Showing posts with label exchange. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exchange. Show all posts

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Sisterhood of the Traveling Bead Box


A girls just gotta have fun
There are so many responsibilities of my daily life that sometimes I get far too caught up in all the to do's. Every once in awhile I am reminded that I need to play too.  It is a long shot, a lottery of sorts so I may not win, but I could use a little speck of happiness in my life right now, a little something that I can look forward to. So I am hoping the stars will align and I will be chosen the lucky winner.


This fabulous box of beading goodies is currently in the hands of  Alice of The Bliss Guild. Alice will be adding her own touch of goodness to the traveling bead box and on August 18th she will be drawing the new recipient. Oh how I hope it will be me. :D


If you want to be part of the game visit Alice's blog at The Bliss Guild to enter.
Here is a bit more info on the Traveling Bead Box. (The following has been taken directly from The Bliss Guild Blog)




The traveling box of goodies began with Heather Powers' (aka Humblebeads)generosity. The box was passed from one lucky winner to another. Here’s a list of the previous winners. You can see how much she’s traveled.


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 QuĂ© Onda Q'town - Georgia 

18. Collette Collins of Firefly Myst Artisan Jewelry – Michigan 

19. Alice Peterson of Peachtree – Kansas—that’s me 

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 of LIKE VALUE 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. 

The winner will then have 2 weeks to go through the box and pick out their items and contribute to the box, and then host their own giveaway.Heather asks that each time it passes hands, the winner will email her when the next giveaway starts so she can enjoy the traveling and help promote your giveaway!

International bloggers: Sorry, but due to shipping only those in the U.S. can play along.

Finally, you must stop by the The Bliss Guild to see what Alice has taken out of the box and exactly what she is adding to the box, lots of special pieces to be sure. 
Thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Art Charms Part 2

I am excited about the art charm exchange I joined which has been hosted by Jennifer of Glassaddictions. Last week I gave you a sneak peak of the beads. Now I have the 10 beads made into charms. I mailed them off to Jennifer on Monday. 

I wanted a group photo of all the charms but in my excitement to get them in the mail, I forgot to take pictures of them before I attached them to my cards. I had to back track a little bit and attempted to take photos with them attached to the cards. 

I don't want to ruin it for the participants of this exchange so I won't show photos of all the charms until we have all received our charms. I will show you just one....I made all my charms different so no one knows exactly which one they will be getting. 




As an artist I love to participate in exchanges like this. It always stretches my artistic abilities. It helps me to think beyond my preferred colors and methods. We all have our favorite color palette and the colors for this exchange are not in my palette. What I have found is that these colors work beautifully together and I will be making more beads with this color theme. I enjoy how something so simple as an exchange between friends can open up a realm of new possibilities.

It is also tons of fun to look forward to receiving goodies in the mail. 

You can learn more about all 10 participants in this exchange by visiting their blogs.
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