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artBLISS 2013 {Registration Open + Giveaway!}
2013 artBLISS logo designed by Amber Brien with embellishments by Susie Hibdon
We’re excited to announce that registration is open for artBLISS 2013!
Please join us for 3 days of workshops and activities.
Dates and Location:
September 27 – 29, 2013
Sterling, VA
We have an incredible line-up of instructors again this year. You’ll enjoy seeing some of your favorite instructors returning, and we hope you’ll join us in welcoming a couple making their artBLISS DEBUT!
Kerry Bogert
Christine Damm
Richard Salley / Jessica Papke
Stacie Florer
Stephanie Rubiano
Please visit the site to see the full range of day and evening workshops.
In addition to furthering your jewelry designing skills, new this year at artBLISS, you’ll find MIXED MEDIA workshops! We are excited to welcome Stephanie Rubiano to the artBLISS family.
NEW! Join us Saturday Night at artBLISS for a fun-filled evening!
- Shop at your own Marketplace! This year, a limited number of tables will be available in the lobby. Sell your supplies, art, and beads. Consider sharing a table with a friend. Please contact us if you are interested – a lottery will be held for these spaces.
- Pizza and Salad night – stay in and hang out with your friends over dinner.
- Grab a friend and take an evening class with Kerry Bogert! Learn to make a must-have herringbone weave bracelet, complete with a custom button clasp!
- Join us for a demo with Erin Siegel! You’ll learn how to create a pair of stunning earrings, featured in Bohemian-Inspired Jewelry.
Can you help us spread the word about artBLISS?
We have a great GIVEAWAY for you with 4 chances to win!
We will be giving away 4 prizes! Two winners will be chosen from entries in this giveaway post, and two winners will be chosen from those who register for a workshop during the first 2 opening weeks of registration!
Here are a few of our new badges – we hope you’ll chose one for your blog (grab a badge here)!
Or the new 2013 badge –
Here are the prizes for FOUR lucky winners:
You can win a copy of “Soldering Made Simple”, a micro torch, ceramic board, quench cup, and tweezers
Win a soldering iron, soldering iron stand, flux, and flux remover
Two winners will win a treasure trove of enamels in all kinds of colors
To enter the give away:
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Leave a comment (1 entry)
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Blog about the 2013 retreat (1 entry)
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Add any one of the blog badges to your blog – see the various badge options here (1 entry)
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Help spread the word on Pinterest – Pin any image directly from the artBLISS website (your favorite workshop, for example) to one of your Pinterest boards. Please include “#artblissworkshops” to your pin description so that we can easily track the pins. (1 entry)
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Post on Facebook or Twitter – please share the link (1 entry)
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Register for any artBLISS 2013 workshop during the official registration opening week (April 9th through April 23rd). (1 entry)
*Giveaway closes at 11:59 p.m., EST on April 23rd. Due to the package size, the giveaway is regrettably open to U.S. residents only.
Thank you for sharing our excitement! Good luck & we hope to see you in September!
– Cindy and Jeanette
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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.
Love the new logo Cindy, I will head over to the Artbliss site and look over all the exciting classes. Sounds like you have a lot of really nice things planned as well, love the marketplace and pizza and salad night idea!
Commenting here now, will share many places later today… So looking forward to this year! (And you have me entered into the drawing for vendor space Sat – right? Thanks. )
Cindy,
I just got done registering for classes. I’m splurging this year and taking classes all 3 days!! (assuming I get in) Woo-hoo!!
Love the badges. I forget, does your mannequin have a name? Pizza night/marketplace will be great too.
So excited for September!! (Oh, will your book be available at the marketplace?)
xoxo – Michelle
We’re excited too!!
Michelle, I’m hoping my book will be available by this time but it is cutting it close – the release date is officially mid-October. 😉
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So excited to see the announcement! Will be posting on my blog and facebook as soon as I can…I may even spend the night this year!!
I’ve always wanted to attend Art Bliss, some day I’ll get there. You have a great line up, what an amazing bunch of classes!
I’m really excited about these fabulous workshops and so close to me – Only 2 hours away – I’m definitely in! Looks like a LOT of fun and learning to be had 🙂
SWEET! I have been waiting (none too patiently) for this. Had a moment of panic when I realized I deleted my flight confirmation. But that is all good now. Whew! I am going to register this afternoon and get that hotel reservation. I will blog about it. I am pinning it now. And one of your badges is going on my page. Woot! So happy to be doing this. Can’t wait to see you all once again, learn new things, catch up with friends and make new ones! Enjoy the day. Erin
P.S. I would like to sign up for Kerry’s evening class but didn’t see that on the site (and btw, noticed a typo on the Sat page for the registration fee). And I would potentially be interested in sharing a table with someone. I can bring my Simple Truths and such! So excited!
Pinned to a few different boards, like rings and inspiration. Here is one for Christine Damm’s class. I can’t wait!
http://pinterest.com/pin/171066485818542868/
Wow! Really great classes!!! I’m so excited!!! I’ve already registered for a class and book my room!!! WOOT!!
Added a badge to my blog. I don’t even care to win something. I just can’t wait!
xo
E
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Looks like a wonderful venue!!! Please enter me in the drawing 🙂
Lori
I really wish this was something that I could take time to participate. The classes seem so cool and it just seems like a really fun place to be with art people.
What a wonderful giveaway! I will be sure to share to facebook and pin it right now. I will work on posting at my blog. I will comment when I share on my blog! Thanks!
Signed up!
Shared on my FB: https://www.facebook.com/jenny.daviesreazor?ref=tn_tnmn
Shared on my Biz FB: https://www.facebook.com/JDRshrineart
Looks like an awesome retreat! I’d really love to take the polymer classes. 🙂 I’m trying to see if I can fit this in with my work schedule. Please enter me in the contest for the goodies.
I pinned 🙂
http://pinterest.com/pin/46513808624058677/
I was so very excited to get this email in my inbox yesterday! I have registered for 4 classes (I did 4 last year…I hope I make it through 4 this year)! I had such a wonderful time! I blogged about this – not because I want to win, but I am just so excited! Thanks to you and Jeannette for putting on such an awesome venue!
It is my dream to go to ArtBliss! There are so many fab teachers! Pretty please count me in for this amazing giveaway! Thanks a bunch!
Angi Mullis dj2isme@aol.com
This looks like a wonderful event! I’m looking forward to browsing the website to learn more about it. I’ll also pin on Pinterest. Thanks for the opportunity!
Wendy
Oh my oh my – I so want to try enamels. I haven’t done it yet. Thanks for this delightful giveaway opportunity, and for allowing me to dream about going to ArtBliss!
I need to do some serious juggling on my schedule to fit this in – but I’m going to try my very best! Last year was so much fun!
Looks like an amazing line up and retreat my friend!! I will make it back one day soon I hope!! Sending big hugs,Cat
ArtBliss looks like fun and it is not too far from me in Virginia. Let me check my calendar.
Hi Cindy. I’m hoping we are going to be around in September. Ball is still in the air…
If I am in town then I will be there! The classes look great! I am going to put your badge on my blog sidebar by tomorrow at the latest and I will definitely do some pinning!
Looks like great fun
Looks lik fun
I truly wish I could come to the workshop but………..SIGH…..I pinned, tweeted and shared this on Facebook anyhow. It’s a wonderful opportunity and well worth sharing with my beading friends. And what a great giveaway! Those enamels just made me get a case of the wants. Good luck to everyone.
What a fun giveaway bunch !! I am attending a number of metal workshops this summer – and this would be so AWESOME to win !
I will most likely attend Art Bliss, and definitely swing bu for the meet & greet 🙂
Kaushambi
I just shared this on CREATIVE BEAD CHAT – facebook page !
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CREATIVEBEADCHAT/
Kaushambi
Also shared on POLYMER CLAY COLLECTIVE -facebook page!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/361965820521794
Kaushambi
Pinned it! 🙂
http://pinterest.com/pin/195977021257373156/
It would be a dream come true for me to attend Art Bliss and meet and learn from artists I’ve admired for so long and get to hang out with online friends that have signed up….for now I’ll share this wonderful adventure with my friends so maybe they can attend….I’ve just added the button to my blog…
http://somethinguniquebylana.blogspot.ca/
Shared on facebook…..:)
Oh I wish. I will be nursing my newborn so wont be able to attend she is due aug1st 🙂 anyway i hope everyone has a wonderful time!
Shared via blog…http://somethinguniquebylana.blogspot.ca/
This sounds amazing! I will definitely be keeping this on my radar for future years.
I’d love a chance to win one of the soldering kits or the enamels. I’m getting started with that and it would be great. Wish I could take a class, but just not possible this year.
Thanks,
Kay
Just tweeted about your classes and the giveaway. https://twitter.com/kayzkreationz/status/323821844622868480
Just pinned about the colorful landscapes workshop with Christine Damm. Hope I did it right. I did try to include the hashtag.
http://pinterest.com/pin/537195061772681940/
Great roster again this year. Have already signed up and I love the new logo. Can’t wait!!
I had such a wonderful time at ArtBliss 2012 and am so sad that I have to miss it this year! The classes sound amazing-so envious of those who can attend. It really was a fun weekend of inspiration and making friends! I will see you all in 2014!
I will happily add the artBLISS badge to my blog!
I would love to attend Art Bliss. It looks amazing! I wish I didn’t live so far away. Maybe next year…. Thank you for your generous giveaway!
Wow – could I ever use bundles number one and 2!!!! Thanks for the opportunity!!
teresa
I shared on Facebook, but I don’t Tweet or Pin!! 🙁
thanks again.
Wohoo! Christine is back and the ideas are already perculating! Thanks Cindy and Jeanette for a weekend away that I truly look forward to. I will post on Facebook