Two Challenges

This month I am participating in two challenges with the same necklace.

"NEW HORIZONS" Challenge

This is The Beadweaving Emporium's (at 1000markets) first beadweaving challenge, titled:
"New Horizons".

Vote between: July 9-15th.

Please vote for your favorite artist on the voting poll. We will announce the winner July 16th and the winner will choose the theme for our next challenge for September.

These friendly & fun challenges are beneficial to our market for several reasons. They are a great way to increase our beadweaving skills, inspire us in a new and unexpected ways, and give us the opportunity to showcase our works. We ask that you please take the time to review the challenge pieces and then go to our offsite Beadweaving Emporium Blog at http://www.thebeadweavingemporium.blogspot.com to vote for your favorite. The voting polls will be open from July 9th through July 15th, 2009.

The participants are as follows:

1. Sandfibers with You are my sunshine

2. Njema with New Horizons Bowl

3. Slavetobeads with Green Earth the New Horizon

4. Beadazzled of Oregon with A New Horizon; Sunrise

5. Three Fates Design with Rising Sun-New Horizon Necklace

6. Rachele's Originals with A New Horizon Barrette

7. Enchanted Beads with New Horizons Wedding Necklace

8. Beadsforever with Night Vision Necklace

Thanks again for your support!!

Etsy BeadWeavers' July Challenge - Here comes the bride...

Voting begins on Thursday July 9th and ends midnight July 15th. You can click on the item in the text list below the mosaic linking to the Etsy Shop listing of each entrant. You can read the description of the item there.

1. Pearl Romance Collar - nemeton


2. Intertwined in Love for Wedding Bliss - kraftymax


3. Pearls and Crystals and Silver OH MY - cigarboxbeads


4. Neptunes Bride - triz


5. Pearls And Gold - Bridal Jewelry - Rainy Lane


6. Something Blue - randomcreativ


7. Love Goes Round and Round - 1BeadAtATime


8. Forever Yours - beadsandblooms


9. Bridal Cameo Necklace - Medic5415


10. Geometric Decadence - vanishingpearl


11. Floral Lace - ArtfulAr


12. Champagne Dreams - HauteIceBeadwork


13. A Touch of India - BeadazzledofOregon


14. Seaside Wedding - caraway


15. Two Hearts Become One - BeadworksbyKerri


16. Bridal Tradition - glimmerstone


17. White Bridal Wave - HannahRachel


18. Dare to Dream of Crystals and Pearls - dreambeadweaver


19. Gothic Wedding Fetish Beaded Fishnet Gloves - crownrosegems


20. Two Shall Become One - beadsforever


21. Something New Something Blue - jodihorgan


22. Halloween Bride - alatvian


23. The Blushing Bride - Fivefootfury13


24. Something Borrowed, Something Blue - AmethystRavenstar


25. The Mermaid Bride - ThesePreciousThings


26. Something Blue - copperwaycrafts


27. Beadwoven Bridal Necklace and Earrings - SmadarsTreasure


28. Jewels of Dawn Bridal necklace - CieloDesign


29. Walking on Air - RedCatArtBeads


30. Wrist Corsage - MoreThanSomewhat


31. Stars in my Eyes Bridal Necklace - SpringColors


32. Sparkling Bride - Amykohndesigns


33. Champagne Sparkle necklace - FleurDeIrk


34. Crystal Ice - fashionsfrome


35. Fairy Tale Princess Bride Choker - FrancescasFancy


36. Rebel Bride Freeform Cuff - playnwithbeads


37. Here Comes the Bride - enchantedbeads


38. Indian Bride - BeadCatcher


39. And Together - LiciaBeads

Voting begins on Thursday July 9th and ends midnight July 15th.

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My Brooches are Collectibles!?!

I SOLD my Flamboyant Flower Brooch to this Lady in Baltimore and she wrote me this note:

"This is a gift. I own two other of your brooches which were given to me as gifts. I want to give this one to a good friend celebrating her 70th birthday".

Barbara made my day! It is good to know there are people out there who appreciate your work, that you can be "found" by word of mouth, that little by little your pieces become collectibles.

I remember the two other Brooches.

One of them was EBWC The Purple Eye of a Summer Storm -Amethyst Brooch
It was my second sale at Etsy, in March 2008



The other one was sold in March 2007 at ARTFX, a Gallery in Annapolis, MD. Here is Barbara, again:

"Dear Ileana,

That first one was from my son, Michael and I love it. The second one was serendipity...my business partners saw it in a craft store in Annapolis where we are located and got it for me for my birthday. It is more rectangular in shape but with concave sides in browns and blacks. I like that one also!>

I still have the picture, I will show it here. It flatters me but it humbles me at the same time to see my work becomming collectibles.