January 'Rising Star" Winners

Congratulations to Laurie of WearableArtByLaurie for placing 1st (54 votes) in our Blog vote with her piece, "The Green Star Necklace!"

Congratulations to Cira of MySweetCrochet for placing 1st (19 votes) in our Team vote with her piece, "Siddharta Japanese Sil Shibori Necklace!"

Our other Winners are as follows:
BLOG VOTE
2nd with 44 votes, Crystal Spiral and Fringe Necklace by gr8jewellery
3rd with 43 votes, Siddharta Japanese Sil Shibori Necklace by MySweetCrochet
4th with 41 votes, Black and White Timeless Classic Necklace by AnnaCohen
5th with 22 votes, Jade Pyritizia Earthstone Textured Cuff by daxdesigns
6th (tie) with 18 votes each, Zig Zag Bangle by MaryTDesigns, and Romantic Vintage Cameo Necklace by enchanted beads
8th place with 15 votes, Romantic Retro Crystal Necklace by SpringColors

TEAM VOTE
2nd with 12 votes, Black and White Timeless Classic Necklace by AnnaCohen
3rd tie) with 8 votes each, The Green Star Necklace by WearableArtByLaurie, Jade Pyrtizia Earthstone Textured Cuff
by daxdesigns, and Crystal Spiral and Fringe Necklace by gr8jewellery.

Congrats, ALL who entered!

Congratulations to Sharayah of 4uidzne winner of the March challenge "Fashion Through the Ages"

Congratulations Sharayah and her Flapper barrette winner of rthe March Challenge "Fashion through the Ages" with a landslide of 248 votes (26%) of the record 942 votes. 

A big round of applause also goes to the following runners up and to all 38 entries.

2nd place - #5 Dragonfly Diva - Annahatvani - 167 votes (17%)

3rd place - #1 The Baroque Baroness - GinaParisJewelry - 68 votes (7%)

4th place - #20 Victoria's Secret - HauteIceBeadwork.- 59 votes (6%)

5th place - #19 Art Deco - TapestryBeadwork - 47 votes (6%)

6th place - #15 Pucci Fashion Inspired Bib Necklace - beadn4fun - 43 votes (4%)

7th place -  #8 Art nouveau Necklace - MacrameByMaja - 34 votes (3%.)

8th place - #17 Fuchsia, Purple and Bronze Textured Bracelet - SmadarsTreasure - 30 votes (3%)

9th place - #24 Black and White Art Nouveau Flower Necklace - notsoplainbyjane. - 27 votes ( 2%)

and 10th place - #36 Romantic Vibes - enchantedbeads - 25 votes (2%)

Congratulations to everyone who entered the challenge, beautiful entries everyone!

BeadWeaver in Bead Trends Magazine!!

We love it when our members are featured in publications! Bead Trends magazine features the hottest trends in beads and hand-crafted jewelry, and the pages are filled with instructions for earrings, bracelets, and necklaces in a variety of styles and techniques. If you've never seen this magazine, you'll be pleasantly surprised at the format and content, as it contains almost no advertising whatsoever!

The January/February 2008 issue of the magazine features four designs by our own Sooz Acuna! Sooz' Etsy shop, Sooz Originals, features variations on some of the designs.

First are Sooz' Rocket Fish Earrings. These aren't beadwoven, but they're certainly cute.


Sooz also has instructions in the magazine for a necklace made with interlocking chains and for a bracelet that features one of her own polymer clay focal beads.

What fun!