Fantastic Online Color Wheel

Last week Dannie made the fun little birds nest out of our vintage brass wire and filled it with Turquoise Colored Jasper. It was my job to make a necklace out of it. I wanted the beads I used to really contrast the turquoise color, but what color to use?

I recently found an online color wheel called the Color Scheme Designer and used it to pick a complementary color to go with the beads in the birds nest. This is such a great tool I knew I had to share it with you! Hope you enjoy playing with it!

Angel Wings Flying to Us Soon

Look what's coming to eebeads soon! Our pewter artist Don made this beautiful angel wing pendant (or charm) just for us and samples are on the way for approval. But from this picture I think I'm going to love it! It measures 40mm long and 14mm wide, great for a pendant and still not too big for earrings. If all goes well we should have this in antique gold and silver plating in about 2-3 weeks. Make sure you're on our email list for first notice of this coming to the shop!

Send me an email or leave me a comment below, what do you think of it?

Enchanted Nights Design Challenge Winners!

We had a wonderful response from this contest! Thank you to everyone who entered and all those who voted and left comments too! Our winners for the Enchanted Nights Challenge are:

1st Place $100 Gift Certificate
#9 Danette Seiler from Missoula, Montana


2nd Place A Grab Bag of Gemstone Shape Beads
#10 Cheryl Bracht from Cascade, Wisconsin


Stay tuned to my blog for another contest...we'll announce the details for the next one soon!

Blizzards...Just Not a Lot of Fun.

Blizzards are never much fun and this most recent one kept all of us out of the office for two days. We'll be back in tomorrow, but we wanted to let you know why your order didn't ship if you placed one yesterday or today.

This snowy picture is the view from Carolyn and Allen's front window during the height of the storm yesterday. We got about 18" here in Willow Grove, PA and set a new record for the most snow in a season. Only 37 days till spring!

Vote in the Enchanted Nights Design Challenge

Below are the 13 entries for the Enchanted Nights Design Challenge. Great job to all our eebeaders and thank you for entering! Take a look at the entries below, click on the thumbnails to see the full size picture and then vote for your favorite in the poll below the pictures.
When you place your vote below, you will be asked to give your email. You will receive a vote confirmation email and you must click the link in the email for your vote to count. This is the only use of your email, we won't add you to any list. We reserve the right to reject any votes we deem suspicious of "vote-stuffing". Please limit your voting to one vote per person.
The first place winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to eebeads.com and the second place winner will receive a grab bag of gemstone shape beads.
Voting ends February 12th at noon. Happy voting and good luck eebeaders!

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Yea! I have a new desk!

I've been complaining for too long that my desk was too small. Allen kept saying that I should get a new one and this week I finally got a new desk about 3 times bigger than my old one. I just love it! I had to move out of my office for the beast to be built and found a stash of Czech pressed glass and lampwork beads. They need a good home so I made up some little bags of the beauties just for you! Place an order $40 or morebefore January 22 enter coupon code:
BLOGDESK
and I'll send you a bag of the beads I found! I bet you'll love them!

And don't forget to enter our Enchanted Nights Design Challenge, I'd love to see what you come up with!

It's been a while so I thought it was time to have another Challenge with our eebeads beaders! This time the theme is “Enchanted Nights” and you can make anything you want from items available from eebeads.com, it’s up to you to interpret the theme any way you choose, you do not have to use the colors in the picture here. Feel free to use any colors and materials you like.

Votes will be collected as we did last time. When you vote the server will send you an email to confirm your vote and you must click the sent link for your vote to count. We also reserve the right to reject any votes we deem suspicious of "vote-stuffing". Please limit your voting to one vote per person.

1. All materials used in your submission must have been purchased from eebeads.com
2. Only one entry per person, but you can submit a matched set (for example a bracelet and earrings).
3. Photos should be emailed to blog@eebeads.com by February 3rd . Please include your full name in the email. Any type of graphic file is fine, but please make sure the picture is in focus.
4. Winners of the last Autumn Harvest Challenge are not eligible to enter the Enchanted Nights Challenge.
5. Voting will begin Friday, February 5th and run through Friday, February 12th at noon. Winners will be announced Friday, February 12th .

The first place winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to eebeads.com and the second place winner will receive a grab bag of gemstone shape beads.

Get creating and have fun! Any questions, feel free to email me at blog@eebeads.com

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from all of us at eebeads.com! From the left is Dennis, Allen, Dannie, Michelle, Kelly, Brandi, Kimmy and Carolyn. We hope you all had a wonderful holiday and wish you a prosperous New Year!

Our holiday gift to you is a free Scoopeez Bead Scoop with any purchase over $40 now through January 1st, 2010. To get this gift use coupon SCOOPEEZ and a free Scoopeez Bead Scoop will automatically be added to your order.

Happy Holidays!
Carolyn, Allen and all of us at eebeads.com

Guess the Number of Snowman Kits Winners!

We got a bunch of guesses for our Guess the Number of Snowman Kits and decided to pick the three closest guesses to win a Snowman Earring Kit complete with sterling silver findings. The correct number was 150 kits.

The winners are:
Nancy Hendershot of Haines City, Florida guessed 150
Patsy J. Bland of Laurel, Maryland guessed 148
Sharla Brownlow of Milton, Ontario, Canada guessed 153

Good job winners and to all the other close guessers!

Guess the Number of Snowman Kits!

No matter how prepared we try to be for busy Monday's, we inevitably have to make some of the Holiday Earring Kits. Today I pitched in and made the Snowman Pearl Earring Kits (with just the beads, no findings). Guess how many I made (shown in the picture - click for a larger image) and send your answer to me at blog@eebeads.com In the subject line put your number guess and in the body of the email include your name and address. The person who gets closest to the correct number wins one of our Snowman Pearl Earring Kit complete with the sterling silver findings! If more than one person guesses the exact number, each person wins! One guess per email address please and you can guess through Monday, November 30th at noon when I'll announce the winners.

Good luck with your guess!

Autumn Harvest Challenge Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of the Autumn Harvest Challenge below! Thanks to everyone who participated, your entries were all wonderful and inspiring as all the great comments below in the original contest post show. I'll be having another contest soon...not sure of the theme or the dates, so stay tuned to my blog!

1st Place Winner
Jyl Anais Ion of West Melbourne, Florida
Jyl won a $100 Gift Certificate to eebeads.com


2nd Place Winner
Pam Hurst of Martinsville, Indiana
Pam won a bag of gemstone shapes

Autumn Harvest Challenge - Vote For Your Favorite!

Below are the 17 entries for the Autumn Harvest Design Challenge. Great job to all our eebeaders and thank you for entering! Take a look at the entry below, click on the thumbnails to see the full size picture and then vote for your favorite in the poll below the pictures.

When you place your vote below, you will be asked to give your email. You will receive a vote confirmation email and you must click the link in the email for your vote to count. This is the only use of your email, we won't add you to any list. We reserve the right to reject any votes we deem suspicious of "vote-stuffing". Please limit your voting to one vote per person.

Winners will be announced on Friday, November 13th. The first place winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to eebeads.com and the second place winner will receive a grab bag of gemstone shape beads.

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Voting is now closed.

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Autumn Harvest Design Challenge

I’m so excited to try another Challenge with our eebeads beaders! This time the theme is “Autumn Harvest” and you can make anything you want from items available from eebeads.com, it’s up to you to interpret the theme any way you choose. Feel free to use any colors and materials you like.

Please note that will be using a completely different way of tallying the votes this time. Allen created a way for votes to be collected based on a confirmed email address, so when you vote the server will send you an email to confirm your vote and you must click the sent link for your vote to count. We also reserve the right to reject any votes we deem suspicious of "vote-stuffing". Please limit your voting to one vote per person.

1. All materials used in your submission must have been purchased from eebeads.com
2. Only one entry per person, but you can submit a matched set (for example a bracelet and earrings).
3. Photos should be emailed to blog@eebeads.com by November 4^th . Please include your full name in the email. Any type of graphic file is fine, but please make sure the picture is in focus.
4. Winners of the last Vintage Challenge are not eligible to enter the Autumn Harvest Challenge.
5. Voting will begin Friday, November 6th and run through Friday, November 13th at noon. Winners will be announced Friday, November 13^th .

The first place winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to eebeads.com and the second place winner will receive a grab bag of gemstone shape beads.

Get creating and have fun! Any questions, feel free to email me at blog@eebeads.com

Breast Cancer Awareness for Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Usually on Wednesdays I put something on sale either as a private sale for folks on our email list or a sale open to the public. This week I wanted to try something different.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we've been busy here making Breast Cancer Awareness Jewelry Ideas. I put all the ideas up on a page that's also loaded with pink beads. Rather than put them on sale for two days, we're going to instead donate a portion of the proceeds from the sales of all items available from eebeads through October 1st to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Shop these great ideas and beads today and help in the fight to find a cure for breast cancer!

Vintage Challenge Winners

Thank you to everyone who entered and all those who voted and left comments too! Our winners for the Vintage Challenge are:

1st Place $100 Gift Certificate
#6 Sonali Bagaria from Dresher, Pennsylvania


2nd Place A Bag of Vintage Goodies
#16 Linda Mink from Clearwater, Florida


Stay tuned to my blog for another contest...we've got plans for the next one already!

Vintage Challenge Entries - Vote Today!

Here are all 18 entries for the Vintage Challenge! Thanks to everyone for entering! It was like getting wonderful party favors every time a new entry came in. Take a look at all the entries below, click on the thumbnails to see the full size picture and then vote for your favorite in the poll below the entry pictures. First place wins a $100 gift certificate to eebeads.com. Second place is a big ole bag of Vintage goodies from eebeads.com. I'll announce the winner on September 18th. Good luck to everyone!