For The Love of Beads BlogThe adventures of Suzanne, Nibbler, and friends in the world of beads and jewelry making crafts

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.

Winners:

• Grand Prize Winner: Congratulations to Lisa from Indialantic, Florida, who won the $250 gift card! (Lisa runs the Lucid Moon Studios Blog and Lucid Moon Studios Etsy Store.)
• Green and Black Necklace Winner: Congratulations to Erin from Massachusetts, who won the Green and Black Necklace! (Erin runs Every Heart Crafts Blog and Every Heart Crafts Etsy Store – and also posted about the contest, thanks Erin!)
• Blue and Black Bracelet Winner: Congratulations to Lindsey from Staten Island, New York, who won the Blue and Black Bracelet!
• Chain Maille Flower Choker Winner: Congratulations to Leigh from Highstown, New Jersey, who won the Chain Maille Flower Choker! (Leigh runs the Constant Cravings Blog.)
• Silver and Blue Chain Maille Bracelet Winner: Congratulations to Christine from Bensalem, Pennsylvania, who won the Silver and Blue Chain Maille Bracelet!
  

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:

• Pearl over at The Beading Gem Journal kindly posted a nice write-up of the contest on the 4th of April.
• Lisa from A Bead a Day helped get the word out to her twitter and facebook contacts – she was very kind in giving me some pointers for getting onto twitter where I’ve found so many people, but haven’t tweeted nearly enough myself yet.
• Erin from Every Heart Crafts posted too as I mentioned above (since she was also one of the winners). It was her post that our Grand Prize winner Lisa found out about the contest from!
• Jennifer Ramos from the quite successful Made By Girl blog helped get the word out. Also have a small ad over on her blog that has been sending a fair bit of traffic our way too!
• Corra from De Cor’s Handmades posted before she disappeared for some time off – hopefully she had a good time. The burger in her latest post is making me hungry =D
• Tammy Powley from jewlerymaking.about.com and The Craftey Princess Diaries mentioned the contest on about.com.
• Sheila Morley from Art Talk with Sheila Morley did a nice post just before the contest was over – check out her glass work, such beautiful colours!

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.