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Monday, April 22, 2013

Winning PEEPs Contest Entry Honors Work of Habitat for Humanity

Winner Stacie Stamper: "Everybody has a way to give."

  The winner of the Patch Easter PEEPs contest is a diorama that shows a little marshmallow figure in a hard hat helping to build a home while other PEEPs cheer him (or her?) on.  The entry by Stacie Stamper honors the work of the Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore, which helps support the nonprofit’s mission to provide decent housing for low-income people around the world.  "That's so exciting. How fun is that?" Stamper said when she learned that her entry had won. Second place goes to Martin Burrow of Winder, who used jelly beans and a glass jar to create a colorful PEEPs floral arrangement. Stamper, a Duluth resident, is the donations coordinator for the Gwinnett Habitat ReStore in Lawrenceville. Habitat ReStores take donations of …

Jean H

10:13 am on Monday, April 22, 2013

Yeah Stacie & Ashley... and Restore! very creative!   more ›

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Last Chance to Vote for Your Favorite Easter PEEPs Creation

We have six finalists and now it's up to you to help us choose a winner and 2 runners up! You have until noon today to cast your ballot.

Friday, April 5, 2013

Vote Now for Your Favorite Easter PEEPs Creation

We have six finalists and now it's up to you to help us choose a winner and 2 runners up! You have until noon Sunday, April 7 to cast your ballot.

Monday, April 1, 2013

Vote for Your Favorite Easter PEEPs Creation

We have six finalists and now it's up to you to help us choose a winner and 2 runners up! You have until noon Sunday, April 7 to cast your ballot. (Larger versions of these images are in a gallery below this poll.)

Want to see even more inspired ideas using PEEPs? Check out these PEEPs creations. And please take a moment to post a comment below to tell us why you voted for a particular piece of PEEP art. Readers, if you're having trouble seeing the poll, your mobile device may be incompatible with this tool. Please come back when you're at a computer.

Debra Stewart

10:14 am on Sunday, April 7, 2013

The time is 10:13 AM. My vote is not being accepted. I wish to vote for Habitat Peeps.   more ›

Saturday, March 30, 2013

LAST CHANCE: Enter the Patch Easter PEEPs Contest!

If you've got a creative streak and a passion for PEEPs, enter Patch's Easter PEEPs contest for a chance to win a great prize package by March 31.

Monday, March 18, 2013

Enter the Patch Easter PEEPs Contest!

If you've got a creative streak and a passion for PEEPs, enter Patch's Easter PEEPs contest for a chance to win a great prize package.

PEEPS, those famously delicious and delightful marshmallow candies, aren't just for eating anymore. These days, crafty PEEPs creations are all the rage, from the White House front lawn, to re-creations of children’s books, historical settings and other unusual situations. Think you can invent something fun with PEEPs? Now's the time to show us that you are the most creative person in Georgia when it comes to using PEEPs as your medium! Enter Patch's Easter PEEPs photo contest. Here's how: Whether you enter the contest or not, Patch and the Peeps people want to offer you a discount on these colorful marshmallow treats. To get 20 percent off your order, go to peepsandcompany.com and use the promo code: PATCH. The discount is valid through …

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Check Out the Best “Decked” House in Cumming

You voted and this house in Cumming was the top local vote-getter in our Deck the House contest.

Who has the best “decked” house in Cumming? According to users who voted in our annual Deck the House contest, this home has the best holiday lights in Cumming. We had tons of national entries in this year’s Deck the House contest and in our quest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in the country, we’ve seen everything from a life-size Santa to holiday lights so bright they could blind the neighbors. We loved showcasing everyone’s holiday spirit, but Deck the House isn’t over yet. We’re still looking for the one home so spectacularly decorated that it could be the national grand prize winner of our contest. We will choose 24 finalists from all our entries across the country. From Dec. 18 - Dec. 27, vote for your favorite …

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Last Chance: Enter Our 'Deck the House' Contest

Show your holiday and school spirit by uploading a photo or video of your home to our contest page by 8 tonight.

Have you decorated the outside of your home for the holidays? Would you like to help Forsyth County schools? Show your holiday and school spirit by uploading a photo or video of your home to our contest page by 8 tonight. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. Remember, you can't win if you don't enter so snap a photo today and you might just be our lucky finalist. Don’t miss any Cumming news. Subscribe to Cumming Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Enter Patch's 'Deck the House' Contest For a Chance to Win $100,000

Have you decorated your house for the holidays yet? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!

We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page now through Dec. 16 to deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/Cumming. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. So, what are you waiting for? …

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Enter Patch’s Deck the House Contest for Your Chance to Win $100K for Forsyth Schools

Share your photos of your house decked out for the holidays, and enter to win $100,000 for Forsyth County Schools.

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