and yes ... there's a prize!

Welcome to the January/February Monthly Challenge.

Due to the great success of our "Winter Wonderland" challenge, the team at BeadersOnline have decided to start 2011 with a new competiton where you can win another prize!

This Challenges prize is a Miyuki Bracelet/Cuff Beading Kit! An official Miyuki kit that comes complete with high quality Miyuki beads and instructions to make this wonderful beaded bracelet!



So, what do you do to enter?
I hear you shout ...

- Submit one piece of Jewellery handmade by you that fits the theme of the challenge.

- The Theme, "January-February"
When making your piece, incorporate inspirations from the January/February Birthstones and/or Birthflowers.



- For example, you can pick one particular colour/flower and build your piece around that, or you can mix and match colours ... let your ideas run wild! if you have questions, ask away - I will be happy to answer!

- Competition Opens 05.Jan.2011
- Competition Closes 28.Feb.2011

- Submit a picture or a link of your piece on this thread so we can all see what you have made, (if you have any problems with this, contact a moderator to help you)

- With your picture, explain what elements most inspired you from the theme

- Winner will be picked on the 1st March by "Name out of the Hat" this means that everyone has an equal chance of winning, a winner can be picked quickly and we can then move on to the next Monthly challenge

- You can enter as many pieces as you wish, but please note that each applicant will only get their name put once inside of the draw.

- Winner will be notified on the end of this thread, so please keep your eye out! I will then contact the winner to get the postal address of where to send the prize to.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Here is my submission. A pendant and bracelet with a RAW base made with garnet coloured firepolish beads.

Ooooh Beautiful! ♥

Sorry I should have explained more about the piece. My birthday is this month so I made this on New Years Day as treat to myself. The photo is not the best, so I will try to get a better one posted.

My birthday is also this month! (i must have something garnety to show for this thread now coming to think of it)

Hi everyone
Just getting back into Beaders Online! Does the piece submitted have to be created especially for the competition or can we submit a previously made piece? I have a necklace that I made about 10 yrs ago for my City and Guilds course that has a silver set Lavender Amethyst cabouchon. Would it be ok to submit it?

Thanks
Sarah xx

Hey Sarah! Glad to se eyou online again ... happy new year!

as to your question ...
If it fits, submit it.

Ideally we would like people to create for the challenge, but if you have an already existing piece that fits just right (and it sounds as though you have) then get it posted, it will be ok as a compeition entry, just let us know a bit about the piece (materials, techniques etc) ... we wanna see!

Ok here goes then.....(I will try and create something especially for the competition as well though!)

I made this about 10 yrs ago as one of my college pieces when I was studying the City and Guilds in Jewellery Making. We had to hand make the entire necklace, including clasp. I created a mount for the Lavender Amethyst Cabouchon from silver, and was inspired (as you may be able to tell!) by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for the circles either side of the central cabouchon. Each of the chain links is soldered too, accompanied by much swearing and ruined pieces of silver wire, as it was so thin I kept melting the whole link rather than just the solder!!

I haven't done much silver work since I finished the course, but am just starting to get back into it!

Oh my, that is something special!

Ooh I know this isn't newly made but it is still one of my favourite pieces I've made so far It's a simple core string of beads embellished with loops of seed beads and amethyst chips. It feels so nice to wear