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Call for entries: art clay, wire, metal

Cyndi Lavin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:00:58 +0000

Fire Moutain Gems is now taking entries for the Art Clay, Wire Work, Metal Beads, and Chains jewelry making competition. The deadline is January 12, 2010.

Art Clay®, Metal Beads, Wirework & Chain
Be the next Grand Prize Winner and Internationally Published Designer-Artist in the Fire Mountain Gems and Beads Art Clay®, Metal Beads, Wirework & Chain Contest. Push the design envelope with metal creations, including Art Clay®, jumprings, metal beads, wirework and chain.

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Call for entries: The Beadwork Challenge

Cyndi Lavin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:15:08 +0000

Would you like to participate in one of Beadwork Magazine’s challenges, where you get to design a a piece using one of their challenge kits? Just email an image of your work to Beadwork Magazine, and you could be a winner! Beadwork wants to get a sense of your style, technical excellence, and the scope of your beading knowledge, so make sure you send your very best piece.

Deadline: November 20, 2009

Rules and submission information

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Call for entries: Embellished tiara

Cyndi Lavin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:00:55 +0000

Nancy Eha has put out a call for all tiara lovers: she says it’s “All About the Sparkle!” and you can join in this fun challenge if you can get your act together by Sept 30, 2009.

Time is short, so contact Nancy today to obtain your tiara challenge package for $16. It includes a Tiara Pattern, a Crown Magic Tiara Base, Hook and Loop Closure, Challenge Bead and Thread Packet. There is no additional charge when submitting your photo entry.

There WILL be prizes

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Call for entries: Swarovski Elements

Cyndi Lavin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:00:13 +0000

Brand new this season, Fire Mountain Gems has decided to break down their huge annual contest into six smaller materials-based contests! The first up is Crystallized Swarovski Elements.

Deadline: September 21, 2009

Information and entry details

Let your brilliance shine with over-the-top designs incorporating Swarovski Crystal. The grand prize is a $1000 gift certificate to FMG, and there are also lots of category prizes that will be given out.

As one of the largest and long-standing suppliers of CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements, Fire Mountain Gems offers a brilliant selection of colors, cuts and color and design inspiration to create your winning piece.

I have a piece that I was thinking about entering, and then I realized that not all the components came from FMG. Most, but not all. Oh well, now that I’ve seen all the chances we have to enter their contests this year, I’m not going to stress about it…there will be lots more opportunities!

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Call for entries:Flower-inspired challenge

Cyndi Lavin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:30 +0000

The forum at Beading Daily has come up with a first-ever forum challenge for beaders: You are hereby challenged to create something out of beads or create beads themselves that are inspired by flowers. Some participants plan to actually create a flower out of seed beads, but the intent isn’t to limit you to any particular medium or technique.

The deadline is July 18, 2009, so hurry!

All the information on entering the contest can be found at the Beading Daily website. Scroll down to the 3rd message for the official rules. There are prizes being offered, so get your entry in soon!

Image: Beading Daily

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Call for entries: Use the Muse

Cyndi Lavin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:00:05 +0000

The Use the Muse contest was created by Scarlett Lanson who has a regular column in Beadwork magazine and has won some prestigious contests herself. Scarlett’s goal was to create a competition for all types of beaders; stringers, bead weavers, and embroiderers, that had a shortened timeline and a big payoff. There are some very nice prizes including prizes for first through third place and ten category prizes, provided by Rainbows of Light and ArtBeads.com.

ArtBeads.com

The cost for the entry kit is $30 plus $5 for shipping in the US and $10 for international entrants.

One important thing to note is that there are a limited number of kits available and they will likely be gone before the order deadline of June 27. So, if this sounds like something you would like to do or blog about please keep this in mind. Plus, the sooner you sign up, the more time you will have to work on your design before the July 18th entry deadline.

To learn more and check out what happened in the first Use the Muse II contest, visit Scarlett’s blog.

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Call for entries: Flex Your Creativity

Cyndi Lavin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:20:27 +0000

I’m excited about this contest! SoftFlex and SoftTouch (the premium brand) are the only beading wires I use anymore.

FIND OUT MORE HERE!

SoftFlex wants to know: What’s your perfect color?

Show us in the form of an awesome jewelry design! Soft Flex® Company is looking for colorful designs that showcase your creativity. Design entries must include all three Soft Flex® Wire colors from one of our ten Trios. There is no limit to the number of designs that you may enter. We encourage you to feature beads and findings from your local bead shop.

Information and submission details
Deadline: September 1, 2009

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Call for entries: Mmmm…Miyuki, contest #4

Cyndi Lavin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:15:34 +0000

This is the fourth Miyuki contest, sponsored by Caravan Beads! The deadline is June 1, 2009. Contest #4 summary:

Combine any Miyuki beads with the large (and still growing) world of C-Lon® threads and beading cords. You may weave, stitch, string, crochet, macrame or combine multiple techniques to create your entry.

• The beads used in your entry must be made by Miyuki and the thread or cord must be C-Lon. Your piece can be made of mostly beads, a fiber piece that includes beads as accents or decoration, or anything in between. Entry suggestions include tapestry, jewelry, sculpture, or any other beaded creation. If you have questions about whether your idea is acceptable, send us an email and we’ll be happy to discuss it.

• There are no size restrictions; entries large and small are acceptable.

• Email us at least two clear digital photos of your creation—one closeup and one showing the entire piece. You may send up to five photos if you think it will help us understand your entry. (See note “a” below for some tips on taking good photos). The initial judging will be done from the images, so the clearer they are, the better your chances of winning.

• If winners can be chosen from the photos, we will do so. If not, we may request that the finalists ship their pieces to us for the final judging.

All the rest of the rules can be found at the Caravan Beads Wesite!

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Call for entries: Bead Star

Cyndi Lavin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:00:43 +0000

Come one, come all and enter our second annual Bead Star contest, Bead Star 2009! Winning entries will once again be published in Bead Star magazine, the first-ever publication comprised entirely of prize-winning designs selected by beaders worldwide. Besides fame, winners will also receive exciting prizes donated by our generous sponsors.

Deadline to submit images: May 1, 2009

Rules and submission information

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Call for entries: The 7th Annual Ugly Necklace Contest

Cyndi Lavin — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:15:08 +0000

What’s Up Wednesday!

It’s not that easy to do ugly. I mean to do really gut-twisting ugly.

It’s easy to make a necklace that isn’t that great, but how about to make one that breaks all the rules of good design and leaves your viewer feeling squeamish? I can’t show you a picture of my entry from two years ago here, because I used plastic vomit as the base. If you’d like to see it, it’s on their website as a semi-finalist from 2007. It’s called “Queasy”, and you’ll have to scroll down just a bit. You’ve been warned!

The Land of Odds has been sponsoring this contest for 7 years now, so there are plenty of…wonderful?…examples of ugly art to look at to inspire you. But please, enter this fun contest and see how hard it really is to do ugly! All the information you need is here.

The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2009. Here’s last year’s winner to get you going:

Julia Vogl

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