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Winter 2009 Giveaway
Bloggy Giveaways is doing it again – it’s regular, it’s quarterly, it’s fabulous – so I am too. Pretty much the same terms as last time, too! I’ll just format it better this time.
The Giveaway:
- $20 in any of my venues: my Etsy bead shop, my Etsy clay cane shop, my ArtFire shop or my web shop
- Free shipping of course! And that includes international. Everyone is welcome.
To Enter:
- Take a look at my shops: my Etsy bead shop, my Etsy clay cane shop, my ArtFire shop or my web shop
- Then come back here and leave me a piece of constructive advice (or even just a comment). Last time I got such good advice, it was incredibly helpful!
- Some ideas are: colour or subject suggestions for my beads or canes, finished jewelry ideas, photography hints, spelling errors, basically anything to let me know you had a look! If you have questions about my work feel free to email me, I am always happy to spread the polymer clay love.
- You do not need to leave your email in the comment. When you fill the form part in, your email is required but will remain private.
To Win:
- After 6pm my time on Friday (that’s 8pm EST) January 30, I’ll pick a random number. The person with the corresponding comment will get an email from me.
- If I don’t get a reply by Monday, I’ll redraw.
How to Have Even More Fun:
- Check out the insane amount of free, cool stuff being offered during the carnival by visiting the carnival often.
Good luck and thanks ahead of time for your help in making this work!
Comments
62 Responses to “Winter 2009 Giveaway”
I still love your coffee toned beads the best. The new background papers look wonderful in the photos, you don’t charge enough. I have seen far less quality selling for more!!
Hey!
I love everything in your cane shop! I think I may have mentioned that several times before…hehehe
This is my fav in your bead shop http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19124470
I love the pink swirlies!!
Stephanie
I love your Coffee on Pearl earrings! Precious!!!!
I like the blue green swirl beads.
I would suggest showing them in a made piece to give an idea of size. Just a thought.
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very pretty stuff!!
some of the white-edged canes should be photo-ed differently, they are hard to see against a white background……good photos are your best friend.
I love your beads, but it’s hard to tell size from the pictures.
hard to get a good detail from tsome of the pics. great stuff from what i can tell though I’m having so much fun making friends and blog-hopping again this year.
Thanks for such a generous giveaway! I hope I’m chosen as the lucky winner!!!
so many beautiful things. my favorites were the butterfly ones. and the blue swirly potato ones.
I think the crazy daisy polymer clay canes are so bright and colorful
great work!!! I love the color combinations you use and the patterns are amazing! what about some cylindrical beads???
I love your canes and the Mystery Box Sampler of Polymer Clay Canes is a great idea. It shows a variety of your work and I think everyone would love to get a sampler of canes.
You have beautiful work! I definately agree with photographing some of the pictures differently. Your work is so detailed and it’s hard for that to come through so others can appreciate it. Charge more!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway and the chance to win! Have a wonderful day!
diane@diane-anderson.com
WOW what beautiful items. I love the Black and White Flower Polymer Clay Canes E154. Elegant.
I don’t have any advice, everything looks so great! I love that some of the beads almost look liked swirled rocks. How awesome! Thanks!
I really love Pink Swirl Polymer Clay Lentil Beads Set 137 from your Etsy shop. Would it be possible to do a swirl-type design on pillow beads? I think that would look really sharp.
In your etsy shop I think the pictures with the white background would stand out much better with a darker background
You could buy really cheap jewelry displays are rephotograph your stuff for a more professional look.
I think it is so lovely, you are very talented!
my only sugestion would be to have 15 or 20 different beeds to pick 5 from like a mix and mach type thing to get 5 different beeds that each person thinks go together.
thanks
your beads are very unique thanks for the link and the giveaway
My two sons are ga-ga for beads (and fake gems, lol) – they and I both would love to see canes in some more buggy or critter designs. The dragonflies and butterflies are lovely, how about perhaps fish, or ladybugs? Haha, my oldest is saying “lizards, lizards!”
THank you for the great giveaway. I really like the citrus earrings. I would love to see more varieties of earrings.
I would love to win.
Thank you
tatertot374@sbcglobal.net
love the clay caanes
Wow – you have some very cute beads! I’d love to see some in Dark Chocolate Brown and Lavender (swirls or polka dots would be great).
I looked at your bead shop. My suggestions would be to put a very light color as your background. Right now it’s right. Add just a light light color.
The Citrus Swirl earrings in your web shop jumped out at me. The colors are fantastic.
I visited your ersy bead shop and I really liked the pink swirly beads, I would love to see something cobalt blue swirlys
Sorry, I meant etsy!!
justasimplemom2@yahoo.com
maybe put the beads next to a penny or something to give the viewer something to base the size off of. Hope this helps
I love the pillow beads, and would love to use them in some earrings. One thing I wasn’t clear on just looking at the etsy shop is exactly where the holes are drilled. I like that you’ll adapt the hole size though! I’ve gotten quite a few beads before that ended up being too small and then I can’t use them.
Love the sweet pink flower ones esp.!
Black and White Swirl Lentil Polymer Clay Beads are very pretty. I would love to see some of your beads as finished jewelry : )
I love the strawberry slice beads. My friends daughter would adore them!
I would like to see another picture with your clay cane listings. Maybe slice one and take a photo to show an example of the sliced clay .
Great giveaway!
Amy
Your beads are beautiful! One suggestion would be to show them made into a bracelet or other piece to get a feel for the size of the beads and how many might be needed for a project.
You have a way with clay. Seriously, those flowers are amazing.
Those canes are AWESOME. How about using a coin in the photos to indicate size?
lisa
iluvchrisnlevi@aol.com
You do beautiful work! The one thing I noticed is that many of your colors are more subdued. I didn’t see anything (except for fruit) in bright or deep reds, deep oranges, and deep blues. I’d love to see more in some of the darker, deeper tones!
jinglesells at gmail dot com
I checked out the bead shop…I think you show the details of the beads well, but Maybe consider taking them with a ruler or something to show the scale?
I think it would be nice if the holes for the square beads could also be drilled so the bead is now a diamond, corner to corner. I hope that makes sense
WOW! You are extremely talented!
Your bead sizes are a bit hard to tell and some of the white ones blend into the background on the edges! And I may be off, but could you have one shop be the beads and cane and then make more inventory for finished pieces for a second shop? You could also team up with someone who loves to make the jewelry if you prefer to make the beads. I don’t know–you’d have more inventory in fewer shops.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Hi!! I love your Pink Brown and Cream Bouquet Polymer Clay Canes! You do fabulous work!
You have some amazing beads and canes. I peaked at a tutorial and well, I’ll leave it up to you ’cause I was mega lost lol. I’d have to have someone beside me teaching me as i messed with it.
As for suggestions? Keep making them – wow. I need to think of something to make so i can get some.
The sizes aren’t so easy to see….you have some great stuff!!
Thanks!
I love your etsy shops I bookmarked it
Freebiegoddess03(at)aol(dot)com
I really like how your ArtFire shopit is very organized. The pictures of your items are perfect but the background to each little picture is to blah with the white. Maybe photograph them on a black back ground would brighten them up. I would also add so more artsy colors to your banners, the green doesn”t show how beautiful your work is. Love your work and you are very talented!
tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com
when photographing your pieces, it might help to put a coin or something in the picture so we can get a better idea of the size. =) I would love to win this, thanks!
I checked out your webshop, I love the skyblue rose! You do beautiful stunning work! The only constructive critisism I would give is that the white or greyish backgrounds that you are using for some of your work, do not do justice to your beautiful work, especially if the piece is white itself. It tends to blend all together, and wonderful work like this needs to be able to be seen well.
luckofdraw777(at)gmail(dot)com
I loved looking through your websites, the beads ae very eye-catching. Thanks for the giveaway!
lmillitch (at) gmail (dot) com
My advice is to photograph in front of a darker background for the white pieces so we can see them better
your beads are so pretty I remember seeing these clay beads at stores and always wanting them as a little girl but they were always so insanely over priced you charge fairly for them wish I knew of your shop back then but yea internet wasnt what it is now!
Any of the flowers I adore the roses the most I think everything makes me smile though it gave me a nostalgic feeling.
My favorites are the PANSY SAMPLER POLYMER CLAY CANES,these are beautiful! Thanks
I’m really terrible with giving feedback, but I guess I would say to add some brighter colors to your etsy bead shop. Everything is so beautiful!
Love your site, maybe just be a tad more descriptive or use some comparrison photos for size.
I totally love your canes. I’ve bought from you before and I especially loved the mystery box. What a great assortment! I would really love it it you would sell slices. That way I could buy a bigger assortment.
thanks,
faith
My advice would be to update the background on your websites! Something warm and inviting.
Black and White Flower Polymer Clay Canes E154 is my favorite, I would love it if you sold them sliced though, because I imagine you could get more variety that way in a grab bag of some sort. I would be more likely to buy say 20 slices than an entire cane.
I love your blue-green swirl lentils or your daisy cane beads. They remind me of my little girl, who went to heaven last year.
I like your earrings too but I cannot wear pierced earrings anymore. How about having clip-ons?
I like the sampler
I love your photography! A couple things I would change though – on your web shop, have an option to view all instead of having to click through 14 pages. Also, combine into less sites lol!
wow, the beads are beautiful! i kind of want to make magnets out of them.
I enjoyed your site. I like the way you have coordinated your beads and the background they are laying on. Good Job!
the Coffee on pearl earrings are adorable. Thanks, Godesseablu@msn.com
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