July winner

Hello there, huge apologies for not posting the winner sooner. I completely forgot .... oops. Anyway better late than never!! 

Congratulations to Gail Price for her entry. Her beautiful poppy was chosen by random.org

If you can contact me Gail I will let you know how to claim your £15 voucher to spend at Beads Direct. Thankyou to Beads Direct for their continued sponsorship of our blog.

Don't forget you still have plenty of time to enter this months challenge - just see the post below.

August Challenge

Hello and welcome to the August challenge here on Beading Friends Forever. Apologies for being a day late with the start of the challenge but I have been stuck on night shifts. Better late than never though so I hope you are all raring to join in. 

Thankyou for all the beautiful entries last month. The winner will be announced tomorrow so make sure you pop back to see if you are the lucky person to get a £15 voucher for Beads Direct.

We have 2 different challenges for you - a tutorial and a theme. You are allowed 3 entries for each part making a total of 6 entries. Please have a quick look at the rules posted on the side bar.

A huge thankyou to Beads Direct for their continued support and sponsorship. One entry this month will be chosen at random to win a £15 voucher to spend online at Beads Direct.

Theme - Native American Earrings

Make a pair of earrings which reflect the native American style

DT Inspiration

Wendy

Pascale

Yvonne

Patricia

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Tutorial - Peyote Stitch Bracelet

Tutorial is for odd count peyote however you may use even count if you wish.

Thankyou so much to Beadaholique for allowing us to use their video tutorial for this month.

DT Inspiration

Patricia

(odd count)

Pascale

(odd count)

Yvonne

(even count)

Please check each DT members blogs for additional details about their projects.

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We hope you like the challenges for this month and hope you have fun making your entries. To add your entry either add it to the linky below or post it on our Facebook group on the challenge page for August.

Please follow the rules

All entries must be submitted by 6pm on the 31st August

The winner will be selected using random.org

Good luck and have fun

Marcea and the BFF Design Team

June Winner

Good morning eveyone. Here I am at last with the winner for the June challenge.

Congratulations to Lorraine - your entry was picked by random.org

Here is Lorraine's gorgeous necklace

You have won a £15 voucher to spend at Beads Direct. If you contact me I will let you know how to claim your prize.

A huge thankyou to Beads Direct for providing our monthly prize. Check out their website for fab products and also competitions to win some goodies.

Enjoy the sunshine x

July Challenge

Happy July everyone and welcome to a brand new challenge on Beading Friends Forever. Wow we are now in the 2nd half of the year - how did that happen???? Thankyou so much to all of you who entered the June challenge, the entries were beautiful. I love looking at the different interpretations of the tutorial and theme. The winner will be announced tomorrow so make sure you come back to see if it is you.

There are a few changes to the design team this month - some goodbyes and hellos ..... I am sure you will continue to be inspired by the DT. 

Just a little note. If you follow us can you please make sure you click to follow us on Bloglovin (on our sidebar) because Google reader ends today and our posts will not show up otherwise .... thanks x

The format for the challenge is still the same - 2 parts comprising of a theme and a tutorial. You can enter each part 3 times so that makes 6 chances to win each month. The rules are listed on the sidebar for you to follow.

A big thankyou to Beads Direct for providing a £15 voucher to spend online at their fabulous website. Make sure you pay them a visit for lots of amazing products and offers as well as projects to make.

Theme - Make a flower

Make a flower using beads, wire, thread or whatever you like

DT Inspiration

Gail

Patricia

Wendy

Pascale

Marcea

Bev

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Tutorial - Herringbone stitch with a twist

I am thrilled this month to be using a tutorial by Gianna from Beading 4 perfectionists. Not only is she really talented but Gianna is also a member of our Facebook Group. I hope you enjoy the tutorial...

DT Inspiration

Patricia

Pascale

For further details on these creations please visit DT blogs.

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I hope you have fun creating this month and enjoy the challenges. To enter either add to the linky below or post your photo to our facebook group on the July challenge events page. 

Please follow the rules

Have you joined our Facebook Group yet? Come and say hello!

All entries must be submitted by 6pm on 31st July

The winner will be selected using random.org

Remember tocome backlater to find out who the winner for the June Challenge is.

Goodluck

Marcea and the BFF Design Team x

Winner for May Challenge

Thankyou for all the amazing entries last moth, there were so many wonderful creations for the tutorial and theme. The lucky winner picked by random.org is ................

Congratulations Cheryl, please contact me for details on how to claim your £15 voucher for Beads Direct. 

Here is Cheryl's entry ......

Thankyou to Beads Direct for your continued support xx

apologies ... this was saved as a draft post instead of going live - sorry for delay x

June Challenge

Welcome everyone to a brand new challenge here on Beading Friends Forever. I am so pleased that there are so many of you sharing your beautiful creations with us every month on this blog and also on our Facebook Group. We almost have 300 members now .... that is a lot of inspiration and help..... plus friendship.

As many of you know our challenge is split into 2 parts - a theme and a tutorial. You can enter 3 times for each part which means you can enter 6 times in total. All the rules are in the sidebar for you to follow.

We are fortunate to have another £15 voucher for one lucky winner chosen at random to spend at Beads Direct. Many thanks to Beads Direct for their sponsorship of our challenge each month :) Make sure you visit their website which is full of fabulous products and tutorials.

Theme - a multistrand item

Create an item of jewellery with more than one strand of beads/wire

DT Inspiration

Patricia

Wendy

Marcea

Sue

Bev

Yvonne

Tutorial - In the Garden Wrap Bracelet

I am really delighted that beadshop.com have allowed us to use their video for our tutorial this month. Brittany Ketcham shows us how to make these stunning bracelets. There are also some fabulous examples on their website to view.

Beadshop.com have very kindly offered everybody 10% off orders throughout June. All you have to do is add this code at checkout ..... BFF10  ........ thanykou so much for this lovely gesture!

Materials required

Leather

S-Lon / C-Lon in a variety of colours

8/0 seed beads and hex beads (you can use 8/0 if you do not have these)

Button

Charms if you wish

Glue (hypocement or similar)

Design board (I used a plastic storage drawer)

DT Inspiration

Marcea

Bev

For further details on the DT's creations please visit their individual blogs.

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I hope you like the challenges for this month. To enter either add your entry to the linky below ensuring you add a direct link to your blog post and not general blog or add your entry to our June challenge page onour BFF Facebook Group.

Remember to follow the rules and please come and say hi on Facebook. 

All entries must be submitted by 6pm on 30th June

The winner will be selected using random.org

Remember to come back and check who won May's challenge.

Have fun!!

Marcea and the BFF Design Team x

Winner for the April Challenge

Happy weekend everyone. I hope you are all enjoying the new challenge for May, there are some lovely entries all ready. I thought I better announce the winner for last month ............

Congratulations to Sarah .... here is her winning entry ....

Well done Sarah, you have won a £15 voucher to spend at Beads Direct. Can you contact me please and I will give you details how to claim your prize.

Many thanks to Beads Direct for their continued support of our blog challenge. Make sure you check out their £1.50 bead bonanza!!