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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

March 2014 "Am I Blue?" Challenge Theme Announced

Are You Blue? 


Use Aquamarine (March's birthstone), or use Turquoise or use Tanzanite; use the colors individually, or two of the colors together or better yet...all three together, because the more Blue, the better! For tons of inspiration, please check out Raven's blog here: http://tattoooedraven.blogspot.com/2013 ... d431eb9882


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, December 17, 2013

December "Out of this World" Winner

Exotic Alien Skin by tattooedraven

 Congratulations to tattoedraven December Challenge Winner of both the Internal Team vote and the Blog Vote! Raven's piece, "Exotic Alien Skin Bracelet," won the Team vote with 11 votes, and the Blog vote with 66 votes! Here are the results of the rest of the voting:

Blog Vote:
2nd place - rill with "Draco Necklace" - 53 votes
3rd place - beadn4fun with "Navigating the Planets Steampunk Style Necklace" - 29 votes
4th place - svetush with "Ethereal Flower ArtGlass Necklace" AND BenitaStyleBG with "Lunar Path Necklace" - 24 votes each
5th place - RattleTattleAround with "UniversAll Necklace" - 21 votes
6th place - Angelque Creations with "The Red Planet Mars Necklace" - 19 votes
7th place - enchantedbeads with "Eye Obsession Evil Eye Cuff" - 14 votes
8th place - suegoode with "Beaded Planet Brooch" AND MaryTDesigns with "Otherworldly Bangle Cuff" AND StudioNKM with "Glam Alien Woman Pin and Earrings Set" - 12 votes each
9th place - WizardIslandDesigns with "Starry Night Tiara" - 11 votes
10th place - HauteIceBeadwork with "Klingon Courtship Necklace" - 10 votes


Team Vote:
2nd place - rill with "Draco Necklace" - 10 votes
3rd place - RattleTattleAround with "UniversAll Necklace" AND beadsandblooms with "Dark Side of the Moons Bib Necklace" AND BenitaStyleBG with "Lunar Path Necklace" - 4 votes each
4th place - suegoode with "Beaded Planet Brooch" AND Hapwardare with "Stargate Address to Kheb Choker" AND WizardIslandDesigns with "Starry Night Tiara" - 3 votes each
5th place - beadn4fun with "Navigating the Planets Steampunk Style Necklace" AND HauteIceBeadwork with "Klingon Courtship Necklace" - 2 votes each


CONGRATULATIONS to ALL who entered!! Also, congratulations to Ewa of Maewa who SOLD her challenge entry piece, "Eclipse of the Sun Brooch" during the Challenge! Challenges are great for bringing traffic to our Etsy shops!

Friday, December 6, 2013

Voting for the December "Out of this World" Challenge

Choose your favorite "Out of this World" entry from the images and links below, and vote for it on the blog poll on the right sidebar. Voting will occur from December 9th through the 15th.




Click on the images or links below to learn more about each entry and see larger, detailed images of each piece.

PLEASE VOTE ONLY ONCE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ENTRY.
 
1. STAR - ArtMasquerading 2. Soleil - ABeadedWorld 3. Galaxy Earrings - TerahClassyCreations 4. Cyberpunk Machine Eyes Bracelet - MegansBeadedDesigns 5. UniversAll - RattleTattleAround 6. The Unicorn's Heart - PlumidiaCollection 7. Planet Beaded Brooch - suegoode 8. The Red Planet Mars - AngelqueCreations 9. Dark Side of the Moons - beadsandblooms 10. Eye Obsession - enchantedbeads 11. Navigating the Planets - beadn4fun 12. Other-Worldly Bangle Cuff - MaryTDesigns 13. Fiery Phoenix Wing - gypsyeyesjewelry 14. Stargate Address to Kheb Choker Necklace - Hapwardare 15. Ethereal Flower Art - Svetush 16. Exotic Alien Skin - tattooedraven 17. Crystal Planets - Beadflowers 18. Starry Night Tiara - WizardIslandDesigns 19. Klingon Courtship Set - HauteIceBeadwork 20. Glam Alien Woman Pin & Earring Set - StudioNKM 21. Psalm 12 - 22. United Federation of Planets Necklace - thistledew4u 23. Lunar path - BenitaStyleBG 24. ECLIPSE of the SUN - Maewa 25. Orbiting Sun - LeelaBeads 26. Beaded Rivoli Earrings - lostaloha 27. Draco - rill 28. Cosmic Landscape - alterdeco 29. Faeries Realm - SpringColors Image Map
1. STAR - ArtMasquerading | 2. Soleil - ABeadedWorld | 3. Galaxy Earrings - TerahClassyCreations | 4. Cyberpunk Machine Eyes Bracelet - MegansBeadedDesigns | 5. UniversAll - RattleTattleAround | 6. The Unicorn's Heart - PlumidiaCollection | 7. Planet Beaded Brooch - suegoode | 8. The Red Planet Mars - AngelqueCreations | 9. Dark Side of the Moons - beadsandblooms | 10. Eye Obsession - enchantedbeads | 11. Navigating the Planets - beadn4fun | 12. Other-Worldly Bangle Cuff - MaryTDesigns | 13. Fiery Phoenix Wing - gypsyeyesjewelry | 14. Stargate Address to Kheb Choker Necklace - Hapwardare | 15. Ethereal Flower Art - Svetush | 16. Exotic Alien Skin - tattooedraven | 17. Crystal Planets - Beadflowers | 18. Starry Night Tiara - WizardIslandDesigns | 19. Klingon Courtship Set - HauteIceBeadwork | 20. Glam Alien Woman Pin & Earring Set - StudioNKM | 21. Psalm 12 - "The sun shall not harm you by day, nor the moon by night." - wanderware | 22. United Federation of Planets Necklace - thistledew4u | 23. Lunar path - BenitaStyleBG | 24. ECLIPSE of the SUN - Maewa | 25. Orbiting Sun - LeelaBeads | 26. Beaded Rivoli Earrings - lostaloha | 27. Draco - rill | 28. Cosmic Landscape - alterdeco | 29. Faeries Realm - SpringColors |

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

February 2014 "Warmth" Challenge Announced

Ann and Kinga, our two Internal Vote winners of the Picture Postcard Palette challenge, have decided on our new theme! Here it is:

Warmth

As the wind blows the snow around outside, and ice covers the world, humans retreat into warm places by their fires, under blankets made of wool, while animals outside use fallen leaves as blankets. Some hibernate in groups, their breathing slowing down huddled together in a furry pile, and as for us humans, we grab a cup of tea or hot chocolate with marshmallows, put on wool socks or sheepskin slippers, comfy sweaters and blankets, and enjoy the feeling of warmth, coziness, that is the sweetest when you know there is bone chilling cold outside.

Think flames, ember and ashes, think wool, fleece and fur, warm things for the tummy and warm things for the soul.

Think of whatever it is that makes you feel warm on a long February night, and turn it into a cozy warm beaded piece.

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.

January 2014 "Rising Star" Challenge

January 2014 will be our second Rising Star Challenge! If you have entered a challenge in the past 3 years but have not won, then you are welcome to submit an entry for this challenge. There is no theme so any work that was created starting November 19, 2013 (when the theme was first announced) and listed in your Etsy shop by January 5, 2014 can be an entry. So time to get cracking and finish one of those UFW and submit. If you have won either a team vote or a public vote then you are not eligible to enter. Below is the winners list:

3 Years of Wonderful Winners:
Etsy Beadweavers Challenge Themes History
Month - Challenge - Fan Favorite - Team Winner
Jan 2014 - Rising Star
Dec 2013 - Out of this World - TBA
Nov 2013 - Picture Postcard Palette - crimsonfrog & FrancescasFancy (tie) - crimsonfrog
Oct 2013 - The Beauty of Geometry - WizardIslandDesigns - ZviaGil
Sep 2013 - My Favorite Song - HauteIceBeadwork - rill
Aug 2013 - Ocean Adventure - TheVerdantEdge - TheVerdantEdge
Jul 2013 - Beautiful Summer Flowers - Angelquecreations - bead4me
Jun 2013 - June Bride - beadsforbeauty - jade butterfly
May 2013 - Hungarian folk Art - Maewa - Maewa
Apr 2013 - Shades of Scheherezade - beadn4fun - beautyglamourLuba
Mar 2013 - Faberge Egg - ArtfulAr - ArtfulAr
Feb 2013 - Japan - BeautyGlamourLuba - Bead4me
Jan 2013 - Rising Star Challenge - HannahRachel - JewelryByJane
Dec 2012 - Emotional Roller Coaster - Vicus - Vicus
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

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.

Sunday, November 17, 2013

November "Picture Postcard Palette" Winners

Congratulations to Kinga for winning the November blog vote with 55 votes for her Angler Fish Bead Embroidered Bracelet! Here are the results of the rest of the voting:

2nd place - BenitaStyleBG, Late Sun Set, 50 votes
3rd place - svetush, Exotic Flower Necklace, 41 votes
4th place - BeautyGlamourLuba, Blue Rivoli and Black Tila Beading Cuff, 33 votes
5th place - FrancescasFancy, North Dakota Hills Necklace Green Choker, 23 votes
6th place - CrownRoseGems, Full Circle Beaded Statement Necklace, 22 votes
7th pace - KrisDesignFSP, BATTY Necklace, 21 votes
8th place - RattleTattleAround, ALIVE - A Nature Slice Beadwoven Bracelet, 18 votes
9th place - OfYourLove, Phi Phi Islands Bead Embroidered Collar, 16 votes
10th place - Maewa, Minneapolis Bead Embroidered Statement Necklace, 15 votes


And congratulations to Kinga (crimsonfrog) & Ann (francescasfancy)for winning the Team Vote in our November Challenge, Picture Postcard Pallette, with 14 votes each! Kinga's piece is Angler Fish Bead Embroidered Necklace, and Ann's piece is North Dakota Hills Necklace Green Choker. Congratulations, you two!!! Here are the results of the rest of the voting:

2nd place - Maewa, Minneapolis Bead Embroidered Statement Necklace, 10 votes
3rd place - Beadditz, Mesa Verde Necklace, 9 votes
4th place - Svetush, Exotic Flower Necklace, 7 votes
5th place - OfYourLove, Phi Phi Islands Bead Embroidered Collar, 6 votes
6th place - RattleTattleAround, Alive - a Nature Slice Beadwoven Bracelet, 5 votes
7th place (4-way tie) - CrownRoseGems, Full Corcle Beaded Statement Necklace; KrisDesignFSP, BATTY Necklace; BenitaStyleBG, Late Sun Set; gr8jewellery, St. Elmo's Colours Beadwork Necklace.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Voting for the November "Picture Postcard Palette" Challenge

Choose your favorite "Picture Postcard Palette" entry from the images and links below, and vote for it on the blog poll on the right sidebar. Voting will occur from November 9th through the 15th.



Click on the images or links below to learn more about each entry and see larger, detailed images of each piece.

PLEASE VOTE ONLY ONCE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ENTRY.
 
 
1. Black Cat and Tails Necklace - 4uidzne 2. Highland Park Lilacs Cellini Spiral Necklace - beadn4fun 3. Anglerfish Bracelet - crimsonfrog 4. Necklace City Hopper - MaisonBarbara 5. Fenway Park Inspired Necklace - Fivefootfury13 6. Russian Leaf Autumn Necklace - HauteIceBeadwork 7. Full Circle Beaded Statement Necklace - crownrosegems 8. Mesa Verde Necklace - Beadditz 9. Foliage and Sunlight Oregon Inspired Amulet Bag - Hapwardare 10. Beadwoven Acorn Bracelet with Squirrel Cuff - enchantedbeads 11. Alive - a Nature Slice - RattleTattleAround 12. BATTY Necklace - KrisDesignFSP 13. Blue Rivoli and Black Tila Beading Cuff - BeautyGlamourLuba 14. Late Sun Set - BenitaStyleBG 15. Ice Cavern Dragonfly Necklace - WizardIslandDesigns 16. Yucatan Sunset Necklace - savoystudio 17. Exotic Flower Necklace - Svetush 18. Minneapolis Statement Necklace - Maewa 19. Ghost of a Rose Bracelet - mahlidesigns 20. Autumn Hues Bold Edgy Bangle Bracelet - alterdeco 21 Poolside Necklace - terran 22. Phi Phi Islands - OfYourLove 23. North Dakota Hills Necklace - FrancescasFancy 24. St. Elmo's Colours Necklace - gr8jewellery 25. Spam Ascending Bracelet - jess2bead 26. Carefree - Stellaltinaan Image Map
1. Black Cat and Tails Necklace - 4uidzne | 2. Highland Park Lilacs Cellini Spiral Necklace - beadn4fun | 3. Anglerfish Bracelet - crimsonfrog | 4. Necklace City Hopper - MaisonBarbara | 5. Fenway Park Inspired Necklace - Fivefootfury13 | 6. Russian Leaf Autumn Necklace - HauteIceBeadwork | 7. Full Circle Beaded Statement Necklace - crownrosegems | 8. Mesa Verde Necklace - Beadditz | 9. Foliage and Sunlight Oregon Inspired Amulet Bag - Hapwardare | 10. Beadwoven Acorn Bracelet with Squirrel Cuff - enchantedbeads | 11. Alive - a Nature Slice - RattleTattleAround | 12. BATTY Necklace - KrisDesignFSP | 13. Blue Rivoli and Black Tila Beading Cuff - BeautyGlamourLuba | 14. Late Sun Set - BenitaStyleBG | 15. Ice Cavern Dragonfly Necklace - WizardIslandDesigns | 16. Yucatan Sunset Necklace - savoystudio | 17. Exotic Flower Necklace - Svetush | 18. Minneapolis Statement Necklace - Maewa | 19. Ghost of a Rose Bracelet - mahlidesigns | 20. Autumn Hues Bold Edgy Bangle Bracelet - alterdeco | 21 Poolside Necklace - terran | 22. Phi Phi Islands - OfYourLove | 23. North Dakota Hills Necklace - FrancescasFancy | 24. St. Elmo's Colours Necklace - gr8jewellery | 25. Spam Ascending Bracelet - jess2bead | 26. Carefree - Stellaltinaan |

Thursday, October 17, 2013

December 2013 "Out of this World" Challenge

We have our new theme, Everyone! From Karen of WizardIslandDesigns:

 Out of this World

"In this theme, I ask you to be inspired by things that are “out of this world”. Whether you choose to explore elements of science fiction/fantasy or real world celestial bodies, the only requirement is that you let your imagination run wild and “aim for the stars”.

I’ve been obsessed lately with accurately depicting nature and I thought it would be a nice stretch to try and create something more fantastical."

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.

October Challenge "The Art of Geometry" Winners




Congratulations to Zvia of zviagil for winning the blog vote in our October challenge with her piece, "Not just a square."

Here are the top winners" 1st place with 86 votes - #12 Not just a Square by zviagil 
2nd place with 62 votes - # 5  Ferris Wheel Bangle Bracelet by DebgerDesigns 
3rd place with 54 votes - #11 Honeybee Collar by WizardIsalndDesigns (team vote winner) 
4th place with 45 votes - #2 Geometric Necklace - SashaSi
5th place with 38 votes - #13 Geometric Beaded Green Pendant by BeautyGlamourLuba6th place  with 26 votes - #10 Geometric Beadwoven Cuff Bracelet by MaryTDesigns7th place with 25 votes- #20 Murano Geometry Beaded Necklace by PlumidiaCollection8th place with 24 votes  -#9  Tetra Bracelet by KrisDesignFSP9th place with 23 votes  - #6 Vesta Roman Tile Brooch Necklace by beadn4fun10th place with 19 votes- #14 Black and White Geometry Bracelet by AnnaCohen


Congratulations to Karen of WizardIslandDesigns for winning the Internal vote in The Art of

Geometry October challenge! Here are the top entries:
1st place with 19 votes - #11 Honeybee Collar by WizardIslandDesigns
2nd place with 11 votes each -#2 Geometric Necklace by SashaSi, and #10 Geometric Beadwoven Cuff by MaryTDesigns
4th place with 7 votes - #7 Triangles and Squares by EsmereldasStudio
5th place with 6 votes - #13 Geometric Beaded Green Pendant by BeautyGlamourLuba
6th place with 5 votes each - #5 Ferris Wheel Bangle Bracelet by DebgerDesigns, and #6 Vesta Roman Tile Brooch Necklace by beadn4fun
8th place with 4 votes - Perception Bangle by #1 CreationsofAgape.


Karen will have the pleasure of selecting our theme for December 2013, the last challenge of the year.

Monday, October 7, 2013

Voting for the October "The Art of Geometry" Challange

Choose your favorite entry for this October's "The Art of Geometry" challenge and vote for it during the 9th and 15th on the poll on the right sidebar.



Click on the images or links below to learn more about each entry and see larger, detailed images of each piece.

PLEASE VOTE ONLY ONCE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ENTRY.


1. Perception Bangle - CreationsofAgape 2. Geometric Necklace - SashaSi 3. Geometrical Beaded Necklace - enchantedbeads 4. Geometric Cutout Cuff Bracelet - MegansBeadedDesigns 5. Ferris Wheel Bangle Bracelet  - DebgerDesigns 6. Vesta Roman Tile Brooch Necklace - beadn4fun 7. Trangles and squares bracelet - EsmerldasStudio 8. Modern Geometric Leather Strappy Bracelet - crimsonfrog 9. TETRA bracelet - KrisDesignFSP 10. Geometric Beadwoven Cuff Bracelet - MaryTDesigns 11. Honeybee Collar - WizardIslandDesigns 12. Not just a square -  - zviagil 13. Geometric Beaded Green Pendant - BeautyGlamourLuba 14. Black and White geometry bracelet - AnnaCohen 15. Cube Bicones and Flowers - Jewelrybyjane29 16. Textured Lines Cuff - OfYourLove 17. Homage to the Square - KraftKonfessions 18. Repetition II Cocktail Hour Corset Cuff - crownrosegems 19. Geometric Cat Necklace - Maewa 20. Murano geometry beaded necklace - PlumidiaCollection 21. Black, White & Red Abstract Necklace - BeadworkAndCoe 22. Zig Zag Glass Bead Peyote Stitch Cuff - Fivefootfury13 23. Scottish Heritage - Davianna 24. Beadwork Candy Cane Earrings - ArtMasquerading Image Map
1. Perception Bangle - CreationsofAgape | 2. Geometric Necklace - SashaSi | 3. Geometrical Beaded Necklace - enchantedbeads | 4. Geometric Cutout Cuff Bracelet - MegansBeadedDesigns | 5. Ferris Wheel Bangle Bracelet - DebgerDesigns | 6. Vesta Roman Tile Brooch Necklace - beadn4fun | 7. Trangles and squares bracelet - EsmerldasStudio | 8. Modern Geometric Leather Strappy Bracelet - crimsonfrog | 9. TETRA bracelet - KrisDesignFSP | 10. Geometric Beadwoven Cuff Bracelet - MaryTDesigns | 11. Honeybee Collar - WizardIslandDesigns | 12. Not just a square - - zviagil | 13. Geometric Beaded Green Pendant - BeautyGlamourLuba | 14. Black and White geometry bracelet - AnnaCohen | 15. Cube Bicones and Flowers - Jewelrybyjane29 | 16. Textured Lines Cuff - OfYourLove | 17. Homage to the Square - KraftKonfessions | 18. Repetition II Cocktail Hour Corset Cuff - crownrosegems | 19. Geometric Cat Necklace - Maewa | 20. Murano geometry beaded necklace - PlumidiaCollection | 21. Black, White & Red Abstract Necklace - BeadworkAndCoe | 22. Zig Zag Glass Bead Peyote Stitch Cuff - Fivefootfury13 | 23. Scottish Heritage - Davianna | 24. Beadwork Candy Cane Earrings - ArtMasquerading |

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

November 2013 Challenge Announced: "Picture Postcard Palette"

Here is the new November theme, thanks to Marsha of HauteIceBeadwork, team vote winner of the September 2013 Challenge:

 Picture Postcard Palette

In this theme, you will choose a picture postcard, and use the colors in the picture to create your entry. One of the pictures in your listing must show your work next to your chosen postcard, and you should credit the photographer of the postcard in your listing as well.

Your challenge is to use all the hues, values, and shades in your card, in the same proportion as they appear in the postcard image. For example, if your postcard features a deep green forest with a small sparkling waterfall, and a few scattered pink flowers, then your work must be mostly deep greens, with some sparkly blues and a few touches of pink accent. Your finished work may be anything you like, but you may NOT reproduce the postcard's image itself in any way. The only requirement is that you must use the same colors as those in your postcard, in the same proportions. You might want to think about the finish of the beads you choose as well, because a matte, shiny, metallic, or transparent beads might represent your colors differently.

I have been trying to stretch myself in my own use of color, and the postcards in the tourist gift shops I have been visiting are full of beautiful color schemes! I am inspired, and I hope you will be too!

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, September 17, 2013

Congratulations to the Winners of Septermber's "My Favorite Song" Challenge

Popular Blog Vote Winners:
1) Lady in red by rill with 90 votes

2) Nights in White Satin by DesignByMiSt with 76 votes
3) Octopus's Garden by OfYourLove with 44 votes
4) Flower Roses by BeautyGlamourLuba with 39 votes
5) Pink Cadillac by HauteIceBeadwork with 32 votes
6) Knee Deep - Zac Brown Band by AngelqueCreations with 30 votes
7) Missing by Maewa with 28 votes
8) Valse of the Flowers by Svetush with 26 votes
9) Why do they always send the poor by crimsonfrog with 24 votes
10) Wake Me Up When September Ends by Fivefootfury13 with 15 votes


Team Vote Winners:
1) Pink Cadillac by HauteIceBeadwork with 14 votes

2) Octopus's Garden by OfYourLove with 11 votes
3) Why do they always send the poor by crimsonfrog with 10 votes
4) Radioactive by myamari with 8 votes
5) Flower Roses by BeautyGlamourLuba with 6 votes
6) Lady in red by rill with 15 votes
7) Missing by Maewa with 4 votes

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Voting September "Favorite Song" Challenge

Choose your favorite "Favorite Song" entry from the images and links below, and vote for it on the blog poll on the right sidebar. Voting will occur from September 9th through the 15th.
Sorry we had some problems this morning Sept 9 with the polls so voting is extended until Sept 16


Click on the images or links below to learn more about each entry and see larger, detailed images of each piece.

PLEASE VOTE ONLY ONCE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ENTRY.
1. JESUS Take The Wheel - beadifuljewelry 2. Clair de Lune Silver - beadn4fun 3. Oh What a Beautiful Morning - Jewelrybyjane29 4. Love is Blue - enchantedbeads 5. Missing - Maewa 6. Black Beadwoven Bracelet - AnnHochmanDesigns  7. Knee Deep - Zac Brown Band - AngelqueCreations  8. Wake Me Up When September Ends - Fivefootfury13 9. Oliver Twist - alterdeco 10. All That Jazz - JudesArt 11. Flower Roses - BeautyGlamourLuba 12. Valse of the Flowers - Svetush 13. Let There Be Peace on Earth - ArtMasquerading 14. My Favorite Song Pin - StudioNKM 15. Lady in red  - rill 16. Unchained Melody - beadsandblooms 17. Circle of Life - MaryTDesigns  18. Rattlin' Bones Necklace - scarboro 19. Octopus's Garden - OfYourLove 20. Pink Cadillac - HauteIceBeadwork 21. Moonlight Sonata - dreambeadweaver 22. Nights In White Satin - DesignByMiSt 23. Little Green - KraftKonfessions 24. Why do they always send the poor - crimsonfrog 25. Dark side of the moon - beadunsupervised 26. Tangled Up In Blue - gr8jewellery 27. Brand New Key Bracelet - jess2bead  28. Radioactive - MyAmari Image Map
1. JESUS Take The Wheel - beadifuljewelry | 2. Clair de Lune Silver - beadn4fun | 3. Oh What a Beautiful Morning - Jewelrybyjane29 | 4. Love is Blue - enchantedbeads | 5. Missing - Maewa | 6. Black Beadwoven Bracelet - AnnHochmanDesigns | 7. Knee Deep - Zac Brown Band - AngelqueCreations | 8. Wake Me Up When September Ends - Fivefootfury13 | 9. Oliver Twist - alterdeco | 10. All That Jazz - JudesArt | 11. Flower Roses - BeautyGlamourLuba | 12. Valse of the Flowers - Svetush | 13. Let There Be Peace on Earth - ArtMasquerading | 14. My Favorite Song Pin - StudioNKM | 15. Lady in red - rill | 16. Unchained Melody - beadsandblooms | 17. Circle of Life - MaryTDesigns | 18. Rattlin' Bones Necklace - scarboro | 19. Octopus's Garden - OfYourLove | 20. Pink Cadillac - HauteIceBeadwork | 21. Moonlight Sonata - dreambeadweaver | 22. Nights In White Satin - DesignByMiSt | 23. Little Green - KraftKonfessions | 24. Why do they always send the poor - crimsonfrog | 25. Dark side of the moon - beadunsupervised | 26. Tangled Up In Blue - gr8jewellery | 27. Brand New Key Bracelet - jess2bead | 28. Radioactive - MyAmari |