Good afternoon everyone! I've got some absolutely lovely pieces to share with you from the participants in this month's challenge :D  We combined January and February to get a chance to work with some hearts. The designers came up with some beautiful pieces, so let's get started!

The winner of this vote will receive a $50 credit to my shop, Flamekeeper on Etsy, so good luck to all our participants! :D (I have to apologize for all the formatting errors here on the blog, I can't figure out how to get  rid of all the extra lines! :) )

1. Kim Booth of The Pink Martini Boutique

available here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/93021434/lampwork-pendant-necklace-and-earrings

2. Bobbi Moore of Bobbi's Jewelry Shop

3. Cindy Evans of All Strung Up 

Available here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/91807593/my-heart-is-on-fire-beaded-lampwork

4. Lyn Owen of SilverMoonLyn

Available here: http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/4382981

5. Susan Kennedy of SueBeads

(unavailable for sale)

6.  Sheila Douglas

7. Terry Oostdyk of Ruben Glass

The voting poll is on the top right of the sidebar :) Voting will be open until Tuesday, February 21 at midnight- come back and see who wins on Wednesday! :D

 Again, good luck to all of our designers! :)

Wow, that was a close one! The winner is Kim Booth, with this beautiful bracelet :D

Thank you for playing, everyone! The challenge will come back in January :) Happy holidays to you all!

Here we are, another month into Autumn, and it's time to vote again! We have four entries on this month's Challenge, and the winner will get a $50 credit to my Etsy shop :) Here we go!

1. Kim Booth of The Pink Martini Boutique

2. Jacqueline Day of WitchEver Oak

3. Jude's Jujus of Jude's Jujus

4. Bobbi Moore of Bobbi's Jewelry Shop

Thanks to all the designers this month, good luck to everyone! :D  The next challenge won't be until January :D

Completely unrelated to glass, jewelry or my fantastic designer's challenge winners :D

If you're anything like me, any information about the old practices of herbal healers and the old religion is welcome and devoured. This giveaway caught my eye simply by the title of the book- Old World Witchcraft by Raven Grimassi. Mrs. B. has a copy to give away this week, and I'd love to get ahold of it! :D 

Would you like to give it a shot? Here's a link to her blog!

http://www.confessionsofapagansoccermom.com/2011/10/giveaway-old-world-witchcraft-by-raven.html

The winner this month is Christina Anderson, with her amazing multimedia piece, Vertie Green :D Congratulations, Christina! Enjoy your $50 credit! :D

We've come to the end of another month and the year brings us cooler weather (and if you're in Indiana with me, lots of rain!). We're gearing up for Halloween here, so this month's beads were all spooky Halloween themed beads. Instead of variations on a single design theme, the designers were offered a wide variety of shapes and colors! :) Here is the group our designers had to choose from this month:

And out of these beads came a huge success of designs! Some new participants joined us and I hope to see a big vote turnout :) Though we had a full plate of designers, only a handful had time to complete their entries for this month. It's a busy season!

The entrants are competing for a $50 credit to my Etsy shop. Make sure to pass along the blog link to friends and family- they may find a design they can't pass up, or find a new favorite shop :) The voting poll is on the sidebar to the right. Please vote for your favorite there (not in the comments, thanks!).

On to the entries!

1 - Carrie Stalcup of Upzndowns

2 - Christina Anderson

3 - Dawn Horner of Northern Adornaments

4 - Erin Laney of EverythingELB

5 - Lynn LaBenz of Treasures By Lynn

6 - Rose Pulido Puskas

7 - Shelley Cole Kuduk of The Rodeo Rose

Thank you to all our entries! Next month, we'll be doing Christmas/Yule themed beads. Keep an eye out!

Leayn Tabili of Anthelion Jewelry! :) Leayn entered this amazing piece:

And you can buy it HERE :)

Congratulations, Leayn, and thank you to all the designers who entered!

I'm hoping to have the beads for the next challenge ready within a couple of days- keep an eye out :D