{"id":43751,"date":"2016-01-27T12:05:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=43751"},"modified":"2016-03-10T11:23:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T16:23:00","slug":"instagram-challenge-outside-your-winter-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2016\/instagram-challenge-outside-your-winter-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram Challenge: OUTSIDE YOUR WINTER WINDOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/winterwindow-square.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/winterwindow-square.jpg\" alt=\"Instagram Challenge | Outside Your Winter Window | UncommonGoods\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The next Instagram Challenge theme is OUTSIDE YOUR WINTER WINDOW.\u00a0\u00a0We did a little something different when deciding which photo to use to promote this contest. I tried to picture what winter looked like outside the windows of my past, but as a native Floridian turned New Yorker, my mind kept shifting between palm trees and piles of dirty city snow. We talked about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/search.html\/find\/?q=snow+globes&amp;sp_cs=UTF-8&amp;source=blog_instagramchallenge_winterwindow\" target=\"_blank\">snow globes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/snow-gauge?source=blog_instagramchallenge_winterwindow\" target=\"_blank\">snow gauges<\/a>, and <a title=\"Starry Night Brooklyn Bridge | UncommonGoods\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/starry-night-brooklyn-bridge?source=blog_instagramchallenge_winterwindow\" target=\"_blank\">starry landscapes<\/a>. \u00a0We imagined deer roaming through a winter wonderland. Ultimately, these abstract perspectives of what this season looks like inspired us to use artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/artist?22300\" target=\"_blank\">Ren\u00e9e Leone&#8217;<\/a>s vibrant piece <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/blizzard?source=blog_instagramchallenge_winterwindow\" target=\"_blank\">Blizzard<\/a>.<\/em> This image\u00a0illustrates\u00a0her perspective on winter in Chicago, specifically from North Avenue Beach and Lake Shore Drive.\u00a0Through geometric patterning,\u00a0she created a personal portrait that not only\u00a0depicts what she saw in this particular location, but also\u00a0what she felt.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s your home, your office, or the window seat of an airplane, we want to see what winter looks like outside your windows!\u00a0<strong>While sharing your photos, be sure to use the hashtag #UGInstaFun to be in the running for a $50 gift card.<\/strong> Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/uginstafun\/\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>to see the creative entries we\u2019ve received so far.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/americanologists\/\" target=\"_blank\">@americanologists<\/a> who won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/2016\/instagram-challenge-community\/\" target=\"_blank\">Community Instagram Challenge<\/a> with this universal message: &#8220;A community of friends can last a lifetime.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BAnjQpjRBDV\/?taken-by=americanologists\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/community-winner.jpg\" alt=\"Instagram Challenge Winner | Community | UncommonGoods\" width=\"570\" height=\"559\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether it&#8217;s your home, your office, or the window seat of an airplane, we want to see what winter looks like outside your windows. While sharing your photos, be sure to use the hashtag #UGInstaFun to be in the running for a $50 gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":43752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[651,1284,1989],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43751"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44939,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43751\/revisions\/44939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}