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Hundred for Halloween Lensmaking Challenge

katiyana by katiyana

This lens is to recognize the achievements of the Hundred for Halloween Challenge

First, a little bit of background.  Back in August, the Squidoo HQ put out a challenge to lensmasters to build enough lenses to qualify for "Giant Squid" Status.  When the challenge began it was 100 lenses.  Now a lot of people found that VERY daunting, and impossible to imagine.  After a little consideration, Squidoo HQ revised the goal down to 50 lenses (but they had to be GOOD lenses, not spamming stuff). 

So we're all building and editing and tweaking like crazy during August.

In early September the email went out announcing who had earned Giant Squid status.  I was one of the lucky ones who made it! 

But I didn't want to give up on the goal of having 100 lenses, so I decided on September 20th to start a 100 for Halloween challenge in the eBay Users forum over in Squidu.

I'm creating this lens to showcase the hard work of all of our winners for the Hundred for Halloween challenge.  Each successful Lensmaster will have a section dedicated to them, and their Lensographies (either Bio Page or Lensography lens if they have one) will be added to the Link List.  Hopefully we'll have a lot of Lensmasters to showcase for you here.



Setting goals like this in your Squidooing gives you a target to aim for, a way to pace yourself, and a fun way to learn a lot about your fellow lensmasters! Why don't you organize your own Lensbuilding Challenge?

Our first successful lensmaster is awelldressedbullet

Kathy hails from Spanish, Ontario, Canada and has an unique line of products, to say the least! I'll let you visit her eBay Store to learn more about her products. Kathy was already up to 116 lenses by October 15th - so she was WAY ahead of schedule, who knows where she'll end up by the Halloween deadline!

Kathy is also in charge of "The List" - lenses dedicated to lenses created by eBayers, and especially active members in the eBay Users forum over on Squidu.

Kudos to Kathy - and keep up the good work!

Here are some samples from awelldressedbullet's eBay listings

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Our next successful lensmaster is Lady_Gotrocks

A gem dealer from Connecticut, these are some of the most amazing lenses about gems I've ever seen - the pictures alone are enough to make your eyes pop, but she also provides some of the most educational lenses about gemstones that you'll ever find. Check out her eBay listings below to get an idea of how amazing her pictures are!

These are great resources for anyone who deals with jewelry or other items that would have gems in them.

She's done lenses on other topics too, of course, but you just HAVE to see one of her gemstone lenses to understand what a "gem" of a lensmaster she is. You can also visit her eBay store to see the variety of inventory she carries.

Here are some samples from Lady_Gotrock's eBay listings

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Next is yours truly, Katiyana!

I'm Stephanie, from Lincoln, Nebraska, and I got my 100th lens created on October 15th. It was my friendly lens buidling competition during the Giant Squid challenge that gave me the idea to start this challenge in the first place. It would have looked funny if I wasn't successful in my own challenge!!

My product lines are handmade doll clothes and handmade bear clothes, as well as trading card supplies. I used to sell Pokemon trading cards, and I'll still have a lot of lenses on that topic, even though I'm phasing out that part of my business.

Please visit my eBay Store to see more.

Here are some samples from katiyana's eBay store

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Our next winner is RMS!

RMS is a writer - not a seller - and her lensography shows her variety of lenses and her talents as a writer! The contest was held in the ebay Users forum but I didn't require you to be an eBay seller to participate.

So we've sort of adopted RMS into our forum, and congrats on making the goal!!

Next successful lensmaster is GypsyPirate!

Gypsy also has a wide variety of lenses covering a number of topics. You can tell she's got a wide range of interests by looking at her Lensography!

She doesn't have a SquidBids lens, so I dont know if she sells on eBay or not - she might be another one of those strays that we adopted into the forum. :)

Next on the list is 4deb!

Another user with diverse interests, 4deb successfully completed the challenge as well!

Links to the lenses of our Successful Lensmasters

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These are not in any particular order - I'm just putting them in order of successfully accomplishing the task.
Squidoo Lenses by A Well Dressed Bullet Headquarters
Squidoo Lenses by A Well Dressed Bullet
This is a list of all our Squidoo lenses, a way to keep track of how many lenses we do have, and to allow folks to view our lenses by category. Grab a cup of coffee, browse around, I know you will find something interesting, funny or something to buy for...
The Lenses of Lady_Gotrocks
Learn all about a variety of gemstones, as well as lots of SquidWho lenses about a variety of people who interest her.
Katiyana's Lenses
So here is my Lensography - where I have all of my lenses broken down by category. The majority are business related, but I have a lot of lenses I've done for fun too.
Lenses by rms
Hi. I'm rms and this is a lens about my lenses!I'm the contributing editor of both Fresh Cooking From Your Garden, and Creative Writing - Sell Your Fiction over at Garden and Hearth.I also write essays, short stories and on occasion a little poetry. I'm having a ball creating lenses.
The GypsyPirate Lensography
Well, here it is - welcome to proof of my addiction. Pull up a comfy chair and grab the beverage of your choice and I'll take you on a little tour of the world I have created (and my opinions on the things in it) here on Squidoo. Thanks for visiting, leave me a note, and be sure to stop back...
Squidoo : Lensmaster Page
Deb's profile page with links to her many lenses!

So who won the challenge?

In 1st place, with a total of 168 lenses, who grew by 143.5% during the contest is AWELLDRESSEDBULLET! *clap clap clap*

However, since bullet has generously offered to donate a PRIZE - she is ineligible for the prize, and it will go to the second place contestant.

In 2nd place, with a total of 110 lenses, who grew by 96.4% during the contest is LADY_GOTROCKS! Congrats Lady on winning your prize! You can contact bullet about collecting it, and I will email her directly to tell you are the winner.

In 3rd place, with a total of 107 lenses, who grew by 91.1% during the contest is GYPSYPIRATE! Aargh, matey, ya did good!

In 4th place, with 117 lenses, who grew by 67.1% during the contest is RMS!

In 5th place, with 106 lenses, who grew by 65.6% during the contest is KATIYANA!

In 6th place, with 119 lenses, who grew by 45.1% during the contest is 4DEB!

And I must say, and honorable mention must go to doug - he only ended up with 43 lenses, but grew by 437.5%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Honorable Mention:

(If I missed anyone, I apologize, just let me know and I'll add you to the list)

I want to thank those who participated, even if they didn't quite make the goal:

bcarter
dougeby (who started with only 8 - and ended up with an amazing 43!!)
ShawnsBidness
rejoicemusic
genglo

Help me congratulate the newest members of the 100 Lens Club

and thank you all for participating in my challenge, and helping ME meet the goal

I always find its easier to meet a goal when you've got others working towards it as well, and having all of you trying to do this too pushed me towards successfully achieving it.

Congrats to us all!

  • WayneDave Oct 22, 2011 @ 8:33 am | delete
    I like this idea, like this lens. Thanks a lot for sharing. Great work.
  • WayneDave Oct 22, 2011 @ 8:33 am | delete
    I like this idea, like this lens. Thanks a lot for sharing. Great work.
  • athomemomblog Sep 7, 2009 @ 4:49 pm | delete
    Very cool! I'm working hard on building up my lenses to 100, as well. So far I have 66 featured lenses and quite a few that are still in draft mode. You guys are inspiring me!
  • katiyana Nov 5, 2007 @ 4:39 pm | delete
    As you can see - the challenge has warped a few of our brain cells beyond the ability to function. But being addicted to Squidoo will do that to you!!
  • Lady_Gotrocks Nov 3, 2007 @ 2:08 pm | delete
    This was such a great contest! And so much fun!

    Ok so do we go for 500 by Christmas???

    Just kidding......well kind of...
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