EBW Team April 2015 Challenge "Hardware"

Kris Empting-Obenland, the winner of our February Challenge, has chosen the theme for April 2015:

"Hardware"

Please enter your favorite hardware store and get at least one item of whatever inspires you and integrate it into your piece of beaded jewelry!  In case you're still snowed in, your private stock in your basement or garage might do just as well. ;-) 

If you choose one single element of hardware it should be the main focal in your piece.  Alternatively you can use a random number of elements.  In any case please explain what you used in the description. 

I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Note to team members: Work on this challenge may be started from today, February 18th.  The entry must be listed in your Etsy shop by April 5th.  Please check the challenge rules to see what details must be in your listing.  Have fun creating!

September Challenge Theme

The July EBW Challenge was won by kraftymax. Her prize, as always, is getting to choose our next Challenge Theme. Here is what she had to say about her theme:

Indian Summer Dream

First, I want to thank everyone who voted and supported me in the June challenge. I am still quite amazed at winning! So I have thought long and hard about the theme of the challenge that I get to choose. I had one that I thought was perfect, but then another would just pop into my head and ‘that’ one was the perfect one! Well EBW Members, here it is, the perfect one, Indian Summer Dream. I have always loved the fall and the changing of seasons, so let’s see how many seed beads it takes to create the perfect “Indian Summer Dream” for each of us!

The Challenge has been issued and doesn't it sound like something you'd like to try? What amazing creations are EBW members going to come up with? You'll want to be checking back here to see!

You can start your entry today and complete and list it by midnight Etsy time, September 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 now and September 5, 2009.

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

June Challenge Theme

The April EBW Challenge was won by Vezsuzsi of beadsbyvezsuzsi. Her prize, as always, is getting to choose our next Challenge Theme. Here is what Vezsuzsi had to say:

Let’s have fun!
When I saw Beadwoman’s necklace at the Time Machine theme, I just loved the humour in it! That’s why I would like to choose HUMOUR for June’s challenge. Humour is international and it has several forms: intelligent, absurd, simple, plebeian etc. I would like to see many-many funny jewellery pieces! Let’s laugh heartily!

The Challenge has been issued and it sounds like lots of fun - in more ways than one! What are you going to come up with? Take up the challenge and create your version of Humor! There are so many possibilities.

You can start today and complete and list it by midnight Etsy time, June 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 April 30, 2009 and June 5, 2009.

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

May Challenge Theme

The March EBW Challenge was won by Rachele of RachelesOriginals. Her prize, as always, is getting to choose the next Challenge Theme. Here is what Rachele had to say:

"I was thinking about Hollywood Red Carpet Creations, past, present, or future. What do you think?

If you had the opportunity to create a piece of jewelry that your favorite movie star would wear to a red carpet event, what would it be? This movie star can be real or imagined, and it can be at any time period, well at least, since their have been movies...lol."

The Challenge has been issued and it sounds like lots of fun! What are you going to come up with? Who will be your favourite movie star? Is it a woman or is it a man? There are so many possibilities.

You can start today and complete and list it by midnight Etsy time, May 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 March 31, 2009 and May 5, 2009.

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

Etsy BeadWeavers March Challenge - Temptation

The entries for the challenge are in! They are as always simply beautiful, creative and amazing! Etsy Beadweavers took the time and have the talent to create these inspiring challenge pieces! Tiny little beads and a needle and thread along with incredible patience bring these selections to you to vote and choose your favourite.

You can click on the item in the text list below the mosaic which links to the Etsy Shop listing of each entrant where you will see more detail of each piece! Be sure to come back on the 9th when the poll will be available for you to cast your vote, March 9th thru the 15th!

l. Sunset Necklace - HannahRachel

2. Black Desire necklace - FleurDeIrk

3. Carmen's temptation pendant - 6Carmen6

4. Dulce de Leche - nemeton

5. Green with Envy - BeadazzledofOregon

6. Temptation in Turquoise - beadsandblooms

7. Temptation - MadeByOlga

8. Temptation in the Garden - glimmerstone

9. The Seductress - RachelesOriginals

10. Forbidden Fruit - EPOriginals

11. Temptation Burlesque Collar - gypsyeyesjewelry

12. Tempted by Temptation - dreambeadweaver

13. Sweet Beaded Temptaton - BeadFabulous

14. Green Gold Temptation - binkaminka

15. Mist on the Moors - beaglebeads

16. Serpent's Temptation necklace - CieloDesign

17. i want to believe cuff - thebeadedlily

18. Chocolate Temptation cuff - randomcreative

19. Mirage in the Desert Necklace - Charmingthings

20. The Spider and the Fly - daynamiles

21. Chocolate Cherry Cordials - ThesePreciousThings

22. Caught in The Web of Temptation - cigarboxbeads

23. Aztec Summer - beadworkbyamanda

24. Temptation By the Sea - myfairladyvt4

25. Hamadryad's Heart Fringed Choker - SalamanderHouse

26. TEMPTATION Necklace - enchantedbeads

27. Eye candy temptation - PFordCustomJewelry

28. A case for Temptation - LiciaBeads

29. PUSHING LUCK - caraway

30. Temptation Cuff - SpringColors

31. Luscious Cherry Chocolate Necklace - FrancescasFancy

32. Bead Store Temptation - beadwoman3

33. Temptation Dance - SmadarsTreasure

34. Sunrise Temptation - njema

35. Moonlit Seductress - ErtheFae

Voting begins on Monday, March 9th and ends midnight March 15th. Show your appreciation for the efforts of these amazing artists and take on the difficult task of voting for your favorite. (The ballot will appear on the side bar at right on March 9th.) Again, the individual pieces are listed below the mosaic where you can visit each entry for more information by following the link. Thank you, enjoy and be sure to come back to vote between March 9th and 15th!

Again this month, many thanks to Ann of Francesca's Fancy who prepared the mosaic!

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.

December Challenge Theme

Our last challenge winner was two winners who were tied so triz and SmadarsTreasure got together and jointly decided on the theme "Snow Queen".

Here is what triz has to say about it:

December is the month I associate with snow. Sadly I don't get to enjoy snow anymore, as I no longer live in Europe, but I miss waking up first thing in the morning and seeing white all around, the city tranformed into a magical land... and that land of course has a queen, the Snow Queen!

Thank you both for such a timely and inspiring theme.

We all have a busy time of year ahead of us so it's going to interesting to see what our EBW Team members come up with for this challenge! It's the last challenge of the year so if you haven't already participated this year, it's your last chance! Why not just DO IT!!

Rules:
Any style, any technique with a majority of beadweaving is welcome.
ONE only entry allowed per person.
The piece must be created between October 31th, 2008 and December 5th, 2008.

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

So, if you've already finished your entry for the October's challenge (Ancestral Expressions - voting begins November 9th) then get beading on a wintery Snow Queen piece!

The Food Chain

Sounds intriguing, doesn't it?

That's the theme chosen by Erin (ThePreciousBeads) for the Etsy BeadWeavers May Challenge. And you thought 'Fire and Flowers' was tough!

To help get the ideas rolling, here are some places you can read up on food chains:

• Wikipedia
• Science Aid
• Kidport Reference Library

Or you can just look at the Food Chain Images on Google.

Put on your thinking caps, BeadWeavers!

For EBW Members: Challenge requirements can be found in the FAQ in the Yahoo group.

Praying for Rain
won the hearts of the voters in the Etsy BeadWeavers Stormy Weather challenge.

Erin, aka ThePreciousBeads, is a relative newcomer to the Etsy BeadWeavers Team; but she's already showing off her artistic talents and beadweaving skills with her entry into the March challenge. Erin will have the privilege of choosing the theme for the May challenge, so keep your eyes peeled for the announcement of her chosen theme sometime before the end of the month.

The runners up in this month's challenge are:

11. Eye of the Storm Necklace, by triz

22. Lightning Storm, by PinkPoochDesigns

12. Ice Storm - Peyote Freeform Necklace, by totallytwisted

5. Storm Necklace, by nemeton

26. The Purple Eye of a Summer Storm, by enchantedbeads

32. Dragonfly After the Storm Beaded Choker, by dawnchastain

4. Stormy Weather, Necklace and Bracelet Set, by TulipsTreasureBox

27. After the Storm, Here Comes the Sun, by enchantedbeads

25. Storm at the Iceberg, by enchantedbeads

We had 32 beautiful entries this month, from 22 of our members; and thanks to a few of our members who kept the forum posts alive, posted in their blogs and other sites, and created Treasuries filled with these beauties, we had a whopping 736 votes!!!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the challenge and to everyone who voted!

Show Your Colors

The poll is closed, and the winner of the September challenge is... (drum roll, please)... Helena, aka maneklady. There were 268 votes this month, a good showing for only the second Etsy BeadWeavers Monthly Challenge. More importantly, there were more than twice as many entries for this month's challenge!

You can see all the gorgeous entries below. These entries were created by the following members (left to right, top to bottom):
1. time2cre8
2. Forbesfarm
3. arosebyname
4. Tresijas
5. beautyinthebeads
6. clairecreations
7. dawnchastain
8. DantesSpirit
9. enso
10. MEjewelry
11. time2cre8
12. beadbug
13. BeadJewelryShopgirl
14. beautyinthebeads
15. maneklady
16. noeasybeads
17. kerinskreations
18. thebeadedlily
19. ambrosianbeads
20. SandFibers

Take a few moments to visit their shops to see more gorgeous beadweaving! You can also visit the other members' shops by clicking the links at the right of the page.

The First Etsy BeadWeavers Monthly Theme!!!

Thanks to Dawn Chastain for posting the suggestion that the Etsy BeadWeavers participate in a theme. It sounds like a lot of fun, and it appears that several members will participate!

The first theme will be Hot August Nights. You can read more about the theme and who's participating in the Etsy Teams forum: http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5199655

Keep an eye out for links to everyones' creations.