July Challenge Theme-The Secret Garden

Congrats to Ileana from Enchanted Beads for winning last month's challenge and for being able to pick the July theme! She writes:

Thinking of a summer theme for our July Challenge, I am obsessing with beautiful flowers, magical gardens, sunny landscapes. Every artist has a secret garden, real or imaginary. A garden full of colors! Birds, butterflies, lizards could be guests as well. I am inviting you to stir up your imagination and to introduce your own secret garden to us. It would be even more exciting if you accompany your beautiful beadwoven creation with a picture that inspired you. Happy beading!You may start your entry today and must complete and list it by midnight Etsy time, July 5, 2010!

You may start your entry today and must complete and list it by midnight Etsy time, July 5, 2010!

Rules:
Any style, any technique with a majority of bead weaving is welcome. Pieces submitted for the challenges should be newly-created (by you - not from a pattern) between the date the challenge theme is announced and the 5th of the month when it is due. Do not renew an existing or expired listing for the challenge.

ONE only entry allowed per EBW Member.

The piece MUST be created between now and July 5, 2010.

See our Challenge FAQ here for all of the details on the rules of our challenges.

May Challenge Winner-Embedded Colors in the World of Insects

Congrats to Ileana from Enchanted Beads with 20% of the vote for the win for this month's challenge!!!!

The Runner's-up are as follows:
18. Monarch-Butterfly Sculptural Beadwork Necklace - bead4me 101 (16%)
9. Dazzling Dragonfly Necklace Choker - crystalwonders 86 (14%)
24. Purple Crystal Jewelry Butterfly Wings - SpringColors 37 (6%)
16. Hewittson's Blue Hairstreak Butterfly Necklace - gypsyeyesjewelry 35 (5%)
11. Along the Garden Walk - BeadazzledofOregon 29 (4%)
21. Free Spirit Monarch Cuff Bracelet - GoodQuillHunting 26 (4%)
22. Hajari Art Necklace - Hokaiye 26 (4%)
3. Twirling Ladybugs - sagescupboard 21 (3%)
15. HUNKY CHUNKY - crownrosegems 19 (3%)

Thank you goes to all our gorgeous entries and to our voters! We really appreciate your participation!
Our next challenge is Phenomenon and voting will begin for that on June 9, 2010.

May Challenge-Embedded Colors in the World of Insects

This theme was chosen by Isabella, beads4me, the Winner of our April Challenge. To best decide the Winner, you can click on their links below the image. You can vote on your Favorite from May 9th to May 15th.

Many colors embedded in the world of insect. The insect has beautiful integrated colors, although they are tiny, their world is huge.
The fashion world sometimes makes the connection between them and other fields in our life and the results are always amazing and overwhelming.
The final school project of my daughter, Shani Lam, is a source of inspiration for me in designing beaded jewelry.
The idea of creating something with tiny raw materials with which we design is my theme for the May 2010 EBWC challenge.

1. Tanemahuta - beadmiracle
2. Honeybeads Bracelet - LaBellaJoya
3. Twirling Ladybugs - sagescupboard
4. Red Banded Hairsteak Butterfly - Jewelrybyjane29
5. Butterfly - annbooth9
6. My DragonFly Necklace - TerriFayeJewelry
7. Spring Butterfly Pendant - nemeton
8. Ladybug Lane Beadwoven Bracelet - njdesigns1
9. Dazzling Dragonfly Necklace Choker - crystalwonders
10. Ladybug, Ladybug Bracelet - MaryTDesigns
11. Along the Garden Walk - BeadazzledofOregon
12. Nature's Jewel Necklace - windyriver
13. Shades of Green Bracelet - Starwaves
14. Butterfly Beauty - ArtfulAr
15. HUNKY CHUNKY - crownrosegems
16. Hewittson's Blue Hairstreak Butterfly Necklace - gypsyeyesjewelry
17. Dragonfly's Playground Beaded Sculpture - HannahRachel
18. Monarch-Butterfly Sculptural Beadwork Necklace - bead4me
19. Bee My Honey - enchantedbeads
20. Monarch butterfly necklace - BrightB
21. Free Spirit Monarch Cuff Bracelet - GoodQuillHunting
22. Hajari Art Necklace - Hokaiye
23. Damsel Fly - KRDesigns11
24. Purple Crystal Jewelry Butterfly Wings - SpringColors
25. Ladybug in Red Necklace - FrancescasFancy
26. Dragonfly Dreams - greendragon9
27. A Taste Of Honey Bracelet - tenstoreylovesong
28. Butterfly Rainbows - daxdesigns

Thank you Ann of Francesca's Fancy for making this mosaic for us!!!