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Congratulations to April’s Featured Product Contest Winner!
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Voting for April’s Featured Product of the Month contest is officially closed and the winner as chosen by you is……
Chrys M. with his piece “Captive Crystal Byzantine”!
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.
A Note about April’s Contest: Some of you noticed that, while the contest was meant to be for projects that used round crystal beads, some of the projects that made it to the final voting used bicones. This was an oversight on our part and we want to extend apologies for confusion or hard feelings about this. In our enthusiasm to get the finalists together, we made the mistake and didn’t realize it until public voting was already underway.
Taking down the survey to replace it with just the entries who used round beads could have resulted in some of those losing the votes they had already gathered. In the end, the entries using the bicones were not eligible to win, but it didn’t much matter anyway as Chrys’ piece did come in first regardless of our error. We have established a better process for looking over the submissions so we don’t run into this again. Thanks for understanding!
All of that said, we still want to sincerely thank ALL of April’s contest participants – the projects we received were each inspiring no matter the shape of the crystals! We are currently accepting submissions for May’s contest. Dazzle us with your use of stainless steel rings for your chance to win!
Happy Weaving!
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Featured Product Contest: May 2012
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For May, it’s all about bringing out the big guns. Stainless Steel may not be for the timid but that doesn’t mean it can’t be tamed into something truly delicate and beautiful. We recently replaced our stainless steel stock with rings made from a much easier to manipulate wire, so if you’ve been intimidated in the past, now might be the time to give it another try. If you you’ve never worked with stainless steel before, we recommend playing around with the rings in our Try Before You Commit pack.
Note: If you liked the wire we were using before, check out our Stainless Steel sale – it will only be up another week or so, so don’t hesitate!
To see what this metal can really do, we recommend checking out this post featuring Melissa Banks – a well known steel wrangler – or visit Rebeca’s website for a few images of steel pieces she has created (like the one to the left.)
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Make a project which primarily uses our featured product. The project can most definitely use other rings and components, but the featured product should really be the star of the piece. Please see the complete rules and details below for more information about qualifications.
Take a picture of your project and submit it using our official Featured Product Contest form (link below.) You may post the piece online somewhere and provide us with a link, or upload it directly in the form. You will be asked to provide your name and an email address we can use to contact you in case anything goes wrong with your submission—or if you are the winner of the contest!
GO TO THE SUBMISSION FORM
Submissions are closed at midnight CT on 15th of every month and are limited to 2 entry pieces per person.
Get Votes! Submissions will close on the 15th of each month at which point the B3 Staff will choose our favorites. The top entries will be eligible for voting through a survey which we will post to our blog. If you are one of the finalists, feel free to share the link with friends via email, Facebook, Twitter or any other means.
Voting will close on the last day of the month.
We will award the top voted finalist each month with a $25 B3 Gift Certificate and will feature YOUR project in a special blog post and possibly even future B3 ads to inspire fellow chainmaillers all over the world.
Complete contest rules and details: Submissions are limited to 2 per person and must use the featured product of the month as determined by Blue Buddha Boutique. The project is not required to be made from Blue Buddha Boutique rings, however any winning projects that use primarily rings from another supplier or rings made by the artist will not be eligible for posting on our blog or use in our ads to prevent false advertising. Pieces do not have to be specially created for the contest but should be no more than 12 months old. Current employees and interns of Blue Buddha Boutique are not eligible for this contest. Finalists are chosen by Blue Buddha Boutique and voted upon anonymously by the public to determine a winner. Submissions may be disqualified at the discretion of Blue Buddha Boutique if they are deemed inappropriate in any way. If a winner does not claim their prize within 15 days of notification, the second place winner will be awarded the prize.
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Vote for your favorite! – Featured Product Contest: April
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CAST YOUR VOTE NOW!
Submissions for April’s Featured Product of the Month Contest are closed and the B3 team has completed the difficult job of narrowing down the finalists, which means it’s time for YOU to cast your vote to determine the winner. Folks this month were challenged to create a piece that featured Swarovski® Crystal Beads. We loved seeing all your bling-y creations and had a tough time choosing out favorites – they were all so lovely. Voting will close April 30th. Voting is only allowed once per computer so choose wisely!
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 PRODUCT FOR MAY – Stainless Steel
For May, it’s all about bringing out the big guns. Stainless Steel may not be for the timid but that doesn’t mean it can’t be tamed into something truly delicate and beautiful. We recently replaced our stainless steel stock with rings made from a much easier to manipulate wire, so if you’ve been intimidated in the past, now might be the time to give it another try. If you you’ve never worked with stainless steel before, we recommend playing around with the rings in our Try Before You Commit pack.
Note: If you liked the wire we were using before, check out our Stainless Steel sale – it will only be up another week or so, so don’t hesitate!
To see what this metal can really do, we recommend checking out this post featuring Melissa Banks – a well known steel wrangler – or visit Rebeca’s website for a few images of steel pieces she has created (like the one to the left.)
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Congratulations to March’s Featured Product Contest Winner!
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Voting for March’s Featured Product of the Month contest is officially closed and the winner as chosen by you is……
Thereze J. with her “Spring Celebration”!
Congratulations, Thereze! Your creativity has earned you a B3 gift certificate for $25! To claim your prize, please send an email to community@bluebuddhaboutique.com.
Thanks to all our March contest participants. We’ll be creating a post of O18 weave ideas using your submissions very soon! In the meantime, we are now accepting submissions for April’s contest. Integrate Swarovski® Faceted Round Crystal Beads into your maille for your chance to win!
Happy Weaving!
chainmaille jewelry · contest · O18 jump rings · project ideas
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Featured Product of the Month Contest – April 2012
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Our Featured Product coming up for April is Swarovski® Faceted Round Crystal Beads in 6mm or 8mm, available on our findings page. We love the sparkle these beads add to chainmaille jewelry pieces and can’t wait to see what you create with them! Check out this recent blog post for project ideas and inspiration. You may also find this post matching our anodized niobium jump rings to each of the crystal colors helpful as well.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Make a project which primarily uses our featured product. The project can most definitely use other rings and components, but the featured product should really be the star of the piece. Please see the complete rules and details below for more information about qualifications.
Take a picture of your project and submit it using our official Featured Product Contest form (link below.) You may post the piece online somewhere and provide us with a link, or upload it directly in the form. You will be asked to provide your name and an email address we can use to contact you in case anything goes wrong with your submission—or if you are the winner of the contest!
GO TO THE SUBMISSION FORM
Submissions are closed at midnight CT on 15th of every month and are limited to 2 entry pieces per person.
Get Votes! Submissions will close on the 15th of each month at which point the B3 Staff will choose our favorites. The top entries will be eligible for voting through a survey which we will post to our blog. If you are one of the finalists, feel free to share the link with friends via email, Facebook, Twitter or any other means.
Voting will close on the last day of the month.
We will award the top voted finalist each month with a $25 B3 Gift Certificate and will feature YOUR project in a special blog post and possibly even future B3 ads to inspire fellow chainmaillers all over the world.
Complete contest rules and details: Submissions are limited to 2 per person and must use the featured product of the month as determined by Blue Buddha Boutique. The project is not required to be made from Blue Buddha Boutique rings, however any winning projects that use primarily rings from another supplier or rings made by the artist will not be eligible for posting on our blog or use in our ads to prevent false advertising. Pieces do not have to be specially created for the contest but should be no more than 12 months old. Current employees and interns of Blue Buddha Boutique are not eligible for this contest. Finalists are chosen by Blue Buddha Boutique and voted upon anonymously by the public to determine a winner. Submissions may be disqualified at the discretion of Blue Buddha Boutique if they are deemed inappropriate in any way. If a winner does not claim their prize within 15 days of notification, the second place winner will be awarded the prize.
