Winners of the Bead Soup Cafe 9th Blogger/Non-Blogger Challenge!

Lori Anderson's Bead Soup Cafe on Facebook has an ongoing community run jewelry and bead making challenge called the Blogger/Non-Blogger Challenge.
     

The ongoing challenge was created by Marlene Cupo of Amazing Designs by Marlene to meet the needs of jewelry designers and bead artists who wanted to participate in community blog hops, but without the need for blogs.

 Each new round, the previous winner is hostess and is responsible for choosing a new design inspiration photo and offering a prize. The BNB challenges take place regularly at The Bead Soup Cafe' and are great fun! 

Here are examples of prizes from challenges: 

Goodie Bag Prize from a BNB Challenge -- Hosted by Robin Reed

Jewelry Prize from a BNB Challenge -- Holiday art bead necklace by Marlene Cupo

As the winner of the 8th Bead Soup Cafe BNB Challenge, I have the honor of hostessing the 9th round.  I decided to double the fun by creating two colorway inspiration photos: 

A modern art colorway, Teal Goddess:

And a folk-art colorway,"Time Flies" by Frida Kahlo:

I also came up with two prizes, one for each photo inspiration. The two first place winners will receive one of two first place prizes: a $50 gift certificate to Lima Beads or a bountiful bead goodie bag, with additional items added for each participant who posted an entry.

Round 9 First Prizes:

The start of the Bountiful Bead Bag

However, once the challenge began, it was obvious to me that two winners would not reflect the talent, beauty, and contributions for this round! The artists of the BSC came through with the most beautiful work! Go to the photos at the Bead Soup Cafe to view the album. Although the next hostess is not in any way required to do so, I decided to offer additional prizes for the 9th BNB Challenge. The outpouring of fine art jewelry and the exceptional entries of the artists were an inspiration, and I'm so impressed. 

The WINNERS!

With so many beautiful, well thought out & excellently created designs and beads for the 9th Blogger/Non-Blogger Challenge, I created the following prizes: First Place, Runner Up, Third Place, Hostess Choice, and Honorable Mention. The contributing artists made this challenge one of the finest, and I thank you everyone who participated. Please know you created truly incredible jewelry and beads!

First Place

First Place for Time Flies:

Esterina Mestoko Jagiella 

"Inspiration of Life" 

First Place for Teal Goddess:

Kandice Seeber 

"Gaia"

Winner of 50 Goodies Bead Bag: Esterina Mestoko Jagiella

Winner of Lima Beads $50 GC: Kandice Seeber

Next Hostess: Esterina Mestoko Jagiella

(First in list wins Goodie Bag & is next Hostess)

Congratulations Esterina and Kandice! 

You created beautiful art! 

Runner Up

Runner Up for Time Flies:

Robin Showstack "Time Flies"

Runner Up for Teal Goddess:

Kelly Hosford Patterson "The Fairy Goblet" 

Winner of 25 Goodies Bead Bag: Robin Showstack 

Winner of Lima Beads $25 GC: Kelly Hosford Patterson

Congratulations Robin and Kelly! 

Beautiful work!

Third Place

Third Place for Teal Goddess (Tie):

Dhea Powers * Java Bead

Third Place for Teal Goddess (Tie):

Birgit Klughardt 

Third Place for Time Flies (Tie):

Stephanie Gard Buss * Max & Lucie Jewelry

Third Place for Time Flies (Tie):

Agnes Keh * Me Made Jewels

Winner of 10 Goodies Bead Bag: Agnes Keh 

Winner of 10 Goodies Bead Bag: Stephanie Buss

Winner of Lima Beads $10 GC: Dhea Powers

Winner of Lima Beads $10 GC: Birgit Klughardt

Congratulations on Gorgeous Designs Agnes,Dhea,Birgit,and Stephanie!

Hostess Choice

 Stephanie Gard Buss

Kelli Nelson

Catherine Shattuck "Poseidon"

Serena Trent * Pink Ice Jewels

Marlene Cupo *Amazing Designs by Marlene

Alison Baird * Beads By Alison

Lennis Carrier * Windbent

Gloria Allen * Gloria Allen Designs

Andrea Glick * Zenith Jade Creations

Dini Bruinsma * Angaza by Changes

Paula Winchester Hisel * Simply Beadiful

Stephanie Weiss

Leah Mifflin Tees 

Elsie Deliz-Fonseca

Sam Waghorn * Pale Moon Creations

Dolores Raml

Honorable Mention

Serena Trent * Pink Ice Jewels

Shalini Austin * Jewellery By Shalini

Marie Covert Thistledown and Swaddlings

Veralynne Malone

Sandra McGriff * Skye's Creative Chaos

Alison Baird * Beads By Alison

Anzia Parks * Anzipanz Designs

Robin Reed

Agnes Keh * Me Made Jewels

Hostess Choice & Honorable Mention Winners 

will receive an art bead for each winning design! 

I didn't award prizes to every design, nor did I pick only one design per artist. I thought a great deal in deciding the hostess choice & honorable mention winners. 

Congratulations on Superb Designs!

Gift Certificate winners, please message me with your email 

Good Bag & Art Bead Winners, please message me your mailing address

Meet the Artists 

9th Blogger/Non-Blogger Challenge

Alison Baird

FB page : www.facebook.com/BeadsByAlison

Website: www.beadsbyalison.com

Gloria Allen

 Gloria Allen Designs

Kandice Seeber

FB - https://www.facebook.com/kandice.seeber
Etsy Store - http://kseeber.etsy.com/
Blog - http://coloraddictionblog.blogspot.com/
Website - http://www.lampwork.net/ AND http://www.coloraddiction.com/ 

Catherine Shattuck

Leah Mifflin Tees

Elsie Deliz-Fonseca

Sam Waghorn

Pale Moon Creations

Veralynne Malone

Designs by Vera

Serena Trent

PinkIce Jewels

Dolores Raml

Shalini Austin

shop link: http://www.jewellerybyshalini.co.uk/
FB page: https://www.facebook.com/Jewellery.By.Shalini 
blog link: http://jewellery-by-shalini.blogspot.co.uk/

Stephanie Gard Buss

Max & Lucie Jewelry

www.maxandlucie.etsy.com
www.facebook.com/maxandlucie
www.maxandlucie.blogspot.com

Dhea Powers

http://www.javabead.com/item_398/Day-Dream--Artisan-Floral-Lampwork-Bead-Bracelet.htm

Esterina Mestoko Jagiella

https://www.facebook.com/ekleijar

http://ekleijar.blogspot.com/
http://pinterest.com/indomacarons/e-kléi-jar-my-creations/

Dini Bruinsma

 http://angazabychanges.blogspot.nl/

Marie Covert

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Thistledown-and-Swaddlings/220429498010141?ref=hl

http://thistledown-and-swaddlings.blogspot.com/

Kelly Hosford Patterson

http://travelingsideshow.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-my-how-time-does-fly-double-fun.html

https://www.etsy.com/shop/pyxeestyx
https://www.facebook.com/pages/PyxeeStyx/270684896285606

Agnes Keh

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MeMadeJewels

Lennis Carrier

www.facebook.com/windbent

http://windbent.wordpress.com/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Windbent

Paula Winchester Hisel

www.simplybeadiful.weebly.com

Marlene Cupo

Amazing Designs by Marlene

http://amazingdesigns-marlene.blogspot.com/

Sandra McGriff

http://skyescreativechaos.blogspot.com/

Robin Showstack

HEARTS' DESIRES JEWELRY STUDIO

Andrea Glick

Blog: http://zenithjade.blogspot.com/

Facebook: http://facebook.com/ZenithJadeCreations

Anzia Parks

https://www.facebook.com/anzipanzdesigns

Blog http://anzipanzisworkshoppe.blogspot.com/ 

Shop Sites - http://anzipanzdesigns.storenvy.com/ 

http://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/AnZiPanZDesigns

Stephanie Weiss

Birgit Klughardt

https://www.facebook.com/birgit.klughardt/media_set?set=a.569613296439547.1073741831.100001726460358&type=1

Blog: http://www.gitesbeads-gite.blogspot.com/

Kelli Nelson

Gloria Allen

Robin Kae Reed

www.willowdragon.blogspot.com

Toltec Jewels is an author by day, jewelry maker by night. Her literary work is housed by the San Francisco MOMA and is published internationally in popular magazines, literary quarterlies, and university publications. She has won a number of awards for literary and jewelry arts. She is happiest making handcrafted jewelry with her entire family, snuggling with her doggies and grandkids, sewing, singing, reading, and learning more jewelry techniques. She is the hostess of JSF, a diverse community of expert and emerging artisans taking inspiration from each other and jewelry arts. Join her on FB for networking, fundraising for Beads of Courage, jewelry making challenges, blog hops, contests, give-a-ways and of course, cool beads and jewelry!