shirt strips and dried stalks/leaves from my garden. I know this sounds like one hot mess, but my goal would be a finished tapestry that would be a textural landscape woven with hand dyed silk and incorporated with found materials.”
While we weren’t sure what the final piece would look like, we looked forward to what Felicita would pull out of her bag of sundry tricks. She did NOT disappoint! The final weaving was a seamless combination of materials. From concept to execution, Felicita went on a fascinating journey which really spoke to her theme of “A Garden of Elvis.” We would love to see more of her fantastical creations! So slow down and really carefully examine every detail in her tapestry. She breaks a lot those strict tapestry rules and yet she does it with such skill and thoughtfulness that it completely works. I guess that’s what we loved best about this piece: it was imagined, it was very much off the beaten path and it totally worked!
Contests, Uncategorized
Buy a Loom and Get a Chance to Receive $50 Back in Store Credit
Between August 19th and September 1st, for every 15 looms we sell (on www.mirrixlooms.com) we will choose one customer who purchased a loom during that time period to receive a $50 credit to the Mirrix Store.
This means when you purchase a loom, you have a very good chance of getting $50 extra to spend in the Mirrix Store on kits, accessories and more!
Terms and conditions:
Anyone who purchases a loom (including Craftsy looms and loom packages) retail from mirrixlooms.com between August 19th, 2015 and September 1st, 2015 (ET) will get ONE chance to win per loom purchased.
We will randomly choose one winner for every 15 looms we sell.
Winner/s will be emailed on September 2nd.
Contests
Silk Ideas
We have chosen the recipients of free hand-painted silk for our mini contest (click here to learn more about this). We were going to only choose two, but had such a hard time deciding that we chose three. Felicitous, Kaleigh and Pinar are our winners. Thank you to everyone who entered!
We can’t wait to see what these three lovely ladies create!
Here are their ideas:
Felicitas:
“With the hand painted silk yarn, I would weave a tapestry using found materials. With the silk yarn being the primary yarn in the project, it will be interwoven with objects such as small pieces of mica, agate slices, bits of fused glass and whimsical items such as pieces of vinyl records and their labels, thin strips of cardboard packaging from beer cartons and cereal boxes, t-shirt strips and dried stalks/leaves from my garden. I know this sounds like one hot mess, but my goal would be a finished tapestry that would be a textural landscape woven with hand dyed silk and incorporated with found materials.”
Pinar:
“I had the pleasure of hosting Sara Lamb for our weaver’s guild back in October. She taught me how to weave knotted pile. If I had the silk, I’d like to use my 12″ little guy Mirrix to weave a small knotted pile panel to incorporate into a woven purse or perhaps a wall hanging. It will either be a spiral galaxy / astronomy design or a traditional Turkish kilim motif (since that’s where I was born).”
Kaleigh:
“I have been contemplating what to start for my next project and I am very interested in working with geometric designs. Everything I have worked on for the past 4 years has been very fluid and curved, so I want to give a try at something new! I have come across some aerial maps of the eastern Iowa countryside where I call home right now. I would use the maps as a guide to create a geometric design and use the silk to blend and define different areas of the final cartoon. In two months, my husband and I will be moving to Utah, so it would be great to weave something that can remind us of where we grew up and met.”
Contests, Uncategorized
What Can You Create With Hand-Painted Silk? (Part 2)
Earlier this year we had a little contest where we asked customers to come up with ideas for Mirrix-woven pieces incorporating our hand-painted silk. We then chose two people to whom we gave free silk to go forward with their ideas. We were blown away by the incredible pieces our winners Julie and Debbie made and we’ve decided to run the same contest again.
Here are the pieces from last time (click here to learn a little more about each one):
Fish Tapestry by Julie Lipscomb Atkinson
Travel Pouch by Debbie Thompson
Here are the details: On June 10th we will choose two Mirrix customers to give free hand-painted silk (6 skeins) t0. In exchange, we ask those customers to share with us what they make with the silk so we can share their work with the rest of you!
We are looking for fun, creative projects. You may use any other materials in your project (whatever you want!) and techniques other than weaving, as long the majority of the project is woven.
Email me (elena@mirrixlooms.com) with a few sentences describing what you’d like to make with the silk. Also note which size loom you’ll be using and give your full name and mailing address.
On Wednesday June 10th, 2015 we will choose two people to send the silk to, based on your plans to use the silk. We will then send those people silk.
Sometime in the next two months, we will feature the projects that each customer makes with their silk on our blog!
The Fine Print (that you should really read):
By entering, you agree to make a project using the silk you are given before July 18th, 2015. You also agree to send us (high quality) pictures and information about the project. You agree to let us use those photographs on our blog, website and social media sites. We will, of course, attribute your work to you.
Contests
Instagram Contest Winner!
Congratulations to @multiplecities for winning our first ever Instagram contest (click here to learn more about this contest)!
Check out her #ideserveamirrix piece below. Don’t follow us on Instagram yet? Click the button below.
Contests, Uncategorized
Our First Instagram Contest -extended to 5/29
A winner has been chosen!
Click here to see who won!
1. Follow Mirrix on Instagram @mirrixlooms
You may also want to follow our CEO, Claudia @claudiamirrix
2. Tag Mirrix (@mirrixlooms ) in a photo of a piece of fiber or bead art you have made and tag the photo with the hashtag #ideserveamirrix
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An Easter Egg Hunt
This promotion has ended.
The 12″ Little Guy Loom loves playing hide and seek. Today, he’s hiding in an eggshell somewhere on the Mirrix Looms website. If you can find him, you’ll also find a discount code that can be used today only!
Here are the details:
What to do: Find a 12″ loom-in-an-egg in the store section of the Mirrix website. It is the same image as the one you see here.
What you’ll get when you find the loom-in-an- egg: You’ll see a coupon code that you can use for any item in our store for today only.
Happy (or should we say, hoppy) searching!
Contests, Uncategorized
And The Winner Is…
At the beginning of March we launched a contest trying to find the member of our Facebook Group with the highest Eigenvector Centrality in March (Have no idea what that means? Check out the contest guidelines here.)
We calculated the data, made the graph and have our winner! Note that some people did not enter (or reneged their entries) to the contest. Special shout out to Susan Murry, who helped to make this contest what it was. Her graph is below.
Susan Murry’s graph (highlighted in red)