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