It's time again for a trip around the blogworld. I am happy to be taking part in the
One World One Heart Tour for the third year. Welcome to my blog, I am
mrs beadsley and I am a jewelry artist living in Maine, in the wonderful (right now) Great White North, USA. I design One-of-a-Kind jewelry pieces using brass, copper, steel, silver and gold and combining them with colorful gemstones and crystals and beads.........actually the shinier the better to satisfy my inner magpie. I take my inspiration from all that is around me and craft my jewelry with a rustic twist. I recycle when possible - and find myself in the hardware store more often than not to buy "parts" for my jewelry.
Lately, though, I have discovered the joy of weaving Kumihimo pieces........with beads and without. Over the years I have amassed quite a collection of fibers, and of seed beads.....enough to keep me busy making bracelets and necklaces for a good while (and in my case, through ALL the snowstorms we've been having).
Which brings me to this: my giveaway............my gift for the last One World One Heart. I actually decided to give away three prizes - one for each year I participated in the event.
First up - satin cord; vermeil toggle clasp; gold seed beads - eight strand kumihimo braid bracelet.
Second - red seed beads; copper bali-style cones; sweet copper heart clasp; eight strand kumihimo with seed beads bracelet.
Third - two color seed beads; silver cones; silver toggle clasp; eight strand kumihimo and seed bead bracelet.
This is open to all active bloggers, worldwide. All you have to do to be entered into the "hat" is to leave a comment on my blog - and please make sure you leave a way for me to contact you - so I can visit YOUR blog, and so I know who you are when you win. :-)
I will close the post to comments on the evening of February 16, 2011 and will pick three winners using a random number generator. Please check back here on
February 17, 2011 as I will announce the winners here on my blog. (don't worry, I'm sure I'll be so excited I'll both email you and announce here - just to cover all bases!)
Good luck - and have a really good time on your journey through blogland. So good to "meet" you!
