Fashion Colorworks 2011. Winners!!!

The second international Fashion Colorworks 2011 Beading Contest is over! We would like to say THANK YOU to all entrants, jurors, and sponsors who helped us make the contest successful. 99 participants from 25 countries submitted 149 entries! Today we celebrate our bead holiday together, with our winners, all participants, jurors, sponsors, and bead lovers. In general, we reached our goal and feel happy! We are looking forward to seeing all of them in 2012 and hope that the next year contest would attract more artists!

First Place Winners

Beaded Jewelry:
Margarita Kruchinina, Rostov-on-Don, Russia for Original Rus Set

Finished Jewelry:
Julia Turova, Krasnoyarsk, Russia for Harlequin Beetle Necklace

Beaded Objects And Accessories:
Evgeniya Semina, Orenburg, Russia for Falling In Love With Life All The More Wedding Dress

Second Place Winners

Beaded Jewelry:
Fumiko Sekine, Yokohama, Japan for The Power Of Nature Necklace

Finished Jewelry:
Svetlana Karimova, Slupsk, Poland for Jurata Neckllace

Beaded Objects And Accessories:
Angelika Motzkin, Ashkelon, Israel for Magnolia Handbag

Third Place Winners

Beaded Jewelry:
Svetlana Dubinsky, Beit Shemesh, Israel for Tropical Vacation Necklace

Finished Jewelry:
Ulyana Moldovyan, St. Petersburg, Russia Dream Of Fisherwoman Set

Beaded Objects And Accessories:
Aleksey Soloviev, Lugansk, Ukraine for Dream Of Flight Tie

Special Award Winners

People's Choice Award:
Evgeniya Semina, Orenburg, Russia for Falling In Love With Life All The More Wedding Dress

Best Use of Color:
Svetlana Dubinsky, Beit Shemesh, Israel for Tropical Vacation Necklace

Best Use of Materials:
Liudmyla Heggland, Rennesoy Island, Norway for Undine Dream Necklace

Art Nouveau Restored

On August 20, 2011 the winners of the International Bead Award Contest were announced at the Beaders Best Bead Art Fair. It was an exciting event! And good news: my Art Nouveau Restored necklace won two awards: First Place in Off-Loom Category and People's Choice Award.

Photo Credit: Friedhelm Ott | Perlen Poesie

First place winners are:

Lampwork Category

       1 Place: Helix - Jacky Teuchert-Rimkus, Germany
       jackys-glas-art.de

Loomwork Category

       1 Place: Spring Has Sprung - Erin Simonetti, USA
       simonetti.com

Off-Loom Category

       1 Place: Art Nouveau Restored - Zoya Gutina, USA
       mylovelybeads.com

Bead Crochet, Bead Knitting Category

       1 Place: Diagonal Bubbles - Jolanda Violante, Italy
       sinfoniediperle.blogspot.com

Embroidery Category

       1 Place: Cascade - Angelika Kenner, Germany
       schmucksyndrom.de

Paper, Textile Category

       1 Place: Altes Kyoto - Dorit Koppen, Germany

Polymer Clay, Ceramic, Porcelain Category

       1 Place: ...Love way... - Natalya Leitman, Russia
       flickr.com/photos/madllen/

Wirewok Category

       1 Place: Beach Dreams - Chris Wrinn, USA
       gildedowljewelry.com

Mixed Media Category

       1 Place: Born in the Sands - Svetlana Sametis, Latvia
       orubis.ucoz.lv

Public voting

       Art Nouveau Restored - Zoya Gutina, USA
       mylovelybeads.com

Our warmest congratulations to all winners!


Full list of International Bead Award Contest winners

Winner.

I'll make this short and sweet.
The winner of the Thats Sew Savanna door sign

is random #7...

Congrats Allison of Keep Calm and Soldier On!

Please e-mail me to claim your prize!

Gambizzle Jewels Winner!

First, I want to thank Mrs. Gambizzle for contacting me about this great giveaway. I love all of her jewelery and am so happy that she asked me to help give some away!

We had 54 entries. We had a tie for 2nd place with 5 entries, I used random.org to find out which person would be 2nd and 3rd place.

And now...the results!

The winner of this awesome necklace is Kandi!

The winner of this necklace is Monica!

The winner of these awesome earings is Brie!

Congrats to all of the winners!

Please e-mail me at fsc200408@yahoo.com

to claim your prize!

Thank you so much to everyone who entered!

And a huge thank you to Mrs. Gambizzle!

Army Ladies WINNER!

Thank you so much to all the lovely Army Ladies who entered this giveaway! I can not believe only three ladies entered to win this beautiful necklace from Your Charmed Life.

I want to thank Kelly for making something so beautiful to giveaway. Please be sure to check out her awesome store and buy something for yourself! I promise you will find something you will fall in love with!

And now to the winner. Because there were only three entries, a random number would have been pointless, so I had a third party read them (my Mom!) She chose the lucky winner!

 The Annoyed Army Wife

Read her entry, my Mom said "I found my self being put in her shoes and wanting to believe all that the Army is telling her and OccDoc. By the end I am a blubbering idiot... not a tear rolling down my cheek....but a pool of tears on my desk"

Congrats!

 Please e-mail me at fsc200408@yahoo.com to claim your prize! 

Thank you to everyone who entered, check back in a few days for another great giveaway! And please stop by Your Charmed Life for all of her great jewelery!

Scentsy Winner!

First, I want to thank everyone who entered this giveaway! And most importantly I want to thank Sarah for donating for this giveaway! Please be sure to check out her store, I guarantee you will fall in love with something there!

As you know, I took over this giveaway for Mrs. Gambizzle. As promised, everyone who entered on her page is also up to win it on my page. There were 15 entries from her page (numbered 1 - 15) and 34 on my page (numbered 16 - 49.)

To find the winner I used Random.org.

The winner is...

Julie the Army Wife!

(random number 18)

Please e-mail me at fsc200408@yahoo.com to claim your prize!

Thank you to everyone who entered. Again, please check out Sarah's Scentsy Store! AND keep an eye out for my next giveaway!  

Custom Made Nametape Wreath WINNER!

I would like to thank everyone who entered. I'm so happy that you guys get excited about giveaways! Mostly, I want to thank the Yellow Ribbon Boutique for donating this awesome giveaway. Please make sure you check out her store, she has tons of great items. And don't forget, she is offering a 15% discount to my readers. All you have to do is mention my blog when you check out!

We had 49 people enter this giveaway. I used Random.Org to find the winner.

Drum roll please!

The lucky winner is

 Mrs. J of A Corpsman's Cutie!

Congrats!

Please e-mail me at fsc200408@yahoo.com to claim your prize!

Thank you to everyone who entered! There will be another great giveaway coming tomorrow!

Military Charm WINNER!

Thank you to everyone who entered this great giveaway. And mostly, thank you to MilitaryCakeToppers.com.

Fifty-five people entered to win a charm of their choice. To find the winner, I used random.org.

The winner is...

Katelyn of Life Is a Beautiful Mess

She chose this beautiful charm

(Katelyn was random number 48)

Congrats!

Please e-mail me at fsc200408@yahoo.com to claim your prize!

And the Winners Are!

To find the winners of the Tutu and ACU kiddo giveaways, I made a list (in order) of each entry (for both giveaways.) I then assigned each entry a number and used random.org to find our lucky winners!

 The winner of My Tutu Cute tutu and headpiece is....

The "Sometimes Single" Mom!

(There were 12 entries for the tutu, she was random number 7!)

The winner of Thats Sew Savanna ACU shirt and shorts is....

Stuck in a World of Blue & Camo!

(There were 7 entries, she was random number 3!)

Congrats to the winners! Please e-mail me at fsc200408@yahoo.com to claim your prizes! Thank you to everyone who entered...be sure to enter my latest giveaway! You have until 8/5/10..then a new winner will be chosen.

Winner Winner!

I'm psyched that I have had some luck with giveaways!

I won a great cookbook from Kara over at The Ramblings of a Marine Wife. I haven't had a chance to make anything from it yet, but I think the cover recipe is going to be the first one. Seriously, look how good that looks!

I also won a super cute necklace from Mrs. Gambizzle at Life as a Sailor's Girl. The necklace made it's big debut at the Paul McCartney concert. Seriously, love it. And she is so sweet, she sent Miley a jewel for her collar.

I still have one more that I really want to win! Please go vote for Miley over at Head Over Heels into Dog Handling. Miley could win a dog training kit!

Air Force Winner!

The winner of this awesome giveaway is....

The Adventures of Mr. Superman and Mrs. S!

I loved reading everyone's stories!

I couldn't choose a winner, so I did a random name generator.

Congrats, lady!

Please e-mail me your address and I will forward it to Signs of Patriotism!

And everyone else,

please be sure to check out this awesome Etsy shop!

Signs of Patriotism

Miley & The Beach

Miley had her first trip to the beach! We went at night, so we were the only ones there..she could run free (as free as you can get on a 30 foot leash!) and have as much fun as she wanted to! She wanted nothing to do with the water...and couldn't get enough of the sand and seashells. We decided this will be a weekly family trip! Here's the pretty puppy having fun!

I won Mrs. S's giveaway, two of my favorite things...Barnes and Noble andddd lotions! She is my blogging bestie and I couldn't be more excited!! If you aren't reading her blog...then you need to get your butt over there right away!



And reminder! You won't be hearing from me tomorrow! Tomorrow starts the new guest blogging! I couldn't be more excited! Make sure you stop by to see who the guest is! And if you want in on the fun..e-mail me!

Fire Mountain Gems and Beads 2008 Beading Contest

FMG 2008 Beading Contest winners were announced a couple of weeks ago. Not gold, not silver, not bronze, I got just Judge's Favorite Award for two necklaces (Midnight Flowers and Shahrazad), and Golden Rose Necklace made FMG final.