Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Ocotber 2012 Theme Announced "Misty Winter's Dawn"

Tracey, the winner of our August "HOT HOT HOT" internal vote has chosen our theme for our October 2012 Monthly Challenge!

Misty Winter's Dawn


What are your favorite "Misty Winter’s Dawn" shades? Set a Mood with this chance to explore a subdued and muted dawn-in-winter colour palette using tones such as: grey/white, blues/lilacs, pale oranges/yellows, deep greens/foggy greys. Try to achieve a pale, pastel, soft, foggy, muted, subtle and subdued look in your piece. Feel free to google images to see how some muted and softer colours vary and shade together. My favorite photographs are grey/white tones.

You can also include a photo of your inspiration in your listing as well, as long as it is public domain and/or you have permission from the photographer. Here are a couple of samples to get your creative juices flowing:

Photograph by AleksandarMomirovic

Photograph by Robert Herst

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.

Friday, August 17, 2012

Congratulations to the Winners of the August Challenge "HOT HOT HOT"



Congratulations to zviagil, for winning the popular vote for the piece "Hot Hot Hot," with 71 votes (14%) of the 519 votes. The runners up are as follows:

2nd place - Hot Herringbone Necklace Transformer by Svetush with 69 votes (13%)
Tied for 3rd place - FIRE Salamander Necklace by KrisDesignFSP and Sparkling Summer Sun by PreciousHeartBeads with 52 votes each (10%)
4th place - Flame Necklace by Crystalstargems with 51 votes (10%)
5th place - Bead Embroidered Sahara Set by Vicus with 30 votes (6%)
6th place - Heat Wave Bead Embroidered Necklace by AngelqueCreations with 25 votes (5%)
7th place - Hell Bracelet - Flames of Fire by FrancescasFancy with 20 votes (4%)
8th place - Glowing Embers Fringed Necklace by Medic5415 with 16 votes (3%)
9th place - Global Warming by CraftyWeaves with 15 votes (3%)
Tied for 10th place - Baby You’re a Firework Necklace by beadn4fun and Rivoli Crystal August Sun Necklace by SpringColors with 14 votes each (3%)

Congratulations to Tracey of Crystalstargems, winner of the August "HOT HOT HOT" internal team vote with her "Flame Necklace!" As winner of the Team Favorite vote, Tracey will have the honor of selecting the theme for our October challenge.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Voting for August Challenge - "HOT HOT HOT"



Sorry but we had some technical difficulties in posting the poll this morning and so we are trying out a new polling system.  The poll is now open and will run until August 16, 2012 midnight Pacific Daylight Time.



Kristin, winner of the June "Mystery" challenge, selected our August challenge theme. She decided that the theme would focus on HEAT!


Pieces have been inspired by August heat, intense white heat, fiery hot passion, global warming trends (our earth is getting hotter), sexy passion, and more.



Voting starts August 9 - August 15th, (See right side for poll which will be posted on the 9th.)




PLEASE VOTE ONLY ONCE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ENTRY



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



1. Bead Embroidered Sahara Set - Vicus Arizona\Hot Peacock Feathers Earrings - AnnaCohen Hot Pink Beadwoven Bracelet - MaryTDesigns Embers Only, Beware the Heat - OneCheekCrafts Hot Fire Agate Flower Cuff - annamei Baby You\Spicy Hot Plumeria Flower Hair Clip - MegansBeadedDesigns  Hot Lips Kissed A Toad Cuff - leslievcreations Heat Wave Bead Embroidered Necklace - AngelqueCreations Phoenix Fire Beadwoven Necklace - HannahRachel Hot Days, Hot Nights Pendant - BeadsForBeauty Glowing Embers Fringed Necklace - Medic5415 Hot Vulcano Necklace - ellimei Global Warming - CraftyWeaves  FIRE Salamander Necklace - KrisDesignFSP Hanging Chili Peppers Necklace - ArtMasquerading One Cool HOT Peacock Bead Bracelet - 4uidzne Flame Necklace - Crystalstargems Hot Hot Hot - zviagil  Topaz Tipped Flame Twisted Cord Necklace - DesigningRoseStore Hot Pink, Hot Lips, Hot Desert Skies - Jewelrybyjane29 Sparkling Summer Sun - PreciousHeartBeads Heart Afire Necklace - scarboro Rivoli Crystal August Sun Necklace - SpringColors Hot Herringbone Necklace Transformer - Svetush Golden Lace Beaded Chocker - SpiralDesignJewelry Drought Necklace - KraftKonfessions Hot Fire Snake - alterdeco Hell Bracelet - Flames of Fire - FrancescasFancy Hot Summer Sunset Beadwoven Choker - beadbug  Fire Bird Pendant - enchantedbeads

1. Bead Embroidered Sahara Set - Vicus

2. Arizona's Molten Summers - AZJOLEEBEADWEAVER

3. Hot Peacock Feathers Earrings - AnnaCohen

4. Hot Pink Beadwoven Bracelet - MaryTDesigns

5. Embers Only, Beware the Heat - OneCheekCrafts

6. Hot Fire Agate Flower Cuff - annamei

7. Baby You're a Firework Necklace - beadn4fun

8. Spicy Hot Plumeria Flower Hair Clip - MegansBeadedDesigns

9. Hot Lips Kissed A Toad Cuff - leslievcreations

10. Heat Wave Bead Embroidered Necklace - AngelqueCreations

11. Phoenix Fire Beadwoven Necklace - HannahRachel

12. Hot Days, Hot Nights Pendant - BeadsForBeauty

13. Glowing Embers Fringed Necklace - Medic5415

14. Hot Vulcano Necklace - ellimei

15. Global Warming - CraftyWeaves

16. FIRE Salamander Necklace - KrisDesignFSP

17. Hanging Chili Peppers Necklace - ArtMasquerading

18. One Cool HOT Peacock Bead Bracelet - 4uidzne

19. Flame Necklace - Crystalstargems

20. Hot Hot Hot - zviagil

21. Topaz Tipped Flame Twisted Cord Necklace - DesigningRoseStore

22. Hot Pink, Hot Lips, Hot Desert Skies - Jewelrybyjane29

23. Sparkling Summer Sun - PreciousHeartBeads

24. Heart Afire Necklace - scarboro

25. Rivoli Crystal August Sun Necklace - SpringColors

26. Hot Herringbone Necklace Transformer - Svetush


27. Golden Lace Beaded Chocker - SpiralDesignJewelry

28. Drought Necklace - KraftKonfessions

29. Hot Fire Snake - alterdeco

30. Hell Bracelet - Flames of Fire - FrancescasFancy

31. Hot Summer Sunset Beadwoven Choker - beadbug

32. Fire Bird Pendant - enchantedbeads