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Friday, December 28, 2012

May 2013 Theme Announced: "Hungarian Folk Art" Theme and Entries"

FABERGE EGG:

Gather ideas and inspiration from the Faberge eggs’ fine, meticulous elaboration and amazingly detailed lacy patterns.

HISTORY:

One day the Russian Tsar Alexander III. wanted to give something special to surprise his wife, Maria Fjodorovna for the occasion of Easter. For the noble purpose he asked the well-known jeweler Peter Carl FabergĂ© who made a specially crafted jewelry egg placing gold chick inside, diamond crown and a Ruby egg (unfortunately we only can read about them as they got lost in the storms of History). The Tsar and the Empress were so impressed and from that day on it become a habit to celebrate the resurrection of Christ by giving FabergĂ© Eggs. Master Faberge’s eggs were already legendary at that time, and now are considered precious treasures.

DOs and DON’Ts:

DO NOT post photos of Faberge eggs along with your work; It is copyright infringement. DO NOT Re-create a Faberge egg; This will result in disqualification. DO post a link to your source of inspiration in the description.

LINK:

Here is a link to get your creative juices flowing.

You may start your entry today December 28 and post to your shop by midnight March 5th Etsy time. Please do not tag your entry with EBWC until the February challenge is complete (February 16th)

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.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Congratulations to the Winner of the December "Emotional Rollercoaster" Challenge

Vicus won both our Team Vote and popular Blog Poll vote, with 112 voted for her very worthy entry "Hope."



Congratulations also to the runners up, who are as follows:

2nd Zviagil- "Emotional Roller Coaster" 88 votes
3rd TheSpecialCase- "Desire" 39 votes
4th ellimei- "Nostalgic Courage" 27 votes
5th AnnaCohen- "Pacification" 26 votes
6th RebeccasWell- "Joy to the World" 24votes
7th AngelqueCreations- "Envy" 23 votes
8th RadisteDesigns- "Bridal Bliss" 22 votes
9th Crimsonfrog- "Nostalgia" 18 votes
10th BarbaraEllis- "Purple Passion Potion Bottle" 10 votes

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Voting for December Challenge :Emotional Rollercoaster"



Marsha from HauteIceBeadwork, internal vote winner of our October 2012 "Misty Winter's Dawn" challenge selected the theme for our December 2012 challenge:


Emotional Roller Coaster 

Marsha's theme guidelines were as follows:

Find beady inspiration in a human emotion. Choose a feeling or state of being: joy, sorrow, cowardice, jealousy, anxiety, or anything that describes a powerful emotion. Create a beaded artwork that expresses your chosen emotion.

Think about the use of design elements as you work. Colors all have emotional connotations, and lines and textures do, too. You can use repetition, gradation, mass, scale and proportion, pattern, contrasts, balance or harmony, anything you can think of to make your work look and feel like your chosen emotion. Try to avoid using symbols, like a smiley face or emoticons.

The finished mosaic collection of our work will provide an "emotional roller coaster ride," a fast paced, whirlwind tour of feeling and sensation for our fans, as they view our many different interpretations of this theme. Remember to explain how you designed your work to demonstrate your chosen emotion in your description.

Voting for for this challenge  is on December 9th - 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. After the Assault: A Mother\ 2. Nostalgia - crimsonfrog 3. Transitions Freeform Bib Necklace - beadn4fun 4. The Rhythm of My Life - DowntheCopperLine 5. Hope  - Vicus 6. Balance - MoreThanSomewhat 7. Scarred - CreationsofAgape 8. Empty Portraits - KraftKonfessions 9. Desire - TheSpecialCase 10. Bridal Bliss - RadisteDesigns 11. Passion and Love - Maewa 12. Drama Queen - SpringColors 13. Hope for the best - BeadsForBeauty 14. Nostalgic Courage - ellimei 15. Euphoria Bracelet and Earrings Set - HauteIceBeadwork 16. Purple \"Passion\" Potion Bottle Necklace - barbaraellis 17. Pacification Aqua set - AnnaCohen 18. Emotional Roller Coaster - zviagil 19. Feelin\ 20. State of Bliss - 4uidzne 21. Envy - AngelqueCreations 22. JOY to the world - RebeccasWell 23. Holiday Joy - enchantedbeads  

1. After the Assault: A Mother's Heartbreak - ArtMasquerading

2. Nostalgia - crimsonfrog

3. Transitions Freeform Bib Necklace - beadn4fun

4. The Rhythm of My Life - DowntheCopperLine

5. Hope  - Vicus

6. Balance - MoreThanSomewhat

7. Scarred - CreationsofAgape

8. Empty Portraits - KraftKonfessions

9. Desire - TheSpecialCase

10. Bridal Bliss - RadisteDesigns

11. Passion and Love - Maewa

12. Drama Queen - SpringColors

13. Hope for the best - BeadsForBeauty

14. Nostalgic Courage - ellimei

15. Euphoria Bracelet and Earrings Set - HauteIceBeadwork

16. Purple "Passion" Potion Bottle Necklace - barbaraellis

17. Pacification Aqua set - AnnaCohen

18. Emotional Roller Coaster - zviagil

19. Feelin' Festive - MaryTDesigns

20. State of Bliss - 4uidzne

21. Envy - AngelqueCreations

22. JOY to the world - RebeccasWell

23. Holiday Joy - enchantedbeads

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

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

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

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.

Monday, November 19, 2012

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.


Wednesday, November 7, 2012

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

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.

Monday, October 22, 2012

December 2012 Theme Announced "Emotional Roller Coaster"

Marsha from HauteIceBeadwork, internal vote winner of our October 2012 "Misty Winter's Dawn" challenge has chosen the theme for our December 2012 challenge.


Emotional Roller Coaster


Find beady inspiration in a human emotion. Choose a feeling or state of being: joy, sorrow, cowardice, jealousy, anxiety, or anything that describes a powerful emotion. Create a beaded artwork that expresses your chosen emotion.

Think about the use of design elements as you work. Colors all have emotional connotations, and lines and textures do, too. You can use repetition, gradation, mass, scale and proportion, pattern, contrasts, balance or harmony, anything you can think of to make your work look and feel like your chosen emotion. Try to avoid using symbols, like a smiley face or emoticons.

The finished mosaic collection of our work will provide an "emotional roller coaster ride," a fast paced, whirlwind tour of feeling and sensation for our fans, as they view our many different interpretations of this theme. Remember to explain how you designed your work to demonstrate your chosen emotion in your description.

You may start your entry today October 21, and post to your shop by midnight December 5th Etsy time. Please do not tag your entry with EBWC until the November challenge is complete (November 16th).

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.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Congratulations to the Winners of the October "Misty Winter's Dawn" Challenge

Congratulations to AngelqueCreations for winning the Etsy Beadweavers Popular Vote with the piece Misty Morning Walk, with a total of 42 votes.


The runners up are as follows:

2nd place - Misty Shades of Teal by jewelrybyjane29 with 39 votes
3rd place - Misty Winters Dawn by lirigal with 34 votes
4th place - Dawn's Early Light by HauteIceBeadwork with 29 votes
5th place - Misty Winters Dawn by SashaSi with 26 votes
6th place - Misty Beadwoven Cuff by Crystalstargems with 22 votes
7th place - Misty Winters Dawn by SoulshineStudioCorningNY with 21 votes
8th place - Misty Dawn in Santa Lucia by Sobby with 19 votes
9th place - Misty Winters Dawn by ellimei with 18 votes
10th place - Wintr Necklace by Beadshead with 17 votes

Congratulations to Marsha from HauteIceBeadwork for winning the internal team voting with her piece Dawn's Early Light. Marsha will select the challenge theme for December.

Monday, October 8, 2012

Voting for the October Challenge "Misty Winter's Dawn"




Tracey, the winner of our August "HOT HOT HOT" internal vote chose  the theme for October


Misty Winter's Dawn



What are your favorite "Misty Winter’s Dawn" shades?

Set a Mood with this chance to explore a subdued and muted dawn-in-winter colour palette using tones such as: grey/white, blues/lilacs, pale oranges/yellows, deep greens/foggy greys. Try to achieve a pale, pastel, soft, foggy, muted, subtle and subdued look in your piece.

Feel free to google images to see how some muted and softer colours vary and shade together. My favorite photographs are grey/white tones. 


Voting starts October 9th - October 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. Wintr - beadshead 2. Opalite Misty Winter\ 3. Misty Mountain Morning - beadn4fun 4. Misty Winter\ 5. Dawn of Time - crownrosegems 6. Misty Shades of Teal - Jewelrybyjane29 7. Misty Winter Dawn - annamei 8. Misty Winter\ 9. Winter\ 10. Winter Mist Beaded Earrings - MegansBeadedDesigns 11. Winters Misty Dawn - Lirigal 12. Green Moss - ConniqueJewellery 13. Misty Winter Dawn collar - suegoodebeads 14. Sunrise Over the Mountains - TheBumbleBeader 15. October Morning - alterdeco 16. Dawn\ 17. Mistic - Kankou 18. Beaded Cuff Bracelet - randomcreative 19. Silvery Blush of Day - njdesigns1 20. Winter in the Fens - SallyGoRoundTheMoon 21. Misty Bead-woven Cuff - Crystalstargems 22. Misty Morning Walk - AngelqueCreations 23. Misty Winter\ 24. Misty Winter\ 25. Misty Winter\ 26. Winter Sunrise - HannahRachel 27. Rivoli Beadwoven Pink Grey Lace - SpringColors 28. Elegant winter necklace - AnnaCohen 29. Wintertide - BlissWorksStudio 30. Misty Dawn In Santa Lucia - Sobby 31. Inconnue - AnnetaValious 32. Hazy Sunrise - MaryTDesigns 33. A Misty Winter Wedding - backstagecrafts 34. Ribbons of Fog - FrancescasFancy 35. Misty Winter\ 36. Black snowflakes in the lights of streetlights - BeadCatcher 37. Snow in the Copse - KraftKonfessions

2. Opalite Misty Winter's Dawn - ArtMasquerading 
3. Misty Mountain Morning - beadn4fun 
4. Misty Winter's Dawn - SashaS
5. Dawn of Time - crownrosegems 
6. Misty Shades of Teal - Jewelrybyjane29 
7. Misty Winter Dawn - annamei 
8. Misty Winter's Dawn - ellimei 
9. Winter's Promise - barbaraellis 
10. Winter Mist Beaded Earrings - MegansBeadedDesigns 
11. Winters Misty Dawn - Lirigal 
12. Green Moss - ConniqueJewellery 
13. Misty Winter Dawn collar - suegoodebeads 
14. Sunrise Over the Mountains - TheBumbleBeader 
15. October Morning - alterdeco 
16. Dawn's Early Light - HauteIceBeadwork 
17. Mistic - Kankou 
18. Beaded Cuff Bracelet - randomcreative 
19. Silvery Blush of Day - njdesigns1 
20. Winter in the Fens - SallyGoRoundTheMoon 
21. Misty Bead-woven Cuff - Crystalstargems 
22. Misty Morning Walk - AngelqueCreations 
23. Misty Winter's Dawn - jess2bead
24. Misty Winter's Dawn - SoulshineCorningNY 
25. Misty Winter's Dawn - nellienits
26. Winter Sunrise - HannahRachel 
27. Rivoli Beadwoven Pink Grey Lace - SpringColors 
28. Elegant winter necklace - AnnaCohen
29. Wintertide - BlissWorksStudio 
30. Misty Dawn In Santa Lucia - Sobby 
31. Inconnue - AnnetaValious
32. Hazy Sunrise - MaryTDesigns 
33. A Misty Winter Wedding - backstagecrafts
34. Ribbons of Fog - FrancescasFancy 
35. Misty Winter's Dawn - elsielight
36. Black snowflakes in the lights of streetlights - BeadCatcher
37. Snow in the Copse - KraftKonfessions 


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.

Monday, October 1, 2012

January 2012 "Rising Star" Challenge

The moderator team has been bouncing around the idea of adding a January challenge that will be open only to those members who have not won a challenge in the past 3 years. This new challenge will have no theme and is open to any new work that is created from September 29, 2012 to January 5th, 2013*. This irregular challenge is proposed to be an addition to our regular monthly challenges but only open to those members that have not won one of the regular monthly challenges in the past three years.

Notes:
• Deadline for submission is Jan 5, 2013, midnight Etsy Time.
• Winner will be getting a donated goodie bag of beads & related items.

Rule Exception for the January Challenge Only:
• Only entries from members who have NOT won a challenge (public and internal polls) in the last 3 years (since Dec 2009)
• Item is ANY new beadwoven item made from Sept 29 until January 2013 and must be listed in members shop by January 5th 2013 midnight Etsy time.
• Entry must be new and has not been previously entered in a challenge.
• Entry must tagged with EBWC only after the December Challenge has finished (Dec 16th)

Challenge rules remain the same except as detailed above. (see below for the regular challenge rules)

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.

Monday, September 24, 2012

November 2012 Theme Announced "Circles and Squares"

Kris, internal and popular vote winner of our September 2012 "Lunar Obsession" challenge has chosen the theme for our November 2012 challenge.

CIRCLES & 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.

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.

Monday, September 17, 2012

Congratulations to the "Lunar Obsession" Challenge Winner

Congratulations to Kris of KrisDesignFSP for accruing the most popular AND internal team votes for her fantastic entry "WEREWOLF." The beadwoven pendant won with a total of 80 blog votes.

The runner ups are as follows:

2) Southern Night Necklace - Svetush - 72 votes.
3) Eclipse Bracelet and Ring - DebgerDesigns - 64 votes.
4) Bella Luna Lyric Cuff - thistledew4u - 55 votes.
5) Do wolves really howl at the moon - Lirigal - 38 votes.
6) Metallic Moonscape - Barbaraellis - 31 votes.
7) Moon in Lattice - AnnaCohen - 26 votes
8) TIE - By the Light of the Silvery Moon - JewelrybyJane29 and Silver Moonbeam Necklace - MaryTDesigns - 20 votes each.
9) Moon-inspired beaded bag - Suegoodebeads - 19 votes.
10) Celtic Knot Crescent Moon Hair Comb - AngelqueCreations - 18 votes.

Friday, September 7, 2012

Voting for September Challenge "A Lunar Obsession"


Kinga, winner of the July "Tangerine Tango" challenge, selected our September challenge theme. Because the farmer's almanac calls the full moon of September the Harvest Moon, she selected that this month's challenge creations be inspired by the moon.


While the entries do not have to depict the moon to qualify, they did need to draw inspiration from it.


Voting starts September 9th - September 15th, (See right side for poll which will be posted on the 9th.)


PLEASE VOTE ONLY ONCE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ENTRY


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


Sea of Tranquillity Necklace - PeregrineBeader Moon inspired beaded bag - suegoodebeads Moonrise - beadn4fun On a Moonlit Night - KellyJAngeley Moon in lattice - AnnaCohen It’s Just a Phase - RareSpecimens Lunar Landing - MayaMani Princess Luna Necklace - jess2bead Crescent Moon Glow Cuff - leslievcreations Moon Dance - justbrez BLUE MOON - ArtMasquerading Lunar Eclipse - MyAmari Do wolves really howl at the moon... - Lirigal Moon glow - FleurDeIrk Phases of the Moon - EsmerldasStudio MoonBeams Pendant - enchantedbeads Celtic Knot Crescent Moon Bead Embroidered Hair Comb - AngelqueCreations Harvest Moon Necklace - njdesigns1 Howling Full Moon Scarflet - FrancescasFancy If Crystals Were Craters, and Turquoise Was Blue Cheese - HauteIceBeadwork Eclipse Bracelet and Ring - DebgerDesigns By The Light of the Silvery Moon - Jewelrybyjane29 La Bella Luna - BlissWorksStudio Southern Night Necklace - Svetush Man in the Moon - ABeadedWorld Moon Drop - ByMaja Deco Lunar Obsession - alterdeco Lunula Necklace - DesignByMiSt Silver Moonbeam Necklace - MaryTDesigns WEREWOLF pendant - KrisDesignFSP Harvest Moon - TapestryBeadwork  Lunar Obsession Challenge - nellienits Silvered moonlight sonata necklace - daxdesigns Moon over Moominvalley  - ajBead Metallic Moonscape - barbaraellis Bella Luna Lyric Cuff - thistledew4u Space Invaders Cuff - SallyGoRoundTheMoon Lunar Labradorite bracelet - njema Once in a Blue Moon - 4uidzne I will give you the moon - AGEjewelry Moonlight blossom bracelet - BeadsForBeauty Moon and Sky Necklace - kuzmadesign Blue Moon - SpringColors

1. Sea of Tranquillity Necklace - PeregrineBeader

2. Moon inspired beaded bag - suegoodebeads

3. Moonrise - beadn4fun

4. On a Moonlit Night - KellyJAngeley

5. Moon in lattice - AnnaCohen

6. It’s Just a Phase - RareSpecimens

7. Lunar Landing - MayaMani

8. Princess Luna Necklace - jess2bead

9. Crescent Moon Glow Cuff - leslievcreations

10. Moon Dance - justbrez

11. BLUE MOON - ArtMasquerading

12. Lunar Eclipse - MyAmari

13. Do wolves really howl at the moon... - Lirigal

14. Moon glow - FleurDeIrk

15. Phases of the Moon - EsmerldasStudio

16. MoonBeams Pendant - enchantedbeads

17. Celtic Knot Crescent Moon Bead Embroidered Hair Comb - AngelqueCreations

18. Harvest Moon Necklace - njdesigns1

19. Howling Full Moon Scarflet - FrancescasFancy

20. If Crystals Were Craters, and Turquoise Was Blue Cheese - HauteIceBeadwork

21. Eclipse Bracelet and Ring - DebgerDesigns

22. By The Light of the Silvery Moon - Jewelrybyjane29

23. La Bella Luna - BlissWorksStudio

24. Southern Night Necklace - Svetush

25. Man in the Moon - ABeadedWorld

26. Moon Drop - ByMaja

27. Deco Lunar Obsession - alterdeco

28. Lunula Necklace - DesignByMiSt

29. Silver Moonbeam Necklace - MaryTDesigns

30. WEREWOLF pendant - KrisDesignFSP

31. Harvest Moon - TapestryBeadwork

32. Lunar Obsession Challenge - nellienits

33. Silvered moonlight sonata necklace - daxdesigns

34. Moon over Moominvalley - ajBead

35. Metallic Moonscape - barbaraellis

36. Bella Luna Lyric Cuff - thistledew4u

37. Space Invaders Cuff - SallyGoRoundTheMoon

38. Lunar Labradorite bracelet - njema

39. Once in a Blue Moon - 4uidzne

40. I will give you the moon - AGEjewelry

41. Moonlight blossom bracelet - BeadsForBeauty

42. Moon and Sky Necklace - kuzmadesign

43. Blue Moon - SpringColors