August Moodboard - And the winner is...

Thanks to everyone who joined in with our moodboard this month, once again we had a tremendous response! Even though the we had three set colours it's great to see the variations on the shades used, from royal purple to lilac and lime to emerald, making everyone's pieces so different.

Before I show what everyone made, here's a recap of the mosaic I posted at the beginning of August...

Clockwise from top-left: Twinkling christmas lights, Eye of the Day, Noro Scarf, Flowers from the Purple Land.

And here are the beautiful submissions we receieved...

Anna


Catherine



Sarah



Liz



Sarah



Norma



Dorisanne



Shirley



Cathi



Tracy



Sarah



Jet







*Edited to add Gemma's late entry :)*

I'm using Random.org to randomly choose a name from the list and the beader who is in 1st position is...



Congratulations Dorisanne, you're the winner of my Mini beaded bead kit!

I hope you've all enjoyed this months challenge, I'll be back tomorrow with a brand new moodboard for September!

August Moodboard Weekly Update 3

I can't believe we're on week three already, this month seems to be going by really quickly! Still there's plenty of time to join in with us if you haven't already. You can find the moodboard, prize details and submission guidelines here.

Now onto this week's gorgeous collection of submissions!

Sarah recycled an earring finding and turned it into a brooch, very cleverly adding seed beads using silver wire...



Norma made this beautiful necklace...



And another beautiful necklace, this time from Dorisanne...


Thanks for joining in ladies!

August Moodboard Weekly Update 2

Two submissions to share with you this week, both with a flower theme!

Sarah made this beautiful flower bracelet from Delicas using herringbone & brick stitch...



And I made a layered flower brooch using seed beads, a little bit of crocheting and bead embroidery on felt. There's a good amount of jade green in this but it hasn't shown up very well...



If you'd like to join in with us this month and be in with a chance to win a fabulous kit to make a set of beaded beads, please see the original post for details.

August Moodboard Weekly Update 1

A couple of gorgeous submissions to show you today!

Anna made this wonderful pendant and earrings set...



And I'm also including this beautiful Peacock Pendant. Catherine made this some time ago but she promises to make something new for the challenge. We're looking forward to that Catherine!



If you'd like to join in with us this month and be in with a chance to win a fabulous kit to make a set of beaded beads, please see the original post for details.

August Moodboard

Welcome to the August Moodboard! This month we're revisiting a colour scheme that we've had once before. Purple, green and turquoise blue is such a gorgeous combination that I think it deserves one more outing! As well as the peacock inspired colours, don't forget the textures which this time are soft, shimmering and sparkling with just a touch of fairy magic.

Clockwise from top-left: Twinkling christmas lights, Eye of the Day, Noro Scarf, Flowers from the Purple Land.

Submitting is easy! You can either email your photographs to me at thecrimsonmoon7@gmail.com or you can add them to our Flickr group pool. If you have a website, blog or an online shop that you'd like us to link to your name then please include it with your submission, either in your email or in the description of your Flickr photo.

What can you make? Anything as long as it involves beads! Any technique is accepted, from beadweaving and stringing to wire work and bead embroidery. Lampworkers and polymer clay artists are also welcome to submit pieces they've made.

We're happy for you to make something using a pattern from a book, magazine or tutorial but if you do please let us know the designer's name and where it was published, including a link if available, so that we can give full credit.

The deadline for entries is 6pm (GMT) on Wednesday August 31st and as usual a prize will be awarded at random to one of our lucky entrants.

The prize this month is a kit to make a set of six mini beaded beads in the winner's choice of colours. It includes all the seed beads you need plus the wooden beads and my Mini Bead tutorial. But non-beadweavers please don't be put off, I'd be happy to make up the beads for you instead!

We hope you enjoy this month's challenge and look forward to seeing your creations!