Artbeads Contest

Artbeads is proud to announce their first ever ‘What Inspires You?’ jewelry contest! The theme of Artbeads.com’s first beading contest is to let beading artists share their inspiration with others. There are two categories, necklaces and other beaded designs for this contest. Voting will be open to the public to determine the top 3 winners in each category. A picture of the inspiration and design will allow the voters to see how each entry is represented.

The Grand Prize Winner in the Necklace and Beading contests will each receive a $500 Artbeads.com Gift Certificate, the 2nd Place winners will each receive a $250 Artbeads.com Gift Certificate and the 3rd Place winners will each receive a $100 Artbeads.com Gift Certificate.

This is a contest of originality, design, and vision. All entries MUST be an original design. At least 50% of the beads and components in a submitted entry must be purchased from Artbeads.com. Participants must upload one picture of their design and one of picture of their inspiration. This contest is open to beaders worldwide, aged 18 and older.

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Free Bead Tutorial

Lark Books is offering a free tutorial for the Helixa Necklace. This is a design offered in the book One Big Beautiful Bead. [link]

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Butterfly Party Package

Looking for a way to create your own birthday party theme? You can purchase a digital party package and create your own celebration. Print as many or as few as you need. They are even customizable if you desire.

This cute birthday party theme is pink and orange butterflies! Adorable, bright and sure to make anyone smile.

This party package includes:
Flat 5x7 invitation
Folded 5x7 invitation
Folded 5x7 Thank You note
Party Hat
Cup Cake Wrapper
Purse box for crafting or take home goodies
Avery 5160 labels for addresses or name tags
Place cards or food labels

You can purchase it from V-Studios Artfire store. [link]

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Giveaway - Jewelry Design Challenge Book

This Give Away Has Ended - #30 won and has been contacted.    Follow Lark Jewelry & Beading on the new Lark Crafts blog for great interviews, free projects, and interesting perspectives:
http://www.larkcrafts.com/jewelry-beading/

Lark Books is offering one Craft Connection reader a signed copy of Jewelry Design Challenge.

Here is how you get one (1) entry:

• Leave a comment about this give-away. (no duplicates please)
  
  

Here is how you can score up to three (3) additional entries:

• Subscribe to Craft Connection by joining Google Friends on the right hand bar. Leave an additional comment to let me know you did it!
  
• Blog about this give-away and include a link so your readers can enter to win too. Come back here and leave a comment to let me know you've done it with a link to the post.
  
• Follow Craft Connection on Facebook . Come back here and leave a comment to let me know you did it!
  
  

Hurry and Enter Now!

You have until Thursday, September 23, 2010 at midnight Eastern to get your entries in! One winner will be selected randomly through Random.org and announced here on Friday, September 24, 2010.

Good Luck Everyone!

This offer  has been provided by Lark Books  free of charge with no additional requirements or endorsements necessary.

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Jewelry Design Challenge - Book Review

A simply ingenious concept to invite thirty artists to use the same tools and materials to create one piece of jewelry. - with a little twist - you can add one additional wild card. This is a throw back to college design challenges and I am sure many that participated felt that way during their process. Were they limited by the challenge or inspired? You can see for yourself in Jewelry Design Challenge presented by Lark Books. As a reader, you benefit by stepping through the process as they create as well as hearing their comments, feelings and opinions on the  process. What a great look into the creative process, I hope they continue this as a book series.
Jewelry Design Challenge: 10 Materials * 30 Artists * 30 Spectacular Projects (Lark Jewelry Books)

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Artfire Pro Deal

ArtFire is offering a limited number of people the chance to lock in a never-before-seen $5.95/month rate. In order for us to offer you this deal we need at least 20,000 members, including you, to opt-in for the exclusive $5.95 rate. Don’t miss your chance to lock in the best deal in e-commerce. Once this deal is over, it’s not coming back. If you have any questions please see the terms that apply to this deal. [link]

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