December Monthly Challenge Prizes + Sponsors

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

Stone Designs

Sheila Davis of Stone Designs creates beautiful lampworked beads. Great colors and shapes perfect gifts for a friend or yourself.

Sheila is donating a $50 Gift Certificate (expires 2/15/15) to her Etsy Shop.

Visit Sheila at her Website, Blog, Etsy, Flickr and Facebook.

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Firefly Design  Studio

Michelle McCarthy of Firefly Design Studio makes ceramic pendants, buttons and jewelry components. Great gifts for the jewelry maker on your list!
Michelle is donating a $55 worth of her new designs made from Chocolate Clay.

Visit Michelle on her Website, Etsy Shop, Facebook and blog.

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

Choir of Sint-Bavokerk, Haarlem by Pieter Jansz Saenedam has with many different elements that can be used for inspiration: architecture, repetition, browns, earthy colors, human form and curvilinear design.

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

**IMPORTANT** Please remember to put DEC 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.***

October Monthly Challenge Sponsors + Prizes

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

Erin Siegel Jewelry

Erin Siegel designs and make jewelry. She is an author and instructor. 

Check out her website for jewelry tutorials! 

Erin is donating a 3 Jewelry Kits valued at $55.

Visit Erin at her website, blog and Facebook.

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Glass Bead Art

Marysw Fritzsch-Thillens of Glass Bead Art creates wonderfully simple, organic, rustic looking lampwork beads in her Luxembourg Studio.
These would be a great addition to your collection and designs!

Maryse is donating a $50 gift certificate to her Etsy Shop.

Visit Maryse at her Etsy Shop, Blog and Facebook.

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

Owl on Gingko Branch (Scops Owl Under Crescent Moon) by Ohara Koson has with many different elements that can be used for inspiration: owls, yellow, brown, nature, texture, birds and tonal values of colors.

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

Please remember to put OCT 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.***

August Monthly Challenge Sponsors + Prizes

Our wonderful sponsors for the August Monthly Challenge. 

We will have 2 lucky winners this month.

Skye Jewels

Marie-Noel Voyer-Cramp of Skye Jewels makes wonderful rustic wood tiles using different images. They can be used as pendants, charms or jewelry connectors. 

Image the fantastic jewelry you can create these!

Marie is donating $50 worth of Pendants.

 Visit Marie on her website, etsy, etsy 2, blog and Facebook.

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Slate Studios Supply

Sarah Kandell-Gritzmaker of Slate Studios Supply creates wonderful ceramic beads, buttons, charms, pendants and jewelry components. Sarah uses different clay bodies and a colorful array of glazes.
Great possibilities for your jewelry creations!

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

Visit Sarah on her Etsy, Pinterest, Pinterest 2, and Facebook.

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

Tres Personajes by Rufino Tamayo has with many different elements that can be used for inspiration: figures, yellow, purple, red, geometric shapes and strong contrast of colors.

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

Please remember to put AUG 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.***

May Monthly Challenge Sponsors + Prizes

Our wonderful sponsors for the May Monthly Challenge. 

We will have 2 lucky winners this month.

Gaea Handmade

Gaea Cannaday of Gaea Handmade creates beautiful Beads, Pendants, Buttons, Jewelry Components and tiles.  Her designs and style are uniquely Gaea, using wonderful glazes plus different clay bodies. Let her create something special for you!

Gaea is donating a $50 gift certificate.

 Visit Gaea on her website, etsy, twitter and Facebook.

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Mo Martin Creative Glass

Mo Martin of Mo Martin Creative Glass makes wonderful glass beads, pendants and animal sculptures.  Beautiful craftsmanship and a great addition to your creations!

Mo is donating a $50 gift certificate.

Visit Mo on his website, Blog, Pinterest and Facebook.

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

Vase with Flowers in a Window by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder has with many different elements that can be used for inspiration: flowers, flowers, flowers, insects, shells, landscapes, reds, yellows, windows and a vase.

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

Please remember to put MAY 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.***

February 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 Rebekah Payne of Tree Wings Studio

She has won a $50 gift certificate from Gaea.

Our second lucky winner is Sharyl of Sharyl's Jewelry.

She has won a  $50 gift certificate from Skye Jewels.

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Thank you Skye Jewels and Gaea for being our February Monthly Challenge sponsors!

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

A Big THANK YOU to everyone who entered this month using "The Conference of the Birds" by Habiballah , 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 March's challenge brings.