October Moodboard - And the winner is...

Thanks to everyone who joined in with our October Moodboard. I'm pleased to tell you that we've broken our record with a fantastic 27 submissions so it looks like you all had a blast with our colour scheme of red, white and aqua! Just before I show you all the wonderful creations that were submitted, let's have a recap of the lovely mosaic that Clare put together...

Left: Heart Mobile. Right, top to bottom: Blanket-WIP, aqua and red buttons2, Gathering materials

And here's what everyone made...

Janice



Gill



Cathy Cohen



Lesley



Lynsey Brooks



Kitty Ballistic



Kimmy



Carol



Anna



Chris Maj



Julie Bell



Evelyn Shelby



Carolyn Lawson



Liz




Sarah



And here's the latest submissions...

Dorisanne made a beautiful necklace using chain, glass beads and beaded beads which she made herself following my mini bead tutorial...



Jane Turnbull made a gorgeous pair of earrings from seed beads using the beginning of Teresa Meister's Floral Chandelier pattern from Beadwork Oct/Nov 10...



Tiia Nurmi made a pretty slave bracelet using seed beads (a bit naughty as the challenge was to use all three colours!)...



Lynsey Brooks submitted another piece, this time she created a gorgeous peyote cuff with polymer clay flowers...



Tracy made a lovely asymmetric necklace using a mix of beads including wire mesh, clay, vintage and agate...



Catherine made a beautiful necklace strung with seed beads, crystals and a lampwork heart...



Jet Kosanke created some fabulous right angle weave 'biscuits' which she combined with peyote and foiled glass beads to make a bracelet...



...as well as a lovely pendant using Gwen Fisher's Super RAW...



Carrie made a lovely bracelet and earrings set...



Gaynor made a gorgeous bracelet with turquoise chunks...



And Dee made a lovely necklace, bracelet and earrings set...




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



Lesley! Congratulations Lesley, you're the winner of the amazing bead collection from Yashma Creations!

I hope you've all enjoyed this months colour challenge, don't forget to pop back tomorrow for the start of the November moodboard challenge :)

October Moodboard - Weekly Update 3

Welcome to the last update for October, next Monday's post will be our round-up and winner announcement! But there's still plenty of time to join in, just see the original post for details and get beading :) Now, onto this week's submissions...

Carol made a gorgeous Concave Quad beaded bead pendant from a pattern by Glendale MacNaughtin of Dax Designs...



Anna made a beautiful ring in circular brick stitch using seed beads and glass pearls...



Chris Maj made a gorgeous spiral rope necklace with a removable pendant featuring a rococo silver stamping piece...



Julie Bell made a gorgeous RAW bracelet embellished with Czech seed beads, mother of pearl, coral and turquoise heishi. Inspired by the 60's and the Southwest USA, she's named it Mod West...



Evelyn Shelby made a pretty and very clever interchangeable necklace and earrings set using twisted rectangles, twisted bugle beads, seed beads and pearls...



Carolyn Lawson made a lovely two-strand necklace and earrings set using rondelles, fire polished rounds, diamond shaped white opal beads and gold seed beads...



Liz (that's me!) made a Union Jack bracelet in peyote stitch using Delicas and waxed cotton cord...



...and a beaded bead using seed beads...



And finally, Sarah made gorgeous triangle earrings using Delicas and crystals...

October Moodboard - Weekly Update 2

Welcome to another weekly update, we have some more fab submissions for the October moodboard to share with you today!

Gill Hardbattle made a gorgeous necklace using Hatsumi Oshitani's pattern from the Oct/Nov 2011 issues Beadwork...



Cathy Cohen made a beautiful bracelet...



Lesley created a wonderful patchwork effect cuff...



Lynsey Brooks made a beautiful ring from polymer clay...



Kitty Ballistic made a gorgeous necklace...



And Kimmy made a beautiful necklace with ribbon and seed beads...


Thanks to everyone who has joined in with us so far, it's great to see so many of you having fun with this colour scheme!

If you'd like to play along with us this month and be in with a chance to win a gorgeous collection of beads from Yashma Creations then please see the original post for details.

October Moodboard - Weekly Update 1

Our first submission to the October moodboard is this gorgeous necklace and earrings set from Janice...


Thanks for joining in with us again Janice!

If you'd like to play along with us this month and be in with a chance to win a gorgeous collection of beads from Yashma Creations - as well as showing off your wonderful creations to our readers - then please see the original post for details.

October Moodboard

Welcome to the October moodboard! This month I'm using a mosaic that Clare put together - gorgeous aqua, red and white. A bit more of a challenge than usual but I hope you will all have fun with it! As always there is a myriad of textures, shapes, patterns and materials that you can use as your muse or simply take inspiration from the colours themselves...

Left: Heart Mobile. Right, top to bottom: Blanket-WIP, aqua and red buttons2, Gathering materials

Submitting is easy! You can either email your photograph/s to me at thecrimsonmoon7@gmail.com or you can add them to our Flickr group pool. If you do add it to the Flickr pool lease make sure to mention that it's for the October Moodboard. 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 (UK time) on Monday October 31st and as always a prize will be awarded at random to one of our lucky entrants. We welcome submissions from around the world so don't worry if you're not in the UK, you can still enter and be eligible for the prize!

The prize this month is this amazing collection from our sponsor Yashma Creations! Included in the prize is everything you see in the photo: flowers, leaves, round lentils, square lentils, rondelles, rounds, baroques, small daggers, pressed nuggets, table cut 3-dot oval beads and of course the wonderful brass stampings - plus an extra surprise of some more fabulous beads that Yashma Creations are awaiting a delivery of!





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