December Monthly Challenge Sponsors + Prizes

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

Creative Impressions In Clay

Tari Sasser of Creative Impressions In Clay creates ceramic buttons along with jewelry components and jewelry. Primarily an Art Button Artist, Tari custom makes pendants and earrings. Any button can be a pendant! High temperature wire is fired into the clay.

Creative Impressions In Clay is located in Liberty Township, Ohio
(the burbs of Cincinnati).

Tari is donating an assortment of her new Wonderland Buttons valued over $50 (approx 5-6 buttons, you choose the colors).

Visit Tari on Facebook, Blog, Pinterest and Website.

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Blue Hare Art Wear

Cathleen Zaring of Blue Hare Art Wear create wonderful copper enamel jewelry charms. Each charm is unique but no two charms are same. We love handmade and the colorful unique people behind handmade items. That's what makes all of our lives colorful.
Visit Kathleen at her Etsy shop for a great collection of charms for your holiday gifts!
Blue Hare Art Wear is located in East Petaluma, California.

Cathleen is donating a $50 gift certificate.

Visit Cathleen at her Etsy Shop 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.

Ameria Windows by Marc Chagall has many different elements that can be used for inspiration: glass, windows, The Arts (any one of the many), spirit, transparency, skylines, Statue of Liberty, vivid blues, reds, yellows, greens and violet.

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.***

December Monthly Challenge Sponsors + Prizes

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

Creative Impressions In Clay

Tari Sasser of Creative Impressions In Clay creates ceramic buttons along with jewelry components and jewelry. Primarily an Art Button Artist, Tari custom makes pendants and earrings. Any button can be a pendant! High temperature wire is fired into the clay.

Creative Impressions In Clay is located in Liberty Township, Ohio
(the burbs of Cincinnati).

Tari is donating Necklace, Earring and Toggle Clasp (shown above) valued at $64.50.

Visit Tari on Facebook, Blog, Pinterest and Website.

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Glass Bead Art

Maryse Fritsch-Thillens of Glass Bead Art makes beautiful lampworked glass beads.  She has been making glass beads since 2003 in her basement studio. All beads are lovingly made and annealed overnight. Great additions for your bead stash!!
Glass Bead Art is located in Luxembourg.

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

December, the month to give. Maryse is also offering 15% off in her Etsy Shop for our ABS readers till the end of December!! How cool is that!!!
Use code: ARTBEADSCENE2015

Visit Maryse at her blog, Etsy Shop 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.

Paris by Marguerite Zorach has many different elements that can be used for inspiration: architecture, linear design, cityscapes, squares, shades of blue, orange and pink.

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.***

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.***

December Monthly Challenge Sponsors + Prizes

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

Jewelry by Jeannie

Jeannie Dikic of Jewelry by Jeannie makes handcrafted, affordable jewelry made with quality gemstones, pearls, Swarovski crystals, lampwork, fair trade beads, and polymer clay. She also offers tutorials and more.

Jeannie is donating a $50 gift certificate to her Website.

Visit Jeannie at her Website and Blog.

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BeadSwede Studio

Kristen Varian of BeadSwede Studio  creates supplies that are hand crafted from enamels, Precious Metal Clay, sterling silver, copper and bronze. She also crafts enameled pendants, beads, toggle clasps, and components.

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

Visit Kristen at her Etsy Shop, and Facebook.

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

Winter Landscape by Wassily Kandinsky has with many different elements that can be used for inspiration: houses, landscapes, interpretive designs, bright yellows, blues and pinks.

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

Please remember to put DEC 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.***

December Monthly Challenge Sponsors and Prizes

Our wonderful sponsors for the December Monthly Challenge. 

We will have 2 lucky winners this month.

Beads of Clay

Beads of Clay is a group of clay artists that make beads, buttons, pendants and other jewelry components. Small clay works that are used for personal adornment.

The main focus of the group is to promote ceramic beads as an art form.

Beads of Clay is donating a $50 gift certificate for their Etsy Shop.

Visit Beads of Clay at their website, blog, Facebook, flickr and Etsy.

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Nunn Design

Rebecca Nunn of Nunn Designs was inspired by her stay in Italy at the impressionable age of 17. This and the desire to create at young age is what fostered her dream. Rebecca's small company produces findings of the highest quality by aritsans in the United States.


Rebecca is donating a the items shown above worth $75.

Visit the Nunn Design on their website, blog, Facebook, and flickr.

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

Chrysler Building designed by William Van Alen has with many different elements that can be used for inspiration art deco, repeating patterns, triangles, domes, metallic and grandeur.

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

Please remember to put DEC 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. 

December Monthly Challenge Prize Winner + Blog Tour Winners

Congratulations to this Months winner! 

Every month one winner is chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants.

Venuschka of VeruDesigns is this months lucky winner. Her entry is wonderful interpretation of  

two enchanted paintings by John Anster Fitzgerald. 

Venuschka has won beautiful beads from Gaea and a $50 gift certificate from Fired Up Ladies 

E-mail Heather with your information so your prizes can be sent to you.

A Big THANK YOU to everyone who entered this month. 

There were so many beautiful entries and such creativity from our wonderful readers.

Visit tomorrow to see what January's challenge brings.

Blog Tour Winners

Our Blog Tour Participant winner is Birgitta Lejonklou of Create With Spirit.

Birgitta will receive Cynthia Thornton's, Enchanted Adornments and 2 Pendants from Nan Emmet of Sprited Earth.

Our 4 lucky Blog commenters...

Jill Palumbo wins Ceramic Bead Jewelry by Jennifer Heynen. 

Andrea/ZenithJade wins Making Metal Beads by Pauline Warg. 

Rosebud 101 wins The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking by Kimberely Adams.

Mackin-Art wins 2 Pendants from Nan Emmett of Sprited Earth.

Congratulations to all of our winners!!

Please send your information to Heather so your prizes can be sent to you.

Thanks to everyone who participated!

December Monthly Challenge Prizes

This month we have 2 fabulous sponsors for our December Challenge.

Gaea prize donation is shown above. A fantastic assortment of beads, charms, pendant and clasp.

My fellow Beads-of-Clay member Gaea Cannaday makes her wonderful earthy beads from 4 different clay bodies, each bringing their own unique characteristic and charm.

Go visit Gaea's wonderful world to see her many designs and beautiful artistry.

Visit Gaea on her blog and Website.

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Fired up Ladies are donating a $50 gift certificate.

Regina Boger's beautiful pendants are made from high fire paperclay which combines traditional clay and cellulose fibers. Regina's mom also joins her making functional items for the home. 

Their work is Artrageous!

Visit the Fired Up Ladies on their website, Etsy and blog!

 Submit photos of your wonderful creations using one or more Art Beads.
The two enchanted paintings by John Anster Fitzgerald have many different elements that can be used for inspiration, whimsy, enchantment, fairies, warm colors, cool colors and a feeling of wonder in a tiny fantasy world.
We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you with the art for this months challenge!

Please remember to put DECABS 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.