<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Hobo Std',sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_hve3bh300_14615af8e00758cf" width="455" height="324.1503267973856"><br>Invention and Upcycling Contest Rules</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Because invention honors Davis
creators and </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Upcycling is the treasure hunt of
going green!</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Who may enter?</span></b> Anyone who has a local invention, robot, 3D
printed item, piece of renovated furniture, refashioned fashion, upcycled
jewelry, or anything found, fun, and redone.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">How to enter?</span> </b>Send an email to <a href="mailto:squareTcrafts@gmail.com">squareTcrafts@gmail.com</a>. (If you are roadkill on the information
superhighway, phone, 758-4903.) List the
following: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li>your name<br></li><li>your entry (invention, invention, furniture, clothing) <br></li><li>display space needed (clothes rack, table, floor space)<br></li><li>optional (send us a jpg) and we’ll post it online.<br>
</li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Upcyclers bringing furniture must be responsible for taking
it home after the fair and must give proof of their home address. Inventors with items too large to display can
bring a photo. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">When?</span></b> Bring your entry to Central Park, fair day
Sunday June 1<sup>st</sup> at 9 am.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">What is Square Tomatoes?</span> </b>Square Tomatoes is a crafts fair in
Central Park on the first Sunday of the month from 11 to 4. We have live jazz for dancing and over 40
food and craft vendors. Our 2014 fairs
are as follows: June 1, July 6, Aug 3,
Sep 7, Oct 19, Nov 2, Nov 16, Nov 30, Dec 14.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Lost for ideas?</span> </b>Fear not, upcycling is fun and saves
money. Take a look at the examples on
the following websites. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/sallyozma/upcycled/">http://www.pinterest.com/sallyozma/upcycled/</a> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> (Upcycled
furniture, jewelry, and kitchen scraps upcycled into vegetables)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/sallyozma/refashioned/">http://www.pinterest.com/sallyozma/refashioned/</a> (Refashioned clothes)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/sallyozma/invention-upcycling-contest/">http://www.pinterest.com/sallyozma/invention-upcycling-contest/</a>
(Sponsors and entries)<b></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">What’s happening on Invention and
Upcycling Day?</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li>Over 40 food and craft vendors and jazz for dancing,<br></li><li>A display and vote for the contest entries,<br></li><li>An idea board with images to awaken sleeping tinkers, upcyclers,
and inventors, <br></li><li>Inventors’ café with comfy chairs, discussion, and coffee,<br></li><li>“A Rhapsody in Redo”—fearless furniture wizards take second
hand to the outer limits,<br></li><li>Scissors Wizards Clothing Clinic, where wizards help guests
redesign of clothes.<br></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Resources:</span> </b>The following sponsors have idea books or
displays where you can see photos of upcycled and refashioned items. Hibberts Lumber, SPCA Thrift, Boheme Thrift
Store, Aggie Reuse, Common Grounds Coffee.
Square Tomatoes also thanks the Chamber of Commerce, Cool Davis, and the
Sierra Club Yolano Group for sponsoring this contest.</p>
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