Sweet Bead Studio Blog
Blog giveaway – THREE chances to win!
I want to celebrate. My blog redesign is -finally- complete! Thank you for stopping by through all of the gradual changes…sweet bead studio {the blog} has many new features and I’d like to let you know who I have to thank.
The great graphics you see here were created by the talented Sara Duckett of Sadie Olive. I was hoping for a modern yet vintage feel and she made it happen. If you visit her site you’ll be amazed at the mood you’ll feel immediately; her photography is incredible and her blog is one that just draws you in. Also I owe so much to Andrea of Mystic Computing. She is a wordpress pro. The customized theme you see here is all her handiwork. If you’d like to find out more about wordpress, or need help developing a blog that really reflects your style, you’ll want to contact Andrea asap. I can’t say enough about her expertise. I was introduced to Andrea by Jeanette (check out her redesigned blog as well!), and the 3 of us enjoyed a girl’s night out this week ….blog talk, jewelry talk, and everything from feng shui to where we’ll be in a year. 🙂
Now on to the the Give Away!
To thank you for visiting, there are THREE little treasures that you’ll have the opportunity to win! I’ll be picking THREE winners!
If you design jewelry, you’ll love this….first up is a Small Embossing Hammer from master silversmith, Bill Fretz. This hammer is courtesy of fundametals.net, the place to shop for wire and metal supplies. Fretz hammers are top of the line and made from hand-polished stainless steel and smooth rosewood handles. This is a great hammer for texturizing and adding dimples to metal. I know I have it on my wishlist!
The second item in the give away is one of my new favorites to create, a mixed metal stamped pendant. The “Joy” pendant is made from brass and copper sheet metal that has been stamped, textured and oxidized. The pendant includes sterling silver wire stitching detail and hangs from a sterling ball chain. This piece is intentionally rustic, and that little brass heart tends to lean to right…it has a mind of it’s own. 🙂
And look! You can also win this stamped copper, wirework and lampwork bracelet. “Live, Laugh, Love” has been hand stamped in copper sheet and linked with organic-style beads. The silvered ivory and copper lampwork beads were created by the mother-daughter team, Hoss of Beads.
How do you enter? It’s easy! There are MANY ways to enter and increase your chances! You will have your name added to the hat for each way that you participate:
- Leave a comment on this blog post
- Spread the word & mention this give-away on your blog
- Sign up for my rss feed
- Sign up for my newsletter
- Follow me on Twitter
- Join my Google Friend Connect badge on the right
*Please let me now which way/s you entered and be sure to provide contact info.
whew! That’s six ways to enter this contest! 🙂 I’m going to leave this give-away open for just a bit over a week (you have plenty of time to join!) as we’re heading to the beach for the 4th of July weekend. The DEADLINE is July 8th. I’ll pick 3 winners on July 9th! Thank you and GOOD LUCK!
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Cindy Wimmer is a jewelry designer with a passion for combining vintage elements with modern wire design. She is the co-founder of artBLISS, hosting jewelry and mixed media workshops in the DC area. Her best-selling jewelry design book, The Missing Link, was released in Fall 2013. Read more.
What a lovely and professional looking blog design!! I follow Sharon here, and am very glad I did 🙂 I love your metal work. I’m a hopelessly addicted wire wrap apprentice, and your work is very inspiring!!
What wonderful, genous gifts!! I’ll pass the word around about your give away in tonight’s post. I also signed up for your news letter.
Pattie 😉
Mazatlan Mexico
You know how much I love your jewelry! Will follow you on Twitter — already follow your RSS feed and newsletter!
Oh and just followed you, too!
Thanks to Lorelei I’ve just discovered your blog. Very nice jewellery, it’s quite my taste. I wouldn’t mind any of your giveaways! I’ve also signed up for your newsletter.
Stina
Sign me up for the give away! I followed a link to your blog and love your jewerly! And your blog design as well. I am going to check into having mine done by the same people. Your people could be my people! Cool!
aww what a sweet giveaway!! enter me please!!!
Love the look of the site ~
The give-away is sweet ;o)
This is my first visit, but it won’t be the last!
I want to play too! Such great prizes, thanks for the opportunity! Congrats on your new blog design, looks great!
Beautiful blog! Great giveaway too! I am following you here and on Twitter, I also subscribed to your newsletter and RSS Feed. I will spread the news on my blog too! Thank you so much for your generosity!
Warmly,
Leslie
Hey Cindy,
I just joined your followers and on Twitter, ( I am the W00dstockhippie) the newsletter, and joined you as one of your followers. I love your new redesigned website. Any one of the prizes would be great to win. Have a super great weekend and a fantastc 4th of July.
Kathy
ohhhhhh that hammer is awesome!! i’m loving the heart pendant as well-adorable!
Wow your stuff is Beautiful! You are really uniquely Creative! I am def going to
put you on my Blogger list!
wow please enter me into this great contest!
Awesome and fabulous giveaway!! Thanks for all the entry opportunities too 🙂
Here’s what I did:
* Leave a comment on this blog post
* Follow me on Twitter
* Join my Google Friend Connect badge on the right
Hi Cindy,
Jennifer sent me your way. Wonderful site and wonderful give aways. I will follow you on Twitter and Blogger. You are so kind to offer these great gifts.
I love your jewelry!!!!!!! and now your new website! Thank you for being so generous!
HI Cindy, Your blog looks great! I heard about you on FB and headed right over! 🙂 I really like your jewelry! I’m following your blog now and will tweet about the contest too! 🙂 Thanks! Cindy
Hi – I joined your friends, and I favorited you on etsy (I know that is not one of the entry requirements! just wanted you to know!). Love the way your blog looks! I love a certain bracelet in your etsy store, too! Thanks for a great giveaway!
Joined your newsletter list too!
I love this giveaway I love the bracelet and the Joy pendant…Your designs are awesome. I think the hammer would be great also I would love to use that tool in one of my jewelry designs. I signed up for the RSS feed, the newsletter and I posted on my blog about the giveaway.
Cindy,
You know I follow your blog religiously and truly miss seeing you and the boys now that you’re on the other side of the county! Your blog is a great way to keep up with you. You are extremely talented and so incredibly creative! So glad that so many others have discovered your talent and hope they buy lots of your beautiful jewelry, too!
See ya soon! MISS YOU!!!
Cindy: A great blog and absolutely wonderful jewelry. Please enter me in the drawing. The gifts are very generous. Thanks, Barbara
Just drooled all over your Etsy shop, sorry. Discovered your site when Lorelei Eurto put a heads up about your giveaway on FB. Love the pendant, LOVE what you are doing with the heavy gauge wire, love the
“Daylily” palette. So I jumped through all your hoops like a wild eyed spaniel (think I got them all): blogged your giveaway and some of your other stuff too (http://cerebraldilettante.blogspot.com), subscribed to your feed, Google friended you…um, signed up for your newsletter, followed you on Twitter, and sent you an inapprorpriately expensive gift in the mail. OK, off to stalk you on Flickr.
Such a great giveaway! And your new site design looks amazing — particularly the header with your jewelry in it!
I’m now following you on twitter and have just joined your google friend connect!
wow, very very cool redesign! it’s beautiful. and so is all your jewelry! i would love to win anything you’ve made 🙂 i’ve followed you, subscribed by RSS & email, and made you one of my etsy favorites! so glad to have found you.
Wow – I just discovered your blog… and your jewelry… and your Etsy shop… and I love your work! I’m officially following your blog through Google Friend Connect, getting your RSS feed through My Yahoo, signed up for your newsletter, following you on Twitter, made you a favorite on Etsy, and I’ll spread the word on my own blog – http://www.jumpingjackglass.blogspot.com – and obviously I’m leaving a comment here. In fact, even if you weren’t being so generous and having this terrific giveaway I’d leave a comment – your stuff rocks! 🙂
I just found your blog and adding you to my bookmarks and googlereader… Love the design of your site…
Great giveaway and a beautiful new look! I probably don’t have much of a chance but wanted to congratulate you on your new beginning. Really outstanding prizes!
Oops…almost forgot! I joined your rss feed, twitter and commented!
I have blogged about this on my blog marbelladesigns.blogspot.com
thanks,
sandra
These are all wonderful. I would be delighted to win any of them.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo.com
I just love your blog design and your work! I would love to win any of your great give aways! I am going to twitter about it now!
I’m back! I’ve been busy!
+twittered
+signed up for RSS feed
+ signed up for Newsletter
+left a comment on this blog
+commented on my blog
+joined your google friend badge
Tracey
http://tkdesigns-natureinspired.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/tkdesigns4u
I just found your blog through Loreli’s blog. It looks very nicely done! I signed up to follow your blog. I’d love to win the Fretz hammer!
Hey, i just discovered your site linking through another blog in a happy blog hopping spree that ended up here. I went through 4 of the 5 requirements (all except twitter, which i don’t have). Great stuff, crossing my fingers.
Oh wow, this is such a generous giveaway! I blogged about it, am following you on Twitter, got the RSS feed, and am hereby commenting. Phyew! Your work is so lovely. Thanks for the opportunity!
Ooh! I just signed up for the newsletter too! Your came out just beautiful.
I LOVE your heart pendant- great work! I am on friends connect too!
Congrats on the new site Cindy!! I just love it. And what I fun give away!! I am “following” your site.
Great giveaway— jewelry looks awesome!
Love your designs!!
I found your blog through a link from Gaea’s Ceramic Studio Blog and I signed up for your newsletter and subscribed to your blog with bloglines. I am looking forward to seeing more of your amazing jewelry!
Love the design and layout!
I discovered you by following Lorelei’s blog and am glad I did–you are so talented. Your new website design looks fabulous, I especially like the look of the banner. Thanks for offering such a fun and generous generous giveaway. I entered by joining your friends and left a comment. I would have mentioned you on my blog, but it is a work in progress and not ready yet. Thanks for some helpful tips there.
wow…beautiful…and easy to navigate site. love the prizes, hope to win one.
Just discovered your blog and love it. You have such gorgeous jewelry. Thanks for the chance at the giveaway.
Beautiful new site Cindy! (Great name btw!) Always have had a soft spot in my heart for rustic, and your site style as well as the pieces in this post are fantastic examples of that! I wish you enormous success!
oops, email is lunedesigns@yahoo.com
Hey Cindy! Congrats on the new, re-designed website! It looks beautiful. 🙂
Tell everyone I say hello.
Wow! That is an awesome give away! Thanks for telling us about it!
Oh that Joy pendant is just soooooo wonderful!!! Such a wonderful and generous giveaway!! I just discovered you through Aimee at Creative Flutter, so I didn’t see your old blog….but love the new one!