Beads-of-Clay Black Friday, Cyber Monday Sales

Is anyone out there in Beads-of-Clay land having a sale this week?
It seems there are a lot of Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales on Etsy this week.

I am joining the fun! Purchase 2 or more items and receive 25% off your order in my Etsy Shop
Also--The first 10 completed sales will receive a free surprise smoke fired bead with their order. --http://www.artisanclay.etsy.com/

Are you having a sale?
Let us know about it by leaving a comment on this Blog post.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Are you up for a Challenge?

I want to spread the word about a fun Contest that Kelly over at Silver Parrot is currently hosting.

The challenge is all about color. Particularly colors found in insects. Cool Huh? Kelly Has challenged us to create bracelets in the color schemes found in some really interesting bugs.

Kelly describes it much better so go on over and check it out! It should be a cool way to add some interest to your week's jewelry routine! Here is a link to the blog post describing the challenge -- http://silverparrotdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/11/are-you-up-for-challenge.html

I hope you all are having a great week! I am off to unload the bisque kiln, and then I hope to sit down and get some new donuts made... wish me luck! -kristie

Bead Swap at the Beads-0f-Clay Yahoo Group

Marla James, one of the administrators of the Beads-of-Clay Yahoo Group , is organizing a Bead Swap. Just in case you haven't heard. I am planning to participate and have in a number of them over the years. I notice that many others are planning to as well. They are lots of fun. And now that we have so many interested, the swap is divided up into groups of 20 so that no one feels overwhelmed.

Here are the rules for this swap:

These are Marla's words:

"Marti Conrad is the person that will handle the actual swap goodies!I will get her address to all the participants once we have a list.

And as for the rules this time.After we have a final count of participants, I will tell you how many beads to send. I will close the list at 20 people. So you will send no more than 19 total. Please don't sign up for this unless you are sure that you can participate!You will be given an address to send your beads to.(Marti's)Please package each bead/pendant in a seperate baggie with your info/business card inside. THis makes repacking SO much easier!You will send $6.00 with your beads/pendants to cover return Priority shipping and a very small handling fee to pay for tape and labels. :-)Then sit back and wait for your goodies to arrive!The deadline to join is Saturday the 14th of November.The deadline to ship your beads/pendant is January 15th. Your goodies will be sent back to you by January 31st. If you have questions, please post them here. Marti and I will be happy to answer them for you!"

To participate in this swap contact Marla or Marti at the Beads-of-Clay Yahoo Group

I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone is going to make.

Lemon and Chocolate Confection By Sandfibers

Look at this Beautiful use of a Cabochon by the Talented Carol Dean SharpeThe Necklace is Called

Lemon and Chocolate Confection and this is how Carol Describes it in her Sandfibers Etsy Shop

Dessert for your neck! This is a serious piece of jewelry with a serious amount of fun, ready to take you from your work day to that special dinner party.

I created this piece by taking a beautiful wheel-thrown, glass-fused clay medallion created by Etsy's own Kristie Roeder of http://artisanclay.etsy.com/ . I wove a white, yellow, and brown, leather backed-bezel for it using peyote stitch. The pendant (including bail) is 2" wide and 2.5" long. The beadweaving gives the pendant both clean, crisp lines and sections of ruffles with great textures...much like an elaborately iced cake.

The peyote "sling" that I wove for the bail will accommodate several types of ropes or chains or cords, including the beautiful, slightly twisted, ndebele (herringbone)rope I created for it. The rope is 17" long when closed and has a simple beadwoven loop and toggle closure.

I used size 11 Japanese delicas and seed beads as well as tiny Japanese rocailles for the pendant. The beadwoven rope was created using the yellow delicas and bronze/brown seed beads.

As always let me know of any Beads-of-Clay news or great projects through my etsy shop- http://www.artisanclay.etsy.com/-Kristie-