Wednesday, March 20, 2013

May 2013 Theme Announced: "Hungarian Folk Art"

Hungarian Folk Art:

Arlene of ArtfulAr, winner of our Faberge Egg theme has chosen our next theme! She writes:

The theme I chose for the May 2013 Etsy Beadweavers Challenge is "Hungarian Folk Art". Growing up in a Hungarian home, my Mother and Grandmother were so very talented in all the arts. Embroidery was one art they excelled in; doilies, napkins, tablecloths, etc. This theme is special to me and brings back wonderful memories. The beautiful rich colors and designs are a delight to the eye. Create your own art from the inspirational designs at the link below, or any reference for Hungarian Folk Art of your choosing.

LINK:

Here is a link to get your creative juices flowing.

You may start your entry today and post to your shop by midnight May 5th Etsy time. Please do not tag your entry with EBWC until the April challenge is complete (April 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.

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Congratulations to the Winners of the March " Faberge Egg" Challenge

Congratulations to ArtfulAr for winning both the popular blog vote and internal team vote for the March "Faberge Egg" challenge with her stunning bracelet, Czarina Bracelet.



The blog vote runner ups are as follows:

2nd place - #12 Faberge Inspired beaded bracelet with decorative box by EsmereldasStudio with 24 votes
3rd place - #2 Blue Beaded Faberge Style Egg by suegoodebeads with 21 votes (7%)
4th place (tie) - #1 Easter Egg Jewelry by enchantedbeads, and #23 Faberge Easter Necklace by AngelqueCreations with 20 votes (6%) each
5th place - #15 Bead Embroidery Bracelet by Vicus with 19 votes (6%)
6th place (3-way tie) -#4 Hermitage Collection by Lirigal, , #18 Blue Faberge by AnnaCohen , and #22 Romanova by TrinketsBeadwork with 18  (6%)votes each
7th place -  #19 Icosahedron Paperweight - SallyGoRoundTheMoon with 17 votes (5%)
8th place - (tied) #16 Free Like An Egg - Maewa  and #21 Emeralda Faberge - daxdesigns 15 votes(5%) each
9th place - 3. Aqua and Olivine Netting Beaded Bead Necklace - SallyJeansBeadedGems with 14 (4%)
10th place #11 Lily of the Valley a la Faberge - BeadCatcher with 10 votes (3%)

Team vote runner ups are as follows: 2nd place - #12 Faberge Inspired beaded bracelet with decorative box by EsmereldasStudio with 13 votes
3rd place - Romanova by TrinketsBeadwork with 12 votes
4th place - Blue Beaded Faberge Style Egg by suegoodebeads with 11 votes
5th place - Bead Embroidery Bracelet by Vicus with 8 votes
6th place (tie) - Aqua and Olivine Netting Beaded Bead Necklace by SallyJeansBeadedGems, and Emeralda Faberge by daxdesigns with 7 votes each
8th place (tie) - Hermitage Collection by Lirigal, and Icosahedron Paperweight by SallyGoRoundTheMoon with 5 votes each.
9th place  Easter Egg Jewelry by enchantedbeads with 4 votes

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Vote for FABERGE EGG March Challenge Entry

The EtsyBeadweavers Team took on the challenge of drawing inspiration from Faberge eggs’ fine, meticulous elaboration and amazingly detailed lacy patterns for their March theme.

Vote for your favorite entry as shown in the mosica below, and view each one in greater detail by clicking on the images within the mosic, or the links below.

Voting for for this challenge is on March 9th - 15th. Click on the images within or the links below the mosaic to see additional views and read about each piece in detail.

  PLEASE VOTE ONLY ONCE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ENTRY


  1. Easter Egg Jewelry - enchantedbeads 2. Blue Beaded Faberge Style Egg - suegoodebeads 3. Aqua and Olivine Netting Beaded Bead Necklace - SallyJeansBeadedGems 4. Hermitage Collection - Lirigal 5. Rose Trellis Beadwoven Cuff Bracelet - MaryTDesigns 6. Pink Green Beadwoven Necklace - SpringColors  7. Czarina Bracelet - ArtfulAr  8. Vintage Caramel Candy Shooter Marble Dressed Up - ArtMasquerading 9. Beadweave Creamy Eggshell - Jewelrybyjane29  10. Brooched Egg - beadn4fun  11. Lily of the Valley a la Faberge - BeadCatcher  12. Faberge inspired beaded bracelet with decorative box - EsmerldasStudio  13. Emerald Gold Cuff - BeadworkAndCoe  14. Beaded pendant - alterdeco  15. Bead Embroidery Bracelet - Vicus  16. Free Like An Egg - Maewa  17. Bay Tree Brooch - KraftKonfessions  18. Blue Faberge - AnnaCohen  19. Icosahedron Paperweight - SallyGoRoundTheMoon  20. Egg Drop - SilverDragon  21. Emeralda Faberge - daxdesigns  22. Romanova - TrinketsBeadwork  23. Faberge Easter Necklace  - AngelqueCreations  24. Beaded Easter Egg Ornament - BiddefordBeadLab  
1. Easter Egg Jewelry - enchantedbeads 

2. Blue Beaded Faberge Style Egg - suegoodebeads

3. Aqua and Olivine Netting Beaded Bead Necklace - SallyJeansBeadedGems 

4. Hermitage Collection - Lirigal 

5. Rose Trellis Beadwoven Cuff Bracelet - MaryTDesigns 

6. Pink Green Beadwoven Necklace - SpringColors 

7. Czarina Bracelet - ArtfulAr 

8. Vintage Caramel Candy Shooter Marble Dressed Up - ArtMasquerading 

9. Beadweave Creamy Eggshell - Jewelrybyjane29 

10. Brooched Egg - beadn4fun 

11. Lily of the Valley a la Faberge - BeadCatcher 

12. Faberge inspired beaded bracelet with decorative box - EsmerldasStudio 

13. Emerald Gold Cuff - BeadworkAndCoe 

14. Beaded pendant - alterdeco 

15. Bead Embroidery Bracelet - Vicus 

16. Free Like An Egg - Maewa 

17. Bay Tree Brooch - KraftKonfessions 

18. Blue Faberge - AnnaCohen 

19. Icosahedron Paperweight - SallyGoRoundTheMoon 


23. Faberge Easter Necklace  - AngelqueCreations 

24. Beaded Easter Egg Ornament - BiddefordBeadLab