Voting for the April Challenge "Spring Around the Corner"

The April 2011 challenge chosen by Isabella of Bead4me challenges our members to "Spring Around the Corner" and celebrate the coming of spring.

Voting for the challenge opens April 9 -April 15 2011.

1. Spring Fantasy - enchantedbeads

2. Winter Ebbs to Spring's Flow - gypsyeyesjewelry

3. Cottage Garden Amulet Bag - ktracton

4. Rock On Spring - vickiethomas

5. Dogwood Garland Necklace - PeregrineBeader

6. Beaded Cuff Bracelet - Skinny Fringed - randomcreative

7. Spring Lilac Bead Embroidered Brooch Corsage - beadn4fun

8. Signs of Early Spring Shell Necklace - Jewelrybyjane29

9. Spring mood brooch - BeadsForBeauty

10. Fairy Blossom - sydneyalfano

11. Blush of Spring - ElementalNature

12. Fairy Branch Necklace - bysalla

13. Fleurs des Champs Bridal Cuff - beadsofaquarius

14. The Key to My Heart is Spring - 4uidzne

15. Birds and Fishes - Kankou

16. Springing Ahead Beadwoven Necklace - MaryTDesigns

17. Diva Delight - beadifuljewelry

18. Golden Beaded Bridal Crystal choker - crystalwonders

19. Sun Shine Garden Bead Embroidery Necklace - creationsbyana

20. Ladybug Ladybug Bracelet - dreambeadweaver

21. Gold and Pink Swirly Flower Pendant Beadwoven Necklace - SmadarsTreasure

22. SpringTime River Bed Bracelet - myfairladyvt4

23. Lime Spring - NewWorldElegance

24. April Showers - beadacious1221

25. Leafing Out - njema

26. Spring Awakening Beadwoven Necklace - njdesigns1

27. Spring Tulips - ArtfulAr

28. Spring Flowers Necklace - BettyStephanBeadwork

29. Rivoli Beadwoven Pink Necklace - SpringColors

30. Fresh floral necklace - BrightB

31. A Spring Bouquet - ladyvoodoo

32. Spring shell necklace - nellienits

33. Oozing with Spring Fever Bracelet - Janiesgems

34. Cherry Blossom Pink Hex Necklace - FrancescasFancy

35. Spring Bridal Clutch - WhiteRabbitJewels

36. La Primavera - Annahatvani

37. Crazy Russian Spiral Necklace in the Spring - maneklady

38. Pond Thaw Necklace - ThePreciousBeads

39. Spring Is Coming Beaded Bottle - notsoplainbyjane

40. Sleepy Idaho Spring Brooch - idahobeadweaver

41. Lacy Rose Pink Quartz Woven Bracelet - KRDesigns11

42. Snow on the Crocus - savoystudio

43. Coronation of Spring Necklace - CieloDesign

44. Raindrops on Lilacs - HauteIceBeadwork

45. Cherry blossom Spring brooch - BeadCatcher

46. Spring Affair Earrings - AmaryllisBoutique

47. Day Lilly Beadwoven Lariat - AngelqueCreations

48. Spring hand beaded onto a BoonieBead - BoonieBeads

49. Orange in Spring necklace - annemei

Good Luck to all 49 entries, they are amazing.  We have such talent in our group!

Special thanks to Ann of FrancescasFancy for creating the Mosaic once again and to Marsha of HauteIceBeadwork and Kinga of WhiteRabbitJewels for reviewing all 48 entries.

April Challenge Theme

Mariya of BeadCatcher won our January/February Challenge "Tropical Holiday and has come up with a theme for our April Challenge. It's going to be a very interesting Challenge. Put your most creative thinking cap on and start stitching you impression of....

"Time Machine"

Here's what Mariya had to say:

I guess everybody once in a while has had that thought "What if?" Yes, what if you were given a once in a life time chance to travel through time and space; to travel into past or future; to travel into a real or imagined world? Where would you go? What would you see there? Just think about it. Take the trip and share it with us in the form of beading art with its unlimited possibilities!

The Challenge has been issued! What are you going to come up with?

You can start today, February 28, 2009 and complete and list it by midnight Etsy time, April 5, 2009!

Rules:
Any style, any technique with a majority of beadweaving is welcome.
ONE only entry allowed per person.
The piece MUST be created between February 28, 2009 and April 5, 2009

See our FAQ here for all of the details on the rules of our challenges.

FIRE and FLOWERS

That's the theme for the April challenge for the Etsy BeadWeavers, chosen by our own April Riemann (better known as Wolf, proprietress of DantesSpirit).

Wolf obviously put a lot of thought into her choice. Just look at all that went into the selection of the Fire and Flowers theme!

"April is my Birth month, my zodiac sign is Aries who's color is typically reds (fire colors), I'm ruled by Mars, who is also the god of war, and is typically seen wearing reds(fire colors), my element sign is Fire, and flowers start blooming in April in abundance."

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You'll start seeing the April entries on Etsy after March 15. Until then, take a look at the beautiful entries in the March challenge, Stormy Weather.