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Bead, Beads, Beads! Giveaway for Feb. 2013



For the month of February (2013), I’m thrilled to announce that I have a sponsor! Talented glass artist DD Hess will send the winner of this giveaway the beautiful lampwork beads pictured above. She is well-known for her heart beads and also her flower patterns, and you can see more of her lampwork goodness in her Artfire shop.

This giveaway is available to anyone living in the continental US. To get a chance to win these amazing lampwork beads answer the question below in the comments:

What do you imagine you could make with these beads if you won them? Share some design ideas.

Post your comment only once in this blog entry and you will get a chance to win. The deadline for entry is February 28, 2013 midnight ET. Then during the first few days of the next month, I will randomly pick one winner. Make sure to include your email address when commenting. I will email the winner who will have 5 days after the drawing to reply back with a mailing address. Anyone who does not reply after 5 days will no longer be eligible to win, and I will draw a new winner.

Author: Tammy

Welcome to the Crafty Princess Diaries, my weblog and site where I get to blab about my passion for crafts, primarily jewelry making, and my crafting career. My name is Tammy Powley, and I decided to call my blog the Crafty Princess Diaries because of this very dorky picture I have of myself and because my husband often refers to me as “the princess and the pea,” which is just another way to say that I tend to be particular sometimes. Along with this weblog, I have a number of jewelry making books published.

19 Comments

  1. This may be a bit off the wall, but I’ve been playing around with knitting with beads lately. I think knitting these into a lace or cabled cowl could make for a very fun valentine’s day accessory.

  2. I think these will look really nice with some white freshwater pearls

  3. I can see a whole set of jewelry, a necklace with a seed beaded chain to hang the large heart from, a bracelet and a pair of earrings!

  4. Oh wow those are to cute to not want to really show them off!!! I would put them on a sterling silver chain and proudly sport them around my neck! Not to original but that’s exactly what I’d do! Brat58 on Ravelry

  5. A beautiful bracelet and matching earrings was the first thing I thought of!

  6. Those hearts are gorgeous! I see a pair of earrings and a necklace with crystals added.

  7. I would love to use them to make necklaces for my granddaughters. Adding some other beads in white or pink

  8. Well I am addicted to bracelets and would love to create a beaded bracelet with these. Not sure what other beads I would use, but something simple to not take away the beauty of these. BUT I really like Sheila’s idea about incorporating them into knitting.

  9. I’d make earrings and a necklace!

  10. There are several ideas I’ve got – bracelet with alternating beads and crystals, knitting stitch markers, dangly erraings. Thanks!

  11. A hemp necklace with the large bead and dangling earrings for the smaller ones.

  12. I’d prob. string them with some other beads to make earrings and a matching necklace.

    (InJuneau on Rav too)

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  14. 13 is a Great number…. it is my birth date! LOL

  15. May sound strange but I think these would be great beads to make rosaries.

    sherryglover1 on Ravelry

  16. Hmm… I would make a valentines rosary-Style necklace.Little Pink, little red, little white.

  17. I would definitely use these as a necklace and a bracelet combo. morgaine1 on rav

  18. I would happily make some cute earrings!!! Then of course I would need to make a matching necklace……ahhh. it would be fun!!!
    Carol

  19. I could use these beads on a CQ block or, better yet, to make scissors fobs with one of htese added to a Kumihimo braid perhaps. Gosh, earrings would be nice for my granddaughters.the list goes on. Thanks for the opportunity to win. They are lovely. ladyjspice@aol.com