Thursday, June 21, 2012

August 2012 Theme Announced "HOT HOT HOT"

Kristin, winner of the June "Mystery" challenge, has selected our upcoming August challenge theme! Kristin has decided that our new theme will focus on HEAT! You may interpret this theme along the following lines: August heat, intense white heat, fiery hot passion, global warming trends (our earth is getting hotter), this summer is going to be a HOT one, sexy hot, etc. We are not limited to just thse examples; but, your entry must be HOT in some way. :) You may start your entry today June 20 and post to your shop by midnight August 5th Etsy time. Please do not tag your entry with EBWC until the July challenge is complete (July 16th)

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.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Congratulations to the Winners of the June Challenge "Mystery"

Congratulations to Kristen of Carosell, popular vote for her piece Daggers of Doom, with 64 votes (15%) of the 422 votes. The runners up are as follows:

2nd place -24. Hitchcock - KraftKonfessions with 61 votes (14%)
3rd place - 12. MASKHARAT necklace - KrisDesignFSP with 45 votes (10%)
4th place - 11. Crop Circles Necklace - njdesigns1 with 40 votes (9%)
tied for 5th place - 13. The Riddler Bead Embroidered Cuff - AngelqueCreations and 16. Mandala Bracelet - SpiralDesignJewelry with 27 votes each (6%)
6th place - 5. Mysterious Maze Bracelet - SierraBeader with 19 votes (4%)
tied for 7th place - 8. Which Came First, The Chicken… - BeadsNJane and 20. Hoo Donut - scarboro with 14 votes (3%)
tied for 8th place - 2. Anasazi inspired cuff - notsoplainbyjane, 6. The English Cozy - terran and 18. Mystery in Binary Necklace - elsielight with 14 votes (3%)
tied for 9th place - 3. Mysterious Amazon Bead Embroidered Necklace - beadn4fun and 23. Eye of Sauron - DealanDeDesigns with 12 votes (2%)
10th place - 9. The Message Controls The Key - randomcreative with 11 votes (2%)

Congratulations to Kristin of KraftKonfesseions, winner of the June "Mystery" team vote! As winner of the Team Favorite vote, Kristin will have the honors of selecting the theme for our August challenge.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Voting for June Challenge - "Mystery"

Ann of FrancescasFancy, winner of our April "Seed Beads Only" Challenge came up with the June Challenge "MYSTERY" theme.

"Design a beaded mystery. Could be a symbolic chalk outline from a crime drama, or the tweed pattern from Sherlock Holmes, or a piece from a puzzle, or a simple suggestive clue. A key to a lost locket, a cypher of a cryptogram, a secret message woven into a work of art. Make an arcane riddle hidden in the pattern of beads, or do a scene from a crime novel. Make a map with an X marks the spot, or make the jewels be the prize in a treasure hunt, or the one earring dropped by the strange lady in red. Any idea woven in beads, just be mysterious somehow in its origin."
Voting starts June 9 - June 15th, (See right side for poll which will be posted on the 9th)
PLEASE VOTE ONLY ONCE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ENTRY

Click on the links below the mosaic or the thumbnail images within to see additional views and read about each piece in detail.


Mystery at the Lake - enchantedbeads Anasazi inspired cuff - notsoplainbyjane Mysterious Amazon Bead Embroidered Necklace - beadn4fun Black Orchids - ArtMasquerading Mysterious Maze Bracelet - SierraBeader The English Cozy - terran Multicolored beadwoven necklace and earrings - Kankou Which Came First, The Chicken… - BeadsNJane The Message Controls The Key - randomcreative Daggers of Doom - carosell Crop Circles Necklace - njdesigns1 MASKHARAT necklace - KrisDesignFSP The Riddler Bead Embroidered Cuff - AngelqueCreations Peekaboo - SpringColors Deco style crystal necklace - alterdeco Mandala Bracelet - SpiralDesignJewelry Mystery Machine Inspired Ring - bysalla Mystery in Binary Necklace - elsielight Eye Witness - MegansBeadedDesigns Hoo Donut - scarboro Whose tail is this - AnnaCohen Green Agate Mystery Cuff - dreambeadweaver Eye of Sauron - DealanDeDesigns Hitchcock - KraftKonfessions Black Mystery - BeadCatcher


1. Mystery at the Lake - enchantedbeads
2. Anasazi inspired cuff - notsoplainbyjane
3. Mysterious Amazon Bead Embroidered Necklace - beadn4fun
4. Black Orchids - ArtMasquerading
5. Mysterious Maze Bracelet - SierraBeader
6. The English Cozy - terran
7. Multicolored beadwoven necklace and earrings - Kankou
8. Which Came First, The Chicken… - BeadsNJane
9. The Message Controls The Key - randomcreative
10. Daggers of Doom - carosell
11. Crop Circles Necklace - njdesigns1
12. MASKHARAT necklace - KrisDesignFSP
13. The Riddler Bead Embroidered Cuff - AngelqueCreations
14. Peekaboo - SpringColors
15. Deco style crystal necklace - alterdeco
16. Mandala Bracelet - SpiralDesignJewelry
17. Mystery Machine Inspired Ring - bysalla
18. Mystery in Binary Necklace - elsielight
19. Eye Witness - MegansBeadedDesigns
20. Hoo Donut - scarboro
21. Whose tail is this - AnnaCohen
22. Green Agate Mystery Cuff - dreambeadweaver
23. Eye of Sauron - DealanDeDesigns
24. Hitchcock - KraftKonfessions
25. Black Mystery - BeadCatcher