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B3′s “Maillers’ Choice” kit continues to be a hit! So much so that, in order to make sure our inventory can keep up with the popularity of these kits, we have bumped up voting by a month. Below you can vote for the kit we will release in April.

For April, we’re inviting you to customize a kit to create a Dragonscale bracelet. This is a favorite project among our customers and we always enjoy playing with different colors to change its overall look and feel.  And yes, this is a challenging weave, but we’ve heard from many folks that the Blue Buddha Dragonscale tutorial helped them conquer it so we know you’ll be able to conquer it too!

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Voting for February’s Featured Weave contest is officially closed and the winner as chosen by you is……

Chrys M. with his piece “Dragonscale Bow Tie”

Congratulations, Chrys! Your creativity has earned you a B3 gift certificate for $25! To claim your prize, please send an email to community@bluebuddhaboutique.com.

 NOTE TO CONTEST PARTICIPANTS

In order to ensure everyone has a chance to participate in and win our monthly contests, we have added a new stipulation as of March that participants are not eligible to win two or more months in a row (you may still win more than one month per year, they just cannot be consecutive.)  We are well aware of the transparent reason for why we created this rule *wink*, so we did actually consult with this month’s winner, Chrys about the idea of this new rule before fully deciding to institute it.  He very graciously agreed that to keep the contest fair and fun for everyone, this rule would be a good addition (what a great “Mailler of the Year”, right?!)  And so it shall be.  Good luck to all our March participants – we can’t wait to see what you create!

FEATURED WEAVE FOR MARCH – Full Persian

For March, we’re featuring full persian. This weave was requested by our community on Facebook and we can’t wait to see what you create with it! The weave works in a number of sizes from very small (base metal size D22) to quite large (base metal size T16) and offers neat tapering options.

Want to see which B3 sizes work well for this weave? Visit our base metal stats & uses page and our sterling silver stats & uses page, or check out these weave ideas posts right here on our blog.

Never tried this weave but feeling up for the challenge? You can purchase Blue Buddha instructions for Full Persian 6-in-1 here on our sale page. (Scroll all the way down almost to the end of the page to find them.)

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CAST YOUR VOTE NOW!

Submissions for February’s Featured Weave Contest are closed and the B3 team has done the difficult job of narrowing down the submissions to our group of finalists which means it’s time for YOU to cast your vote to determine the winner. This month, folks got busy creating pieces using dragonscale.  We were totally blown away by the range of creations which highlight so many different ways to use this weave!

To share the survey, we recommend you copy the link to this blog post and use that in any emails, blog posts, or social media posts you’d like to make about it (we’ve noticed some weirdness in the past with sharing the link directly – it sometimes like to bump people out of voting that haven’t already.)

Get a sneak peak at the all of our finalists below:

FEATURED WEAVE FOR MARCH – Full Persian

For March, we’re featuring full persian.  This weave was requested by our community on Facebook and we can’t wait to see what you create with it!  The weave works in a number of sizes from very small (base metal size D22) to quite large (base metal size T16) and offers neat tapering options.

Want to see which B3 sizes work well for this weave?  Visit our base metal stats & uses page and our sterling silver stats & uses page, or check out these weave ideas posts right here on our blog.

Never tried this weave but feeling up for the challenge? You can purchase Blue Buddha instructions for Full Persian 6-in-1 here on our sale page. (Scroll all the way down almost to the end of the page to find them.)

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Voting for January’s Featured Weave contest is officially closed and the winner as chosen by you is……

Chrys M. with his piece “Bermuda Blue Byzantine Necklace”

Congratulations, Chrys! Your creativity has earned you a B3 gift certificate for $25! To claim your prize, please send an email to community@bluebuddhaboutique.com.

Our contest is changing for 2013!

FEATURED WEAVE FOR FEBRUARY – Dragonscale

For 2013, we’ve changed our “Featured Product” contest into a “Featured WEAVE” contest. January started the year with a bang! We featured byzantine and received so many amazing submissions (it was almost impossible to narrow them all down to the finalists above!)

For February, we’re featuring dragonscale. This weave can be tricky to learn but is a big favorite among many of our community members and was enthusiastically requested to be featured by fans on Facebook. Submissions are now open so get creative and show us what you’ve got!

Never tried this weave but feeling up for the challenge? You can purchase Blue Buddha instructions for Dragonscale here on our website. Like many customers we’re heard from, we’re sure they will help you conquer this beast once and for all.

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