Tuesday, February 26, 2013

The Art Bead Love Chain

The Art Bead Love Tour is an ongoing project to spread the love of handmade to new and exciting places. It's a way to reach people who may have never stumbled upon your blog on their own, and give them a chance to share the love of handmade. A chain was chosen to link beads as a symbol of how this project links us all together ~ in our unity to stand behind handmade.

The Art Bead Love Chain has lampwork, ceramic, polymer clay, metal, enamelled, and resin beads and pendants...all handmade!  Now it is my turn to pass the chain along to the next winner! (Please read the entire post before entering!)

Photo courtesy of Cheri Reed

AND THE WINNER IS: LEA AVROCH
CONGRATULATIONS LEA!
Art Beads should be handmade by an artist, and not mass produced. Remember, the focus is on replacing handmade with handmade, and beads/components taken should be replaced with beads/components that are made by an individual artist - not an organization.

Taken from chain
It is so important that the quality of the beads be maintained, so we can keep the Art Bead Love Tour alive. We want to share consistent quality with the next winner.
Added to chain from other artists
Added to chain from me

 If you make your own handmade beads or components, it's a great way to get your beads into the world for people to try them out, or, if you hoard collect art beads it's a great way to share your collection and get some new additions as well.





Former Keepers of the Art Bead Love Chain:
Love My Art Jewelry
Lorelei's Blog
Shaiha's Ramblings
Jen Judd Rocks
Silver Rose Designs
My Life Under The Bus
Ex Post Facto Jewelry
Beading Mommy
Alice Dreaming
Pretty Things
Moobie Grace Designs
Suburban Girl Studio
ferrarioriginalbeads
Baublicious
Devine Designs Jewelry
Chinook Jewelry Designs
Genea Beads
Keepsakes by Kristi
baubles, beads, & other curiosities
Artfully Ornamental
Lamplights Crafts by Renetha

Creative Designs by Cheri

And now the chain is in my hands: Amazing Designs-Marlene

HOW IT WORKS: (Please read the entire post before entering!)

1. The winner of the chain will be allowed to take up to 30 beads from this chain. They will then replace each bead they took with another handmade bead, charm, or pendant of equal quality.

2. The winner will post pictures of what was taken and what was added, in order to keep an account of the chain's progress and to keep our followers drooling. Please be sure to give credit to the bead artists as well (if you know them).

3. The winner will then have a giveaway, just like this one, to keep passing the chain on and on. Rules can be copied and pasted from here.

4. When you repost your giveaway (remember you can copy and paste from here) - a list should be added to show where the chain has gone. Ultimately, this will end up a very long list!

5. Chain must be shipped to its new home via Priority Small Flat Rate box with delivery confirmation. Please package it carefully.

6. There will be a button on the Love My Art Jewelry website, where it all started, that links to the current blog and giveaway. This way the Love My Art followers can have another chance to win it!

7. You MUST exchange your beads and have your giveaway completed within two weeks of receiving the chain.

Please, please, please, if you cannot adhere to the above rules, do not enter the giveaway at this time. It will go on and on and you can always enter at a later date. There will be a button on the side bar of the  Love My Art Jewelry  blog so that you can track where the chain currently is.

HOW TO ENTER:

1. You must have an active blog to enter.

2. Leave a comment below. Make sure your email is linked to your blog or leave it in the comment. Entries without emails will not qualify.

3. Share on Facebook, Twitter or your blog for extra chances to win. Leave a comment for each way you share, with a link if possible.

4. Winner will pay shipping and will be billed through PayPal. Package to be shipped via small priority flat rate box with delivery confirmation, $6.00.

5. Open only to our readers in the United States due to problems with tracking and shipping overseas (sorry).

The winner's name will be drawn on Saturday, March 9, 2013

26 comments:

  1. Wonderful - would love a chance to get the bead love chain!
    blog: www.cindycima.com

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  2. I am going to keep trying to have a chance to get the bead love chain.

    Blog www.mlhjewelrydesigns.com
    mary@govaars.us

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  3. Oh my, I LOVE this one! I don't make 'em, but I sure do hoard 'em. Sign me up for this one!

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  4. WOW! It is chock full of goodies! I love, love, LOVE that cowboy boot! Going to try again. Hope I win!

    http://www.lajewelrydesign.blogspot.com
    lajewelrydesigns@aol.com

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  5. I tweeted!

    http://www.lajewelrydesign.blogspot.com
    lajewelrydesigns@aol.com

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  6. & I posted to facebook!


    http://www.lajewelrydesign.blogspot.com
    lajewelrydesigns@aol.com

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  7. Well, if Lea doesn't win, I hope it's me!!! Although, I wouldn't mind winning it after Lea as I'm a huge fan and can add more of her work to my collection. One way of another, I will get some of your work too Marlene. Win. Win. windbent [at]gmail.com

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  8. I'm going to try for this again, methinks!

    Blog: zenithjade.blogspot.com
    email: zenithjade@yahoo.com

    <3,
    Andrea

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  9. https://www.facebook.com/ZenithJadeCreations/posts/485536714836000

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  10. https://twitter.com/ZenithJade/status/306688613440184320

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  11. Sparkles to you! So glad you have the awesome Art Bead Love Tour Chain, Marlene! And with so many awesome artists' comments, this will be a blast to follow :)

    I'd like to try a turn :) My email is toltecjewels [at] aol.com.

    I blogged about the Art Bead Love Tour:

    http://www.jewelschoolfriends.com/2013/02/the-art-bead-love-tour-and-wicked-good.html

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  12. I also shared about the Art Bead Love Tour on Facebook at my "Jewel School Friends" page:

    https://www.facebook.com/JewelSchoolFriends

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  13. And I shared about the Art Bead Love Tour on Twitter:

    https://twitter.com/CoolJewelSchool

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  14. And on my Toltec Jewels FB page :)

    https://www.facebook.com/ToltecJewels

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  15. http://zenithjade.blogspot.com/2013/02/art-bead-love-chain-repeat-performance.html

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  16. I'd really love to get my hands on some of those :)

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  17. also shared on Twitter @KnotJustMacrame

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  18. I would love to be a stop on the art bead chain! Very cool.

    jenrenblog@gmail.com

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  19. What a wonderful idea -- I would be thrilled to have a chance to participate and contribute some of my enamel beads and charms.

    Cheryl Foiles
    www.getyourbeadon.com
    getyourbeadon@nc.rr.com

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  20. One of these days I'll get my chance!

    re-maker@re-maker.com

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  21. Just tweeted for another chance!

    re-maker@re-maker.com

    @remaker1

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  22. I've also shared the link on facebook!

    re-maker@re-maker.com

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  23. Shared on Facebook for another entry in the drawing.

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  24. YAY me!!! I'm SO excited to get this in my hot little hands so I can drool over & fondle all those delicious charms! Thank you so much!

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  25. An awesome idea kind of like a 'pay it forward' but with beads and great artists! Wish I could help out and join in the fun but I have trouble enough making things with beads let alone making the beads themselves you girls and guys do a wonderful job. I hope this goes on and on and the chain never breaks. ~The Blind Beader~

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