These wonderful African Trade Beads are the next prize in the Beading Gem’s ongoing giveaway. She has had some neat prizes from various bead makers and sellers and this week its our turn! So if you want to win these great beads or are just looking for a good crafting blog to read, head on over there and take a peek: Pearl always has interesting and informative articles on beads and other cool jewelry-related stuff.
It’s been way too hot to think in TO these past few days – the humidity is through the roof! – and so I have not had a lot to say. But, I promised TotusMel I would post a link to Wunderkammer’s Giveaway and tell everyone to go enter so here it is: GO ENTER!
The prizes are awesome and the more entries, the more of the prizes get unlocked and she has really saved the best for last! Not that the other prizes aren’t great, but who DOESN’T want this fantastic bustle skirt by Crescentwench?
It only requires about 30 more entries (last I heard) to unlock this beauty so tell your friends and get on over there to peruse the neat stuff she posts and enter this contest. I’m sure she’d appreciate a few tweets too if you have the time as she’s moving soon and super busy.
In other news, I broke my bent nose pliers working with some big honking rings and now I cannot get anything done until I get around to ordering new ones… maybe I should learn a new craft in the meantime – any suggestions? I mostly finished what I was working on – pics to come most likely – so it’s not too big of a deal, they were not the best quality anyway and I had been delaying replacing them. I guess they made that decision for me! But its too hot to stare at the computer anymore, I am going to go relax in the slight breeze on the balcony that my kitties seem to be so enjoying.
Happy crafting!
His decisive victory (49%) in our recent race makes him the new For the Love of Beads mascot! Keep an eye out for this shiny AND furry bead-loving heart popping up in various parts of the store.
Thanks to everyone who voted, we couldn’t have decided without you.
Coming tomorrow (a little late but worth waiting for, was planning to post on Friday), some very, VERY cool chainmail sculptures from a fellow crafter on the Ring Lord forums. Make sure you come back and check it out, you won’t be disappointed!
’til then, happy crafting!
Edit: Apologies to anyone who was having trouble with our checkout system, it has been fixed and should be working properly again! Thanks for your patience!
Just a quick hello to mention some cool blog-y stuff going on out there on the internet!
First off since there isn’t much time left, head on over to Chinook Jewelry’s blog and suggest a name for two new beautiful glazes for a chance to win a fabulous pendant! Contest ends tonight at midnight (PST) so don’t dawdle!
My friend Pearl over at Beading Gem is having a giveaway contest so be sure to enter! For the Love of Beads will be donating some of my favourite beads (pics to come) to this giveaway so be sure to keep an eye on it!
Lorelei’s Inside the Studio blog is also having a great giveaway over the next few weeks so be sure to take a look and leave a comment to enter for some cute mermaids (and whatever other goodies she has to give out).
Beading Daily is hosting their first earring swap which sounds like fun. I plan to participate myself if I can decide what on earth to make so check it out, enter if you feel up for it and maybe you’ll get whatever fun earrings I come up with in the next few weeks! (Or something fantastic from one of your fellow internet loving crafters!)
And last but not least, don’t forget that our mascot race is running until Monday, August 3rd so get your vote in if you haven’t yet.
Now I have to go make use of the sunshine which has been so sparse the past few days – so many new pretties and no pics of any of them! Time to change that.
Happy crafting!
Back when we held our Easter Contest, we had an adorable little bunny hiding cute eggs around the site. Suzanne and I thought it brought a lot of life to the site, so we’ve decided we need a mascot. The only problem is that we can’t decide between our three candidates! They’re all cute, they’re all a bit cheeky, and they all love beads almost as much as we do. So we’ve decided to leave the decision up to you, loyal readers. Take a minute to browse through their profiles, and then cast your vote after the break.
Voting ends on Monday, August 3 so tell your friends to vote for their favourite now!
Thanks for participating! Hope you had fun!
Thanks again to everyone who took part! It was lots of fun to run a contest and I’m sure there will be more in the future. Read on for the list of winners and also links to sites and blogs which helped out by posting about the contest.
So congratulations again to all the winners! I was going to do a video of picking names out of a hat like Lisa did on her blog, but I realized that, having only collected emails I couldn’t really draw names without giving away peoples emails. There was also the secondary problem of having to track down a camera and get the hundreds of names printed and cut up. Next time we do a draw I’m sure we can do a video of Suzanne and I picking names though.
Thanks a ton to all the sites and blogs that posted about the contest! Here is a list of them in no particular order:
I tried to keep track of who I emailed and who posted or otherwise helped out – but I’ve been so busy with college and all the orders coming in that it has been tough. If I’ve missed anyone I’m so sorry! Let me know and I’ll add you to the list.
For all those that didn’t win, there are sure to be more contests in the future! Please come back again soon and theres always the FTLoB newsletter if you want to hear about new contests and other news!
Also I’d love to see some comments (or get some emails) as to what people found both good or bad, intuitive or frustrating about the contest so I can make the next contest even better.
I hope everyone enjoyed the egg hunt! I’m looking forward to the next time we do a contest. In retrospect we started on the Easter Egg Hunt a bit late and it was a bit of a rush to get it all working and ready. Still, quite happy with how it all turned out. Got a few hundred participants to draw from so it’ll be a fairly full hat of names (or more accurately, emails).
I’ll be sending out emails to winners over the next day, so keep an eye on your email inbox!
The official announcement of the winners will be on Thursday. I’ll also do a shout out to everyone I know of that helped out with spreading the contest too – for now I’d like to say thanks again to everyone involved!
Spring has just sprung here in Toronto and Easter is just around the corner. Easter in my family has always been marked with a big family dinner and of course, lots of chocolate. I have fond memories of searching every nook and cranny to uncover every last hidden treat. Decorating Easter eggs was also something I remember affectionately.
Suzanne and I have decided to celebrate the launch of the For The Love Of Beads Blog with a Virtual Easter Egg Hunt and Raffle!
The Grand Prize will be $250 gift card for For The Love Of Beads! Four other prizes will be given out, each a piece of jewelry I’ve made recently. Everyone who finds an egg will be entered into the raffle (slight change from what I thought we’d do when I posted the teaser). You will also receive a 15%, 25% or 50% discount when you find your first egg.
For the rest of the details click “more…” below!
I’m excited to announce that starting Monday we’re going to have a big contest!
The GRAND PRIZE will be the winner’s choice of $250 worth of beads from For The Love Of Beads. We’re also giving away four pieces of jewelry I’ve made as secondary prizes.
I don’t want to give too much away yet, but with Easter just around the corner there will be a small hunt around the website to qualify for the raffle. Also, everyone who participates will get a coupon for a discount on their next order from For The Love Of Beads (upto 50% off!).
Make sure you come back again next Monday (April 6th) to participate and get all the contest details!
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