July Monthly Challenge Sponsors: Allegory Gallery + JunQue Jules

We have two very talented artists as our wonderful sponsor for the July Challenge. We will have 2  Lucky Winners this Month!

Allegory Gallery

Andrew Thornton of Allegory Gallery creates handmade jewelry, jewelry components and unique art at his studio in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.

"We are a creative space that's one part bead store, one part jewelry boutique, one part fine art gallery, and one part gift shop. The aim of Allegory Gallery is to promote artisan craftspeople, inspire the community to explore their creativity, and act as a focal point for classes and artistic education in the area."

Andrew is donating in everything pictured above valued over $64 which is composed of vintage seed beads, vintage glass, serpentine, hand-dyed silk, Czech glass, red agate chip, deer skin lace, waxed linen, a polymer clay pendant by Andrew Thornton, and one of our Fiber Cards.  The cards include a mixed assortment of four strands that are three meters long.  They are perfect for kumihimo projects, adding fiber embellishments, or adding a little bohemian flair to your next jewelry project.  

Visit Andrew on Facebook, Etsy, Twitter, Instagram, Andrew's Blog and Allegory Blog.

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JunQue Jules

Emily  Hoffman-Sperry creates ceramic beads, buttons, pendants, and essential oil diffusers. Along with making her own components, Emily also makes wonderful jewelry. She creates one of a kind jewelry using everything from vintage celluloid gumball charms, sea glass, collectible vintage buttons, antique skeleton keys, and crystal, to precious stones. All of this fabulous creativity happens in her Norton Shores, Michigan studio.

Emily is donating beads and components valued at $50 for the Monthly Recap winner.

Visit Emily at her Etsy, and Facebook.

Tiger in Tropical Storm by Henri Rousseau

Submit photos of your wonderful Jewelry creations using one or more Art Beads here. Submit photos of your wonderful Bead creations here.

This Month's art has many different elements that can be used for inspiration:  tigers, cats, landscapes, trees, foliage, weather, rain, green, yellow, orange and red

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the art for this month's challenge! 

**IMPORTANT** Please remember to put JUL ABS in the title or tag of your submission(s).  Pinterest doesn't keep Pins in the order they are posted.

Provide us with the artist of the Art Beads used and we always love to know all the materials you used. 

***Art Beads MUST be used in your entry.***

July Monthly Challenge Sponsors + Prizes

Our Wonderful sponsors for the June Challenge.
We will have 2 Lucky Winners this Month!

BayMoon Design

Kathy Lindemer of BayMoon Design creates wonderful Jewelry Components using polymer clay and also with brass. Kathy also creates one of a kind jewelry with her components and art beads from other artists.

BayMoon Design is located in Lewes, Delaware.

Kathy is donating a $50 gift certificate.

Visit Kathy on Facebook, Etsy, and Blog.

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Hollowlogy

Orly Fuchs Galchen of Hollowlogy creates beautiful hollow polymer clay beads. Her technique makes a lighter bead. Wonderful designs and colors!

Hollowlogy is located in Tsur Moshe, Israel.

Orly is donating a $50 gift certificate.

Visit Orly on her Etsy, Facebook and Weebly.

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Submit photos of your wonderful Jewelry creations using one or more Art Beads here.

Submit photos of your wonderful Bead creations here.

Fireworkds at Ryogoku by Utagawa Hiroshige. This Month's art has many different elements that can be used for inspiration: fireworks, night sky, bridges, boats, colors of black, blue, red and white.

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the art for this month's challenge! 

**IMPORTANT** Please remember to put JUL ABS in the title or tag of your submission(s).  Pinterest doesn't keep Pins in the order they are posted.

Provide us with the artist of the Art Beads used and we always love to know all the materials you used. 

***Art Beads MUST be used in your entry.***

July Monthly Challenge Prizes + Sponsors

Our Wonderful sponsors for the July Challenge.
We will have 3 Lucky Winners this Month!

Humblebeads

Heather Powers of Humblebeads creates Handcrafted Art Beads Inspired by Nature and Art History. She is also the founder of Art Bead Scene, The Bead Cruise and Inspired by Nature Retreats. Heather is always creating new and wonderful designs and jewelry.

Humblebeads is located in New Haven, Michigan.

Heather is donating a $50 gift certificate.

Visit Heather at her Etsy Shop, Website, Blog, and Facebook.

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Celtcraft Design

Kerry Collett of Celtcraft Design creates lampworked beads, fused glass components, stained glass, seed bead items and jewelry. She is a Jane-of-all-trades! She used to work in clay also. So many options that you have to go see for yourself!

Celtcraft Design is located in Layton, Utah.
Kerry is donating a $50 Gift Certificate to her website.

Visit Kerry at her Website, Blog, Facebook, Twitter and Seed Bead Patterns.

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Songbead/The Curious Bead Shop

Rebecca Anderson of Songbead makes wonderful jewelry from beads, notions and other curiosities.  Rebecca offers Czech glass beads, handmade findings and waxed linen cord at The Curious Bead Shop on Etsy, perfect to compliment your art beads. Hop over there to see all the fun stuff she has to offer!

Songbead/The Curious Bead Shop is located in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Rebecca is donating over $50 in findings and curiosities from her Etsy Shop.

Visit Rebecca at her Etsy Shop/Findings, Etsy Shop/Jewelry, Blog, Twitter, Twitter2, Instagram, Instagram2 and Facebook.

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Submit photos of your wonderful Jewelry creations using one or more Art Beads here.

Submit photos of your wonderful Bead creations here.

Still Life with Shells by Balthasar van der Ast has many different elements that can be used for inspiration: shells, moths/butterflies, fruit, berries, leaves muted colors with pops of yellow and red.

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the art for this months challenge! 

**IMPORTANT** Please remember to put JUL ABS in the title or tag of your submission(s).  Pinterest doesn't keep Pins in the order they are posted.

Provide us with the artist of the Art Beads used and we always love to know all the materials you used. 
***Art Beads MUST be used in your entry.***

July Monthly Challenge Sponsors + Prizes

Our Wonderful sponsors for the June Challenge.
We will have 2 Lucky Winners this Month!

Gaea Handmade

Gaea Cannaday of Gaea Handmade makes fabulous beads, pendants, jewelry components and Jewelry. She uses different clay bodies that makes glazes look different on each clay. All items are made by hand which makes each unique!

Gaea is donating a $50 in beads.

Visit Gaea at her Indiemade Shop, Website, Blog, and Facebook.

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Diane Hawkey

Diane Hawkey creates wonderful beads, pendants and components. She also makes larger sculptures and art. Her work has been described as both mysterious and whimsical. She draws her inspiration from dreams and nature and ordinary life.
Go check out Diane's wonderful art!

Diane is donating the Bead Assortment shown above worth over $50.

Visit Diane on Facebook, Blog, Etsy and Website.

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Submit photos of your wonderful creations using one or more Art Beads.

The Little Mermaid by Edmund Dulac has with many different elements that can be used for inspiration: Mermaids, fish, water, treasure, seaweed, shells, sea creatures and beautiful shades of blue.

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the art for this months challenge! 

Please remember to put JUL ABS in the title or tag of your submission(s).  

Provide us with the artist of the Art Beads used and we always love to know all the materials you used. 
***Art Beads MUST be used in your entry.***

July Monthly Challenge + Sponsors

Our wonderful sponsors for the July Monthly Challenge. 

We will have 2 lucky winners this month.

Humblebeads

Heather Powers of Humblebeads creates beautiful beads that reflect the natural beauty surrounding her. Heather's greatest joy is to inspire others to find their creative voice. She hopes to encourage you to grab hold of what captures your imagination. Be inspired to create jewelry that holds a bit of poetry and serves as a reminder to slow down and cherish the beauty around us.

$50 gift certificate to be used on her Website.

 Visit Heather on her website, etsy, blog and Facebook.

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Ema K. Designs

Ema Kilroy of Ema K Designs specializes in handmade beads and jewelry. She uses Italian, German and American glass to create individual and unique lampwork beads. Ema also works with various types of metals to bring to you distinct, one of a kind jewelry.

Ema is donating a $50 gift certificate in her etsy shop.

Visit Ema on her website, Etsy, Blog and Facebook.

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Submit photos of your wonderful creations using one or more Art Beads.

Portrait of Olga in an Armchair by Pablo Picasso has with many different elements that can be used for inspiration: portraits, female form, shades of yellow/ochre, shades of teal/green and a somber feeling.

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the art for this months challenge! 

Please remember to put JULY ABS in the title or tag of your submission(s).  

Provide us with the artist of the Art Beads used and we always love to know all the materials you used. 
***Art Beads MUST be used in your entry.***

July Monthly Challenge Winners

Congratulations to this Month's winners! 

We have 2 winners chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants.

Our first lucky winner is Dreamtime Creations49. 

She has won an assortment of Buttons worth over $70 from Creative Impressions In Clay.

View of entire necklace.

Our second lucky winner is Backstory Beads/Karin Slaton.

She has won Beads worth $50 from Golem Design Studio.

  

Creative Impressions In Clay                        Golem Design Studio       

                                                      

Thank you Creative Impressions In Clay and Golem Design Studio for being our July Monthly Challenge sponsors!

Winners, please E-mail Tari, tari@claybuttons.com with your information (Name & address) so your prizes can be sent to you.

A Big THANK YOU to everyone who entered this month using "Two Acrobats with a Dog" by Pablo Picasso, as your inspiration. 

We were so fortunate to have so many beautiful entries and experience such creativity from our wonderful readers.

Visit us tomorrow to see what August's challenge brings.

July Monthly Challenge Sponsors and Prizes

Our wonderful sponsors for the July Monthly Challenge. 

We will have 2 lucky winners this month.

Creative Impressions In Clay

Tari Sasser of Creative Impressions In Clay form of Art Beads is comprised mainly buttons but also includes beads, pendants, components and jewelry. Low fire white clay is used with underglazes to achieve bright colors for her designs. Tari makes her designs, then creates a prototype, so a mold can be made. 

Spice up your wardrobe and other items with handmade buttons!

Tari is donating a the buttons shown above worth over $70. 

 Visit Tari on her website, blog, Twitter, and Facebook.

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Golem Design Studio

Vladislav Ianov and Kremena Ianova of Golem Design Studio create beautiful ceramic beads, buttons and jewelry components. Golem is husband and wife design studio based in Bulgaria. They use many different types and colors of clays, underglazes and glazes. Beads and pendants are hand shaped then they are either stamped or hand drawn/carved.  

Vlad and Kremena are donating the beads shown above worth $50.

Visit Golem Design Studio on their website, etsy, blog and Facebook.
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Submit photos of your wonderful creations using one or more Art Beads.

Two Acrobats and a Dog by Pablo Picasso has with many different elements that can be used for inspiration varying shades of blue, pink, yellow, male form, dog, and the harlequin pattern.

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the art for this months challenge! 

Please remember to put JULY ABS in the title or tag of your submission(s).  

Provide us with the artist of the Art Beads used and we always love to know all the materials you used. 
Art Beads MUST be used in your entry.

July Monthly Challenge Winners!!

Congratulations to this Months winners! 

We have 4 winners chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants.

Linda Moseley/Diva Designs is our first winner this month. 

She has won a $50 gift certificate from  Kylie Parry Studio!

Our second lucky winner is Laureleee's/Laurel Steven. 

She is the lucky winner of a jewelry components (shown below) from Kristi Bowman Design.

EB Bead&Metals is our third winner.

She has won a Bee Bead from Kerri Fuhr Fine Handcrafted Glass Beads.

Our fourth lucky winner is Karen Gille.

She has won a $50 gift certificate from Creative Impressions In Clay.

  

Kylie Parry Studio and Kristi Bowman Design

    

  

Kerri Fuhr Fine Crafted Glass Beads and Creative Impressions In Clay

   

Thank you Kylie Parry Studio, Kristi Bowman Design, Kerri Fuhr Fine Crafted Glass Beads and Creative Impressions In Clay for being our July Monthly Challenge sponsors!

Winners, please E-mail Tari with your information so your prizes can be sent to you.

A Big THANK YOU to everyone who entered this month using Morning in the Garden at Vaucresson, by Edouard Vuillard as your inspiration. 

We were so fortunate to have so many beautiful entries and experience such creativity from our wonderful readers.

Visit us tomorrow to see what August's challenge brings.

In Progress--July Monthly Challenge Winners!!

Congratulations to this Months winners! 

We have 4 winners chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants.

Linda Moseley/Diva Designs is our first winner this month. 

She has won a $50 gift certificate from  Kylie Parry Studio!

Our second lucky winner is Laureleee's/Laurel Steven. 

She is the lucky winner of a jewelry components from Kristi Bowman Design.

EB Bead&Metals is our third winner.

She has won a Bee Bead from Kerri Fuhr Fine Handcrafted Glass Beads.

Our fourth lucky winner is Karen Gille.

She has won a $50 gift certificate from Creative Impressions In Clay.

  

Kylie Parry Studio and Kristi Bowman Design

    

  

Kerri Fuhr Fine Crafted Glass Beads and Creative Impressions In Clay

   

Thank you Kylie Parry Studio, Kristi Bowman Design, Kerri Fuhr Fine Crafted Glass Beads and Creative Impressions In Clay for being our July Monthly Challenge sponsors!

Winners, please E-mail Tari with your information so your prizes can be sent to you.

A Big THANK YOU to everyone who entered this month using Morning in the Garden at Vaucresson, by Edouard Vuillard as your inspiration. 

We were so fortunate to have so many beautiful entries and experience such creativity from our wonderful readers.

Visit us tomorrow to see what August's challenge brings.