Thursday, August 21, 2008
Mommie Daze Interview and Giveaway
I was excited to have been contacted by Colleen a few months ago about a new promotion to highlight women with small businesses. An interview published on her blog (MommieDaze), with a contest to give away an item of my choice.
To be honest, I forgot about the interview until this week when Colleen dropped me a note...but it was really fun to do!
Read the interview on MommieDaze and follow the contest instructions for a chance to win my Floating Swirled Heart pendant on a sterling silver snake chain, pictured below.
Labels: bloggers, contest, giveaways, heart jewelry, sterling silver
Friday, June 20, 2008
Ugly Necklace Contest open for voting
It's that time of year again! Land of Odds is ready to have YOU vote on the Ugliest Necklace of 2008. From my mailbox:
6th Annual 2008 The Ugly Necklace ContestA Jewelry Design Competition With A Twist Ten Semi-Finalists Selected- Voting Begins!May 17, 2008 thru July 18, 200810 Jewelry Artists from around the world have been selected from among 37 entries by a panel of four judges from The Center for Beadwork & Jewelry Arts and Land of Odds as Semi-Finalists of 6th Annual 2008 The Ugly Necklace Contest - A Jewelry Design Competition With A Twist. Voting begins On-Line on May 20th, thru July 18th.Synopsis:It's not easy to do Ugly! So the many jewelry designers from across America and around the Globe who entered our 6th Annual 2008 The Ugly Necklace Contest, found this contest especially challenging. After all, your brain is pre-wired to avoid and reject things which are ugly. Think of snakes and spiders. And even if you start your necklace with a bunch of ugly pieces, once you organize theminto a circle, the very nature of an ordered round form makes it difficult to achieve Ugly. Yes, "Ugly" is easier said than done.Who will win? We need the public's help to influence our panel of judges. Does our Sri Lanka entry set an uglier standard about recycling garbage than our Connecticut equestrian does for recycling horse manure? Is the interpretation of Spirituality Overload Gone Awry more successful than those artists who chose Breast Cancer or the Iraq War as "ugly" themes? Doesbeginning with ugly pieces achieve better results than starting with misarranged attractive pieces? Our respected judges narrowed the 37 entries from 17 states in the US as well as Australia, Canada, England and Sri Lanka, to the 10 ugliest ones. They judged these creatively-designed pieces in terms of hideousness, use of materials and clasp, the number of jewelry design principles violated, and the designer's artistic control. Now it's time for America and the Worldto help finalize the decision about which of these 10 semi-finalists' Ugly Necklaces to vote for. The winner will truly be an exceptional jewelry designer. The losers....well....this isn't a contest where you really can "lose". Come see these and the other semi-finalists' pieces at Land of Odds, and vote your choice for the Ugliest Necklace, 2008.Don't say I didn't warn you, however. There is some
UGH-LEE stuff there.........
And if you missed out on entering this year's contest, but feel inspired (well, maybe compelled is a better word) to try it yourself, the 2009 contest rules are also posted.
Labels: contest, land of odds, ugly necklace
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Exciting new contest from Interweave Press!
Want to be a Bead Star? Well, you can throw your hat in the ring for a chance at over $12,000 in prizes, including a trip to Sante Fe for the 2009 Bead Expo!!!! Entries are due no later than May 6, and can be sumitted via email.
Interweave Press, publisher of
Bead Work and
Bead Style magazines, has announced a Casting Call for the Bead Star contest. Winners will also have the opportunity to donate their work to an auction benefitting the American Heart Association's women's heart health initiatives!
More on the contest on the official
Bead Star web site...good luck!!!
Labels: Bead Star, charity, contest, donations, Interweave Press
Saturday, February 16, 2008
New Contest and "The Answer" to Geek Chic
It's been a while since we've held a contest, and it's high time, don't you think??
First of all.....did you guess what
Amy's Geek Chic bracelet charms were made of? Here's what Amy figured out before I gave her a couple of clues:
The beads are thin, round metal. They appear to have been cut from something larger. They are aluminum color with black text. The phrase 'geeks rule' is on a bead, and I swear I saw AT&T on one.
Yes, and there are also charms with Imation, Memorex, 3M, and KAO printed on them in some form or another. As well as "2HD"
Got it?
Yes! I was cleaning out my desk one day, and found a bunch of old floppy discs that I'd backed up all my data onto on that fateful day: 12/31/1999.
Not wanting to have data (no matter how old) just floating around, I tore the metal "shield" off, and cut through the disc inside the plastic cover. After I'd done a couple, I looked again at the metal shield and thought "I can use those...." And sure enough, they worked GREAT. So I not only made some cool jewelry, but I reused something that might have just ended up in a landfill. It's not only Geek-A-Licious, it's GREEN!!! :-D
So, here's the contest! I'm giving you plenty of time to come up with your own Green jewelry, using mainly recycled items. No "junk"...make something you'd actually give as a gift or wear. Send me a photo via
email no later than Monday, April 21 12:00 midnight CT.
On Earth Day, April 22, 2008, I'll draw from all the entries and send one lucky person a copy of the new Interweave Press book Simply Modern Jewelry, which uses a lot of re-purposed and unusual components. All entries will be posted in the Beading Help Web blog, to show just how creative you can get with materials.
Labels: contest, earth day, geek chic, green, repurposed
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Rings N Things "Your Designs Rock! 2008 Contest
Interested in entering a contest this year? Was it one of your 2008 goals?
Rings N Things offers a fun contest every year, with several different categories to choose from.
Glass
Gemstones
Mostly Metal
Polymer Clay
Metal Clay
Alternative Materials
There are rather stringent guidelines for photos, but they can be submitted online. Winning entries take home prizes (in R&T store credit) from $75-$750!!! Entries are accepted February 1-29, 2008. Visit
Rings N Things "Your Designs Rock!" for more details.
"Owl's Eyes"
Last year, I submitted three entries, and was excited to receive an Honorable Mention for "Owl's Eyes" as well as having "Sweet Denim Blue" chosen as one of Polly's Picks. I received a really nice certificate, store credit, and had a lot of fun creating contest entries!
"Sweet Denim Blue"
Labels: 2008 goals, chainmaille, contest, Rings N Things
