Winning Entires from Past Challenges

Due to January's upcoming "Rising Star Challenge," the moderators of the EtsyBeadweavers team have compiled all of the team's past challenge winners, in accordance with their theme, and whether they won by team vote or popular vote.

Etsy Beadweavers Challenge Themes History:
Month - Challenge - Fan Favorite - Team Winner
Dec 2012 - Emotional Roller Coaster
Nov 2012 - Circles and Squares - Reginao - KrisDesignFSP
Oct 2012 - Misty Winter's Dawn - AngelqueCreations - Haute Ice Beadwork
Sep 2012 - Lunar Obsession - KrisDesignFSP - KrisDesignFSP
Aug 2012 - Hot Hot Hot - Zviagil - Medic5415
Jul 2012 -Tangerine Tango - Daniellart - CrimsonFrog
Jun 2012 - Mystery - Carousell - KraftKonfessions
May 2012 - Nautical Inspired - Zviagil - CrimsonFrog
Apr 2012 - Seed Beads Only - FrancescasFancy - FrancescasFancy
Mar 2012 - Destinations - LostAloha - LostAloha
Feb 2012 - Nest - KrisDesignFSP - KrisDesignFSP
Dec 2011 - Arabesque Style - Bead4Me - AngelqueCreations
Nov 2011 - Totally Twisted - KrisDesignFSP - KrisDesignFSP
Oct 2011 - Inspired by Picasso - Pinararpaci - ThistleDew4U
Sep 2011 - Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, Oh My! - Vicus - Haute Ice Beadwork
Aug 2011 - Summer's Juicy Fruit - Budaikata - BohoDameDesigns
Jul 2011 - Sizzling Sunshine & Soothing Water - AnnaHatvani - FrancescasFancy
Jun 2011 - Heal the World - 4uidzne - TheBeadedBead

May 2011 - Lord of the Rings - chrysanthemumveil - Haute Ice Beadwork (our first team poll)
Apr 2011 - Spring Around the Corner - Annahatvani
Mar 2011 - Fashion Through the Ages - 4uidzne
Feb 2011 - Royalty Throughout Time - Bead4Me
Dec 2010 - Simon & Garfunkle: Songs of Inspiration - TrizDesigns
Nov 2010 - Holiday Treasure - CieloDesigns
Oct 2010 - Autumn Falling of Leaves - MadebyOlga
Sep 2010 - Bollywood - HauteIceBeadwork
Aug 2010 - Gold and Silver - Bead4Me
Jul 2010 - The Secret Garden - TreasureBead
Jun 2010 - Phenomenon - Bead4Me
May 2010 - Embedded Colors in the World of Insects - EnchantedBeads
Apr 2010 - Light as a Breeze - Bead4Me
Mar 2010 - A Fairy Tale - Bead4Me
Feb 2010 - Ocean/Sea - Lauralia
Dec 2009 - Peace and the Winter Olympics - ArtBeadwork
Nov 2009 - Beauty of the Flower - grakowski
Oct 2009 - Super Power Jewelry - SmadarsTreasure & AngelqueCreations (tie)

Sep 2009 - Indian Summer Dream - TrinityDJ
Aug 2009 - First Ladies of Style - StudioAnnieVeillete
Jul 2009 - Here Comes the Bride - KraftyMax
Jun 2009 - Humor - LiciaBeads
May 2009 - Hollywood Red Carpet - CieloDesigns
Apr 2009 - Time Machine - Beadsbyvezsuzsi
Mar 2009 - Temptations - RachelesOriginals
Feb 2009 - Tropical Holiday - BeadCatcher
Dec 2008 - Snow Queen - GypsyEyesJewelry
Nov 2008 - Ancestral Experssions - TrizDesigns
Oct 2008 - Animal Instinct - TrizDesigns & SmadarsTreasure
Sep 2008 - Complimentary Contradictions - Beadsandblooms
Aug 2008 - Art Deco - gemsbyjules
Jul 2008 - A Midsummer's Night Dream - sweetfreedom
Jun 2008 - Anything Goes - PinkPoochDesigns (2nd-winner left team)
May 2008 - The Food Chain - Enchanted Beads
Apr 2008 - Fire and Flowers - DantesSpirit
Mar 2008 - Stormy Weather - ThePreciousBeads
Feb 2008 - Spring Break - AnotherCountry
Dec 2007 - Red - Fennell Skellyman
Nov 2007 - Caught in a Net - MistyRidgeBeads

February 2013 Theme Announced: JAPAN

Kris from KrisDesignsFSP, internal vote winner of our November Circles & Squares" challenge has chosen the theme for our February 2013 challenge.

JAPAN

Japan has a most exciting culture. There is a distinct division between past and future: ancient traditional values with their strong rituals, art forms and language on one side, versus the crazy dazzling fashion modernity, neon colors, and plastic kitsch on the other side.

Pick ONE of these two styles to create a piece of jewelry that shows the important criteria needed to convey either the traditional or the modern Japan. OR: combine both styles into one piece accentuating the contrasts!

This is the theme for the February 2013 challenge - you have plenty of time, surpass yourselves! You can start your creation now Nov 25, 2012 and list in your shop by Feb 5, 2013. Please remember that if you list early to only use the EBWC tag after the January 2013 challenge has ended.

THE CHALLENGE RULES

Any EBW member may create one new beadweaving of your own design (not from a tutorial, kit, book, magazine, or class) in response to the challenge theme. Your work should be entirely beadwoven, or have a substantially woven component, to feature and promote our art form. You may not renew an existing piece, or list a tutorial or made-to-order item as an entry.

Members are expected to participate in challenges when possible, and required to do so once each year. Start the weaving anytime after the theme is announced. Complete and list the work for sale on Etsy by the 5th of the month of the challenge, before midnight Etsy (Eastern Standard) time. Your listing date is proof you entered by the deadline, and also determines your placement in the mosaic, so DO NOT RENEW your work until after the voting poll opens on the 9th.

Your listing must be for sale for the duration of the challenge (not made to order), unless it sells from your shop. If that happens, please alert the moderators to your sale, and you can still participate. If you must reserve your listing for purchase, please follow Etsy's recommendations and edit both your title and your description to begin with: "RESERVED FOR (buyer's Etsy username, or designation of buyer's choice) ONLY." Etsy does not allow the listing of items not for sale, so reserving your entry to sell elsewhere or keep for yourself is not permitted. Please do not put your shop on vacation mode when you have an item entered in the challenge, or deactivate your entry from the time you list, until the close of the challenge. If you must be away from your shop, please leave your challenge entry active, with a message explaining the date the item will shipped if purchased."

WHAT INFORMATION MUST BE IN MY LISTING?

Your listing must include the following four (4) things:
1. The theme of the challenge. For example, “This (describe your work) was created for the Etsy Beadweavers Team (insert the month) challenge on the theme (insert the title of the theme).”
2. An explanation of how your work relates to the theme.
3. The address of our team blog where the voting will take place and the voting dates. For example, “Please visit our team blog, http://www.etsy-beadweavers.blogspot.com between the 9th and 15th and vote for your favorite entry.”
4.Tag your entry EBWC. This is how we find your entry. Please test this tag by searching "handmade" and "EBWC" on Etsy. If your entry does not appear in this search within an hour after listing and tagging it, please contact a moderator for assistance. Please do not apply this tag until after the previous challenge poll closes on the 15th, and remove the tag after the voting poll closes, so entries for the next month’s challenge can be featured.

About Promoting the Public Voting Poll

The purpose of the public poll is to bring as many viewers to our team blog as possible, increasing awareness of Etsy Beadweavers and our art form. The winner of the public poll should be the work that the most viewers liked the best. PLEASE DO NOT request that your friends vote for your work, or that of another member. Please let them make up their own minds about which entry they like the best. Promote the challenge by inviting as many friends, acquaintances, co-workers and family members as you like to vote for their favorite entry. Please use your blog, Facebook, Twitter and any other resources you have to drive traffic to our blog during the challenge. Feel free to say which entry is yours. Many friends will choose to support you with a vote. Let’s play fair with each other, and keep our challenges fun for all.

Congratulations to the Winners of the November "Circles & Squares" Challenge

Congrautions to Regina of Reginao, winner of the popular vote for the November "Circles and  Squares" Challenge, with her Paua Abalone Shell Necklace receiving 83 votes (19%) of the 447 total votes.

Congraulations also go to the runners up as follows:

2nd place - Circles & Squares Necklace - KrisDesignFSP - 79 votes

3rd place - Geometrical necklace with ceramic beads - Svetush - 74 votes

4th place - Winter Colors - Vicus - 50 votes

5th place - Bead embroidered bracelet - crimsonfrog - 24 votes

6th place - Cowboy Geometry Necklace - thistledew4u - 19 votes

7th place - Circles on the Square - ArtfulAr - 13 votes

8th place - Circles and Squares 2-in-1 necklace - BeadCatcher - 11 votes
9th place - Colorful Geometric bracelet - MoonsafariBeads - 9 votes
10th place - Buckles, Bands and Bows Bracelet - barbaraellis - 7 votes

Congratulations also go to Kris of KrisDesignsFSP winner of the team vote.  Kris won her own theme and has the honors of presenting the theme for our Feburaury 2013 challenge.

Voting for November Challenge "Circles and Squares"

Kris, the winner of our September "Lunar Obsession" internal and popular votes chose the theme for November

Circles and Squares

Let´s play geometrically!

Compose circles and squares into new shapes, emphasize the contrast between round and angular, soft and hard.

There are no color restrictions but try to underline the contrast via your color choices.

Shapes are not intended to be achieved by the shape of a particular bead only, but by the shapes and patterns in your weaving/embroidery.

Voting starts November 9th - November 15th

Click on the images within or the links below the mosaic to see additional views and read about each piece in detail.

PLEASE VOTE ONLY ONCE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ENTRY

1. Gorgeous Geometric Beaded Bracelet - beadifuljewelry

2. Geometric Modern Beaded Bracelet - MegansBeadedDesigns

3. Halloween Jewelry Set for the Sophisticated Ghoul - ArtMasquerading

4. Circles on the Square - ArtfulAr

5. Times Square - 4uidzne

6. Kandinsky Inspired Cuff Bracelet - beadn4fun

7. Cherries in Chocolate - LeelaBeads

8. Squared Fire - Davianna

9. Colorful Geometric bracelet - MoonsafariBeads

10. Buckles, Bands and Bows Bracelet - barbaraellis

11. Fallen Leaves Bangle - CreationsofAgape

12. Circles and Squares in Rose and Silver - ThunderBoltBeadwork

13. Circles and Squares Beaded Necklace - nellienits

14. Bead embroidered bracelet - crimsonfrog

15. Circles & Squares necklace - KrisDesignFSP

16. Circles and squares pendant - suegoodebeads

17. Paua Abalone Shell necklace - Reginao

18. Circles and Squares set - AnnaCohen

19. Geometrical necklace with ceramic beads - Svetush

20. Winter colors - Vicus

21. Geometric games - BeadsForBeauty

22. Lace Rosette Necklace - SpringColors

23. Cowboy Geometry Necklace - thistledew4u

24. Art Deco Circles And Squares Bracelet - SallyGoRoundTheMoon

25. The Picture Frame - beadprestige

26. Hollywood Circles and Squares - KraftKonfessions

27. Festive Circles and Squares - jess2bead

28. Circles and Squares 2-in-1 necklace - BeadCatcher

About Promoting the Public Voting Poll

The purpose of the public poll is to bring as many viewers to our team blog as possible, increasing awareness of Etsy Beadweavers and our art form. The winner of the public poll should be the work that the most viewers liked the best. PLEASE DO NOT request that your friends vote for your work, or that of another member. Please let them make up their own minds about which entry they like the best. Promote the challenge by inviting as many friends, acquaintances, co-workers and family members as you like to vote for their favorite entry. Please use your blog, Facebook, Twitter and any other resources you have to drive traffic to our blog during the challenge. Feel free to say which entry is yours. Many friends will choose to support you with a vote. Let’s play fair with each other, and keep our challenges fun for all.