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Hello, and welcome to my site.  The purpose of this blog is to create a connection between beaders around the world.   Here and now I extend the invitation to all of you, beadwork artists and appreciators of their work, to join me in my journal, post comments and link to me from their sites.  We already have a common thread.  Let's extend this network so we can share knowledge, inspiration, and The Beader's Muse.

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Wednesday
24Jun

USE THE MUSE II Kits Have SOLD OUT! Sign-up are now closed...

DateWednesday, June 24, 2009 at 06:51PM

Thank you so much to EVERYONE who helped support my contest so far by blogging, spreading the word, signing up, contributing to the forum, and emailing their little hearts out!  I am thrilled to have such a talented and beautifully spirited group joining me and the Muse on this journey of creativity and exploration.  I am just so happy and grateful to have you all apart of my community!

If you did not get a chance at a kit this time, PLEASE PLEASE sign-up for The Beader's Newsletter and be the first to know about USE THE MUSE III (estimated launch date: August 2009).  I always let everyone on my personal mailing list know about events and promotions first, so if you want to be a part of my Beading Family you have to sign-up!  

Just because kits are sold out, doesn't mean you can't still enter to win fabulous prizes!  I am still giving away free beads and pendants from Artbeads.com and Rainbows of Light EVERY SINGLE WEEK.  Click on Blogger Rewards for the low-down on how to participate.

Participants:  Within the following week I will be posting recommendations for photographing your submissions for judging and I will also be emailing everyone with information on the entry form process.  I will email the address that I have from your Paypal transaction.  Be sure to check that email for communications from me in the coming weeks.  Please DO NOT email me your submission yet, as there will be an actual form that you will need to fill out.  This is so that I can get just one email from everyone, and not need to match up a whole bunch of entries with their owners.  If you are going out of town or something and need to get your submission to me before that, please let me know and I will give you further instruction.  If you have any additional questions, I am here to help you.

I hope that the Muse is inspiring all of you to grow your beading repertoire and influencing you artistically!  I know the Muse will be taking on many guises in the upcoming weeks and I cannot wait until the "Big Reveal" to share them with all of you!

~Beads, Bliss, and Blessings~

*Scarlett Lanson*

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Saturday
20Jun

Blogger Rewards Week IV

DateSaturday, June 20, 2009 at 01:31AM

Alright Bloggers!  This is me giving a big round of applause for a fabulous week for new participants and sign-ups!  I am so excited to hear from so many awesome beaders and am anxiously awaiting their submissions. Without the bloggers, I wouldn't be able to reach such a large audience of people - and for that I am truly thankful!  

Special thanks to Suzanne Cooper who helped reach the most beaders with her awesome beading newsletter! Her link on her website drove the most traffic to The Beader's Muse website during the week of 6/13-6/19 and she is the lucky recipient of this week's Blogger Reward, a beautiful Swarovski Crystal Golden Shadow Shell pendant from Rainbows of Light!

You can read all of this week's blogger posts by clicking through these links:

LiveWire Jewelry by Sharon

Strands of Beads by Melissa

Cthings Blog by Cindy

Heather's Haven by Heather

Snap out of it Jean! There's beading to be done! by Jean

....A Walk In The Park by Susan

Sootfoot5's Blog by Leslie

Sootfoot5 Bead-space by Leslie

TheLaughingMoonNYC by Joy

Beading From The Heart by Nancy

Louise Hill Designs by Louise

Tammy's Jewelry Making Blog by Tammy

Dani's Jewelry Design Blog by Danielle

 

The random winner of this week's crystal quad drawing is Leslie Muzingo! Congratulations and enjoy your crystal quad from Rainbows of Light, Leslie. Thank you so much for your contributions through your blog posts and comments on The Beader's Muse website!

To read more about how you can participate and win Blogger Rewards each week, and view this week's prizes, CLICK HERE.

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Saturday
13Jun

Blogger Rewards Week III

DateSaturday, June 13, 2009 at 12:00PM

I just want to say thanks to ALL the wonderful bloggers that help spread the word about the USE THE MUSE Contest during Week III of the event.  You can read the posts written by these fabulous bloggers by following these links:

Bliss Tree by Cyndi

LiveWire Jewelry by Sharon 

Beading Gem by Pearl

Sha-Sha Jewelry by Blanche

Strands of Beads by Melissa

The Bead Dreamer's Blog by Charlene

Beadazzled of Oregon by Dini

Post on Beading Daily Forum by Jeni

Beading from the Heart by Nancy

Heather's Haven by Heather

Carmi's Art Life World by Carmi

Michon Jewelry Blog by Leah

BeadFluff by Mary

Post on Beading Daily by Erin

and a BIG THANK YOU to Andrew Thornton for his post on his blog that directed the most traffic to The Beader's Muse during Week III of the USE THE MUSE Contest. He is the lucky recipient of this beautiful pendant from Artbeads.com.


The winner of this week's crystal quad from Rainbows of Light was randomly drawn from the names of people that commented on The Beader's Muse website or blogged about the contest.  This week's winner is Mary Timme! Enjoy your crystals Mary!

Click here to view this week's Blogger Rewards Prizes.

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Thursday
11Jun

Cheers to 1037 Crystals!!!

DateThursday, June 11, 2009 at 09:48AM

The winner of the guess-how-many Swarovski's-in-the-champagne flute was chosen on June 1st. Congratulations to Erin Strother of www.studioEgraphics.com who had the closest guess!  She guessed 1049 which was within a dozen of the actual amount.  The guesses ran the gamut from double-digits on up, and it was very fun to watch as they trickled in.  Erin wins the contents of the champagne flute which includes 1037 Swarovski crystal beads and pendants from Rainbows of Light in Crystal and Amethyst variations. 

This contest was to encourage beaders to sign up for my newsletter.  If you would like to be the first to know about future giveaways and events like this, sign-up here.

 

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Saturday
06Jun

Blogger Rewards Week II

DateSaturday, June 6, 2009 at 11:15PM

I can't believe we are are already half-way through the sign-up period for the first International USE THE MUSE Contest!!  I have been extremely busy getting everyone's kits mailed out to them, but I am pleased to announced that everything is right on track!  It is so exciting to me that the Muse is going all over the world!  I now have International participants from Canada, (Jerusalem) Israel, Norway, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, (Budapest) Hungary, (Curacao) Netherlands Antilles, and many many of the United States.  I have so enjoyed reading all of your emails, comments, and checking out the blogs of some of the participants.  Here is the list of all the blogs that reported on The Beader's Muse during the week of 5/30-6/05, be sure to check them out, you will discover some very inspiring beadwork:

The Beady Noid by Carol-Anne

The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton by Andrew

Random Creative by Rose

LiveWire Jewelry by Sharon

Jewelry Making & Beading by Chris

Thank you to our winner Patrizia from Israel for her post on her blog Triz Designs!  Patrizia's blog directed the most traffic to The Beader's muse website during the week so she will be the lucky recipient of this beautiful pendant from Artbeads.com.

The next defined week of Blogger Rewards is running from 6/06 - 6/12.  I have already been notified by tons of great bloggers that have blog posts up for tracking during this week.  You still have through Friday to submit your link for tracking.  Please remember that you can contact me with your link ANY DAY during the contest.  I am giving away new bead prizes each and every week for the remainder of the event.  You do not need to worry about what day you send your post to me, I will fit it into the appropriate week that I am running.  If you want to maximize your days for tracking, I do recommend you submit your post on a Saturday or Sunday - although the soonest you have it up you should let me know about it. Thank you so much to all you so far in the beading community that have helped spread the word!  You guys are awesome!  You can see the prizes for this weeks blogger rewards here.

Remember you can also be entered to win this week's Crystal Quad from Rainbows of Light by commenting on any blog entry on The Beader's Muse or participating in the Forum.  I enter your name into a drawing for each any every comment you contribute to the site and each blog post you submit for consideration.  This week's random crystal quad winner is Jeni Smathers! Thank you Jeni, enjoy your crystals!

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