My EBW September Challenge entry

I made a cuff this time:

This is my version of the rich, luscious, colorful jewelry you would admire in Bollywood movies. This cuff bracelet would sit majestically on the wrist of a beautiful princess or a gorgeous Indian dancer populating Bollywood dreams.

The base is a black leather-covered brass cuff. It fits all sizes and it is 4.5 cm (1 3/4") wide. The centerpiece measures 5.5 cm (2 1/8"). I made it with a mother of pearl round framed with size 15 Miyuki seed beads in shades of rose pink and lavender and topped with a beautiful flower. For the flower I used a hot pink faceted crystal (20 mm x 20 mm) surrounded by size 11 seed beads. The cuff is finished with two symmetrical floral embellishments made with German glass cabochons and size 11 seed beads.

I created this piece for the September 2010 Etsy Beadweavers Challenge, “Bollywood”. Please visit the EBW blog

http://etsy-beadweavers.blogspot.com
between 9-15 September and vote for your favorite.

NEWS from the EBW BLOG

September "Bollywood" Challenge Voting Sept 9- 15

This month's challenge theme "Bollywood" was chosen by Anna of Teasebeads winner of the July Challenge. Anna's challenge was.... "We all have seen Bollywood movies and I think that you will agree with me that it is a world of colors, music, beautiful women and shining jewelry. Lets fantasize on the subject of Indian jewelry as we see them !"

We have had another outstanding response to this month with 52 entries, and it will be difficult to decide which is your favorite, please look at each entry by clicking on their links below the image. You can vote on your favorite from September 9th to September 15th

1. Muscovite Love - lrcoastalart

2. Dreams of Bollywood Beadwoven Necklace - southfielddesigns

3. Bollywood Bling Gold and Green with Crystals Necklace -Jewelrybyjane29

4. BollyWood Red FanDangle Earrings - myfairladyvt4

5. Indigo Necklace - Starwaves

6. Bollywood Nights - Cuff - triz

7. Bollywood Beauty - HauteIceBeadwork

8. Bollywood Earrings - FullThrottleGypsy

9. Shirina Necklace - Charmingthings

10. Bollywood Sun Cuff Bracelet - beadn4fun

11. Lakshmi's Necklace - CieloDesign

12. Bollywood Squares - tapdancer556011

13. Purple Bollywood Style Necklace - notsoplainbyjane

14. Bollywood Bling Ring - LaBellaJoya

15. Bollywood Nights, Jhumka Style Earrings - AutumnSkyAdornments

16. Bollywood Bling - dreambeadweaver

17. Bollywood bracelet - MacrameByMaja

18. Bollywood Fauxberge - MoreThanSomewhat

19. Bollywood Lights Necklace - beadsandblooms

20. Bombay Jewels Beadwoven Bracelet - TheCrimsonMoon

21. Bollywood bracelet. The Indian dance. - snivli

22. Mumbai 7 Tiles - daniellart

23. Bollywood BANGle Medic5415

24 Pancha Bollywood Bracelet - Sobby

25. The Rose Of India Necklace - beadsofaquarius

26. Red Onyx Agate necklace - Jodhaa - Kankou

27. Bollywood BeDazzle - carosell

28. Bollywood Kundan Bridal Choker - AngelqueCreations

29. Bollywood Splendor Earrings - thebeaddoodler

30. Bollywood belly dancing bracelet - dknzdesigns

31. Bollywood Jewel Necklace - flagrantdesigns

32. Bejeweled Bollywood Bib Necklace with Malachite - windyriver

33. Mumbai Masala - SmadarsTreasure

34. Bollywood earrings - AnnaCohen

35. Bollywood Hand beaded Necklace - pjlacasse

36. Ornate Bubbe Pin Purple Iridescent - SilverDragon

37. A Bollywood Crystal Braided Beaded Necklace - crystalwonders
38. India Sparkles - ThreeFatesDesign

39. Tears Of Shiva Necklace - zaziebeads

40. AISHA Treasury - bead4me

41. Bombay Beauty - ArtfulAr

42. Bollywood's Naughty Bits Necklace - JaneMichael

43. Bollywood Necklace - beadshead

44. Bollywood Meets SteamPunk - ThesePreciousThings

45. Passion Pink Earrings - FrancescasFancy

46. Maharani - ballroomchic

47. Crystal Beadwoven Rivoli Necklace - SpringColors

48. Bollywood Tradition Choker Necklace - jess2bead

49. This is Bollywood - enchantedbeads

50. Bollywood Peyote Cuff - shadowbeads

51. Bollywood Necklace Mandalas of Larimar - janetkemp88

52. Bollywood glamour necklace - grakowsky

Artfire Collection (1)

The Edge of Summer

Curated By: enchantedbeads

Indie Design

July Challenge

July Challenge "The Secret Garden"

This month's challenge theme was chosen by our winner of the May Challenge Ileana of EnchantedBeads and I think that the theme is excellent and once again produced some amazing work by our members.

The theme - The Secret Garden was Ileana's challenge "Thinking of a summer theme for our July Challenge, I am obsessing with beautiful flowers, magical gardens, sunny landscapes. Every artist has a secret garden, real or imaginary. A garden full of colors! Birds, butterflies, lizards could be guests as well. I am inviting you to stir up your imagination and to introduce your own secret garden to us. It would be even more exciting if you accompany your beautiful beadwoven creation with a picture that inspired you. "

To best decide the Winner, you can click on their links below the image. You can vote on your Favorite from July 9th to July 15th.

1. Beadwork Clock - EmeraldWindow

2. Poppies of the Roman Forum (Palatine Grounds) - AngelqueCreations

3. My Secret Flower - SmadarsTreasure
4. Midnight Garden Necklace - StickLizardDesigns
5. Morning Glory Secret Garden Spiral Choker - Jewelrybyjane29
6. Garden of Wishes - Lauralia
7. Lilac Dream Garden - ArtBeadwork
8. Ostuni necklace - Sobby
9. . Atlantis Garden - Sagescupboard

10. There's a Secret in my Garden - Sedonaskye
11. Mystery pool - AnnaCohen
12. My Secret Garden necklace - Daniellart
13. Crystal Rivoli Beaded Flower Necklace - SpringColors
14. Tea Time in my Secret Garden - BeadazzledofOregon
15. Secret Garden Floral Beadwoven Necklace - MaryTDesigns
16. Krystina's Secret Garden Beaded Bracelet - Crystalwonders
17. My Blooming Garden - TreasureBead
18. Moss Garden Beadwoven Necklace - HannahRachel
19. My Secret Garden Necklace - CieloDesign
20. Forget-me-not bouquet - Ballroomchic
21. Freeform Bead Woven Cobalt Blue Bracelet - KRDesigns11
22. Heavenly Shades of Night - CindyCaraway
23. Hidden Rose Garden Necklace - FrancescasFancy
24. My Secret Garden - Enchantedbeads

Thank you Ann of Francesca's Fancy for making this mosaic for us!!!

Congratulations to Anna of TreasureBead with 206 (24%) of the votes winner of this month's challenge "The Secret Garden:"

June Challenge Winner-Phenomenon

I got the 6-th place (fifth runner up) with my Ice Storm bracelet!

Congrats to Isabella from bead4me with 23% (117 votes) of the vote for the win for this month's challenge!!!!


The Runner's-up are as follows:
25. Devouring The Sun - Beadwoven Solar Eclipse Pendant - gr8jewellery 83 (16%)
26. Rhythm of the sea bracelet - beademecum 73 (14%)
4. Phoenix Art Necklace - christinesbeadworks 38 (7%)
3. Earthquake Phenomenon - Jewelrybyjane29 2 (0%)
1. Ice Storm - enchantedbeads 26 (5%)
18. Northern Lights - JoyFullyJewels 22 (4%)
16. Hawaii After a Rain - BeadCatcher 21 (4%)
7. Rebirth - BettyStephanBeadwork 21 (4%)
10. The Nautilus Necklace - LaBellaJoya 15 (2%)

My Artfire

enchantedbeads - ArtFire Artisan Studio

EBW June Challenge - Phenomenon

I am participating in this Challenge again. My entry is #1, "Ice Storm"


This theme was chosen by Isabella, beads4me, the Winner of our April Challenge. To best decide the Winner, you can click on their links below the image. You can vote on your Favorite from June 9th to June 15th.

"As I Have said before, I have found that the nature is the perfect creation, it always gives me inspiration to create some thing of my own by using the colors or the appearance. The ability to use it and let it effect our handmade creation is amazing by itself.
In the last few weeks, we were all witnesses to another affect of one such Iceland volcano.
Try to remember one Phenomenon that amazed you the most and transfer it to amazing beaded jewelry".

1. Ice Storm - enchantedbeads

2. Bursting with Topaz Beadwoven Necklace - TerriFayeJewelry

3. Earthquake Phenomenon - Jewelrybyjane29

4. Phoenix Art Necklace - christinesbeadworks

5. Mulberry Tree Necklace - annamei

6. The Power of Water - Waterfall Necklace - Medic5415

7. Rebirth - BettyStephanBeadwork

8. Harvest Moon Golden Statement Pendant - sagescupboard

9. Northern Lights - Beadwoven Cuff in Deep Metallic Blue - TheCrimsonMoon

10. The Nautilus Necklace - LaBellaJoya

11. Atlantic Beach, Long Island - southfielddesigns

12. Purple Bronze and Black Northern Lights Necklace - HannahRachel

13. Obsidian necklace Total Eclipse of the Sun - Kankou

14. Olympics Beaded Crystal Bracelet Cuff - crystalwonders

15. Polaris star pendant necklace - AnnaCohen

16. Hawaii After a Rain - BeadCatcher

17. Vulcano - June Challenge Phenomenon - MacrameByMaja

18. Northern Lights - JoyFullyJewels

19. White Spiral Necklace Rolling Snowballs - KRDesigns11

20. Lava Flow Sculptural Beadwork Necklace - bead4me

21. Africa - PFordCustomJewelry

22. Black Rock Beaded Necklace Unique Jewelry Mother Earth - SpringColors

23. For Neytiri - daynamiles

24. DORCAS - Stellaltinaan

25. Devouring The Sun - Beadwoven Solar Eclipse Pendant - gr8jewellery

26. Rhythm of the sea bracelet - beademecum

27. Rainbow Cuff Bracelet - FrancescasFancy

Thank you Ann of Francesca's Fancy for making this mosaic for us!!!