Tuesday, December 31, 2013

March 2014 "Am I Blue?" Challenge Theme Announced

Are You Blue? 


Use Aquamarine (March's birthstone), or use Turquoise or use Tanzanite; use the colors individually, or two of the colors together or better yet...all three together, because the more Blue, the better! For tons of inspiration, please check out Raven's blog here: http://tattoooedraven.blogspot.com/2013 ... d431eb9882


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.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

December "Out of this World" Winner

Exotic Alien Skin by tattooedraven

 Congratulations to tattoedraven December Challenge Winner of both the Internal Team vote and the Blog Vote! Raven's piece, "Exotic Alien Skin Bracelet," won the Team vote with 11 votes, and the Blog vote with 66 votes! Here are the results of the rest of the voting:

Blog Vote:
2nd place - rill with "Draco Necklace" - 53 votes
3rd place - beadn4fun with "Navigating the Planets Steampunk Style Necklace" - 29 votes
4th place - svetush with "Ethereal Flower ArtGlass Necklace" AND BenitaStyleBG with "Lunar Path Necklace" - 24 votes each
5th place - RattleTattleAround with "UniversAll Necklace" - 21 votes
6th place - Angelque Creations with "The Red Planet Mars Necklace" - 19 votes
7th place - enchantedbeads with "Eye Obsession Evil Eye Cuff" - 14 votes
8th place - suegoode with "Beaded Planet Brooch" AND MaryTDesigns with "Otherworldly Bangle Cuff" AND StudioNKM with "Glam Alien Woman Pin and Earrings Set" - 12 votes each
9th place - WizardIslandDesigns with "Starry Night Tiara" - 11 votes
10th place - HauteIceBeadwork with "Klingon Courtship Necklace" - 10 votes


Team Vote:
2nd place - rill with "Draco Necklace" - 10 votes
3rd place - RattleTattleAround with "UniversAll Necklace" AND beadsandblooms with "Dark Side of the Moons Bib Necklace" AND BenitaStyleBG with "Lunar Path Necklace" - 4 votes each
4th place - suegoode with "Beaded Planet Brooch" AND Hapwardare with "Stargate Address to Kheb Choker" AND WizardIslandDesigns with "Starry Night Tiara" - 3 votes each
5th place - beadn4fun with "Navigating the Planets Steampunk Style Necklace" AND HauteIceBeadwork with "Klingon Courtship Necklace" - 2 votes each


CONGRATULATIONS to ALL who entered!! Also, congratulations to Ewa of Maewa who SOLD her challenge entry piece, "Eclipse of the Sun Brooch" during the Challenge! Challenges are great for bringing traffic to our Etsy shops!

Friday, December 6, 2013

Voting for the December "Out of this World" Challenge

Choose your favorite "Out of this World" entry from the images and links below, and vote for it on the blog poll on the right sidebar. Voting will occur from December 9th through the 15th.




Click on the images or links below to learn more about each entry and see larger, detailed images of each piece.

PLEASE VOTE ONLY ONCE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ENTRY.
 
1. STAR - ArtMasquerading 2. Soleil - ABeadedWorld 3. Galaxy Earrings - TerahClassyCreations 4. Cyberpunk Machine Eyes Bracelet - MegansBeadedDesigns 5. UniversAll - RattleTattleAround 6. The Unicorn's Heart - PlumidiaCollection 7. Planet Beaded Brooch - suegoode 8. The Red Planet Mars - AngelqueCreations 9. Dark Side of the Moons - beadsandblooms 10. Eye Obsession - enchantedbeads 11. Navigating the Planets - beadn4fun 12. Other-Worldly Bangle Cuff - MaryTDesigns 13. Fiery Phoenix Wing - gypsyeyesjewelry 14. Stargate Address to Kheb Choker Necklace - Hapwardare 15. Ethereal Flower Art - Svetush 16. Exotic Alien Skin - tattooedraven 17. Crystal Planets - Beadflowers 18. Starry Night Tiara - WizardIslandDesigns 19. Klingon Courtship Set - HauteIceBeadwork 20. Glam Alien Woman Pin & Earring Set - StudioNKM 21. Psalm 12 - 22. United Federation of Planets Necklace - thistledew4u 23. Lunar path - BenitaStyleBG 24. ECLIPSE of the SUN - Maewa 25. Orbiting Sun - LeelaBeads 26. Beaded Rivoli Earrings - lostaloha 27. Draco - rill 28. Cosmic Landscape - alterdeco 29. Faeries Realm - SpringColors Image Map
1. STAR - ArtMasquerading | 2. Soleil - ABeadedWorld | 3. Galaxy Earrings - TerahClassyCreations | 4. Cyberpunk Machine Eyes Bracelet - MegansBeadedDesigns | 5. UniversAll - RattleTattleAround | 6. The Unicorn's Heart - PlumidiaCollection | 7. Planet Beaded Brooch - suegoode | 8. The Red Planet Mars - AngelqueCreations | 9. Dark Side of the Moons - beadsandblooms | 10. Eye Obsession - enchantedbeads | 11. Navigating the Planets - beadn4fun | 12. Other-Worldly Bangle Cuff - MaryTDesigns | 13. Fiery Phoenix Wing - gypsyeyesjewelry | 14. Stargate Address to Kheb Choker Necklace - Hapwardare | 15. Ethereal Flower Art - Svetush | 16. Exotic Alien Skin - tattooedraven | 17. Crystal Planets - Beadflowers | 18. Starry Night Tiara - WizardIslandDesigns | 19. Klingon Courtship Set - HauteIceBeadwork | 20. Glam Alien Woman Pin & Earring Set - StudioNKM | 21. Psalm 12 - "The sun shall not harm you by day, nor the moon by night." - wanderware | 22. United Federation of Planets Necklace - thistledew4u | 23. Lunar path - BenitaStyleBG | 24. ECLIPSE of the SUN - Maewa | 25. Orbiting Sun - LeelaBeads | 26. Beaded Rivoli Earrings - lostaloha | 27. Draco - rill | 28. Cosmic Landscape - alterdeco | 29. Faeries Realm - SpringColors |