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Click here to enter the Sisterhood of the Traveling Bead Box Giveaway

from a deer jaw I found in the woods behind my house

Art Bead Scene Blog: Giveaway with a Little Help from our Friends in Beads 2011

Click here for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Bead Box 

Art Bead Scene Blog: Giveaway with a Little Help from our Friends in Beads 2011

Sisterhood of the Traveling Bead Box Sneak Peek

a few of the goodies I've added to the box

If you are looking to throw your name in the hat for the giveaway, click here to read all the specifics of the giveaway and add your name and email to the comment list of that post.

Among the items I've added to the box are yards and yards of sari silk, a chunk of cute origami squares perfect for bezels, a couple of Golem Studio beads, a handful of skull beads, a few enamel charms from Gardanne Beads, two signed and numbered dichroic glass pendants by Larry Gruda, two dozen copper washers, some beaded beads, chunky tumbled glass beads, a spool of purple artistic wire, some stone cabs, and many other juicy pieces. 

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Bead Box Giveaway

photo from a Beadiful Mess

 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Bead Box is ready to fly off to another city.  A perfect storm of calamity and obligation slowed its progress, but now it is ready to go.  This week I will post pictures of some of the items I have added to the box [click here to see a sneak peek].  I will select a winner on June 1st at 6 PM EST.  Here is a list of the 15 previous winners which starts with the wonderful Heather Powers who started the STBB.  I tried to link each person to the blog in which they announced the giveaway. 

1.Heather Powers of Humble Beads- San Antonio, Texas

2.Mikki Ferrugiaro of MFD Beadwork Originals- Utah

3.Nancy Dale of NED Beads- Vermont

4.Hannah Rosner of Good River Gallery- New Mexico

5.Chris Neit of Good Quill Hunting- Maine

6.Sandy Spivey of Sandy's Treasure- California

7.Katie Nelson of Katie's Creations- Texas

8.Kristie Roeder of Artisan Clay- Pennsylvania

9.Lorelei Eurto of Lorelei Eurto Jewelry- New York State

10.Becky Caldwell of The Gritty Bird- North carolina

11.Cindy Wimmer of Sweet Bead Studio- Virginia

12.Cindy Gambrone of Lampwork Diva- New York State

13.Paige Maxim of Paige Maxim Designs- Maine

14.Cristi Baxter Clothier of 2 if by Sea- Florida

15.Tracey Nanstad of A Beadiful Mess- Wisconsin

16.Marianna Boylan of Star Girl Jewelry & Lampwork - Michigan

17. Lois Moon of Qué Onda Q'town - Georgia 

The box is ready to go to the next lucky winner! Here's what you need to know:


The giveaway: The entire box of goodies - bead, findings, tools, supplies.

The stipulations: Must have an online forum to host the next giveaway. Must be living within the United States to enter and be willing to pay for shipping: $15.00 for flat rate priority mail billed via Paypal.

The rules: You'll take what you want from the box, add in items from your own bead stash to replace the items you took and do the same giveaway on your blog. We'll keep the beads traveling for as long as we can.

To enter: Leave a comment, be sure to include your email. [If you are on Blogger, think about linking your profile to your email]

Bonus: Blog, facebook or twitter about it to enter more than once. Leave another comment letting me know how you helped spread the word.

International bloggers: I'm sorry, but due to shipping only those in the U.S. can play along.

Deadline To Enter: Comments will be accepted until Wednesday, June 1st, at 6pm (eastern standard time).

Check out the pictures in your garden

My husband was gone when I got home from work today, but he left me a note on top of the camera...

"Check out the pictures in your garden."

These are the pictures taken just outside the back door.  Yikes!  Please tell me that is a white oak snake and not a rattler.  I won't know until he gets home and tells me what he heard when he took the pics, but that looks like a fairly shield-shaped help to me! 

Springtime Earring Blog Hop

I made these beauties for the Springtime Earrings Blog Hop being hosted by Moira McEvoy of The Musings of Mystic Pesto.  While bright pink and fuschia may not be the colors of spring in many part of the country, here in the southernmost part of Georgia they are the colors of the last camellias, the azaleas, and the strawberries.  With the temperatures reaching over 90F at the end of the week, and plenty of standing water from all the downpours we have had, these are also the colors of my mosquito bites.  I was attacked as soon as I stepped out the door with my camera.. 

Last week I wrote about my strawberries and cream necklace and here are earrings in the same colorway. I learned a bit about thread tension and decided to use Fireline for the earring shown in full above.  I got a much snugger fit with my beads and far less stretch.  I think I'm going to need to skip the Thread Heaven and use microcrystaline wax when I work with thread.  I read about some stiffening properties it has and this might also help.

Check out the other participant in the blog hop:

BooBeads

Handcrafted Baubles

My Life Under the Bus

For My Sweet Daughter

Silver Rose Designs

Lois Moon **you are here**

Create with Moxie

Sue Beads

Alankarshilpa

Nutkitten

If you have tuned in to find out when to enter to win the Sisterhood of the Traveling Bead Box, the box has yet to arrive in Georgia.  I expect it early next week.  I will post details as soon as it arrives.

daily dog shot - Mingus the corgi

Woodland glade

I've had this pendant sitting around since last year.  It is actually made from translucent polymer clay which I colored with a variety of inks after I fired it.  I didn't make a mold, instead I took an impression from a carved wooden box.  Last weekend I got around to wiring beads and made this necklace with crystals, gemstones, Czech beads, and anything else which appealed to me.  I set out to make it very long, but after wearing it once this way I shortened it to about 17in.  Now I have enough left over to make a bracelet.

no, that's not silver - I used Beadalon German style wire