Tuesday, September 20, 2011

TOTALLY TWISTED! November Challenge Theme Announced

Marsha of HauteIceBeadwork, winner of the September Lions and Tigers and Bears, OH MY! challenge presents us with an interesting theme.  TOTALLY TWISTED!

This challenge is an opportunity to design your own unique twist on any of the many beaded spiral techniques. You may use a skill you have, or learn a new technique to add to your repertoire. You can weave a basic spiral rope, or a double or maybe even a triple spiral. Bead a Cellini Spiral, Dutch Spiral, Russian Spiral Weave, or African Helix. You can use spiral fringe or twisted loop fringe, or maybe you know some corkscrew-y stitch not mentioned here. Show us you best beaded DNA! You may use other design components, and personalize your work in any way you choose, but let something totally twisted be the featured part of your entry.

You have from today September 20 until November 5th to create and list your entry. Only current members of Etsy Beadweavers may enter the challenge.  If you are not a member, but have an Etsy shop and are into beadweaving please check out our membership requirements and complete the short survey at the button on the right. JOIN ETSY BEADWEAVERS.

THE CHALLENGE RULES
Any EBW member may create one new beadweaving of your own design (not from a 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 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, 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) 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.

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 seaarching "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. 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. But 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. Let’s play fair with each other, and keep our challenges fun for all.







Saturday, September 17, 2011

Congratulaltions to the winners of the September Challenge Lions and Tigers and Bears, OH MY!

Congratulations go to Evi of Vicus and her Emerald City Treasure - Vicus  winner of the September Lions and Tigres and Bears, OH MY Challenge Fan favortie vote,  Evi's Emerald City Treasure received 87 votes (15%)

The Runners Up are:
2nd place - 13. Lions & Tigers Beadwoven Tile Bracelet - TerahClassyCreations with 79 votes (14%)
3rd place -  22. Eye of a Tiger - SpringColors with 59 votes(10%)
4th place - 9. The Lion's Tale Necklace - HauteIceBeadwork with 50 votes (9%)
5th place - 16. Dorothy's Mane Man's Medal- The Order of Oz - scarboro with 36 votes (6%)
6th place -  2. On the Way to Emerald City - AngelqueCreations  with 31 votes (5%)
7th place - 12. Beaded Tiger eye on the yellow brick road - ile1974 with 21 votes (3%)
8th place - 17. The Forest of Oz beaded charm bracelet - AmethystRavenstar with 20 votes (3%)
9th place - 7. Dandy Lion's Beaded Oz Collar - HannahRachel with 17 votes (3%)
10th place -  19. Rainbow Necklace - Horse of a Different Color - FrancescasFancy with 16 votes (2%)
Congratulations also go to Marsha of  HauteIceBeadwork for her The Lions Tail Necklace.  Marsha is the winner of the Team Favorite vote and will have the honnors of selecting the theme for our November Challenge.








 

Friday, September 9, 2011

Voting for September Challenge - "Lions and Tigers and Bears, OH MY!"

Sorry for the delay in posting the challenge voting but we had some technical difficultlies last evening. This being the case the voting will remain open until the 16th at midnight.

Ann of FrancescasFancy, challenged us to create a piece for "Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!" Walk on your wild side and unleash your inner beast! Find inspiration in any animal of your choice, and then, add an element of magic and mystery from the books or movie, The Wizard of Oz.

Use your wildlife in any way you like. It might be a face, silhouette, a foot or paw print, scary or humorous pose, or whatever you find interesting. Then add a hint of the Emerald City with a splash of green, or walk the beads in steps made by the ruby slippers. You might weave the yellow brick road, or the flying monkeys may swing into your work. Maybe you twist a creation reminiscent of a tornado, with swirling colors in chaos.
There are an abundance of iconic elements to draw from. You could play on one of the many themes of Dorothy's journey in her search for a way home. The only requirements are to have an animal represented and something from the magical land of Oz.

The response was 28 amazing entries, please vote only one for your favorite entry that you feel meets the requirements of the challenge.
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1. Ruby Trail in Oz - paints

2. On the Way to Emerald City - AngelqueCreations

3. Emerald City Wizard's Sphere Necklace - ArtMasquerading

4. oN tHe WiLd SiDe - 4uidzne

5. Flying Monkeys Beaded Green Bracelet - megansbeadeddesigns

6. OH MY Beadwoven necklace - ThunderBoltBeadwork

7. Dandy Lion's Beaded Oz Collar - HannahRachel

8. Lion on the Yellow Brick Road - randomcreative

9. The Lion's Tale Necklace - HauteIceBeadwork

10. The Forest Has Eyes - beadn4fun

11. Tigers on the Yellow Brick Road Bangle - MaryTDesigns

12. Beaded Tiger eye on the yellow brick road - ile1974

13. Lions & Tigers Beadwoven Tile Bracelet - TerahClassyCreations

14. The Yellow Brick Road Leading to the Emerald City - enchantedbeads

15. Tiger Prints Under the Yellow Brick Road - EsmerldasStudio

16. Dorothy's Mane Man's Medal- The Order of Oz - scarboro

17. The Forest of Oz beaded charm bracelet - AmethystRavenstar

18. Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My Ornament - JoyFullyJewels

19. Rainbow Necklace - Horse of a Different Color - FrancescasFancy

20. Emerald City Treasure - Vicus

21. Lion Courage - justbrez

22. Eye of a Tiger - SpringColors

23. Necklace - Bear Tracks

24. Emerald City EBWC September - Celticwood

25. Road to Oz Brooch - Sobby

26. Walking the wild side of the yellow brick road - BoonieBeads

27. Tiger Princess Beaded Leather Cuff - dreambeadweaver

28. Over the rainbow necklace - Allamej








1. Ruby Trail in Oz - paints
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79454924/bracelet-ruby-trail-in-oz-beaded-cuff

2. On the Way to Emerald City - AngelqueCreations
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79645913/bead-embroidered-cuff-ebwc-on-the-way-to

3. Emerald City Wizard's Sphere Necklace - ArtMasquerading
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79702140/emerald-city-wizards-sphere-necklace

4. oN tHe WiLd SiDe - 4uidzne
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79862514/on-the-wild-side-ebwc

5. Flying Monkeys Beaded Green Bracelet - megansbeadeddesigns
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79858710/flying-monkeys-beaded-green-bracelet

6. OH MY Beadwoven necklace - ThunderBoltBeadwork
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79893351/oh-my-beadwoven-necklace-for-ebw

7. Dandy Lion's Beaded Oz Collar - HannahRachel
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79900885/dandy-lions-beaded-oz-collar-necklace

8. Lion on the Yellow Brick Road - randomcreative
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79786358/beaded-cuff-bracelet-lion-on-the-yellow

9. The Lion's Tale Necklace - HauteIceBeadwork
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80238058/the-lions-tale-necklace-ebwc

10. The Forest Has Eyes - beadn4fun
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80273396/bead-embroidered-necklace-the-forest-has

11. Tigers on the Yellow Brick Road Bangle - MaryTDesigns
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80390894/tigers-on-the-yellow-brick-road-bangle

12. Beaded Tiger eye on the yellow brick road - ile1974
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80458203/beaded-tiger-eye-on-the-yellow-brick

13. Lions & Tigers Beadwoven Tile Bracelet - TerahClassyCreations
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80630195/lions-tigers-beadwoven-tile-bracelet

14. The Yellow Brick Road Leading to the Emerald City - enchantedbeads
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80682890/ebwc-pendant-by-enchantedbeads-on-etsy

15. Tiger Prints Under the Yellow Brick Road - EsmerldasStudio
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80707505/tiger-prints-under-the-yellow-brick-road

16. Dorothy's Mane Man's Medal- The Order of Oz - scarboro
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80811963/dorothys-mane-mans-medal-the-order-of-oz

17. The Forest of Oz beaded charm bracelet - AmethystRavenstar
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80887979/the-forest-of-oz-beaded-charm-bracelet

18. Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My Ornament - JoyFullyJewels
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79823404/ebw-team-challenge-lions-and-tigers-and

19. Rainbow Necklace - Horse of a Different Color - FrancescasFancy
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80971755/rainbow-necklace-horse-of-a-different

20. Emerald City Treasure - Vicus
http://www.etsy.com/listing/81040270/emerald-city-treasure-ebwc

21. Lion Courage - justbrez
http://www.etsy.com/listing/81043488/beaded-embroidery-necklace-lion-courage

22. Eye of a Tiger - SpringColors
http://www.etsy.com/listing/81045316/rivoli-beadwoven-necklace-unique-beaded

23. "Bear tracks" - RebekeJewelryShop
http://www.etsy.com/listing/81099472/necklacebear-tracks

24. Emerald City EBWC September - Celticwood
http://www.etsy.com/listing/81102820/emerald-city-ebwc-september

25. Road to Oz Brooch - Sobby
http://www.etsy.com/listing/81107548/road-to-oz-brooch-ebwc

26. Walking the wild side of the yellow brick road - BoonieBeads
http://www.etsy.com/listing/81117672/walking-the-wild-side-of-the-yellow

27. Tiger Princess Beaded Leather Cuff - dreambeadweaver
http://www.etsy.com/listing/81180119/tiger-princess-beaded-leather-cuff

28. Over the rainbow necklace - Allamej
http://www.etsy.com/listing/81213412/over-the-rainbow-necklace-beadwork-ooak