Screaming For Spring Etsy Treasury

Just a quick note to say Thank You to Francoise la Masolet for including Beadweaver's Spring Ring in her Etsy Shop! Francoise creates beautiful dresses for little girls. Be sure to check out her treasury on Etsy by clicking on the title above! Enjoy!

Congratulations to the Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of Beadweaver's Calendar giveaway!

Kathrynshome wins two hanks of gorgeous metallic charlottes in a lovely wisteria purple and meadow green...

Kashaya wins a copy of Beadweaver's Versailles Rose Champagne bracelet pattern...

and Sue.Angels is the grand prize winner of Bead & Button's 2010 Bead Dreams Calendar!

Congratulations to the winners and many, many thanks to everyone who participated and signed up for the Beadweaver beading news blog!!! And a special thanks to Kalmbach Publishers and the staff at Bead & Button magazine for making this giveaway possible!

Stay tuned for more great things coming your way from Beadweaver...

Win the 2010 Bead Dreams Calendar!

This year the editors at Bead and Button magazine have put together a beautiful calendar: Bead Dreams 2010: Best of the Bead & Button Show. Twelve gorgeous works from well known artists such as Heidi Kummli, Diane Hyde, Hiroko Toda, and Sherry Serafini (and our own Susan Mandel!) are displayed in a large 10.5" x 13" format. Featured each month is the artists' masterpiece, the artists' biography, and a description of the work written by the artist. It's a great way to get inspired each month of the year and to find out more about the artist and his/her work.

I have one copy to give away to a lucky winner courtesy of Kalmbach Publishers (Thank you Kalmbach and the team at Bead & Button!).

How to Enter to Win:
1. If you're on my mailing list, you're automatically entered (yay!).
2. To enter, you must sign up for my mailing list. Follow this link to sign up and enter: Beadweaver Mailing List
3. **Be sure to check your email to confirm that you've signed up**
4. Deadline to enter is midnight, January 31st (Sunday).

And as with all of Beadweaver's drawings and giveaways, there will be some surprises too :) If you have questions about signing up, read the comment section to this post for the FAQs!

Good Luck & Stay Tuned!!!

Get BeadPunk Inspired!

What do you get when you cross Steampunk with beads? BeadPunk!

Featured in this month's edition of Bead & Button magazine, Diane Hyde has launched a new themed direction for beadwork called "BeadPunk". Based on the popular Steampunk style, Beadpunk takes this style one step further by adding beadwork (and what could be better than adding beads!).

It's a fun and beautiful new style to explore. You can see great examples of this style by visiting Diane's gallery on her website: BeadPunk.net or picking up the February issue of Bead & Button magazine.

Diane is also offering her own unique components to begin designing your own BeadPunk style. Click on the title above to visit her site and get BeadPunk Inspired!

Who Does She Think She Is?

I thought I'd share this inspirational trailer for the new film "Who Does She Think She Is?" - A film about women, their art, and the struggles they face. Click on the title above to see the video (I had to remove it because it was slowing down site access).

May your journey into the New Year be blessed with opportunities and successes.
Sue Mandel
Beadweaver

Thread Basics for Weaving Seed Beads

I hope you're having a wonderful holiday! I've added a link to Kalmbach's 2010 Beading Calendar (left & right). It's a beautiful calendar - the images are inspiring. It features the top winners of Bead Dreams 2008 and is a perfect gift for your favorite beader!

And now for the second post in my series of four on Seed Bead Basics: Beading Thread! (Please click on the images for larger type).